The Walleye play Kalamazoo during the first outdoor hockey game in ECHL history. Kalamazoo defeated Toledo 2-1.
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Dejizion Ellis, 6, takes a ride on the side of a cart while shopping with a cop during the annual Toledo Police "12 Kids of Christmas" event at Meijer on December 23, 2014.
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Jack Colbert of Toledo holds up a sign during a peaceful demonstration in protest of the racism and violence plaguing the black community Wednesday, 12/24/14, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Toledo, Ohio.
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Maurine Furney takes a sharp look at her cards as she plays euchre with family members in her Temperance apartment, Friday, December 26, 2014.
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Clasping their hands together, members of the congregation pray during the celebration of the Vigil Mass Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo Old West End. Toledo Diocese Bishop Daniel E. Thomas served as the celebrant and homilist at the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses.
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Darrick Mix, of Philadelphia, center, pointed out the Nativity to his nephew Teddy Root, 4, before the celebration of the Vigil Mass Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral.
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Anthony McCarty scrapes the styrofoam to create the ball for the New Year's drop of the Village on Adams.
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The steamship Alpena backs up the Maumee River in heavy fog towards the Lafarge Cement dock, Wednesday, December 24, 2014.
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Rain drips from the face of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue on the bridge of the same name as fog partially shrouds the Fifth Third building, Wednesday, December 24, 2014.
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From left: Jaisean Walker, 12, watches as his brother Anthony Walker, 13, is brought down by Shane Carter, 14, during a game of tackle football on N. Erie St. in Toledo.
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Front Tom Gilson, left, of Toledo and Char Patterson of Defiance cheer on the Walleye as they play Kalamazoo during the first outdoor hockey game in ECHL history Saturday, 12/27/14, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio.
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From left: TPD Officer Mike Sperry, Xavier Blackman, Jv'hon Pryor, and TPD Officer Mike Smith Jr. look out of the bus window that took them to Meijer to shop during the annual Toledo Police "12 Kids of Christmas" event on December 23, 2014.
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The Most Reverend Daniel Edward Thomas, left, volunteers to serve lunch at the Helping Hands of St. Louis in Toledo on December 23, 2014.
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Muddy, left, gets a 'high five' from Dylan Breininger, 4, of Sylvania. Holding Dylan's left hand is his uncle David Breininger, also of Sylvania, during open skating on the outdoor rink in Fifth Third Field, the Toledo Mud Hens baseball field, in Toledo, Ohio on December 28.
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Patrick Bryant, left, with his son Jason Bryant, 5, of Temperance, Michigan, during open skating.
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Mary Lou Leonard, left, Stacey Jackson-Harris and Tamara Smith joke around as they serve lunch at Martin Luther King Center Kitchen for the Poor, Tuesday, December 23, 2014. The kitchen plans to start serving healthier meals.
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CTY ball26 Anthony McCarty scrapes the styrofoam to creates the ball shape. The dark, connecting lies were created by the glue which he used to put the squares together to make the initial, square form; the light intersecting lines inside the dark ones indicate a high point for the circle. McCarty is using a large piece of cardboard as a guide. Artist Anthony McCarty, of Toledo, is creating a ball in a studio on Toledo, Ohio on December 6, 2014. He is making a ball for the New Year's drop of the Village on Adams. The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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Tour winterfest Visitors were able to take a look around during an open house Friday, December 26, inside the riverfront steam power plant in downtown Toledo. ProMedica has purchased the property and intends to renovate both the space and the surrounding area by the fall of 2016. The open house included both historical photographs of the space as well as the proposed renovations.
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ECHL Toledo Walleye's Alden Hirschfeld (23) collides with sled hockey Walleye's Anne Hammel, of Navarre, center, as she battles with Perrysburgh High School's goalie Sam Hooper, 17, (33) during a sled hockey match between the sled hockey team the Walleye and Perrysburg High School's hockey team Friday, December 26, 2014, during Winterfest at Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo.
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Walleye players huddle as head coach Derek Lalonde writes plays on a whiteboard during hockey practice at Fifth Third Field in Toledo on December 26.
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Whitmer High School's Hunter Carr and Anthony Wayne High School's Austin Pennell fight for the puck during their game at Fifth Third Field as part of the Walleye's Winterfest event on December 28.
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Walleye C Alden Hirschfeld (23) moves the puck against Kalamazoo D Sam Ftorek (8) during the second period.
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