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Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio, from 7 AM Thursday to midnight EDT Thursday night.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires will adversely impact air quality. The Agency expects the Air Quality Index to be in the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range.
For additional actions and information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's web site at epa.ohio.gov

Heat Advisory issued July 15 at 1:20PM EDT until July 15 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 101.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

Jen Van Gundy, a third-grade teacher at St. Marys West Elementary School, talks with Colin Clements about his classwork on his PDA. Through grants, including one from the Veterans of Foreign Wars 9289 in St. Marys, all the kids in her class will get to keep the school-owned PDAs for the rest of the school year.

Related online story:

Tech expert: St. Marys one of a kind

ST. MARYS - Talk about a pin drop. There's just not much noise in some elementary classrooms these days. But when the kids do talk they quickly summarize the district's new technology as "just great." Educators agree. The only stumbling block may be funding. [More]

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