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<strong>March</strong> 17, <strong>2024</strong> www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XXXIX No. 10<br />
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City unveils new plan for festivals in downtown<br />
By Kristy Zurbrick<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> Editor<br />
The Strawberry Festival, Rhythm & Rib Fest, and Old Fashioned<br />
Christmas will continue to take place in downtown London<br />
but with some new regulations, layout requirements, and parade<br />
route stipulations.<br />
The decision to keep the festivals downtown, rather than move<br />
them elsewhere, was based, in part, on the results of a survey the<br />
city administration conducted in late February and early <strong>March</strong>,<br />
asking residents and downtown business owners for feedback.<br />
For years, city officials have heard mixed opinions about the impact<br />
these events, all of which require road closures, have on traffic,<br />
accessibility to businesses, and safety. The city used the survey as<br />
a way to more formally gauge opinions.<br />
The city received 497 survey responses, 405 of which favored<br />
keeping the festivals downtown. These tallies included 21 responses<br />
from downtown business owners, 16 of whom favored keeping the<br />
festivals downtown.<br />
New logistics plan<br />
In addition to conducting the survey, city administrators met<br />
with council members and safety-service department representatives.<br />
They then put together a working plan for downtown festivals<br />
that covers regulations for street closures, vendor and structure<br />
placement, staging areas, event end-time expectations, and a parade<br />
route. The plan, along with the survey results, was shared at<br />
a town hall meeting on <strong>March</strong> 7.<br />
“We understand that these events create a unique energy in our<br />
city, but it is crucial to find the right balance,” said Eve Breedlove,<br />
city administration executive assistant. “That’s why we approached<br />
this plan with a multi-faceted lens, considering safety, accessibility,<br />
and the well-being of downtown businesses, resident needs, and the<br />
experience of visitors who travel specifically<br />
for these events.”<br />
She noted that the plan is a living document,<br />
meaning the city is open to making<br />
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adjustments based on ongoing feedback and<br />
collaboration. The plan is specifically for<br />
downtown festivals that require street closures.<br />
The plan calls for keeping event set-up<br />
for all such festivals to the same area: on<br />
Main Street between First and High streets<br />
and on Second Street between Oak and<br />
Union streets. The stage must sit at the<br />
High Street end of Main Street.<br />
The plan calls for all booths, food trucks,<br />
and other structures to be set up down the<br />
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The city of London has a new plan for downtown festivals that requires<br />
them to be contained in the following area: on Main Street<br />
between First and High streets and on Second Street between<br />
Oak and Union streets. All booths, food trucks, and other structures<br />
(shown here in red) must be set up down the middle of Main<br />
and Second streets, 15 feet away from the curb, 10 feet away from<br />
any intersection corner, and with front entry facing toward the<br />
buildings.<br />
middle of Main and Second streets, 15 feet away from the curb, 10<br />
feet away from any intersection corner, and with front entry facing<br />
toward the buildings.<br />
The intersection of Main and Second streets must be clear of any<br />
setup. Barricades at First and Main streets must not impede traffic<br />
flow on those streets. All vehicle traffic is prohibited in the festival<br />
area while the roads are closed, including event organizers and vendors.<br />
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The down-the-middle booth layout and<br />
the curb clearance are safety measures, said<br />
Mayor Pat Closser. In the case of a large<br />
building fire in the festival area, the fire<br />
and EMS department needs to be able to<br />
pull its ladder truck to one side of the street<br />
in order to extend the ladder at the correct<br />
angle to the other side of the street to fight<br />
the fire, he explained.<br />
Keeping booths in the middle of the<br />
street, rather than against the curbs on either<br />
side, keeps those booths out of the way<br />
should a building fall, added city council<br />
member Michael Norman, who has helped<br />
to spearhead the downtown festival discussion<br />
and solution-seeking. Breedlove said<br />
the clearance also ensures accessibility to<br />
ramps and sidewalks for people with mobility<br />
issues.<br />
“It is all pretty much about the safety,”<br />
Norman said about the festival layout<br />
plans.<br />
The plan calls for all elements of a festival<br />
to be cleared out by 11 p.m. on the last<br />
day of the festival to allow a clear path for<br />
the city street sweeper to come through.<br />
Another change the plan proposes is a<br />
new route for any parades associated with<br />
downtown festivals. They will no longer be<br />
permitted to travel through the festival<br />
grounds where the streets are closed. Instead,<br />
the proposed parade route would<br />
start from a designated staging area on<br />
Park Avenue, turn onto Main Street heading<br />
toward East Fourth Street, turn onto<br />
See FESTIVALS page 6
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Six local wrestlers compete at state tournament<br />
By Pat Donahue<br />
Staff Writer and Photographer<br />
Six wrestlers from <strong>Madison</strong> County competed<br />
in the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s<br />
(OHSAA) state wrestling<br />
tournament held <strong>March</strong> 8-10 at the Schottenstein<br />
Center in Columbus. This year was<br />
the 87th year for the boys’ state tourney and<br />
the second year for the girls’ state tourney.<br />
Jonathan Alder junior Anthony Kroninger<br />
made it to the podium, placing fourth<br />
in the Div. II 165-pound weight class. This<br />
marked Kroninger’s second trip to state.<br />
Last year, he was held to one win. This year,<br />
he started with a win, followed by a loss,<br />
then three more wins before falling short in<br />
his final match to junior Kalyon McKinney<br />
of Sandusky Perkins. Kroninger took three<br />
of his four wins by pinning his opponents.<br />
He qualified for state by placing second at<br />
district. He finished the season with a<br />
record of 48-9.<br />
Jonathan Alder senior Ava Ater is a fourtime<br />
state qualifier, having competed her<br />
first two years in the Ohio High School<br />
Wrestling Coaches Association girls’ state<br />
tournament and the past two years in the<br />
OHSAA girls’ state tournament. She placed<br />
fifth at state her sophomore and junior<br />
years. This year, she had a different outcome.<br />
Competing in the girls’ 120-pound<br />
weight class, she won just one match. She<br />
qualified for state by finishing fourth at regionals.<br />
She finished the season with a<br />
record of 33-13 and finished her career with<br />
110 wins. She holds the distinction of being<br />
the first female wrestler at Jonathan Alder<br />
to break the 100-win mark. She also is the second four-time state<br />
qualifier in school history; Alan Clifton was the first.<br />
In his first appearance at state, Jonathan Alder sophomore<br />
Ethan Kuhns won his first match with a pin. It would be his only<br />
victory of the weekend. He qualified for state in the Div. II 144-<br />
Jonathan Alder junior Anthony Kroninger wrestles his way to a 4-<br />
2 win over senior Cohen Bunting of New Concord John Glenn.<br />
Kroninger ended up finishing fourth in the Div. II 165-pound<br />
weight class.<br />
pound weight class by placing third at district. He finished the season<br />
with a 42-12 record.<br />
Jonathan Alder senior Dom Kroninger made his second appearance<br />
at the state tournament. Last year, he finished sixth. This<br />
year, he had a tougher go of it, going winless in the Div. II 285-<br />
pound weight class. He placed fourth at district to qualify for state<br />
and finished the season with a record of 44-12.<br />
Competing in the 105-pound weight class in the girls’ division,<br />
<strong>Madison</strong>-Plains freshman Mirage Haverfield started off with a win<br />
in her first trip to state. It would be her only victory in the tournament.<br />
She qualified for state by finishing third at the district level.<br />
She ended the season with a record of 30-13.<br />
London junior Chase Payne competed in the Div. II 215-pound<br />
weight class. He came away from the tournament with two losses<br />
and a final season record of 38-9. He earned his trip to state by placing<br />
third in the district tournament.<br />
Jonathan Alder senior Ava Ater battles her way to a pin over<br />
Chesapeake sophomore Laila Wentz in the girls’ 120-pound<br />
weight class.<br />
Jonathan Alder sophomore Ethan Kuhns pins Alliance sophomore<br />
Johnny Beltz in the Div. II 144-pound weight class.<br />
The ref raises the arm of <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains<br />
freshman Mirage Haverfield, signaling her<br />
victory in her first round matchup against<br />
senior Kellie Kennedy of North Olmstead<br />
in the girls’ 105-weight pound class.<br />
London junior Chase Payne competes against Andy Vanscoy, a<br />
senior from Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, in the Div. II 215-pound<br />
weight class. Payne came up short in the matchup.<br />
Jonathan Alder senior Dom Kroninger, competing in the Div. II<br />
285-pound class, peels off the grasp of senior Garrett Dillon-Rine<br />
of New Philadelphia in his first round at the state tournament.
