It was a nose-to-nose stand-off. Four-year-old Kristie Stone of Toledo was spotted by Blade Photographer Bruce Sinner on Feb. 14, 1974, as she investigated a loose dog in the neighbor’s front yard. Kristie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stone, noticed the dog sitting patiently and moved in closer to see if it was real. She checked the dog’s crepe paper collar, then moved around to the front of the pooch to see if it had any teeth or would bark at her. The dog was the snow-sculptured masterpiece of Mrs. Joseph Intagliata on Revere Drive.
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Amy Hartnett Northrup smiles at Yvan Youan, 4, Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at the home the pair share with Amy's husband Reeves Northrup in Toledo. The couple have been caring for Yvan since April. He arrived in the United States in January, 2016, from his native Ivory Coast for treatment of two clubbed feet. With the help of the organization Children Medical Missions West and the care of the Northrup's, Yvan has been able to receive the medical care he needs to live a normal life. He returns with two healthy feet to his grandmother in the Ivory Coast on Jan. 6.
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Warriors for the Children member Floppy, left, paints rocks with Little Shorty, right, for a new game called Northeast Ohio Rocks during the monthly Bullfrogs Against Bullying peer support group at the King Road Branch Library in Sylvania on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016.
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Warriors for the Children member Floppy, left, takes a photo with Lily Griffey, 11, of Sylvania during the monthly Bullfrogs Against Bullying peer support group at the King Road Branch Library in Sylvania on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016.
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7-year old Brussels Griffon Mona lays in the pew while attending the Redeemer Lutheran Church Christmas Eve service with owner Greg Huss of Warren in Toledo on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016.
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Origami swans hang in the sanctuary of the Redeemer Lutheran Church created by the kids in the churches summer program during the Redeemer Lutheran Church Christmas Eve service in Toledo on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016.
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The Thomas Temple Church of God in Christ hosts its 13th annual free holiday dinner at the church in Toledon on Christmas Day. A large variety of food, including chicken, ham, dressing, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, green beans, yams, a green salad, potato salad, rolls and cranberry sauce, with cake, pie and sweet breads for dessert, was served to the guests. Jim Zientek, Sr., of Toledo, left, receives help in wrapping his meal from minister Janet Allen, also of Toledo.
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Jennifer Traver of Toledo stays warm inside the Cherry Street Mission Ministries Madison Food & Community Services Center Monday, December 18, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
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Airmen from the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton select cookies that were dropped off by Regional Students In Action. More than 6,000 cookies were dropped off at the Air National Guard base by Anthony Wayne and Springfield high school students.
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From left: Anthony Okey, 12, Waterville Township police officer Christopher Guanilo, Aaliyah Okey, 9, Tamara Bragg, 12, and Toledo Police officer Angie Domschot waits in the checkout line during the annual 12 Kids of Christmas shopping spree at Meijer on Monday, December 19, 2016 in Toledo.
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Students, faculty, and staff members from Central Catholic High School make their Advent Pilgrimage to Rosary Cathedral, Wednesday, December 21, 2017. The pilgrimage to Mass at Cathedral is a Central Catholic tradition that began December 21, 1973. At that time, Central Catholic did not have a facility large enough for the whole student body to gather together to celebrate Mass in one room.
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Travis White, 10, of Toledo, peeks over a mound of stuffed animals while volunteering to help during a Christmas distribution hosted by The Salvation Army at the UAW Local 12 Hall on December 20, 2016.
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Volunteer Sloan Eberly Mann smiles while helping someone choose presents during a Christmas distribution.
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Santa Claus stops to say "Merry Christmas" to chemotherapy patient Ray Novin, left, and his wife Jeannette Novin, right, of Curtice, while visiting the Infusion Therapy area of Mercy Health Perrysburg Cancer Center on December 19, 2016.
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Chad Hartson gives an ice carving demonstration Thursday, December 22, 2016, at the Toledo Zoo. Mr. Hartson carved a "Santa Moon."
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The family room of Nakesha Phillips is bare except for a Christmas tree before volunteers from Extreme Results gym delivered donated furniture to the family of six Friday, December 23, 2016, at Birmingham Terrace in East Toledo. Vincent Ceniceros, CEO of the gym, grew up in Birmingham Terrace and wanted to donate to someone at the complex for Christmas. He reached out to Rosalyn Koontz, whose neighbors know her as Ms. Toni Warren, a longtime resident of the complex, to find a family in need. Ms. Koontz thought of Nakesha and her five children, who had been living in the complex for five months without any real furniture. Now, her children will have beds, a table to eat Christmas dinner and a couch to join their Christmas tree.
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Kwanzaa kinara at Frederick Douglass Community Center.
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Lead tech Ron Coon of Toledo opens up one of the restored pinball machines at Dr. Scott's Pinball store in Maumee on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.
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Toledo native Danny Fleenor, 8, sleds down a hill in front of his Ontario Street home in Toledo. He was out of school at Riverside Elementary for the winter break on Monday December 19, 2016.
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Kristina Biedersted, left, and her children Kyndall Biederstedt, 3, center, and Zain Biederstedt, 5, right, of Whitehouse, marvel over one of the illuminated holiday scenes during the Children's Wonderland at Tam-O-Shanter on December 20, 2016. "I used to come to this when I was little," Biederstedt said. "It's a tradition now."
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Perrysburg High School guard Zach Polman jumps to block a layup from Anthony Wayne High School guard Connor Trost during the varsity boys basketball game at Anthony Wayne High School on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.
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BGSU forward Demajeo Wiggins drives to the net around Alabama A&M player Quinterian McConico during the men's basketball game at the Stroh Center on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016.
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Bowling Green State University forward Maddie Cole shoots against Cleveland State during a women's basketball game Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green.
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Whitmer's NaJiya Whitman (20) chases a loose ball against Central Catholic's Angelina Mendieta (34) and Jaylen White (30), far left, as Whitmer's Jenna Thomas (10) assists in background during a girls basketball game Monday, December 19, 2016, in Toledo.
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Andrew Pommeranz, Toledo, looks to catch crappie on an inland pond at Maumee Bay State Park, Tuesday, December 20, 2017.
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Gibsonburg High School player Tate Carnicom puts up a shot against Toledo Christian during their game at Toledo Christian, Thursday, December 22, 2016.
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University of Toledo guard Jaelan Sanford (13) shoots against Loyola guard Clayton Custer (13) during a basketball game Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo's Mikaela Boyd passes around Detroit Mercy's Haleigh Ristovski during basketball game at the University of Toledo's Savage Arena on Wednesday, December 21, 2016.
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Toledo's Mikaela Boyd shoots between Detroit Mercy defenders.
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Toledo Walleye player A.J. Jenks (27) slides hard into the boards after being hit by a Kalamazoo Wings player during the first period of their hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Friday, December 23, 2016.
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Toledo Central Catholic High School football player Michael Warren, Ohio's Mr. Football 2016, waves to the crowd after dropping the ceremonial puck before the Toledo Walleye play the Kalamazoo Wings at the Huntington Center.
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St. John's Jesuit player Harrison Riggs shoots over Whitmer's Trey Syroka during basketball game at St. John's in Toledo on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
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Whitmer's Derrick Rayford, Jr., drives to the basket during basketball game at St. John's Jesuit High School on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
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