Image gallery July 11, 2011 · 10 images · Photo Store
The 28th annual Christmas in July food collection took place Saturday throughout Knox County. Sponsored by Soroptimist International of Mount Vernon and Knox County and the community relations division of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the fundraiser is used to help replenish food supplies at the county’s food pantries. Pictured is Soroptimist member Donna Hedges of Mount Vernon. Totals for Saturday’s collection include $18,257 and $1,000 worth of food donations. Donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 1052, Mount Vernon, OH 43050 during July. (Photo by Samantha Scoles)
Max Van Fossen, left, and Bryan Downs are shown in the St. Vincent de Paul School gymnasium. Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County, the school will have a safer venue for interscholastic athletic competition and physical education classes. The grant will provide the funds to remove the existing floor, which is 80 years old and made of asbestos tile. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Lori Beach holds photos of her dog Jade, a stray rescue, with whom she spent many hours at the dog agility park at Wolf Run Regional Park. The newly upgraded agility center has been named in Jade's honor. (Photo by Samantha Scoles)
Beau Lazear entices his dog, Lulu, over the agility apparatus with liver treats after Saturday's dedication of the dog agility center. (Photo by Samantha Scoles)
A traffic light was removed so this 350-foot-long rig leaving Rolls-Royce this morning could turn the corner at North Sandusky and West Chestnut streets. The 407,000-pound load will travel U.S. 36 to Interstate 77 and south to Marietta. Once there, a barge will take it on a monthlong trip down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers eventually to Houston, Texas. It is destined for oil fields on the Caspian Sea. It is the first of three units that will be leaving the Mount Vernon facility this month. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
American Red Cross Knox County Chapter Executive Director Kelly Brenneman, center, keeps Mount Vernon police and firefighters separated. Their friendly rivalry is the theme behind the annual “Guns and Hoses” Blood Drive scheduled for Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. at the fire station at 200 W. Gambier St. From left are patrolman Tim Arnold, Brenneman, and firefighters Terry Davis and Jonathan Mooney. (Photo by Chuck Martin)
Mount Vernon All-Stars’ Trace Hatfield tries to avoid a tag by Cambridge’s Gauge Stocker during Saturday’s tournament game. (Photo by Fred Main)
Prospect Post 368 second baseman Jacob Ulrey loses his glove as he attempts to tag out Utica Post 92’s Ethan Abell during a steal attempt in Saturday’s tournament game. Utica won, 11-4. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Mount Vernon All-Stars’ Cole Parrish smacks a two-run home run in the second inning to give his team a 4-2 lead over North Fork on Sunday. (Photo by Geoff Cowles)
Utica Post 92’s Billy Jackson slides into home as Marysville Post 79’s Anderson Hasting blocks the plate in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game. The throw was not in time, and Jackson was safe. (Photo by Bill Davis)
