Events

The Salvation Army Mount Vernon is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.

The Alva Steinmetz Family Reunion will be held June 29, at 12:30 p.m., at 6461 Grove Church Road.

So what was John Adams like? This coming Thursday, June 27, just in time to celebrate whichever date is the birthday of America, Chautauqua veteran Greg Patterson will portray Founding Father, second President of the United States and co-writer of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams.

A special and intimate glimpse into the life and work of Theodore S. Geisel — better known to the world as Dr. Seuss — will be offered at the next Brown Bag Chat, Wednesday, June 26, at noon at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County.

The St. Luke Community Festival will include a beer garden this year during the annual fundraiser on Saturday, July 13, 5-9 p.m. at St. Luke’s Community Center, 307 S. Market St. in Danville.

The cast of MTVarts’ “The Wizard of Oz” will be featured Saturday at the Yellow Brick Road Extravaganza in downtown Mount Vernon.

The Mount Vernon Rotary Club announces its first annual Rotary Brewhaha planned for Saturday, June 29, from 6-9 p.m.

The 2019 Oldtime Farming Festival co-marshals are Joe Porter and Ronny Smith. Elected by members of the festival, the marshals will appear publicly for the first time, riding on the Oldtime Farming Festival float in the USA Days parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Local participants will join together Friday at the annual Relay For Life of Knox County at the Public Square to help beat our biggest rival — cancer.

The Danville Public Library will host “Stories of a Unique County Lady Doctor—Tough but Tender, Crude but Caring, Learned and Generous,” a look at the life of the late Pauline Freeman, MD, Monday, June 24, 6 p.m., at the St. Luke Community Center, 7 West Rambo Street, Danville.