IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
Steven R. Riley, Plaintiff, v. GULFPORT ENERGY CORP., et al., Defendants.
Case No.: 2023-079
Judge Julie R. Selmon
LEGAL NOTICE
Defendants, The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Successors, and Assigns of the following persons – Rebecca Myers, Mary A. Taylor, A.W. Varner, Ellen Varner, Charles B. Mellott, Francis M. Mellott, Samuel W. Mellott, Martha A. Howell, Ella M. DeWeese, Frances A. Riley, John W. Coleman, and Connie Kanz aka Connie L. Kanz (“Defendants”) in the above-referenced matter, whose identities, residences, and/or addresses are unknown, shall take notice that on April 17, 2023, Steven R. Riley (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against the Defendants and others in the Common Pleas Court of Monroe County, Ohio, Woodfield, OH 43793. Plaintiff seeks quiet title relief against the Defendants relating to certain real property interests located in Monroe County, Ohio and Plaintiff asks that the Common Pleas Court of Monroe County, Ohio find that several severed mineral interests are no longer valid.
The most recent addresses for the Defendants, or their identities, are unknown to Plaintiff.
The Defendants are required to answer on or before the twenty-eighth (28th) day following the last publication of the within Notice. Said publication shall be made in this newspaper at least once a week for six (6) consecutive weeks.
Matthew W. Onest (0087907)
KRUGLIAK, WILKINS, GRIFFITHS & DOUGHERTY CO., L.P.A.
6715 Tippecanoe Road, Ste. C2
Canfield, OH 44406
Phone: (330) 286-7065/Fax: (330) 244-4498
monest@kwgd.com
Counsel for Plaintiff
September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, 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 I Unit (the “Unit Area”).
Property records in Belmont and Monroe Counties depict the following mineral interest & possible parties owning in these tracts:
24-003028.0000, 24-003027.0000: Larry L. Phillips and Mercy C. Phillips
24-003012.2000: Heirs of Fred Tschappat and Linda Tschappat, deceased
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 261 474 862 023; Passcode is 338D69. 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 625 395 960#. 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 September 21, 2023. The date of the last publication is October 12, 2023. The parties, their representatives, & their successors in interest listed above are hereby notified that the Division has scheduled a virtual hearing for Wednesday, November 1, 2023, via Microsoft Teams at 2:30 p.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.
September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 2023
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INVITATION TO BID
Sealed proposals for the Piatt Park Concrete Driveway project will be received by the Monroe County Commissioners at their office, 101 North Main Street, Room 34, Woodsfield, OH 43793 until 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, and then at said time at said office opened and read aloud.
Plans, 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 Piatt Park Concrete Driveway” 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 Federal Labor Standards Revision, Davis-Bacon Act, various insurance requirements, various equal opportunity provisions, and the requirement for a payment bond and performance bond for 100% of the contract price.
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.
September 28, October 5, 2023
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
Notice of Sale
Case No. CVE 2023-033
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff VS. MARIE ROSE, Defendant
Pursuant to an order of sale issued by the Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County, I will offer for sale online at public auction at https://monroe.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov on the 20th day of October 2023, 10:00 a.m., provisional sale date the 3rd day of November, 2023 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate:
Property address: 424 Eastern Avenue, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793
PPN: 05-190101.3000 & 05-190102.9000
Full legal description can be obtained from the Monroe County Recorder’s Office
Said premises have been appraised at $45,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Proxy bids may be submitted 7 days in advance of the sale at the website.
Deposit requirement deadlines are posted on the auction website. Please be aware of them and you must meet the deadline in order to participate. Deposits can be made using wire transfer or ACH debit transfer.
Balance due within thirty days of confirmation of sale, before deed is delivered. The purchaser shall be responsible for the cost, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale do not cover.
Attorney for plaintiff: Ethan J. Clunk, (330) 436-0300
Charles R. Black, Jr., Sheriff
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office nor any other governmental entity of Monroe County is responsible for the condition of the buildings or property and therefore are no guarantees. Neither the sheriff’s office nor any affiliates have access to the inside of said property. Property is sold as is where is.
September 28, October 5, 12, 2023
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
PENINA OKEL BAKER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.