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<strong>Madison</strong>-Plains presents ‘High School Musical’<br />
By Kristy Zurbrick<br />
ing, band... I have to brag on that a little bit.<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> Editor<br />
Even with everything else they have going<br />
Disney’s “High School Musical” is about<br />
on, they still give the musical everything<br />
two people finding love and finding their<br />
they’ve got,” she said.<br />
best friends in the craziness that high<br />
Manns hopes this fresh and engaged interest<br />
will help <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains’ theater pro-<br />
school brings to life. It’s this storyline and<br />
the lessons that come with it that made<br />
gram to grow in years to come. She also<br />
Katie Manns, <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains High School<br />
hopes to continue forging bonds with other<br />
musical director, choose the show for the<br />
area theater programs to further spread the<br />
school’s spring stage production. Performance<br />
dates are <strong>March</strong> 22-24.<br />
joy and support for the performing arts.<br />
“We have made amazing contacts with<br />
“The show’s bigger meaning is about<br />
the theater departments at other schools.<br />
fighting for what is right, even if you are<br />
We find out what they are doing and go see<br />
alone or going against the status quo, and it<br />
their shows when we can,” Manns explained.<br />
“The students get to make life-long<br />
shows the importance of accepting people<br />
for who they are. I think a lot of people will<br />
friends in the arts community that way.”<br />
be able to relate to it,” Manns said.<br />
Manns said she is appreciative of the<br />
With a cast of 20, “High School Musical”<br />
support she has received from the community<br />
in preparing for this year’s production,<br />
is the biggest show <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains has ever<br />
done, Manns said, noting that well over half<br />
from individuals who helped to build the set<br />
of the student performers are new to the<br />
to the musicians playing in the live band.<br />
stage. For the first time, middle-schoolers<br />
She also gave shout-outs to: Pamela Price,<br />
are part of the production, too.<br />
assistant director; Carol Tewalt, pianist;<br />
“It’s kind of cool because they are coming<br />
senior Emily LeGault, student director; and<br />
<strong>Messenger</strong> photo by Jeff Pfeil<br />
in with fresh eyes,” Manns said about the<br />
senior Bobby Wood, technical director.<br />
newcomers. “They didn’t know what to expect,<br />
so I have had the pleasure of watching<br />
On a special note, Manns is dedicating Among the cast members in <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains’ upcoming production of “High School Musical”<br />
are: (front row, from left) David Neely, Jayden Ruedy, Addi Phillips (in the white<br />
this year’s musical to Joanie Boyle, a mentor,<br />
teacher, coach, and friend who taught dress), Laura Furbee, Alysa Geyer; (back row) Matthew Neely, Leland Snyder, Svetlana<br />
them fall in love with theater.”<br />
She noted that every member of this<br />
at <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains and lost her battle to cancer<br />
last year.<br />
Daniels, Kylie Hartless, Briseis Reategui, Sarah Scheiderer, and Brianna Thompson.<br />
year’s cast is involved in at least one other<br />
extracurricular activity in addition to the<br />
“Joanie always supported the arts, along<br />
of “High School Musical’ are 7 p.m. on Tickets” and search for <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains<br />
musical.<br />
with many other student activities, and her<br />
<strong>March</strong> 22-23 and 2:30 p.m. on <strong>March</strong> 24. High School) or at the door. Manns encourages<br />
anyone who plans to attend to pur-<br />
“Sports, 4-H, dance, Quick Recall, bowl-<br />
legacy will continue to live on,” Manns said.<br />
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at<br />
Show times <strong>Madison</strong>’ Plains production<br />
www.hometownticketing.com (click on “Buy chase tickets online and early.<br />
Mt. Sterling continues prep for new water tower<br />
By Kristy Zurbrick<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> Editor<br />
Preparations continue to move forward<br />
for replacement of Mount Sterling’s water<br />
tower. On <strong>March</strong> 11, village council gave<br />
Mayor Andy Drake the green light to put<br />
the village’s name in the hopper for an EPA<br />
loan should the project cost come in higher<br />
than the funds the village already has set<br />
aside.<br />
“We’ve made no secret of the fact this<br />
project is going to take a long time, and from<br />
beginning to end, probably the cost is going<br />
to change. We need to be able to cover any<br />
difference. (An EPA loan) may not be ultimately<br />
used, but we should have it available<br />
if we have to have it,” Drake said.<br />
The cost estimate for the project, made<br />
in the spring of 2022, is $1.37 million. The<br />
village has set aside<br />
$1.62 million for the<br />
project in the form<br />
of state and federal<br />
grants. The village<br />
hopes to cover the<br />
cost entirely with<br />
no-cost grants but<br />
wants backup options<br />
in place. An<br />
EPA loan is one possible<br />
option for covering<br />
any additional<br />
costs. The application for consideration for<br />
an EPA loan is due this month. After that,<br />
the next opportunity to apply is next year.<br />
Approval is not guaranteed.<br />
The estimated start date for construction<br />
of the water tower is this September. Completion<br />
is estimated for late next year.<br />
Council business<br />
During the business portion of the <strong>March</strong><br />
11 meeting, council approved the following:<br />
• expansion of the tree and beautification<br />
committee to eight members and appointment<br />
of Kathi Carson to the<br />
committee;<br />
• the village’s membership with the Mid<br />
Ohio Regional Planning Commission; and<br />
• an agreement with IGS for technical<br />
services to reduce utility costs in village facilities.<br />
Additional reports<br />
While all of the village’s fire hydrants are<br />
functional, some are leaking. Crews are<br />
going to repair or rebuild 17 hydrants.<br />
The village is hosting three movie nights<br />
at Mason Park this summer. The first one<br />
is set for the last Saturday in June. The<br />
parks and recreation committee will choose<br />
the movies at their next meeting set for 6<br />
p.m. April 22 at town hall.<br />
This year’s community clean-up days are<br />
May 3-5. The village is once again collaborating<br />
with Mount Sterling Nazarene. The<br />
event offers opportunities for residents to<br />
get help with clean-up projects and for volunteers<br />
to do the work.<br />
The tree and beautification committee is<br />
hosting two Arbor Day events. The first is<br />
slated for 10 a.m. April 19 at Mason Park.<br />
Third-graders from <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains Local<br />
Schools will help to mulch newly planted<br />
trees and learn about the importance of<br />
trees. The public is invited to attend. The<br />
second event is set for 10 a.m. to noon on the<br />
town hall lawn. The committee will give<br />
away tree saplings and shrubs. The public<br />
will have 10 varieties from which to choose.<br />
There is a limit of five items per person.
