Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality.
Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories.
It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes.
For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Rita Meinerding
Rita E. Meinerding, 88, St. Marys, died at 12:45 p.m. June 5, 2011, at her residence.
She was born April 27, 1923, in Fort Recovery to Henry and Veronica Muhlenkamp Sudhoff. On Nov. 24, 1945, she married Wescensalus Meinerding, who died Jan 22, 1986.
Surviving are six children: Allen (Janet) Meinerding, Elaine (Sam) Yancey, David (Jane) Meinerding, JoAnn (Richard) Meckstroth, Mary Jane (Steven) Mackenbach and Doris Meinerding, all of St. Marys; brothers, Alfred (Cleo) Sudhoff, Herman (Dorothy) Sudhoff, Alvin (Judy) Sudhoff, Raymond (Margie) Sudhoff, all of Fort Recovery, and Paul (Mary) Sudhoff, Madison, Ind.; sisters, Irene Link, Fort Recovery, Merilda Fleck, Celina, and Mary Agnes Knapke, Coldwater; sisters-in-law, Sr. Regina Meinerding, St. Louis, Mo., and Marie Meinerding, Fort Loramie; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a sister-in-law, Rose Kohne, and a granddaughter.
She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Marys, and its Altar Rosary Sodality.
Service is 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Anthony Cutcher officiating. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys.
Memorials may be directed to the Rev. Jerry Schetter ordination fund or to Grand Lake Hospice.
Online condolences may be left at millerfuneralhomes.net.
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