The Mount Vernon/Knox County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours for December was held at the Kokosing Construction Co.’s training center at Fredericktown Tuesday evening. Andy Fox, personnel dispatcher for the company, talks about the company projects. Bill Burgett, the Fredericktown man that started the company, briefly recalled some history of the now 60-year-old company. He called the village an incubator for work with the men he hired, mentioning Earl Sockman as a backbone in the early years. He said they started with picks and shovels but he knew construction equipment was more efficient and expanded to a backhoe mounted on the back of a tractor. Now, they have power shovels that cost $3 million and will load a 100-ton truck in three minutes. Fox added they now employee 1,500 people and did $700,000,000 business last year. The biggest job now underway is a two-year reconstruction of the I-70, I-71 interchange in downtown Columbus. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
The shopping cart derby to collect food and money for the Food for the Hungry Saturday will have these people pushing the carts. From left are Jim Stoner and Sara Lynn, WMVO/Eagle 93.7 radio, starting on Mansfield Road; Heidi Johnson and D.J. Mill, WNZR radio, East High Street.; Corby Wise and Mike McNichols, Mount Vernon News, West High Street; and Todd Huber and Brittany West, Time Warner Cable, South Main Street. They will race to the Public Square where prizes will go to the first team to finish and for the most money and food. The race will start at 10:45 a.m. Residents in these neighborhoods are encouraged to take food and monetary donations out to the teams as they pass by. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
The Alcove Restaurant celebrated its 100th birthday on Tuesday night with memories from past and current owners as well as loyal customers. Pictured, from left, Mark Ramser, current co-owner, talks with Rich Cochran, former owner, and Judy Fisher, loyal patron. (Photo by Alan Reed)
Lois Hanson of Mount Vernon, right, presents copies of the microfilm of the Civil War years of the Mount Vernon Democratic Banner to the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County Director John Chidester and Natalie Webber of the Circulation Department. Until Hanson had the microfilm duplicated, the only known copies were in the archives of the Mount Vernon News. (Photo by Chuck Martin)
Mount Vernon’s Eric Ashbrook goes for a shot against Olentangy Orange in Tuesday’s game. Ashbrook led the Yellow Jackets with 13 points in his team’s 54-41 loss. (Photo by Sue Swanson/Special to the News)
Mount Vernon’s Keli Thompson (21) goes for a fast break after getting a steal off an Olentangy Orange pass during Tuesday’s game. The Pioneers won, 67-34. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Olentangy Orange’s Taylore Bundy tries to strip the ball away from Mount Vernon’s Madi Montgomery during Tuesday’s game. The Pioneers won, 67-34. (Photo by Bill Davis)
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