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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Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Dolores Deitsch
Dolores Deitsch, 82, Celina, died at 12:48 a.m. Sept. 12, 2012, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center.
She was born Feb. 14, 1930, to Francis L. and Henrietta Hirth Fowler in Chicago. On April 7, 1950, she married Carl Deitsch, who survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Carla (John) Johnson, Rockford, Elaine (Tim) Knapke, Celina, and Sue Ellen (Melvin) Roehm, Willshire; two brothers, Raymond Fowler, Itasca, Ill., and Edward (Sharon) Fowler, Rockford; three sisters, Lorraine T. Heiland, Celina, Rosemary Deitsch, Rockford, and Margaret (Charles) Muhlenkamp, Urbana; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two brothers, Donald F. Fowler and Robert Fowler; two brothers-in-law, Norman Heiland and John Deitsch; and sister-in-law, Pat Fowler.
She worked at Reynolds & Reynolds and Kroger, Celina. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Celina, and the Daughters of Isabella.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, Fr. Ken Alt officiating. Burial will follow in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, Celina.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and before 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Leh-man-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home, Celina.
Memorials may be given to Community Health Professionals, Celina.
Condolences may be left at www.LHDfuneralhome.com.
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