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obituaries<br />
Archaeology Society<br />
The Darby Creek chapter of the Archaeological Society<br />
of Ohio will meet <strong>March</strong> 20 at the <strong>Madison</strong> County<br />
Historical Society Museum, 260 E. High St., London.<br />
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The meeting starts at 6 p.m.<br />
Members and guests enjoy discussions about artifacts<br />
of North America’s early Native Americans and metal<br />
detecting finds related to Ohio pioneers. The public is<br />
welcome and encouraged to bring artifacts (arrowheads,<br />
stone or bone tools, and metal detecting finds) to show.<br />
Easter Basket Outreach<br />
H.E.L.P. House, 122 E. Center St., London, will hold<br />
their annual Little Lambs Easter Basket Outreach from<br />
9 to 11 a.m. <strong>March</strong> 23. This event provides customers<br />
an opportunity to select items for their childrens’ Easter<br />
baskets.<br />
H.E.L.P. House is accepting donations of items such<br />
as individually wrapped candies (chocolate and nonchocolate<br />
varieties), Peeps and other marshmallow candies,<br />
individual packages of jelly beans, special chocolates<br />
such as chocolate bunnies and crosses, small toys, and<br />
monetary donations. Drop-off times are: Monday, 8 a.m.-<br />
6 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m.-noon; and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-<br />
noon. The deadline for donations is <strong>March</strong> 20.<br />
For anyone interested in signing up for the event,<br />
pre-registration is open until <strong>March</strong> 20. This event is<br />
only for customers with children ages infant to 18 years<br />
old. Customers who are not pre-registered must arrive<br />
at 11 a.m. on <strong>March</strong> 23. For details, call (740) 852-1980.<br />
Bunny Hop Shop Hop<br />
London Ohio’s 1811 Downtown District is hosting a<br />
Bunny Hop Shop Hop on <strong>March</strong> 21 from 5 to 8 p.m.<br />
along Main Street. Food trucks, raffles, and a visit from<br />
the Easter Bunny are Planned.<br />
Dodgeball Tournament<br />
The Mount Sterling Community Center, 164 E. Main<br />
St., is hosting a dodgeball tournament at 2 p.m. April<br />
13. The cost to enter is $100 per team (six-man teams<br />
with up to seven members present). Each team member<br />
receives a t-shirt. Divisions include elementary, middle<br />
school, high school, Special Olympics, and adult. For details<br />
or to register, call (740) 869-2453.<br />
Easter Egg Hunts<br />
• The London Kiwanis Easter egg hunt will take<br />
place at 10 a.m. sharp <strong>March</strong> 23 at Cowling Park in<br />
London. It is open to children ages 12 and younger and<br />
will take place rain or shine. Basketballs and footballs<br />
will be up for grabs, thanks to the Mount Sterling Community<br />
Center.<br />
• The Egg-Streme Community Easter Jam & Egg<br />
Hunt will take place at 10:30 a.m. <strong>March</strong> 23 at the<br />
Mount Sterling Community Center, 164 E. Main St.<br />
Egg hunt age categories are: 1-3 years old, 4-5 years old,<br />
6-7 years old, 8-10 years old, and 11-18 years old. Register<br />
for the egg hunt by visiting msnazarene.org/easter.<br />
Coffee, juice, and doughnuts will be served. Photos with<br />
the Easter Bunny and prizes are planned.<br />
• The village of West Jefferson is hosting an Easter<br />
egg hunt and other festivities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 30 at Converse Park, 799 Converse Ave. The egg<br />
hunt starts at 11 a.m. Age categories are: 0-5 years old,<br />
6-9 years old, and 10 and older. A total of 12,000 eggs<br />
filled with candy or prizes will be hidden. Anyone who<br />
would like to help hide the eggs is asked to show up at<br />
the park at 8 a.m. that day. Also planned are free food,<br />
inflatables, and pictures with the Easter bunny.<br />
• Plain City’s Easter egg hunt is set for 12 p.m.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 23 at Pastime Park. The Easter bunny will be on<br />
site for photo ops. The rain date is <strong>March</strong> 30.<br />
• The Forgotten Ones Motorcycle Club and its London<br />
chapter, the Founding Fathers, are hosting an<br />
Easter egg hunt at 10:30 a.m. <strong>March</strong> 30 at the Merri-<br />
Mac Park ball fields, 250 Toland St., London. Age<br />
groups are: 0-4 years old, 5-9 years old, and 10 and<br />
older. Participants will hunt for plastic eggs filled with<br />
candy. Prizes include bicycles and Easter baskets filled<br />
with goodies. Hot dogs, chips, and drinks will be served.<br />
The Easter Bunny will be on site. Parents and children<br />
are invited to check out the motorcycles on display and<br />
talk to the owners. The festivities will go on until 2 p.m.<br />
• The Starr Signature Memorial egg hunt will take<br />
place at 11 a.m. <strong>March</strong> 30 at Mason Park in Mount Sterling.<br />
Developmental Disabilities Board<br />
The <strong>Madison</strong> County Board of Developmental Disabilities<br />
will meet at 4 p.m. <strong>March</strong> 21 at the administrative<br />
office, 500 Elm St., London. Should the meeting<br />
need to be canceled and rescheduled, it will take place<br />
the following Thursday.<br />
Recycled Art Show<br />
“Everything Old is New Again” is the title of the 9th<br />
Annual Community Art Show to be held April 4-May 19<br />
at the London Arts Center, 121 E. First St.<br />
The London Visual Arts Guild invites the public to<br />
submit entries for this show. The guild is accepting<br />
drawings, paintings, photographs, mixed media, and<br />
hand-crafted submissions. Entries should incorporate<br />
recycled materials. Prizes will be awarded in youth<br />
(ages 6-16) and adult categories.<br />
Applications are available at London Public Library,<br />
Yesterday’s Ewes, Relevant Co., The Paper Boutique,<br />
and the London Arts Center. Entries can be dropped off<br />
at the center between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. <strong>March</strong> 23 and<br />
<strong>March</strong> 27. Winners will be announced at an opening reception<br />
set for 2-4 p.m. April 6 at the arts center.<br />
For more information about the contest, visit londonvisualartsguild.org<br />
or call Sandy Fox at (937) 207-7400.<br />
Jeffersonian Senior Center<br />
The Jeffersonian Senior Citizen Center, 174 E. Main<br />
St., West Jefferson, usually meets from noon to 2 p.m.<br />
the first and third Tuesdays of each month for potlucks<br />
and events. This month is an exception; the center will<br />
meet on <strong>March</strong> 26 only for a meeting white elephant<br />
bingo. The center will return to its usual schedule next<br />
month. Anyone 50 and older is welcome to stop in to learn<br />
more. The cost to become a member is $10 per year.<br />
Alzheimer’s Family Support<br />
The Alzheimer’s Family Support Group meets at 6<br />
p.m. the first Thursday of each month at St. John’s<br />
Lutheran Church, 380 Keny Blvd., London. For more<br />
information, call Pat Baynes at (937) 269-3605. Everyone<br />
is welcome.<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County Senior Center<br />
The <strong>Madison</strong> County Senior Citizens Center is located<br />
at 280 W. High St., London. For details, call (740)<br />
852-3001.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 18—8:30 a.m., indoor walking and exercise<br />
class; 9 a.m., chair volleyball; 9:30 a.m., crocheting,<br />
knitting and needle crafts; 10:30 a.m., sitting exercise and strengthening;<br />
1 p.m., euchre<br />
<strong>March</strong> 19—9 a.m., quilting class, 10 a.m., bowling; 4-7 p.m., billiards,<br />
hand and foot cards, workout room open<br />
<strong>March</strong> 20—8:30 a.m., indoor walking and exercise class; 9 a.m.,<br />
chair volleyball; 12 p.m., bridge<br />
<strong>March</strong> 21—9 a.m., chair volleyball<br />
<strong>March</strong> 22—8:30 a.m., indoor walking/exercise class; 9 a.m., painting<br />
class; 1 p.m., free movie for members.<br />
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FESTIVALS<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
East Fourth Street heading toward North<br />
Walnut Street, turn onto North Walnut<br />
Street heading toward Park Avenue, and<br />
end on Park Avenue where it started.<br />
Questions and comments from council<br />
After hearing the plan, council member<br />
Greg Eades noted the proposed festival<br />
grounds no longer extend past First Street<br />
to the railroad tracks, making the festival<br />
area smaller. He asked if everything would<br />
still fit. Breedlove said she believed the area<br />
would still accommodate the festivals’<br />
needs, allowing for up to 62 10x10 vendor<br />
