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  • June 2011 images

  • June 15, 2011 2:28 pm EDT
  • Knox County Sheriff David Barber, left, received the 2011 National Missing Children’s Law Enforcement Award in Washington, D.C., last week from the U.S. Department of Justice. Sharing in Barber’s recognition is Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
  • It’s still a mess outside the Newark Road McDonald’s, but the restaurant has remained open throughout the month-long remodeling project. Most of the project should be done this week, according to Mount Vernon market supervisor Sherry Patterson, but the new double drive-thru will probably not be done until the end of next week.
  • Fredericktown’s Garrett Gatton practices after school for Friday’s state track and field championships. Gatton is competing in three events.
  • An arched bridge spanning across to Swan Island with the Schnormeier residence in the background is one of the many beautiful features visitors can see this week during tours at Schnormeier Gardens on Laymon Road.
  • Harley Shelhorn
  • Mount Vernon eighth-grader Andrew Powell with the poster showing the results of his superior-rated science project about the effects of cigarette smoke.
  • Fredericktown’s Emily Roberts hopes to make the podium as a freshman at the state track and field championships on Saturday in the 1600-meter race.
  • Hannah Oliver, valedictorian at East Knox High School, speaks to the graduating class during commencement exercises Friday at Chet Looney Stadium.
  • The alpaca at the petting zoo was a hopping place Friday at the Heritage Centre Association’s First Friday event downtown. Checking out the alpaca are, Clare Clarkson, 3, Elizabeth Clarkson, 8, and their mother, Colleen, right, all of Mount Vernon. Hannah Bradley, left, holds the alpaca.
  • Centerburg’s Stephen Vogel races in the 110-meter hurdles event at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships on Friday.
  • Fredericktown’s Tayler Carpenter jumps for the final time at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Friday. Carpenter set a Fredericktown school record by jumping 16-feet-10.
  • Seniors Morgan Clark, left, and Jamie Alexander sing
  • Proud parents and guests give a standing ovation to the Fredericktown High School graduating class of 2011 after diplomas were conferred during Saturday's commencement.
  • Members of the Mount Vernon Class of 2011 toss their caps into the air after graduating Sunday at Yellow Jacket Stadium.
  • Fredericktown’s Emily Roberts runs alongside Bluffton’s Hannah Chappell during the girls 1,600-meter finals at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Roberts finished sixth.
  • Mount Vernon’s Jessica Roden attempts a 5-foot-4 jump at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. Roden failed in her jump and settled for 13th place.
  • Three people had minor injuries from this crash on Ohio 229, a mile east of the Morrow County line at 8 a.m. today. The crash is under investigation by Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Tiffany Wilson but details were not yet available this morning.
  • Jim Ferguson spent part of his evening on Monday trying to strain soap bubbles from the fountain on Public Square. He said he was sitting on the square Friday night when he saw three teenagers dump soap into the fountain. He used a small sieve to remove the bubbles, but wasn’t making much progress. A spokesperson for the city parks department said the fountain, and the one located at Riverside Park, are being hit nearly every night.
  • Firefighters from five departments battled a structure fire on Sycamore Road on Monday afternoon.
  • Spokes from Amish buggy wheels were left on the pavement after a buggy was hit by a truck Monday evening on U.S. 62. A ladder torn off the truck lies along the berm at upper right.
  • Shown above is the nearly-finished building to house The Sanctuary on Market Street in Danville. It is planned to be open soon with a new facility for Interchurch Social Services planned to be completed by fall.
  • Two-year-old Jane Landry has a big thrill, with her mouth wide open, as she swoops down the frog slide at the Hiawatha Water Park/Pool. Her mom, Sarah, is there to scoop her up. The park opened Monday afternoon with a good crowd of kids and adults. It will open at 4 p.m. today and Wednesday, and open for regular hours on Thursday.
  • Fredericktown’s Taylor Keener, with her .653 batting average, .973 slugging percentage and 19 extra-base hits, is the 2011 Mount Vernon News All-Area Player of the Year.
  • Representatives from partnering agencies discuss collaboration efforts with John Martin, Ohio Department of Disabilities director, at New Hope Early Education Center on Tuesday.
