Feature - 1st placeKevin Labitzke sacrificed a dry seat for a dry head when the rains began during the second day of play the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. His father Don Labitzke is behind him and is using his chair as an umbrella. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Feature - 2nd placeKaden Jones, 9, of Columbus soaks up the water and sun at the new Blackburn Rec Center splash pad. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeSteve Carnahan of Al's Window Cleaning wipes down 175 On the Park building adjacent to the Columbus Commons. Construction for the Highpoint apartments can be seen in the glass reflection. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeColumbus firefighter Jarrod McClain asisted firefighter Scott Blackburn as he goes into a drain at Easton Mall to rescue more ducks . Ten baby ducks fell into the drain at a parking lot. Bystanders rescued three and Columbus Firefighters picked up the other 7 by pushing water from one drain to another. The ducks were reunited with their mother later. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd placeIn preparation for the Vectren Dayton Air Show being held June 22-23, Sean D. Tucker pilots the Oracle Challenger III aerobatic bi-plane over the control tower at Dayton International Airport. WIth military aerial teams being grounded due to the Congressional-mandated sequestration, Tucker is one of many featured civilian pilots who will be performing. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeSpencer Moledor, 12, (right) of Pickerington, Anayus Weber, 11, (center) of Reynoldsburg, and Grant Boone, 10, (left) of Reynoldsburg, watch as American flags are burned during Boy Scout Troop 826's flag retirement ceremony at VFW Post 9473 in Reynoldsburg. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Illustration - 1st placeIllustration on the proper way to clean and rinse fresh vegetables. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Illustration - 2nd placeThe pork shank photographed at Barcelona Restaurant in German Village. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd placeSpinach frittata prepared with fewer egg yolks . (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st placeViolinist Chad Hoopes, 18, is the winner of an Emerging Artist Award from 2013 Cleveland Arts Prize. Hoopes, who plays all over the world, is photographed with his Stradivarius from 1713 near Mixon Hall inside the Cleveland Institute of Music. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Portrait - 2nd placeArtist Andrea Levy, is pictured in her studio in Lakewood. Levy has been awarded the Mid-Career Design award for the 2013 Cleveland Arts Prize. She will receive $10,000. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Portrait - 3rd placePainter Frank Oriti, of Lakewood, is seen here in a portion of his shared westside Cleveland studio. Oriti is the winner of an Emerging Artist award from the 2013 Cleveland Arts Prize. He will receive $10,000 for the prestigious award. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Sports Feature - 1st placeA rainbow forms over Fifth Third Field as grounds crew member Christopher Chapinski rubs the rain out of his hair while he helps hold down the tarp during a rain delay as the Toledo Mud Hens prepare to play the Louisville Bats. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeNew friends Spencer Brooks, 9, and Emily Steinmetz, 10, of North Ridgeville, play catch in the lawn seating area during the game between the Lake Erie Crushers and the Normal CornBelters at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon. Many families from North Ridgeville came out to the Tuesday evening game as part of the North Ridgeville Community Day promotion. (Sam Greene / The (Lorain) Morning Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeWesterville North's Haley Sandvik, Heidi Engelhardt, Heather Sandvik, and Jocelyn Sharpe celebrate winning the 4x800 meter relay at the 2013 OHSAA Division I regional championship at Pickerington North. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Spot News - 1st placeA vintage stearman aircraft carrying wing walker Jane Wicker and pilot Charlie Schwenker crashes at the Vectren Dayton Air Show in front of a crowd of spectators. Both Wicker and Schwenker were fatally injured in the crash. (Isaac Hale / Ohio University)
Spot News - 2nd placeToledo fire fighters battle a fire on Bancroft Street. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Spot News - First placeAshtabula firefighters use a pike pole to break up a hotspot while battling a fire on W. 9th Street in Ashtabula. (William A. West / )
Sports - 1st placeTaylor Cordell of West Liberty-Salem is inadvertently tripped up as Matt Hodge of Valley falls during the 110 meter hurdles at the OHSAA track and field championships in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 2nd placeElyria shortstop Marie Masters (left) and left fielder Holly Howser collide missing a fly ball off the bat of Hoover's Kathleen Shier in the second inning of the Division I state softball championship game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. The Vikings went on to win the game 7-0. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd placeSt. Clairsville's Michael Eaton fails to clear 14'-6" in the pole vault during the 2013 OHSAA Division II state track and field meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st placeJosie Hume lifts her goat up in the air to prepare to tie it in a goat tying competition during an early spring rodeo in Springfield. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeTim Bailey races against other runners in a 800 meter race during a Tri meet at Grove City High School. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeMark Frederick, a former sniper in the armed services, has parlayed his passion for hunting and marksmanship into a business where he gets rid of nuisance animals such as groundhogs and coyotes. Mark has several trophy bucks mounted in his Powell home. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
