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  • Class of 2013 commencement

    By PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKNEWS
    Whitehall-Yearling High School graduate Delina Farnlacher (right) hugs fellow graduate Carlee Atkins prior to the school's commencement ceremony at the Aladdin Shrine Center on June 15.

    Dobbert-Meloy touts enthusiasm, energy

    Whitehall City Schools Superintendent Judyth Dobbert-Meloy looked around the room June 15 as 153 graduating seniors, along with their numerous family members and friends, gathered at the Aladdin Shrine Center at Easton.

  • Child-development classes

    By CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKNEWS
    Whitehall-Yearling High School student Destiny Thomas sits with Riley Parker in the C. Ray Williams Early Childhood Center on June 6.

    High-schoolers get on-the-job training with preschoolers

    When child-development students from Whitehall-Yearling High School came to help in a local preschool classroom in the spring, little did they know brushing out the tangled hair of My Little Pony dolls was in the job description.

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Sports

  • Whitehall-Yearling Roundup

    Kiflu earns state track opportunity

    Abiel Kiflu of the Whitehall-Yearling High School boys track and field team entered the Division II regional meet May 30 and June 1 at Welcome Stadium in Dayton with extra motivation.

  • Whitehall-Yearling Roundup

    Boys 3,200 relay qualifies for regional

    Samson Edessa, Nahom Hailu and Abiel Kiflu of the Whitehall-Yearling High School boys track and field team will be making a return trip to the Division II regional meet in the 3,200-meter relay.

  • Whitehall-Yearling Roundup

    Kiflu breaks Reid's 800 school mark

    Whitehall-Yearling High School senior Abiel Kiflu entered the track and field season with his sights set on a program record that had stood since 1969.

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Arts.Food.Fun

  • By Submitted photo
    The Summerland Tour 2013, featuring Everclear (above), Live, Filter and Sponge, stops at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Friday, June 21. Tickets are $30/$15. Visit promowestlive.com.

    Simple rules define Summerland tour

    Art Alexakis, Everclear frontman and founder of the Summerland Tour, has just a few rules for the bands he brings along on the tour of ’90s alt-rock acts, making its second go-round in 2013.

  • Table Talk

    By COURTESY OF MILLER'S ALE HOUSE
    This is an interior shot of Miller's Ale House. The Jupiter, Fla.-based company is opening a store at 1201 Olentangy River Road by the end of the year.

    Tap house with veto-proof menu likes Grandview area

    Miller’s Columbus Ale House is bringing its expansive beer selection and menu to 1201 Olentangy River Road.

  • Ace of Cups hosts Parquet Courts Monday, June 24.

    Fischer's Fab Five

    Austin-based musician Alejandro Rose-Garcia prefers, for professional purposes, to use a name made up by friends around a campfire when they were all giving themselves weird, throwback trail-guide names -- Shakey Graves.

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