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Autumn Walker, a junior at Lake High School, singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" (America) during the ceremony.
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U.S. District Court Judge Jack Zouhary during the proceedings.
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Meyling Ruiz, right, and U.S. District Court Judge Jack Zouhary, left, after speaking to the assembled. Ruiz, a 2005 graduate of Lake High, was naturalized in a ceremony over which Judge Zouhary presided last year.
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Paul Kett, originally from Canada, and other new citizens are sworn in by Judge Jouhary.
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Ritika Varghese, 6, of Sylvania, left, Jordan Patton, 4, and her brother James Patton, 7, both of Findlay, and Sarah Varghese, 7, and Ritika's sister, singing the U.S.National Anthem during the ceremony. They were joined on stage by Lake High School Naturalization Committee members, including Jordyn Taylor, a junior, at rear, right.
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At right, Marina Madgy Ishak, originally from Egypt, Stella Hye Youn Hwang, second from right, and her mom, Hyun Sook Hwang, both originally from South Korea, and others during the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Jordan Patton, 4, of Findlay, after the ceremony. Her mom, Marilou Quirante Patton, originally from the Philippines, became a citizen in the ceremony.
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James Patton, 7, of Findlay, waits for a balloon that was released at the conclusion of the ceremony. At front is his dad, Mark Patton. They were at the ceremony because James' mom and Mark's wife, Marilou Quirante Patton, originally from the Philippines, became a citizen in the ceremony.
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Dulce Cifuentes, a Spanish teacher at Lake High School, who came to this country from Guatemala when she was 9 years old, speaks during the ceremony.
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Stella Hye Youn Hwang, right, joins the Lake High School Women's Quartet in singing the U. S. national Anthem with her mom, Hyun Sook Hwang, left, both originally from South Korea.
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Judge Jack Zouhary gives Mona Ahmad Abdouni, originally from Brazil, her citizenship papers during the ceremony.
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