Flood Watch issued August 14 at 2:57PM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Preble, Ross, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move through the region Saturday into Saturday night. Given the saturated ground, additional heavy rainfall may result in flash flooding.
Today 82° Today 82° likely chance 70° 70° chance Tomorrow 84° Tomorrow 84° chance 74° 74° chance likely
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Betty Heitbrink
Betty J. Heitbrink, 82, 5 W. Wayne St., Chickasaw, died 8:15 p.m. Aug. 17, 2008, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater.
She was born Aug. 26, 1925, in Minster, to Frank and Rose Jacobs Meiring. On Sept. 4, 1948, she married Thomas Heitbrink, who survives.
Other survivors are a son, Bob (Marian), Chickasaw; a daughter, Janet Nelson, St. Sebastian; a brother, Elton "Sonny" Meiring, Minster; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers, Stan, Mike and Roland; and three sisters, Lucille Miller and Alvera Miller and Adella Johnson.
She was a homemaker and a member of Precious Blood Catholic Church, Chickasaw.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Gene Schnipke officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
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