Feature - 1st placeSpencer Sheehan, 11, of Rocky River, sprays a garden hose in his neighbor George Hildebrandt's front yard in Rocky River. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - 2nd placeAaron Sullivan, 3, helps his dad Chris Sullivan apply the ketchup while his brother Ryan Sullivan (in the green and white hat), 8, takes a bite and his other brother Connor Sullivan, 10, helps garnish the rest of the dogs during dime a dog night at Huntington Park in Columbus. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeJayveunce Estremero, 4, of Columbus, leaps through the Bicentennial Park fountain in the hot afternoon sunlight. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HMBen Ganson gets squirted by his son, Micah, 5, as he fills up his kiddie pool with a garden hose in the family's front yard. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HMConservator Marcin Pikus pressure washes an ear of the Field of Corn (with Osage Oranges) in Dublin. The city of Dublin is spending $74,000 on maintenance on the sculpture and work will continue off and on throughout the summer. The 109 ears, each of which is 6 feet tall, will be cleaned and "kernals" that are damaged or worn down will be replaced. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeBarely able to lift the launchers, Binita Biswa, 8, left, and her friend Zaineb Ramahdan, 8, get a first-hand look at some of the weaponry on display near Public Square as the week-long Marine Week Cleveland kicked off. The shoulder-launched multi-purpose assault weapons were among the dozens of state-of-the-art weaponry and equipment that the public could handle under the watchful eyes of Marines. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 2nd place(From left) Shannon Kerrigan and friend Haley Morris, both of Cleveland, watch the transit of Venus over the sun through a mylar filter provided by Dr. Joanne Denko and sponsored by Cleveland State University at Edgewater Park. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 3rd placeLarry Rieker touches a burning crutch to the more than 9,000 flags being burned during the annual Flag Retirement Ceremony at the American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle. Old and worn out flags from all over the country are sent to Post 286 to be burned in what has become one of the largest flag retirement ceremonies in the country. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Illustration - 1st placeAnonymous portrait for the Amy Saunders near death package. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd placeEdamame spread with backlit edamame pods. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd placeThe Ohio Supreme Court recently upheld the state’s ban on smoking in public places, as well as monetary punishment for violating the ban, which maxes out at $100 for an individual or $5,000 for an establishment per violation. (Adam Cairns / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Portrait - 1st placeTanya Winebrenner sits with her children in her home. Her quadruplets , which just celebrated their first birthday, are doing well. They are Oliver, Keagan, Jack and Kirian. (Chris Parker / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Portrait - 2nd placeLead artist David Seymour poses for a portrait at BlackMarket Tattoos & Piercings on High Street in Columbus. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeNear death. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeMembers of the Springfield Fire Division rescue one of the three children from an overturned SUV following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of East High Street and Walnut Street. Five people were involved in the accident, all were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd placeFirefighters begin to clean up after much of Marjorie Ramsay's home at 993 Bushwood Lane near Bethel is destroyed after it was struck by lightning. "I was on the porch reading," said Ramsay. "And all of the sudden I heard this monstrous pop that made me jump. I thought it was a transformer." She called the fire department but all the circuits were busy. She believes the house will be a complete loss. "Oh lordy I just hope the other neighbors roofs are all right." said Ramsay. "I'm going to have to find a new place to live." A storm front with hurricane-force winds blew through central Ohio Friday leaving more than 200,000 people without power and damaging other property. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd placeSheffield and Plymouth firefighters make their way down a steep hill to a burning car in Plymouth Township. Phillip Scheanon, 17, miracuously escaped injury after he rolled down a very steep embankment in his mother's 1998 Buick Regal. Scheanon lost control of the car on a gravel section of Hadlock Road in Plymouth Township. The car traveled between a guard rail and a large tree; removing the bark from the tree before rolling about 75 feet down the hill where they came to a stop. Smoke was pouring from the car as Scheanon climbed out of the car and climbed back up the embankment and into the arms of Vickie Lee. Lee had called 911. The car burst into flames and was fully engulfed when firefighters from Plymouth and Sheffield fire departments arrived at the scene. (William A. West / Wwest News Service (WNS))
Sports - 1st placeUpper Arlington's Jack Shalvoy tries to pass the ball to teammate David Kozar after being upended by Licking Valley's Nathan McCown (lower left) during the rugby sevens match at Mifflin High School. (Adam Cairns / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports - 2nd placeSpencer Levin loses control of his club on the second of the 15th hole during the Memorial Golf Tournament at the Muirfield Golf Club in Muirfield. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeArchbishop Moeller's Cameron Whitehead tags out Grove City's Brandon Gooch during the Division I state semifinal at Huntington Park in Columbus. Grove City lost 3-2. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports feature - 1st placeColumbus Clippers pitcher Chris Seddon (13) delivers to the plate during the game between Columbus and Norfolk at Huntington Park. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports feature - 2nd placeReturning state champion from 2010, Ellie Braidic of Pandora-Gilboa warms up before competing in the Div. III girls pole vault during the State Track and Field Tournament at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports feature - 3rd placeColumbus DeSales celebrates after their win over Wapakoneta in the Division II state championship game 3 - 2 at Huntington Park in Columbus. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports feature - HMThe Grove City bench puts on their rally caps with their team down 3-1 to Archbishop Moeller in the fifth inning of the Division I state semifinal at Huntington Park. Grove City lost 3-2. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports feature - HMHoover pitcher Caly Russo, face visible, leaps into the arms of catcher Erika Warren as teammates pour from the dugout, following the final out of North Canton's 5-2 victory over Medina in the Div I state semifinal softball game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Story - 1st placeAn American flag burs during its retirement ceremony at First Responders Park in Westerville on Flag Day. (Adam Cairns / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Story - 2nd placeErin Carey celebrates her marketing degree at the 400th commencement at Ohio State Stadium. Ohio State will graduate the largest spring quarter class ever with the awarding of 10,642 degrees. The ceremony is the university's 400th commencement and Ohio State’s last on the academic quarter system. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeLouise Salvador, grandmother, and CeeJay Metcalf, father, stand at the casket of Army Paratrooper Pfc. Michael J. Metcalf at the Zaback-Ducro Funeral Home in Ashtabula. (William A. West / Wwest News Service (WNS))