tents.<br />
Norman asked if street closures for the<br />
festivals have been conducted properly in<br />
the past. Closser said there have been con-<br />
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cerns that event organizers have not been<br />
contacting the Ohio Department of Transportation<br />
(ODOT) which must be notified<br />
when state routes are involved.<br />
“We need to meet with organizers earlier<br />
to make sure all these steps are being taken,<br />
so we have correct closures, especially for<br />
ODOT. It’s another piece to the whole plan,”<br />
Closser said.<br />
Council President Joshua Peters asked if<br />
the plan applied to other events, not just the<br />
Strawberry Festival, Rhythm & Rib Fest,<br />
and Old Fashioned Christmas. Norman said<br />
the plan is the set-up for any downtown<br />
event that requires road closures.<br />
“We’re setting these up exactly the same<br />
every time. The (emergency) response time<br />
is going to be quicker. (First responders) are<br />
not going to be guessing where everything<br />
is,” Norman said.<br />
Council member Brent McDaniels<br />
stated, “I like keeping (the festivals) downtown<br />
and making it more safe, even if we<br />
have to change the parade route and it<br />
makes it more compliant and more courteous<br />
to the business owners.”<br />
Questions/comments from the public<br />
Kevin and Holly Stockham, organizers of<br />
the London Strawberry Festival, were<br />
among the people who attended the town<br />
hall meeting. One of their concerns is the<br />
new proposed parade route.<br />
“Of the three main events (that take<br />
place downtown), we’re the only ones that<br />
have a parade. I’m not sure why anybody<br />
would want to be in the parade if it doesn’t<br />
FUNK<br />
Vicki Lynn (Ackley) Funk, 67, of Mount Sterling, Ohio, died on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 5, <strong>2024</strong>, in The Ohio State East Hospital, Columbus. Born<br />
on Aug. 2, 1956, in Columbus, she was a daughter of William “Bill”<br />
Ackley and Estella Marie (Engle) Ackley.<br />
Professionally, Vicki had worked for several restaurants in London.<br />
She loved knitting and crocheting and<br />
would always make various pieces for<br />
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friends, family, and caregivers. Vicki was a<br />
huge football fan, especially supporting the<br />
OSU Buckeyes and Dallas Cowboys. She<br />
also cherished any classic black and white<br />
movie that she could find!<br />
Vicki leaves behind: two children,<br />
Joshua Landis (fiancée Savannah Poling)<br />
and Tiffany Landis; stepson, Rudy Funk Jr.;<br />
grandchildren, Emmaline Maynard, Paislee<br />
Maynard, Delilah Maynard; step-grandchildren,<br />
Annabelle Landis, Waylon Adams,<br />
Autumn Adams, Payton Poling; sister, Lana<br />
Ackley; and nephews, Jeremiah (Lacey)<br />
Webb, William Webb, and Donnie Webb.<br />
She was preceded in death by: her parents;<br />
first husband, Ronald Scott Landis;<br />
second husband, Rudy Funk; and grandson,<br />
Jessy Maynard Jr.<br />
Visitation was set for 1-4 p.m. <strong>March</strong> 16<br />
in Eberle-Fisher Funeral Home and Crematory,<br />
London. Memorials in Vicki’s name<br />
may be sent to the funeral home for the<br />
benevolence of the family. Memorials also<br />
may be submitted online through the “Donations”<br />
tab at the top of the obituary page<br />
go through the festival. It doesn’t make<br />
sense to me,” Kevin said.<br />
Holly added, “Every event in Ohio that I<br />
know of runs their parade right down the<br />
middle of their festival. So, you’re saying the<br />
city of London is better than every other city<br />
in the state of Ohio and surrounding states<br />
at safety because now we’re going to run it<br />
around?”<br />
Closser responded, “We’re not saying<br />
that London is better than anybody or that<br />
London is safer than anybody. What we’re<br />
saying is we listened to our police chief, we<br />
listened to our fire and EMS chief, and this<br />
is what they’re telling us.”<br />
Holly also said the new parade route<br />
presents a problem for the approximately<br />
150 queens from other festivals who take<br />
part in the Strawberry Festival parade and,<br />
afterwards, introduce themselves and promote<br />
their festivals on stage. They would<br />
have to get from the Park Avenue parade<br />
end-point back to the stage, instead of the<br />
more direct plan the festival has used in the<br />
past, she said.<br />
Norman agreed that the situation for the<br />
visiting royalty needs some thought. He and<br />
Closser stated that the city wants to work<br />
with festival organizers to find solutions<br />
where possible.<br />
Faye Ross, owner of Sammi Faye’s in<br />
downtown London, encourages all parties<br />
involved to work together to find solutions<br />
to any concerns because she sees the festivals<br />
as a way to bring people to the downtown<br />
area and shine a spotlight on the<br />
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businesses there.<br />
“We are in such a crucial point of growth<br />
right now (in downtown London), that any<br />
festival is free marketing. It is free exposure.<br />
It is people coming downtown and saying,<br />
‘Oh, wow, this is here now?’ We need to<br />
keep that momentum going or that will not<br />
continue in downtown London,” she said,<br />
adding that sales for her business increase<br />
significantly during festivals.<br />
Several other people who attended the<br />
town hall meeting spoke up with comments,<br />
questions, and concerns.<br />
One person commented about the parade<br />
route being shorter and, therefore, allowing<br />
for less room for spectators. One attendee<br />
stated there’s a need for better barriers for<br />
the street closures, that people have moved<br />
them in the past to get around them with<br />
their vehicles. Another attendee asked<br />
about vendor set-up times. A question was<br />
brought up about the Cobra car show that<br />
takes place during the London Strawberry<br />
Festival and closes off part of Main Street<br />
north of High Street.<br />
Closser said the city is working on securing<br />
better road barriers, will look into vendor<br />
set-up times, and will work with the<br />
Cobra show to make things work.<br />
At the conclusion of the town hall meeting,<br />
Closser said the city appreciates all of<br />
the questions, comments, concerns, and<br />
ideas and is already addressing some of<br />
them and taking the others into consideration.<br />
He welcomes additional input as the<br />
city continues to work on its festival plan.<br />
on the funeral home’s website. Condolences for the family may be<br />
shared at www.eberlefisherfuneralhome.com.<br />
ZWOLL<br />
Edna M. Zwoll, 92, of Cambridge, formerly of Westerville, died<br />
peacefully in the arms of her daughter, <strong>March</strong> 5, <strong>2024</strong>, at home.<br />
Born on Oct. 6, 1931, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, she was a daughter<br />
of Kyle Jarvis and Alice (Wharton) Jarvis.<br />
Edna had worked as an accountant for the State of Ohio for 51<br />
years before retiring in 2005. She was a member of Leave A Mark<br />
Church in Columbus where she accepted Christ as her Savior. Edna<br />
also belonged to the Westerville Senior Center before relocating to<br />
Cambridge. She always enjoyed looking out in the yard and watching<br />
whatever birds she could find. Additionally, Edna enjoyed gardens<br />
and flowers. The more color the better!<br />
She is survived by: four children, Debra (John) Eastman, Sonia<br />
(Terry) Chadwick, Wanda Ratcliffe, and Gilbert (Diane) Zwoll Jr.;<br />
grandchildren, Jennifer Hunt, Jeremy Hunt, Elijah Vaughn (Katelyn)<br />
Oren, and Jordyn Eastman; great-grandchildren, Avery, Bella,<br />
Elissa, Kinsey, Lydia, Austin; and several nieces and nephews, including<br />
Lori Jarvis, Cassandra Jarvis, Mark Jarvis, Kyle Jarvis III,<br />
Keith Jarvis, and Jason Hunt.<br />
Edna was preceded in death by: her parents; husband, Gilbert<br />
Zwoll Sr.; sister, Roberta Hunt; and brothers, Russell Jarvis, Robert<br />
Jarvis, Richard Jarvis, and Kyle Jarvis Jr.<br />
Visitation and a funeral service were held on <strong>March</strong> 10 at Eberle-<br />
Fisher Funeral Home and Crematory, London, with Pastor Gaye<br />
Gossard officiating.<br />
Memorials in Edna’s name may be sent to the funeral home for<br />
the benevolence of the family. Memorials also may be submitted online<br />
through the “Donations” tab at the top of the obituary page on<br />
the funeral home’s website. Condolences for the family may be<br />
shared at www.eberlefisherfuneralhome.com.