  • Ohio’s Distinguished Young Woman Kinsey Crow, center, is flanked by two of her most ardent supporters, her sister, Alyssa, and her brother, John.
  • Mount Vernon Police Capt. George Hartz, left, presents Officer Tim Arnold with his certificate for completing the 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team training offered by the Community Mental Health and Recovery Board of Licking and Knox Counties.
  • Mount Vernon Middle School students Noah West, left, and Danaye Nixon received the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award at a ceremony at Hilliard Memorial Middle School on Monday. The award is presented to students who have been outstanding in their efforts to promote sportsmanship in their school and community. Noah is the son of Tom and Tara West. Danaye is the daughter of Dan and Raye Ellen Nixon.
  • The Mount Vernon High School track team was honored at a banquet on Tuesday at the school. From left, Jeramy Buchanan, Freshman Record-holder Award; Leevi Stump, Most Valuable Boys’ Field Athlete; Jarod Vance, Most Valuable Boys’ Distance Runner; Daniel Kelly, Most Valuable Boys’ Hurdler; Sarah Fowler, Most Valuable Girls’ Distance Runner, Second Team All-OCC; Sarah Ryan, Jacket Pride Award; Weston Uram, Coaches Award; Noella Nzishura, Scholar Athlete; Emily Miglin, Coaches Award; Jessica Roden, Most Valuable Girls’ Field Athlete, First Team All-OCC; and Maddi Phillips, Coaches Award.
  • Knox County Royals’ Riley Swanson watches a pitch go low during Tuesday’s game against Ashley Post 518. The Royals won, 15-2.
  • It was the last day of school Wednesday and the Mount Vernon Middle School observed its annual Field Day. Of the several events scheduled, boys and girls, put a lot of muscle in trying to pull the other side across the center pylon during tug-of-war.
  • Conveniently, just inside the door of the face lifted Neff’s super market is a coffee bar and slushie ice machine. Sampling a flavor is head cashier Janette Maglott.
  • Utica’s Jeremy Jenkins (6-3, 1.19 ERA) is the Mount Vernon News All-Area Pitcher of the Year.
  • Behind Morman Elder A.J. Glad are about one-fourth of the collection of books in a third-floor room over the High Restaurant. Glad and a colleague, Elder Jordan Driggs, volunteered to help remove the books during their summer as missionaries in Mount Vernon.
  • You have to be big and strong to be a motion picture photographer. Camera operator Tarik Kameedi, photographer for the movie “Liberal Arts,” being shot in Mount Vernon, shoots with a steadycam, a camera that holds steady while the operator walks around shooting a scene. The crew was on the parking lot at the First Christian Church on East Vine Street this morning setting up for scenes. They were also working around possible rain showers.
  • Knox County Royals’ Billy Jackson smacks a two-RBI single against Galion on Thursday. Galion came from behind to win, 7-6.
  • Fredericktown’s Nathan Cubbage, shown clearing the high jump bar at regionals, is the Mount Vernon News All-Area Boys Most Valuable Field Athlete.
  • Former Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets volleyball player Chris Omahan was named First Team All-Ohio.
  • This driver navigates down the middle of Venture Drive in order to miss holes created by the deterioration of the road. The street is not owned by the city but the administration is trying to work with the out-of-town owners to improve the roadway.
  • A new bridge on Apple Valley Drive, on the north side of Apple Valley, will open Monday. The bridge replaces six large culvert pipes that carried water from a small stream into Apple Valley lake. A spring flood washed debris against the pipes, which blocked the flow, causing water to partially wash out the edge of the road and berms. Personnel in the Knox County Engineer’s Office decided the pipes were no longer effective and took steps to construct the new bridge.
  • The shelter houses at Riverside Park were filled with Knox County veterans and their families enjoying a picnic Sunday at the annual Veterans Service Office picnic which featured an auction, karaoke and lots of fellow camaraderie.
  • Jay DePolo takes control over Jon Worstell in an MMA match on Saturday, May 28, in Fredericktown. DePolo is trained locally by LJJA Martial Arts Academy as part of Team Ruffhouse in Mount Vernon. DePolo won in a first round T.K.O. Another LJJA fighter, AJ Schuster, won in the first round after the fight was stopped by the referee.
