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Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Wet event

Photo by Shelley Grieshop/The Daily Standard

A group of Parkway elementary students gang up on Principal Mark Esselstein to hurl water balloons at him on Friday afternoon. The event was a reward for the students in each classroom who tallied the most minutes reading during Right to Read Week at the school. Kindergarten through fifth-graders read a total of 86,812 minutes. The winning class was teacher Deb Kirby's room with a total of 7,467 minutes.

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