Kevin Mullan, vice president of business development at Thread Marketing Group and founder-owner of tapped419.com, on June 17, 2019 shows off his once-regulation firetruck that he has converted into a beer truck. THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN
Best of the Blade photo gallery: June 14-20
The Blade Staff
June 22, 2019
Storm clouds move over Toledo as seen in this aerial panograph, Thursday, June 20, 2019.THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON
Levelle Stokes, 12, soars to dunk while playing with his sister Shawnkeya Stokes, 11, on the street in front of their Toronto St. home in Toledo on Friday, June 14, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) shows campers Averie Holdridge, 12, left, and T.J. Moton, 12, right, a picture of his rescue dog Franklin wearing a cap from the Rachel Maddow show, on the last day of the first-ever Lucas County Summer Manufacturing Camp that Brown’s office helped to organize at Scott High School on Friday, June 14, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Sparks fly as a worker uses a torch to cut the metal roofing of the enclosed walkway. Workers begin demolition of the Imagination Station’s enclosed footbridge over Summit Street in Toledo on Monday, June 17, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Joe Napoli, left, and Annette Napoli laugh at a joke at Joe’s expense during the roast at the Toledo Rotary Foundation Gala at Parkway Place in Maumee, Ohio, on Saturday, June 15, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Larry William Moreland’s father Larry Moreland is being inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame at the African American Legacy Project Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Toledo, Ohio. The elder Mr. Moreland has been described as the “father of modern boxing in Toledo” and his son has donated his father’s boxing memorabilia to the Legacy Project. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH
After touring a water-damaged rye field in Perrysburg, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, left, and farm owner Kris Swartz head back to a barn to meet with other farmers in Perrysburg, Ohio on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING
Theodore Montri, 2, places his flower pot near the pea plant in front of his Amherst Drive home in Toledo on Friday, June 14, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Kevin Mullan, vice president of business development at Thread Marketing Group and founder-owner of tapped419.com, on June 17, 2019 shows off his once-regulation firetruck that he has converted into a beer truck. THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN
Bowling Green Mayor Dick Edwards speaks during a protest and press conference in opposition at FirstEnergy and House Bill 6 of Wooster Green in Bowling Green, Ohio, on Monday, June 17, 2019. Organizers say the inflatable pig is to represent the “pork” in the bill. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS
Keeth Brown, 3, left, and David Johnson, 5, yell as they spin in circles on the swings at Close Park in Toledo, Ohio on Friday June 14, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON
Bob Wuest of Toledo looks through an exhibit about the Jess Willard vs. Jack Dempsey fight Thursday, June 20, 2019, at the Toledo History Museum in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH
Kris Swartz, left, shows Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, right, his rye frield in Perrysburg, Ohio on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Center is State Representative Haraz N. Ghanbari (R-Perrysburg). THE BLADE/LORI KING
Nurses wait in line to enter the UAW Local 12 before the UAW informational meeting in Toledo, Ohio on Friday June 14, 2019. Striking Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center nurses from UAW Local 2213 held their first UAW informational meeting in advance of their contract vote next week. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON
Michael Vasquez, father of Celina Vasquez, 2, cries while he talks about his daughter being accidentally run over and killed in front of his home on the 500 block of Toronto Ave. last night. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT