Coast Guardsmen got to work preparing buoys for Lake Erie. Blade photographer Don Flory captured the men getting things ready on March 12, 1979. From left to right are Coast Guardsmen Dava Jones, Michael Lafko, Darrell Banks, and Mark Krainock. The floating buoys were checked at the Bay View Park Coast Guard station in Toledo. The work was part of an annual ritual of preparing channel markers for another year of shipping activity. The buoys were taken ashore late each year, then scraped, painted, and repaired. When the ice was gone from Lake Erie, the markers were dropped in place to guide lake and ocean ships through the western end of the lake and into port.
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Engineering student Katherine Roach, center, takes a turn at tire bowling while peers Trent Pawlecki, left, and Colin Shorfridge, right, all of Toledo, watch during the first event of 2017 Toledo Area Engineers Week at the College of Engineering at The University of Toledo on February 20, 2016.
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A person takes the stairs past the "Owens Rings", a suspended glass sculpture by artist Ray King, in the rotunda of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at Owens Community College Tuesday, February 21, 2017, in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Sara Wegrzyn, left, and her daughter Lyla Wegrzyn, 4, look at illuminated canvases for sale from the company Expressions in Art, out of Carnegie, PA, during Cabin Fever Art and Craft Marketplace at the Lucas County Recreation Center on February 26, 2016.
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Toledo Fire & Rescue graduates salute during the graduation ceremony of Toledo Fire Class 291 Friday, February 24, 2017, at Bowsher High School in Toledo, Ohio.
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People protest against Senator Rob Portman Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Terra State College in Fremont, Ohio.
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Isabelle Polte, a first grader, is the adds her name to the banner. St. Pius X School students pledge "to stick together against bullying" at their parochial school in Toledo, Ohio on February 22, 2017. The program is a "character education program offered to schools by Project Love and Duck Tape®" to emphasize the importance of kindness and uniting against bullying and other anti-social behaviors.
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Owens Community College students Richard Beao, left, and Pablo Camargo relax between classes in the rotunda of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at Owens Community College Tuesday, February 21, 2017, in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Vivianna, 2, keeps an eye on her father Robert Villagomez of South Toledo as he he picks out movies for their family Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at the Toledo Heights Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. The pair were on Vivianna's second visit to the library with her mother Virginia Osburn. Ms. Osburn said she had recently renewed her membership to the library after beginning to take college classes.
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Blake Bost keeps an eye on his daughter Claire, 4, as she gets her bearing on her first bicycle Wednesday, February 22, 2017, in Wauseon. Mr. Bost took advantage of the warm weather Wednesday to teach Claire to ride the bike. The pair were headed to a local park.
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Rob Fischbach, of Toledo, volleys with his friend, Noah Bleckner, of Sylvania, [not pictured] as the two take advantage of the nice weather to play tennis at the Howard Haynes Tennis Courts at Ottawa Park in Toledo, Ohio. Temperatures on the upper 50sº on February 20, 2017 in Toledo, Ohio brings people out-of-doors.
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Friends and family attend a vigil for Collin Doyle Thursday, February 23, 2017, near the Maumee River in Maumee. Doyle, a 17-year-old Maumee High School student, was fatally shot and another teenager injured during a shooting into their vehicle in West Toledo Wednesday evening.
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Martie Peck of Wauseon, right, and others, demonstrate outside U.S. Rep. Bob Latta's office Thursday, February 23, 2017 in Bowling Green. While the larger group demonstrated outside, a small group met with Andrew Lorenz, district director for Latta, to express their concerns on a variety of issues and state their displeasure that Latta will not meet with them in person.
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Toledo Police Officer Phil Carroll with old police blotters in the attic of the Safety Building Wednesday, February 22, 2017, in Toledo. The arrest logs, spanning a time period of around 1863 to the mid 1970s, were previously at Bowling Green State University.
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Mr. Freeze opening Megan Hendrix greets her sons Hunter, 4, bottom left, and Braxton, 3, on the opening day of Mr. Freeze ice cream shop Wednesday, February 22, 2017, in Perrysburg. The locally beloved shop had been slated to open Friday but decided to take advantage of the warm weather and open early.
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Young artist Jelani Pratt, 15, whose artist name is Lani Knighthart, center, is embraced by his mother Chand Hamilton, right, as they take a look at the pieces on display during the official unveiling of the latest art instillation created by the Art Commission's Young Artists At Work (YAAW) program Thursday, February 23, 2017, at the Toledo-Lucas County Library's Main Branch in downtown Toledo. The Arts Commission, the Lucas County Commissioners and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library contributed to the program, which selected 16 young people from the community to come together and design artwork over six weeks in the summer. The installation will be moved to a permanent home inside the library's main branch. Applications for this year's YAAW are currently being accepted.
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Young artist Jelani Pratt, 15, whose artist name is Lani Knighthart, performs an original poem during the official unveiling of the latest art instillation created by YAAW.
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Fishermen head off into the fog as they motor down the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River and towards Lake Erie near Gibraltar, Michigan, Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
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Canadian Geese run after cousins Kassidy Lehren, 4, left, Brynn Schlieman, 5, center, and Kyson Lehren, right, 6, of Sylvania, while the kids spend a warm afternoon at Olander Park on Presidents Day on February 20, 2017.
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Kyson Lehren, 6, of Sylvania, has shadows cast on his face from the sun while playing on the slide on a warm afternoon at Olander Park on Presidents Day on February 20, 2017.
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Blaine LaPoint, 3, of Perrysburg, plays with a spinner clock on the playground equipment while spending an unseasonably warm afternoon at Swan Creek Metropark on February 23, 2016.
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Toledoan Marcus Tucker, 4, rides the tire swing during a visit to the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio with his family.
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The Bowsher Rebels celebrate their win at the buzzer of the Thursday, February 23, 2017, boys basketball City League Championship match up against Rogers at Waite High School. Bowser won, 70-60.
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Rogers' Dru Pettigrew (12) is fouled by Bowsher's Lealand Rayford (1) during the first half of the Thursday, February 23, 2017, boys basketball City League Championship match up at Waite High School. Bowser won, 70-60.
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Bowsher's Antonio Carter (5) reacts to his team's win over Rogers in the Thursday, February 23, 2017, boys basketball City League Championship match up at Waite High School. Bowser won, 70-60.
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Bowling Green State University forward Rasheed Worrell (32) defends against Akron guard Noah Robotham (14) during a basketball game Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Bowsher's Lealand Rayford soars in front of Woodward's Demetrius Barry during City League semi-final basketball game at Waite High School in Toledo.
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Bowsher's Ajai Washington, 14, and Dalonte' Brown walk off the court after they beat Woodward in the City League semi-final basketball game at Waite High School in Toledo.
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Rogers' Christian Smith dunks the ball at the end of the game against Waite to help win the City League semi-final basketball game at Waite High School in Toledo.
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Rogers reacts to defeating Waite in the City League semi-final basketball game at Waite High School in Toledo.
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St. Francis' goalie Jacob Coward (29) gets help on the stop by teammate Tim Organ (12) as Northview's Jake Ruehle (9) attempts to score during the first period of the Friday, February 24, 2017, district final hockey match up at Tam-O-Shanter in Sylvania. St. Francis won, 4-0.
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Fisherman try their luck in the Sandusky River Thursday, February 23, 2017 in Fremont, Ohio.
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Jim Granner, 91, works on fishing reels in his Point Place, Toledo home, Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Mr. Granner does most of the repairs for Bass Pro's rod & reel donation program. He fixes the equipment and his sportsman's club donates the fishing gear to the needy.
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Whitmer's Mirandia Green (32) defends against Oregon Clay's Hannah Jehany (4) during a girls Division I Sectional Final basketball game Thursday, February 23, 2017 in Fostoria, Ohio.
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UT cornerback #13, Ka'Dar Hollman, left, and wide receiver Andrew Davis under the eyes of coach Jason Candle, left. The University of Toledo football team hosts a spring practice open to the media at the university in Toledo, Ohio on February 21, 2017. The UT Rockets are in the Mid America Conference.
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Toledo's Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott dribbles past Eastern Michigan's Sheyna Deans during basketball game at the University of Toledo's Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo's Kaayla McIntyre puts back up a rebound under pressure from Western Michigan during the basketball game at the University of Toledo's Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
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Senior Janice Monakana is escorted by her mother, Charlotte Monakana, and her high school coach Dan Bowmaker after the basketball game against Western Michigan at the University of Toledo's Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
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The Walleye's Jordan Hill and Wheeling's Danny Fick get into a massive brawl on the ice during men's ECHL hockey action at the Huntington Center on February 24, 2016.
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Greg Jablonski, right, is inducted into the second Toledo Hockey Hall of Fame class Saturday, February 25, 2017, at The Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. At left is Bill Chalmers and Matt Melzak.
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Toledo Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Greg Jablonksi shakes hands with Carl Zellner of Waterville during a meet and greet Saturday, February 25, 2017, at The Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.
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Anthony Wayne's starters, including Andrew Murphy, center, celebrate together as the seconds wind down during the second half of the Friday, February 24, 2017, boys basketball match up at Southview High School. Anthony Wayne won, 61-49.
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Anthony Wayne's Connor Trost (3) and Troy Schalitz (34) go up for a rebound against Southview's Jason Johnson (22) during the second half.
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Anthony Wayne's Andrew Murphy (14) is blocked on the approach by Southview's Zech Miller (23) during the second half of the Friday, February 24, 2017, boys basketball match up at Southview High School. Anthony Wayne won, 61-49.
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Toledo's Jonathan Williams (1) puts up two points over Western Michigan's Drake Lamont (42) during the first half of the Tuesday, February 21, 2017, basketball match up at the University of Toledo's Savage Arena. Toledo lost in overtime, 61-56.
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