David Blackmon, right, president of Blackmon Oil Co., and owner of the Exxon Tiger Mart on North Hazel Street in Hope, and store assistant manager Jasmine Walton, left, present a check for $500 to Hope High School Assistant Principal Donald Patton from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grant program. The program is in support of science and math initiatives in local public schools where ExxonMobil stores are located. Blackmon Oil and Exxon Tiger Mart have participated in the program for more than a decade, according to Blackmon, providing grants to HHS, Yerger Middle School and Clinton Primary School. – Ken McLemore/Hope Public Schools