Case No.: CV-2018-490
Judge Julie R. Selmon
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
TO: Bonnie Matheney, Diana Williams, Donald J. Venier, Earl F. Ankrom, Jr., Hailey Schmidt, Heather McQueary, Sharon Eileen Thornberry, The Estate of Kenneth Frederick Laughery, Timothy Ankrom, The Estate of Jeanette J. Thornberry, The Estate of Torchy Prudente, The Estate of Martha Henthorn Griffith Koontz, Unknown heirs of John S. Stickney, William T. Sheperd Heirs, Delmore Thomas Heirs, Deborah D. Givens, Reed H. Carpenter, Shirley Arlene Thomas, Kenneth Goldman, Florida College, Inc., Tina N. Vetter, Todd P. Thomas, Andrea Katherine Thomas, Robert E. Mason, Jerry P. Fitzgerald, Mary Ann Mason, John Dunfee, Brian Carpenter, David Snyder, Taisa Kachur, The Unknown heirs of Bernice M. Hershberger, Vernon John “Jack” Leach, Jr., Jacqueline A. Leach, Frank Thomas Leach, Iris Bauer, Jennie Newbrough, Gary Givens, Mary Sears, Tina Borean, Sandy Lynn, David Thomas, James Thomas, Robert Perkins, Harriett Tice, Nancy Adams, John Pringle, Cheryl Landon, Janet Bates, Judy Davis, David Fleming, Maryann Fleming, Ron Fleming, Tina Jones, Linda DeVaul, Sherry Mitsch, Keith Koski, Glenn R. Shrum, Linda Ball, Rhonda Jean Britton, Mary Lou Joseph, Melinda Williams, Daniel Wine, Patsy Griffin Schmidt, Shelby Schmidt, and Susan L. Smith.
You are hereby notified that you have been named as Defendants and/or Counterclaim/Cross-Claim defendants in a legal action entitled Penina Okel Baker, et al. v. Gulfport Energy Corporation, et. al., as the heirs, successors, and/or assigns of William Baker, Penina Baker, William T. Shepherd, and/or Delmore Thomas. This action has been assigned Case No. CV-2018-490, and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Woodsfield, Ohio, before the Honorable Judge Julie R. Selmon.
The object of the action is to quiet title to the oil and gas rights in the following described real estate:
Situate in the Township of Sunsbury, County of Monroe, State of Ohio and described as follows:
Tract No. 1:
A part of the following described tract of land: The S.W. part of the S.W. ¼ of Section 33, Township 4, Range 4, (being all the lands owned by John Pittman deceased), containing 52 acres more or less.
The tract conveyed by this deed being described as follows:- A part of the N.W. part of the above described tract of land and bound as follows:- On the West by the Section line; on the North by a line running 42 rods and 13 links S.E. from said Section line; and on the East and South by a line running S.W. from the East end of said above North line and following the meanders of a run to the Section line, said tract above conveyed containing 12 acres more or less.
Tract No. 2:
Also the East part of the East half of the South-east quarter of Section 3, of Township 5, of Range 5, (being all the lands owned by John Pittman deceased) in said Section 3, containing 59 acres more or less, except that part of the S.E. corner of said S.E. ¼ of Section 3, Township 5, Range 5, which lies E. of the run, being the same run described in Tract No. l.
Containing in both described tracts 70 acres more or less.
Tax Parcel Nos.: 24-024002.0000, 24-025003.0000, and 24-025011.0000.
Situate in the Township of Sunsbury, County of Monroe, State of Ohio and described as follows:
Being the S. E. part of the N. W. ¼ and the N. E. part of S. W. ¼ of Section 33, Township 4 of Range 4:- Beginning for the same at the fork of the road, thence N 63 ¾ degrees, E. 4.50 chains; thence South 52 degrees, E. 3.75 chains; thence N. 38 ¾ degrees, E. 4.50 chains; thence 51 ½ degrees; E. 2.75 chains; thence N. 12 ¾ degrees, E. 4.53 chains; thence S. 1 ½ degrees, W. 10.7 chains; thence S. 88 ½ degrees, E. 2 chains; thence S. 1 ½ degrees, W. 12.40 chains; thence N. 88 ½ degrees, W. 14.63 chains; thence S. 1 ½ degrees, W. 9.44 chains to a hickory 16 inches in diameter, corner tree; thence N. 54 ½ degrees, W. 3.60 chains to the East side of a white oak 30 inches in diameter; thence with the road to the place of beginning, containing 37 ½ acres.
Tax Parcel Nos.: 24-024008.0000 and 24-024004.0000.
You are hereby required to answer the Amended Complaint (filed March 23, 2022) and/or the Counterclaims/Cross-claims (filed April 27, 2022 and May 6, 2022) within 28 days after the last publication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on November 2, 2023, and the 28 days for an answer by you will commence on that date. You must file an answer to the Amended Complaint and/or the Counterclaims/Cross-claims with the Clerk of the Monroe County Common Pleas Court, Monroe County Courthouse, 101 North Main Street – Room 26, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793, and serve a copy on Daniel P. Corcoran, THEISEN BROCK, a legal professional association, 424 Second Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750, and Logan Trombley, Law Offices of Warner Mendenhall, 190 N. Union Street, Suite 201, Akron, OH 44304.
