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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Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Baird Krueger
Baird A. Krueger, 82, Granville, died July 26, 2013, at Kindred Care Center in Newark.
He was born July 18, 1931, in Wheeling, W.Va. to Alfred and Katherine Baird Krueger. His wife of 53 years, Norma Krueger, survives.
Also surviving are his daughters, Kathryn Jenkins of Granville and Kristine Krueger and Tim Slarb of Newark; grandchildren, Sarah and Noah Jenkins and their father, Brian; a sister, Alberta (Paul) Braun of Coldwater; a stepbrother, Jack Basinger of Wheeling, W.Va.; and a cousin, Carolyn Davis of Wheeling, W.Va.
He was a former superintendent of the Licking County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities, former principal of the McKean School, a former teacher at St. Anthony's Elementary School in Coldwater and Favorite Hill Elementary School in Piqua. He also had served as a consultant to the Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and had taught special education at The Ohio State University and Ohio University. He was a former employee of Rockwell International, Community Mutual Insurance and Denison University.
A Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Thursday at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor in Granville, Msgr. Paul P. Enke celebrant. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of St. Edward the Confessor.
Condolences may be left at www.mcpeekhoekstra.com.
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