  • Utica Post 92’s Nate Chilcote (13) slides in to the plate as Worthington Post 239’s Samuel Adams prepares to make the tag during Sunday’s game in the Utica Tournament. The Royals won, 7-5.
  • Utica Post 92’s Justin Edwards watches as he hits a two-run home run in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against Worthington Post 239. Utica won, 7-5.
  • A four-inch gas line that ran over the old culvert pipes on Apple Valley Drive at Apple Valley was cut and capped when the new bridge was built. Monday the Wenger Pipe Line Co. of Dalton was boring a 300-foot hole under the stream to reconnect the line. The instrument that Marty Wenger is holding is a sensor to help guide the boring tool. The bridge was slated to open Monday but Knox County Engineer Jim Henry said a correction in the asphalt approach on the east side delayed the opening. Pending completion of that work and completion of the gas line, the tentative opening is Wednesday.
  • Big fleecy clouds were all over the sky Monday. This scene is at the horse farm owned by Dave and Deb Cisler, about two miles south of Mount Vernon on Granville Road.
  • Residents in the west of Mount Vernon gathered Monday morning to discuss the possibility of creating a community garden at Arch Park. Leading the discussion was Whitaker Wright, right, of Community Development Consultants of Ohio.
  • Kevin Oliver will perform a tribute to Johnny Cash at the Danville-Howard Turkey Festival on Thursday at 9 p.m.
  • Carol Fitzsimmons, center, celebrates with members of France’s national team during opening ceremonies of the 2009 World Transplant Games in Australia. Fitzsimmons, from Mount Vernon, is a kidney recipient who will participate in her fourth career Games this week.
  • Gary Palm, right, of Mount Vernon was awarded the residential Proudly We Hail award by the Mount Vernon/Knox County Exchange Club for his dedication to displaying the American flag. Pictured with Palm is Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Mavis.
  • The Apple Valley Property Owners Association was honored Tuesday for its display of the American Flag. Pictured are, from left, Melody Brent, Exchange Club member; Jeff Harmer, executive director of AVPOA; and Mary Owens, Exchange Club member.
  • The construction of a storage building for the Knox County Sheriff’s Office is under way. The building, 40-foot-by-64-foot, is being constructed by Cleary Building Corp., Heath, at a cost of $49,900. An emergency resolution was passed in February by the Knox County Board of Commissioners to move forward with the project after evidence stored at the Mount Vernon City impound lot was destroyed in a fire. Under emergency status, the bid process is circumvented to allow for acquisition of three estimates. The estimates must be less than $50,000. According to Knox County Assistant Prosecutor Chip McConville, the intent was to construct the building as soon as possible, but weather conditions prolonged the process.
  • Purple ribbons have been placed throughout Mount Vernon in recognition of Friday’s Relay for Life event at Yellow Jacket Stadium. The event starts at 6 p.m. with a Cancer Survivors Lap and runs through noon on Saturday. Twenty-two teams hope to raise over $190,000 for cancer research. Representing Relay for Life are, standing, from left, are Todd Hawkins and Tonya Hoar. Seated, from left, are Michele Coscia and American Cancer Society Representative Christine Mills.
  • Utica Post 92’s Riley Swanson pitches in the third inning of Tuesday’s game against Johnstown Post 254. Swanson allowed one hit and no walks in the Royals’ 11-1 win.
  • Utica Post 92 third baseman Ethan Abell makes the tag on Johnstown Post 254’s Nick Richardson trying to steal third during Tuesday’s game. The Royals won, 11-1, in a six-inning mercy-rule game. It was the Royals’ fifth straight victory.
  • Marilyn Rutherford, left, works with her Fredericktown Freddies girls volleyball team in practice. The 25-year coaching veteran is officially calling it quits.
  • Celeste Friedman performs a Patsy Cline tune during Wednesday’s tribute concert, “You’re Still Mine ... Patsy Cline,” at the Mount Vernon Memorial Theater.
