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Darin Brown,General Manager Discussions over building a new Monroe County jail have been held off and on for at least the past 15 years. During the county commis-sioners’ meeting on April 13, a first step was taken that may finally bring the project to fruition. Commissioner Mick Schumacher made a motion to have core sampling done on two sites (pictured), both located at the i n d u s -t r i a l p a r k off of M o o r e R i d g e Rd. in Woods-field. The motion then was carried unanimously. The motion means architects Wachtel and McAnally will take core samples at coun-ty owned land beside Safe Auto and on what are now the community soccer fields. The decision to move for-ward with the two core sam-plings is a quick t u r n -around from re-cent dis-cussions d u r i n g w h i c h C o m -missioner Schumacher had expressed concerns about the two sites due to what he viewed as inadequate road access. Commissioners Carl Davis and Tim Price had not expressed the same concerns. That, combined with urgency expressed by Sheriff Charles Black Jr. and Prosecuting At-torney James Peters during the April 13 session likely spurred on the decision. Sheriff Black said to com-missioners, “Every day that goes by, we’re losing thou-sands of dollars we can nev-er re-coup.” Referencing the fact that serious discussion has been held all of last year and this year thus far about the jail with no action, Sher-iff Black said his estimates are the project will cost $1,666,666.67 more than it

would have if the decision had been made and financ-ing locked in early last year. Prosecuting Attorney Pe-ters echoed the Sheriff’s sen-timents. “I can only reiterate the fact we definitely need a jail. We need it sooner rather than later,” said Peters. Sheriff Black said he thought commissioners needed to get past concerns over the sites in the industrial park and just move forward with the proj-ect on land the county already

owns in-stead of looking at sites on the market. Seeking a solu-tion to concerns

over the roads, Sheriff Black said, with a slight widening, the cut-across road between Moore Ridge Rd. and SR 26 could be utilized lessening the danger of cruisers traveling on Reservoir Hill. Commission-ers agreed utilizing that road could alleviate some concerns. After the conversation,

C o m -m i s -s i o n e r D a v i s said, “I t h i n k we need to make up our m i n d

and pick one of these two locations.” Commissioner Price said, “I don’t think we have any choice as far as moving ahead with con-struction.” The conversation then led to the motion on moving forward with core sampling, marking the first major action taken on build-ing a facility. Despite the progress, the action still does not mean the project will definitely happen. Similar moves had been made in 2000 before a 2-1 vote by the commission-ers at that time ended efforts towards building a jail then. Prosecuting Attorney Pe-ters said after the motion passed on Monday, “I appre-ciate you being patient with us and moving forward with our goal to build a new jail.”

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Volume 171 Number 4 Single Copy: $1.00 Woodsfield, Ohio Thursday, April 16, 2015

Beallsville Keystone Committee Files Injunctions Against SOLSD Board

A Beallsville community member is pictured above speaking to SOLSD Board President Justin Isaly during a February board meeting during which Beallsville High School’s closure was discussed. The Keystone Committee, a group formed to try to keep BHS open, has filed injunctions against the SOLSD Board of Education. Photo by Darin Brown

The fight to keep Beallsville High School open has come to a new forum. A Complaint For Injunctive Relief was filed in the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas on April 6 by the Keystone Committee and Lou Bedford, a Beallsville citizen against the Board of Education of the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District [SOLSD]. With no response to the injunction as of press time, a Motion For Expedited Dis-covery was filed on April 13. After several mass-attend-ed school board meetings highlighted by lengthy public

sessions, the SOLSD Board of Education voted to close Beallsville High School be-ginning in the 2015-16 school year. After the vote, subse-quent meetings have seen ar-guments by members of the Beallsville-area community to get the board to overturn the vote. With no progress being made on that front, the legal action was taken. Complaints in the injunction include allegations of insuffi-cient descriptions of meetings and violations of Ohio Sun-shine Laws. Count I of the injunction states that the de-

scription of the purpose for the February 26 meeting of “To discuss the 2015-16 school year” was not a sufficient description of the actual pur-pose of the meeting. Counts II and III allege that topics not identified as required to be confidential were discussed during non-public Executive Sessions, thus violating Ohio’s Public Meetings Law. Also included under com-plaints was how the closure of BHS will affect the communi-ty and students of the school. Those complaints were de-tailed more fully in the Mo-

tion For Expedited Discovery. Included in those complaints are distances from Beallsville to Monroe Central and River High Schools and descriptions of how this will affect students. The Plaintiffs requested six items of relief from the court in the injunction. Included in that list were request that the court would “Preliminarily and permanently enjoin the Defendant Board from taking any action to implement its invalid actions, including clos-ing Beallsville High School, as outlined in a separate motion accompanying this Complaint; Award Plaintiffs a $500 civil forfeiture penalty for each vi-olation of the Open Meetings Law; Award Plaintiffs their reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs of this suit.” In response to the injuc-tion, the following news re-lease was submitted by the SOLSD on April 8: “The Switzerland of Ohio Local School District Board of Education [Board] has re-ceived a copy of the complaint filed with the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas re-garding the reassignment of students at Beallsville High School. The Board will vigro-rously defend itself against this complaint, but until it has had a chance to meet with legal counsel, will not comment fur-

Initial Action Taken on

County Jail Project

SR 26 Near Ozark Pulverized By Oil and Gas Truck TrafficDarin Brown,General Manager As many county residents are aware of, the current oil and gas boom in Monroe County has led to a lot of pos-itives, especially financially. However, there are inconve-niences and negatives to the shale drilling activity. For many in the county, those negatives are most prevalent on the county’s road system. A prime example can be seen on SR 26, near Ozark between Woodsfield and Je-rusalem, where the roadway

has been pulverized by large trucks to the point that there are several sections of grav-el on what is supposed to be a paved state route. A drive over SR 26 on a sun-ny April 13 revealed strip after strip of gravel warned about in “Rough Roads Next Three Miles” signs. Two sections on the road were so bad that, if the perfect route was not taken go-ing left-of-center, a regular se-dan would likely drag. A driver certainly cannot drive on the section of road in any normal semblance of highway speeds. It is hard to believe, then, that residents say the roadway was actually in worse shape two weeks ago.

David Rose, Information Officer for Ohio Department of Transportation [ODOT] District 10, said the reason for the damage is simple. “SR 26 is [normally] a fairly low vol-ume road. Locally, it’s an im-portant route, but it just doesn’t have the volume.” Rose said that means the roadway does not have the same thickness of pavement of a high volume route like SR 7. Rose said ODOT data shows that an average of 10 trucks per day traveled the route in 2010. By 2013, that number had jumped to 50 trucks per day. That jump in number, com-bined with how heavy oil and gas industry trucks can be, has

decimated the road. “It was well-maintained for decades. Now things have changed,” said Rose, who added that the harsh winter did not help mat-ters. According to Rose, ODOT is well aware of the road’s condition. He added that state officials have worked on rapidly putting into place an emergency repair plan. He said a project to fix the decaying road will likely get off the ground in early sum-mer. In the meantime, Rose said, “Our Monroe County crew has been busting their butts out there to maintain as

SR 26 has deteriorated to the point that several sections of the road are now gravel instead of paved. Pictured is one of the worst sections (above right). There are constant warnings on the road about the rough sections (above left). While it is only a suggested speed, the 25 m.p.h. recommendation is accurate and should be followed by motorists. Photos by Darin Brown

See SR 26 Condition, Pg. 14

See BHS Injunction, Pg. 13

Ethane Cracker Plant For Clarington Still Set to Be Built According to an article written by Matthew V. Veazey for Downstreamtoday.com, the Appalachian Resins, Inc. ethylene/polyethylene pro-duction facility slated for a site north of Clarington is still planned. There have been concerns of late that low glob-al oil prices would deter in-vestors. Similar cracker plant projects in the region have been scrapped due to market conditions.

However, the project, now expected to cost $1.3 billion, is set to move forward. Jim Cut-ler, Appalachian Resins’ Chief Executive Officer was quoted in Veazey’s article as saying, “Even with changing condi-tions, Appalachian Resins still appears to be a viable project.” A full text of Veazey’s article can be seen at http://downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=47204

Janet L. Beegle, Sisters-ville, WV, $120. James A. Honick Jr., Mar-tins Ferry, OH, $157. Justin P. Harris, Kent, OH, $115.

COUNTY COURT Samuel A. Jackson, Beallsville, two counts vi-olating protection order. Defendant entered plea in Common Pleas Court; Case dismissed without prejudice. Darrell O. Stephens II, Ja-cobsburg, drug possession. $25 fine, cost were paid in Jan. 6 month suspension effective Jan 21, 2015. Will consider driving privileges. Brian J. Zimmer, Woods-field, left of center, dis-missed. Daniel L. Turner, Kent, OH, open container, failure to control. Defendant pled no contest and found guilty, fined $25 on A Case and $10 on B Case plus costs. Fine and costs to be paid by April 8 or Defendant will appear on April 8 at 9:30, $102. Warren A. Jones, Jerusa-lem, O.V.I. To serve 3 days in jail or complete DIP pro-gram. DIP fund can be used to defray Defendant’s costs. Defendant is permitted to complete volunteer work at the American Legion and not use alcohol. Defendant to pay $50/month until paid in full, $452. Christopher M. Kopinetz, Lower Salem, telephone ha-

, Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio Thursday, April 16, 2015

Your Right to KnowMeeting Dates

Senior Nutrition Menu

School Lunch Menu

REAL ESTATE TRANS-FERS John B. Miller, Lillian V. Miller to Kenneth L. Jones, Jerri D. Jones, Salem Twp., 0.630 acres. Mary L. Schar, AKA Mary Louise Schar to Schar Family Farm LLC, Lee and Green Twp., 93.896 acres. Virginia Sponseller Rininger to Bruce Rininger, James Rininger, Oil and Gas Interest, Franklin Twp., 78.75 acres. QC. Charles E. Weber to Jef-frey A. Wise, Jennifer C. Wise, Center and Perry Twp., 95.786 acres. Charles E. Weber to Charles Edwin Weber, Cen-ter Twp., 10.100 acres. Richard E. Collins, Ro-berta Blue, Linda D. Col-lins, Charles O. Blue to Lori A. Kellar, Darin A. Kellar, Lee Twp., 0.397 acres, Vil-lage of Sardis. Charles Saffell, Minnie Saffell, Sherman D. Saffell to Kent Gregory Adams, Sunsbury Twp., 0.919 acres. Yvonne S. Logston to Mark Mercer, Sheryl Mer-cer, Salem Twp., 124.215 acres, 1/2 interest. QC. Carolyn D. Alleman to Paul Alleman, Virgil Al-leman, 1/3 interest, Green Twp., 80.36 acres. Carolyn D. Alleman to

The senior lunch menu for the week of Apr. 20 - Apr. 24Mon.- Roast beef, mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans almondine, jello/fruit, pud-ding.Tues. - Ham and cheese sandwich, beef barley soup, pea salad, orange slices, muffin.Wed. - Shredded chicken, au gratin potatoes, broccoli, pears.Thurs. - Stuffed pork chop, mashed potatoes/gravy, par-mesan brussel sprouts, pine-apple.Fri. - Tuna noodle casserole, peas and carrots, cauliflow-er, grapes.

The school lunch menu for the week of Apr. 20 - Apr. 24Mon. -Hamburger with pick-les on a bun or cheesy max stix with marinara, french fries, seasoned green beans, fruit choice and milk.Tues. -General Tso’s chick-en with rice or grilled chick-en sandwich, Oriental blend vegetables, fruit, or choice of milk.Wed. - Grilled cheese and tomato soup or cheese filled breadstick, vegetable, fruit or choice of milk.Thurs. -Chicken sandwich on a bun or turkey and veg-gie wrap, vegetable, fruit, choice of milk.Fri. - Pizza or chicken pat-ty sandwich, salad, fruit, choice of milk.

Sutherland Cemetery Association will meet April 17 at 7 p.m. at Sutherland Valley Western Shop.

Wayne Township Trustees will meet May 7 at 7 p.m. at the community building.

The Monroe County Port Authority Board meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. April 21 at the Monroe County JFS Office. The Monroe County CIC will hold a regular session April 20 at 4:30 p.m. in the CIC office. The CIC office is located in the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce Of-fice, 117 N. Main Street, Woodsfield, (in the Monroe Bank building).

The regular meeting of the Mental Health and Recovery Board will be held at 6:00 p.m. on April 21 at the Board Office, 99 N. Sugar Street, St. Clairsville.

The DBSA-Depression, Bipolar Support Group meets April 29 at Whalen Hall, at Wheeling Jesuit University.

The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Develop-ment District Regional Transportation Planning Organi-zation (RTPO) Technical Advisory and Citizen Advisory Committees will meet on April 17 at 10 a.m. at 1400 Pike Street, Marietta, OH.

The Laings Community Organization will hold its an-nual board meeting on April 30 at 6:00 p.m. at the Laings Community Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Monroe Arts Fiber and Textile group will meet April 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Monroe Arts Center, corner of Paul and Church Streets, Woodsfield. For more information call Cathy Moore 740-934-9318.

rassment. Supervised proba-tion for one year, standard regulations, no contact or-ders. No threats to the vic-tim. Fine, costs and PD fee pd 4/1/15. Court forgives the additional $100; $317. Michael D. Chaviers, Gillette, WV, no operator’s license/non-compliant. Cor-rect license suspension in Ohio before driving. Defen-dant will pay $100 in fines plus costs, $177. Zachary W. Mull, Akron, OH, criminal trespassing. $100 fine suspended if zDe-fendant pays his share of restitution. Defendant shall pay costs, and serve 51 days which will be set up through probation. Defendant must not violate any laws for one year, and pays his restitution monthly. Unsupervised pro-bation for one year, $167. Ralph N. Beckett, Sardis, littering, $117. Dennis C. Schurg, Scottdale, PA, overload, $403. John F. Marmol, Union-town, PA, overload, $337. Clayton Perdikaris, Van-derbilt, PA, overload, $405. Ronald V. Coleman Jr., Vandergrift, PA, speed, seat belt, $172. Tyler M. Eaton, Clinton, PA, cross yellow line, $112. COUNTY SHERIFF

Accidents April 2, 7:10 p.m., Ronny

Paul Alleman, Dedra Per-kins, Virgil Alleman, Center Twp., 51.831 acres. Paul Kovacik, AKA Paul A. Kovacik, Shawn B. Ko-vacik to Paul A. Kovacik, Shawn B. Kovacik, Kovacik Living Trust, Seneca Twp., 64.60 acres, QC. NEW CASES Rover Pipeline LLC vs. Raymond L. Snell, other civil. Tracy D. Houts vs. Zacha-ry T. Lindemood, other torts. Ohio Power Company vs. Hannibal Development LLC, other civil. Keystone Committee vs. Switzerland of Ohio Schools, other civil. Ernest E. Kocher vs. W.J. Mallory, other civil. Debra S. Chambers, Woodsfield, vs. Donald S. Chambers, Paden City, WV, divorce. Rikki L. Ayers, Sardis vs. Craig M. Ayers, Jacobsburg, domestic violence. Rikki L. Ayers, Sardis vs. Craig L. Ayers, Jacobsburg, divorce.MARRIAGE LICENSES

Joshua David Swegard, 21, Powhatan Point and Katlin Rose Knowlton, 20, Clarington. SPEED Melissa K. McEldowney, New Martinsville, $125.

See Your Right, Pg. 14

Beginning Pointe ChurCh795 Lewisville Road

Spaghetti Dinner w/salad & bread and Country Store

Price: $6/person • Saturday, April 18To benefit our Youth Group Summer Camp

at Elkhorn Valley Christian Camp Doors open at 4:30

Last meal served at 7:30

SKYVUE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION is hosting a

31Saturday, April 18

at the Graysville Community CenterDoors open at 4:30pm - Bingo starts at 6pm

Every Bingo is a Winner $20 Golden Ticket Country Store Food & Fun Early Bingo starts at 5pm

For more information call 740-934-2116

Attention All Members of the Class of “1967” Beallsville High School Please come on April 30 to support “Relay for Life” at the Donkey Basketball Game.

A donkey “BIG BLUE” is being sponsored by the Class of 1967.

Please come to cheer him to victory and help raise $$ Dollars $$ for

Cancer Awareness and a CURE.For further info call

BJ Mellott @ 740-926-1505

Spaghetti DinnerClarington United Methodist Church

Market and Church StreetsSunDay, april 19 - 12 noon to 2 p.m.

Donations to Building Maintenance Fund

Spring Dinner Featuring Pork Loin or Baked Steak

When: Sunday, April 19, 2015 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: Hilltop Community Center SR 536, Hannibal, OH

Adult: $8 Donation • Children: $5 DonationTake Out Available

Proceeds to Benefit the Center

MCRTA To Hold Spring Meeting April 27 The Spring meeting for Monroe County Retired Teachers Association will be on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at the Woods-field Methodist Church. Retired teachers are always welcome. Our spring’s agenda will include recognizing those teachers who died since the last meeting. There will also be a guest speaker, Ashley

Schumacher, who will ex-plain the events that are in the planning for Monroe County’s bicentennial cel-ebration later on this year. In addition, we will honor any retired teacher who has turned “90” since our last meeting. Our chapter has been year-ly presenting a $500 scholar-ship to a college student who is in the process of earning a teacher’s certificate. This spring we also have a special $500 award given by the fam-ily and friends of the late Miss Mildred McHugh. She had taught for over 35 years in this area, with her last years at Graysville, Bethel, and Mid-way Schools. She was a much respected educator and we are pleased to be able to give this additional scholarship. We encourage all retired teachers to join us - you may even get a door prize!

Genealogical Society To Meet On April 19 Thadeus Hartman will be the guest speaker at the Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical So-ciety meeting on Sunday, April 19. He will speak about Fort Laurens, Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort. Fort Laurens was construct-ed as a staging point for an assault on Fort Detroit and as a defensive site against the Wyandot Indians. It was attacked several times by British and Native American forces. Hartman, a descendent of many of the early Belmont

and Monroe County fami-lies, has spoken twice at the memorial ceremony at the tomb of the unknown sol-dier of Fort Laurens. He was born in Powhatan Point and is a former resident of Clar-ington. Hartman, a resident of Northern Virginia, is re-tired after an extensive career in law enforcement and intel-ligence. The meeting will be held in the Conference Room of the Monroe County Dis-trict Library in Woodsfield at 2:00 p.m. The public is invit-ed to attend.

Chicken BBQSunday, april 19

Serving @ 12 noon

Lewisville Community Center Pavilion

Sponsored by Lewisville Volunteer

Fire Department

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WesBanco Bank Inc. Woodsfield Home Center Woodsfield Branch 740.472.0768 218 Lewisville Rd., Woodsfield Beallsville Branch 740.926.1382 740.472.1651

Bellwood Drugs135 South Main Street, Woodsfield740.472.7325•fax: 740.472.0922

Interested sponsors can call Monroe County Beacon at 740.472.0734

RHSAA BASKET BINGOSponsored by

River High School Alumni AssociationFeaturing Longaberger BasketsSUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015

at Hannibal Elementary Gymnasium

Doors open at NoonEarly Bird bingo at 12:30 • Bingo starts at 1 p.m.

Chinese Auction • 50-50 Raffle • FoodDoor Prizes • Cash ‘n Carry

Longaberger Raffle($350 retail value of various Longaberger items)

Tickets on sale NOW!Pre-sale: 20 games for $20 ($25 at the door)

Early Bird tickets ($5/4 games)and extra packets for $5 sold at the door.

For more information or to purchase tickets contact:Kelly Wright - 740-359-3481

Melissa Krempasky (740-213-2927

Proceeds benefit the RHSAA and the Scholarship Fund

“Longaberger” basket is the property of The Longaberger Company.This fundraiser is not sponsored by The Longaberger Company.

Thursday, April 16, 2015 Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio,

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~ EVA HARTSHORN ~ Eva Jean Hartshorn, 86, of Graysville, passed away April 7, 2015 at the Monroe County Care Center, Woods-field. She was born near Woods-field, on May 3, 1928, a daughter of the late David and Gladys Bates Highman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hartshorn Ridge Church of Christ near Graysville. Eva Jean was a member of the Monroe County Genealogy Society and the Monroe County His-torical Society. In addition to her parents, she was a preceded in death by husband, Eugene Harts-horn on March 19, 2000; an infant son, Reginald Duane Hartshorn; two brothers, Hubert and David Highman; one sister, Lorna Highman. Surviving are three daugh-ters Martha Louise (John) Reid of Woodsfield, Ohio, Janice (David) McClister of Summerville, South Car-olina, Madelyn (Murray) Winland of Summerville, South Carolina; four sons, Phillip (Iris) Hartshorn of Lewisville, Ohio, Robert (Peggy) Hartshorn of Grays-ville, Ohio, Scott Hartshorn

of Graysville, Ohio, Doug (Lisa) Hartshorn of New-ark, Ohio; two sisters Mar-tha Howard of Woodsfield, Ohio, Barbara Sherry of Georgia; thirteen grand-children, nine great-grand-children, several nieces and nephews. Friends were received at the Watters Funeral Home, Woodsfield, April 10, 2015 where funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. April 11, 2015, with Tim Fleeman of-ficiating. Burial followed in the Hartshorn Ridge Ceme-tery near Graysville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grays-ville Volunteer Fire De-partment c/o Dean Piatt, P. O. Box 34232, Graysville, Ohio 45734 or the Bethel/Graysville E-Squad, c/o Shana Hayes, 40600 Pleas-ant Ridge Rd., Graysville, Ohio 45734.

