Sailboats turn into the wind around the downwind buoys in an afternoon race at Hoover Sailing Club on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for October 21, 2023.

A quartet of trees share a common vista across the small hay pasture at the Yarnell Farm on County Line Road. My Final Photo for October 19, 2023.

A Westerville police officer removes a motorcycle from Schrock Road where fire department paramedics treat the bike’s rider after he struck the side of a truck turning in front of him. My Final Photo for October 18, 2023.

Tom Curry, right, talks with three Westerville City Council candidates after a council meeting where he spoke during citizens’ comments about the lack of news media coverage of candidates for local elections. From left to right are candidatesJeff Washburn, David Grimes, and Aaron Glasgow. My Final Photo for October 17, 2023.

Bricks are returned to West College Ave. after new water lines were laid beneath the iconic street in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for October 16, 2023.

A customer lifts a pumpkin as he studies the selection of sizes and shapes of available pumpkins at the Boy Scout Troop 84 Pumpkin Patch in front of the Masonic Hall in Uptown. My Final Photo for October 15, 2023.

A praying mantis intended to mesmerize children attending BUG OUT insect, arachnid, and centipede show at the Westerville Library climbs the face of a librarian who chose to help manage the insect during a break in the show. My Final Photo for October 14, 2023.

A contract work crew clears invasive late goldenrod from the rain garden at Walnut Boat Ramp as the city clears the weed from some areas of the park. My Final Photo for October 13, 2023.

Librarians read the instructions for setting up the Westerville Library’s new telescope with an eclipse filter as it prepares for Saturday’s partial annular eclipse. My Final Photo for October 12, 2023.

A small group of friends and neighbors gather on the hilltop overlooking Glengary Shopping Center on Westerville Road where weather permitting they share stories of their friendship and their long history in central Ohio. My Final Photo for October 11, 2023.

Westerville School Board candidates Jennifer Aultman, left, and Louise Valentine talk with some of the people who attended the Westerville Chamber of Commerce candidate forum at the Westerville library. #Weste

A toddler keeps herself busy coloring between the lines of her coloring book as a man in the audience takes notes during the Chamber of Commerce City Council Candidate Forum at the library. My Final Photo for October 9, 2023.

A Westerville firefighter talks with a young boy about the same age as his son during the fire department’s open house at the main fire station on West Main St. My Final Photo for October 8, 2023.

A man studies the undercarriage of an airlfted lowrider at the Columbus Cars and Coffee car show at the parking lot at city hall in Westerville. My Final Photo for October 7, 2023.