Vickie Ball-Seiter, who runs equine-assisted coaching studio Journey With Horses, scratches gelding Teddy at her farm in Chesterhill, Ohio, February 12, 2024. Ball-Seiter shared that she adopted Teddy from Bella Run Equine, after the non-profit rescued it from slaughter in 2016.

Triple Nickel Diner founder and co-owner Kathy Strode stands in front of corn silos at a farm that belongs to her extended family in Chesterhill, Ohio, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Strode shared that the diner got its name from late Mayor Richard Wetzel, who thought the village's only sit-down dining spot should be named after State Route 555, which runs through the village.

Marion Street, the main street of the village, in Chesterhill, Ohio, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. The village boasts a small but diverse population, encompassing a spectrum from Old Order Amish to Melungeons (descendants of mixed Black, white, and Native American ancestry).

Light shines through the stained glass windows of Chesterhill Christian Church as people react during a Lenten service held in the Chesterhill Christian Church in Chesterhill, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2024. According to Jeanie Voland, an active member of the church, some of the stained glass windows were contributed by notable families that lived in Chesterhill.

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio works to create a soap dish on the pottery wheat her studio Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "These are not for sale. I'm making these as holiday gifts for my friends. Most of my friends celebrate Christmas. But I'm Jewish, and I'm supposed to celebrate Hanukkah, but it's not that big a Jewish holiday to me," Abramovitz said. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio paints extra terracotta garden markers while working to fulfill an order at her studio Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, November 20, 2023. "I need to send this web order of three garden markers out ASAP for this customer who lives in Virginia. It's probably a Thanksgiving gift. Her grandmother had bought my garden markers many years ago when I traveled the country for trade fairs. She was pleasantly surprised she could actually find the same ones her grandmother had from all those years back. It's currently off season for garden markers, but since I'm at it, I should paint a couple more ahead of spring," Abramovitz shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo, Ohio, arranges Black Futsu squash before passing them to non-profit organization Rural Action for sale at the Chesterhill Produce Auction, in Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 16, 2023. Halfway through the growing season, Klaunig noticed half-types among the heirloom Japanese pumpkins, and Hudson Valley Seed Company ultimately decided to cancel the contract with her farm. "So we were left with at least 1500 pumpkins that I had intended to process as seeds and now have to sell to local markets. I was selling them less than what they cost me. The problem of the off-type thing was out of my control, their fault, but I still had to deal with the consequence", Klaunig lamented.

Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo, Ohio, and her partner Michael S. Barnes, 48, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, react as their cattle broke through a wire barrier after they failed to to separate two bulls from the cows at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 16, 2023. According to Barnes, this is his first attempt this season to separate the bulls, and he will need to work on it again another day. "The older lady cows are well behaved. It's the just the naughty little boy cows that misbehaved", Klaunig chimed in.

Nzilani Glass Conservation's Founder Ariana Makau, 51, left, of Oakland, Calif., discusses with Blind Eye Restoration's owner Lindsay Jones, 37, of Columbus, Ohio, the numerous cracks they have spotted on closer inspection while cleaning dust and debris off the stained glass windows before removal as part of the building restoration process of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. This is one of the first steps of the building's restoration process.

Digg City Jiu Jitsu’s co-owner and coach Michele Argeroplos, 35, of Dayton, Ohio, incorporates a yoga warrior stretch pose during warm-up exercises at the start of an all-level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training session at her martial arts school in Athens, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. According to Argeroplos, "I've been teaching Yoga for eight, going on nine years. Yoga really focuses on matching your body and connects with your breath and flexibility. When you're in a fighting position, you need to stay flexible, so you don't get hurt."

Digg City Jiu Jitsu’s students and trainers spar with each other during an all-level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training session at the martial arts school in Athens, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

A participant reacts on horseback during a saddle bronc riding competition at the third Rodeo on the Hocking in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Saturday, October 19, 2024.

Left to right, Brooklyn Whitehead, Kaema Amachree, Chloe Tadolini and Alli Macbeth of Toledo react as the ball approaches during a penalty kick by Maia Kaufman (not pictured) of Ohio at their NCAA MAC women's soccer match in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

Midfielder Haley Miller (10) of Ohio University and midfielder Makenzie Ortman of Bowling Green State University vie for the ball during their NCAA Mid-American Conference (MAC) women’s soccer match on Chessa Field in Athens, Ohio, on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The game ended 0-2, with Bowling Green winning.

Chef and new co-owner Taro Tamaki brings a dish of fries to the pass in the kitchen of the Triple Nickel Diner in Chesterhill, Ohio, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Co-founder Kathy Strode said she told her daughter, Rosie Berardi, to make a role for the Dayton transplant years ago, even though the diner did not need more staff, saying she felt an immediate affinity for him. Tamaki became a co-owner after Strode retired in January 2025.

Flies gather near the eye of a cow grazing on pasture at Goshen Run Farms between Chesterhill and Stockport, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

Students Prabhleen Singh Bedi, Sonali Jha, and Harshwardhan Lnu dance on top of a picnic table amid colored powder to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of color, at the South Green portion of Ohio University's campus in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday March 4, 2023. The event, which was previously on suspended for three consecutive years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was organized by the Indian Student Organization.