Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° slight chance chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 78° Tomorrow 78° chance likely 59° 59° likely
Saturday, September 16th, 2006
Carl Meinerding, Jr.
Carl H. "Buckwheat" Meinerding, Jr., 50, Versailles, died Sept. 13, 2006, at 12:50 p.m. at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton.
He was born Feb. 20, 1956, in Fort Wayne, Ind. to Carl H. and Iris J. Overly Meinerding. On Sept. 10, 1994, he was married in St. Denis Catholic Church, Versailles, to Paula Subler, who survives.
Surviving is a son, Jeremy, at home; five brothers and their spouses, David, of Texas; Gerald (Patty), Bryant, Ind.; Robert (Elizabeth) and Ronald, all of Portland, Ind., Richard (Sharon), of Indiana; and his mother-in-law, Clara Subler, Versailles.
He was preceded in death by his parents and father-in-law, Edward Subler.
He was project manager for Terasen Utility Company in Milwaukee, Wisc. and formerly worked at J-Tech in Greenville for over 20 years. He was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church, Versailles, the Moose Lodge and Fraternal Order of the Eagles, all of Greenville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Sept., 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Denis Catholic Church, the Rev. David Vincent officiating. Burial will be in Holy Family Church Cemetery, Frenchtown.
Calling is Friday, 2-8 p.m. and Saturday, 9-10 a.m. at Bailey Zechar Funeral Home, Versailles.
Contributions may be made to the Jeremy Meinerding Trust Fund set up at the Versailles Savings & Loan.
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