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Celebrate the Easter holiday at these area houses of worship:<br />
LIFE IN CHRIST FELLOWSHIP<br />
500 SR 142 NE, West Jefferson, OH<br />
614-879-5423 • Pastor Bill Steinbrecher<br />
Palm Sunday..................Cantana..............................10:30 am<br />
LILLY CHAPEL<br />
METHODIST CHURCH<br />
8530 Lilly Chapel-Georgesville, OH<br />
614-879-8007 • Pastor Jon Osmundson<br />
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
WEST JEFFERSON<br />
686 West Jefferson-Kiousville Rd. SE<br />
West Jefferson, OH 43162<br />
FAITH ASSEMBLY<br />
WORSHIP CENTER<br />
2600 U.S. Rt. 40, London, OH<br />
740-852-4131<br />
Pastor Jordan Smith<br />
Easter Sunday............................................................10:30 am<br />
FM 93.9 raido transmission in parking lot<br />
Christ is Risen!<br />
Good Friday Service............................................7:30 pm<br />
Easter Sunrise Service w/Breakfast to follow.......7:00 am<br />
Easter Service.....................................................10:00 am<br />
614-879-7213 • Pastor Darrel Schick<br />
fbcwj.com<br />
Worship..............................................................10:45 am<br />
Sunrise Service.....................................................7:30 am<br />
Followed by Breakfast<br />
Worship.............................................................10:30 am<br />
ST. PAUL AFRICAN<br />
METHODIST EPISCOPAL<br />
CHURCH OF LONDON<br />
11 W. Center St., London, OH<br />
740-852-3044<br />
Rev. Melvyn D. Huguely<br />
Sandie Cunningham, Assoc. Pastor<br />
Sunday School.......................................................9:30 am<br />
Sunday Sunrise Service..........................................6:30 am<br />
HARVEST CHURCH<br />
330 West Jefferson Kiousville Rd.<br />
West Jefferson, OH 43162<br />
614-879-7075<br />
Pastor Faron Tabor Sr.<br />
Sunday Worship.................................................10:00 am<br />
Sunday School....................................................10:00 am<br />
TRINITY EPISCOPAL<br />
CHURCH<br />
10 E. Fourth St., London, OH<br />
Father George Glazier<br />
Good Friday..........................................................6:30 pm<br />
Easter Service.......................................................10:00 am<br />
NEWPORT CCCU<br />
6800 State Route 38 SE, London, OH<br />
740-852-3978<br />
Pastor William A. Benner<br />
Easter Sunrise Service...........................................6:30 am<br />
Easter Worship...................................................10:30 am<br />
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD<br />
1525 Old Xenia Rd SE, London, OH<br />
740-852-0105<br />
Rev. Thomas Gardner<br />
Breakfast...........................................................9:15-10:00 am<br />
Easter Egg Hunt..............................................10:00-10:20 am<br />
Worship....................................................................10:30 am<br />
RIVER OF LIFE<br />
WORSHIP CENTER<br />
5543 Big Plain-Circleville Rd., London, OH<br />
740-604-0432<br />
Pastor Gaye Gossard<br />
Sunday School.....................................................10:00 am<br />
Worship..............................................................11:00 am<br />
ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC<br />
CHURCH<br />
61 S. Union St., London, OH<br />
740-852-0942<br />
Fr. Anthony A. Dinovo, Jr.<br />
Reconciliation is available Monday of Holy Week,<br />
4pm-5:30pm & 7pm-8pm<br />
Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7pm with incense<br />
Good Friday: Passion Liturgy at 3pm<br />
Stations of the Cross, 7pm<br />
Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil Liturgy at 9pm with incense<br />
Easter Sunday Masses: 7:30am & 10:30am<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
FREEWILL BAPTIST<br />
CHURCH<br />
130 Plain City-Georgesville Rd.<br />
West Jefferson, OH<br />
Rev. Jerry Newman<br />
Adult Sunday School...........................................10:00 am<br />
Worship..............................................................10:45 am<br />
Wednesday Prayers & Bible Study.......................7:00 pm<br />
WEST JEFFERSON<br />
CHURCH OF CHRIST<br />
6101 US Route 40<br />
West Jefferson, OH 43162<br />
614-879-8130<br />
Sunday Services..................................................10:15 am<br />
LONDON CHURCH OF<br />
CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN<br />
UNION<br />
180 W. Center St., London, OH<br />
740-852-0471 • Rev. Lee Stanley<br />
Easter Worship.........................................................10:30 am<br />
LONDON BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
(SBC)<br />
1440 St. Rt. 665 SE, London, OH<br />
740-852-2521<br />
Sunrise Service.....................................................7:00 am<br />
Follow by Followship Breakfast<br />
Bible Study...........................................................9:30 am<br />
Easter Message....................................................10:29 am<br />
The Sunday that Changed Everything<br />
MT. STERLING FIRST CHURCH<br />
OF THE NAZARENE<br />
226 N. Market St., Mt. Sterling, OH<br />
740-869-3127<br />
Pastor Phil Starr<br />
Sunday Worship Service.....................9:00 am & 10:30 am<br />
Good Friday Service...............................................7:00 pm<br />
* Live streaming service on Facebook...................10:30 am<br />
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST<br />
CHURCH OF LONDON<br />
52 N. Main St., London, OH • 740-852-0462<br />
Maundy Thursday - 6am-4pm<br />
Self Serve Communion<br />
Good Friday Service............................................7:00 pm<br />
Easter Sunrise Service..........................................7:00 am<br />
Easter Sunday Breakfast......................................8:00 am<br />
Easter Worship Celebration..............................10:00 am<br />
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN<br />
CHURCH OF LONDON<br />
211 Garfield Ave., London, OH<br />
740-852-1215<br />
Rev. Désirée M. Youngblood<br />
Maundy Thursday Service..........................................4:30 pm<br />
Good Friday Service...................................................7:30 pm<br />
Easter Sunday Service...............................................10:00 am<br />
CROSSROADS<br />
COMMUNITY CHURCH<br />
2262 St. Rt. 56 SW, London, OH<br />
740-852-7800<br />
Pastor Thad Gifford<br />
Sunday, <strong>March</strong> 31st, Coffee & Donuts.....10:15-10:40 am<br />
Easter Service......................................................10:45 am<br />
SOUTH SOLON<br />
UNITED METHODIST<br />
CHURCH<br />
12790 N. High St, South Solon, OH 43153<br />
740-815-4312<br />
Richard Owen, Pastor<br />
Sunday Worship....................................................9:30 am
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Rotary’s Joe Yoder Award goes to Mike Vallery<br />
Every year, the London Rotary Club presents<br />
the Joe Yoder Agricultural Award to<br />
someone who has made a significant contribution<br />
to agriculture in <strong>Madison</strong> County. This<br />
year’s award went to Mike Vallery whose roots<br />
in agriculture run deep.<br />
The presentation took place on <strong>March</strong> 7 at<br />
the <strong>Madison</strong> County Senior Center during the<br />
club’s annual Rural Urban Day Breakfast, an<br />
event recognizing the partnership between<br />
agriculture and business.<br />
Vallery was touched to be named as this<br />
year’s honoree.<br />
“I have watched this award be presented to<br />
farmers several times over the years and never<br />
really saw myself in this position. I am thankful<br />
to be included in a great bunch of individuals,”<br />
he said<br />
Vallery said he knew from a young age<br />
what he wanted to do in life.<br />
“Growing up in the southern part of the<br />
county, all I ever wanted to do was farm. I told<br />
my third-grade teacher that I could quit school<br />
now because I knew everything I needed to<br />
know to be a farmer. Of course, she reminded<br />
me of that right up to the day I graduated high<br />
school,” he said.<br />
Vallery is a graduate of <strong>Madison</strong>-Plains<br />
High School where he was active in vocational<br />
agriculture and FFA. He started swine and<br />
crop projects his freshman year in high school<br />
and later graduated from Clark Tech with an<br />
associate’s degree in agriculture. While in college,<br />
he also sold feed. After college, he and his<br />
father continued farming and picked up a seed<br />
dealership with <strong>Madison</strong> Seed Co.<br />
Vallery married Laura Ferguson in 1993.<br />
Together, they have three sons—John, Jacob,<br />
and Jarrett—who farm with them. In 2001,<br />
Vallery started running his uncle’s insurance<br />
