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, December 19th, 2017
Jason Meiring
Dr. Jason E. Meiring, 41, died Friday, December 15, 2017, at his home in Beaverton, Oregon.
He was born August 18, 1976 in Dayton, Ohio, to Richard and Barbara Rheuble Meiring. His pre-college years were spent in Fort Recovery, Ohio, where Jason was an excellent student and participated in marching band and cross country.
Jason received a Bachelor's degree in Microelectronic Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas Austin in 2005. Jason was a Process Modeling & Software Development Engineer for IBM from 2006–2014. In 2015 he joined Mentor Graphics of Wilsonville, Oregon, as a Senior Software Engineer.
Survivors include his wife Heather (Johnson) Meiring whom he married June 19, 2004; two sons, Austin and Jonathan, and daughter, Ellen of Beaverton, Oregon: his parents Richard and Barbara Meiring of Starkville, Mississippi; two sisters, Allison (Joshua) Alexander of New York, New York and Laura (Tommie) Dempsey of Marysville, Ohio; two nephews and one niece.
Viewing will be from 2:30-4:30 PM, PST on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Springer and Son Aloha Funeral Home in Beaverton, Oregon.
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