  • The bridge over the North Branch of the Kokosing River on Ohio 95, at the north edge of Fredericktown, is being replaced. Ohio 95 will be closed between Zolman and Roberts roads through August 25. The posted detour will by Ohio 97 and Ohio 13 adding about five miles to a driver’s trip.
  • First-Knox National Bank and Farmers and Savings Bank recently honored employeed during the annual recognition dinner. Pictured, from left, are Mark Leonard, senior vice president; Deborah S. Dove, Employee of the Year; Vickie Sant, executive vice president; Gordan Yance, president and chief executive officer.
  • Tom Lowcock, right, from England, celebrates with kids during a soccer camp at Mount Vernon High School’s soccer fields. Lowcock is one of three instructors from Great Britain working with Challenger Sports, a camp designed to teach kids the game of soccer.
  • Kenzie Trikouros, 8, from Mount Vernon, listens to soccer instructor Scott O’Connor, from England. The kids at the Challenger Sports Soccer Camp at Mount Vernon High School learn soccer skills centered around an international theme.
  • Meghan Colopy, left, was named Little Miss Turkey and Kaiden Colopy was named Little Mr. Turkey at the Danville-Howard Turkey Festival on Thursday.
  • “Bad Habits” won the Lip Sync Contest at the Danville-Howard Turkey Festival with a song from “Sister Act.”
  • Bladensburg firefighters carry the roof of a crashed Jeep away from the vehicle after they cut it off with the Jaws of Life. Four people were trapped when it crashed into a utility pole Thursday evening.
  • This “Taste the Rainbow” game was a favorite among Fredericktown students at the recent probability carnival. Operating the game are Bailey Hoeflick, left, and Lauren Partington.
  • The 14th annual Ariel Corp. employee car show took place on Thursday with cars, motorcycles and fun vehicles on display. Nelson Hack brought his unique Pluse auto-motorcycle. Manufactured from 1986-94 in Owosso, Mich., it travels on two wheels but corners on the two side wheels. It seats the driver and one passenger in tandem. The Pulse was stored outside for 15 years when Hack found it. He has restored it over the six years he has owned it. It is powered by a Honda motorcycle engine. There was also a display of vintage motorcycles from the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington.
  • Jacob Crowe, right, reacts as a 20-foot put just misses while Logan Springer looks on during Thursday’s Hiawatha Juniors golf tournament.
  • Bowie, a yellow Labrador retriever, is the new drug dog with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Pictured in the front row with Bowie is his handler KCSO Detective Doug Turpen. Standing, from left, are Jerry Azzi, the trainer; Knox County Sheriff David Barber; and assistant trainer Tom Presock.
  • Cancer survivors walked through an arch of hope prior to taking the ceremonial lap around Yellow Jacket Stadium to kick off the 2011 Relay for Life to raise money for cancer research.
  • Old friends and colleagues gathered together Friday night at the Glenn A. Gallagher Centre to share memories of their years together at WMVO radio. Pictured, from left, are Ron Staats, former radio personality; Franklin Miller, former engineer and show host; and Dave Bevington, current radio personality and news director.
  • Danville’s Dave Hawk carefully covered his prize cake bought at the Danville-Howard Turkey Festival cake auction Friday evening. It is shaped like a John Deere tractor. The auction raised funds for the local Cub and Scout troops.
  • Saul Meza, center, tosses the ball to a brand new recruit during a rugby scrimmage. Meza is the head coach of the Rugby Ranch Mud Boggers, a club that practices every Friday in Utica.
  • The Danville High School marching band stepped out smartly while marching in the annual Danville-Howard Turkey Festival Parade, Saturday, in Danville.
  • Jerry Scott looks for bidders for a handmade Amish quilt during the benefit auction Saturday at the Danville-Howard Turkey Festival.
  • Lindsey Brokaw, right, from Fredericktown, offers some relief to another runner in the Mohican 100 Trail run on Saturday. Brokaw withdrew after 38 miles after helping another runner who had fallen.
  • Abby Sapp, left, and Shannon Pae compete in the East Knox Lions Club 5K Turkey Trot in Danville on Saturday.