agency, helping to protect farmers’ property<br />
and crops.<br />
“With the help of his family, Mike has also<br />
installed several acres of conservation reserve<br />
program waterways on their farms in <strong>Madison</strong><br />
and Greene counties,” said Rotary member<br />
Matt Doherty during the award presentation.<br />
Vallery served on the <strong>Madison</strong> Soil & Water<br />
Conservation District board from 2013 to 2015<br />
and currently serves on the Ohio Corn and<br />
Wheat Growers Association board.<br />
He is a lifelong member of the Farm Bureau.<br />
He became active in the 1990s, helping<br />
to boost membership. He served as the organization’s<br />
president from 2007 to 2010 and currently<br />
serves as membership chairman.<br />
In addition to farming, Vallery is a member<br />
of the Masonic Lodge in Sedalia and is a lifelong<br />
member of Midway Presbyterian Church<br />
where he has served as treasurer since 2000.<br />
In accepting the award, Vallery thanked his<br />
wife, sons, parents, and the people who help<br />
him to run his business for their support.<br />
The Joe Yoder Agricultural Award is named<br />
after the late Joe Yoder who was a lifelong<br />
farmer and a county commissioner for many<br />
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London Rotary Club member Matt Doherty (left) and club President Kris Blind<br />
(right) congratulate Mike Vallery (second from left) on being named the recipient<br />
of this year’s Joe Yoder Agricultural Award. Mike is accompanied by<br />
his wife, Laura.<br />
years. Yoder was a strong advocate for<br />
the well-being of farmers and often<br />
spoke up on their behalf. Yoder also<br />
was a London Rotary Club member<br />
and believed in the club’s ideal of “service<br />
above self.” The award was established<br />
in 2008.<br />
Previous award winners include:<br />
2008—Randy Miller<br />
2009—Phil Eades<br />
2010—Bob Sommers<br />
2011—Mike Adkins<br />
2012—Autie Howard<br />
2013—Pete Yoder<br />
2014—Robert Higgins<br />
2015—Roger and Jane Snyder<br />
2016—Johnny and Virginia Davison<br />
2017—Mike and Pam Boerger<br />
2018—Bill Young<br />
2019—Dennis Wilt<br />
2022—Dana Snyder<br />
2023—David Peart<br />
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Extension Office shares on-farm research results<br />
By Amanda Douridas<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County Ag and Natural Resources Extension Educator<br />
One of the parts I love most about my job is working<br />
with farmers to answer questions they have about their<br />
farms. On-farm research enables us to define whether<br />
a product or practice enhanced yield or provided an economic<br />
advantage for the farm. Last year was a busy<br />
year with a variety of trials across the county.<br />
Each of the trials summarized below is also available<br />
in greater detail in the 2023 eFields Report. Pages are<br />
noted in parentheses next to the project title. eFields is<br />
available online at go.osu.edu/eFields or in the <strong>Madison</strong><br />
County Extension Office at 217 Elm St., London.<br />
Beauveria Bassiana (pp. 48-49)<br />
Objective: Determine if seed treated with Beauveria<br />
Bassiana reduces ear mold in corn.<br />
Design: This project used a split planter layout. Half<br />
of the planter was loaded with treated seed and half was<br />
untreated. The treatments were replicated four times<br />
but were not randomized. We utilized the seed treatment<br />
product SPE 120 from JABB of the Carolinas.<br />
Observations: There was minimal insect and weed<br />
pressure in this field. Timely rains resulted in high<br />
yields. The corn was scouted for leaf disease at R5 and<br />
no difference between treated or untreated was seen.<br />
Results: The vomitoxin DON was present at harvest<br />
and ranges from 8.2 to 15.7 ppm. There was no statistical<br />
difference between treated and check in DON<br />
grain levels. ZEA was also present but has no FDA action<br />
level associated with it. Literature does indicate<br />
levels at 0.5 ppm can cause reproductive issues in gilts<br />
(female swine not yet bred). The Bb treated plots were<br />
statistically significant at keeping the ZEA levels<br />
below 0.5 ppm. Yield was statistically different with<br />
the untreated yielding higher than treated with 2<br />
bu/ac difference.<br />
Plantskydd Deer Deterrent (pp. 132-133)<br />
Objective: Determine if Plantskydd deters deer from<br />
feeding on double crop soybeans.<br />
Design: This study used a randomized complete<br />
block design. Three replications with two treatments<br />
each were laid out randomly. Treatment width was<br />
120 feet. The product was mixed at a rate of 1.5 pounds<br />
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of product per acre and applied at 15 gallons per acre<br />
with 64 ounces of AMS per acre. Two applications were<br />
made on 8/11 (V3) and 8/28 (R1). Three exclusion cages<br />
were setup across each treatment to gauge deer feeding.<br />
Plantskydd is a wettable powder product designed<br />
to stimulate a fear-based response in animals to deter<br />
them from feeding on plants. It is made of dried<br />
porcine or bovine blood.<br />
Observations: The product is difficult to dissolve in<br />
water. We utilized an empty bulk tank rigged with an<br />
agitator to mix the product before feeding into the<br />
sprayer. The yields increased across the field as the<br />
treatments got further away from deer habitat. Deer<br />
feeding began as soon as soybeans emerged and before<br />
there was enough plant material to warrant an application.<br />
Height differences were seen between the soybeans<br />
inside the exclusion cages and those outside.<br />
Results: Plantskydd applications did not result in a<br />
significant yield difference. From the observations, a<br />
conclusion can be drawn that deer feeding decreased<br />
soybean yield and Plantskydd was not able to deter<br />
deer enough to prevent yield loss.<br />
Soil Moisture at Planting<br />
This study was funded by the SARE North Central<br />
Region Farmer Partnership Grant.<br />
Objective: Quantify the differences in soil moisture<br />
and temperature between fields under conventional<br />
tillage, no-till, and cover crop management using soil<br />
sensors. METER TEROS 11 sensors with ZL6 data<br />
loggers were used to monitor soil moisture and temperature<br />
recording once every hour.<br />
Study Design: Sensors were placed in neighboring<br />
fields under conventional tillage (tilled), no-till (NT),<br />
no-till with a cover crop (NT-CC) killed prior to seeding,<br />
and NT-CC killed after seeding.<br />
There were three paired sites with each treatment:<br />
one in Champaign County, one in Fayette County, and<br />
one in <strong>Madison</strong> County. Sensors were placed in the<br />
same soil types in different fields with two sensors per<br />
treatment.<br />
Observations: We were unable to secure enough<br />
data points to compare the cover crop being killed prior<br />
to or after planting so NT-CC is all one treatment. This<br />
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One of the OSU Extension’s on-farm research projects studied<br />
whether a certain product helped to deter deer from feeding<br />
on soybean crops. Exclusion cages enabled a visual guide to<br />
how much deer feeding occurred during the growing season.<br />
report summarizes data from 2022 and 2023.<br />
Results: When comparing NT-CC to tilled and NT, no difference<br />
was seen in temperature through planting. After planting,<br />
tilled ground ran two to four degrees higher from mid-April to<br />
June until the crop canopied. The tilled ground was about one<br />
degree higher than NT-CC and NT through the rest of the season.<br />
Soil moisture at three inches varied between the three treatments,<br />
with NT peaking as the wettest in <strong>March</strong> and NT-CC<br />
surpassing it in May. Tilled and NT-CC ran very closely together<br />
from January to <strong>March</strong>, and then in April NT-CC started to have<br />
a higher moisture content. On average, during the summer<br />
months, NT-CC and NT retained more moisture than tilled, but<br />
there were some deviations, possibly due to weather differences<br />
across the sites. More detailed graphs by location can be viewed<br />
at: go.osu.edu/saresoiltemp.<br />
I would like to thank the farmers who collaborated with me<br />
in 2023 and am looking forward to learning more in <strong>2024</strong>. If you<br />
are interested in conducting on-farm research this season, please<br />
email me at Douridas.9@osu.edu.<br />
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New Ag Careers Exploration Day set for July 24<br />
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<strong>Madison</strong> Editor<br />
