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.
ROCKFORD - Parkway cheerleaders have the board's blessing for stunting at non-league home basketball games and pep assemblies next year. It's a whole new dimension that will boost school spirit, according to a school coach.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members received good news Tuesday night in the form of lower than expected bids for a road reconstruction project. As a result, they added two more streets to the annual resurfacing program.
PAB Construction of Coldwater submitted the low bid of $240,973.60 for the Elk Drive reconstruction project, well below engineering estimates of $337,000. Workers are expected to begin in September and complete the project by mid-November. [More]
COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools is "on the right track" and ended a "successful" fiscal year 2010, says school treasurer Sherry Shaffer.
CELINA - As new owners of Grand Lake area landline phones and broadband Internet, Frontier Communications plans major upgrades in service and equipment, according to company executives in Celina last week.
The annual Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant is set for Monday in the air-conditioned Celina Fieldhouse.
Eight local young women will compete for the queen's crown and Miss Lake Festival 2010 title. A preshow at 7:30 p.m. kicks off the evening with the pageant to start at 8.
Five contestants will be competing for the title of Miss Lake Festival Outstanding Teen 2010 at a teen pageant held in conjunction with the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship pageant on Monday.
