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, December 12th, 2006
Monica Grevenkamp
Monica R. Grevenkamp, 85, 6463 state Route 119, Maria Stein, died at 12:50 p.m. Dec. 11, 2006, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.
She was born Feb. 27, 1921, in Carthagena, to Henry and Margaret Hoelscher Hess. On May 22, 1946, she married Gregor Grevenkamp, who died Feb. 9, 1998.
Survivors are three sons, Gerald (Mary Ann), New Bremen, Steve (Shirley), St. Henry, and Richard (Jeanne), Middletown; three daughters, Margie (John) Beckman, Minster, Janice (Jack) Hummel, New Weston, and Mary (John) Overman, Fort Recovery; two brothers, Victor (Mary) Hess, Coldwater, and Arthur Hess, of Tennessee; two sisters, Rita (Bernard) Hoying, Celina, and Adella Hess, St. Henry; two sisters-in-law, Eleanor Hess and Adelheit Hess, both of Coldwater; 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, Kenneth; two brothers, Urban and Jerome; and a sister, Bertha Beckstedt.
She was a homemaker and member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Cassella, and its ladies sodality of the parish. She also was a member of Catholic Knights, Cassella, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9019 Auxiliary, Chickasaw.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church, the Rev. Harry Cavanaugh officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Thursday and 9-10 a.m. Friday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
Contributions can be made to the Center for Neurological Development or CA Industries.
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