The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
All content by By C. Sherene Hansen Player

We need to come together on border issues, reform

C. Sherene Hansen Player, C. Sherene Hansen Player, C. Sherene Hansen Player, and C. Sherene Hansen Player
March 21, 2024

Explore what we have in our communities – it’s a lot

C. Sherene Hansen Player
February 22, 2024

How can one stop from singing in MV Choir?

C. Sherene Hansen Player
January 25, 2024

The Parable of the Rock Chip

C. Sherene Hansen Player
October 26, 2023

Farewell to First Street Field

C. Sherene

Hansen Player
September 21, 2023

Make the community you live in your home

C. Sherene Hansen Player
August 24, 2023
Sherene Player with a few of her charges at summer camp in Utah.

Remembering the joys of summer camp

C. Sherene Hansen Player
June 22, 2023

Caps off to the class of 2023

C. Sherene Hansen Player
May 25, 2023

Getting ready for spring’s awakenings

C. Sherene Hansen Player
March 23, 2023
The Player daughters (Laura, Clarissa and Sadie) at the Kids Only Triathlon in Texas years ago.

How have you learned grit and determination in COVID?

C. Sherene Hansen Player
February 23, 2023

Genealogy resources are plentiful in the area

C. Sherene Hansen Player
February 2, 2023

What type of service would you focus on?

C. Sherene Hansen Player
December 29, 2022
This cabin at Christmas Meadows is one of Sherene’s favorite places to visit and unwind.

Where is your special spot?

C. Sherene Hansen Player
October 27, 2022

Marching Mustangs have grown in past 10 years

C. Sherene Hansen Player
September 22, 2022
Guy Booth gives a speech at the talent show in the Ash Park neighborhood. The talent show has become a tradition of the community.

What makes a neighborhood something to enjoy

C. Sherene

Hansen Player
August 25, 2022

How do you celebrate 175th birthdays?

C. Sherene Hansen Player
July 21, 2022

Mend the useless bricks in your life

C. Sherene Hansen Player
June 23, 2022

Mothers’ Day not only day to celebrate mothers impact

C. Sherene Hansen Player
May 26, 2022

What “Iowa Nice” means to me

C. Sherene

Hansen Player
April 21, 2022

The members of all the choirs at Mount Vernon took the stage in the auditorium for their finale, “As Long As I Have Music.” A video of the song can be found on the Go MV Stangs YouTube page.

Three concerts in one week highlights music’s importance

C. Sherene Hansen Player
March 24, 2022

Lessons for us all in inflation

C. Sherene Hansen Player
February 17, 2022
The Player family at a Christmas tree cutting in Alaska when they lived in that state.

How Alaska compares to Iowa winters

C. Sherene Hansen Player
January 27, 2022
Margaret and C. Sherene Hansen Player at the Gertrude Chandler Warner museum in Putnam, Conn., during a trip to the East Coast.

Visiting a favorite books real world settings

C. Sherene Hansen Player
December 30, 2021

Monster Marathons engages youth to run

C. Sherene Hansen Player
October 14, 2021
Football rivals in Iowa and Utah found ways to help each other out.

Fierce rivals find common ground

C. Sherene Hansen Player
September 23, 2021

Reflecting on the impact of the derecho

C. Sherene Hansen Player
September 2, 2021