A young boy gets a lift-up by a booted foot and an extended hand as he exits from the bowl at Westerville’s Skatepark during the annual Hallowesty competition at Alum Creek Park South. My Final Photo for Oct. 27, 2019.

A Franklin County Sheriffs Deputy holds a bag of expired, old, and unwanted drugs given to deputies at the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in the parking lot at Kroger on East Schrock Road. My Final Photo for Oct. 26, 2019.

A construction worker places protective tape on seams between sections of the new fountain wall in First Responders Park before sealing them as the park nears completion. My Final Photo for Oct. 25, 2019.

An installer cleans the letters on a sign for First Watch before installing it at the new restaurant at Huber and South State. My Final Photo for Oct. 24, 2019.

The morning sun cuts through the aptly named red maple leaves of the tree that greets visitors to the parking lot at Innswood Metro Gardens. My Final Photo for Oct. 23, 2019.

The skull of a young buck sits on a bed of fall leaves along a creekbed from a stream near Africa Road that leads to Alum Creek. My Final Photo for Oct. 22, 2019.

Electricians completed installing and powering the new neon lights attached to the 8 State marquee after it was damaged by a truck in May 2018. My Final Photo for Oct. 21, 2019.

A young girl carves a face into one of the more than 2,000 pumpkins being prepared for the Greater Westerville Pumpkin Glow beginning Tuesday at Heritage Park and continuing for five days. My Final Photo for Oct. 20, 2019. 

A young boy runs from Big Walnut Creek where he’d been collecting mollusk shells from the exposed creekbed. My Final Photo for Oct. 19, 2019.

A farmer runs his combine through the soybean fields below the Yarnell barns Friday hoping to get most of his fields harvested before rain begins next week. My Final Photo for Oct. 18, 2019.

A crew cuts out rounds of sidewalk at the entrance to the brick walk at Java Central to check the location and density of the roots for the massive oak as the city prepares to build a platform around the tree and a bump-out for the sidewalk to protect the tree when the Uptown Westerville sidewalk and road project continues next spring. My Final Photo for Oct. 17, 2019.

Westerville Parks and Recreation workers remove hanging baskets and planters from poles and the sidewalk in Uptown Westerville the morning after the Democratic presidential debate. My Final Photo for Oct. 15, 2019.

Two women carrying homemade protest signs built from file folders, markers, staples, and yardsticks stand at Grove and West Main before the start of the Democratic presidential debate in Westerville. My Final Photo for Oct. 15, 2019.

A city work crew began leaf collection a few days early clearing leaves along Home Street near Otterbein University where the Democratic presidential debate will be held Tuesday. My Final Photo for Oct. 14, 2019.

A parasailer floats over one of the fields at the Westerville Sports Complex on Cleveland Ave. just as the sun sets. My Final Photo for Oct. 13, 2019.