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Pics of the Week: June 1-7

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Skyline of Toledo from aboard The Col. James M. Schoonmaker Thursday, 06/04/15, in Toledo, Ohio. The Great Lakes Museum will have an exhibit about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald to coincide with 40th-anniversary year of the November 11, 1975 sinking.

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Aboard The Col. James M. Schoonmaker.

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Employees work near a cutout of the founders, Edward M. Knabusch, left, and Edwin J. Shoemaker, at the atrium at the La-Z-Boy headquarters in Monroe, Mich.

The Blade/Lori King
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Chelsea Heil, a senior at Bowsher High School, and other members of the Bowsher Rebelaires show choir, perform at Navarre Elementary, Monday, June 1, 2015. Navarre teacher Connie Guth was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago and was surprised with a school assembly featuring the choir.

The Blade/Andy Morrison
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Lemon and lime Dum Dum pops are cooled in the cooler at the Spangler Candy Co. where Dum Dums are made in Bryan, Ohio on June 4, 2015.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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A concrete pig noses an antique teakettle at the Erie, Mich. home of Bob Hanusz.

The Blade/Lori King
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Shadow, a female who recently finished molting, with a capelin. Terri Heminger, a keeper in the bird department, feeds the African Penguins at Penguin Beach in the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio on June 4, 2015. The penguins receive capelin, a marine food fish, sometimes with a dietary supplement in it. Each penguin is hand fed, allowing the keeper to maintain and monitor the health of each bird. The public feedings of the penguins occurs at 10:30 in the morning, with another feeding, unscheduled, in the afternoon.

The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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Jeff and Marci Hower, owners of Ohio Geese Control, pose for a portrait with one of their dogs, Joker, on June 2, 2015 at the inland beach at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio. The ten year old company has 13 dogs which help chase off geese and gulls. Goose droppings are the primary source of bacteria at the inland beach.

The Blade/Julia Nagy
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Timberstone student Eric Anderson, 13, of Sylvania watches a Naturalization Ceremony on June 1, 2015, at Timberstone Junior High School in Sylvania, Ohio.

The Blade/Julia Nagy
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Artist and BGSU graduate student Federico Cuatlacuatl, far right, adding to the design as other students paint the mural in Toledo, Ohio on June 4, 2015. The mural, on the back of the Sofia Quintero Cultural Center building, is on Crittenden Avenue adjacent to Golden Rule Park. Students in Gordon Ricketts public art class at BGSU paint a mural from a design created by Federico. The design, he says, is a portrayal of the Zapatistas and their battle against transgenic foods.

The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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Juliet McAthur, 11, right, races through a tunnel made by teachers to symbolically send their fifth graders on their way during the last day of school Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Stranahan Elementary School in Sylvania.

The Blade/Katie Rausch
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Gabrielle Dixon talks to Onsted Elementary fourth graders on a nature walk during Track and Explore on May 26, 2015, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

The Blade/Julia Nagy
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Onsted Elementary student David Jordan, 9, tests for phosphate in his water sample as Tori Callahan, 10, looks on during Track and Explore.

The Blade/Julia Nagy
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Erik Bang, left, the 2015 King Wamba, and Erin Garber-Pearson, right, the 2015 Queen Sacha, preside over the parade during the 44th annual Old West End Festival and the King Wamba parade on June 6, 2015.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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Malia Greer, 7, left, Jeremiah Greer, center, 4, and Omari Greer, right, get comfortable on the grass to watch the parade during the festival.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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Holland Springfield's Kierra Hague, reacts after losing to Teays Valley, at the Ohio High School Div. I softball championship semi-final, in Akron, Friday, June 5, 2015. The No. 1-ranked Blue Devils (29-2) could not figure out Alyssa Rothwell, who struck out 11 batters, as No.-10 ranked Ashville Teays Valley (23-9) won 4-1 at Firestone Stadium.

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Holland Springfield third baseman Brianna Espino tags Teays Valley's Hope Skillet out at home plate during the fourth inning.

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Mud Hens second baseman Brendan Harris trips over Columbus Clippers left fielder Zach Walters at second base at the top of the second inning during a baseball game on June 5, 2015, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio.

The Blade/Julia Nagy
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Toledo's Corey Jones, left, and Steven Moya kneel together before the start of the Saturday, June 6, 2015, Mud Hens match up against the Columbus Clippers.

The Blade/Katie Rausch
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Pitcher Justin Verlander greets a dinosaur near the mound before the start of the Saturday, June 6, 2015, match up against the Columbus Clippers.

The Blade/Katie Rausch
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A floral design contest sponsored by the Country Garden Club of Perrysburg was at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio on June 2, 2015. In Class 1, "Illuminating the Fort" Sarah Lockyer received first place for her lantern of Queen of Nile, peony, king protea, banksia serrata, and moss.

The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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Wizard, owned by the Mackays from La Salle, Mich., makes it way to the start line before the Invitational Mills Trophy Race Friday, June 5, 2015, from the Toledo Yacht Club. The event included 15 starts for three courses.

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Laurel Lovitt, who is playing a fairy, entertains and hands out balloons during First Friday in Perrysburg on June 5, 2015.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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Columbus Eastmoor Academy's Jalon Lewis, left, collides with Dayton Dunbar's JaVonta Brown during Division II 4x400 meter relay during the State Track and Field Meet Saturday, 06/06/15, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

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Liberty-Benton celebrates winning the Girls Division II team title during the State Track and Field Meet Saturday, 06/06/15, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

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Frank Hayes of Sylvania Southview wins the Division I 800 meter run during the State Track and Field Meet Saturday, 06/06/15, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

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Joe Rossetti of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's crosses the finish line to win the 4x800 meter relay during the State Track and Field Meet Friday, 06/05/15, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

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Salutatorian Emily Lu, right, embraces Valedictorian Manasa Geeta Gondy Rao on stage during Sylvania Northview's 138th Annual Commencement Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Stranahan Theater in South Toledo. Friends and family packed the theater to see their graduates receive their diplomas.

The Blade/Katie Rausch
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