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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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Delphina Quinter
Delphina Elizabeth Quinter, 87, of St. Henry, died at 6:15 a.m. July 26, 2006, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater.
She was born Oct. 30, 1918, in Carthagena, to John and Bernadine Wuebker Stelzer. On April 15, 1941, she married Irenus Quinter, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Dan (Marlene), Duluth, Ga., and Bill (Mary Jo), Coldwater; three daughters, Judy (Paul) Jansen and Diane (Lowell) Franck, all of St. Henry, and Sharon (Mike) Roessner, Fort Recovery; three brothers, Norbert (Adele) Stelzer and John (Ruth) Stelzer, all of St. Henry, and Werner Stelzer, Celina; three sisters, Lidwina Bergman, St. Henry, Butch Geise, Coldwater, and Imelda (Barney) Puthoff, Chickasaw; 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, James; four brothers and two sisters.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Marys Catholic Church and its ladies rosary altar sodality, Philothea. She was a member of St. Cecelia Knights of St. John and charter member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Bailey-Schockman Post 5135 Auxiliary, both of Coldwater.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Tony Fortman officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
Condolences can be made at www.hogenkampfh.com.
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