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Pictures of the Week: December 26 to January 1, 2017

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Webster Slaughter, right, celebrates his touchdown catch with Reggie Langhorne in a playoff game win over the Buffalo Bills on January 6, 1990.

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Shaneka Satahoo gives her son Alexander Blair, the first baby of 2017, a kiss in her room at ProMedica Toledo Hospital on January 1, 2017.

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Horses from South Creek Clydesdales give sleigh rides Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums in Fremont, Ohio.

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A man walks past the neon work "Be Afraid of the Enormity of the Possible" by Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, at the Toledo Museum of Art, Tuesday, December 27, 2016.

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Kathleen Moorman, left, Toledo, and Nadia Packard, Sylvania, view The Thinker, a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, during a flashlight tour at the Toledo Museum of Art, Tuesday, December 27, 2016.

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Docent John DuVall guides a flashlight tour.

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Kyle Ferrell of Stryker, Ohio, left, and son Oliver, 4, look for the bird pointed out by Sara Davis of Grand Rapids, Ohio, right, with daughter Phoebe, 7, during the annual Christmas Bird Count at Farnsworth Metropark in Waterville, Ohio on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016.

The Blade/Nick Thomas
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Manhole Fire Toledo Fire and Rescue and Police shut down Summit Street between Adams Street and Cherry Street due to an underground fire blowing off an manhole cover in downtown Toledo, Ohio on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016.

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Jonah Kale, 16, left, of Perrysburg, Allison Dunne, 18, center, of Rossford, and Spenser Kale, 18, right, of Perrysburg, soak up a bit of sun before the annual polar bear plunge into the Maumee River at Waterville Memorial Park on January 1, 2017.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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Participants run in and out of the Maumee River during the annual polar bear plunge at Waterville Memorial Park on January 1, 2017.

The Blade/Amy E. Voigt
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Zoo goers watch the rising recycling ball at the stroke noon during Noon Year’s Eve Saturday, December 31, 2016, at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio.

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Faith Harrison, 5, of North Baltimore, Ohio, celebrates Noon Year’s Eve Saturday, December 31, 2016, at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio.

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Alliance Rivera, 7, rides an animatronic dinosaur on display as part of the Discover the Dinosaurs: Unleashed event Friday, December 30, 2016, at the the SeaGate Convention Centre in downtown Toledo. In addition to about 30 dinosaurs, kids can dig for fossils, play in bounce houses and work on arts and crafts. The event runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. General admission is $16 for children and adults and $13.

The Blade/Katie Rausch
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Friends Kary Clark, 8, and Aiden Barthelmas, 8, reach across the rope to touch a Tyrannosaurus Rex head.

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Neil Huang, 8, of Findlay plays with the "insta-snow" at the annual Frostology exhibit put on by the Imagination Station in downtown Toledo, Oh. on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. The Frostology exhibit explores the science behind snow using demonstrations and activities.

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Michelle Bauer of Sylvania, right, hands out hats and noisemakers to her friends for New Year's Eve Saturday, December 31, 2016, at the Ye Olde Durty Bird in downtown Toledo. Hundreds of people gathered to both watch the Ohio State take on Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl and ring in 2017 together. Ms. Bauer had come out to see her son Tim Bauer play keyboard for the band "New Fashioned" which was playing at Ye Olde Durty Bird New Years Eve.

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Vinnie Okonski, 16, a junior at Toledo Technical Academy, hits a move under a dramatic sky as he and Chandler Reil, 15, a sophomore at Whitmer High School practice their skills at the Highland Skate Park in South Toledo, Thursday, December 29, 2016.

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Dominic T. Sulfaro, right, takes a shot while his son Dominic M. Sulfaro, left, of Monroe, waits his turn during a game of disk golf on an unseasonable warm afternoon in Ottawa Park on December 26, 2016.

