High Wind Warning issued March 12 at 12:35PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Otis Chilcoat
Former Van Wert and Wapakoneta resident Otis R. Chilcoat, 40, died at 6:13 p.m. Oct. 2, 2008, in the emergency department of Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah, Ky., from injuries sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident.
He was born June 17, 1967, in St. Marys, to Lowell Thomas and Barbara A. Orwig Chilcoat. His wife, Jennifer Kampf, survives.
Other survivors are four sons, Josh, Jonathon, Justin and Jacob, all of Van Wert; two sisters, Ginger (Harold) Nalley, Paducah, and Minnie Clevenger, Wapakoneta; and two brothers, Lowell Thomas Jr. (Cindy), Wapakoneta, and Johnny, Paducah.
Deceased are a brother, Benny; and a sister, Beverly Kelly.
He worked as a general laborer and had attended Wapakoneta schools.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. Burial is at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.
Calling is noon until 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.
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