Feature - 1st place - Haley Griffis of Nashport and her boyfriend Evan Highfield of South Zanesville have their hands full with Haley's cousin's, twin one-year-old boys Ashton (left) and Aiden as they enjoy the sun at Dillon State Park. Haley will be babysitting the boys all summer before she and Evan head back as seniors to Mid-East Career & Technology Center where Haley will be studying early childhood development. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Jennifer (left) flips her hair as she readies to have her picture taken at the casting call for season 16 of the hit reality show " The Bachelor" at Quaker State & Lube in Sheffield. On right is Jennifer's mother, who is not trying out. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - 3rd place - John-John Pazdzior (left) steals a kiss for good luck from his driver Kendal Allen before his race down the Soap Box Derby hill at Big Run Park in Columbus. Twelve children participated in the annual Super Kids Race where children with special needs get to participate in the contest as the co-pilots. (Neal C. Lauron / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM - Pedro Adorno, an artist from Puerto Rico, shapes his clay cast for a giant puppet head that will be part of his piece, "Haiti Is Alive," in the Cleveland Museum of Art's Parade the Circle. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - HM - Emma Moyer (right) gives neighbor Gideon Doan a pull on a swing that her brother Chris Moyer had built along with some other neighbor kids near there homes in Bremen in Fairfield County. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - An Ohio National Guard Black Hawk helicopter flies past the Willow Island power plant in West Virginia, part of Transportation Security Administration multistage drill that involved 400 security and law-enforcement officers along the Ohio River. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - National Guard soldier Rodney Carter of Cincinnati gets a hug from cousin Alicia Holloway of Middletown after a deployment ceremony was held at Pickerington North High School. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Sgt. Mike Sparks, from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office, closes a bathroom window inside the Imperial Avenue home of accused murderer Anthony Sowell, in Cleveland. The remains of 11 women were found at this property. Jurors toured the interior and exterior of the property. (Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - HM - Steve Sagraves walks with his granddaughter Jordyn Sagraves, 4, to the pool at America's Best Value Inn and Suites in Dublin. The hotel will close on Sunday because it's been deemed a health and safety hazard. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st place - Ohio's public sector is seeing a mass exodus of experienced workers amid a push to reduce benefits. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Local folk music scene mainstay Fred Bailey has been singing protest songs for most of his life and will be performing as part of a series later this month. (Eric George / ThisWeek Newspapers (Columbus))
Portrait - 2nd place - Rick Van Walsen owner of Cedar Craft in Blacklick with some of his finished cedar mailboxes. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Todee Yonly, 11, holds a flag while his parents, Moses and Helen Yonly, are naturalized as U.S. Citizens during the Flag Day 2011 & U.S. Army 236th Birthday & Naturalization Ceremony in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.Twenty-nine people, from countries as far away at Romania and Zimbabwe, were naturalized by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Boyko as United States citizens. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Spot News - 1st place - Richard Klein Jr. and Kacey Klein comfort each other at a makeshift shrine on the Muskingum River where their 3-year-old son, Ayden Leroy Cecil, drowned in the river and 2-year old Anthony Joseph Tullius was missing. (Jeff Hinckley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place - Police arrested a man for robbing KeyBank at 402 S. Burnett Rd. around 11:15 a.m. Friday. The man ran northbound on Burnet and dropped the bag of money after a dye pack exploded, covering him in red dye. Police apprehended him on the corner of High Street and Burnett Road by Springfield Regional Medical Center. (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - The Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Clark County Sheriff's office, and Springfield Township Fire and Rescue personnel responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash in Springfield. The 18-year-old male driver lost control of the vehicle and was ejected as the SUV rolled over. He was taken by medic to Springfield Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Ohio State University quarterback Joe Bauserman walks away from a news conference held at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on June 28. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place - Columbus Crew forward Andres Mendoza (10) is dragged down by Chicago Fire's Yamith Cuesta (89) in the first period of their game at the Crew Stadium. (Neal C. Lauron / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Poland Seminary softball players celebrate a 14-2 win over Tippecanoe in a Division II state semi-final softball game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Story - 1st place - Rob Myers stretches after a run with his dog Coco also stretching as well at the family farm in Rushville. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Rickie Fowler signs autographs while sitting in a chair after finishing the 3rd round at the 2011 Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Former football teammates of Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua McDaniels walk arm in arm in a last ceremonial walk across the London High School football field after friends and family release balloons in his McDaniels' memory on the 50 yard line after the funeral service. McDaniels was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. (NEAL C. LAURON / COLUMBUS DISPATCH)
