The metal plates, pins, and screws that rebuilt his knee are shown on a phone held next to the surgery scar and exit wound from an accidental shooting. My Final Photo for November 6, 2024.

Westerville Kenneth Wright offers comments after placing miniature houses on his desk at the city council meeting, where he has been a proponent for affordable housing in the city. My Final Photo for November 5, 2024.

A runner on the trail through the back half of Heritage Park passes a maple tree dressed in fall colors. My Final Photo for November 4, 2024.

A fisherman stands in the cool shadows of Hoover Reservoir as the setting sun casts its golden light across the empty docks and eastern shore. My Final Photo for November 3, 2024.

Westerville artist Dennis Rano stands under a ginkgo tree on South State Street for a series of photographs from various angles that he said would be part of a future body of work featuring Uptown. My Final Photo for Nov. 2, 2024.

American Electric Power linemen switch electrical cables onto a replacement power pole on 3C Highway just north of Maxtown Road in Genoa Township. My Final Photo for November 12, 2024.

Pete Carmona, left, and Chris Smiley toss pumpkin remainders from the Scout Troop 84 Pumpkin Patch at the Masonic Hall into shipping cages where they will end up on a pig farm as fodder for a porcine dinner. My Final Photo for October 31, 2024.

A fisherman retrieves his empty hook for rebaiting while fishing below the low-head dam at Alum Creek Park North Wednesday afternoon. My Final Photo for October 30, 2024.

An Otterbein student scrunches her face just before getting a paper plate of whipped cream from a donor who made a cash contribution to Children’s Hospital as part of the Otterthon Trunk or Treat event on campus Tuesday evening. My Final Photo for October 29, 2024.

Two fishermen sit on the spit of land that once was Walnut Street, now uncovered by low water levels in Hoover Reservoir, as a third angler configures his lures from a boat. My Final Photo for October 28, 2024.

Sunrise brightens the morning across the fields at Highlands Park and the surrounding neighborhood with Hoover Reservoir as a backdrop. My Final Photo for October 27, 2024.

The setting sun throws its golden light through the twin maple trees growing on the bank of Alum Creek below the spillway in the park on West Main Street. My Final Photo for October 26, 2024.

Roofers lay new asphalt shingles on the steep incline over the Kroger store on Maxtown Road. My Final Photo for October 25, 2024.

The afternoon spills shadows across the ball fields at Hoff Woods Park. My Final Photo for October 24, 2024.

Mother and child casually walk by a garage door covered with a Pennywise the Dancing Clown mural as part of a macabre Halloween decoration on Spring Road. My Final Photo for October 23, 2024.