Even though it was snowing outside Friday, Mount Vernon officials are thinking spring.

Delana Carpenter, center, and Christina Payne, right, are busy Friday during a private friends and family soft opening at the new Dairy Queen Grill & Chill on Coshocton Avenue. Carpenter and Payne should be ready for the grand opening Saturday.
The contract termination hearing for suspended Mount Vernon Middle School teacher John Freshwater is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. Other scheduled dates are Dec. 4, 11 a.m., Dec. 8, 11 a.m., and Dec. 10, 11, 29 and 30, 9 a.m.
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