Monday Memories: The Chinese New Year is now two weeks old, having kicked off on Feb. 8. This year, which runs through Jan. 27, 2017, is the Year of the Monkey. People born in the Year of the Monkey are innovative, ambitious, clever, cunning, and arrogant, according to the Chinese zodiac. The dates for the Chinese New Year fluctuate, based on the phases of the moon and the path of sun. There are twelve Chinese zodiac signs, and they also change every year. People born on or after February 15 in 1942, were born in the Year of the Horse, which meant that they were hard-working and independent. In this historical file photo from the Toledo Times dated Feb. 19, 1942, Toledo University President Philip C. Nash received expert instruction on how to use chopsticks, and he seemed to get the hang of it. He was the guest at the Chinese New Year dinner which Kee Sang, a local Chinese merchant, gave for Toledo Friends of China and Toledo Chinese, in the Kin Hong Low restaurant. Mary Frances Chan of Toledo is shown at left, with President Nash, center. The little instructor on the right is Mary Lewis, 11, of Toledo, daughter of Charles Lewis, a leader among Toledo Chinese. Mr. Nash was named president of Toledo University in 1933. He had been a dean at Antioch College and executive director of the League of Nations Association. To help the university survive the Great Depression, he used President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs to construct faculty and student housing, and an 8,000-seat football stadium. Toledo University became known as the University of Toledo in 1967 when it became a state-funded university.
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Matt Bell, Media Chair and Outreach for Team Recovery, hugs DART officer Damian Worthy, left, before Worthy's speech during Team Recovery anti-heroin rally at the Zepf Recovery House on February 21, 2016.
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Congressman Marcy Kaptur visits with Caroline Foley, Northwood, as she waits for her husband Walter at the Toledo Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Kaptur was there in part greeting veterans and family as part of National Salute to Veterans Week.
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Meindert Van Den Hengel's pigs in his Double Wide barn in Van Wert on February 19, 2106.
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Supporters run for fellow runner Traci Branch during the first 5K Pink Dress Run at Wildwood Metropark in Toledo, Ohio. Branch is an avid runner who was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the spine, skull, and liver.
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A man walks past a mural on First Street Tuesday, February 16, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
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The city's salt pile is full along the Maumee River Wednesday, February 17, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
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Ballerina Shayda Honda, 13, of Toledo, poses for a picture taken by Ronda Danielle of Ronda Danielle Makeup,Hair, & Permanent Cosmetics in an alley off of Louisiana Ave. during the annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Perrysburg on February 20, 2016.
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Trent Mason crates a geometrical ice sculpture during the annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Perrysburg on February 20, 2016.
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Kierstin Hoelle, 6, of Toledo, left, Karissa Worstein, 7, of Toledo, center, and Aviah Villarreal, 6, right, of Maumee, listen to a presentation on opossums during a "United States of Animals" day camp for kids ages five-12 at The Toledo Zoo on February 15, 2016. The camp is named for Presidents Day.
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Tonya Burkett, an education programmer, gives a presentation on an opossum named Mis Betty White during a "United States of Animals" day camp for kids ages five-12 at The Toledo Zoo on February 15, 2016. The camp is named for Presidents Day.
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Joey Westmeyer, 7, of Perrysburg, sits on a life size bee hive during a "United States of Animals" day camp for kids ages five-12 at The Toledo Zoo on February 15, 2016. The camp is named for Presidents Day.
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Findlay's Hannah Clinger swims the Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke during the Saturday, February 20, 2016, Northwest Ohio District Swimming and Diving Division I Meet at Bowling Green State University. Fremont Ross took first place overall for the girls with St. Francis de Sales clinching the title for the boys. Clinger took first place in the Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke.
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Fremont Ross took first place overall for the girls with St. Francis de Sales clinching the title for the boys.
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Fremont Ross took first place overall for the girls with St. Francis de Sales clinching the title for the boys.
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Yusuf Lateef holds a photo of late artist and friend Patrice Davis, who he honoring as a black artist. He is standing in front of a mural he painted on a building on the corner of Stickney Ave. and E. Oakland in Toledo.