In the case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint and/or the Counterclaims/Cross-claims.
September 19, 2023
Beth Ann Rose, Clerk of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas
Submitted by:
Daniel P. Corcoran (0083512)
THEISEN BROCK, a legal professional association
424 Second Street
Marietta, Ohio 45750
Telephone: 740.373.5455
Telecopier: 740.373.4409
corcoran@theisenbrock.com
Counsel for Defendants, James Bishop, individually and as the successor in interest to Doris Collins, Nancy Bishop, nka Nancy Copley, individually and as the successor in interest to William Bishop, Scott Brian Mellott, Robin Rae Merritt, Gary Dean Mellott, Robert J. Mellott, Mollie Fogle, Dale E. Carpenter, James H. Mellott, Charles John Baker, Michael E. Carpenter, Ricky Lee Carpenter, Robert H. Baker, Harry John Hilty, Tina M. Hilty, Raymond Roger Baker, Susan Wells, nka Susan K. Peartree, June Arndt, Debbie Blanton, Joyce Northey, nka Joyce Burke, Connie Maver, nka Connie L. Cole, Connie L. Frazier, Melissa Thorpe, Vicki L. Brinkley, Ricky Baker, William Alfred Hartman, Karen Sue Hartman, nka Karen Doty, Kelly Bishop, Cindy J. Ozzello, Leroy Smith, Jr., Marci Jo Laskey, Robert J. Sacket, Jr., Stacy L. Smith, Ronald J. Feola, Lisa Kalman, aka Lisa A. Kalman, Sharon L. Kottelich, Richard Highlands, Jr., Bobby Baker, Harry Jay Schmidt, Renee Jones, Emma Hartman, Brenda Wine, Martha Hartman, nka Martha Hartman Kalell, George Metz, Tammy Sanford, power of attorney for James E. Whitford, Beth Ann Hughlett, Janice Kittle, Lucinda Hartman Hume, Rex A. Hartman, and Timothy P. Metz
Logan Trombley (96858)
Warner Mendenhall (70165)
Law Offices of Warner Mendenhall
190 N. Union Street, Suite 201
Akron, OH 44304
Phone: 330.535.9160
logan@warnermendenhall.com
warner@warnermendenhall.com
Counsel for Plaintiffs, Penina Okel Baker, Charles Wayne Bailey, Clarence Baker, Jr., Rhoda Baker, Estate of Fred Runucci, Donald Wine, Julia Suzi Roscart, Emmett Baker, Linda Lee Baker, Donita G. Montoya, Joni Glass, Janet Thomas, Joetta Rutter, Janine Wiley, Arnold Henry Baker, Megan Baker, Levi Hershverger, John Randle Baker, Janice Baker Church, Rachel Carpenter, Timothy Baker, Michael Baker, Tina Cavendish, and Teresa Chapman
September 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 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
Approval of Application for Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Assistance
Ohio & Lee Water & Sewer Authority
P.O. Box 182, Hannibal, OH 43931
Facility Description: CW Financial Assistance
ID #: CS391274-0011
Date of Action: 03/20/2023
Ohio and Lee Water and Sewer Authority project will develop and build the collection system within Hannibal which will be treated by the new Duffy Wastewater Treatment Plant System.
Application Received for Air Permit
Urban Booster Station
49980 Twp Hwy 636, Lewisville, OH 43754
ID #: A0075403
Date of Action: 09/26/2023
General permit for two (2) diesel engines to move freshwater for fracing operations.
October 5, 2023
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
Notice of Sale
Case No. CVE 2023-057
US Bank National Association, Plaintiff VS. Darlene Norris, Defendant
Pursuant to an order of sale issued by the Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County, I will offer for sale online at public auction at https://monroe.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov on the 27th day of October 2023, 10:00 a.m., provisional sale date the 10th day of November, 2023 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate:
Property address: 52366 East Drive, Beallsville, Ohio 43716
PPN: 27-003002.0000
Full legal description can be obtained from the Monroe County Recorder’s Office
Said premises have been appraised at $40,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Proxy bids may be submitted 7 days in advance of the sale at the website. Deposit requirement deadlines are posted on the auction website. Please be aware of them and you must meet the deadline in order to participate. Deposits can be made using wire transfer or ACH debit transfer.
Balance due within thirty days of confirmation of sale, before deed is delivered. The purchaser shall be responsible for the cost, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale do not cover.
Attorney for plaintiff: Kyle E. Timken, (614)220-5611
Charles R. Black, Jr., Sheriff
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office nor any other governmental entity of Monroe County is responsible for the condition of the buildings or property and therefore are no guarantees. Neither the sheriff’s office nor any affiliates have access to the inside of said property. Property is sold where is.
October 5, 12, 19, 2023
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