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School: New Philadelphia High School
Tell us about your family: My parents are Steve and Gretchen Stokey. I have three sisters: Elle (24) graduated with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from THE Ohio State University, Emma (20) currently enrolled at Columbus College of Art and Design with a major in Industrial Design, Marilyn (16), sophomore at New Philadelphia High School.
GPA: 4.235
School Activities: New Philadelphia Quaker Football, New Philadelphia Quaker Basketball, 3 Year Member of the Delphian Chorale, NPHS Student Council, National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the High School Musicals.
Honors and awards: 2020 Buckeye Boys State Delegate 2020-2021 Student Council President, 2020 Quaker Football Team Captain
Local artist hopes to bring about change
A portrait of jazz vocalist Dinah Washington by Xenia native Kraig King.
Photos courtesy Kraig King A painting of George Floyd, who died during a police incident earlier this year, is on display at the Yellow Springs Brewery. It was painted by Xenia native Kraig King.
A portrait of Brook Benton, a singer in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Yellow Springs resident Dave Chappelle in front of a wall of social justice messages.
XENIA Kraig King became creative at an early age.
When he was just 5-years-old, his parents caught him drawing on a bathroom wall. From that point on, the Xenia native was deemed an “artist” by his family. Years later, King a 1983 graduate of Xenia High School is still drawing. But instead of walls inside his home, King’s art is appearing on the walls of Yellow Springs Brewery.