  • Dave Geiger, right, from Mount Vernon, competes in the East Knox Lions Club 5K Turkey Trot in Danville on Saturday. Geiger’s grandson, Zach, won the race. With Geiger is Casey Brayshaw, from Howard.
  • Rotary baserunner Kaden Daniels, center, tries to get out of a rundown as Mike’s Marathon defenders Grant Farson, left, and Trace Owens hold him between third base and home plate during Tuesday’s major league tournament game. Daniels eventually was called safe at third. No information about the game was submitted.
  • Jerry Dunlevy, left, and Vernon Weatherford participate in the Father’s Day celebration, which was held Friday at The Station Break in Mount Vernon.
  • Rhino Chimney Service won the 2011 Mount Vernon Girls Softball League 8 & Under regular-season championship with an undefeated 12-0 record. Team members are, front, head coach Mark Fiorilli; second row, Breanna Wise, Madison Kesman, Anna Patterson, Olivia Davidson, Emma Hempfield, Weezy Fiorilli, Larissa Blanchard, Layne Cook, Bryn Elliot, Kallista Bowman, Caitlyn Kirkwood; back row, assistant coaches June Fiorilli, Jeff Blanchard and Tracy Elliott.
  • Rob Fetters, left, daughter Hannah Viengsamai Fetters, 13, daughter Erin BounLieng Fetters, 10, and wife Khampraseuth “Kay” Phouthavong Fetters in the Lao capital city of Vientiane (pronounced like Wing-chun).
  • These students from the Knox County Career Center competed in the parliamentary procedure contest at the 2011 National Leadership Conference of Business Professionals of America. They are, from left, Zac Litton, Steven Shannon, Chelsie Moran, Amber Drabick, Courtney Strait and Nikkie Wheeler.
  • Edsel’s Excavating of Danville is completing a sewer line hookup on Mansfield Avenue in front of Dan Emmett Elementary School. The home, owned by Larry Miller, had only a small septic tank, which failed, and needed to be hooked up to the Mount Vernon sewer system. The project, paid for by the homeowner, took 300 feet of 4-inch plastic pipe and a new manhole. Getting the pipe seated in the trench is Phil Hunter, left, and Ben Buckland.
  • The Mount Vernon-Knox County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours meeting took place at WMVO radio station Tuesday evening. Radio personalities Marty Trese and Dave Bevington, both pictured at right, provided tours of the facility including the on-air studio. The event was part of the station’s 60th anniversary celebration.
  • Community Mental Health and Recovery Board Chairman Randy Anderson, left, welcomes new board members and local residents, Anne Storan and Bruce White.
  • Utica Post 92 batter Korey Shackle lays down a sacrifice bunt to advance Shawn Maxwell and Kody Green during Tuesday’s game. The Royals lost to Granville Post 398, 9-1, when the game was called in the fifth inning for lightning.
  • The top three finishers of the Ohio Outlaw Motorsports Pro Quad Shootout on Saturday are, from left, Mount Vernon’s Jesse Rutherford, third place; Marvin Troyer, second place; and Gambier’s Andrew Hart, Shootout winner.
  • Barb and Bob Perkins, from Catawba, N.C., show off their 1939 WACO at Wynkoop Airport. They were early birds to the annual fly-in arriving Tuesday because they had good weather flying over the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Small’s Ohio Paving started work Wednesday on the Mount Vernon city streets summer paving program. The Chestnut Street hill was given top priority by city administration, which was ground down in preparation for new pavement.
  • Making just her second blood donation is Danielle Godby of Mount Vernon, left, who is assisted by Red Cross mobile unit assistant Mike Farrington, when the Red Cross mobile unit paid a visit to Premiere Theatres on Wednesday.
  • How about this for a “Hat Trick,” the name of Martha Clark Peabody’s business, she is at left, of making miniature hats. Her sister, Ellen Sheffield, is at right.
  • A retired Mount Vernon dentist Dr. John Ewalt, 74, the driver, and his wife, Sharon, 64, were injured in this crash Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Mason Boyce said they were northbound on U.S. 62, two miles north of Martinsburg. The Ford Explorer veered across and off the left side of the road where it rolled over into an aluminum power pole. They were taken to Knox Community Hospital by the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department and flown by MedFlight helicopter to OSU Medical Center. Boyce said Sharon Ewalt had a serious head injury. Both John and Sharon are listed in fair condition this morning at OSU Medical. Boyce is still investigating the cause of the crash.
