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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.
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For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Larry Peggs
Larry L. Peggs, 71, Celina, died Feb. 21, 2011, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Minster.
He was born Nov. 11, 1939, in Montezuma, to Herman and Rose Donovan Peggs. On Jan. 12, 1972, he married Rebecca (Finch) Peggs, who survives.
Also surviving are three children, Deb (Greg) Joseph, Cridersville, Diana McVicker, Lima, and Keith (Charlotte) Peggs, Chickasaw; six siblings, Mary Ann Short, Pennsylvania, Nancy Flower, Celina, Susie Peggs, Celina, Cathy (Charles) Chaney, St. Marys, David Peggs, Montezuma, and Billy (Linda) Peggs, Texas; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a son, Edwin Peggs; a son-in-law, Donald McVicker; a great-grandchild; two brothers, Don and Dale Peggs; two sisters, Jean Peggs and Sharon Markley; and a brother-in-law, John Short.
He was a member of the Montezuma Church of Christ. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in the Secret Service. He retired from Moeller Trucking in Maria Stein.
Funeral services are 1 p.m. Friday at Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home in Celina, the Rev. John Nunnally, officiating.
Calling is 11a.m. -1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the State of the Heart Hospice.
Condolences may be left at lhdfuneralhome.com.
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