Best of the Blade: May 11-17

The Blade Staff

May 18, 2019

: St. Francis’ Todd Bumphis yells after finishing first for the boys 4×200 meter relay during the Three Rivers Athletic Conference track and field meet at Whitmer High School in Toledo, Ohio on Friday May 10, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON SPT TRACtrack11p

: Amere Grant, 5, and other youngsters from the Imagine Madison Avenue School of the Arts, get a close look at Borealis, the new polar bear cub at the Toledo Zoo,after he went on exhibit for the first time Friday, May 10, 2019. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

: Bikers take-off on the ride-sharing bikes after the event at Middlegrounds. ToleGO Bike Day, celebrating the Toledo bike share program that has already racked up 776 trip and 1500 miles ridden since the program’s introduction in the city in October, at Middlegrounds Metropark in Toledo, Ohio on May 16, 2019. An account to use the bikes can be found online; low-income persons can participate for $5.00/year using a form at the Department of Public Utilities on Madison Avenue in downtown Toledo. The Blade/Jetta Fraser

: Kyra Taylor, a cousin of Kimberly Byram, with friend Rashaun Lewis, holds pieces of a motorcycle she found on the ground on Hill Avenue where Ms. Byram and Cameron Dale were killed in a crash Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Toledo. The pair were riding a motorcycle east on Hill Avenue at a high rate of speed when a westbound Dodge Charger turned left into an apartment complex in front of the motorcycle. The vehicles collided near Hill and Torrington Drive. Both Mr. Dale, who was driving the bike, and Ms. Byram, a passenger were ejected off the bike. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

: Lynn Fisher, right, laughs with her grandson Ben Fisher, 13, as he talks to her about the square of Binomial using Montessori materials at West Side Montessori school in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday May 16, 2019. Ms. Fisher, who is the founder and head of West Side Montessori school, is retiring in June after 44 years at the school. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Lorna Stewart, left, and Nick Steiner (cq), her boyfriend, pose for a picture being taken by Nick’s dad, Jeff, who is out of frame, in front of the “Greetings from Toledo” mural on First and Main Streets in East Toledo on Monday, May 13, 2019. Nick grew up in the Toledo area, but now lives in Gold Coast, Australia, where he met Lorna. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Philip Johnson III, 9, left, looks down at the board as John Cook, right, offers a handshake after winning the chess match during the weekly chess club at the South Branch Library in Toledo, Ohio on Monday May 13, 2019. Johnson recently won 2nd place at the TPS Chess Tournament. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Perrysburg pitcher Mars Deemer (16) celebrates hitting what turned out to be the game winning grand slam against Anthony Wayne during the seventh inning of the Division I softball district final Thursday, May 16, 2019, in Bowling Green, Ohio. Perrysburg defeated Anthony Wayne, 7-5.THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Ice crew member Dominic Arvay carries an octopus off after it was thrown the ice after first Walleye goal during the first game of the ECHL Western Conference finals series of Kelly Cup playoffs between the Toledo Walleye and Tulsa Oilers at the Huntington Center in Toledo on Friday, May 10, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Ed Verhamme, project engineer, and Greg Cutrell, project scientist, both with LimnoTech, set a water quality-monitoring buoy in Lake Erie on May 14, 2019. The solar-powered buoy is “the eyes on the water”, says Verhamme, allowing the city “to gather real-time environmental data and to monitor harmful algal blooms (HABs)”. The Blade/Jetta Fraser.

: Jeep workers and Jeep owners drive up and down Cherry Street in support of the of the St. Vincent strikers in front of Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday May 16, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: A large crowd listens during the Washington Local Schools Board of Education meeting Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Perrysburg High School senior Hailey Woods, 18, wins a 2019 Hyundai Elantra, given by Taylor Hyundai, during an assembly Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Perrysburg High School. Three seniors won keys to three cars and Woods had the winning key that started her car. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

: University of Toledo softball players and staff celebrate as they find out where and who they will play during the NCAA tournament selection show at UT’s Savage Arena in Toledo on Sunday, May 12, 2019. They will be playing No. 14 seed Kentucky on Friday. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: John Janowski, of Fulton Couny Veterans Service, left, and Quilts of Valor’s Lacy Spurgeon wrap Korean War veteran Chris Liaeff with a quilt during The Eyes of Freedom memorial ceremony at the Museum of Fulton County in Wauseon, Ohio on, May 11, 2019. Life-sized portraits depict the fallen of Lima Company 3/25, one of the hardest-hit units in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. THE BLADE/LORI KING CTY Memorial12