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The Blade Staff

June 8, 2019

: Jasmine (Thidapa) Suwannapura plays ping pong before the Marathon Classic media day at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio on Monday June 3, 2019. Suwannapura is the defending champion. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Jeanna Meisner talks about her journey with cancer during The University of Toledo Medical Center fifth annual Cancer Survivor Celebration at the Eleanor N Dana Cancer Center in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday June 6, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Southview’s team cheers before the Division I regional baseball final against St. Ignatius at Mottl Field at Cuyahoga Community College West in Parma, Ohio on Friday May 31, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Norah Mahmoud, 10, center, and her sister Amelia, 8, are in line for Mediterranean food during the Eid Toledo Prayer and Eid Fest in Toledo on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING

: Dakota Stamm of Archbold, center, wins the Division III girls 400 meter dash during the State Track and Field Tournament Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Sister Eileen Ripsin, left, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, and Sister Mary Jon Wagner, right, embrace after Ripsin made her final vows at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel on Saturday, June 1, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

: Lucas the Elephant eats his birthday cake at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio on Saturday June 1, 2019. Cooper Tire hosted a birthday party for Lucas, who turns 8 on June 3rd. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Queen Sancha (Finley Gleason) and King Wamba (Chuck Madrigal) kick off the Old West End Festival parade in Toledo on Saturday, June 1, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING

: Toledo’s Ryan Obuchowski (14), left, skates by as teammate Dylan Sadowy (15) reacts to the loss after the ECHL Kelly Cup finals Game 6 between the Toledo Walleye and Newfoundland Growlers at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Tornado at State Route 281 and County Road 5 in Henry County, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. PHOTO COURTESY NICK ELCHINGER.

: Members of the Liberty Center 4×400 meter relay team from left Parker Strauss, Zach Bowers, Weston Kundo, and Nathan Melller celebrate winning the state title during the State Track and Field Tournament Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Liberty Center won the race.THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Walleye forward Chris Crane catches up on sleep while on board the charter plane bound for Newfoundland on Sunday, June 2, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Dean Miller, left, blocks a shot from Sophia Davzy (cq), 8, while Emilia Sorge, right, 4, watches during a quidditch pregame camp with the University of Toledo Quidditch Team in Hensville Park on Sunday, June 2, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

: Shelly Bailey, the mother of Marcus Bailey, Jr., is comforted by Vera Sanders, an advocate with the Toledo-Lucas County Victim-Witness Assistance Program, while making an emotional statement in Lucas County Common Pleas Court during the sentencing of Terry Pearson Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Toledo. Pearson previously pleaded guilty to felonious assault for severely beating Marcus Bailey, Jr. with a bat in East Toledo in December 2018. BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

: Lunch at Levis, the popular daytime concert series, at Levis Square in downtown Toledo, Ohio on June 6, 2019. The 16-week series runs every Thursday until September 26th from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. The Blade/Jetta Fraser.