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Douglas Nabors, of Toledo, works on his putt on an unseasonable warm afternoon in Ottawa Park on December 26, 2016. "It's warm and I love golf," Nabors said. "I ate a lot of food at Christmas so I also wanted to walk around the park a little bit," Nabors said.

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The Hungarian Club in the Birmingham neighborhood in east Toledo hosts a twice monthly food pantry for residents in the '05-43605, the zip code for the east side of Toledo, on December 26, 2016. Sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the churches of the Birmingham community of east Toledo, the pantry, which has been serving neighbors forover 20 years, helps between 35-40 households each month. Volunteers Mary Carol Nagy [not related to other Nagys photographed], left, Annette Hager, president of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, and Jane Thompson, pack bags of food for others.

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Baylie Roth, 5, chooses a book to read while spending the afternoon Washington Branch Library on December 27, 2016.

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City of Toledo workers fill potholes on the Anthony Wayne Trail near Glendale Avenue Friday December 30, 2016 in Toledo. All declined to give their names.

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Walkers enjoy a blue sky day with a walk along the river near Promenade Park in downtown Toledo, Wednesday, December 28, 2016.

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UTFSAE Jared Schaufele, left, and Colin Jedrzejek work on marking and cutting tubing to weld together the front bulk head as they begin to construct the chassis for the current season's car in the Formula SAE team lab in the University of Toledo's North Engineering Building in Toledo, Ohio on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.

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Renee Walton of Toledo dances as Drums of Thunder performs on various djembe drums during the first night of Kwanzaa celebrating umoja, or unity, at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Toledo, Ohio on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.

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From left to right: Brother Washington Muhammad, Imam El Allizar, and Donald Lynn lead the Harambe chant to close the ceremony of the first night of Kwanzaa celebrating umoja, or unity, at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Toledo, Ohio on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.

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Martha Rogers and Dick Caveat at the Toledo Club, Saturday, December 31, 2016.

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Bowling Green State University player Frederic LeTourneau (8) tries to pick up a loose puck against RIT during their hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Friday, December 30, 2016.

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Bowling Green State University guard Demajeo Wiggins (1) shoots against Norfolk State forward Jordan Butler (45) during a basketball game Friday, December 30, 2016, at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Bowling Green State University forward Wes Alcegaire (14) defends against Norfolk State guard Zaynah Robinson (2) during a basketball game Friday, December 30, 2016, at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Bowling Green State University head coach Jennifer Roos reacts to the action against Malone during a women's basketball game Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Bowling Green State University guard Sydney Lambert (13) shoots against Malone during a women's basketball game Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Robert Easter Jr., Toledo's IBF lightweight champion, left, works out with his father Robert Easter Sr., right, at the Glass City Boxing Gym on December 27, 2016. Easter Jr. will defend his title in a bout on February 10th at the Huntington Center.

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Destiny Washington fouls Kaayla McIntyre late in the game. The Rockets of the University of Toledo women's basketball team (9-2, 0-0, MAC) host the Cardinals of Ball State University (7-5, 0-0 MAC) in Toledo, Ohio on December 31, 2016. It is the opening of Mid-American Conference play for both teams.

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Sylvania Southview High School's Jason Johnson (22) jumps to bat down a layup from Star High School's Devin Williams (22) during their game in the Holiday Basketball Tournament at Sylvania Southview High School on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.

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Bowsher High School's Dalonte' Brown (3) sends the ball toward the hoop while under heavy coverage from St. Francis' Jackson Harris (34) and Alex Kasza (3) during their game in the Holiday Basketball Tournament at Sylvania Southview High School on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.

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Southview's Nate Kalniz (4) wobbles as he and St. Francis defender Jakiel Wells (3) turn to watch Kalniz's three point field goal attempt during the first half of the Wednesday, December 28, 2016, basketball match up at Sylvania Southview. St. Francis led going into the second half, 32-16.

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Wheeling's Ross McMullan (3) shoves Toledo's Mathew Santos (26) in the first period of the Tuesday, December 27, 2016, hockey match up at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo.

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