An Amish Originals worker surveys the completed 'Peace' mural on the side of the furniture store's building in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for April 29, 2024. 1l.ink/648267P

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An Otterbein graduate wearing a mortar board emblazoned with 'My Dream' in Arabic high-fives another graduate as they begin the procession for commencement ceremonies Sunday morning. @otterbeinu #westervilleohio #westervillenews 1l.ink/6DPLKSL

A Blendon Township police officer empties a baggie filled with prescription drugs into a holding container during National Drug Take Back Day. My Final Photo for April 27, 2024. tinyurl.com/4c73ukex

Thea Willemstein, 9, proudly shows off her Hanby Elementary third-grade class portrait with a T-Rex as the background. My Final Photo for April 26, 2024. tinyurl.com/3azc83mx

Columbus Parks workers move a section of dock away from the shore and into position near the Dam at Hoover Reservoir getting the floating system ready for summer boating. My Final Photo for April 25, 2024. tinyurl.com/bdcn33dz

Adam Hernandez and his brother, Anthony, paint around the shape of the dove that will anchor the 'Peace' mural on East Main Street in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for April 24, 2024. tinyurl.com/3p7v73uz

A contractor for ATT pulls fiber optic cable along Slaughter Alley to Park Street as the company upgrades Uptown to fiber connectivity. My Final Photo for April 23, 2024. tinyurl.com/yr5xfc5a

A family tills one of the Blendon Township Community Garden plots on a warm afternoon following a morning frost. My Final Photo for April 22, 2024. tinyurl.com/adrxjc6u

Three young girls wear more fashionable but effective shoes to help plant native trees and clear invasive species from the wetlands and vernal pools at Heritage Park as part of the Green Columbus and FACT Earth Day event. My Final Photo for April 21, 2024. tinyurl.com/yryymbxw

Artist Sandra Brandt pauses to talk with John Cameron from her spot in Westerville Antiques on Saturday afternoon at the Art Hop in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for April 20, 2024. tinyurl.com/yrd7hmzv

Father and daughter leave Di Carlo's Pizza in Uptown with four pizzas cut from the first pan cooked at the restaurant that began serving with a soft opening Friday night and plans to be open for the Art Hop on Saturday. My Final Photo for April 19, 2024. tinyurl.com/tt4py53d

Otterbein student Lillian Morgret attaches inflated flowers to the handrails at the Alum Creek Park Amphitheater where the school's Celebration of Service and Leadership award presentations will take place later in the day. My Final Photo for April 18, 2024.

A young woman's hair flies in her face as she walks away from the wind along a sidewalk in Uptown Westerville on a very windy spring day. My Final Photo for April 17, 2024. tinyurl.com/mcuhhcfw

Under the tutelage of his artist father, Adam, two-year-old Ray Hernandez applies paint to a section of the 'Peace' mural Hernandez is painting in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for April 16, 2024. tinyurl.com/nhkfads5

Jessica de la Torre stains the railing on the boardwalk around the wetlands at Highlands Park as the pool prepares for opening next month. My Final Photo for April 15, 2024. tinyurl.com/2sshbnrp

Instead of falling on the manicured grounds around what used to be the Braun Farm barn the shadow from the remaining walnut tree falls on the untended ground a year after the barn was demolished by the developer who now owns the property. tinyurl.com/4ycbjh8k

A young girl navigates her ride of choice around her parents and friend's larger vehicles during an informal gathering of car enthusiasts in the parking lot below Hoover Dam Saturday afternoon. My Final Photo for April 13, 2024. tinyurl.com/243nd8y7

A city work crew pressure vacuums a water valve connection below State Street at Main as the city begins GPS marking underground water pipes in Uptown Westerville. My final Photo for April 12, 2024. tinyurl.com/5w5tnn3m

A Great Blue Heron peers through leaves checking the proximity of a photographer encroaching on its fight-or-flee distance while fishing in the turgid high waters of Alum Creek. My Final Photo for April 11, 2024. tinyurl.com/bf3zdwzc