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OJM presents preliminary awards

State awards were presented Friday night at the 52nd Annual Ohio Junior Miss Scholarship Program. Winning the Be Your Best Self Award is Cuyahoga County Junior Miss Cassidy Artz, bottom left. Finalists for the Be Your Best Self are Union County Junior Miss Melissa Fink, top left, and Westerville Junior Miss Sarah Escape, bottom right. The Spirit Award went to Central Delaware County Junior Miss Brittany Flannigan, top right. (Virgil Shipley)

State awards were presented Friday night at the 52nd Annual Ohio Junior Miss Scholarship Program. Winning the Be Your Best Self Award is Cuyahoga County Junior Miss Cassidy Artz, bottom left. Finalists for the Be Your Best Self are Union County Junior Miss Melissa Fink, top left, and Westerville Junior Miss Sarah Escape, bottom right. The Spirit Award went to Central Delaware County Junior Miss Brittany Flannigan, top right. (Virgil Shipley)

Snow caterpillar

Ellia, 3, and her brother, Ethan Crecco, 6, made this snow caterpillar Thursday, using food coloring for the different hues. The caterillar is up on the bank above the sidewalk at 119 E. Pleasant St. (Virgil Shipley)

Ellia, 3, and her brother, Ethan Crecco, 6, made this snow caterpillar Thursday,  using food coloring for the different hues. The caterillar is up on the bank above the sidewalk at 119 E. Pleasant St. (Virgil Shipley)

Makeup days needed for some local schools

When winter weather hits and schools are closed, school buses, like these backup buses at Fredericktown, sit idle. All schools in Knox County were in session Friday. (Pam Schehl)

When winter weather hits and schools are closed, school buses, like these backup buses at Fredericktown, sit idle. All schools in Knox County were in session Friday. (Pam Schehl)

Yellow Jackets clinch OCC share despite loss

Mount Vernon boys basketball coach Kurt Kaufman finishes cutting down the net after the Yellow Jackets returned home from a loss at New Albany on Friday night. Despite the defeat, Mount Vernon clinched a share of the OCC Capital title with Olentangy Orange. (Fred Main)

Mount Vernon boys basketball coach Kurt Kaufman finishes cutting down the net after the Yellow Jackets returned home from a loss at New Albany on Friday night. Despite the defeat, Mount Vernon clinched a share of the OCC Capital title with Olentangy Orange. (Fred Main)

Johnnies rain on Trojans’ parade

Centerburg’s Jacob Anderson (11) has his shot blocked by Johnstown’s Riley Cannon (3) during the first half of Friday night’s game in Centerburg. Devon Moreland (2) looks on. Cannon rallied Johnstown to a 57-56 upset of the Mid-Buckeye Conference champion Trojans. (Joe Huddleston)

Centerburg’s Jacob Anderson (11) has his shot blocked by Johnstown’s Riley Cannon (3) during the first half of Friday night’s game in Centerburg. Devon Moreland (2) looks on. Cannon rallied Johnstown to a 57-56 upset of the Mid-Buckeye Conference champion Trojans. (Joe Huddleston)

Wrestlers start sectional strong

Utica’s Andrew Gayheart tries to turn Fredericktown’s Nolan Dilts during their 119-pound match at Friday night’s Division III Sectional Meet at Utica High School. Wrestling continues today. (Geoff Cowles)

Utica’s Andrew Gayheart tries to turn Fredericktown’s Nolan Dilts during their 119-pound match at Friday night’s Division III Sectional Meet at Utica High School. Wrestling continues today. (Geoff Cowles)
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