Rockin' the night away
Perennial favorites with Mount Vernon audiences, Phil Dirt and the Dozers entertained a large crowd of '50s and '60s music fans Thursday night from the Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival main stage on Public Square. (Virgil Shipley)
Plenty offered at Homemades and Trades Show
Amy Chapman of "What's In a Name" is one of the many vendors at the Homemades and Trade Show this weekend at the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival. (Alan Reed)
Bulldogs win cheer competition
On Thursday at the Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival Cheerleading Competition, East Knox High School won grand champion for the varsity competitors. First row, from left, are Ashley Casebolt, Casey Johnson, Cierra Marshall, Courtney Hunkele and Cristina Shaver. Second row, from left, are Dara Forshey, Erika Woods, Jessica Sanders, Kayla Jacobs and Kaytin Mizer. Third row, from left, are coach Amy Jones, Mary Hunter, Morgan Groom, Paige Whittington and Torey Hagans. (Kenesha R. Beheler)
Bulldogs win cheer competition
Fredericktown High School Junior Varsity team won the title of champion during the Dan Emmett Cheer Competition in Junior Varsity division of the competition. First row, from left, are Brenna Lifer, Lean Stotler, Cierra Sapp and Kenize Bedout. Second row, from left, are Brittany Cockrell, Maddie McGuire, Kaitlyn Frazier, Sarah Lauer and coach Tiffany Northrop. (Kenesha R. Beheler)
Bulldogs win cheer competition
Winning title of champion during the Dan Emmett Cheer Competition in the freshman competition was Mount Vernon High School Freshman. First row, from left, are Abigail Briggs, Aimee Emrisko, Emily Hart and Alexa Helman. Second row, from left, are Kennedy Horner, Alicia Jones, Carmen Matthews and coach Ashley Miller. (Kenesha R. Beheler)
New teachers welcomed to county
Genelle Eggerton, the new principal at East Knox Elementary, left, talks with Mount Vernon Middle School health and physical education teacher Wesley Elifritz, the featured speaker at Thursday's New Educators' Breakfast hosted by the Mount Vernon-Knox County Chamber of Commerce. Seated next to Elifritz is his wife, Allie, a fifth-grade teacher at Twin Oak Elementary. (Melissa Raines)
Local performers kick off festival
Jordan Shremshock is one of the Youth Showcase performers who also staged her own show for the 2010 Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival. (Virgil Shipley)
Shoeboxes symbolize love, hope
Operation Christmas Child launched its countdown event for their central Ohio collection area earlier this week at the Brandon Baptist Church. Guest speaker, Oksana Nelson, spoke to visitors, and church members, on the need to give and the impact the program has on a child's life. (Kenesha R. Beheler)
