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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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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Ralph Siegel
Ralph E. Siegel, 58, Minster, died Feb. 27, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton.
He was born Sept. 14, 1952, in Sidney to Clarence and Hilda Hole Siegel. On Oct. 5, 1979, he married Susanna Fiely, who survives.
Also surviving is a daughter, Tammy (Michael) DeVall, Coldwater; a sister, June (Russ) Seger, Fort Loramie; three stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Minster, where he also was a Eucharistic minister. He was a member of the Knights of St. John Uniform Rank in Maria Stein, the Celina Veterans of Foreign Wars, Minster Area Life Squad and the Mercer County Disaster Service Association.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Friday at the church, the Rev. Rick Nieberding officiating. Burial is at St. Francis Cemetery in Cranberry Prairie.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Thursday and 9-9:30 a.m. Friday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster.
Memorials may be made to the Minster Area Life Squad or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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