Best of the Blade photo gallery: June 28 – July 4

The Blade Staff

July 5, 2019

: Dale Hines partially covers an open fire hydrant on Lapier St. in Toledo for a more wider spray zone on Monday, July 1, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING

: Darlene Riley, of West Unity, Ohio, uses as sparkler while sporting stars and stripes on her fingernails during an early Independence Day celebration at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Toledoan Tavi Cortez, 8, walks down the steps on his hands during an International League baseball game against Columbus at Fifth Third Field in Toledo on Monday, July 1, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING

: Toledo Mud Hens’ Willi Castro slides safely into third base against the Durham Bulls in the bottom of the fourth inning during baseball action on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

: TPD Officers Edwin Cox, left, Sierra Hines, 17, center left, Officer Dan Henderson, center right, and LaKaisha Bailey, right,15, talk while the girls work out in Joe E. Brown Park on Monday, July 1, 2019. The two Toledo Police Officers perform their walk / ride patrol in North Toledo. Joe E. Brown Park is in the four mile radius where the new ShotSpotter technology is being used. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

: Rescue crews search for a possible drowning victim at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING

: People dressed in period clothing cheer during a reenactment of the famous world title fight from 1919 during Toledo’s Day In The Sun event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Willard-Dempsey championship fight Thursday, July 4, 2019, at Detwiler Park in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: In Formula 1-Heat #2-Group A, Ashton Rinker, in #20, passes Dustin Terry, in #03, for the lead. They would finish in that order. Rock the River Toledo, part of the NGK Spark Plugs Formula One (F1) Powerboat Championship in the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio on June 29, 2019. The Blade/Jetta Fraser

: New citizens greet each other as fellow Americans. The United States District Court Judge James R. Knepp, II, of the Northern District of Ohio Western Division, presides over a naturalization ceremony at Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio on July 4, 2019. 51 people, from 30 countries, receive their citizenship papers in the ceremony. The Blade/Jetta Fraser

: Marita Deitering Perkings, right, and Carola Ames look look at glass pieces at The Art of Sight tent during The 54th Annual Crosby Festival of the Arts at the Toledo Botanical Garden in Toledo, Ohio on Friday June 28, 2019.THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: The National Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes’ fifth annual Captain Scupper’s Kids’ Club Lego® Challenge at the riverside museum in east Toledo, Ohio on June 29, 2019. Children are invited to put their engineering skills to the test by building a boat, a lighthouse or a bridge out of Legos. Photos of each entry will be on the facebook page of the museum at NMGLToledo. The builder whose photo has the most “likes” (on the original photo only) by 5pm on Friday, July 5th will win a family membership to the museum. The Blade/Jetta Fraser

: Fireworks explode over the Maumee River viewed from The Heights at The Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel in downtown Toledo, Ohio on Thursday July 4, 2019.THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Brock Vargas, left, plays the role of Jack Dempsey while Kevin Netter plays the role of Jess Willard during a reenactment of the famous world title fight from 1919 during Toledo’s Day In The Sun event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Willard-Dempsey championship fight Thursday, July 4, 2019, at Detwiler Park in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Angus Suter, 12, of Toledo wins a watermelon eating contest in the ages 12-16 category during the Harvard Circle Annual 4th of July celebration Thursday, July 4, 2019, at Walbridge Park in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Heem Summeria, left, plays with his children at right Anicasio Summeria, 6, and in front Nida Summeria, 4, in a Kiddie pool Friday, June 28, 2019, on Buffalo Street in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH