Image gallery July 25, 2011 · 12 images · Photo Store
The Knox County Junior Fair king and queen were crowned Sunday morning at the start of the 2011 fair week. Gavin Rundell is the 2011 Junior Fair King and Courtney Strait is the 2011 Junior Fair Queen. (Photo by Pam Schehl)
Todd Cole, Fredericktown, drives his horses, Doc, left, and Bud, as they successfully pull a 9,500-pound weight during Sunday’s draft horse pull at the Knox County Fair. (Photo by Bill Davis)
The Kokosing Gap Trail is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. (Photo by Submitted photo)
Pantsuit Hilary, right, driven by Mount Vernon’s Chris Page, races to stay ahead of Cruisin Wanda, driven by Jonas Hershberger, during the eighth race Sunday at the Knox County Fair. Pantsuit Hilary held on to win and break a track record for 3-year-old fillies. (Photo by Geoff Cowles)
Parkside Restaurant 8 & under claimed the tournament championship at the Dixie Days fastpitch softball tournament at Memorial Park on Sunday. Parkside won the title with a 17-3 win over the Holmes County Dirt Dawks, giving the team a perfect 7-0 record in the tournament. Front row Cierra Nuttall, Chassidy Henwood, Carlena “Weezy” Fiorilli, Stella Bainbridge, Kaitlyn Merilla, and Maddy Burdette. Second row, Kacie Goetzman, Kallista Bowman, Aubrey Runyon, Larissa Blanchard, Bryn Elliott and Shelby Daughriety. Third row, head coach Marc Fiorilli and assistant coaches Jeff Blanchard, June Fiorilli and Tracy Elliott. (Photo by Submitted photo)
Because they wear wool all the time, these sheep wearing coats were not bothered by temperatures in the 80s. Extra precautions were being taken for other animals at the fair. (Photo by Pam Schehl)
His pen of three fryers had been judged and David Daniels, 12, returned them to their pen. David is a member of the Red Brush 4-H Club. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Hardworking Amish carpenters framed a building Saturday for the new Sanctuary Community Action in Danville. It replaces a structure considered beyond repair. Health, education and social services for residents in eastern Knox County fall under the umbrella of The Sanctuary. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
The Ohio Lady Vipers claimed the 12 & under tournament title at the Dixie Days fastpitch softball tournament at Memorial Park on Sunday. Shanna Mickley pitched 19 of the 21 innings as the Vipers outscored their opponents, 15-2, in three games. Front row, from left, Kennedy Farmer, Cassidy Frazier, Ashley Kight, Emily Kight and Torrey Totman. Back row, coach Matt Burdette, Taylor Gregory, Monica Furby, Mickley, Chloe Burdette, Natasha Miller, Tanesha Lewis, Madison Drabick, Lexie Hess and coach Dwight Farmer (Photo by Submitted photo)
Harley Davis sets up her pony for showmanship judging for judge Mike Stickler on Sunday at the Knox County Fair. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Now everyone can relax just off the midway at the Knox County Fair in a pavilion dedicated to the late Denny Irwin. A longtime member of the fair board and the Mount Vernon Lions Club, Irwin passed away in 2009. Presiding over the dedication Sunday are, from left, Janice Arnold, Lions Club District 13K governor; Betty Bemiller-Irwin, his widow; and Joe Gutridge with the Mount Vernon Lions Club. Bemiller-Irwin and Gutridge headed the project raising $8,988.68 to build the 28-by-36-foot structure. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Larry Brown Jr., 33, Apple Valley, had cuts and bruises when his car hit this tree just after midnight today. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said he was eastbound on Danville-Amity Road, a mile east of Amity, when his car left the right side of the road. He told the patrol he dodged a deer on the road. He walked a distance to his mother’s house who took him to Knox Community Hospital for treatment. He was charged with failure to control. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
