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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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Maxine Morgan-Tilley
Former Celina and Wapakoneta resident Maxine Morgan-Tilley, 84, died at 11:55 p.m. Dec. 20, 2007, at Florida Hospital, Fish Memorial, Orange City, Fla.
She was born Oct. 6, 1923, in Cyclone, W.Va., to Joe and Lula Cook Blankenship. Her first and second husbands, Luther Morgan and Ernest Tilley, are deceased.
Surviving are a son, Clarence Dean Hatfield, Orange City; three daughters, Sharon Carl, Orange City, Carol (Jack) Prater, Wapakoneta, and Garnet (Charles) Mullins, Deltona, Fla.; three sisters, Janice (Art) Slone, Lexington, Ky., and Ruth Schoenleben and Alice Maynard, both of Celina; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two sons, Larry and Paul Morgan.
She was a homemaker and worked as a cook at the former Villa Cerise' Restaurant near Grand Lake.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, with Art Slone officiating. Burial is at Mercer Memory Gardens, Celina.
Calling is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Condolences can be made at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.
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