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Before-and-after of the smoked, sliced pork plate with a large glass of iced sweet tea at the original Sonny’s BBQ. (My Final Photo for October 19, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A well-used but still sturdy Associated Press Halliburton travel case sits outside a Florida airport, waiting for the owner’s driver to bring the vacation vehicle around. (My Final Photo for October 18, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A young angler casts his lure into the glistening waters below the cam at Alum Creek Park North (My Final Photo for October 17, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)

A young scientist assists an older counterpart with an experiment that made two chemicals fluoresce during the OSU Magic of Science demonstration at the library.(My Final Photo for October 16, 2026. Photo by Gary Gardiner)