Picturing 2020 as it heads out the door

Andrea and Bruce Trout, with baby Everly in January. Bruce had his leg amputated after being hit by a vehicle when he stopped to help at an accident in Bowling Green. He was in the hospital when his wife, Andrea, gave birth to their daughter.

Mike Aspacher being sworn in as mayor

Dick Edwards, left, chats with John Sampen following band rehearsal. Guest conductor Bruce Moss is on the right in background. The Bowling Green Area Community Band honored Edwards on his retirement as mayor.

Lane Hakel and Melissa Shaffer with the sign from the Black Swamp Players’ previous home in the Woodland Mall.

Ice sculpture for the Water & Soil Conservation

The Woman in the Chair (Annelise Clifton) shows her copy of “The Drowsy Chaperone” recording

President Donald Trump kicked off his 2016 re-election campaign in Toledo.

The Starship delivery robots arrived on BGSU, and soon extended their range into the community.

Lori Young and Rose Hess show photos of problems at rental house.

Brandt Beaverson studies how the ripples in a tank affect the paper boat he made.

Frank Kimbrough speaks with jazz students March 12 at BGSU. Kimbrough died on Dec. 30.

Gov. Mike DeWine and other officials are seen at an initial COVID-19 press conference on March 3, 2020.

Customers at Howard’s Club H soak up last few minutes of camaraderie as closing time for an indefinite period looms.

Sign posted outside Wood County Hospital earlier this year

Kids reading statue outside Wood County District Public Library.

Volunteers box up 11,200 shelf-stable meals to be delivered to senior citizens in Wood County.

Engagement photo of Camden Carsey and Dayna Fackler. The couple postponed wedding once due to COVID, then ended up eloping.

Banner hangs over Main Street in Bowling Green.

Cafeteria and bus driving crews pack up meals to deliver to Bowling Green City School students.

President Rodney Rogers, left, and Provost Joe Whitehead during BGSU town hall meeting on COVID-19 pandemic in April.

Diners eat breakfast at Kermit’s in Bowling Green.

Downtown businesses re-opened for business in May.

BGHS graduation parade gave community a change to recognize seniors.

Paul Makar is wheeled out of Wood County Hospital in May after 25 days for COVID-19 treatment.

Two jet fighters from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing flew over Bowling Green May 7 as part of a series of flybys to salute first responders at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19.

Anthony King gives directions to the more than 500 protestors gathered on the county courthouse lawn on May 31.

Protesters gather outside BG police headquarters. Photos by David Dupont

Speaker demands that Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn address police brutality.

Crowd reflected in the glasses of speaker.

Marchers face police headquarters as they kneel to remember George Floyd after a march on June 8.

Juneteenth celebrants applaud a performance by saxophonist Mike Williams at Juneteenth celebration on Wooster Green.

Saxophonist Mike Williams performs

Savannah Nevels, from left, Chasatea Brown, and Ryan Draper light their candles before conclusion of Juneteenth celebration Saturday on Wooster Green.

Jhané Perdue sings at vigil for Elijah McClain on July 6.

The Wood County District Public Library re-opened with limited hours in July

Dr. Wendy Manning at BG City Council meeting in support of city mask mandate.

Haley Reese, left, and Hailey Knapke, of Golden Vanity celebrated the salon’s fifth anniversary.

The public sculpture Ties That Bind was installed at Wooster Green in July.

Ties That Bind.

Woodland Mall theaters closed in July.

After leading the Wood County Department of Health through the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic, Ben Batey joined BGSU as chief health officer to guide their strategy for dealing with the pandemic.

Sign advising social distancing at Wood County Fair

Bowling Green Police Sgt. Adam Skaff, new liaison for communities for color in BG

BGSU President Rodney Rogers and BG Mayor Mike Aspacher talk about safe behavior during COVID with Bryant Cruz and Jake Egger at their rental home on North Enterprise Street.

Move in at BGSU

Community members display signs at rally following a racist Facebook post by groundskeeper.

Bob Midden who portrayed Charles Van Tassel speaks with Heather Bloom who portrayed pioneer Elizabeth Lafarrie at the conclusion of Living History Day

Listeners settle in at first Bobcat Band stadium show.

Bobcat band performs.

Chalk artwork welcoming teachers back at Bowling Green High School

Students study in the recently opened Maurer Center, the home of the Schmidthorst College of Business.

Study space in Maurer Center

The atrium of the Maurer Center

Jennie Harriman and her mom, Barb Dunn, talk through plexiglass with Dunn’s mom, Carol Ryland.

Katie Stygles and her daughter, Molly, light their candles at vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Debbie Dalke of Bowing Green, brought a t-shirt with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s image to the memorial service.

Gary Bell and Kim Polinsky in what is now Three Cord.

Josh Iler teaches anatomy to an empty classroom at BGHS.

Eric Rine Jr. with his handcycle, and BG Police Det. Scott Frank and Patrol Officer Jeremy Lauer

Sign outside Kenwood Elementary School.

Mary Bach’s fingers – and a more complete story of her life – return to Wood County Museum.

League of Women Voters encouraged early voting.

Wood County residents voting recently in the courthouse atrium area.

Two rows of cars wait for food at First United Methodist’s drive-thru distribution in October.

Candidates forum held in the BGSU Grand Ballroom Sunday evening

Miroslav (Isaac Slater) and Eva (Terra Sloane) discuss plans for a newspaper during Horizon Youth Theatre’s virtual production of “And a Child Shall Lead.”

Stimmel’s Market closed in April. The bakery was purchased later in the year.

Patners in J.E.N.N. Investment are, from left, Emily Carty, Natalie Carty, Nathan Grames, and Jim Grames. The group, which also operates Carty Rentals, has bought the Stimmel’s bakery.

Wood County Health Commissioner Ben Robison hands out paperwork for people wanting COVID-19 tests last month.

Biden sign outside Bowling Green polling station.

Residents around town reported an influx of wild turkeys, including this tom who was frequenting the grounds of the Wood County Museum.

Chelsea Cloeter, right, and Melissa Colburn on the edge of the Wintergarden prairie. Residents found refuge in parks during the pandemic.

The BGSU Department of Theatre and Film staged a virtual production of “The Theory of Relativity” with a premiere performance during the virtual ArtsX. The arts extravaganza concluded a semester where campus performers and artists had to find new ways of reaching their audiences.

BG VOICE members march downtown Monday evening.

Christmas tree in the gazebo at Wooster Green

Neocles Leontis, a BGSU chemistry professor, scholar, and member of BG city council, died in a Dec. 8 car crash on Route 25.

George Nicholson greets a well-wisher Dec. 2 at a reception in his honor. Nicholson succumbed to cancer two weeks later.

Downtown Bowling Green decorated for Christmas.

Linda Harris, LPN at Wood County Health Department, prepares Moderna vaccine on Dec. 28.

BG Fire Chief Bill Moorman gets his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 28 at the Wood County Health Department.