Best of the Blade photo gallery: May 24-30

The Blade Staff

June 1, 2019

: Graduate Kyreese Robinson is hugged by his mother Monique Robinson after the Jesup W. Scott High School Class of 2019 commencement ceremony at Scott HS in Toledo on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING

: A Toledo Police officer walks by evidence markers at the scene at a home at Chestnut and Dexter streets in Toledo on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. One person was killed and two were injured from gunshots in the area. Police believe the shootings were related. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Start’s Cierra Fizer, second from left, edges Karson Cobb of Stongsville, Alli Pankow of Medina, and Anna Dudziak of Amherst Steele in the final leg the 4X100 meter relay during the Division I regional track and field meet Friday, May 24, 2019, at Amherst Steele High School in Amherst, Ohio. Start won the race. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Gary Shores in the studio. Gary Shores, a longtime voice on WKKO-FM 99.9 (K-100)’s top-rated morning show, retires for health reasons on May 30, 2019. After on-air partner Harvey Steele died in 2017, Shores went solo before Lyn Casye and Cliff Smithers joined his show. The Blade/Jetta Fraser

: A storm rolls in during a baseball game between the Toledo Mud Hens and the Gwinnett Stripers at Fifth Third Field in Toledo on Thursday, May 30, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Anthony Wayne catcher Shane Williams (4) tags out Sylvania Southview’s Paul McGowan (26) in a rundown during the fifth inning of a Division I regional baseball semifinal Thursday, May 30, 2019, at Steller Field in Bowling Green, Ohio. Southview defeated Anthony Wayne, 7-2. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Toledo Walleye forward Bryan Moore (16) fights Newfoundland Growlers forward Kristians Rubins (5) during the first period of Game 3 of the Kelly Cup finals Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Connor Windau, 7, hangs upside down on a rope bridge at Swan Creek MetroPark in Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday May 28, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON

: Debutantes and their escorts dance during the cotillion hosted by the Toledo Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs at the Stranahan Great Hall in Toledo on Saturday, May 25, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Main Street before the parade. Sylvania, Ohio, Memorial Day observances, first, a service in Toledo Memorial Park, then a parade on Main Street and concluding with a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park on May 27, 2019. The Blade/Jetta Fraser

: Rex Fulk, of Hope Baptist Church, puts his hand on a memorial wall exhibit that is being driven down Jackson St. during the annual Toledo Memorial Day Parade on Saturday, May 25, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

: Mary Ann Schneider, watches as her grandson, Mason Schwerkolt, 15, of Toledo, places a flag on the grave of a veteran in Historic Woodlawn Cemetery Friday, May 24, 2019 in Toledo. The Woodlawn Cemetery Memorial Day Association and nearly 100 volunteers are placing close to 6,000 American Flags on veterans’ graves Friday and Saturday, May 24th and 25th, in preparation for Memorial Day and to honor the veterans’ service to our country. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

: World War II Veteran Corporal Bob Romaker, 93, salutes during a Memorial Day Service Monday, May 27, 2019, at Fort Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg, Ohio.THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

: Close friends Tina Hibbs (cq), left, and Chuck Dombrowski (cq), both of Toledo, make some noise around the start of the game. Fans watch the Toledo Walleye and Newfoundland Growlers play in the Kelly Cup finals on the big screen during a watch party at Fifth Third Field in Toledo on Saturday, May 25, 2019. The Fish play two games in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, for the first two games of the best-of-seven championship series before heading back to Toledo for three games. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS

: Dr. Kent Bishop, ProMedica Chief Medical Officer, talks about the donor wall during a tour of the new Generations Tower Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Toledo Hospital. The 13-story 500,000 square foot facility opens to patients in July. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY