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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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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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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LEGAL NOTICE
GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
NOTICE is hereby given to the Members of GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION that on the 31st day of August 2023, at 4 p.m., there will be a meeting of the Members of said association at the home office of GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, 43022 Six-Points Road, Laings, Ohio 43752. By order of the Board of Directors, at this meeting of GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, a resolution will be presented to accept the proposed merger of PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, with the continuing corporation to be PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, with its name, business office, and objects of PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY to be same as at present. The merger shall be effective the 1st day of January, 2024, at which time all property, interests, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, and authority of GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION shall be transferred to and vest in PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, which thereafter shall be responsible for all the liabilities of every kind and description of GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION and PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. The directors of the continuing corporation shall be the directors of PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and will include one director from GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, namely, George Leshy. The Constitution of the continuing corporation shall be the Constitution of PATRONS BUCKEYE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
By order of the Board of Directors of GERMAN FARMERS MUTUAL OF SARDIS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, by Tawnya Amos, Secretary.
August 17, 2023
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS IN MONROE COUNTY
PUBLICATION OF DELINQUENT
MANUFACTURED HOME TAX LIST
Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code, Section 4503.06, notice is hereby given of forthcoming publication and certification, on September 7th and September 14th, 2023, of the delinquent manufactured home tax list of Monroe County.
Said list will contain the name of the most current owner and any unpaid tax and penalties. The certification shall constitute a lien and interest charges will accrue on accounts remaining unpaid after the last day of November.
Delinquent taxes may be paid at the Monroe County Treasurer’s Office 101 N. Main St. Room 21, Woodsfield, OH 43793, Monday thru Friday (except holidays) 8:00 am till 4:00 pm.
Taxpayers who are unable to make full payments may enter in a written agreement (installment plan) with the County Treasurer’s to pay unpaid taxes.
Denise Stoneking,
Monroe County Auditor
August 17, 24, 2023
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NOTICE
The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, filing an appeal, or ADA accommodations may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov
Final Issuance of Administrative Modification to Permit-To-Install and Operate
SWN Production (Ohio) LLC-Ormet 9 Pad
43879 St Rte 7, Hannibal, OH 43931
ID #: P0130490
Date of Action: 08/10/2023
Administrative modification of case by case permit of a natural gas gathering and dehydration facility to a GP12.1 for SWN Ormet Production Facility located in Monroe County.
August 17, 2023
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UPDATED LEGAL NOTICE
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RE: APPLICATION FOR UNITIZATION
HUFFMAN A 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 A Unit to occur on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 2:30 p.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 A Unit area. This proposed unit area includes lands in Section 5, Township 4, Range 5, Adams Township; Sections 10 and 11, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township; and Sections 2, 3, and 4, Township 4, Range 5, Green Township, all in Monroe County, Ohio. The surface location for the Huffman A 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 A Unit area are 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 owners’ names: Parcel Nos. 04-025005.0000 and 04-037003.0000 – Owners: Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Loren L. Hoch, deceased.
Additionally, certain tracts in the Huffman A 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.
Further, an oil and gas lease that may potentially cover Parcel No. 09-012008.0000 in the Huffman A Unit area could be owned, in whole or in part, by an entity for which no address can be located. This potential owner is the Lauderman Oil and Gas Company.
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: 213 671 840 365
Passcode: itzWvf
You can also join the meeting via a video conferencing device using the following information:
682042763@t.plcm.vc
Video Conference ID: 117 979 881 8
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: 562 976 639#
The purpose of this Updated Legal Notice is to update the Meeting ID and Passcode and Phone Conference ID.
Dated: Thursday, August 17, 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
August 17, 2023
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