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Christine Marie Bloom, 56, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Malaga, passed away April 4, 2015 at Ohio State Univer-sity Hospital. She was born October 21, 1958 in Tiffin, Ohio a daughter of the late Jo-seph and Martha Bloom. Christine was a former em-ployee of Sycamore Tree Ser-vice, and Trillium in Colum-bus, Ohio. Christine enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, building models, spending time with her dogs and most of all spending time with fam-ily. She was a loving and car-ing person to anyone she met. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her grandson, Wyatt Bloom. She is survived by her part-ner of 16 years Beth Bibbee of Columbus, Ohio, one son James (Jennifer) Bloom of Woodsfield, Ohio, one grand-son Ian Bloom of Woodsfield, four sisters; Margaret (Ron-ald-Bob) Daugherty of Mala-ga, Ohio, Josephine (Dwight) Dyer of Carey, Ohio, Agnes (Doug) Williams of Belleville, Ohio, and Mary (Joe) Pau-lus of Mansfield, Ohio, two

brothers; John (Leann) Bloom of Findley, Ohio, and Antho-ny (Roberta) Bloom of New Riegal, Ohio, five nieces, five nephews, seven great-nieces and two-great nephews. Calling hours were held April 10, 2015 at the Bau-er Turner Funeral Home Woodsfield with Brent Roth officiating. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family in the West Union Cemetery near Sardis, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be made in c/o James and Jennifer Bloom, 45773 State Route 255, Woods-field, Ohio 43793. Condolences can be ex-pressed online at

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Edgar Earl (Porky) McVay, 88, longtime Mayor of the Vil-lage of Staf-ford, passed away April 1, 2014 in the Ross Heart Center at the Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, OH. He was born in Stafford, on February 20, 1927, a son of the late Frank Earl and Edith Robinson Mc-Vay. Edgar was a lifetime res-ident of Stafford. Growing up, he assisted his parents with McVay Brothers General Store and Mill at the Stafford location; the other store was in Harriettsville, OH. He served as assistant postmaster while his mother was postmaster, assisted with the family sheep farm operation on Factory Hollow Road, operated a radio and television sales and service making house calls, owned and operated school buses for the local school system for many years. He was an elec-trician/instrument repairman at the Olin Mathieson Alumi-num Facility, Hannibal, for 28 years, a job he thoroughly enjoyed. He was elected and started serving as village May-or on January 1, 1958. Why the nickname “Por-ky”? When Edgar was a little boy, his mother, Edith, and sis-ter, Georgia, who was 14 years older were always complaining that his hair was not combed to their liking. One day, while they were away shopping, Ed-gar talked his brother-in-law Franklin Hanson, a barber in the Veteran Barber Shop op-erated by Franklin Hanson and Everett (Pickle) Briggs on Church Street in Woodsfield, into giving him a butch hair cut. When the ladies returned, their frustration from his lack of proper grooming turned to anger. But they eventually got over it. A few days later, his cousin Sam Robinson came into the store, noticed the dras-tic change, picked Edgar up by the heels and while vigorous-ly rubbing his head said, “just like a porcupine”, thus the nickname “Porky” that lasted his lifetime. He graduated from the Staf-ford High School in 1945, ex-celled in chemistry and math-ematics, was a basketball star, played on the softball team and participated in class plays and many other activities. Edgar never lost his passion for sports. He was especially interested and loved to watch Ohio State football and bas-ketball on TV. After graduation, about 1957, he arranged a successful class picnic at the Stafford Park and again for their 50th celebra-tion at Skyvue High School. Through the years, he en-joyed attending the school re-unions, with Edgar and Irma Highman serving as Co-Chair-persons and Secretary-Trea-surer of the Franklin Rural, Stafford village and Skyvue

High School annual reunions and carry-in dinner meetings for eight years, 2006-2013. In addition, formal education included Associate degrees in radio and television at DeVry University. He also graduat-ed from the Hobart School of Welding, Troy, OH. He enlisted in October 1944 and entered the Army Air Corps after graduation from high school in June 1945. He had basic train-ing, attended Flight Service School then assigned and served with the 19th Troop Carrier Squadron in the Pa-cific Theatre. While in ser-vice, lasting friendships were made, resulting in yearly reunions as well as other in-formal meetings at various locations in the USA. After returning from the service, he played softball and baseball with other returning veterans with Charlie LaC-roix serving as manager. They played various teams in the area along with a game or two at the prison in Moundsville, WV. They were considered professional as they were com-pensated $5.00 each per game. During that time, Edgar became interested in mo-torcycles, purchasing a new Harley, one of the first in the county. He seldom rode alone. With R.J. Lawley rid-ing on the buddy seat, Char-ley McConnell on the luggage carrier and Edgar at the con-trols, they would cruise the countryside on weekend af-ternoons. Edgar also enjoyed spending time with other good friends, including John Baker and Donald Lafferre. Edgar received his private pilot’s license when he was a young man. His love for flying never ceased. While in the service he joined a fly-ing club. Then in his middle 20s he purchased a yellow Vagabond airplane, kept it for a while then upgraded to Cessna 172s, owning sever-al through the years. The last was a red and white Cessna 172 Skyhawk. He sold the airplane in September 2014. He had many happy memo-ries of flying along with other local pilots Raymond Petty, Claude Smith, Al Reed and Harold Stegner traveling to air shows, both in and out of state, flying and visiting with pilots at other airports while enjoy-ing the scenery along the way. Family and special friend, Irma Highman also enjoyed short flights as well as vaca-tions, especially when time was a factor. Through the years, he trav-eled to Canada, Mexico, Ha-waii and to many, perhaps all of the states in the U.S. Before the new airport was constructed, Edgar hangared his plane and flew from the old airport, where the health care facilities are located. Pi-lots owned their own hangars. He would assist with mowing the sod runway, using his own Wheel Horse riding tractor mower, when returning from his shift at the aluminum plant, as resources for maintenance were limited at that time. During the winter when the road to the old facility was impassible to automo-bile travel, he would walk the hill to check on his plane and fly, weather permitting. He was a member of the

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and life member of the Air Force Association. Edgar was currently serving on the Monroe County Airport Authority. He was appointed by the County Commission-ers when the new airport was constructed in 1968, having served continuously since that time. He considered the air-port an invaluable asset to the county and was always avail-able to assist in any way, as long as his health permitted. Edgar served continuous-ly as mayor of the Village of Stafford for 57 years. Nota-ble accomplishments during that time included writing and receiving grants for nu-merous paving projects in the village as well as requiring the restoration in late 2014 of pavement damaged by heavy equipment traveling the streets for deep oil and gas drilling in the area. In recent years he led the effort to save the post office from leaving the village, giving generous-ly his time and resources. In 1984 Edgar became an advocate for the Monroe County Park District. He and a few other civic minded peo-ple from the community led a delegation to Columbus in an effort to transfer ownership of the state park in Stafford to the Monroe County Park Dis-trict for restoration. The State had damaged and closed the park, which had been a part of the farm owned and operated many years before by Hugh Robinson, Edgar’s maternal great-grandfather. Their per-sistence was rewarded with a beautiful facility, part of the Monroe County Park District system, available to the gen-eral public for family picnics and reunions as well as a rest stop to tourists traveling through the area. When Edgar was a young man, he became a member of the Stafford Church of Christ, having attended the Stafford Methodist Church with fam-ily while growing up. Like his father, Frank, Edgar was interested and involved in Free and Accepted Masonry. He was a member of Stafford Lodge 300 F&AM for 67 years, served as Worshipful Master in 1953, also served as Senior Deacon, Junior Deacon and Chaplain; a 32nd Degree Mason, Scottish Rite, with lifetime membership in at the Valley of Cambridge since 1957; a member of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 768 since returning from mil-

itary service, a member of School Employee Retirees of Ohio, member of AARP since 1986 and member of Huff-man Grange. He was former-ly a member of the Knights of Pythias, Washington County, Citizens Band Radio Club and Local 5760. Edgar also served as a 4-H advisor. On December 7, 1952 he started dating Irma L. High-man, a young lady from the Graysville, area he met a few evenings earlier. While Irma, an employee of the United States Department of Agri-culture, Agricultural Stabili-zation Service, located in the Monroe County Courthouse at the time, and Edgar lived a short distance apart, they had never met. Through the years when close friends asked about how they met, Edgar always told how he and Gene Lafferre were having a snack at the counter in Bayes Restaurant, Woodsfield, when Irma walked in wearing a tan knit dress, fur coat and high heels. He took one look and said, “I’m going to date that girl”. He did and nearly 63 years later she remains “The Love of His Life”. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Georgia McVay Hanson, brother-in-law Franklin Han-son and an infant sister Mary Maxine. Survivors whom Edgar considered “his family” include special friend Irma L. Highman of Woodsfield, OH, her brother, Eric of the Grays-ville, OH area, his daughter Stephanie, her husband Paul Rice, Jr, their daughter, Katie Renee, son Samuel Edward of Morgantown, WV; also, Eric’s daughter Nichole Highman (Thomas Ray) and their son Maxton Eric of Westerville, OH. Survivors also include several cousins, good caring neighbors and many friends. Friends were received Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Bauer-Turner Funeral Home in Woodsfield, from 2 until 8 p.m. with Masonic services at 7 p.m. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015 with Brothers Timothy Fleeman and Gary Hogue officiating. Full mili-tary services were conducted at the funeral home by Amer-ican Legion Post 768, VFW Post 5303 and the Beallsville VFW. Burial followed in the Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, . Memorial contributions may be made to the Stafford Methodist Church, c/o Bar-bara Christman, 42256 Mill Street, Lewisville, OH 43754.

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Although 25 years have passed since you left us we never forget what you meant to each of us with your love and care. We are so glad we will see you again.

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A presentation on agricul-tural or conservation ease-ments as a tool available to landowners to protect their farms’ soils, natural resource features and historic scenic open space is being spon-sored by the Farm Bureau, OSU Extension and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts and is offered on April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Mid-East Career Center, Buffalo Campus. Topics on the op-portunities available for pro-tecting your land through an agricultural or conservation easement are on the agenda

with the presenters being two non-profit conservation trusts, the Captina Conser-vancy and the Western Re-serve Land Conservancy. Farmland owners and oth-er natural resource landown-ers wishing to preserve their land in its present use uti-lizing a conservation ease-ment as a vehicle will learn about types of conservation easements, how to create an easement designed accord-ing to his/her desires and other benefits such as state and federal funding pro-grams available to assist in

the development of a conser-vation or agricultural ease-ment on your land. Land-owners wishing to donate an easement to a non-profit conservation trust will learn of the tax benefits of taking this route. The selection criteria of local non-profit land trusts or conservancies in accepting farmland and other natural area land con-servation easements will be presented. For more information please contact the Farm Bu-reau at 740-425-3681.

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Margarete Jones Turns 93 Margarete A. Jones is still enjoying her favorite hob-bies of crocheting and sing-ing at 93 years young. She will be celebrating her birthday on April 11. She always enjoys a visit or a phone call. Friends and family can wish her a happy birthday by calling her or sending her birthday wishes at: 342 Ferry St., Clarington, OH 43915.

HouseHold Hazardous Waste daysaturday, april 25, 20159:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Bayer East Parking LotWV State Route 2, North of New Martinsville

This event is sponsored by the Axiall/Bayer/Blue Racer Community Adviso-ry Panel and the Marshall County Solid Waste Authority with support from the Solid Waste Authorities in Wetzel, Tyler, and Monroe Counties.

tHe folloWing Wastes Will be accepted:Paint (All Types) • Used Oil • Antifreeze • Used Tires (Limit 4 per vehicle -

no rims/wheels) • Lead Acid Batteries • Aerosol Cans • Pesticides

Residents of Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler Counties in West Virginia, and Monroe County in Ohio are encouraged to bring household waste in the above categories for free disposal. Each vehicle driver will be asked to certify that the wast is from household use only and is not from any com-mercial location, school or church.

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On April 9, 2015 in the Beallsville Campus Cafe-teria, the Beallsville Busy Bees held a meeting. Club members Brandon Loud-en, Chazz Bates, and Zoey Randall led the pledges. The safety report given was to look both ways before crossing the road, and the health report, was to brush your teeth daily. Great tips by the safety and health

Beallsville Busy Bees By Hannah Phillips

The Buckeye Kids 4-H club met March 23 and held an election of officers. The offi-cers include - Brooke Jones as the president, Zady Postle as the vice president, Zac Kerce as the secretary, Alexis Thom-as as the treasurer, Serenity Graham as the news reporter, Alexis Vargo as the health of-ficer, Alexis Vargo as the safe-ty officer, Rose Lucio as the

Buckeye Kids By Serenity Graham

Addison Turns One

Addison Lottie Phommasathit

recreation leader, and Lydia Griffen as the community ser-vice officer. It was announced that the first quality assurance training will be April 11 for anyone taking a market an-imal to the fair. The club’s annual flower sale fundraiser started on March 13. The or-ders were due April 13.

Addison Lottie Phom-masathit was one on Satur-day, February 7. She had a Winter One-derland Party at Piccadilly in Bexley, Ohio. My mom and Dad are April and Chris Phom-masathit of Marina Del-ray, Ca. Grandparents are Jim and Sue Dearth of Woodsfield, Ohio. Thom-as and Bounthanh Phom-masathit of Pickerington, Ohio. Great-grandma Nouy Vongsengthang of Laos. I had a fun day with all my family and friends.

Hupp Matched To Residency Program

Jacob Hupp, Summer-field, will pursue Internal Medicine at Summa Health

Jacob Hupp

System/NEOMED in Akron, Ohio, following graduation from Northeast Ohio Medi-cal University (NEOMED) this spring. Hupp was one of 128 stu-dents from the College of Medicine’s Class of 2015 who participated in national Match Day, March 20, where students from across the na-tion learned where they will continue their medical train-ing in residency programs following graduation. Hupp, the son of Joe and Davina Hupp, is a graduate of Shenandoah High School and Kent State University.

reporters! 34 members attended the meeting and received their project book-lets. The club also discussed the 4-H fundraiser to help members raise money for camp dues. Anyone taking animals to the fair must at-tend the Quality Assurance meeting this Saturday. Just a reminder that the Annual Baked Steak Din-ner will be held on April 26, 2015, from 11 am to 2 pm at the St. Johns Hall in Mil-tonsburg. The Busy Bees will meet again on April 23, at 7 pm in the school cafete-ria.

~ Woodsfield Nursing and Rehab and Kiwanis Sponsored Annual Easter Egg Hunt~

On Saturday, April 4, 2015 Woodsfield Nursing and Rehab and the Kiwanis sponsored their annual Easter egg hunt. The winner of age group 0-4 years was Joseph Carter III and winner of age group 5-12 years was Rathynia Parsley Windle. The Kiwanis generously donated over 400 filled eggs. Photo Submitted

~ Grand Visitation at Clarington Chapter ~ Clarington Chapter #533 Order of the Eastern Star was honored by a Grand Visitation by the Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, Susan Simpson, and the Wor-thy Grand Patron, Steve Moore, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Chapter on April 9, 2015. Pictured left to right are Richard Wilson, Past Grand Patron, Sandi Herman, Associate Grand Conductress, Steve Moore, Worthy Grand Patron, Susan Simpson, Wor-thy Grand Matron, Marilyn Myers, Worthy Grand Chaplain of the General Grand Chap-ter, Melissa Earley, Worthy Matron, and Dave Hendershot, Worthy Patron. A wonderful evening was enjoyed spending time with special friends celebrating this special event. Photo Submitted

Auston Hogue

Hogue Competed In State Free Throw Competition On January 24, 2015 Auston Hogue competed in the Free Throw Competition sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

Auston won the local competition held at Monroe Central High School. He went on to win both the Dis-

trict Competition in Mari-etta on February 1 and the Regional Competition in St. Clairsville on February 22. On March 21, Auston trav-eled to Columbus to com-pete in the State Free Throw Championship, but came up short. Auston is the son of Shane and Arin Hogue of Lewis-ville. He is a sixth grader at Woodsfield Elementary.

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on November 5, 1822 was destined to play a major role in the development of this Little Muskingum settlement known as Lawrence, Ohio. The post office was established De-cember 20, 1833, with many postmasters as political chang-es were made. In 1888 it was located at the Hune store. The Hune-Heldman house was built in two parts. When it was finished, it was a 12 room structure more than 90 feet long with 41 windows, 22 inside doors and eight doors leading to the outside. The house served the public as a wayside inn for many years. Hune was a prosperous and

enterprising businessman who not only engaged in the mer-cantile business but also in tobacco, sheep, wool and fruit. So Lawrence, in Lawrence Township, Ohio is no longer in existence. (from the papers of June Hendershot). The covered bridge, Hune Bridge, built in 1877, spans the Little Muskingum and is used today. Dart is the town farther south on Route 26 in Lawrence Township. Star mills at New Matamo-ras was mentioned in an ear-lier newsletter. Information has come in that it was locat-ed on Ferry Street. Also A. E. Waters in 1917 razed the

mill and with the materials built an addition to his mill in Sardis. A picture shows a huge star above the word Mills. A great granddaughter lives in New Matamoras. A Henry M. Cline 1866-1945 had owned and operat-ed the Flavo flour and feed mill in New Matamoras. At Rinard Mills store in earlier years, remember the huge Buckeye Feed truck from Massillon delivering 100 pound bags of feed to the general store along with 25 pound bags of Massota flour?

As I look at the clock on the wall it is about time to put your tea cup or coffee cup or even glass of water in the sink, push the chair under the table and until next time I hope all is well at your home. I send my best to you and your fami-

ly until we meet again around the table. Remember to eat well, laugh a lot. And don’t forget to count your blessings, and remember to thank Him for all you have been given. Take Care and God Bless “B”


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60 Years Ago - 1955 Word was received here on Wednesday afternoon from the Post Office Regional Di-rector that the Laings Post Of-fice will be continued. It had previously been announced that the post office would be closed effective April 30. Bethel Junior Class will present the play “Three Fin-gers in the Door” April 20. Cast includes the follow-ing: John Burkhart, Donna Parks, Hazel Day, Serena Morrison, Betty Camden (freshman), Charles Zwick, Larry Morrison. Featured flicks this week: “Young at Heart”, starring Doris Day, Frank Sinatra; Grace Kelly in “Green Fire”; “Hell Below Zero” with Alan Ladd; “Massacre Canyon”, plus news and cartoons. Three Monroe County residents have filed applica-tions for citizenship in Mon-roe County Common Pleas Court under naturalization law and final hearings will be held in May. The resi-dents are Robert Manley, of Woodsfield, a native of Australia, Maria Kuhn, of Woodsfield, a native of the Azores and Susanna Scott, of Miltonsburg, a native of England. The Monroe Soil Con-servation District board of supervisors met April 11 to make plans for the 1955 Field Day. According to Paul Bonar, chairman, the event this year will be held at the Carl Tubaugh farm near Antioch on June 9. The Monroe County In-dustrial Committee at its meeting April 11 formulat-ed final plans for the coun-ty-wide labor registration April 22 and 23. The com-mittee emphasized again that this survey could be-come a very important fac-tor in attracting industry to our county.

50 Years Ago - 1965 Dedication of the new Laings elementary school will be held April 25. Those appearing on the program will be Raymond Straight, B.W. Morris, and Henry L. Pritchard. Three representatives from Sierra Leone, West Af-rica, arrived in Woodsfield April 6, and will be working with the local office of the Farmers Home Administra-tion for the next ten days. While here, they will study, observe and perform practi-cal work in supervised cred-it. The Senior Class of Riv-er High School will present the play “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” April 23. The cast will include Tom WInkler, Jim Barrows, Ro-berta Price, Mary Winkler, Bill Brake, Dillon Bayes Bruce McIntire and Nancy Deskins. Featured flicks this week: “Your Cheatin’ Heart” with George Ham-ilton; “Goodbye Charlie” starring Tony Curtis, Deb-bie Reynolds; “Psycho” with Anthony Perkins; “633 Squadron”. In recognition of their fifty-seventh wedding anni-versary, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hartshorn, of Graysville have received a letter of congratulations, and a gift package of the “57 Vari-eties” from the H.J. Heinz Company. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hickenbottom of 304 N. Main St., Woodsfield, an-nounce the birth of a daugh-ter on March 18. The new arrival has been named Jill Renee. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gilm-ore, of Sardis, Route 2, are the parents of a son born March 14. The new arrival has been named Gary.

40 Years Ago - 1975 Last Friday marked the official groundbreaking cere-mony for the Monroe County Clinic, although the founda-tion had already been laid. The $744,000 clinic building being erected on the Old Airport site off State Route 78 is expected to be completed sometime in November. Hannibal Elementary third graders Tracia Nelms, Cin-dy Goddard, Danny Straub, Dale Richter, Denise Cole-man, Cathy Booth and Sheila Goddard are pictured dis-playing some individual and group projects in Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies. At the movies: “That’s Entertainment”; “The Mys-tery Man” with Burt Lan-caster; “Breezy” with Wil-liam Holden. WHS varsity cheerlead-ers for the 1975-76 school year were chosen this week. Leading the cheers will be Carol Egger, Karen Davis, Kathy Hrovatich, Kim Da-vis and Mickey McCoy.\ The annual Ashland Col-lege Student Art exhibit opened April 22 in the Gal-ley of the Arts-Humanities. Participating in the show is Paul Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schneider of Woodsfield. From “News of Yesteryear - Thirty Years Ago” (1945) - Chairman Sam Jones, of the local War Price and Ra-tioning Board, Woodsfield, announced the beginning of canning sugar issuance April 23. The 1974-75 basketball team of Hannibal Elemen-tary enjoyed a winning sea-son, losing only one game. Members are Carla Watters, Rachelle McCracken, Deb-bie Williams, Becky Dudley, Allison Hyer, Marty Anders-en, Selena Bolen and Natalie Coss.

