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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, November 5th, 2012
William Gast
William H. "Bill" Gast, 89, St. Henry, died Nov. 3, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus.
He was born Aug. 30, 1923, in St. Henry, to Lewis and Leona Beckman Gast. On July 21, 1945, he married Geraldine Feldhake, who survives.
Also surviving are six children, Elaine (Gary) Broering, St. Henry, Peggy (Richard) Harkins, Marion, Kathy (Jim) Broering, Dublin, Bo (Jane) Gast, St. Henry, Dorothy (Duncan) Abernathy, Richmond, Va., and Steve (Lucy) Gast, Dove Canyon, Calif.; a brother, John (Marty) Gast, North Fort Myers, Fla.; a sister, Jean (Jack) Bergman, St. Henry; three in-laws, Bea Gast, St. Henry, Joan (Mark) Wenning, St. Henry and Margaret Mestemaker, St. Marys; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two brothers, Jim and Robert Gast; a brother-in-law, Robert Mestemaker; and a grandson, Joel Broering.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a POW in Germany during World War II. He was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church; St. Gasper Del Bufalo 4th degree K of C, Minster; St. Henry K of C; Mercer County Elks; and St. Henry American Legion. He was formerly a member of the St. Henry school board and the church choir, as well as president and agricultural manager for Beckman & Gast Co., St. Henry, and president of the Ohio Food Processors Association. He received the H.D. Brown Person of the Year Award from the Ohio Food Processors.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Henry Catholic Church, the Rev. Tom Hemm officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at St. Henry Cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
Memorials may be given to CALL Food Pantry, Celina, or the Cancer Association of Mercer County.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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