Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
65° 65° chance Fri 77° Fri 77° 60° 60° Sat 78° Sat 78° likely
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Richard Dicke
Richard L. Dicke, 75, of 5936 Highway 8 West in Mena, Ark., and formerly of St.Marys, died Sept. 2, 2009 at the Mena Regional Health System.
He was born Feb. 14, 1934 in St. Marys to Lafe Henry and Hazel Hussey Dicke. On June 2, 1956, he married Anna Smallwood, who survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Kenneth Dicke, Mena, and Tim (Candy) Dicke, St. Marys; a daughter, Lisa (Robert) Perry, Cedar Hill, Texas; a brother, Larry (Betty) Dicke, St. Marys; a sister, Wilda (Rev. James) Allison, New Lexington; and five grandchildren.
Deceased are a three brothers, Robert, Bill and an infant Dicke; and two sisters, Jean Adams and Elizabeth Schnarre.
He retired as a production employee from the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys. He was a 1952 graduate of Memorial High School in St. Marys and a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War. He was a member of the Christ's Church in Mountain Fork, Ark., Freedom Water Association and the Mountain Fork Volunteer Fire Department.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller Funeral Home and Cremation Services, St. Marys, the Rev. James Allison officiating. Burial, with graveside military rites, will be at Resthaven Memory Gardens, near St. Marys.
Calling is noon until time of services at the funeral home on Saturday.
Condolences can be left at www. millerfuneralhomes.net
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