  • Kristal Latham knocks out a triple for Fast Freddies in its 21-18 win over Consolidated Gas on Tuesday.
  • James “Spudd” Sasak poses in front of his Cannondale T-700, which he is using on his trek across Ohio. Sasak will visit all 88 county seats to promote Friday’s Ohio Special Olympics
  • Ernest Betancourt and his granddaughter, Allison Driver, 15, secure their WACO with stakes and ropes so wind won’t damage it after they arrive in Mount Vernon, Thursday afternoon. Betancourt, with his wife, Nancy, and Allison as passengers, flew from their home in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to Wynkoop Airport for the WACO reunion. His WACO was built in 1999 from plans of a 1937 YMF open cockpit airplane. Betancourt is a retired Air Force pilot who flew C-141 cargo planes and helicopters in Vietnam. Allison is taking flying lessons and will solo on her 16th birthday.
  • Announced Thursday at Centerburg’s Heart of Ohio USA Days, Dawson Hinton is the 2011 Uncle Sammy and Allison Moore will reign as the 2011 Little Miss Liberty.
  • A law enforcement run to carry the torch for Ohio Special Olympics came through Mount Vernon Friday afternoon. Kneeling, from left, are Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Josh Stryker, Knox County Sheriff’s Office Captain David Shaffer, Special Olympian Graig Weatherby, Trooper Ayrizanna Favors, KCSO Deputy Bret Higgins and KCSO Deputy Brandon Minot. Standing, from left, are Trooper Tyranda Frankin, Trooper Mac McLaughlin, Bryan Fukuzawa, Trooper Shawn Robles, Trooper Paul Shore with his dog Cabela, Patrol Sgt. Keith Cross, Trooper M.M. Johnson, Deputy Dennis Phillips and Deputy Aaron Phillps.
  • Jeff Putnam of Mount Vernon performs as rock-and-roll legend Buddy Holly at Centerburg’s USA Days festival Friday evening.
  • Anthony Caputo, of Ken’s Lawn Service, pitches in the fourth inning of Friday’s tournament game against Modern Builders at Phillips Park. No information on the game was submitted.
  • The Ohio Lady Vipers 12U Fastpitch Softball Team took second place this past weekend at the Strasburg Summer Bash softball tournament. The Lady Vipers went 7-2 over the course of the three-day tournament. Front row, from left, Cassidy Frazier, Madison Drabick, Lexie Hess, Emily Kight, Chloe Burdette, Torrey Totman. Back row, coach Dwight Farmer, Taylor Gregory, Natasha Miller, Maddie McClain, Kennedy Farmer, Ashley Kight, Monica Furby, Shanna Mickley and coach Matt Burdette.
  • Workers put the finishing touches on the frame for the roof of a new Amish school building on Nunda Road. The school is expected to be open this fall.
  • Four Eagle Scouts from the Centerburg area were honored as grand marshals of the USA Days Festival parade Saturday. The Eagle Scouts are Michael LeChand, Noah Orr, Adam Szilagyi and Thomas Thatcher.
  • Jeff Skiles was the co-pilot of the U.S. Airway Airbus Flight 1549, piloted by Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, that landed on the Hudson River, Jan. 15, 2009. A fellow pilot got Skiles interested in WACOs two years ago and he bought this 1935 YOC cabin biplane in Allentown, Pa. He became a WACO club member and this was his second year at the annual reunion in Mount Vernon.
  • Rhino Chimney Service won the 2011 Mount Vernon Girls Softball 8-under regular season and tournament championships. The team finished the year a perfect 12-0 in the regular season and 5-0 in the tournament to claim the title. From row, from left, Olivia Davidson, Madison Kesman, Weezy Fiorilli, Caitlyn Kirkwood, Breanna Wise. Second row, Anna Patterson, Emma Hempfield, Layne Cook, Larissa Blanchard, Kallista Bowman, Bryn Elliott. Third row, assistant coach Jeff Blanchard, head coach Marc Fiorilli and assistant coaches June Fiorilli and Tracy Elliott.
