Image gallery June 22, 2012 · 6 images · Photo Store
David Pavliga of Atwater, Ohio, put an estimated 5,000 hours into his 14-year restoration project of this WACO Model 9, the only remaining airworthy example of the 1925 biplane. It is powered by a V-8 Curtiss engine that was constructed in 1916 and was used to fly the mail in the 1920s. (Photo by Chloe Coleman)
It is certainly not first class in the cockpit of Frank Pavliga’s immaculate Miss Gilmore WACO biplane. Pictured are WACO aviation creature comforts, circa 1925. (Photo by Chloe Coleman)
Floyd Swanson, center, playing for Station Break, waits for the pitch while R.J.’s Drive Thru’s Dan Snouffer, left, bats during a recent 60 & Over softball game. Charlie Parrish, right, waits on deck. (Photo by Bill Davis)
From left, Addi Trance, 5; Bella Beck, 5; Hunter Trace, 6; Laine Cook, 9; Zoey Cook, 10; Abby Beck, 1; Donna Beck and Trace Beck, 4, enjoy lunch in Riverside Park, through the free summer lunch program. The program is available until Aug. 10. (Photo by Chloe Coleman)
Spending time outside to get away from a warm house was a way to cool off for, from left, Steven Thompson, Corey Kerr, Blade Weible and Ray Weible on Thursday evening. Low-income residents and those over age 60 are eligible to receive cooling appliances through two programs. (Photo by Alan Reed)
Firefighters with the Mount Vernon Fire Department were called to Colonial Hills Apartments around 3 p.m. Thursday for a small brush fire. They arrived to find a pile of railroad ties, plus tree limbs and leaves burning at the east end of the apartment complex on the hill behind the Urgent Care Center and had the blaze extinguished in a matter of a few minutes. No injuries were reported. Cause of the blaze has yet to be determined. Shown spraying down the burning ties with a fire hose is MVFD firefighter Nick Cockrell. (Photo by Alan Reed)
