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Pictures of the Week: August 8-14, 2016

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Sgt. Alex Drabik, left, Gen. Leonard and Drabiks parents at a celebration at the zoo amphitheater in Toledo on August 18, 1945. Drabik was the first Allied soldier to cross the Rhine River into Germany at the end of WWII.

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The North Starlets perform together Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at the Kelly Miller Circus, which is set up at the Toledo Speedway in north Toledo. The event is sponsored by the Point Place Circus Steering Committee, and is a fundraiser to help out Friendship Park Community Center, Point Place Scholarship Foundation, Visions of Cullen Park and other local charities. Shows also run Thursday, August 11, 2016, at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.

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Michaela Dodge, 17, of Palmyra Township, MI, plays a song during the Whitehouse Arts Advisory Board's third annual BuskerFest in Whitehouse on August 14, 2016.

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Sophie Howard, 13, from Sylvania, takes aim at the target during The Northern Archery Championship at the Oregon South Recreation Complex on August 13, 2016.

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Participants score the arrows after a round of shooting during The Northern Archery Championship.

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Freddie and Frieda Falcon try out a bedroom at the Pi Kappa Phi House in the new Greek Village Thursday, August 11, 2016, in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Greek Village which will become home to 33 chapters this fall. The housing along Wooster Street is designed like an urban village, with quadrangles, interior walkways, gathering spaces and a promenade.

THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH
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Aaron Warren, 4, interacts with Dr. Health E. Hound in the waiting room during the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department's Back to School Blast at the health department in Toledo, Ohio.

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Some of the crowd listening to the first group, The Pulse, in performance at the jazz festival on Sunday.

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Sylvia Colston, left, helps friend and neighbor Sylvia Scott to attach an umbrella to her chair to listen to the music at the jazz festival. At right is Harvey Colston, Sylvia's husband. They all live in Detroit.

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Casimer Orlowski, 93, started building Jeeps in 1941, and survived Iwo Jima as a Marine Corp soldier who drove the very same Jeeps he built for World War II. Mr. Orlowski attended the UAW Local 12 kickoff / tailgate event for Saturday's Toledo Jeep Fest at the union hall, Friday, August 12, 2016.

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Jennifer Wolf, of Toledo, with her 2013 JK Unlimited Jeep Wrangler Sahara. The Toledo Jeep Fest in downtown Toledo, Ohio on August 13, 2016.

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1952 Jeep M38, owned by Doug's Mehki, of Monroe, Michigan. The Toledo Jeep Fest in downtown Toledo, Ohio on August 13, 2016.

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Angie Gray, Temperance, Mich., rides comfortably in the back of her a 1994 Jeep YJ owned by her parents, Craig and Diana Grover, Perrysburg, during a parade down N. Huron Street for Jeep Fest in Toledo, Saturday, August 13, 2016.

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Members of the Glass City Crawlers thrill the crowd during a parade down N. Huron Street for Jeep Fest in Toledo, Saturday, August 13, 2016.

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Randy Varwig, left, and Tom Gibbons, both of Toledo, are decked out in flying gear as they ride in Gibbons' Jeep Wrangler Sport during a parade down N. Huron Street for Jeep Fest in Toledo, Saturday, August 13, 2016.

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Siblings Riley, 6, left, Chloe, 5, center, and Jaxson Cole, 3, ride bikes together Tuesday, August 9, 2016, in West Toledo. Summer is winding down as students get ready for Toledo Public Schools to begin August 18.

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Logan Condon, 7, left, and his sister Kaylee, 9, fly through the air together during Taste of Maumee Friday, August 12, 2016, in downtown Maumee. The taste event marked the first evening of the Maumee Summer Fair.

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Savanna Tipton, left, 11, tries to give Lehla McCartney, right, 9, a kiss with a plastic fish while playing a game at the Ohio Department of Health's "Help Me Grow" table during a back-to-school fair at the Woodland Mall in Bowling Green on August 10, 2016.

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Don DiBartolomeo, from The Right Direction Youth Development Program, left, and Shawna Hornsby, right, react to missing a high-five while doing tricks on the Wabash Cannonball Bike Trail in Whitehouse on August 14, 2016.

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Painter Mike Irvine paints the facade of the Floral Pursuit in Toledo, Ohio.

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Zaria Slidell, 11, of Toledo, enjoys the cool water at the Aquarium Adventure Trail splash pad at The Toledo Zoo on August 8, 2016.

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Mud Hens catcher Miguel Gonzalez reacts to the tag out in a trap by JaCoby Jones, in background, during baseball game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio.

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Marquita Tillotson, of Natures Nursery, holds Luther the Barn Owl before the Mud Hens game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio.

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Fostoria St. Wendelin football player Ryan Nicholson (9) runs during practice Tuesday, August 9, 2016, in Fostoria, Ohio. The football team is back after a year absence.

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Corey Jones (4) has a laugh as head coach Jason Candle photobombs his shot of the wide receivers during picture day for the University of Toledo football team at the Glass Bowl, Tuesday, August 9, 2016.

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