Good morning, Readers. What a beautiful day we have had today. The sun is begin-ning to get some warmth to it, the grass is growing, the spring flowers are beginning to have some blooms, the trees are be-ginning to bud and I guess, we can say spring is in the air. Have you mowed your yard yet? Do you have any moles in your yard? Did you fertilize your yard last fall so the moles would leave? If you fertilized your yard last fall then I bet it is a beautiful emerald green this spring. One thing we can say is that we have had lots of spring rains that make are yards look healthy this time of the year. Speaking of rain, we have had our share here on “C” Ridge lately. We also had some loud thunder and sharp lightning go through the sky. They say thunder in the spring wakes up the sleeping snakes. On that note we could have done without the thunder and lightning and just let them sleep all through the summer. They are part of God’s crea-tures on this earth, but they are one critter I can do with-

out seeing during the summer months. Have you had a fresh mess of dandelions yet? Oh I re-member my Grandma Love with her pan in hand and knife in hand out watching for the first dandelions to pop up through the ground. She called them tonic. In fact she said they were like a fresh spring tonic and we needed to eat as many as we could to build us up for the summer ahead. She would fry some bacon in a cast iron skillet then add some vinegar, water, salt, pepper and sugar. Let that cool and then boil some eggs chop them up in the dandelions and when the vinegar and water mixture is just about ready to cool but still warm, pour over the dandelions and serve with fried potatoes. A meal fit for a king or should I say queen. It sure did tickle the taste buds and was healthy, too. Grand-ma never measured anything; she always just knew the right amount of ingredients that it took to make her favorite dishes tickle our taste buds. I have heard of so many folks having a bad cold ,con-

gestion, and fever. Hope by the time Table Talk gets to your home if you have had some or all of these symp-toms they are long gone by now never to return. Do you plant herbs in your garden? If so it is the time of year to start to plant them; early spring is a great time to get the ground ready or even just put them in pots and watch them grew. It is so nice to go to your garden or pots and clip off some fresh herbs to add to whatever you are cooking for lunch or supper. I use lots and lots of herbs when I cook; it takes the place of using so much salt. Herbs are good for you and enhance the flavor of meats or salads or even scrambled eggs. I made some fresh apple butter the other day and did my kitchen take on the smell of fall in the air. It was so easy af-ter cooking the apples and get-ting them ready to cook. I just put them in the crockpot with the ingredients like red drops, cinnamon, small amount of sugar, a few drops of vinegar and let it cook all day. Did our house smell good. Natural

sweet smells of cooking in the kitchen, and does it taste good on fresh toast in the mornings. I have been asked by many if I would share some recipes with my Table Talk readers so I thought today I would share one of my favorites. Did you ever notice how many recipes have cheese in them? Cheese is like eggs, it is hard to make things without eggs and cheese. Here is one of the fa-vorites in the Highman house. Cheesy potato casserole: 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 cup sour cream, 1 cup milk, ¼ cup diced onions, 1 ½ tsp. salt, ½ tsp. pepper, ½ cup butter melt-ed, 1 package Southern style hash browns thawed, 2 cups shredded cheese. Mix together soup, sour cream, milk, onion, salt, pepper, and butter. Stir in hash brown potatoes and 1 ½ c. cheese. Mix well. Pour into greased 13x9 baking dish. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Re-move foil. Top with remain-ing ½ cup cheese. Bake 15-20 minutes longer. Take out of oven and eating them will tickle your taste buds. Happy Eating. “B”

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Lawrence or Dart, Dart or Lawrence. Going south on Ohio State Route 26, you will see Hune Covered Bridge and the beautiful Hune-Heldman house. William H.T. Hunt born in Gottingen, Germany

Spring is definitely here and in full bloom. I am of-ficially envious of those of you who have beautiful flowering dogwoods in their yards. I hate to admit this, but for the longest time I thought redbud trees were dog-woods. I think I didn’t learn the difference until about five years ago. I have no idea what I thought a dogwood was. While I am envious of those of you with dogwoods, I do like redbuds more. I just can’t believe how vibrant the coloring is on them. We have a couple in the woods behind our house. When I see them flowering and the trilliums blooming behind our house, I’ll be real happy then. Of course, with the chang-ing of the season comes some bad things as well. I’ve noticed a lot of people mowing already. There’s an-other chore to add to the list. I think it’s better than shov-eling snow though. The roads are in their

normal thawing, wet messy cycle. As you saw on the front page article, SR 26 is really suffering through this. I can’t believe how bad that road is. I’ve seen some bad roads, but I’ve never seen a state road in that condition. That being said, SR 7 was pretty crazy last year. It was like a slalom course to miss the potholes on that road, and I know several people didn’t miss them and had parts of their car broken be-cause of it. I guess we just have to take the bad with the good when it comes to the oil and gas activity in the county. On another note, we cele-brated Adeline’s first birth-day on Saturday. It is amaz-ing to think that a year has gone by. She sure is growing up very fast. We didn’t have a big party, and a couple of people were sick and couldn’t attend. We ended up just having us, my parents and Laura’s parents. Adeline had a good time though. That’s all that mat-ters.

Dear Editor: I am once again compelled to write you. While the “Blue River” still flows, this letter is more of a positive one. One with an air of regret and scent of embarrassment. I’d like to take a small moment in time to thank one person. This person has made policies that have been questioned, and was even rid-iculed, when enforced. But not once did she back down, waiver for her original state-ments, nor did she back pedal or side step to avoid the blows thrown at her. She has said that in her heart she feels she is acting in the best interest and safety of our children. As they say “hindsight is 20/20” and I now wish I would have supported her. I also realize she is just following the long time pride and tradition of Beallsville that is so strong. By now you know I’m talking about Mrs Rebecca Hilverding. So thank you for actually caring about our children and even though you won’t have my child, I hope that you will stay at Beallsville K-8 and contin-ue to teach them more than just education but also pride, respect and what it means to be a true Blue Devil.Joe ThomasBHS Class of 1990Miltonsburg- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Dear Editor: The Beacon’s March 19, 2015 issue had an article about the Board of Election’s decision to close five polling places in our county. As the article stated, there will now only be six polling places available instead of eleven. As chairperson of our county township association, I find this very appalling that a deci-sion was made with no regard

for the fact that we are a very rural county. I know they said it was because of the water break that occurred there in January and their budget did not allow them to replace some of the voting machines that were damaged from this incident. But to ask our town-ships’ residents to travel more than 20 miles one way to vote is not the American way. I have heard from many of the township officials telling me that many of their residents saying, “If they do that, I just will not vote.” Also, our road system is sometimes a chal-lenge, with all of the hills and curves, for some of our voters We ought to be doing all we can to get our citizens out to vote, not to hinder them. I therefore, ask all citizens and especially our township resi-dents, to call or write a letter to the Board of Elections, asking them to rescind their decision. I believe if enough of our residents step up, our County Commissioners will be able to find the funds to keep eleven (11) polling plac-es open for our residents and townships. Just a reminder, the Board of Elections is a separate entity and the Com-missioners have no power over the Board’s decision. They only fund their budget. It’s not too late to get this task accomplished, even if the Board says time is running out. Remember, one trust-ee and the fiscal officer will be elected this fall from each township. Also, local levies and state issues will be on the ballot. Now let’s do our part and get those letters and phone calls to the Board. 740-472-0929 117 N. Main Street # A, Woodsfield, OH 43793Dale DietrichPresident, Monroe County Township Association

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My grandmother hated snakes. In her opinion, the only good snake was a dead one. I, on the other hand, loved snakes. My brothers and I often visited a nearby creek and filled glass jugs with water snakes and kept them for long periods of time as pets. We eventually re-leased them to safety. So, the idea of someone being afraid of snakes was foreign to me. I knew Grandmother’s fear of snakes and to my present shame, one day I taunted her with a small garden snake. I was old enough to know better but I walked up to her as she was hoeing her flow-

er garden and exclaimed, “Grandmother, look at my snake.” I held it out in front of me for her examination. Grandmother said in a sur-prising and unusual tone for one with such a dislike of snakes, “Why isn’t that a nice snake. Put him down so I can see how pretty he moves.” Thinking that her opinion of snakes had miraculously changed, I obliged and laid the snake at her feet. Fast-er than a wink, she used her hoe and chopped the snake into a dozen pieces. I cried, “Grandmother, you killed my snake.” She said, “Yes, and if you ever

bring me another one, I’ll kill it too.” I never teased Grandmother again with a snake or anything else that tapped into her fears. At that moment, I was angry about the loss of my snake. Later, I started feeling bad about my actions. With full knowledge of her aver-sion to snakes, I thrust one, albeit small, into her personal space. I felt that I was teas-ing her in a playful way. She, however, had been taught in the late 1890s that snakes should be avoided at all costs, not an unusual teaching of

Last month, we recounted the Henry Gustler Morris fam-ily. We received an interesting letter from one of the Morris descendants mentioned in the article, Betty Kitchen. Betty included an import-ant correction. The land on which the cemetery is located is not owned by the Christman family. It has been owned by members of the Morris fam-ily since it was purchased from the government in 1837. The Morris land is now land-locked, so it is necessary to pass through the neighbor land to access the property.

Henry Gustler Morris and his wife Mary Kinkade pur-chased the original 63 acres in 1837 from the United States government at the Mariet-ta Land Office. This land was later transferred to their daughter Mary Jane and her husband John Copeland Lat-ta. Following their death, their daughter Mary Jane Latta un-til 1949. The Morris property was originally twice the size it is today. A land deed recorded on July 15, 1844 shows that Henry G. Morris purchased 61 acres n the north half of

the northwest quarte in Sec-tion 35 Township 6 Range 6. The land was purchased from Levi and Katharine Stephens for $335 on Sep-tember 9, 1843. Betty had shared copies with us of the Morris Bible records. The publication date of the Bible is 1842. Births: David A. Morris April 26, 1823 John A. Morris March 22, 1825. Wilson Morris March 20, 1827. Ann Morris August 29, 1829.

William Morris October 1, 1831. Henry Morris March 28, 1835. Mary Jane Morris Sep-tember 6, 1837. Phebe Morris December 4, 1839. Rachel Morris May 24, 1842. Thomas Morris July 13, 1845. Sary L. September 15, 1847. David W. Latta July 1, 1881. Henry H. Latta February 13, 1862.

Samuel S. Latta July 8, 1864. Thomas L. Latta July 18, 1866. Allen F. Latta February 15, 1874 (changed from 1869) Louise E. Latta March 30, 1871. Mary B. Latta May 23, 1874. John T. Latta September 21, 1876. Harriett J. Leak February 22, 1851. Mary Louisa Morris May 17, 1853. Daniel H. Morris July 12,

1854. David A. Morris Decem-ber 21, 1855. Robert W. Morris Novem-ber 12, 1857. Leucta L. Morris Febru-ary 11, 1872. Diann Morris December 14, 1873. There were only two marriages recorded in the Bible and neither listed the spouse: Allen F. Latta Feb-ruary 5, 1892 and Nancy Morris April 14, 1850. Our thanks to Betty Kitch-en for sharing her family history.

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Commissioners Receive MCCC Contract Termination; Designate CDBG ProjectsDarin Brown,General Manager The Monroe County Commissioners met for a busy session on April 13 during their regular weekly meeting. Highlighting the business was progress on a new jail (see article on page 1), potential changes in management at the Monroe County Care Center, and de-cisions on the CDBG grants. Attached to the minutes for the meeting on Monday was a letter from Progressive Health Care Systems to terminate their contract with the county. The company has been the manager of the Monroe Coun-ty Care Center and Brandy Woods Assisted Living for the past two years and agreed to a new contract in February. In the letter, the compa-ny said the termination was requested “due to a break down in the critical rela-tionship between the man-agement company and the new commissioner.” The letter states an effective end of contract date of June 12, 2015 with Progressive pro-

viding a proper transition and exit strategy. The care center has been going through financial struggles in recent years, which have been exacer-bated by the need for large repairs and large amounts of debt. Those struggles had continued with Progressive at the helm, although the company cited several sta-tistics marking their prog-ress in overcoming those issues in their letter. No motion was made by commissioners to accept the contract termination. In other business, a long discussion was held by com-missioners to make a deci-sion on which communities to place on the county’s ap-plications for CDBG grant funding. After the discus-sion, three communities will benefit from at least a total of $127,000 in grant fund-ing with the potential of the county receiving a total of $727,000 in funding. Currently, the county has an outstanding CDBG Neighbor-hood Revitalization grant in

the amount of $300,000 which was awarded to Lewisville and Summit Township last year with projects beginning this year. However, the county is eligible to apply for two more $300,000 grants this year and decided to make both requests for that funding in a state-wide competition for grant dollars. Applying for consid-eration for the $300,000 grants were Lee Township, Miltonsburg Village, Wash-ington Township/Graysville Village, Woodsfield Village and Jackson Township. Commissioners said mul-tiple times, when consid-ering the five requests, that they wanted to find the most competitive applications. After the discussion, com-missioners chose Lee Town-ship and Woodsfield Village as the county’s applicants. Although Woodsfield Vil-lage put in a request to be considered for the Neighbor-hood Revitalization Grant, commissioners thought the village’s application would

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CONSOL Energy donated flags to Skyvue Elementary during a ceremony on April 10. Pic-tured (back, from left) giving flags to the second grade class are Pat McCune, Director of State Affairs and Zachery Smith, External Relations Specialist. Teacher Lea Frye is also pictured in the back with members of her class including Riley Weckbacher, Gianna Lucio, Michael Dougherty, Elizabeth Kuhn, Raquel Stimpert, Ethan Gillespie, Karlie Haslam, Ashten Vincent, Clint Rader, Wesley Loch, Kaliegha Harriman, Billy Kroll, Jasmine Marshall, Logan Powell, Riley Zwick, Kensington Hiles and Kamron Carpenter. Photos by Darin Brown

American Flags Donated to Skyvue ElementaryDarin Brown,General Manager Upon entering their new school building at the be-ginning of the 2014-15 school year, Skyvue Ele-mentary students walked into a state-of-the-art facili-ty purpose-built for students their age. Each classroom was outfitted with technol-ogy and connectivity never thought possible in the old facility. Despite all they had, one thing was con-spicuously missing in each classroom. The school was not furnished with American

flags. Thanks to the efforts of a PTSA member, a local representative and an oil and gas company, that situation was remedied on April 10. Knowing the PTSA could not afford to purchase flags for the school, PTSA president Mollie Landefeld reached out to State Representative Jack Cera about ideas to furnish the school with flags. Utiliz-ing his contacts, Rep. Cera spoke with CONSOL Energy who jumped at the opportuni-ty to help the school. A formal ceremony was held on April 10 to recognize the do-nation with Rep. Cera present along with two representatives from CONSOL Energy. Sky-vue Principal Chris Caldwell took the opportunity to discuss patriotism with students. “We live in a great country, and we have a lot of freedoms other countries do not have... There’s a symbol that recognized our freedom, and that is the Amer-ican flag,” said Caldwell. He added, “I want you to keep them and cherish them and think about the meaning behind

them when you say the pledge each day.” Rep. Cera spoke briefly to the students about the values of education. “Education is how you’re going to get anywhere,” he said. Refer-encing CONSOL Energy and other gas and oil com-panies’ activity in the county he added, “There’s a lot of new opportunities for young people in this area.” Attending from CONSOL Energy to distribute the flags to each of the classrooms were Pat McCune, Director of State Affairs and Zachery Smith, External Relations Specialist. Neither spoke formally during the ceremony, but each took time to talk to individual stu-dents while distributing flags. In the end, flags were given to each individual classroom as well as one large one for the gymnasium. Now, when Sky-vue students say the pledge in the morning, instead of looking out the window at the outdoor flag, they’ll have a flag in each classroom to remind them of the freedom the flag represents. rep. Jack Cera


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Beallsville Sports

Monroe Central Sports

The Beallsville baseball team lost both games in a double-header against coun-ty rival River on the road on April 11. The first game was a heart-breaker as the Blue Devils lost in a pitching dual 1-0. Mercer and Palmer com-

bined to strike out nine allow-ing only one run in the bottom of the fifth inning. In the sec-ond game, Beallsville fell by a final of 7-1, scoring their only run in the top of the fifth. In track and field, both the Beallsville boys and girls

teams lost to Linsly during an Ohio Valley Track League meet on April 6. Winning individual events were Neis-wonger (300M LH and Long Jump) and Yingling (Shot Put and Discus). No boys won individual events.

River Sports by Blaze Amos

The Monroe Central Sem-inoles baseball team won a close one against Bridgeport on the road on April 6. The teams were close throughout until the Seminoles took a 6-3 lead in the fifth inning. Anoth-er run in the top of the seventh made the score a comfortable 7-3 going into the bottom of the seventh. Despite three runs by Bridgeport, the Semi-noles were able to hold on for a final score of 7-6. The wining pitcher for the Seminoles was Evan Black-stone. Leading the team at

the plate was Tanner Bur-khart with a double and 2 RBIs. Blackstone and Ethan Groves each added an RBI. The Seminoles were swept in a doubleheader on the road against Wheeling Central on April 12. They were shut out 10-0 in the first game. In the second game, they fell 12-2 in a mercy-shortened six in-ning game. In softball action, the Lady Seminoles split a dou-ble-header with Bellaire on the road on April 11. The first game saw

River softball started the week with two games versus the Magnolia Blue Eagles and were victorious in both by scores of 11-2 and 6-0. Rosey Romick pitched 7 innings for the Pilots and had 10 strike-outs and allowed 6 hits. Haylee Bowers had 4 RBIs at home in the first game. Monica Curtis pitched 7 innings for the Pilots later in the week striking out 3 and allowing only 3 hits. Cur-tis also had 3 hits and an RBI. The team then competed in the Magnolia Softball Tournament facing off first against Conotton Valley. River won with a final of 10-0 in only four innings with Rosey Romick hurling a no-hitter with 6 strikeouts. Brissa Marshall led the team with 3 RBIs on 3 hits. In the next round the team took on the Hundred Hornets, winning in a three inning drubbing, with a final of 13-1. Rosey Romick pitched 1 inning and struck out 2 batters, while Bailey Cald-

well pitched two innings al-lowing 1 run while striking out 7. The team entered the tourna-ment final against Musselman High School. The great run came to an end against a very good opponent, with a final of 7-1. Monica Curtis pitched 7 innings while striking out 3 bat-ters. The baseball team was able to get two games in on Saturday after a week of weather cancellations. The Pilots played Beallsville in a doubleheader, winning the first game in a pitchers’ duel, with a final of 1-0. Cole Isaly pitched 7 innings and recorded 13 strikeouts. Lukas Isaly drove in the lone run with a single in the 5th inning. Game two of the day wasn’t as close, and the Pilots won 7-1. Lukas Isa-ly was the winning pitcher throwing four innings while striking out 7 batters and walking 2. Chase Witcher-

man pitched 1 inning and recorded 2 strikeouts. Cole Isaly had 2 RBIs for River. The boys and girls track teams competed in the Mar-tins Ferry Relays with Abby Caldwell highlighting the attack for River, winning the 100m dash and placing second in the 300m hurdles. Devin Potts placed 3rd in the 300m hurdles and Amanda Bennett placed 8th in the discus throw for the girls. On the boys’ side Broc Cross placed first in the high jump and Colten Wright placed 4th. Collin Huffman placed 8th individually in the shot put. Both teams then partici-pated in the Dave Porterfield Memorial Invitational. Abby Caldwell won the 100m dash and the 300m hurdles. Joey Flannery placed 5th in the 400m dash and Lukas Isaly placed 6th in the 300m hurdles. Broc Cross tied for 2nd place in the high jump.

On Thursday, April 2, 2015, the 8th grade stu-dents of Switzerland of Ohio Local School District traveled to Swiss Hills Ca-reer Center to spend time thinking about what they would like to be “when they grow up”. The District’s five junior highs were divided into two groups- Woodsfield and Skyvue attended from 9:00am-11:00am; while Powhatan, Beallsville and River came from 12:30pm -2:20pm. Students were divided into groups of five and had

the pleasure to meet and talk with a representative from Ohio Means Jobs, Ohio Valley Community Credit Union, Beth Brill from Barnesville Hospi-tal, Jon Jefferis, project manager for PCS (builders of SOLSD buildings), Lt. T. Hutton-Ohio Highway Patrol, Mandy Bishop-Li-censed Social Worker, Representatives from Bel-mont College discussing careers in the gas and oil field, and Attorneys Jason and Richard Yoss as the students moved from table to table. In addition to the

SOLSD Eighth Graders Spend Time Thinking About Careers

Truax Named to Dean’s List At MVNU Tabatha Elizabeth Truax has been named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semes-ter at Mount Vernon Naza-rene University. The dean’s list includes all students who carried a minimum of 12 credit hours and have maintained a grade point av-

erage of 3.5 or above for the semester. Truax is a sophomore majoring in English. She is a 2013 graduate of Monroe Central High School, and the daughter of Missy and Tracy Truax of Woodsfield, OH.

Principal’s List 5th Grade: Tae English, Nevaeh Henthorn, Rylan Kinzy, Hannah Phillips, Alayna Wells. 6th Grade: Cheyenne Ri-ley, Terra Shriver.

1st Honors

4th Grade: Marshal Bier. 5th Grade: Ethan Flynn, Jaycee Huffman. 6th Grade: Elyze Moore, Sophia Myers.

2nd Honors 4th Grade: Emily Crooks, Grace Rainey.

Beallsville Elementary Honor Roll Third Nine Weeks

Principal’s List 4th Grade: Ashley Weck-bacher, Cierra Burkhart, Alex-is Anthony, Lydia Schmidt. 5th Grade: Jadyn Dailey, Collin Kroll. 6th Grade: Korah Anderson. 7th Grade: Amy Bettinger, Angeline Hoops. 8th Grade: Katelyn Huck, Madison Huck, Jimmy Nalley, Brittany Poss. 1st Honors

4th Grade: Shyann Stim-pert, Eric Carpenter, Aaron Fletcher, Grace Blair, Kris-tin King, Crystal Powell, Remington Weckbacher. 5th Grade: Haylyn Hiles, Jacob Fisher, Jayden Craig, Jenna Essig, Kayanna Finch. 6th Grade: Payton Ro-bison, Emma Buck, Jacob Binegar, Morgan Kendall, Jacob Farnsworth. 7th Grade: Allee Zwick.

8th Grade: Dylan Elliott, Ian Rouse, Jonathan Farnsworth.

2nd Honors 4th Grade: Joedon Dan-iels, Kassady Harriman. 5th Grade: Danielle Trav-er, Dustin Landefeld, Emily Moore. 8th Grade: Brianna Erb, Devan Sickle.

Skyvue Elementary School Honor Roll Third Nine Weeks

Principal’s List 9th Grade: Peyton Hall, Ethan Lively, Karigan Pfalzgraf, Alexis White, Kristen Yost. 10th Grade: Kara Dot-terer, Alexandria Karpacs Brown, Jacob Shreve, Ner-issa Smith. 11th Grade: Tyler Alle-man, Zachary Dennis, Ben-jamin Riley, Haylee Win-kler. 12th Grade: Amanda Ben-nett.

1st Honors 9th Grade: Leanna Banks, Kirsten Brown, Tanner Brown, Drew Dietz, Jes-sie Driggs, Dillon Grimes,

Brooke Kovach, Breanna McElwain, Autumn Taylor, Payton VanCamp. 10th Grade: Ralysia Beni-tez, Tucker Boggs, Chase Brown, Isaac Curtis, Eme-lie Heater, Collin Huffman, Trey, Isaly, Mason Ladyga, Brissa Marshall, Zoey Mill-er, Alexis Piatt, Wyatt Reyn-olds, Dakota Smith, Kyra Stewart. 11th Grade: Jerrett Ar-mann, Brandon Carpenter, Michael Dierkes, Celina Ja-kob, Jessica Karpacs, Shay-la Kuzma, Chelsea Pandzik, Pakkawan Poomuerng, Hunter Richmond, Aurora Romick.

12th Grade: Haylee Bow-ers, Monica Curtis, Windy Darrah, Wesley Lloyd, Mackenzie Marshall, Mi-kayla Newman, Zoe Rush, Javier Sanchez Caballero, Kaitlyn Thomas, Mackenzie Wade.

2nd Honors 9th Grade: Cole Brown, Zachary Talbot. 10th Grade: Bailey Cald-well, Kyndra Earley, Selena Griffon, Madison Juffman, Sara Kinsey, Chase Wichter-man. 11th Grade: Nathan Bin-ni, Charles Lawhorne, Erika Logston, Brielle Williams. 12th Grade: Aaron Yost.

River High School Honor Roll Third Nine Weeks

~ Correction ~ In the April 9 edition of the Beacon, Alexa Marley from St. Sylvester’s School should have been listed under High Honors on the honor roll for the 5th Grade, rather than Honors.

dominating pitching from Logston and Kuhn, leading the Seminoles to a victory of 3-1. Gardner had two singles and an RBI. Schumacher had a single and an RBI.

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round table talks, the stu-dents were given a tour of all ten programs at Swiss Hills Career Center. The tour guides were student leaders in each of the ca-reer tech programs at the Career Center. Each student also received a drawstring bag courtesy of H.E.L.P group (Higher Edu-cation and Learning Partner-ship group of Monroe Coun-ty) and several handouts from the tour. State law requires local boards of education to adopt a policy on career advising beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. The SOLSD ad-opted a policy in February. The Ohio Department of Ed-ucation provides model career advising policies and student success plans that districts may use to inform local plans. Career Advising is an integrat-ed process that helps students understand how their personal interests, strengths and values might predict satisfaction and success in school and relat-ed career fields, as well as how to tie these interests and strengths to their academic and career goals.

This year’s harsh winter meant several snow days for the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District’s [SOLSD] students. The dis-trict announced the finalized plan to make-up those days in a release on April 8. Thus far, SOLSD make-

up days have been complet-ed on Feb. 23 and March 23. Two more district-wide make-up days are scheduled for April 27 and May 28. Once those make-up days are completed, all schools will have the appropriate hours except for Swiss Hills

Career Center [SHCC]. Due to the school having shorter days since students must be bussed from home schools, the snow days impacted SHCC the most. Those stu-dents will have to attend four additional days: May 29, June 1, 2 and 3.

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on SR 800 South. 3 BR, 2 Bath, Ranch Home. 2 car attached

garage, 1 car detached garage, 1 out-building.

Shown by appointment.740-525-0252 or 740-934-2772

5 to 8 pm

FOR SALE - Great Location!

$190,000

Realty DoneRight LLC

www.ucrealtydoneright.com

202 East Marietta Street Woodsfield,OhioPH: 740.472.7325 FAX: 740.472.3232

Broker: Melissa Smithberger 740.213.4037 call/text

Sales Associate: Kiven Smithberger 740.213.1974 call/text

S. Main St., next to City building.

Commercial or Residential.

High Traffic Area Price Reduced to

$95,000Motivated Seller!

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P A Y I N G T O Pprices for 20 acresor more in Ohio,West Virginia, andKentucky. Call Bru-ner Land Co. PH:740-685-3064

ACREAGE AND LOTS FOR SALEl405

JEFFERSON CO:Island Creek Twp.,One left! 21 acres,$54,900. Off C.R.56 on Jewett Rd.No mineral rights.BRUNER LAN DCOMPANY, INC.(740) 630-6724 OR(740 ) 685 -8138www.brunerland.com

ROOMS FOR RENTl335F O R R E N T i nWoodsfield 2-3-4BR houses. One$650/mo. Plus de-p o s i t a n d o n e$1000/mo. plus de-p o s i t . I n c l u d e sstove and refriger-ator. Also rooms forrent $275/mo. plus$50 deposit. Call740-213-4538 or740-934-2466.

ROOMS FOR RENTl335

F O R R E N T i nWoodsfield 2-3-4BR houses. One$650/mo. Plus de-p o s i t a n d o n e$1000/mo. plus de-p o s i t . I n c l u d e sstove and refriger-ator. Also rooms forrent $275/mo. plus$50 deposit. Call740-213-4538 or740-934-2466.

HILLCRESTMANOR

Residential CareFacility

OH License No.AGH0265

Semi-Private orPrivate

Rooms AvailableBetween

8 a.m. - 5 p.m740-567-3516

HOUSE FOR RENTl320 3 BEDROOM, 1Bathroom house forrent in Woodsfield.$25,000+ renova-tion completed in2014. Flexible rent-al opt ions. NotH U D a p p r o v e d .D e t a i l s a twww.goldandbluer-entals.com.

HOUSE FOR RENTl320

3 BEDROOM, 1Bathroom house forrent in Woodsfield.$25,000+ renova-tion completed in2014. Flexible rent-al opt ions. NotH U D a p p r o v e d .D e t a i l s a twww.goldandbluer-entals.com.3 BR 2 bath. Monthto month. All utilit-ies included. Loc-ated in Woodsfield.PH: 740-472-5617 F U R N I S H E D ,

U T I L I T I E S i n -cluded. 4 BR, 2bath, $1,800. 3 BR,1 bath, full base-ment, $1,400. 2 BR,1 bath, $1,400. Allnew condition. Call740-213-4099.

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL FOR l310

RV SITE, full hook-ups, ut i l i t ies in-cluded, $500 permonth. PH: 740-213-4099

SERVICESl601 MONROE CON-STRUCTION Buck-et Truck Service,T r e e T r i m m i n g ,Roof ing , s id ing ,windows, electrical,additions and barnr e p a i r . E x p e r i -enced, reliable andinsured. Senior Cit-izen discount. Forfree estimate callGlenn Brown at740-472-0373 orTim Temesvary at740-472-5378.

AUTOMOTIVEl6101 9 9 9 C h r y s l e r300M, Very goodcondition, new fronts t r u t s a n d b a l ljoints, very goodtires, replaced tim-ing belt, serpentineb e l t , A / C c o m -p resso r , spa rk -plugs. $2,700. PH:740-213-6231

HELP WANTEDl235WE HAVE A POSI-TION FOR YOU Af i n a n c i a l l ystable,progressive,behav-ioralhealth-c a r e p r o v i d e r i sseekingemployeeswith a pas-sion forexcellenceand theability to pro-videsatisfaction in aca-reer of helping peo-p l e w i t h s p e c i a l -needs . EXCEP-TIONAL BENEFITPROGRAM. Thefollowing positionsare waiting for youto apply for: RESID-ENTIAL STAFF:Cand ida tesmus thave a highschooldiploma orGED anda current dri-ver’s li-cense. Var ietyofs h i f t savailable.(Full-time,part-timeand substi-tute posi-tions avail-able.) EOE. DAYT R E A T M E N T -STAFF: Candid-ates must have ahigh school dip-loma or GED and acurrent driver’s li-cense. Mon. -Fri.,holidays and mostweekends off.(Full-time, Part-time andsubstitute positionsavai lable) . EOE.MENTAL HEALTH-TECHNICIAN: Wet-zel County Treat-ment and SupportCenter. Candidatesmust have a highschool diploma orGED. Var iety ofsh i f ts ava i lab le .(Ful l - t ime, Par t -time, andsubstitutepositions available.)E O E . M i d - V a l l e yHealthCare, Attn.:Heather Dempe-wolf, 307 Main St.,N e wM a r t i n s v i l l e , W V26155 Ph: (304)455-1344, ext. 6226Fax: (304) 845-9977

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WE HAVE A POSI-TION FOR YOU Af i n a n c i a l l ystable,progressive,behav-ioralhealth-c a r e p r o v i d e r i sseekingemployeeswith a pas-sion forexcellenceand theability to pro-videsatisfaction in aca-reer of helping peo-p l e w i t h s p e c i a l -needs . EXCEP-TIONAL BENEFITPROGRAM. Thefollowing positionsare waiting for youto apply for: RESID-ENTIAL STAFF:Cand ida tesmus thave a highschooldiploma orGED anda current dri-ver’s li-cense. Var ietyofs h i f t savailable.(Full-time,part-timeand substi-tute posi-tions avail-able.) EOE. DAYT R E A T M E N T -STAFF: Candid-ates must have ahigh school dip-loma or GED and acurrent driver’s li-cense. Mon. -Fri.,holidays and mostweekends off.(Full-time, Part-time andsubstitute positionsavai lable) . EOE.MENTAL HEALTH-TECHNICIAN: Wet-zel County Treat-ment and SupportCenter. Candidatesmust have a highschool diploma orGED. Var iety ofsh i f ts ava i lab le .(Ful l - t ime, Par t -time, andsubstitutepositions available.)E O E . M i d - V a l l e yHealthCare, Attn.:Heather Dempe-wolf, 307 Main St.,N e wM a r t i n s v i l l e , W V26155 Ph: (304)455-1344, ext. 6226Fax: (304) 845-9977

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WE HAVE A POSI-TION FOR YOU Af i n a n c i a l l ystable,progressive,behav-ioralhealth-c a r e p r o v i d e r i sseekingemployeeswith a pas-sion forexcellenceand theability to pro-videsatisfaction in aca-reer of helping peo-p l e w i t h s p e c i a l -needs . EXCEP-TIONAL BENEFITPROGRAM. Thefollowing positionsare waiting for youto apply for: RESID-ENTIAL STAFF:Cand ida tesmus thave a highschooldiploma orGED anda current dri-ver’s li-cense. Var ietyofs h i f t savailable.(Full-time,part-timeand substi-tute posi-tions avail-able.) EOE. DAYT R E A T M E N T -STAFF: Candid-ates must have ahigh school dip-loma or GED and acurrent driver’s li-cense. Mon. -Fri.,holidays and mostweekends off.(Full-time, Part-time andsubstitute positionsavai lable) . EOE.MENTAL HEALTH-TECHNICIAN: Wet-zel County Treat-ment and SupportCenter. Candidatesmust have a highschool diploma orGED. Var iety ofsh i f ts ava i lab le .(Ful l - t ime, Par t -time, andsubstitutepositions available.)E O E . M i d - V a l l e yHealthCare, Attn.:Heather Dempe-wolf, 307 Main St.,N e wM a r t i n s v i l l e , W V26155 Ph: (304)455-1344, ext. 6226Fax: (304) 845-9977LOCAL FACTORYlooking for part timehelp. No experi-ence necessary.Applicantmust bereliable and willingto learn new skills.Interested personsshouldsend a re-sume to:AK Appar-el742 Lewisville RdWoodsfield, Ohio43793DRIVERS: SERVI-CING the NaturalGas Industry ClassA & B w/TankerEnd. No HazmatR e q . $ 1 , 3 5 0 +/week, Monthly Bo-nuses Paid OSHATraining/Orienta-t i o n M a j o rMedical/Dental/Vis-ion 888-406-9046FULL TIME Posi-tion Certified NurseA i d e H o s p i c e .W o o d s f i e l d / S t .Clairsvi l le areas.Competitive wage,benefits, EOE. MediH o m e H o s p i c eV i c k i L o h r , R NC H PN .PH: 740-699-2300Fax: 740-699-2310WHAT MAKES UsD i f fe ren t? OurPeople, Our Pas-sion and Our Pur-pose! At WoodsfieldNursing and RehabCenter you w i l lwork side by sidewith a proven teamof exceptional nurs-ing professionals.NOW HIRING FORTHE FOLLOWINGPOSITIONS:*STNA-PT/FT*LPN-PT*RN-PTPut your trust inWoodsfield and letus foster your ca-reer TODAY! Applyin person at 37930Airport Road or atw w w . e x t e n d i -careus.com/jobs.aspx EOE

OPPORTUNITIESIN New MartinsvilleCrisis StabilizationUnit Technicians WV’s premiere pro-vider of behavioralhealth services hasvarious openingsfor Crisis Unit Tech-nicians on our NewMartinsville CrisisStabilization Unit.Candidates with aminimum of a Bach-elor’s Degree in So-cial Work, Psycho-logy, Soc io logy,Special Education,or a Human Ser-vice related field,preferred, but can-didates with a GEDor high school dip-loma may be con-sidered. Day, after-noon and midnightshifts are available.Successful applic-ant will be energet-ic and determinedto p rov ide h ighquality care in afast-paced environ-ment. EOE Cuttingedge techonology.First rate benefitspackage.Please send re-sume and cover let-ter to:Mid-Valley Health-careAttn: Human Re-source DepartmentP . O . B o x 6 4 0 0W h e e l i n g , W V ,26003 Phone (304)843-7868 Fax (304)2 3 4 - 3 5 1 [email protected] l th .comwww.nor thwood-heal th .com

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OPPORTUNITIESIN New MartinsvilleCrisis StabilizationUnit Technicians WV’s premiere pro-vider of behavioralhealth services hasvarious openingsfor Crisis Unit Tech-nicians on our NewMartinsville CrisisStabilization Unit.Candidates with aminimum of a Bach-elor’s Degree in So-cial Work, Psycho-logy, Soc io logy,Special Education,or a Human Ser-vice related field,preferred, but can-didates with a GEDor high school dip-loma may be con-sidered. Day, after-noon and midnightshifts are available.Successful applic-ant will be energet-ic and determinedto p rov ide h ighquality care in afast-paced environ-ment. EOE Cuttingedge techonology.First rate benefitspackage.Please send re-sume and cover let-ter to:Mid-Valley Health-careAttn: Human Re-source DepartmentP . O . B o x 6 4 0 0W h e e l i n g , W V ,26003 Phone (304)843-7868 Fax (304)2 3 4 - 3 5 1 [email protected] l th .comwww.nor thwood-heal th .com

M O N R O ECOUNTY Care andRehabilitation Cen-ter currently hiringfor the following po-sitions: Full time, af-ternoon and call-inSTNAs. Full time,afternoon and mid-n igh t LPNs. A l lsh i f t s ava i l ab leP R N D i e t a r yaides/Cooks/Dish-washers. Apply at47045 Moore RidgeRoad, Woodsfield,Ohio, 43793. PH:7 4 0 - 4 7 2 - 0 1 4 4 .E O E .

HELP WANTEDl235

MID-VALLEY RNand LPN. A finan-cially stable, pro-gressive, behavior-al healthcare pro-vider with compu-terized documenta-tion and medical re-cords is seeking RNand LPN appl ic-a n t s i n W e t z e lCounty. A passionfor excellence anda n i n t e r e s t i nproviding cost ef-fective, quality carewithin a perform-ance-based cultureis required. EOE.Send Resume inconfidence to: Mid-Valley Treatmentand Support Cen-ter, 747 2nd Street,New Martinsvil le,WV 26155. Phone:(304) 455-1344,Ex t . 2248. Fax :(304) 845-9977.E m a i l a t :[email protected].

IMMEDIATE POSI-TION available forp a r t - t i m esecretary/reception-ist for financial ser-v i c e s f i r m i nWoodsfield. Experi-ence w i th com-puters and workingwi th Word/Excelprograms, and con-tact managementsystems required.Job would requireanswering phones,record keeping/fil-ing, and other gen-eral secretarial du-ties. Please sendresumes to: Em-ployment Opportun-ity, P.O. Box 594Woods f ie ld , OH43793.

AuctionLIKE NEW FARM

EQUIPMENT10:00 a.m.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE OF-FERED FOR AUCTION AT THE ED AND WANDA LOHR RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 42980 TRAIL RUN ROAD, NEW MAT-AMORAS, OH 45767 (State Route 800, 4 miles North of Fly and 16 miles South of Woodsfield). SIGNS POSTED:

16’ HD Utility Trailer; 24’ Trailer w/Conces-sion Stand Frame; Commercial Elec. Food Warmer; B & D Cordless Drill Combo; GMC Circular Saw; Toro Leaf Blower; Porter Ca-ble Sander; Air Chisel; Wagner Painter; New Saw Blades; Ryobi Sawszall; Old Tools; C-Clamps; Log Chains; Lg. Saw Blades; Milk Can; Hand Plow; Belting; Iron Tea Ket-tle; HD Wagon; Hand Cart; HD Cord; Pow-er Miter Saw; New 10” Miter Saw & Stand; Egg Basket; Iron Wheels; Gem Pump Top; GUNS: 12 ga. Bay State Shotgun; 12 ga. Champion Shotgun; Stevens Little Crag 22 Rifle, Bolt Action; LUMBER: New 2 x 4, 2 x 6, 2 x 8’s; Salt Treated 4 x 4 & 4 x 6; OSB Board; Plywood; Trellis; Barn Timbers; Sas-safras Mantle Boards; PVC Pipe, 2” & 4” & other Plastic Pipe; HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: 2 Dressers; Wash

Stand; Wall Telephone; Glassware; Marbles; Old Cans; Jewelry & Box; Coke Truck; Dish-es; Bird Houses; Clocks; Cookie Jars; Quak-er State Belt Buckle; Pictures; 100 Ladies Purses; Cookbooks; Rocker; Silverware; Old Good Housekeeping Sewing Machine; Board Games; Newer Gumball Machines; Old Radio; Chandelier; World Globe; Lots of Choice Boxes; Other Items.

Owners: Ed and Wanda LohrAuctioneers: Greg Christy, Kenny Big-

ley and Tim Price Licensed and Bonded for

Ohio and WV Auction Zip #12397Terms: Cash or Check with Positive I.D.Lunch Served Not Responsible for Accidents Visit our Website at wbcauctions.com April 16, 2015.

AUCTION 10:00 a.m.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE OF-FERED FOR AUCTION AT THE FARM OF SHIRLEY KNUCHEL AND THE LATE RICHARD KNUCHEL LOCATED AT 48138 STATE ROUTE 556, BEALLSVILLE, OH 43716 (6 miles East of Beallsville and 6 miles west of Clarington). SIGNS POST-ED:

NH T4.75 Tractor (95.7 hrs.) w/Cab, Air & Loader; NH TN 75A Tractor (1187 hrs.) w/M446 Bush Hog Loader; NH 75 Work Mas-ter Tractor (114 hrs.); Kubota L4600 Tractor (83 hrs.) & Loader; 20’ Alum. Stock Trailer; New, never used Kuhn 600 GMD Mower; 3000 Ford Tractor; JD MX10, 10’ Bush Hog, like new; 3008, 8’ Pull-type Bush Hog; Ver-meer 504 Series L Baler; NH 311 Baler; NH 135 Manure Spreader; New Kuhn Speed SR110 Rake; PJ Tandem Axle Trailer, like new; Kuhn Tedder GF 5001, JF SB 2400 MK2 Disc Mower; HD 10, 3 pt. Shaver Post Driver; 3 pt. Baltic Spreader; Bush Hog 201 Bale Spear; Pallet Forks; 3 pt. Spear; 3 pt. Blade; JD 6’ Pull-type Bush Hog; Gallagh-er 200 Livestock Scales; Rolls of Woven Wire; Powder River Cattle Chute w/Head Gate; Water Tanks; Sev. Feeders; Bale Rings; Farm Wagons; 100 Square Bales of Hay; Hay Elevator; 2-Bottom Plow; 3 pt. Post Hole Digger; Barb Wire, approx. 33 rolls; Brock Grain Bin, like new; LT12 Ford Riding Mower; 2 x 4 Lumber; Building Jack; Chain Hoist; Grain Cradle; Shovel Plow; Craftsman Air Compressor; Old Anvil; Lot of Hand Tools; Bench Grinder; Lot of Bolts; Napa Battery Charger; Chain Saws; Pulleys; Straps; Beam Scales; Gates; Treated Lum-ber; Meat Saw; Other Items.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: This equipment is in new condition. See website for pic-tures. Bank Letter required if removing large equipment day of Sale. Owner: Shirley KnuchelAuctioneers: Greg Christy, Kenny Big-

ley and Tim Price Licensed and Bonded for

Ohio and WV Auction Zip #12397Terms: Cash or Check with Positive

I.D.Lunch Served Not Responsible for Accidents Visit our Website at wbcauctions.com April 16, 30

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Carol Goff, 740-819-2301 Premier Agent Specialties: ~Buyers Agent ~ Listing Agent, Relocation, ForeclosureA Kentucky Native, Carol Goff has been a li-censed realtor for the past 15 years starting with the main office in Zanesville and expanding to several counties in S. E. Ohio (mostly where she has strong ties to her oil & gas background). Car-ol ran her family oil & gas company in Cambridge from 1980-1996. J.L. Coats Drilling & Trucking was the largest privately owned drilling compa-ny in Ohio operating 10 rotary rigs in 4 states. After selling the equipment in 1996, Carol began to develop subdivisions, including Cobblepond in Zanesville, which boasts executive style homes and a boarding stable for horses. Carol also has acted as General Contractor for many of the homes in her developments.

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David L. Shreve, Broker

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R A R E O P P O R -TUNITY in NewMartinsville CrisisStabilization UnitC a s e M a n a g e r .WV’s premiere pro-vider of behavioralhealth services hasa rare opportunityfor an individualwith a minimum of aBachelor’s Degreein Soc ia l Work ,Psychology, Soci-ology, Special Edu-cation, or a HumanServ i ce re l a tedfield. Successfulapplicant will be en-ergetic and determ-ined to provide highquality care in afast-paced environ-ment. EOE.• Cutting edge tech-nology.• First rate benefitspackagePlease send re-sume and cover let-ter to Mid-ValleyHealthcare, Attn:Human ResourceDepartment, 7472nd Street, NewMart insvi l le, WV26155. Phone (304)4 5 5 - 3 6 2 2 , E x t .2248. Fax (304)4 5 5 - 1 0 3 6 [email protected] thwood-heal th .com.

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WORK WANTEDl275C A R P E N T R YWORK - Wil l doany type carpentrywork. Building, roofr e p a i r s , s i d i n g ,decks, pole barns,painting or just plainodd jobs. Inside orOutside. Reason-able rates and freeestimates. Insured.Davis ConstructionRon Davis 740-472-1920.

WORK WANTEDl275

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FARM SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENTl535

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PETS AND SUPPLIESl583

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GARAGE SALES/YARD SALESl555

YARD SALEApril 17, 8 a.m. - 3p.m.4 5 1 9 4 S R 8 0 0S o u t hFrom Woodsfieldsquare take SR 800South 1.2 miles.Cei l ing l igh ts &fans, carpet rem-nant, toys and Misc.

ROOFING/GUTTERS/SIDINGl710

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Representatives from EdgeMarc Energy donated $2,500 to the Monroe County Board of De-velopment Disabilities on April 2. Pictured at the M.A.C.O. Workshop, front row, from left, are: Matthew Seymour, Misty Morrison, Callum Streeter (EdgeMarc Energy), Amanda Kopach (EdgeMarc Energy), Michael Kanzigg, Superintendent Helen Ring and Commissioner Mick Schumacher. Back row, from left, are: Dan Lollathin, Commissioner Carl Davis, Kevin Kraft and Commissioner Tim Price. Photo by Darin Brown

EdgeMarc Donates $2,500 to Monroe County Board of DD, Tours FacilitiesDarin Brown,General Manager Often times, when a com-pany donates to what it thinks is a worthwhile project, repre-sentatives don’t get to meet the people who will benefit from the donation. However, after donating to the Monroe County Board of Development Disabil-ities [MCBDD] for use at the Monroe Achievement Center and M.A.C.O. Workshop, Edge-

Marc Energy sent representa-tives on April 2 to see firsthand how things at the facility oper-ate and who will benefit from the $2,500 donation. Attending a tour at Mon-roe Achievement Center and M.A.C.O. Workshop were Callum Streeter, Drilling and Completions Director and An-drea Kopach, PR/Community Outreach of EdgeMarc Energy. Also attending was Jackie Stew-

art, Director, Strategic Commu-nication with FTI Consulting; all three Monroe County com-missioners; and Helen Ring, Su-perintendent of MCBDD. During the tour, the group visited classrooms in the Mon-roe Achievement Center. They also viewed first-hand the type of work that is completed in the M.A.C.O. Workshop.

See EdgeMarc, Pg. 12

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MONROE COUNTY, OHIO

Francis Block,Case No: 2014438

Plaintiff,Judge Julie Selmon .

F.. Staudt, et al, Defendants: NOTICE BY

PUBLICATION To F. Staudt, a.. Fran-cis J. (Stout) Staudt or Frank J. Staudt, M.. Staudt, a.. Mary M. Stout or Mary Otilla Yunkes Staudt, John W. A. Staudt, Nicholas Theodore Staudt, Ben-jamin Francis Frank” Staudt, Raymond Zeno Staudt, Rose Ann, a.., Mary Rose Staudt, El-mer Roman Staudt, Mary Josephine Staudt, a.. Mary Haren or Mary Herbst, Gustavius Aloy-lusis Staudt, Clemens Leo Staudt, Eulalia J. Haren, a.., Eulalia Ida UlaStaudt, Mary B. Staudt, Rega P. Staudt, a.. Pearl R. Staudt, F. Thurman Staudt, a.. Thurman Francis Staudt, A. Raymond Staudt, a.. Albert R. Staudt, Richard M. Staudt, J. Edward Staudt, a.. Ed-ward J. Staudt, Donald A. Staudt, Victor Paul Staudt, John Thomas Staudt, Kathryn Marie Schaub, a.. Kathryn Staudt, Betty M. Staudt, a.. Elizabeth Mae Staudt or Betty Long, Dorothy F. Staudt, a.. Dorothy M. Staudt, or Doro-thy Smith, Peggy Ann Staudt, a.. Peggy Kel-ly, Lawrence A. Smith, Michael Smith, Larry Smith, Jackie Smith Ward, James Royce Kelly, Jerald Daniels, Jim Hogan, Alexandra Margaret McIntyre, a.. Alexandra Staudt, Mary Lenore Staudt, a.. Mary Lenore Kilbane, Michael Ray Kilbane, Beatrice Rose Staudt, a.. Be-atrice Rose Halter, Rich-ard John Staudt, John L. Staudt, Mary Lou Has-sner, a.. Mary Staudt, Barbara Ann Busch, a.. Barbara Staudt, John William Staudt, Ger-ald W. Staudt, Ruth G. Staudt, a.. Ruth Hisson, Mary Francis Riser, a.. Mary Staudt, Mary C. Staudt, a.. Mary Good-enberger, Ralph A. Staudt, Benjamin G. Staudt, a.. Grover B. Staudt, Laura C. Reis-beck, a.. Laura Staudt, Kathryn L. Staudt, David T. Staudt, Ar-thur P. Staudt, Robert C. Staudt, Thomas A. Staudt, Elizabeth C. Staudt, a.. Elizabeth M. Gundling, Ambrose W. Staudt, Raymond . J. Staudt, Francis J. Staudt, Mary Cather-ine Staudt, Elizabeth C. Staudt, Warren Staudt, Evan J. Staudt, Judith Gay Staudt, Pauline Wade Hegewald, a.. Pauline Staudt, Pearl R. Staudt, a.. Pearl Beazel, Elmer Roman Staudt, ., Palmeta R. Staudt, a.. Palmeta Lindsey, Charles E. Staudt, James Joseph Staudt, Elizabeth W. Staudt, Cynthia Staudt, John Lindsey, Hazel El-oise Stevens a.. Hazel Staudt, Carol Staudt, a.. Carol Steele, Scott Steele, Betty A. An-ders, a.. Elizabeth N. Staudt, Edward C. Ha-ren (Hasen), Raymond

Francis Haren, Edward A. Haren (Hasen, a... Ar-thur E. Haren, Raymond J. Haren, Cecil Mae Gamble, a.. Cecil Ha-ren, Matilda B. Haren, Dorothy M. Haren, a.. Dorothy Schmitt, Kath-leen A. Haren, a.. Kath-leen Aaron, Marilyn W. Haren, a.. Marilyn Ro-urke, Earl Andrew Aar-on, Sylvester P. Herbst, Bernadette J. Herbst, a.. Bernadette Gillen, Mary Eleanor Herbst, a.. Mary Barnhart, John Gillen, Karen Barnhart, a.. Karen Gross, John R. Barnhart, Emma Jane Staudt, a.. Emma Reich, Harold A. Staudt, Walter Staudt, Ever-ett Leo Staudt, Monica Mary Staudt, a.. Monica Kingsbury, Dorothy M. Staudt, Leonard Kro-ll, Barbara Jorgensen, Don Jorgensen, Han-na Staudt, Charles W. Staudt, Mary J. Staudt a.. Mary J. Lenhart, Naomi Eileen Con-way, a.. Naomi Staudt, Rosemary D. Staudt. a... Rosemary Cannon, Michael J. Cannon, Richard J. Valladao, Gordon H. Kingsbury, Emma Edna King, a.. Emma Staudt, Sidney William Staudt, a.. Wil-liam S. Staudt, Marjorie Ann Staudt, a.. Marjo-rie Scheurer, Theodore Nicholas Staudt, Bene-dict Augustine Staudt, Virginia Catherine Staudt, a.. Virginia Dade or Virginia Whitcomb, Clemens Leo Staudt, Jr., Leo Vincent Scheurer, Sylvest George Dade, Elizabeth Dade, Eileen Wade, a.. Eileen Staudt, S. J. Haren, a.., Sylves-ter P. Haren, Alice Eula-lia Haren a.. Alice Maur-er, Earl Jerome Haren, Mildred Mary Haren, a.. Mildred Eicher, Paul Phillip Maurer, Margaret A. Maurer, Jane Matilda Brahler, a.. Jane Maur-er, Beatrice Ann Cuddy, Linda Garrett, a.. Linda Maurer, Rita Galinis, a.. Rita Maurer, Thelma Hensel, a.. Thelma Har-en, Carl H. Haren, Jean L. Haren, Valentine J. Eicher, Valentine J. Eicher, II, Emma C. Ha-ren, a.. Anna C. Haren, Sylvester Burger Haren, Michael Schario Haren, Richard Haag Haren, Bernard Steinmetz Har-en, Louise S. Obrovac, a.. Louise Haren, Marie Haren, Pauline Marie Frank, a.. Pauline Ha-ren, James H. Haren, Judith A. Haren, Irene Panchan, a.. Irene Har-en, Bernard Paul Haren, and Mary E. House-holder, a.. Mary Haren, a.. Anne Westlake and their unknown heirs, de-visees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin and assigns. You are hereby noti-fied that you have been named a Defendant in a legal action enti-tled Francis Block v. F.. Staudt, his unknown, heirs, devisees, exec-utors, administrators, relicts, next of kin and assigns, et al. This ac-tion has been assigned Case No. 2014-438, andis pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Woods-field, Ohio, before the Honorable Judge Julie R. Selmon. The object of the Complaint is to quiet ti-

tle and extinguish the Defendants’ oil and gas rights in the following described real estate :First Tract Situated in the County of Monroe, in the State of Ohio, and in the Township of Mal-aga and bounded and described as follows: Being part of the West half of the SW 1/4 of Sections 10, Township , Range 6, beginning for the same at a stone 17 chains North of the SE corner of said half quar-ter section; thence North West ,81 chains to the center of road; thence North with center of road .03 chains to the line of formerly Ketterer, now Burkhart land; thence East with said Ketter-er, now Burkhart land South 89% .21 chains to a stone on the West side of a burying ground; thence South 2° West 8 chains to place of begin-ning, containing 6 acres, 3 rods and 5 perches.Except the part taken off of the NE corner for the Woodsfield and Miltons-burg Road and a small triangle North of road sold to C.C. Smith. Second Tract Situated in the Coun-ty of Monroe, in the State of Ohio and in the Township of Malaga and bounded and described as follows: Being in Section 10, Township , Range 6, it being the SE part of the SW , beginning at the quarter corner be-tween Sections 9 and 10; thence North 85 1/4 degrees West 20.18 ch, to the SW corner of the East half of the SW ; thence North 4 12° East .47 ch. to the NE corner of the cemetery; thence North 85 12° West .35 ch. to the country road; North 23° West 90 ch. North 6 12° West .28 ch.thence South 85 14° East .3 ch. to the West line of the East half of the SW ; thence north 4 12° East 10.96 ch, to the SW corner of a cemetery; thence South 85 14° East 77 ch.; thence North 4 12° East 92 ch.thence North 85 14° West 77 ch.thence North 4 12° East .81 ch, to an elm; thence North 61° East 14.25 ch. to a stone; thence North 4 12° East 3.7 ch, to quar-ter line; thence South 84 14° East .75 ch. to cen-ter of Section 10; thence South 4 12° West 40.75 ch, to the place of begin-ning, containing 77.20 acres. Excepting and reserv-ing from the abovede-scribed premises the following, towit: Tract 1, Situated in the NE corner NE 1/4 SW 4, Section 10, Town-ship , Range 6, and be-ginning at a 12° W.O. tree on the South edge of Ed Wahl line South 48 West 13 feet to a 24 beech tree at top of run bank; thence South 84° 05° West 252.44 feet to an old rotting stump; thence North 44 West 162.19 feet to a 15° W.., in South edge of road; thence North 25 East 151 feet to a point in center of road; thence South 85° 55 East 113.4 feet to beginning, con-taining .86 acre, Tract 2. Situated in the NE 1/4 and the SE

1/4 of the SW , Section 10, Township , Range 6, and beginning for the same at a point in the line dividing the E 4 of the SW 4 of Section 10, which is 1980 feet North of the SW corner of E 1/2 SW 4 Section 10; thence North 66 degrees 08’ East 394.3 feet to an iron pin in fence, two fence panels West of an elm tree; thence South 302 West 792 feet to a stake; thence South 10° 10 West 238.6 feet to an iron pin at an old post; thence North 60° 25° West 236.63 feet to an iron pin; thence North 46° 11° East 179.21 feet with fence on West side of yard to center of County Road 2; thence with said road North 53° 44 West 371 feet; thence North 20 East 402.84 feet to begin-ning containing .4 acres. Excepting .05 acres in Block Cemetery; leaving .35 acres. Tract 3. Excepting 1 acre, more or less, con-veyed to Robert P. Block and Margaret Block by deed dated November 25, 1974, and recorded in Volume 167, Page 407, Monroe County Deed Records. You are hereby re-quired to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last pub-lication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on May 21, 2015, and the 28 days for an answer by you will commence on that date. You must file an answer to the Complaint with the Clerk of the Monroe County Common Pleas Court, Monroe County Courthouse, 101 North Main Street, Woods-field, Ohio 43793, and serve a copy on DanielP. Corcoran, THEISEN BROCK, a legal profes-sional association, 424 Second Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750. In the case of your failure to answer or oth-erwise respond as re-quired by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judg-ment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Beth Ann Rose Beth Ann Rose,

Clerk of theMonroe County

Common Pleas CourtSubmitted by:

Daniel P. Corcoran (0.083512) THEISEN BROCK, a legal pro-

fessionalassociation 424

Second Street Mar-ietta, Ohio 45750 Telephone: (740)

3735455 Telecopier: (740) 37344 09 corcor-

ansàtheisenbrock.com Counsel for

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MONROE COUNTY, OHIO

Plaintiffs,Case No. 2015-122. VS

W.. MALLORY, et al, Defendants.NOTICE BY

PUBLICATIONW.. MALLORY, his un-known heirs, devisees, executors, adminis-

trators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; WILLIAM C. MALLORY, his unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; HAZEL COMER, , her unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; GUY H. MALLORY, his unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; KENNETH. S. MALLO-RY, his unknown heirs,devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; LORI STALDER, her unknown heirs, de-visees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; WILLIAM GUY MALLO-RY, his unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; DAVID S. MALLO-RY, his unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; JAMES P. COMER, his unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; MARSHA BRADLEY, her unknown heirs, de-visees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; MARY ANN FRENCH, her unknown heirs, de-visees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; PATRICK COMER, hisunknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; THOMAS H., MALLO-RY, his unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; SUSAN SLOAN, her unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; ROBERT JOSEPH COMER, his unknown heirs, devisees, exec-utors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; JOHN FRANCIS COMER, his unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; KATHRYN ANN COM-ER, her unknown heirs, devisees, executors,

administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; WILLIAM COMER, his unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; ROBERT P. COMER, his unknown heirs, de-visees, executors, ad-ministrators, reiels next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; SARAH FRANCIS FIERBAUGH COMER, her unknown heirs, de-visees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; WILLIAM H. MALLORY, JR., his unknown heirs, devisees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; and DONNA MAE MAR-TIN, her unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs; you are hereby no-tified that you have been named as Defendants in a legal action entitled Ernest E. Kocher, et al, Plaintiffs, vs. Kenneth S. Mallory, et al, Defen-dants. This action has been assigned Case Number 2015-and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Mon-roe Cony Ohio, Cald-well, Ohio 43724. The object of the complaint is to quiet ti-tle and extinguish the Defendantsoil and gas rights in the following described real estate:Situated in the Town-ship of Salem, County of Monroe, State of Ohio, and known as and also bounded and described as follows: Being part of Sec. 25, Township 3, of Range 3 beginning for the same at the Southeast corner of Section 25, Township 3 of Range 3; thence with the Section line 10 degrees East 28 1/2 rods to the middle of Sun Fish Creek, thence up said creek West 67 degrees West 28 rods; thence North 14 de-grees West 39 rods, thence West 32 degrees West 18 rods, thence West 83 degrees West 42 1/2 rods; thence North 45 degrees West 6 rods to formerly C. Atkinson land; thence N 13 degrees East 19 2/0 rods to a large Elm; thence West 861/2 degrees North 34 1/2 rods; thence South 19 degrees East 41 6/10 rods, thence South 13 degrees West 86 rods to a point in the middle of Sun Fish Creek at the Section and Township line adjoining the lands of Baldwin thence West with the Section Line 134 4/10 rods to the place of the beginning, contain-ing sixty-five acres and 2 1/2 perches more or less. And being the farm purchased from Charles H. Booth by deed dated May 24, 1866 and re-corded in Vol. 23 at pag-es 48 and 49, and the same land conveyed to W.. Mallory by Susan C.

Miller by her deed dat-ed December 27, 1895, and recorded in Vol. 53 at pages 518, 519, and 520 of the deed records of Monroe County, Ohio. You are hereby re-quired to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the lastpublication of this notice which will be published once weekly for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on /4 7 2 . and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date.In 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 Com-plaint.

Beth Ann RoseCLERK OF COURTS

Court of Common Pleas

Noble County, OhioRyan M. Regel Attorneys for

Plaintiffs Yoss Law Office 122 North Main

Street Woodsfield, Ohio 43793 Telephone

(740) 472-0707April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NOTICE Malaga Township Trustees are accepting bids for mowing and trimming of the Town-ship Cemeteries and the Township Building lot. Interested individu-als must be 18 years of age and will be required to furnish all necessary equipment and fuel for the period beginning in May 2015 through Oc-tober 2015. Bids will be accepted until position is filled. Mail bids to Robin Christman, Fiscal Of-ficer, 52844 Bush Rd., Jerusalem, OH 43747. Malaga Township Trust-ees reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

Robin ChristmanFiscal Officer

Malaga TownshipApril 16, 23, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Six students from Switzer-land of Ohio Local School District’s three high schools attended the 2015 South-eastern Ohio Annual Re-gional Scholars Leadership

Conference in Logan, OH, at the Akita Camp on April 7 and 8. The students were joined by 75 other students from various school districts in Southeastern Ohio.

Students worked in groups during the two-day educa-tional event to build their leadership and communica-tion skills. Students from the district were chosen to at-

tend the conference because they have been identified as Talented and Gifted students and are among the top aca-demically in their classes.

SOLSD Students Attend Regional Scholars Attending the Conference were, from left, Ben Riley, RHS; Tyler Alleman, RHS; Dustin Graham, MCHS; Kyle Carpenter, BHS; Jaren LeMasters, MCHS; and Kylie Milhoan, MCHS. Photo Submitted

Principal’s List Seniors: Brandon David-son, Alexandra Froehlich, Aaron Kerner. Juniors: Mallory Christ-man, Paige Hayes. Sophomores: Ashley Brown, Brittany Butler, Bri-anna Leach, Abigail Whar-ton, Mikayla Willis. Freshmen: Winnie Haney, Baylie MacMillan, Sarah Powell, Abigail Starr.

Honor Roll Seniors: Sharon Black-stone, Layna Broomhall, Ste-ven Christie, Canarissa Cline, Kiersten Cummings, Mi-chaela George, Jordan Harg-er, Paige Huntsman, Alexis Moore, Shaela Paboucek, Mi-randa Plumly, Shasta Roberts, Lauren Robinson, Laura Rog-ers, Emily Sleeth, Michaela Stephens and Collin Wilson. Juniors: Tyler Blackstone, Joseph Burkhart, Samantha Burkhart, Jacob Carpenter, Logan Castello, Karleigh Clouse, Emma Dingus, Kay-la Erickson, Sarah Faldows-ki, Nichole Farson, Morgan Guthrie, Damon Howiler, Katie Jackson, Jacob Keiser,

Kayla Kerner, Shayla Mar-kovich, Cheyenne Mayhugh, Kevin Milhoan, Raenah Norris, Chevy Pavell, Bailey Ramsay, Mariah Riley, Lo-gan Schultz, Riley Schultz, Corey Seneff, Alexis Starr, Colten Strauss, Caitlyn Too-hey, Claire Wells, Richard Wilcox. Sophomores: Sydney Baum, Ciara Bauman, Kevin Bennett, Brianna Bohandy, Raegan Boyd, Bailey Burkhart, Matthew Burkhart, Emily Carpen-ter, Nathan Clark, Devin Clouse, Courtney Davidson, Makayla Flood, Dillon Free-man, Seth Gordon, Lauren Hanes, Darren Lusk, Alex-is McLeod, Sara Reynard, Jenneva Steward, and Cody Wolford. Freshmen: Ashtin Austin, Abigail Briddell, Hannah Burkhart, Stephanie Chris-tie, Jacob Clift, Ivy Fader, Joanna Gallagher, Briar Hannahs, Ashley Nelson, Braydon Reynolds, Megan Riley, Taylor Szabo, Sam-uel Wehr, Davey Wells and Parker Wright.

Barnesville High School Honor Roll Third Nine Weeks

PRACTICE DEMOCRACY.READ YOUR

LEGAL NOTICES

The reason publication of legal notices is re-quired in newspapers is YOU, the citizen. In a Democracy, the gov-ernment is required to inform you of the pub-lic business, because you and your neighbors are the basis for gov-ernment. These notices provide essential infor-mation about all local government entities, in-cluding schools, cities, villages and counties. A democracy is a system of checks and balances. Your right to know and be informed is a check on government. Public notices shed light on the actions of all govern-mental bodies, but it’s up to you, the citizen, to read them and ob-tain more information if necessary about the actions that impact you.

THEY’RE CRUCIAL TO

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In the second game, the Lady Seminoles were shut out 3-0. Williams had three singles in the loss. Majors and Logston each had two singles. In track action, the boys’

team lost to Toronto at an Ohio Valley Track League meet on April 6. Winning in-dividual events were Craig (200M) and Dick (Long Jump).

The girls team defeated Toronto in the same track meet. Winning individual events were: Hayes (200M and 400M), Craig (800M), Lucio (1,600M), Gauding

(100 M HH), Dierkes (High Jump), Ball (Long Jump) and Dalrymple (Discus). The team also won in the 4X100, 4X200, 4X400 and 4X800.

MCHS Sports From Pg. 7


MONROE COUNTY, OHIO BARBARA ANN

HAMILTON, PLAINTIFF V. JAMES

W. YOHO AND ROSEMARY YOHO ET

AL., DEFENDANTS CASE NO 2014-242

JUDGE JULIE SELMON NOTICE BY

PUBLICATION To the following per-sons, whose last known addresses are listed below: Blanche Whit-lock, 360 Main Street, Standarsville, VA 22973; Rose M Rice aka Rice Enterprises, 104 Wood Terrace Road, Woods-field, OH 43793; and Brandon L. Foehren-bach, 8456 Legion Rd., Denton, MD 21629; you are hereby notified that you have been named defendant in a legal action entitled Barbara Ann Hamilton, Plaintiff vs. James W. Yoho and Rosemary Yoho, et al., Defendants, Case No. 2014-242. This action is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, 101 N. Main Street, Room 33, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793. The object of the com-plaint is to quiet title for Barbara Ann Hamilton for 40 acres of real es-tate in the Township of Center, Monroe County, Ohio (“the Property”), which is more particu-larly described in the Warranty Deed dated November 8, 1911 and recorded in Volume 77, Page 365 in the Monroe County Recorder’s Of-fice. More specifically, the Property is located at the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 12 Township 5, of Range 6, containing 40 acres, more or less. The prayer of relief sought is to quiet title for the Property in Barbara Ann Hamilton’s name, eliminating any other rights or interests in the land held by any other individual or party. You are 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 publi-cation will be made on April 16, 2015 and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgement by default will be ren-dered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Beth Ann RoseClerk of CourtsMonroe County

Common Pleas CourtMarch 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


MONROE COUNTY, OHIO KENNETH

HEIRENDT, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, V. JOHN

F. BURTON, HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS,

DEVISEES, EXECUTORS,

ADMINISTRATORS, RELICTS, NEXT OF KIN AND ASSIGNS,

ET AL., DEFENDANTS CASE NO. 2015-082

JUDGE JULIE SELMON NOTICE BY

PUBLICATION To: John F. Burton, and his unknown heirs,

devisees, executors, ad-ministrators, relicts, next of kin and assigns. You are hereby noti-fied that you have been named a Defendant in a legal action entitled Kenneth Heirendt, et al. v. John F. Burton, his unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin and assigns, et al., This action has been as-signed Case No. 2015-082 and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe Coun-ty, Woodsfield, Ohio, before the Honorable Judge Julie R. Selmon. The object of the Complaint is to quiet ti-tle and extinguish John F. Burton, his unknown, heirs, devisees, exec-utors, administrators, relicts, next of kin and assigns, oil and gas royalty rights in and to a portion of the following described real estate: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Monroe, Township of Lee, being part in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of and part in the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 22, Range 4 West, Township 2 North, of “The Old Sev-en Ranges Survey”, and being bounded and de-scribed as follows: Be-ginning at a 5/8” iron pin found capped “E.R.D.” at the center of Section 22 (Note: Reference bearing on the south line of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 22 used as North 89 44’14” West); Thence, from said Point of Beginning and running with the south line of the northwest quarter of Section 22, North 89 23’34” West a distance of 1,301.02 feet to an 18” red elm at the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 22; Thence, with the west line of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 22, North 01 06’46” East a distance of 1,276.29 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Sims 6926 “ at the southwest corner of a 10.621 acres tract as conveyed to Timothy L. Cain by Official Records Volume 72, Page 856 of the Monroe County Re-corder’s Office; Thence, with the south line of said Cain tract and the exten-sion thereof, South 88 24’56” East a distance of 2,619.47 feet to a point in the centerline of County Road No. 10 (Benwood Road), be-ing in the east line of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 22, passing through a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Sims 6926” at a distance of plus 637.54 feet and passing through two iron pins set at distances of plus 2,479.47 feet and plus 2,579.47 feet, re-spectively; Thence, with said quarter-quarter section line, North 01 58’03” East a distance of 29.99 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Claus 6456” on the north side of County Road No. 10, being in the west line of 28.53 acres tract as con-veyed to Larry Bayes by Official Records Volume 153, Page 463 of the Monroe County Record-er’s Office;

Thence, with the west line of said Bayes tract, South 21 38’16” East a distance of 184.90 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Claus 6456” in or near Coun-ty Road No. 10, being the northwest corner of a 11.010 acres tract as conveyed to Ronald and Betty Redman by Offi-cial Records Volume 83, Page 103 of the Monroe County Recorder’s Of-fice; Thence, with the west line of said Redman and running along or near the centerline of County Road No. 10, the follow-ing four courses: 1. South 15 46’21” East a distance of 168.00 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Claus 6456”; 2. thence South 13 01’39” West a distance of 180.00 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Claus 6456”; 3. thence South 23 18’39” West a distance of 249.20 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Claus 6456” in the west line of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 22; 4. thence, with said quarter-quarter section line, South 01 58’03” West a distance of 52.37 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found capped “Claus 6456” in the centerline of County Road No. 10; thence, leaving the quarter-quarter section line and running with the centerline of County Road No. 10, the follow-ing eight courses; 1. thence South 14 46’01” East a distance of 222.12 feet to a point; 2. thence South 19 22’28” East a dis-tance of 44.85 feet to a point; 3. thence South 36 53’08” East a distance of 43.46 feet to a point; 4. thence South 53 52’46” East a distance of 40.57 feet to a point; 5. thence South 59 25’27” East a distance of 173.43 feet to a point; 6. thence South 69 07’54” East a distance of 32.90 feet to a point; 7. thence South 89 25’26” East a distance of 35.41 feet to a point in the centerline intersec-tion with County Road No. 89; 8. thence North 68 58’44” East a distance of 15.79 feet to a point in the west line of 6.169 acres tract as conveyed to Stephen Hostetler by Official Records Volume 154, Page 783 of the Monroe County Record-er’s Office; thence, with the west line of said Hostetler tract, the following two courses: 1. South 41 13’39” West a distance of 42.05 feet to a 5/8” iron pin found uncapped, passing over the cen-terline of County Road No.89 at a distance of plus 20.80 feet; 2. thence South 04 59’20” West a distance of 22.89 feet to an iron pin set in the south line of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 22; thence, leaving the road and running with said quarter-section line, North 89 44’14” West a distance of 1,647.07 feet to the Point of Beginning, passing through an iron pin set at the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast

quarter of Section 22 at a distance of plus 346.77 feet; Containing 77.504 acres, more or less. Subject to all legal right-of-ways, ease-ments, restrictions, res-ervations, and zoning regulations of record. Subject to the right-of-way of County Road No. 10. Subject to the right-of-way of County Road No. 89. Subject to the 100-year Flood Plain restric-tions, if applicable. All iron pins set are 5/8” x 30” re bar capped and labeled “Bieden-bach PS 7881”. The bearings in this descrip-tion are for angle cal-culations only and are based on the south line of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 22 used as an assumed bearing of North 89 44’14” West. A plat of the above-de-scribed survey has been submitted for file at the County Engineer’s Of-fice. The above description prepared by Gregory A. Biedenbach, Ohio Reg-istered Surveyor No. 7881, based on infor-mation obtained from an actual field survey of Au-gust 09, 2010. Said sur-vey being subject to any facts that may be dis-closed in a full and accu-rate title search. Prior Deed: Official Records Volume 179, Page 691. You are hereby re-quired to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last pub-lication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on April 23, 2015, and the 28 days for an answer by you will commence on that date. You must file an answer to the Complaint with the Clerk of the Monroe County Common Pleas Court, Monroe County Courthouse, 101 North Main Street, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793, and serve a copy on Kristopher O. Justice, Theisen Brock, a legal professional as-sociation, 424 Secrond Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750. In the case of your failure to answer or oth-erwise respond as re-quired by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judg-ment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Beth Ann RoseClerk of the Monroe

County Common Pleas Court

James S. Huggins (0003320)

Daniel P. Corcoran (0083512)

Kristopher O. Justice (0082182) Theisen

Brock, a legal profes-sional association 424 Second Street

Marietta, Ohio 45750. Phone: 740-373-5455

Fax: 740-373-4409 Counsel for

PlaintiffsMarch 19, 26, April 2,

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NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

To Dorothy Burkhart, last address unknown, Ralph McMahon, last address unknown, Jan-ice Powell, last address unknown, Thelma We-ber, last address un-known, Wilma Grace

Lyons, last address unknown, Doris Green, last address unknown, Kathy Bell, previously residing at 44734 W. Copline, Beallsville, OH 43716, Pauline Dia-mond, previously resid-ing at 4598 Sandy Lane, Columbus, OH, 43224, and Alvera Correll, last address unknown, along with their respective un-known heirs, devisees, executors, adminis-trators, relicts, next of kin and assigns, if any, whose identities and ad-dresses are unknown; you are hereby notified that you have been named as a defendant in a legal action entitled Mark E. Headley, et al. v. George Ackerman, et al. This action has been assigned case number CVH-2014-086 and is pending before Judge Julie R. Selmon in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Ohio at 101 North Main Street, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793. The object of Plain-tiffs’ complaint is to ob-tain a court declaration that the reservation con-tains in certain deeds re-corded at Monroe Coun-ty Deed Record Volume 92, Page 326 and Vol-ume 93, Page 93, are no longer valid or legally binding and do not en-cumber any oil and gas rights to the properties identified in the deeds and to quiet title to the oil, gas, mineral rights and royalties in and un-derlying the property in Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs fur-ther seek a declaration that the order of sale recorded at Monroe County Court Records Volume 47, Page 355, is a nullity. You are required to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for six suscces-sive weeks. The last publication will be made May 7, 2015 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 stated, judgement will be en-tered granting the relief requested in the Com-plaint. Critchfield, Critchfield

and Johnston, LTD.David J. Wigham (S. Ct. #0059673)

Clinton Bailey (S. Ct #0082748)

Andrew P. Lycans (S. Ct. #0077230)

J. Benjamin Fraifogl (S. Ct. #0082748) 225 North Market

Street, P.O. Box 599 Wooster, Ohio 44691 Tel: (330) 264-4444 Fax: (330) 263-9278 Email wigham@ccj.

com; [email protected]; [email protected]; frai-

[email protected] Attorneys for

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PUBLIC NOTICE Benton Township is accepting bids for the following: One ton dump truck with snowplow package and roll gate spreader; cab and chassis 4 x 4, 141” wheelbase, 60” cab to axle, 40/20/40 stereo with clock, 6.2L V-8 gasoline engine, 6-speed automatic transmission, 6LT245

black sidewall all terrain 17” tires with jack, 3.73 ratio regular rear axle, 14,000 lb. gross vehicle weight rating, snowplow preparation package, matching spare tire & wheel w/tire tools, trailer towing package, up fitter switches, 40 gallon aft of axle fuel tank, service, freight, dealer prepara-tion, full tank of fuel, 30 day temporary tag, title. Dump bed to be Galion model 100U-SD-9. This unit will have a central hydraulic sys-tem. Bids will be accept-ed until May 7, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. Bids will be opened at this time. Township has the right to accept or refuse any and all bids.

Benton TownshipPolly S. KinseyFiscal Officer

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Notice of Abandonment

(O.R.C. 5301.56) Notice to: Geo. T. Caldwell, Virginia I. Caldwell, Jerd V. Shook, aka Jared Shook, Mrs. R.M. Rush, aka Pearl S. Rush, aka Pearl Shook, James Shook, Cora B. Hubbard, Calvin O. Shook, Sarah J. Price, aka Sarah J. Walter, Jerb B. Shook Jr., aka Jerd Shook Jr., Walter E. Shook, Ray Shook, Grover C. Shook, aka G.C. Shook, Earl T. Shook, Margaret Dye, Muriel Shook, Leona R. Shook Safreed, Glad-ys Vogus, and Bessie Shook, their unknown heirs, devisees, succes-sors, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, You are hereby notified that you are or may be the record interest hold-er of a severed mineral interest as described hereafter: Surface property sit-uated in the State of Ohio, County of Monroe, Township of Jackson, and being part of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and part of the southeast quarter and the north-west quarter of Sec-tion 28, Range 4 West, Township 2 North, con-taining 73.577 acres, and more particularly described in Volume 285, Page 245 of the Of-ficial Records of Monroe County. A severed oil and gas mineral interest was re-served by Geo. T. Cald-well and Virginia I. Cald-well (husband and wife) in the Warranty Deed to Jerd Shook dated 3-29-1911 and filed for record 4-17-1911 in Volume 76, Page 404 of the Deed Records of Monroe County, reserving 1/16 of all the oil and the ½ of all the gas within and underlying said land, or that may be produced therefrom. There has been no further transfer of this severed oil inter-est. A severed oil and gas mineral interest was re-served by Jerd Shook (widower) in the War-ranty Deed to Thomas J. Price and Sarah J. Price dated 6-30-1945 and filed for record 6-30-1945 in Volume 117, Page 325 of the Deed Records of Mon-roe County, reserving 1/16 of all the oil and the ½ of all the gas within and underlying said land, or that may be produced therefrom.

Jerd V. Shook died 10-18-1951 with the follow-ing individuals as his po-tential heirs at law: Pearl Rush, James Shook, Cora Hubbard, Calvin Shook, Sarah J. Price, Jerd Shook Jr., Walter Shook, Ray Shook, Gro-ver Shook, Earl Shook, Margaret Dye, Muriel Shook, Leona Shook Safreed, Gladys Vogus, and Carl Shook. Carl Shook died leaving Bes-sie Shook as his surviv-ing spouse and heir at law. There has been no further transfer of this severed oil interest. The present owners of this property are Wayne W. Rouse II, Christian W. Rouse, Matthew C. Rouse, and Elizabeth A. Chi, having acquired title by Warranty Deed from Wayne W. Rouse, dated September 18, 2014, in Volume 285, Pages 245 of the Official Records of Monroe County. This interest is deemed abandoned because: (1) There has been no production or withdrawal of minerals by the holders of the above oil and gas in-terest for the preceding 20 years; (2) The said oil and gas interest has not been the subject of a title transaction filed or recorded in the Mon-roe County Recorder’s Office within the last 20 years; (3) There have been no underground gas storage operations on the property for the preceding 20 years; (4) There have been no drilling or mining permits issued to the holders of the oil and gas inter-ests for the preceding 20 years; (5)There have been no claims to pre-serve the interest filed within the preceding 20 years; and (6) There is no separately listed tax parcel number created for the severed mineral interest in the Monroe County Auditor’s and Monroe County Treasur-er’s tax list. The current land-owners intend to file for record an Affidavit of Abandonment pursuant to O.R.C. 5301.56 in the Monroe County Re-corder’s Office at least 30, but not later than 60 days after the date of this notice. Published by: White Law Office, Co., 209 North Washington Street, Mill-ersburg, Ohio 44654, P. 330-231-1195, F. 888-711-9210, www.the-whitelawoffice.comApril 16, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


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Muskingum LivestockApril 8 Total Head 1862 Fed cattle 108; choice steers $160-175.50; good steers $159 & down; choice heif-ers $158-171; good heifers $157 & down; 147 commer-cial cows $108-149; canners and cutters $107 & down; 16 butcher bulls $109.5-143; bred cows & C/C pairs: 28 cows & cow/calf pair BH $1000-2400; feeder cattle

1428; stocker steer & bull calves $165-420; stocker steer yearlings $140-269.50; holstein stocker steers $95-150; stocker heifer calves $150-370; stocker heif-er yearlings $100-237.50; calves 10 baby calves $500 & down; hogs 58; best barrows and gilts $49.50; heavier and lighter weights $32-40; Sows $20-38; Boars $9-20;

Feeder pigs by weight $35-46; Fat Cattle Load Averag-es 3 sthf 1280 lb $170.50; 24 st 1341lb $170.01; 4 hf 1319lb $168.13; 4 sthf 1345lb $165.40; 20 st 1415 lb $164.18; 2 hf 1325 lb $164.24. Goats and Sheep 32-65 lb; Lambs $180-215; Sheep $75-130; Goats $215-250; $64-138. Special feeder calf sale April 22.

Barnesville LivestockApril 11 Total Head 283 Cattle 195 Hd Fats 6 Hd (2) Steers $145.50 - 150.00; (4) Heifers $144.00 - 153.50; Cows 15 Hd Good $90.00 - 103.00; Medium $80.00 - 89.75; Thin $79.75 & down; Baby Calves 5 Hd (BH) $65.00 - 410.00; Cow/Calf 4 pair (BH) $2200.00 - 3000.00; Pairs Bred Cows 3 Hd (BH) $1310.00 - 1450.00; Bulls 1 Hd (WT) $125.50; Feeders 80 Hd Steers / Bulls 300 - 399 (9) $190.00 - 265.00; 400 -

499 (19) $185.00 - 290.00; 500 - 599 (30) $135.00 - 277.50; 600 - 699 (11) $180.00 - 265.00; 700 - 799 (6) $130.00 - 194.00; 800 & Up (2) $132.50 - 150.00; Dairy (3) $127.50 - 200.00; Feeders 76 Hd Med. 1 & 2 200 - 299 (2) $330.00; Heif-ers 300 - 399 (9) $200.00 - 305.00; 400 - 499 (24) $135.00 - 255.00; 500 - 599 (17) $155.00 - 230.00; 600 - 699 (18) $132.50 - 210.00; 700 - 799 (1) $135.00; 800 & Up (5) $111.00 - 147.50;

Lambs 56 Hd 20 - 50 lbs (6) $100.00 - 243.00; 51 - 70 lbs (26) $227.50 - 250.00; 71 - 90 lbs (8) $210.00 - 212.50; Sheep Lambs B/H (3) $47.50 - 90.00; Ewes / Bucks (13) $70.00 - 87.00; Goats 22 Hd Cull Does (14) $97.50 - 156.00; Hvy. Kids 70 up (3) $147.50 - 185.00; Light Kids 69 dn (5) $45.00 - 95.00; Hogs 10 Hd Pigs WT (1) $44.00; Hogs (7) $40.00 - 49.00; Sows (2) $28.00 - 31.00.

Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Devel-opment District (Buckeye Hills) is committed to as-sisting the counties across the region with securing grant funding for projects. For consideration of fund-ing from The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Community De-velopment Block Grants (CDBG) and The Econom-ic Development Adminis-tration (EDA) Applicants should complete a Project Profile. The Profile is now available at: http://buck-eyehills.org/subpages/fund-ing_opportunities. The simple, self-explan-atory project profile form collects basic information about projects, including contact information, project description, type and readi-ness, regional impact, proj-

ect partners, funding sources and total project costs. Qualifying state and local agencies and governmen-tal entities, local govern-ing boards (such as county councils), and nonprofit or-ganizations (such as schools and organizations that build low-cost housing) may apply for the competitive grants programs. Repre-sentatives from these orga-nizations may draw from the expertise and assistance available from Buckeye Hills to navigate the grants process. Applicants complete the form and submit it to Buckeye Hills. Based on the project information pro-vided, staff will determine the proper potential funding source (ARC, CDBG, EDA, etc.). Projects must serve resi-

dents in one or more of the region’s eight counties: Ath-ens, Hocking, Meigs, Mon-roe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington. While each funding source has specific goals, they generally ad-dress the following issues: create/retain private sector jobs (ARC, EDA); extend or upgrade water or sew-er services (ARC, CDBG); provide quality health care (ARC); provide job skills training; and/or develop or improve infrastructure for residents (ARC). The project profile is available on the BH-HVRDD web site at www.buckeyehills.org. The proj-ect form can be completed electronically. All Project profiles are due to BH-HVRDD no later than 4 p.m. May 18, 2015.

Buckeye Hills Announces Grant Application Process



MONROE COUNTY, OHIO RALPH. E. GER-

ALDINE D. PETERSEN,

HELEN THISTLE LAMBTE GOLDSTEIN,

et al, Defendants. NOTICE BY

PUBLICATION E. Davidson and Net-tie R. Davidson, their unknown heirs, devi-sees, executors, admin-istrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, and Joseph L. Thistle, his other unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plain-tiffs, you are hereby notified that you have been named as Defen-dants in a legal action entitled Ralph E. and Geraldine D. Peters-en, Plaintiffs, vs. Helen Thistle Lambie Gold-stein, et al, Defendants. This action has been assigned Case Number 2015-and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe Coun-ty, Ohio, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793. The object of the complaint is to quiet ti-tle and extinguish the Defendantsoil and gas rights in the following described real estate. TRACT I Situated in the Coun-ty of Monroe, in the State of Ohio, and in the Township of Lee and bounded and described as follows: Situated in Section 2 and 3, Town-ship 2, and Range 4. Parcel 1: Beginning for the same at a point 2.64 feet from North edge of pavement at Mitchells Southwest corner; thence North 20° 0525West 354.49 feet with Mitchelis line to his Northwest cor-ner, thence South 5247° West 154.73 feet; thence South 23° 0431° East 357.44 feet, thence North 22East 133.32 feet more or less, to the place of beginning, con-taining 1.17 acres, more or less. Parcel 2. Also 13.44 acres, more or less, ly-ing North of and adja-cent to Thomas Mitch-ells 2.40 acre tract.The dividing line of the 15 acre tract conveyed to James Cunningham and Patty Jane Cun-ningham and the 13.44 acre tract is described as follows: A line beginning 30 feet South 5247° West from Thomas Mitchells Northwest corner and to a run to a point in the North line of Grantor so as to divide the land left between the Northeast corner of Ralph Peter-sons 10 acre tract and Dale Schwartz North-west corner equally.This property is a part of the premises de-scribed in Volume 117, Page 336 of the Monroe County Deed Records.Last Transfer: Deed Re-cord Volume 169, Page 202; and Volume 158, Page 805 of the Deed Records Monroe Coun-ty. TRACT II Situated in the Coun-ty of Monroe, in the State of Ohio, and in the Township of Lee, and bounded and described as follows: Parcel 1: Situated in Sections 2 and 3, Town-ship 2, Range 4 and be-ginning for the same at a point 3.8 feet from the North edge of the pave-ment at Ralph Peters-ens Southeast corner, thence with said cor-ner North 26° 30West 354.49 feet; thence North 5247° East 154.73 feet; thence South 23° 0431° East 357.14 feet, thence South 22West 133.33 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1. FT acres, more or less, and being known as Lot Number One (1).Parcel 2. Situated in Sections 2 and 3, Town-ship 2, Range 4 and being 15 acres, more or less, lying adjacent and North of the above de-scribed lot, the dividing line of said 15-acre tract and a tract containing

13.44 acres conveyed to Dale C. Valentine and Mary N. Valentine, husband and wife, is de-scribed as follows, towit, Being a line beginning 30 feet South 5247° West from the Thom-as Mitchell Northwest corner and to a run to a point in the North line of the property of How-ard M. Ball and Clarice Odessa Ball, husband and wife, so as to divide the land left between the Northeast corner of Ralph Petersens 10-acre tract and the North-west corner of Dale Schwartz equally. (This property being part of the premises de-scribed in Volume 117 at Page 336 of the Deed Records of Monroe County, Ohio.) Last Transfer. Deed Record Volume 158, Page 803 of the Deed Records of Monroe County, Ohio. TRACT III Situate in the Town-ship of Lee, in the Coun-ty of Monroe, and State of Ohio: Parcel 1. Beginning for the same at a pin 3.8 feet north of north edge of pavement from which the point of intersection of east line of grantor-sproperty and a point 5 feet N. of north edge of pavement bears N. 54° 37E. 740 feet, thence N. 26°30’ W. 294.6 feet and passing over stakes at plus 53.5 feet and at 233.8 feet; thence N. 54° 07E. 173.6 feet; thence S. 26°30’ E. 294.6 feet to a point 3.8 feet north of north edge of pavement and pass-ing thru an ash tree 60 feet north of last men-tioned point, thence S. 07W. 173.63 feet to be-ginning and containing 1.17 acres more or less. Parcel 2: Also situat-ed in fractional section 2 and section 3, Twp. 2, Range 4, Lee Twp. Be-ginning for the same at the NE corner of above described 1.17 acre tract; thence with a pro-longation of the east line of said tract N. 26° 30° W. to a point which inter-sects the north property line of grantor, thence west with property line to grantors N. corner, thence S, with property line to a point, thence N. 63° 30E. to the N. corner of the above de-scribed 1.17 acre tract, thence with north line of 1.17 acre tract N. 54° 07E. 173.63 feet to be-ginning containing 15 acres more or less and being all land owned by grantor lying west of the prolongation of the east line of 1.38 acre tract and north of a line which is at right angles to west line of 1.38 acre tract at the N. corner of same. Except any part of above which lies west of a ravine which runs north westerly thru the above, and being 10 acres in Sec. 3 and 5 acres in Sec. 2.Last Transfer: Deed Record Volume , Page Monroe County Deed Records. Situated in the County of Monroe, in the State of Ohio and in the Town-ship of Lee and bound-ed and described as fol-lows: Situated in fractional Section 2, Township 2, Range 4, and beginning for the same at a point 3.6 feet from the East edge of the pavement of State Route 7 and from which the Southeast cor-ner of the land of Ralph Peterson bears North 54°11West 31.4 feet; thence with the center of the land South 64° 28° East 297.3 feet to where a small drain intersects the center of the lane; thence with the drain, being the line, North 36° 3532” East 95.00 feet to a point in the drain; thence North 31°3034° West 216.33 feet to a point 3.6 feet from the edge of the pavement; thence South 58° West 250.0 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.00 acre, more or less,Subject to the signs which have been erect-ed on the above land

and which the Grant-or reserves the rentals from the same as long as they are maintained there during their life-time and subject to the right-of-way of State Route 7. Except all easements, rights-of-way, restric-tions and reservations of record. Subject to all zoning regulations. This description cop-ied from prior deed, Reference. Volume 158, Page 854, Monroe County Deed Records. TRACT V Situated in the County of Monroe in the State of Ohio, and in the Town-ship of Lee and bound-ed and described as fol-lows: Situated in Section 2, Township 2, and Range 4. Beginning for the same at a point 3.8 feet from North edge of pavement and at Ralph Petersons Southwest corner, thence with Pe-tersons line North 26°30’ West 294.6 feet; thence South 30West 143.37 feet to center of run; thence down run with center South 31°3655° East 16.67 feet; thence South 0148east 84.92 feet, thence South 19° 53° East 36 feet to center of South end of culvert; thence continu-ing South 19° 53° East 189.45 feet to a point 3.8 feet from edge of pavement, thence North 07East 130.35 feet to the place of beginning, containing .83 acre, subject to all legal high-ways. Being shown as Par-cel No. 11-0220450000 (0.83 acre) on the Audi-tors tax records. SUBJECT to all legal highways, zoning or-dinances, subdivision regulations, and to re-strictions, reservations, leases, and easements, if any, of record. Prior Instrument Ref-erence: Volume 158, Page 801, Monroe County Deed Records. TRACT VI Situated in the State of Ohio, in the County of Monroe, in the Township of Lee and bounded and described as follows:Section 2, Township 2, Range 4 Beginning for the same in the center of State Route 7 at in-tersection of Cleggs & Balls line; thence south-erly 400 feet, more or less, to river; thence up river in a Northeast di-rection 840 feet, more or less, to line of Man-or Real Estate; thence northerly 700 feet, more or less, to center of State Route , thence with cen-ter of State Route 7, 950 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, con-taining .45 Acres, more or less, and being all land owned by Grantor bordered by State Route 7 and Ohio River. EXCEPTING one (1) Acre heretofore deeded to Dave Price and re-corded in Volume 157, Page LEAVING AFTER SAID EXCEPTION .45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Prior Instrument Ref-erence; Volume 158, Page 801.2. In 2014, Plaintiffs had a new survey completed for the abovedescribed property which now contains approximate-ly 52.385 acres and is more particularly de-scribed as follows: TRACT I Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Mon-roe, Township of Lee, being part in the south half of the southeast quarter of Section 3 and part in the north-east quarter of Frac-tional Section 2, Range 4 West, Township 2 North, of the Old Seven Ranges Survey,and be-ing part of Lot 3 of the Subdivision of Thistle Farm, Sardis, Ohio.” as recorded in Plat Book 1, Pages 164 and 165 of the Monroe County Re-corders Office and being bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a /8iron pin found capped Bie-denback 788.1° at the northwest corner of

the southwest quarter of the southeast quar-ter of Section 3 (Note: Reference bearing on the west line of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 3 used as North 04° 02° 26° East); thence, from said Point of Beginning and running with the north line of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 2, South 85° 57° 34East a distance of 1,072.50 feet to an iron pin set at the northwest corner of a 38.94 acres tract as conveyed to Charles and Linda Schmidt by Deed Volume 185, Page 90 of the Monroe Coun-ty Recorders Office; thence, leaving the quarterquarter section line with the west line of said Schmidt tract, South 20° 53°46East a distance of 1,446.31 feet to a iron pin found capped Claus 6456at the northeast corner of a 2.160 acres tract as conveyed to Brian L. and Edwina M. Slon-aker by Official Records Volume 143, Page 78 of the Monroe County Recorders Office, pass-ing through a /8iron pin found capped Claus 6456at the northwest corner of a 2.022 acres tract as conveyed to Robert F. and Arlena R. Hinkle by Official Records Volume 188, Page 709 of the Monroe County Recorders Of-fice at a distance of plus 1,437.89 feet; thence, with the north line of said Slonaker tract, the following two courses: 1. South 50° 0314West a distance of 133.92 feet to a % iron pin found capped Claus 2. thence South 38° West a distance of 157.01 feet to a iron pin found cappedClaus 6456at the north-west corner of said Slonaker tract, thence, with the west line of said Slonaker tract, South 19° 1019° East a distance of 368.06 feet to a point in the centerline pave-ment of State Route No. , passing through a % iron pin found uncapped at a distance of plus 3 17.84 feet; thence, with the cen-terline pavement of State Route No. , South 53° 42° 52° West a dis-tance of 568.61 feet to a point, thence, leaving the centerline pavement of State Route No. , North 20° 11° 57° West a distance of 237.39 feet to a point in a run, being in the east line of a .52 acre tract as con-veyed to Mary Valentine by Deed Volume 209, Page 350 of the Monroe County Recorders Of-fice, passing through a mag nail set in the north edge of pavement at a distance of plus 11.94 feet; thence, with the east line of said Valentine tract and along or near the centerline of said run, the following two courses: 1. North 54° 2045° West a distance of 84.92 feet to a point; 2. thence North 31° 5552” West a distance of 16.67 feet to a point,thence, leaving the run with the north line of said Valentine tract, South 63° 11° 03° West a distance of 26.49 feet to an iron pin set in the east line of a .409 acres tract as conveyed to Charles and Barbara Clegg by Deed Volume 176, Page 596 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office; thence, with the east line of said Clegg tract, North 20° 0948” West a distance of 185.97 feet to a ” iron pin found capped Claus 6456at the southeast corner of a 74.559 acres tract as conveyed to Franklin T. and Lorrayne M. Bator by Official Records Vol-ume 62, Page 428 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office; thence with the east line of said Bator tract, North 22° 3644West a

distance of 1,954.58 feet to the Point of Be-ginning; Containing 42.953 acres, more or less, of which: 30.081 acres are in the south half of the southeast quarter of Section 3 and 12.872 acres are in the north-east quarter of Section 2. Subject to all legal highways, zoning or-dinances, subdivision regulations, and to re-strictions, reservations, leases and easements, if any, of record. Subject to the right-of-way of State Route No. .Subject to the 100-Year Flood Plain Restrictions, if applicable All iron pins set are /8x 30” rebar capped and labeled Allegheny Sur-veys 8534unless noted as being 1x 30” rebar with a 2% aluminum cap labeled the same. The bearings for this description are for angle calculations only and are based on the west line of the northwest quarter of the South-east quarter of Section 3 used as an assumed bearing of North (02° 26° East. The above descrip-tion prepared by Russell Claus, Ohio Registered Surveyor No. 8534, based on information obtained from an actual field survey of April 23, 2014. TRACT II Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Mon-roe, Township of Lee, being in the northeast quarter of Fraction-al Section 2, Range 4 West, Township 2 North, of the Old Seven Rang-es Survey,” and being part of Lot 3 of the Sub-division of Thistle Farm, Sardis, Ohio.” as record-ed in Plat Book 1, Pag-es 164 and 165 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office, and being bounded and described as follows:Commencing for a refer-ence at a /8iron pin found capped Biedenbach 788.1° at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 3 (Note: Reference bear-ing on the west line of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 3 used as North 04°02’ 26East), thence, with the east line of a 74.559 acres tract as conveyed to Franklin T. and Lorrayne M. Bator by Official Re-cords Volume 62, Page 428 of the Monroe Coun-ty Recorders Office, South 22° 3644East a distance of 1,954.58 feet to a iron pin found capped Claus 6456at the northeast corner of a .409 acres tract as con-veyed to Charles and Barbara Clegg by Deed Volume 176, Page 596 of the Monroe County Recorders Office; thence, with the east line of said Clegg tract, South 20° 0948East a distance of 529.29 feet to a point in the center-line pavement of State Route No. , being the TRUE POINT OF BE-GINNING for this de-scription; thence, from said Point of Beginning and running with the center-line pavement of State Route No. , the following three courses: 1. North 53° 42 50° East a distance of 80.75 feet to a point,2, thence North 53° 42° 52° East a distance of 568.61 feet to a point;3. thence North 54° 28° East a distance of 249.58 feet to a point at the northwest corner of a 1,074 acres tract as conveyed to Edna and Jasen Lee Schaum by Official Records Volume 159, Page 355 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office; thence, leaving the road with the west line of said Schaum tract, the following three courses: 1. South 19° 1808” East a distance of 421.52 feet to an iron pin set, passing through aniron pin set at a distance of plus 49.89 feet,

2. thence South 64° 1644West a distance of 108.60 feet to a /8iron pin found cappedMcFarland 6221: 3. thence South 26°3022” East a dis-tance of 192.32 feet to the Ohio River, passingthrough a /8iron pin found capped McFar-land 6221at a distance of plus 105.03 feet; thence, with the Ohio River, South 71°0229° West a distance of 772.06 feet to a point at the southeast corner of a 1.606 acres tract as conveyed to Headless Goose Campground, LLC by Tract II of Official Records Volume 221, Page 176 of the Monroe County Recorders Of-fice; thence, leaving the river with the east line of said Headless Goose tract, North 20° 0948” West a distance of 362.63 feet to the Point of Beginning, pass-ing through a iron pipe at a distance of plus 19.89 feet and pass-ing through a /8iron pin found capped Bieden-bach 7881° at a distance of plus 332.30 feet;Containing .346 acres, more or less. Subject to all legal highways, zoning or-dinances, subdivision regulations, and to re-strictions, reservations, leases and easements, if any, of record. Subject to the right-of-way of State Route No. .Subject to the 100-Year Flood Plain Restrictions, if applicable. All iron pins set are /8x 30” rebar capped and labeled Allegheny Sur-veys 8534unless noted as being 1x 30” rebar with a 2% aluminum cap labeled the same. The bearings for this description are for angle calculations only and are based on the west line of the northwest quarter of the south-east quarter of Section 3 used as an assumed bearing of North 04° 02° 26° East. The above descrip-tion prepared by Russell Claus, Ohio Registered Surveyor No. 8534, based on information obtained from an actual field survey of April 23, 2014. TRACT III Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Mon-roe, Township of Lee, being in the northeast quarter of Fraction-al Section 2, Range 4 West, Township 2 North, of the Old Seven Rang-es Survey, and being part of Lot 3 of the Sub-division of Thistle Farm, Sardis, Ohio., as record-ed in Plat Book 1, Pag-es 164 and 165 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office, and being bounded and described as follows: Commencing for ref-erence at a /8iron pin found capped Bieden-bach 7881at the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section 3 (Note: Reference bearing on the west line of the northwest quarter of the southeast quar-ter of Section 3 used as North 04°0226East);Thence, with the east line of a 74.559 acres tract as conveyed to Franklin T. and Lor-rayne M. Bator by Of-ficial Records Volume 62, Page 428 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office, South 22° 3644East a distance of 1,954.58 feet to a % iron pin found capped Claus 6456at the north-east corner of a .409 acres tract as conveyed to Charles and Barbara Clegg by Deed Volume 176, Page 596 of the Monroe County Record-ers Office; Thence, with the east line of said Clegg tract, South 20° 0948° East a distance of 481.21 feet to a point at the south-west corner of a .52 acre tract as conveyed to Mary Valentine by Deed Volume 209, Page 350 of the Monroe County Recorders Office, being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING for this de-scription, being located

for reference North 10° 41’ 46East a distance of .78 feet from an iron pin found uncapped;Thence, from said Point of Beginning and run-ning with the south line of said Valentine tract, North 53° 4803° East a distance of 80.68 feet to a point at the southeast corner of said Valentine tract. Thence, leaving the west line of said Valen-tine tract and the exten-sion thereof, South 20° 11° 57” East a distance of 47.94 feet to a point in the centerline pave-ment of State Route No. , passing through a mag nail set at a distance of plus 36.00 feet, Thence, with the centerline pavement of State Route No. , South 53° 42 50° West a dis-tance of 80.75 feet to a point in the east line of the aforementioned Clegg tract; Thence, leaving the road with the east line of said Clegg tract, North 20° 0948” West a dis-tance of 48.08 feet to the Point of Beginning,Containing .086 acre, more or less. Subject to all legal highways, zoning or-dinances, subdivision regulations, and to re-strictions, reservations, leases and easements, if any, of record. Subject to the right-of-way of State Route No. .Subject to the 100-Year Flood Plain Restrictions, if applicable. All iron pins set are /8x 30” rebar capped and labeled Allegheny Sur-veys 8534unless noted as being 130” rebar with a 2 %” aluminum cap la-beled the same. The bearings for this description are for angle calculations only and are based on the west line of the northwest quarter of the south-east quarter of Section 3 used as an assumed bearing of North 04° 02° 26° East. The above descrip-tion prepared by Russell Claus, Ohio Registered Surveyor No. 8534, based on information obtained from an actual field survey of April 23, 2014. Being shown on the Auditors Tax Records as Parcel No. 1 1-019040 (30.081 acres); 11-022054 (12.872 acres); 11-022028 (9.346 acres); 11-022045 (0.086 acre). Prior Instrument Ref-erence: Volume 157, Page 35; Volume 169, Page 320; Volume 171, Page 291; Volume 187, Page 1080; Volume 182, Page 460, Monroe County Deed Records and Volume 125, Page 61, Monroe County Offi-cial Records. You are hereby re-quired to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last pub-lication of this notice which will be published once weekly for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on Adays for an-swer will commence on that date. In 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 theComplaint.