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The <strong>Madison</strong> County OSU Extension Office wants to give youths<br />
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careers.<br />
To that end, they are hosting an Agriculture Careers Exploration<br />
Day on July 24 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London,<br />
home to the Farm Science Review. The event is free and open to<br />
teens ages 14 to 19, regardless of where they are from.<br />
The day will include breakout sessions covering career options<br />
in environmental science, agriculture engineering, crop science, and<br />
animal science. Hands-on demonstrations and other learning opportunities<br />
are part of the agenda.<br />
The day also will include a career and college fair where participants<br />
can talk one-on-one with industry leaders and representatives<br />
from universities and technical schools.<br />
cialize in. We both ended up in different places than<br />
“They will get to see options for what they can do what we anticipated,” Dillion said.<br />
right out of high school, with a technical or associate’s “So, we decided to create an event to give kids a look<br />
degree, with a bachelor’s degree, and with a master’s at possible careers earlier in their decision-making<br />
degree or higher,” said Laura Dillion, <strong>Madison</strong> County process. A lot of kids think they can only be a veterinarian<br />
or need to have 5,000 acres to farm. We want to<br />
Extension educator/4-H youth development.<br />
Dillion and Amanda Douridas, <strong>Madison</strong> County Extension<br />
agriculture and natural resources educator, are culture.”<br />
show them that there are lots of other options in agri-<br />
responsible for creating the Ag Careers Exploration Registration for the Ag Careers Exploration Day<br />
Day, a new event.<br />
likely will open in early May. Call the <strong>Madison</strong> County<br />
“We both have agriculture degrees, but when we OSU Extension Office at (740) 852-0975 for more information.<br />
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Farm Bureau offers scholarship<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County Farm Bureau is offering<br />
scholarship awards to <strong>Madison</strong><br />
County Farm Bureau members’ children,<br />
with preference given to applicants majoring<br />
in agriculture. The scholarship is for<br />
the purpose of continuing higher education<br />
at a two- or four-year college/university<br />
or technical school. The deadline to<br />
apply is <strong>March</strong> 28, <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
Applications will be accepted from students<br />
meeting the following qualifications:<br />
1. Must be a <strong>Madison</strong> County resident;<br />
2. Must be enrolled as a full-time student<br />
in a four-year college/university program or in a two-year technical<br />
program for the fall quarter/semester of <strong>2024</strong>; and<br />
3. Parents/guardian or applicant must be a <strong>Madison</strong> County<br />
Farm Bureau member.<br />
The award must be used towards the student’s tuition and fees<br />
and will be processed through the scholarship office of the chosen<br />
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discretion, not to exceed<br />
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The criteria to be considered<br />
includes academics, community<br />
activities, grade transcripts, and<br />
three letters of reference. Selection<br />
of the final applicants will<br />
be made by the scholarship committee<br />
and approved by the<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County Farm Bureau<br />
Board of Trustees.<br />
To apply for the scholarship,<br />
visit <strong>Madison</strong>.ofbf.org and click on the “<strong>2024</strong><br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County Scholarship available” article<br />
to access the application.<br />
For details, contact the <strong>Madison</strong> County<br />
Farm Bureau office at 800-451-8908 or<br />
madison@ofbf.org. Business hours are Monday-Thursday,<br />
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 26: Women<br />
in Ag breakfast at<br />
Red Brick Tavern<br />
Ohio State University’s College of Food,<br />
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences<br />
is hosting its monthly Women in Ag meetup<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 26 at the Red Brick Tavern, 1700<br />
Cumberland St., London. Dinner and a<br />
guest presentation on weed identification<br />
and management are set for 5:30 p.m. Dr.<br />
Alyssa Essman, OSU Extension weed specialist,<br />
will speak. The meal costs $5.<br />
Pre-registration and pre-payment are required<br />
and must be made at least three days<br />
prior to the event. Registration includes any<br />
associated materials. To register, visit<br />
go.osu.edu/madisonwiareg.<br />
For more information, contact Amanda<br />
Douridas, <strong>Madison</strong> County OSU Extension’s<br />
agricultural and natural resources educator,<br />
at douridas.9@osu.edu or call the<br />
Extension office at (740) 852-0975.
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Tornado claims 120-year-old <strong>Madison</strong> Co. barn<br />
By Kristy Zurbrick<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> Editor<br />
One of <strong>Madison</strong> County’s iconic barns<br />
was among the structures lost in the tornado/storm<br />
event that swept through the<br />
county on the morning of Feb. 28.<br />
Located on Markley Road, southwest of<br />
Summerford, the two-story, German-style<br />
bank barn had stood for 120 years, its original<br />
name and construction date, “Diamond<br />
Rock Stock Farm 1904,” emblazoned on its<br />
slate roof.<br />
“At 5:03 a.m. (on Feb. 28), my wife and I<br />
headed to the basement and heard the tornado,”<br />
said John Mitchell who, with his<br />
wife, Joanna, has owned the barn as part of<br />
their farm since 2000.<br />
After the storm passed, John grabbed a<br />
flashlight and made his way to the barn<br />
only to see that it had been flattened.<br />
“I wanted to cry,” he said, adding that<br />
several friends and neighbors later told him<br />
they, too, were in tears over the loss. “A lot<br />
of people knew this barn because it wasn’t<br />
just your basic barn.”<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County historical records show<br />
that Daniel Lucy built the barn in 1904 for<br />
use in his market hog operation. Later in its<br />
life, the barn was used for a dairy operation.<br />
There’s a good chance the barn’s timbers<br />
were cut from the farm, John said, and he<br />
has had modern day repair experts tell him<br />
the roof’s original slate likely came from Vermont<br />
by way of train and horse-and-wagon.<br />
The Mitchells acquired the barn when<br />
they purchased the farm next to theirs. At<br />
the time, the barn’s walls were pushing out,<br />
the floor was suffering from rot, and the roof<br />
had lost some of its slate. The couple<br />
wasted little time in hiring professionals to<br />
shore up the barn and return the roof to its<br />
original glory. Up until last month’s tornado,<br />
they had used the barn primarily for<br />
storage.<br />
While they are saddened by the barn’s<br />
demise, the Mitchells said they feel fortunate<br />
things weren’t worse.<br />
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Farm Bureau at the Capitol<br />
Hundreds of Ohio Farm Bureau members,<br />
including representatives from the<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County Farm Bureau, gathered in<br />
downtown Columbus to meet one-on-one<br />
with state senators and representatives<br />
during Ohio Farm Bureau’s annual Ag Day<br />
at the Capitol on Feb. 21.<br />
Among topics discussed were priority<br />
items for the Ohio Farm Bureau, including<br />
eminent domain reform and additional<br />
landowner protections, water quality, a more<br />
resilient food system, and the expansion of<br />
affordable high-speed broadband access.<br />
Attendees also took part in a leadership<br />
panel with members of the 135th General<br />
Assembly, discussing the future of agriculture<br />
policies currently under consideration,<br />
including property taxes, environmental<br />
stewardship, education and workforce development,<br />
and rural health care, among<br />
other topics.<br />
Austin Crumley, vice president, Kayle<br />
Mast, and Melinda Lee, organization director,<br />
attended Ag Day at the Capitol on behalf<br />
of the <strong>Madison</strong> County Farm Bureau.<br />
Between meetings with legislators, they<br />
also heard from Ohio Farm Bureau President<br />
Bill Patterson and Adam Sharp, the organization’s<br />
executive vice president.<br />
Ohio Farm Bureau’s mission is working<br />