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Zookeeper Nick Gordon puts an Argentine black and white tegu back on display Friday, February 19, 2016, in the reptile house at the Toledo Zoo. The mural in the tegu display, as well as several others, were recently refurbished by Nick Hartzell of Temperance, Michigan. The murals were painted in the 1930s.
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The new robot puts a ball through the tower during its reveal at the Bedford Robotics Center in Temperance, Mich.
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Abram Terteling, 8, listens to a story at Way Public Library in Perrysburg, Thursday, February 18, 2016.
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Toledoan Stacy Letson, right, helps her son Taylen Guerrero, 9, kneeling, with his kite, as her daughter Niya Letson runs with her kite at Wildwood Metropark in Toledo, Ohio.
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Birds congregate at the Window on Wildlife at Wildwood Metropark in Toledo.
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Brothers Jace Sanchez, 12, and left, Jaxon Sanchez, 10, right, of Toledo, climb a rope apparatus in the Swan Creek Metropark playground on a unseasonably warm afternoon on February 21, 2016.
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Maumee resident Phinnigan Reynolds, 5, is pushed by his mother Julie Reynolds while his little brother Jaxson, 3, waits his turn at SideCut Metropark in Maumee, Ohio.
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Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson celebrates after beating councilman Yvonne Harper, left, in their battle to be the first to cast a ballot on the opening day of the Lucas County Early Vote Center, Wednesday, February 17, 2016, in Toledo. Harper said she has been first to vote for at least 10 years but the mayor was the first to cast her vote this year due to a problem with the voter card issued to Harper. The problem was quickly resolved, but the mayor cast her ballot first.
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Tim Tebow speaks Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
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Danbury student manager Mac Stephenson, who has Down Syndrome, is introduced for the first time as a player prior to a basketball game against Tiffin Calvert Friday, February 19, 2016, in Lakeside-Marblehead, Ohio. Stephenson scored the first basket of the game by prior agreement of both teams. At right senior cheerleader Samantha Puckett cheers on Stephenson.
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Danbury's Justin Tibbels (20) shoots against Tiffin Calvert's Adam Recker (1) during a basketball game Friday, February 19, 2016, in Lakeside-Marblehead, Ohio.
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Toledo's Brenae Harris drives through BGSU during basketball game at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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BGSU head coach Jennifer Roos, white shirt, and the bench celebrate tying with Toledo on a 3-pointer during fourth period in the basketball game at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Bowling Green's Trent Hinton (23) goes in for two under pressure from Northview's Logan Jessing (30) during the first quarter of the Friday, February 19, 2016, basketball match up at Bowling Green. Northview won, 80-63, to clinch at least a portion of the Northern Lakes League championship.
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Northview's Colton Snow (33) screams after dunking over Bowing Green's defense during the second quarter of the Friday, February 19, 2016, basketball match up at Bowling Green. Northview won, 80-63, to clinch at least a portion of the Northern Lakes League championship. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH
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Bowsher's Darryl Robinson (23) shoots against Woodward's Charles Robinson III (24) during the City League championship basketball game Thursday, February 18, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
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Bowsher's Casaun Anderson (4) celebrates defeating Woodward 76-67 during the City League championship basketball game Thursday, February 18, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
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Bowsher's Jalen Elliott (2) celebrates upsetting Rogers during the City League boys basketball semifinals Tuesday, February 16, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio. Bowsher won 53-50.
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Napoleon head coach Joe Good, left, and assistants go wild after his team pulls within one point of Perrysburg during the fourth period of the basketball game at Perrysburg High School.
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Perrysburg's Seth Morgan, 21, Trevor Hafner, 33, and Nick Sanford celebrate their victory over Napoleon in basketball action at Perrysburg High School.
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The Toledo Walleye and Kalamazoo players line up on the ice during a moment of silence held before the game in mute acknowledgement of the fatal shootings of six in Kalamazoo Saturday night.
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Springfield High School wrestler Evan Lonsway, right, tries to take down Lorenzo LeVally of Oregon Clay during their 160-pound final match at the Division I Sectional Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 20, 2016. Lonsway won the match.
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Toledo's A.J. Jenks (27) cheers after scoring the second goal of the game in the first period of the Wednesday, February 17, 2016, match up against Colorado at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo.
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