Dogs perform during the Kelly Miller Circus on Aug. 2, 2015, at Eagles Club Grounds in Clyde, Ohio.
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Toledoans For Safe Water brings Philadelphia artist Diedra Krieger and Plastic Fantastic to Toledo, Ohio on August 1, 2015 to create a dome is composed of about 6500 water bottles. The event, on the one-year anniversary of the water ban, is part of a day of art, activism, and education on the subjects of safe water, algae blooms, and pollution from factory farms. Krieger, left, holding her three-month-old son Oliver Greenberg, both of Philadelphia, cuts a section of the garden fencing to make openings large enough for the water bottles that volunteer Leah Mullen, of Toledo, is inserting.
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Whitney LaBeau, left, a Classroom Behavioral Therapist (CBT), pushes Oliver Langlois, 4, right, on a swing on the playground during the daycare program at the ProMedica Autism Center on July 27, 2015.
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Greg Wasielewski, right, throws a pizza party for workers from InfraSource of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at his home on North Lockwood Avenue in Toledo. The workers have been installing new gas lines and meters on the street. Wasielewski wanted to show his appreciation for their efforts.
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Aaron Ryal, left, and other workers from InfraSource of Ypsilanti, Michigan, enjoy a pizza party supplied by Greg Wasielewski.
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A great whale, created by Graphite Design+ Build of Toledo, Ohio, lies under the splash pad on the wet side of the Aquarium Adventure Trail. The Toledo Zoo opens its playground, with a wet side and a dry side, near the re-opened Aquarium in Toledo, Ohio on July 31, 2015.
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Christian Peyton, 9, of Perrysburg, left, gets a push from Mariabella Artino, 9, of Toledo, on the tire swing below the crab in the dry section of the Aquarium Adventure Trail.
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Richard Ellett, left, and his wife Barbara Ellet, right, of Toledo, discuss the results of their blood and diabetes screenings with Tiffany gaylord, center, and LPN with ProMedica, in their portable hospital on July 28, 2015.
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TPD deputy chief Thomas Wiegand, left, and Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson after the ceremony. Toledo Police Department Capt. Thomas Wiegand, 56, is promoted to deputy chief by TPD chief George Kral in a ceremony in Toledo, Ohio on July 27, 2015.
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Norfolk Southern Railroad is replacing a bridge over the River Raisin Wednesday, 07/29/15, in Monroe Michigan.
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Tim Whetro, Sylvania, and his assistant Cheri Montgomery, shop for a piano during a sale at the University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts, Friday, July 31, 2015.
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Virginia Luce, Perrysburg, listens as Wilbur Miller, director of institutional sales at Steinway, Detroit, plays an Essex piano during a sale at the University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts, Friday, July 31, 2015.
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Yulanda Burgess, of Detroit, left, embroiders a 34 star American Flag as other members of the 5th USCT Company C quilt together during the freedom celebration Saturday, August 1, 2015, at the Lathrop House in Sylvania. The historic home served as an Underground Railroad station at its original location. Now situated off Main Street, the house's new basement was open to visitors looking to learn about the Underground Railroad, as well as re-enactors and speakers.
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People line the streets, waiting for the motorcade, during the Randall Scott Smith memorial on Aug. 1, 2015, at Paulding High School in Paulding, Ohio. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, 26, of Paulding, was stationed in Chattanooga, Tenn. and was killed during the attacks at two military facilities in Chattanooga on July 18. The Blade/Julia Nagy
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Jace Crutchfield, 10, left, and Isaiah Fisher, 15, enjoy some basketball on a cloudless day at the corner of Chase and Columbus streets in Toledo, Tuesday, July 28, 2015.
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Ellen Loeffler-Kalinoski, owner of Windows to the World Photography & Design out of Toledo, stands amidst flowers to take a senior portrait of a client, not pictured, in the Toledo Botanical Garden on July 28, 2015.
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Jeno Harris, 8, from Sylvania, splashes under the water mushroom while cooling off at Plummer Pool in Sylvania on July 27, 2015.
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Jeno Harris, 8, left, from Sylvania, splashes in the water with hit playmate Javion Watson, 7, right.
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Jeff Tuck, and his daughters Caraline Tuck, 4, center, and Ellie Tuck, 8, right, from Sylvania, play in the water at Plummer Pool.
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Walking the rails on a bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio on August 2, 2015.
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rovPorch From left to right, Joseph Myers, 10, Jojo Pedelose, 5, and his sister Cheyenne, 11, hold hands with their other siblings as they try to figure out a game to play on July 27, 2015, at the Pedelose family home on Navarre Ave in Toledo, Ohio.
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Cheyenne Pedelose, 11, does a cartwheel on July 27, 2015, at her home on Navarre Ave in Toledo, Ohio.
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Children with a Toledo Repertoire Theatre Rep Ed summer camp perform on July 31, 2015, at the University of Toledo Performing Arts Center in Toledo, Ohio. The children performed various skits and dances relating to the summer and the music of the Beach Boys.
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Toledo's Mike Hessman swings to hit a record home run in the bottom of the third inning during the Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Mud Hens match up against the Rochester Red Wings. The Mud Hens won, 9-3. Hessman hit the 432nd home run of his career to tie the all-time career home run record in Minor League Baseball.
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Rochester's Carlos Paulino, left, reaches in to tag Toledo's Dixon Machado (28) but not before Machado slides across home in the bottom of the first inning during the match up against the Rochester Red Wings.
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Toledo Mud Hen batter Trayvon Robinson lingers on first base after being picked off on a leadoff during the game against Rochester at Fifth Third Field in Toledo.
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The first day of Perysburg High School football practice opens with drills at Steinecker Stadium in Perrysburg on August 1, 2015.
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