Image gallery June 14, 2011 · 6 images · Photo Store
A rusted out galvanized culvert pipe was replaced on Chapel Church Road north of Danville on Monday. A gravel mixture was tamped around the new plastic pipe then the trench was filled with more gravel and again tamped. Knox County Highway Department bridge foreman Michael Smithhisler is moving gravel around in the trench. Backhoe operator Lynn Morningstar is lining the trench with gravel. On Thompson Road, just east of Apple Valley, an old concrete box culvert, that was breaking up, was replaced with a 60-foot plastic culvert. That job was also completed Monday. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
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. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
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. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
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. (Photo by Alan Reed)
Kevin Oliver will perform a tribute to Johnny Cash at the Danville-Howard Turkey Festival on Thursday at 9 p.m. (Photo by Submitted photo)
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. (Photo by Submitted photo)
