NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
To M.F. Piatt, Anna Holtsclaw (last known address Sardis, O. R. F. D.), Wilbur Graydon Holtsclaw (last known address Rt. 4, Woodsfield, OH 43793), and Alice Boggs Holtsclaw, along with their unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, successors and assigns, if any, whose identities and addresses are all unknown; you are hereby notified that you have been named as a defendant in a legal action entitled Claugus Family Farm & Forests, L.P. v. M.F. Piatt, et al. This action has been assigned case number 2023-082 and is pending before Judge Selmon in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Ohio at 101 N. Main Street #33, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793.
The object of Plaintiff’s complaint is to obtain a court order declaring that any interest that defendants might be able to otherwise claim under a royalty conveyance recorded at Monroe County Deed Volume 30, Page 140, concerning one half of the oil and gas royalties relating to 40 acres (more or less), has been extinguished by operation of law. Plaintiff’s Complaint identifies you as a defendant having potential interest in the royalties conveyed in the referenced document.
You are hereby required to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for six successive weeks. The last publication will be made August 31, 2023 and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date.
If you fail to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time state, judgment will be entered granting relief requested in the Complaint.
Dated: 7/18/2023
Respectfully submitted,
CRITCHFIELD, CRITCHFIELD & JOHNSON, LTD.
By: Andrew P. Lycans (S.Ct. #0077230)
225 North Market Street, P.O. Box 599
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-264-4444; Fax: 330-263-9278
E-mail: lycans@ccj.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023
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LEGAL NOTICE
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RE: APPLICATION FOR UNITIZATION
HUFFMAN B UNIT
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Applicant SWN Production (Ohio), LLC (“SWN Ohio”) hereby gives notice that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (the “Division”), has scheduled a hearing pursuant to Revised Code Section 1509.28 concerning SWN Ohio’s Huffman B Unit to occur on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. The hearing will be held via video conference, as set forth below. SWN Ohio seeks to obtain an Order for Unit Operation from the Chief of the Division as to the Utica/Point Pleasant Formation covering the Huffman B Unit area. This proposed unit area includes lands in Section 5, Township 4, Range 5, Adams Township; Sections 11 and 12, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township; and Sections 2, 3, 4, 33, and 34, Township 4, Range 5, Green Township, all in Monroe County, Ohio. The surface location for the Huffman B Unit will be located in Section 11, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio on Parcel Nos. 04-025007.0000 and 04-025049.0000.
Certain tracts in the Huffman B Unit area may potentially be owned, in whole or in part, by persons for whom no address can be located. These tracts are described below by reference to their parcel numbers and their possible owners’ names: (1) Parcel No. 04-025017.0000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Carrie Cox; and (2) Parcel No. 01-025030.1000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Marcelene J. Norris.
If you would like to attend this hearing, you can use Microsoft Teams to join the meeting via your computer, mobile app, or room device with the following meeting information:
https://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/MICROSOFT-TEAMS/JOIN-A-MEETING
Meeting ID: 281 004 583 816
Passcode: D4kdFv
You can also join the meeting via a video conferencing device using the following information:
682042763@t.plcm.vc
Video Conference ID: 116 520 491 9
You may also listen to and participate in the hearing by phone by following the instructions below:
Phone: 1-614-721-2972
Phone Conference ID: 668 413 750#
Service by publication shall be complete upon the expiration of four weeks after the date of the first publication of this notice. The date of the first publication of this notice is Thursday, July 27, 2023. The date of last publication is Thursday, August 17, 2023.
Dated: Thursday, July 27, 2023
Applicant contact information:
SWN Production (Ohio), LLC
Attn: Gary Nuckolls
10000 Energy Drive
Spring, Texas 77389
(832) 796-6109
gary_nuckolls@swn.com
For further information regarding this hearing, please visit the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management’s website at http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/unitization.
July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 2023
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
MONROE COUNTY ENGINEER
FORD 6610 TRACTOR SALE
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Monroe County Commissioners, 101 N. Main Street, Room 34, Courthouse, Woodsfield, OH 43793, until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, August 14, 2023, for the sale of the following:
One (1) Ford 6610 Tractor with ditching attachment and spare tires
The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the above said time and place.
