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A big part of the newspaper shoes project was for students to present their creations to their teachers and ask them to try them on. Above, Fairbanks High School teacher Kaitlin Hawkey has a laugh as third-year engineering student Kalen Archer presents the newspaper shoes he made for her during class. Hawkey did successfully wear the shoes and even walked around in them for a short time as she began her lecture. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

Marysville firefighters prepare to climb the three-story training tower at Decker Fire Station, taking 2,200 steps or the equivalent of the 110 stories of the Twin Towers. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

FBI agents, firefighters, rescue workers and engineers work at the Pentagon crash site on Sept. 14, 2001, three days after a hijacked American Airlines flight slammed into the building on Sept. 11. (Photo submitted)

Residents will have two opportunities to see Path of the Pioneer, the one-man show about Jonathan Alder, this week on Sept. 11 and 12. Shown above is actor Verne Hendrick, left, who plays Alder, Daniel Rodriguez Hijo, center, the playwright/director and stage manager Ally Yeom during rehearsals for the show this summer. (Photo submitted)

Several projects are planned for the Route 161 corridor east of Plain City. One of them is Dublin’s West Innovation District, shown above, a 2,000-acre project with frontage that stretches nearly two miles along the corridor from Kileville east to U.S. 33. (Graphic submitted)

former Marysville High School head football coach Rich Weiskircher stands in front of the new sign naming the school football field in his honor during a surprise ceremony Friday evening. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson)

Attendees of a previous Farm Science review look over a Case IH combine harvester equipped with a corn header. This year's event will take place at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in Madison County on Sept. 22-24. (Photo submitted)

The West Mansfield time capsule, buried in 1976, is excavated from its resting place at Veteran’s Park near the schoolhouse at North Main Street and Lake Avenue. The capsule was removed ahead of Monday’s 50-year anniversary event. (Photo submitted)

Dick Westfall is a Marysville resident and vice chairman of the Annual Dahlia Show. He has been growing dahlias since 1961 and won many showcases across the country including a best of show award in Wooster back in 2021. He continues to grow dahlias despite recently turning 93. Westfall is pictured above among dahlia flowers at last year’s show at the Marysville YMCA. The show returns for its 60th anniversary this weekend at the YMCA. (Photo submitted)

Kayla Livingston, instructor for the new aviation program at Marysville Early College High School, shown above, is a certified flight instructor and is leading the new Ohio Hi-Point Career Center satellite program designed to introduce students to aviation-related careers. (Photo submitted)