The sculpture proudly proclaims “You Are Beautiful” and “You Are Doing Great,” but the smoke that continued to smother Toledo made Friday a not-so-great day for the artwork’s installation.
As smoke from Canadian wildfires continued to drift across northwest Ohio, reducing local air quality to hazardous levels, organizations continued to delay or cancel a variety of outdoor activities.
The Air Quality Index at AirNow.gov, a government scale measuring outdoor air pollution, designates readings above 300 as hazardous. Readings in Toledo exceeded 700 on Thursday and were nearly 500 when organizers announced the start time for the Greater Toledo Classic golf event had been delayed until Friday afternoon…