Bid form, and tractor condition information MUST be obtained at the Monroe County Engineers Office, 47134 Moore Ridge Road, Woodsfield, OH 43793.
Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein.
The Board of Monroe County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any an all bids.
By Order of the Monroe County Commissioners.
Sheila Turner, Clerk
August 3, 10, 2023
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Election Notice
The Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission will cause an election of Supervisors of the Monroe Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) to be held in accordance with Chapter 940 of the Ohio Revised Code. Individuals who own or occupy land within the Monroe Soil and Water Conservation District and are 18 years of age or older may vote for Supervisor.
There are 4 ways an eligible voter can cast a ballot:
1.) At the SWCD office, 8:00 AM until 4:00PM, from 8/16/2023 until 9/14/2023 during normal business hours; or
2.) At the SWCD Annual Meeting, which will take place on the Monroe County Fairgrounds, in the Rowley Building on 9/14/2023 from 5:00PM until 6:00PM ; or
3.) Voting will only be available from 8:00AM until 12:00PM from August 21, 2022 through August 25, 2022, due to the Monroe County Fair.
4.) Voting absentee from 8/16/2023 until 9/14/2023, by requesting the ballot application and election ballot from the SWCD office at the following address 46762 SR 26 Woodsfield, Oh 43793, by calling 740-472-5477, or email monroecoswcd@gmail.com. Absentee ballots must be received by the SWCD office by 9/15/2022 at 4:00PM.
2 Supervisors will be elected to a three-year term commencing January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2026.
Nominees are:
1. Michael Christman
2. John Williams
July 20, August 10, 2023
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FAMILY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
In RE THE CASE OF: Civil Action
No. 21-D-353-5
Amara P. Marshall, Petitioner and Larry D. Hyatt, Respondent
The object of this Publication by Class II legal advertisement is to notify the above-named individual of the “Petition for Modification” pending before the Court.
It appearing by Affidavit filed in this action that Amara P. Marshall could not be found in or is a non-resident of the State of West Virginia, he/she is hereby ordered that Amara P. Marshall serve upon Larry D. Hyatt, whose address is 517 Waldo Run Road, Salem, WV 26426 an Answer, including any related counterclaim or defense you may have to the Petition for Modification filed in this action on or before August 27, 2023. If you fail to do so, thereafter judgment, upon proper hearing and trial, may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
A copy of said Petition can be obtained from the office of the Harrison County Circuit Clerk, 301 W. Main St., Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Entered by said Clerk of said Court this 27th day of July 2023.
Albert F. Maraco
Clerk of Court of Harrison County, WV
August 10, 17, 2023
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The public is invited to attend and make comment on Monroe County Public Transit relocating the administrative office. The move will be complete September 1, 2023. The office is currently located at 47084 Black Walnut Parkway, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793 and will be moving to 47115 Black Walnut Parkway, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793. The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, August 21, 2023 at 11:00am in the Monroe County Commissioners Office located at 101 N Main Street Room 34 Woodsfield, OH 43793. There will be a 30-day written comment period following the hearing.
For special accommodations, please call (740) 472-2505, Ohio Relay Service Dial 711 or 1-800-750-0750 (for hearing impaired).
August 10, 2023
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NOTICE
SWITZERLAND OF OHIO WATER DISTRICT CUSTOMERS
Water rates will increase effective September 1, 2023. This will be reflected on your bills due November 6, 2023. The rates will increase 10 cents per hundred from 100 gallons to 10,000 gallons and any usage over 10,000 gallons will increase by twenty cents per hundred.
August 10, 14, 17, 21, 2023
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INVITATION TO BID
Sealed proposals for the Sardis Outdoor Restroom project will be received by the Monroe County Commissioners at their office, 101 North Main Street, Room 34, Woodsfield, OH 43793 until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 28, 2023, and then at said time at said office opened and read aloud.
This bid request is for one prefabricated outdoor restroom to be placed in the playground area at the Sardis Community Center, 37184 Mound Street, Sardis, Ohio 43946. Specifications and bid forms may be secured by contacting Alyssa Stephens at OSU Extension, via email at Stephens.967@osu.edu.