Beth Ann Rose CLERK OF COURTS

Court of Common Pleas Monroe County,

OhioChelsea M. Bone

(92667) Jennifer Gar-rison LLC 323 Third Street Marietta, Ohio

45750 Telephone: 740-373-2414 Fac-

Simile; 855574-7333 [email protected] Counsel for

Plaintiffs(39399) Jennifer Gar-rison LLC 323 Third Street Marietta, Ohio

45750 Telephone: 740-373-2414 Fac-

simile: 855-574-7333 [email protected] Counsel for

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“When we heard what they’re doing here, especial-ly in a county this small, we had to get involved,” said Streeter. He said that Edge-Marc often targets schools for their philanthropic ef-forts. “Our traditional focus

is on youth and education. With the education this fa-cility provides, it’s really worthwhile,” said Streeter. Kopach added, “Our edge is that we are so involved in our communities, and we care about the environment

and safety as well.” The $2,500 donation will be used to renovate bath-rooms used by M.A.C.O. Workshop employees. During the tour, EdgeMarc representatives said it is likely the company will

make future donations to the facility. Ring said of the donation by EdgeMarc, “On behalf of Monroe County Board of DD and the people we serve, I appreciate the generosity of EdgeMarc and their support

of our agency’s restroom renovation at the M.A.C.O. Workshop. The Board is able to fund two-thirds of the cost of this project and is currently accepting do-nations for the remaining funds. The restrooms at the

workshop are in need of re-pair and the Board’s current revenue reserves are target-ed for residential services, bus fleet replacement, and general building mainte-nance.”

EdgeMarc From Pg. 9

Leadership From Pg. 6

Rinard Mills ``` From Pg. 5

Sympathy to the family of Marilyn Jean Drain Minger who died March 26. Jericho annual meeting May 17 at 3 p.m. with a social time beginning at 1:30 p.m. Plans are for a white elephant sale to be held at 2 p.m. Please plan to attend and contribute and sing “On The Jericho Road.” Easter day guests of Yvonne Weckbacher were Judy Nelms and Sandy Flowers, also Mal-lory Nelms, Cameron Weck-bacher and Charles Scott. Foster and Wilma Whitacre hosted two of their sons, Dale and Daniel and their families. Wilma’s sis-ter-in-law Rita (Mrs. Ker-mit) Anderson of SC is ill. Easter day was full of ba-bies and egg hunts with Pau-line Harmon family. Thirty attended, Harmon, Scarbro, Anthony, Graham, Schaffer, Britton, Revels, Davis.

-ter, some sad news for our family - Dad, Franklin S. Dye 98, died April 8, 2015. His wife, Mom, Mildred Barn-house died Feb. 7, 2008.

appliance collection daySaturday, April 25, 2015

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.The following items will be accepted:

Automatic Dishwashers, Air Conditioners, Kitchen Ranges/Stoves, Dryers, Washers,

Furnaces, Microwaves, Water Tanks, Small Kitchen Appliances, Water Heaters,

Grills, Water Pumps, Range Hoods, Heaters, Fans, Toaster Ovens, Trash Compactors

No Televisions, Computer Monitors, or Propane Tanks will be Accepted

Appliances MUST be brought to the collection location

Collection LocationMonroe County Highway Garage

47026 Moore Ridge Road

Sponsored by:Southeastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management District

Monroe County Commissioners

For More Information Call:Southeastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management District

@ 740.732.5493 or 1-800-860-8103www.wasteabate.org

Please No Calls to Monroe County Highway Garage or County Commissioners

Thank You

TRADITIONS RESTAURANT

Chris, Joe & Staff

for providing the meal to the Monroe County


MONROE COUNTY, OHIO MARK

D. HAUGHT PLAINTIFF, VS.

MADELYN K. HESLOP, ET AL. DEFENDANTS.

CASE NO. 2015-027 JUDGE JULIE R. SELMON LEGAL

NOTICE SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

James F. English

and Rachel English,

whose address(es) are

unknown, and Jane

Doe and John Doe, the

Unknown Heirs, Next

of Kin, Devisees, Leg-

atees, Executors, Ad-

ministrators, Guardians,

Successors and Assigns

and their spouses, if

any, of James F. English

and Rachel English, will

take notice that on the

30th day of January,

2015, Mark D. Haught

case number 2015-027,

with the purpose of qui-

eting title to the following

described real estate,

to-wit:

Approximately 70.75

acres, being the west

half of the southeast

quarter of Section 5,

Town 3, range 6, Wash-

ington Township, Mon-

described as follows:

It being the West half

of the Southeast quarter

-

ship three (3), Range six

(6), containing seven-

ty-six (76) acres, more

or less, excepting how-

ever three small tracts

bounded and described

as follows:

stone on the Southwest

corner of said quarter

section; thence North

on the West line of said

quarter section 8.59

chains to a post twhere

North 54 degrees West

36 links; thence South

74 degrees East 2.50

chains; thence South


chains; thence; thence

South 28 degrees East

60 links; thence South


chains; thence South

9 degrees East 1.53

chains; then South 4 de-

grees 30’ East 2 chains

the place of beginning,

containing 3.75 acres.

at the point of inter-

Road with the West line

of said quarter section;

thence South on the line

5.75 chains to a stone;

thence North 39 de-

grees East 4.78 chains

Road; thence wester-

ly with the road to the

place of beginning, con-

taining 150 square rods.

North of a spring on the

northeasterly direction;

thence running with the

Highway 280 feet to a

run; thence Westerly with

the meanderings of the

run to the place of begin-

ning, containing one-half

(1/2) acre, more or less.

Said spring above men-

tioned being 300 feet

from the said Grantor’s

residence, in a south-

easterly direction. Also

the water rights from a

spring on the southwest

side of above lot, across

southeast quarter of sec-

three (3), Range six (6).

-

cepting and reserving

from this conveyance a

parcel of land adjacent

to the said Third Tract,

described herein, on

which a small house,

known as the Young

house, is located, said

tract is described as fol-

same at a point on the

Highway #280, where a

small run crosses said

Highway; thence in a

Northeasterly direction

and following the South-

erly side of said Run a

-

dred (100) feet; thence

in a Southeasterly direc-

tion and running parallel

-

way #280 a distance of

sixty (60) feet; thence

in a Southwesterly di-

(100) feet to a point on

the Easterly side of said

thence along the Easter-

ly side of said Highway

in a northwesterly direc-

tion a distance of Sixty

(60) feet to the place of

beginning, containing

acre, more or less.

Also excepting and

reserving from this con-

veyance a road deeded

to Wilson Hall from the

North end of said West

half of said Quarter Sec-

tion Southerly to the

Excepting and reserv-

ing all legal rights of way

for roads, pipelines, tele-

phone and electric lines

that have been hereto-

fore granted in, on and

across said premises.

The demand for relief

be granted a judgment

quieting his fee simple

title to the real estate

described above, with

a determination that the

Defendants have no

right, title or interest in

the oil and gas under-

lying said real estate or

in the rents and royal-

ties therefrom, and fur-

ther, that the reservation

made by Defendants,

The Estate of James F.

English, deceased, and

The Estate of Rachel

English, deceased, be

deemed to have expired

and be of no further le-

further demands such

other and further re-

deem just and proper.

The above named

Defendants are required

within twenty-eight (28)

days after the last pub-

lication of this Notice,

which shall be published

once a week for six (6)

consecutive weeks,

with the last publication

date of April 16, 2015,

or a judgment by default

may be entered against

them.

Beth Ann Rose Clerk of Court

Monroe County Court of Common PleasAndrew Webster

(#0086913) McCauley, Webster and Emrick

Attorneys for

Box 196 Belpre, Ohio 45714 Telephone:

(740) 423-9548March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

PURSUANT TO 5301.332 OF THE

OHIO REVISED CODE

-

cessors or assigns

§ 5301.332, you are

hereby given notice that

William A. Rowe and

current owners of prop-

erty encumbered by the

unreleased oil and gas

lease described herein.

The oil and gas lease is

described as follows:

Lessee: Quar-

Date: June 9, 1989

Recording: Lease

-

(1) acre, more or less,

being located in Sa-

lem Township, Monroe

The described lease

is considered forfeited

because there are no

producing or drilling oil

or gas wells operated

under the authority of

the lease, the lease is

beyond its primary term

and is expired, royal-

ties and/or rentals have

not been paid to the

persons with a right to

collect monies from the

mineral interest, and the

lessee, or the lessee’s

successors or assigns,

has failed or neglected

to abide by covenants

enumerated in the

lease.

§ 5301.332, William A.

after thirty (30) days and

not more than sixty (60)

days from the date of this

notice with the Monroe

-



do not have the lease

released of record within

thirty (30) days from the

date of receipt of the no-

tice or of publication.

Should lessee, or

lessee’s successors or

assigns, fail to release

of record the described

lease within thirty (30)

(60) days stating that

the lease has not been

forfeited and that the



still claim that the lease

is in full force and effect,

then the lease shall not

be considered notice to

the public of the exis-

tence of the lease or of

any interest therein or

rights thereunder and

the record shall not be

received in evidence in

any court of the state on

behalf of the lessee, or

the lessee’s successors

or assigns, or against

the lessor, or the lessor’s

successors or assigns.

April 16, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

LEGAL NOTICE Jane Doe, Unknown

Spouse, if any, of Kev-

in L. Wickes aka Kevin

Wickes htta Kevin Lee

Wickes whose last place

43946, and 37456 Nie-

mann Addition, Sardis,

Sunset Trail, Sardis,

Wood Street, Sardis,

43946 but whose pres-

ent place of residence

is unknown will take no-

tice that on December

2, 2014, The Hunting-

Defendant Jane Doe,

Unknown Spouse, if

any, of Kevin L. Wickes

aka Kevin Wickes htta

Kevin Lee Wickes have

or claim to have an in-

terest in the real estate

described below:

Number 110253560000;

37456 Niemann Ad-

43946. The legal de-

scription may be ob-

tained from the Mon-

101 North Main Street,

472-0873.

alleges that by reason

of default of the Defen-

dants in the payment

of a promissory note,

according to its tenor,

the conditions of a con-

current mortgage deed

given to secure the pay-

ment of said note and

conveying the premises

described, have been

broken, and the same

has become absolute.

that the Defendant

named above be re-

quired to answer and set

up their interest in said

real estate or be forever

barred from asserting

the same, for foreclo-

sure of said mortgage,

the marshalling of any

liens, and the sale of

said real estate, and the

proceeds of said sale

applied to the payment

the proper order of its

priority, and for such

other and further relief

as is just and equitable.

The Defendant named

above is required to an-

swer on or before the 28

of May, 2015.

Reimer, Arnovitz, Chernek and Jeffrey Co., L.P.A. Richard J.

LaCivita, Attorney at Law

Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner

P.O. Box 39696 Solon, Ohio 44139

(440)600-5500April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2015.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Belmont College Inducts Honor Society Students Belmont College is pleased to announce that

children in that day. This experience and others such as the teasing at school of the weak and children who are different helped me understand that hurtful teas-ing or that perceived as dan-gerous by the person being teased was unacceptable. Leaders should be careful with teasing humor or with teasing that is designed to teach a lesson. At one of my client’s sites where the overtime level was seen as burdensome, a team leader passed the rumor that the plant had plans to hire 10 new employees. Immediately, the hopes of overtime relief spread throughout the group. Finally, the team leader laughed and explained that he had just been teasing. What was funny to the team leader seemed heartless to the team members. I believe that teasing between people who know one another well and who both enjoy it is appropriate. Teasing of peers or subordinates at work is fraught with potential relationship dam-

age. Also, time and time again I have seen instances where lead-ers teased followers and both parties interpreted it differently. This confusion of humor is es-pecially pronounced when the teasing occurs between the plant manager and the workers. I like humor in the workplace, but I urge the leaders with whom I consult to be careful of teasing. They often lose more than they gain by it. R. Glenn Ray, Ph.D., is the

President of RayCom Learn-ing, which focuses on leader-ship, team development, and organizational communication processes. To learn more about RayCom Learning, visit the Web site www.raycomlearn-ing.com. The above article was excerpted from the book, You Can’t Push a Pig into a Truck: Everyday Leadership Lessons. Glenn can be reached at 1-740-629-4536 or at [email protected].

28 students were recently inducted into Beta Theta Mu, Belmont’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). Induction into PTK, one of the most prestigious interna-tional honor societies in the country, recognizes academ-ic achievement of students at two-year colleges. A grade

point average of at least 3.75 is required for acceptance. PTK’s mission is to recog-nize and encourage the aca-demic achievement of stu-dents and provide them with opportunities for individual growth and development through participation in hon-ors, leadership, service, and

fellowship programming. Local students include: Audrey Bryan, Cameron; Gregory Longwell, Clar-ington; Brad Fisher, Jeru-salem; Selena Campbell, New Matamoras; Keith Alleman, Sardis; Jacque-line Kauff, Diane Ullom,

ther on this matter. “ “The Superintendent, under O.R.C. 331901, has the author-ity to assign students and staff. Therefore, the Board actions approving the reassignment of students were merely intended

to demonstrate support of the administrative recommen-dations borne out of a need

while improving course offer-ings throughout the District.”

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Beacon Ad Deadline:

Fridays at Noon

SR 26 Condition From Pg. 1

E. Scott, Galveston, TX, in an International Harvester truck/tractor was traveling west on SR 78 and went off the roadway to the right following the guardrail for several feet. The truck then went into a ditch causing the vehicle to overturn and strike a utility pole causing it to break off and the elec-tric lines to fall. The truck

right side. The driver of

before law enforcement ar-rived. There was disabling damage to the vehicle and it was towed. Scott was cited with leaving the scene of an accident. March 28, 12:54 a.m., Daniel L. Turner, Wind-ham, OH, in a 2014 Ford Focus was traveling east on SR 800. Turner lost control of his vehicle and went off the roadway on the right side. The Ford hit a ditch and severely disabled his vehicle. There was dis-abling damage to the vehi-cle and it was towed. Turn-er was cited with failure to control. April 4 11:30 a.m., Law-rence Mattice, N. Cambria,

PA, 2012 Peterbilt Motors Co. was traveling north on CR 31, got on the berm of the road and it gave way causing the truck to roll onto its side. A fence was damaged. There was disabling damage to the vehicle. Mattice was trans-ported to OVMC. March 31, 3:15 p.m., Hugh M. Hyre, Lewisville, in a 2007 Subaru was trav-eling north on CR 18 when he took his eyes off the road-way and struck a concrete bridge. There was d isabling damage to the vehicle and it was towed.

On April 9, Steven C. Jobes, New Mar-tinsville, WV, withdrew a former plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the third count of the indict-

-tion, a fourth-degree felo-ny. In return for such guilty plea, the State will dismiss the remaining counts of the indictment. A sentencing hearing is to be scheduled upon completion of the pre-sentence investigation

report. Bond continued.

On April 9, Jeremiah James Fowler, Caldwell, withdrew a former plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to one count of domestic violence, a third-degree fel-ony. A sentencing hearing is to be scheduled upon com-pletion of the pre-sentence investigation report. Bond continued. Defendant re-manded.

On April 9, Alexsia B. Jack-son, Parkersburg, WV, with-drew a former plea of not guilty and entered a plea of

-dictment, illegal use of food stamps, a fourth-degree fel-ony. In return for such guilty plea, the State will dismiss the second count of the in-dictment. A sentencing hear-ing is to be scheduled upon completion of the pre-sen-tence investigation report. Bond continued. Defendant released.

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Ohio black bear sightings decreased in 2014, accord-ing to reports received by Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) biolo-gists. The ODNR Division of Wildlife documented 135 sightings involving an esti-mated 88 individual black bears in 2014. In 2013, 158 sightings were received of

an estimated 74 black bears. Division of Wildlife biol-

60 of the 135 sightings in 2014, or 44 percent. This is an increase from 2013, when 34 percent of sightings were

as tracks or photos. Three black bear sight-

ings were reported in Mon-roe County in 2014, and all

-parison, there were six sight-ings reported last year with

also one nuisance report in the county in 2014. Other facts: Two reports were received of a sow with cubs, both in Athens County.

Ohio Black Bear Sightings Decrease in 2014

much as they can to make the road passable.” While ODOT has bene-

and gas industry companies (including three bridge re-placements upcoming on SR 78 in Monroe and No-ble counties), Rose said it’s not clear at this time if they will receive any help from the industry on SR 26. Al-though there is a well pad and a pipeline site on SR 26, there is not a Road Us-age and Maintenance Agree-ment [RUMA]on SR 26. Oil and gas companies are not

required to sign RUMAs on state roads because such road systems are designed

to handle weight that county or township roads may not take.

A close-up of one of the worst sections on SR 26 is pic-tured, including a deep rut.

be more competitive if de-signed as a Critical Infrastruc-ture Grant application. That grant supplies funding for infrastructure projects such as road improvement, sewer or water infrastructure improve-ment, or emergency services facility improvement. Com-missioners said they believed the village’s storm water sepa-ration project would be a good

appealing due to the village’s

contributions to the project. The Critical Infrastructure Grant is also a $300,000 grant. Lee Township was chosen as the county’s applicant for the $300,000 Neighborhood Revitalization Grant. Com-missioners said they liked the variety of projects submitted by Lee Township, which in-cluded street improvements, drainage facilities, park and recreations improvement, community center improve-

-ment, etc. The application will also be more competitive because ODOT and County road improvement projects can be used on the applica-tion as matching funding. Despite being chosen by commissioners as the two applicants, neither Woods-

guaranteed they will receive the $300,000 grants. Lee Township will hold commu-nity meetings in upcoming months to decide which ex-act projects will be included on the application. The two communities will be guaranteed some funding even if they are not awarded the large grants. Commission-

ers also made a decision on the CDBG Allocation Grant. The county was guaranteed $75,000 funding from the Allocation Grant and was mandated to add to that total $52,000 from the revolving loan fund. After administration and fair housing costs, the total available for three projects was $112,000. After considering the eight applicants, commis-sioners designated Graysville Community Center as a re-cipient of $12,000 for plas-ter repair at their facility. Lee

-lage were the other recipients, with their projects being cho-sen to make their other grant applications more appealing. Each community will receive $50,000 in grant funding. Commissioners made a motion regarding increasing funding for the Public De-

-fender Mark Morrison had made requests earlier this year to receive more fund-

his annual budget was only $44,000 and had not been increased in several years. Due to increased criminal activity in the county and the small budget, Morrison had been funding much of his activity as Public Defender

After the initial conversa-tion, commissioners raised Morrison’s budget to $80,000. However, they received a let-ter last week from the Mon-roe County Public Defend-er Commission, signed by Chairman Richard Yoss, stat-ing the budget for comparable

requesting roughly $18,000

more in funding. Commis-sioners agreed to the request and passed a motion approv-ing a total annual budget for

Commissioners passed a motion to allow further emer-gency repair on the courthouse at the cost of $34,105. Recent harsh winters had decayed the limestone capstones on the building, leading to large chunks falling off and brick damage. In recent weeks, those capstones had been removed and temporarily replaced by

-ment will allow for replace-ment of the missing stones. Commissioners will likely have to spend more money on the courthouse in upcoming months to seal the remaining capstones to prevent a similar problem with them. Attending the meeting was Bob Kalish, Regional Liaison for Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. Kalish presented commissioners

-mendation from Secretary of State Husted in honor of the county’s bicentennial.

“As Ohio’s 53rd Secretary of State, it is my honor and unique distinction to rec-ognize and commend you on your 200th anniversary. May prosperity continue in your region for generations to come, and may good for-tune allow you to continue enriching the lives of the people of the State of Ohio.” Commissioners will meet for their next regular session meeting on April 20 at 9 a.m.

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the observer was able to take a picture of the second young bear, which appeared to be a yearling. Ashtabula and Trumbull counties reported the most

sightings, with 21 each.

sightings, and Trumbull had 13. Most sightings were re-ported from May through July (52 percent).

Sightings were reported in 43 counties. Most counties were in northeast Ohio.

for Hamilton County oc-curred in 2014.

Ohio Valley River Museum Hosts “Paint With Kelly” The Ohio Valley River Museum, Inc. will host a “Paint with Kelly” class - Saturday, April 18, 2015 be-ginning at 11 o’clock at the museum, 112 Ferry Street, Clarington, OH. Those at-tending are encouraged to bring a snack or beverage. There is a fee, which in-cludes a donation to the museum, instruction and all supplies needed. The class will take approximately 3 hrs. taught by Kelly Bara-nich Meredith. Those want-ing to try their hand at paint-

ing are encouraged to make a reservation. Tickets are now available for the upcoming annual fundraiser dinner, “Dine like you’re on the Delta Queen” (Saturday, May 16). Reserva-tions must be paid in advance before May 2. The dinner begins at 5 pm at the muse-um with a social hour, where guests may view exhibits such as the “Delta Queen Steamboat Company Exhib-it” or view the variety of boat models in the J. Mack Gam-ble Gallery, prior to the sit-

down dinner in a neighboring facility. The guest speaker for the evening will be Bob Welsh, noted storyteller from Monroe County, Ohio, who will entertain guests with his sentimental and humorous tales of his lifetime experienc-es as a US Navy veteran and Ohio State Trooper. To make reservations for either event, contact Muse-um Director Barbara Rush at 740.391.2786 or email: [email protected] For further details, refer to www.ohiovalleyrivermuseum.org

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