HSUS compromise not set in stone
Former Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred Dailey, left, and Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board member Bill Moody take a question from the audience at a panel discussion on a compromise reached between certain Ohio livestock associations and the Humane Society of the United States. (George Breithaupt)
Party! Party! moving across town
PARTY! PARTY! proprietor and event specialist Annie McClung is pictured with some of the more than 500 different foil balloons available at the shop. (Pam Schehl)
Spray shares his collection with museum
Glenn Spray, right, donated a portion of his Native American artifact collection to the Knox County Agriculture Museum. Art Mizer, left, director of the museum, accepted the collection on behalf of the museum. The artifacts and hundreds of other historical exhibits will be on display during fair week July 24-31. (George Breithaupt)
Mount Vernon 14s fall in state title game
Mount Vernon Sport-N-Shoes catcher Chad Lupher hits a 3-run home run during the first inning of Thursday’s 14-year-old Babe Ruth State Championship game against the Zanesville Americans at Memorial Park. Zanesville catcher Drew Ritchey looks on. The Americans won the title with a 5-3 victory. (Joe Huddleston)
Mount Vernon 14s fall in state title game
Mount Vernon Sport-N-Shoes’ Jayben Martin celebrates as he scores on a 3-run home run by Chad Lupher during the first inning of Thursday’s 14-year-old Babe Ruth State Championship game against the Zanesville Americans at Memorial Park. The Zanesville Americans won the title with a 5-3 victory. (Joe Huddleston)
Trapped between the bases
Fredericktown All-Stars third baseman Kristal Latham, left, fields the throw from pitcher Emily Bennett, right, after catching Miller’s Farm’s Mikala Squires in a rundown during a 12-and-under Dixie Days Tournament game at Memorial Park on Thursday. Squires was safe on the play. The tournament runs through Sunday. (Virgil Shipley)
