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, June 22nd, 2009
Wilma Collingsworth
Wilma E. Collingsworth, 67, 802 E. Spring St., St. Marys, died at 1:43 a.m. June 20, 2009, at her residence.
She was born Dec. 27, 1941, in Carbondale, to Henry and Phyllis Branscomb Frank. On July 3, 1976, she married Dale Collingsworth, who survives.
Other survivors are two daughters, Stacy (Joe) Weaver, St. Marys and Angie Dixon, Cincinnati; two sons, Lonny (Fay) Shimp, Fountain, Colo. and Tommy (Jodi) Shimp, New Bremen; three sisters, Lynn (Mark) Sholler, Sandra (Ron) Suchland, and Karen Sparks, all of St. Marys; a brother, James (Brenda) Frank, Coldwater; a nephew whom she raised, Michael Garee, Fairborn; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She retired from Trim Trends, Spencerville. She was a member of the Faith Alliance Church, New Bremen, and graduated in 1959 from St. Marys Memorial High School.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. Tom Sager officiating. Burial is at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Calling is noon until the time of the service Wednesday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to St. Rita's Hospice.
Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.
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