High Wind Warning issued March 12 at 12:35PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Today 44° Today 44° 36° 36° slight chance Tomorrow 52° Tomorrow 52° 28° 28°
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Kenneth Heiby
Kenneth R. Heiby, 57, 142 Pershing Drive, St. Marys, died Feb. 15, 2009, in Leesburg, Fla. Death was due to natural causes.
He was born May 15, 1951, in Detroit, Mich., to Bernard and Patricia Bucholtz Heiby. His mother survives in Salamonie, Ind.
He was a truck driver for Moeller Trucking, inc., Maria Stein, and a 1969 graduate of Fort Recovery High School. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge and Fraternal Order of Eagles, both of Celina, and was inducted into the Fort Recovery Athletic Boosters Hall of Fame in 2006.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, Deacon John Parker officiating. Burial is at Springhill Cemetery, Fort Recovery.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Thursday and after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to the Fort Recovery Athletic Boosters or Mercer County Elks Memorial Fund.
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