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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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Florentine Rose
Florentine H. Rose, 82, of Celina, died at 3:35 p.m. Oct. 30, 2006, at Celina Manor Nursing Home.
She was born Aug. 12, 1924, in St. Rose, to Albert and Anna Hartings Evers. On Sept. 1, 1948, she married Arlington M. Rose, who died Dec. 3, 2001.
Survivors are three sons, Larry, Texas, David (Chris), Wooster, and Rick (Teresa), Celina; two daughters, Marlene Stephenson, Celina, and Lois Ann (Donald) Baumer, Minster; a brother, Cyril (Phyllis) Evers, St. Henry; two sisters-in-law, Dolores Scott, Granite City, Ill., and Mary Helen Rose, New Bremen; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was a homemaker and the first cook at Celina Manor Nursing Home. She worked there, 22 years, from its opening in 1978 until retirement in 1999. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Celina, and its Daughters of Isabella and Altar Rosary Society.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Thursday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina.
Contributions can be made to Immaculate Conception Education Endowment Fund or Cheryl Ann Bobcats Special Olympics Fund.
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