Local bluegrass sensation Safire Sun delivered a healthy sampling of their bluegrass and gospel music on Saturday afternoon at the Utica Homecoming Fall Festival. (Photo by Alan Reed)
Cydney Platt, 8, with the assistance of Jessie Forsyth, rides Stevie, a Norwegian Fjord horse at Equine Assisted Therapy during the Heart of Ohio Tour. (Photo by Pam Schehl)
David Butcher of Utica gets a shot in the arm from Julie Miller, Knox County Board of Health commissioner, during Saturday’s drive-thru flu vaccination clinic. Although he only had to wait about 15 minutes for he and his parents, Alice and Bruce Butcher, to be vaccinated, he said he needed to stretch his legs and stood for his shot. About 400 shots were administered on Saturday. Additional clinics will be offered by the health department over the next several weeks. (Photo by Samantha Scoles)
Sujo John, right, was the featured speaker at the 15th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, Saturday at The Dan Emmett Conference Center. He spoke with Russ Grimm, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, prior to the breakfast. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
The Rosenthall Clothing Store, for many years located under the Woodward Opera House, will be part of Wednesday’s Historical Society program. (Photo by Submitted photo)
Members of the Utica Bicentennial Committee, Paul Palumbo, left, and Mayor Larry Friesel, shovel dirt to cover a time capsule that the committee buried as part of homecoming festivities Saturday afternoon. The capsule is to remain buried and not opened until 2060. Items contained in the time capsule included a photo of the 2010 Utica bicentennial committee; a list of members and photo of officers of Licking Lodge No. 291; a Utica bicentennial Christmas bulb; a list of current employees at Park National Bank; a copy of The Utica Herald announcing the death of Utica ambassador Otto Teele; a Utica Ice Cream Festival button; a Utica Sertoma dash plaque; a membership roster and hat from Morgan Grange; and a list of donors for the downtown murals. (Photo by Scott Gilbreath/Special to the News)
Fredericktown’s Emily Roberts leads the way while Licking Valley’s Mackenzie Butler pursues during Saturday’s Centerburg Invitational. Fredericktown came in fourth as a team, while Roberts came in first. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Highland’s Nichole Carter leads a pack of runners during the Centerburg Invitational at the Hartford Fairgrounds on Saturday. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Fredericktown’s Nick Gaumer sprints to the finish at the Centerburg Invitational on Saturday. (Photo by Bill Davis)
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