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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

  • Track & Field

    CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKSPORTS
    Whitehall's Abiel Kiflu (right) leads Fairview's Blake Beard in the 800 meters during the Division II state meet June 8 at Ohio State. Kiflu finished fifth.

    Kiflu proud to accomplish season goals

    After failing to qualify for the Division II state meet last year, Abiel Kiflu had three main goals entering this season for the Whitehall-Yearling High School boys track and field team.

  • 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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