Each bid must be accompanied by either a bid bond in an amount of 10% of the bid amount with a surety satisfactory to the aforesaid Monroe County Commissioners or by certified check, cashier’s check, or letter of credit upon a solvent bank in the amount of not less than 10% of the bid amount in favor of the aforesaid Monroe County Commissioners. A combination bid/performance/payment bond (contract bond) for 100% of the bid amount is acceptable and must conform to Ohio Revised Code Section 153.57.
Bids shall be sealed and marked as “Bid for Sardis Outdoor Restroom” and mailed or delivered to:
Monroe County Commissioners
101 North Main Street, Room 34
Woodsfield, OH 43793
Attention of bidders is called to all the requirements contained in the bid packet, particularly to the various insurance requirements (if applicable), and various affirmative action and equal opportunity certifications.
No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The Monroe County Commissioners reserve the right to waive any informality or to reject any or all bids.
August 10, 17, 2023
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
MONROE COUNTY REPAIR PROJECTS
2020 EMA Road Repairs
Bids for Construction of multiple Road repairs through Ohio EMA projects are being accepted at the Monroe County Engineers Office.
Bid packets can be obtained at the Monroe County Engineers Office, 47134 Moore Ridge Road, Woodsfield, OH 43793.
For this Round of bids, bid due date is August 23rd, 2023 by 1:00 p.m.
By Order of the Monroe County Engineer
Amy Zwick
August 10, 17, 2023
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Gulfport Appalachia, LLC (“Gulfport”), a Delaware corporation with an address of 713 Market Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114, hereby gives Notice pursuant to ORC 1509.28 that Gulfport has filed an application with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil & Gas Resources Management (“Division”) requesting an order from the Chief to allow for unit operation (“Unitization”) of certain contiguous properties in Wayne Township, Belmont County and Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, to form a drilling unit to be known as the Westhawk II Unit (the “Unit Area”).
Property records in Belmont and Monroe Counties depict the following mineral interest & possible parties owning in these tracts:
46-00014.000: Lisa Jo Jenewein
46-00382.000: Lauren Mead, Donald Hobbs, Elizabeth Moyer, Barbara M. Bausch and Robert A. Culbert, Jr
25-001003.0000: Known and Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Grace Saffield nka Grace Mobley, deceased
25-001009.0000: Thomas Dick
25-001017.0000: Alicia D. Benson
25-001018.0000: WesBanco Bank, Inc.
24-003012.2000 and 24-003030.0000: Estate of Fred Tschappat and Linda Tschappat, deceased
25-002032.2000: Randy J. Randall and Rebecca A. Randall
25-003002.1000 & 25-003001.1000: Shawn M. Benson
If you would like to attend this hearing, please go to https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting, click on Join and enter the following meeting information: Meeting ID is 242 327 256 367; Passcode is 69p2ZD. You may also listen to and participate in the hearing by phone by following the instructions detailed below: Phone Number is +1 614-721-2972 United States Toll; Phone Conference ID is 981 222 969#. Service by publication shall be complete upon the expiration of four weeks after the date of the first publication of this notice.
The date of the first publication of this notice is August 10, 2023. The date of last publication is August 31, 2023. The parties, their representatives, & their successors in interest listed above are hereby notified that the Division has scheduled a virtual hearing for Wednesday, September 27, 2023, via Webex at 11:30 a.m. est. Participants may also dial in via phone and enter the meeting access code. For further information regarding this hearing, please visit the Division of Oil & Gas Resources Management’s website at http://oil&gas.ohiodnr.gov/unitization.
August 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
On Monday, August 7, 2023, the Mayor of Woodsfield, Ohio, filed an application with the Clerk of Council of the Village of Woodsfield, Ohio to have property within the corporation limits of the Village of Woodsfield, Ohio, designated as an Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA). The application is on file with the Clerk of Council of the Village of Woodsfield, Ohio, and is available for inspection or review by the public during regular business hours of Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Woodsfield Village Council will hold a public hearing for this application at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 18, 2023, at the Village of Woodsfield, Ohio Municipal Building located at 221 S. Main Street, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793.
August 10, 17, 2023
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