Back to school
Today is a big day for sixth-graders entering Mount Vernon Middle School. Keanna Holsinger, left, and Nicholas Camillo, right, are getting organized with the help of their teacher, Lynda Small. (Virgil Shipley)
No fire lane parking to be enforced
Mount Vernon Fire Chief Shawn Christy, outside the Mount Vernon High School, Thursday afternoon, asked several drivers to move their vehicles which were parked in the fire lane. The vehicles were blocking emergency vehicle access to the high school and middle school. The Mount Vernon Police Department and officials from the Mount Vernon City Schools were both present to support the fire department’s effort to maintain emergency access to the building. (Virgil Shipley)
New school year brings changes to career center
Staff members at the Knox County Career Center on Thursday welcomed newcomers and kicked off a new school year with an event in The Children’s Garden. Pictured are, from left, Randy Grimm, Doug Burdette, new superintendent and “chef” Bernie Pachmayer and Ann Marie Orr. (Pam Schehl)
Stimulus money funds job training
Welding instructor Galen Smith, left, instructs adult students in his craft during summer sessions of a workforce retraining program conducted at the Knox County Career Center in collaboration with Knox County Jobs & Family Services. (Virgil Shipley)
Getting ready for the show
From left, Wid Shipley, Rich Hardwick and Don Moxley get Hardwick’s 1957 Chevy ready for the 18th Annual Car and Truck Show at the Mount Vernon Developmental Center on Aug. 22. The show is sponsored by the Parents & Friends Volunteer Asociation of MVDC. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with presentation of awards at 2:30 p.m. For more information call 393-6278. (Photo Submitted)