  • Nicole Wilson of Fresh-Way Cleaning runs out one of her three base hits against Genesis Heating and Cooling on Friday. Fresh-Way won the game, 6-5.
  • Centerburg High School graduate Erin Wollett, left, was presented the first annual education scholarship of $1,000, recently by the Mount Vernon Retired Teachers Association. With her is member Rita Ball as they looked at children’s books purchased for the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County. Wollett is the daughter of Amy and Larry Wollett. She will attend Wilmington College and study agriculture education.
  • Utica Post 92 pitcher Seth King allowed one hit in four innings of work as the Royals knocked off Pickerington Post 283, 6-5.
  • Colton Finnell, of Dumbaugh Insurance, hits a single during his team’s minor league third-place game against Presley Construction on Monday. Presley Construction won, 26-4, to advance to today’s championship game.
  • The Buckeye Heat 98 12-under fastpitch softball team won the Heart of Ohio Summer Celebration tournament this past weekend in Marysville. The team outscored its opponents, 54-10, over the tournament. Front row, from left, Jamie Zinsmeister, Morgan Foster, Tahlsa Bowshier, Taylor Gaerke, Maddie Johnston. Second row, Josie Reed, Sydney Warinner, Kate Perry, Maddie Frendberg, Kylah Swanson and Erin Lawhon. Not pictured: Alexa Hastings and Taylor Izzard.
  • Utica firefighter Paul Merryman used a chain saw to cut out sections of the wall to check for pockets of fire and structural damage to the house.
  • Presley Construction’s Kelton Grogg arrives safely on third base while Carpenter DDS’ Corey Rine applies the tag too late during Tuesday’s minor league championship game. Carpenter DDS won, 2-1.
  • COF pitcher Trace Hatfield allowed just one hit and no walks in a complete game shutout over Ariel. COF won, 2-0, to claim the Major League championship.
  • Utica Post 92’s Ethan Abell hits a bouncing ball that went over the second baseman’s head for a game-winning RBI single in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s game. The Royals defeated Marysville Post 79, 9-8
  • The Ohio Lady Vipers 12-under softball team finished 4-2 at this past weekend’s Loudonville tournament. Front row, from left, Chloe Burdette, Emily Kight, Lexie Hess, Kennedy Farmer, Torrey Totman. Second row, coach Dwight Farmer, Taylor Gregory, Cassidy Frazier, Shanna Mickley, Monica Furby, Ashley Kight, Natasha Miller and coach Matt Burdette.
  • Rachael Campbell, left, tells judge Grant Neiley her Living History project is about gypsies in World War II.
  • The Fredericktown Fast Freddies won the Kokosing Valley League 12-under fastpitch softball tournament this past weekend. Front row, from left, Holly McClay, Lauren Partington, Lindsay Marohl, Rachel Kennedy, Kristal Latham, Ashlee Montalvo, Loren Richdale. Middle row, Shaina Mizer, Sydney Brumley, Molly Linhares, Mariah Hurlbut. Back row, assistant coach Todd McClay, head coach Jeff Mizer and assistant coach Bob Kennedy.
  • First-year lifeguard, Taran Carpenter, was very intent watching several dozen youngsters cavort in the Hiawatha Water Park/Pool as they were beating the heat Wednesday afternoon. The temperature is supposed to be hotter today.
  • Tim’s Lawn Service had an umblemished 16-0 record in the 2011 Mount Vernon city softball season, including a sweep in the tournament. Front row, from left, Zoey Cook, Autumn Burson, Sophie Hart, Falon Smith, Leslie Vinclet, Kierstan Humphrey, Alexis Oliver. Second row, Alyxis Williams, Tomi Watson, Dallas Gamble, Hale McGregor, Kassi Rine. Back row, coach Kea Smith, coach Alan Huffman, coach Ashley Hegielman, team mom Tassi Rine and coach Russell Smith.
  • Searl Kennedy, right, caught a 51-pound catfish on his 60th birthday at Knox Lake on Monday. His friend, Jim Silliman, holds up the fish.
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