Council member Jack Ford pictured here on June 16, 2014 asking if the city cannot secure the former Clarion Hotel to allow more time for bids for the demolition of the building.
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Jack Ford is seen here with now Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson and councilman Larry Sykes on February 3, 2015; Hicks-Hudson had just become acting mayor following then Mayor D. Michael Collins' cardiac arrest.
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Jack Ford is shown here during a Town Hall meeting on October 17, 2001 as a mayoral hopeful.
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On August 4, 2005, Mayor Jack Ford talks about the marina district while giving a tour of Toledo.
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Ice accumulates at the entrance to Buttonwood Park in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Matt Borchert, a natural resource conservation assistant with the Metroparks, clears debris from Sidecut Metropark in Maumee as volunteers help park staff clean up Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
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Members of the Old West End Neighborhood Initiatives install a mural on the Parisian Cleaners building on Detroit Ave. in Toledo. The lead artist on the project, Yusuf Lateef, is seen here moving a panel.
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Members of the Old West End Neighborhood Initiatives install a mural on the Parisian Cleaners building on Detroit Ave. in Toledo.
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First grader Austin Schlieman sits on a stability ball as he practices his letter sounds in Kim Baum's class at Frank Elementary in Perrysburg.
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Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson announces her candidacy for mayor.
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Lt. George Simko, center, with Toledo Fire & Rescue, supervises while Toledo Fire & Rescue members Sterling Rahel, left, and Mark Wietrzykowski, right, perform a training demonstration in the Mobile Search & Rescue Training Lab at Owens Community College on March 16, 2015.
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Miranda McNutt, left, 12, watches her brother Easton McNutt, right, 9, from Toledo, use the big yellow plate outside of the Imagination Station before heading in for the exhibits.
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Workers lay green turf on the Mud Hens baseball field in preparation for the 2015 Toledo Mud Hens baseball season.
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Rolls of turf ready for workers to lay them on the Mud Hens baseball field.
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A centerpiece for a table sponsored by HCR ManorCare for "Steppin' Out: The Funky Shoe Event of the Season", the sixth annual auction to benefit the Toledo School for the Arts.
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The event development team for TSA from left: Bethany Urbanski, Lindsay Williams and John DuVall stand in front of the auction items at the Steppin' Out funky shoe event for the Toledo School of the Arts at the Park Inn in Toledo.
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Eastwood's Noah Smith reacts to losing to Bishop Hartley in the Division III boys regional basketball semifinal at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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BGSU's #22, Richaun Holmes and #1, JD Tisdale, prevent Canisius College's #25, Adam Weir, from scoring in the first half in the second round of the 2015 CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament at home in Bowling Green, Ohio on March 21.
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Hundreds of fans line up outside of the Stroh Center to watch the Div. IV Boys Regional Basketball tournament between Cardinal Stritch and Delphos.
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Cardinal Stritch's Bobby Romstadt shoots in front of Delphos' Timothy Kreeger during the Div. IV Boys Regional Basketball tournament at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green.
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St. Francis Hockey head coach Chris Varga waves to supporters during the Hockey State Championship Assembly at St. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo.
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The hockey team sings the Alma Mater at the conclusion of the Hockey State Championship Assembly at St. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo.
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Notre Dame head coach Travis Galloway celebrates defeating Solon 61-48 during the Division I girls state basketball semifinal Friday, 03/20/15, at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.
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Notre Dame's C.J. Jefferson (23) shoots against West Chester Lakota West's Lexi Wasan (31) during the Division I girls state championship basketball game Saturday, 03/21/15, at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. Notre Dame fell 44-38 to Lakota West.
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Rogers' Brelynn Hampton-Bey (24) celebrates defeating Beloit West Branch 51-37 with teammate Selena Green (2) during the Division II girls state basketball semifinal Friday, 03/20/15, at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.
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St. Johns' Kaleb Vaughn (14) dunks the ball against Lima Senior during the Division I boys regional basketball semifinal at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio. Lima Senior defeated St. Johns 62-41.
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St. Johns' Aaron Thompson (22) and Lima Senior's Xavier Simpson (5) chases a loose ball during the Division I boys regional basketball semifinal at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
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