Published: 12/30/2012

Toledo Magazine: A Year in Photos

The Toledo Blade's best photos of 2012.

Runners and walkers participate in The Fort to Port Run/Bike/Walk on the newly configured U.S. 24 highway Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2012, in Waterville, Ohio.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Runners and walkers participate in The Fort to Port Run/Bike/Walk on the newly configured U.S. 24 highway Tuesday, Aug.... THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Kimberly Slover, 5, is framed by trays of food carried by Debra Born, left, and Roger Steinman, right, at the Helping Hands of St. Louis Outreach Center in East Toledo, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. The facility, which has a food pantry, soup kitchen, and clothing center, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Steinman is Kimberly's grandfather, Born is his fiance.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Kimberly Slover, 5, is framed by trays of food carried by Debra Born, left, and Roger Steinman, right, at the ... THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

Regular customer Steve Sunagel reads the daily paper in the front window table of Donna's Diner in Elyria on October 11, 2012.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Regular customer Steve Sunagel reads the daily paper in the front window table of Donna's Diner in Elyria on October ... THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

The American flag is rolled back up after the Hometown Heroes Salute ceremony November 3, 2012, at the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo The American flag is rolled back up after the Hometown Heroes Salute ceremony November 3, 2012, at the 180th Fighter ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Wanda Flory, of Swanton, center, watches with Terry, left, and her husband Richard, center right, who declined to give their last name, as Thea Grabiec, right, kisses Sarah Shovan, Friday, Aug, 3, 2012, at the Westfield Franklin Park Mall in Toledo. Graviec and Shovan were participating in

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Wanda Flory, of Swanton, center, watches with Terry, left, and her husband Richard, center right, who declined to give their ... THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH

Jeremy Schmidlin, of Toledo, left, helps his niece, Hannah Jeski, 9, also of Toledo, to check the size of a pair of boots at the event. Hundreds of people wait patiently for their chance to get a used pair of shoes at the South Toledo Community Center after a shoe drive coordinated by Toledo-based shoe manufacturer Stikii, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio on November 11, 2012. Tony Martinez, of Tecumseh, Michigan and from Stikii says that 250 people were waiting before the noon start, underscoring the need in the community. He added that they had close to 1000 pairs of shoes, and that they intended to repeat the

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Jeremy Schmidlin, of Toledo, left, helps his niece, Hannah Jeski, 9, also of Toledo, to check the size of a ... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

From the left, Tijiana Pickett, Sofia Moreno-Boyd Barrett, Charlotte Blair, Gabrielle Myers and Sarah Neff enjoy a shower of mountain dew created after combining the soda with life savers during the grand finale of the Super Splatter Science Summer Camp at Imagination Station in Toledo, Ohio on Friday, July 6, 2012.

Enlarge From the left, Tijiana Pickett, Sofia Moreno-Boyd Barrett, Charlotte Blair, Gabrielle Myers and Sarah Neff enjoy a shower of ...

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A bumblebee collects pollen on a sunflower at Olander Park in Sylvania, Tuesday, September 18, 2012. THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON

Flora Shirey of Moore Street in Toledo, Ohio, had her television stolen when 2 masked men broke into her house around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Flora Shirey of Moore Street in Toledo, Ohio, had her television stolen when 2 masked men broke into her house ... THE BLADE/LISA DUTTON

Toledo Magazine: A Year in Photos

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