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, August 7th, 2007
Jennifer Springer
Jennifer Maurine Estes Springer, 20, of Englewood, died Aug. 4, 2007, at the Cleveland Clinic, following a brief illness.
She was born Jan. 18, 1987, in Dayton, to Scott and Kimberly Brown Springer. Her mother survives in Englewood and her father survives in Vandalia.
Other survivors are a brother, Bubby Lance, Troy; three sisters, Ashley Estes, Fort Campbell, Ky., Tawney Estes, West Milton, and Allie, Englewood; grandparents, Herschel "Hookie" and Isabell Ann Brown, Union, Pat Springer, Vandalia, Preston Springer, Fairfax, Carol Smith, address unknown, and Lil Lowe, Vandalia, and great-grandparents, Myrtle Jones, Englewood, Grace Jones, Tipp City, and Marge Brown, West Alex.
Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Hale-Sarver Funeral Home, West Milton.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where a service will be held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars at 7:30 p.m.
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