together for Ohio Farmers to advance agriculture<br />
and strengthen communities. Learn Melinda Lee, organization director, attended Ag Day at the Capi-<br />
(From left) Austin Crumley, vice president, Kayle Mast, and<br />
more at ohiofarmbureau.org.<br />
tol on behalf of the <strong>Madison</strong> County Farm Bureau.<br />
Master Gardeners scholarship<br />
The <strong>Madison</strong> County Master Gardener Volunteers will grant a<br />
$1,000 scholarship to a student who is interested in pursuing a<br />
plant-based science degree, such as in the areas of agronomy,<br />
botany, horticulture, landscaping, forestry, environment, conservation,<br />
or agriculture.<br />
The applicant must be a <strong>Madison</strong> County<br />
resident or a graduate (or graduating senior)<br />
of a <strong>Madison</strong> County high school. College<br />
students currently enrolled in a<br />
plant-related major may apply as well.<br />
Interested students can apply online at<br />
go.osu.edu/madmgvscholarship or pick up<br />
an application from any <strong>Madison</strong> County<br />
high school or the OSU Extension Office,<br />
215 Elm St., London. The application deadline<br />
is April 1.<br />
Best in corn yield<br />
Ohio Corn & Wheat hosted its annual<br />
Celebration of Corn & Wheat event in February.<br />
The organization recognized 2023<br />
Ohio corn and wheat yield contest winners,<br />
legislators who support Ohio growers, and<br />
scholarship recipients who are training to<br />
serve in roles that serve farmers. Corey Farrens<br />
of <strong>Madison</strong> County was among the<br />
honorees. Farrens placed first in the Ohio<br />
corn yield contest and third in the national<br />
conventional non-irrigated class.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE<br />
Budget Storage of Ohio/Mt. Sterling<br />
Code Sections: 5322.01, 5322.02, 5322.03, 5322.04<br />
hereby gives Notice of Sale under said law.<br />
Saturday, April 6, <strong>2024</strong> at 10am<br />
at Budget Storage, 15015 US Hwy 62 SE Mt. Sterling, Ohio<br />
will hold a public sale of delinquent units in order to satisfy<br />
an owners’ lien on the following units<br />
#89 Michael Cantrell, 5426 Floral Circle S, Apt. A-4, Columbus, OH43228<br />
- Sweeper, air conditioners, shelving, boxes, totes; #167 Heath Clark, 7700<br />
St. Rt. 180, Kingston, OH 45644 - Wood chairs, baskets, furniture, misc.;<br />
#193 Gavin Colvin, 16693 Main St., Williamsport, OH 43164 - Desk/chair,<br />
boxes, exercise equipment; #58 Diane Donaghey, 37 Richmond St.,<br />
Adams, MA 01220 - Propane tank, chairs, misc. household; #132 Jack<br />
Gose, 13541 Scioto Darby Rd., Orient, OH 43146 - Stroller, baby swing,<br />
totes, misc. #184 Tammy Gambill, 13586 Crownover Mill Rd., Mt. Sterling,<br />
OH 43143 - Lg. dog cage, old furniture, fireplace, totes; #182 Tammy<br />
Gambill, Clothes, clothes rack, totes, dresser; #166 Tammy Gambill -<br />
Baskets, hand tools, golf clubs; #197 Shawn Hastings, 232 N. Main St.,<br />
Washington CH, OH 43160 - Framing wood, stacks of OSB board;<br />
#7 Gavin Kemp, 167 W. Main St., Mt. Sterling, OH 43143 - Skateboards,<br />
video-DVD’s, gaming chair, hoverboard; #151 Colleen Martinez, 14098<br />
1st St., Orient, OH 43146 - Kids bicycle, aluminum ladder, hoverboard;<br />
#2 Larry Osborne, 2363 Leitnaker Rd., NE, Pleasantville, OH 43148 - File<br />
cabinet, utility cart, headboard/footboard; #208 Michelle Schlotter, 11045<br />
Anderson Antioch Rd., Mt. Sterling, OH 43143 - Office chair, fishing poles,<br />
sink, shelves; #191 Melissa Topping, 16 Houston St., Mt. Sterling, OH<br />
43143 - Microwave, sweeper, pogo stick, misc.; #160 Weston Tufts, 12913<br />
Clifton Rd., Mt. Sterling, OH 43143 - Tool set, tool cabinet, aluminum ramps,<br />
Blackstone Grill.<br />
MM MARCH 17, 24, 31, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>181<br />
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MODIFIED PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS<br />
Bids shall be submitted electronically through the www.bidexpress.com webservice until 10:00 am on Tuesday,<br />
April 9, <strong>2024</strong>, at which time they will be publicly received and read aloud, for the project known as:<br />
MAD-TR66-2.53<br />
Dyer Road Over Bradford Creek Bridge Replacement PID 103815<br />
All proposals shall be submitted electronically through the web service www.bidexpress.com. The bid shall be accompanied<br />
by a Bid Security in the form of a bid bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the bid or a certified<br />
check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid. In addition to the Bid Security, a Performance Bond is<br />
required for this project in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total project cost.<br />
The Owner of the project is the <strong>Madison</strong> County Board of Commissioners. Copies of the plans and specifications<br />
must be obtained from www.bidexpress.com. All bidders must register and be a member of the web service to bid on<br />
the project.<br />
This notice is posted on the <strong>Madison</strong> County website at www.co.madison.oh.us and may be accessed by selecting<br />
“Notices”, then “Bid/Legal Notices.”<br />
The Owner requires that all work associated with the project be completed before May 30, 2026. The estimated commencement<br />
of work date is October 1, 2025.<br />
Bidders must be pre-qualified as a Contractor by the Ohio Department of Transportation.<br />
This is a Federal-Aid project and the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity regulations listed in the proposal shall<br />
govern. There is a 5% Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE’s) participation goal on this contract.<br />
This is a prevailing wage contract in accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor Regulations, Title 29, Subtitle<br />
A, Part 5, Sections 5.5, 5.31, and 5.32, most recent revision at contract execution. Bidders shall comply with all applicable<br />
provisions.<br />
Disadvantaged Business (DBE) Requirement. DBE participation goals (Subcontracts, materials, supplies) have been<br />
set on this project for those certified as DBE's in accordance with the TEA - 21 (1998) and 49 CFR, Part 26, and<br />
qualified to bid with ODOT under Chapter 5525 of the Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.). The DBE goal designation<br />
is stated at the beginning of the project proposal, following the project identification.<br />
No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the opening thereof. Awarding of the contract shall<br />
be to the Lowest and Best bidder as determined by the <strong>Madison</strong> County Board of Commissioners in the best interest<br />
of <strong>Madison</strong> County. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.<br />
MM MARCH 17, 24 & 31, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>175<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
AUCTION OF UNPAID STORAGE UNITS<br />
Wall to Wall Storage<br />
1800 State Route 56 SW, London, OH.<br />
Saturday, April 6th, <strong>2024</strong> at 10:00 a.m.<br />
1) Zach Williams, London, OH - TVs, boxes, furniture. 2) Samantha<br />
Green, London, OH - Furniture, household. 3) Loretta Maxey,<br />
Springfield, OH - Totes, furniture. 4) Carol Blackburn, London, OH<br />
- Bike, tiller, bags, totes. 5) Laura Chastain, London, OH - Bags,<br />
chairs, boxes. 6) Heather Rose, Cleveland, OH - Totes, bed frame,<br />
cabinet. 7) Dallas Watts, London, OH - Flatscreen TV, furniture. 8)<br />
Ray Bussey, London, OH - Household, totes, boxes. 9) Shila<br />
Parsley, London, OH - Shoes, clothes, bags. 10) Teresa Shaw,<br />
London, OH - Antique furniture. 11) Tracy Harford, West Jefferson,<br />
OH - Shelves, stroller, flooring.<br />
Some Units will be removed if paid prior to auction.<br />
MM MARCH 17 & 24, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>182<br />
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NOTICE OF BID<br />
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Public Utilities of the City of London,<br />
State of Ohio Administration Office, 20 South Walnut St., Suite 100, London, Ohio<br />
until 4:00 P.M. Monday, April 15, <strong>2024</strong> in the City Administration Office for the<br />
leasing of the City Farm for London Sanitation Department in accordance with<br />
ASCS office tillable acres.<br />
Each bid must contain the full name of every person or company interested in<br />
the same and be accompanied by a certified check or cashier’s check in the<br />
amount of $100.00 as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, a contract will be<br />
entered into.<br />
Upon entering into contract, the successful bidder shall furnish a contract performance<br />
bond in the amount of 10% of the total bid to the satisfaction of said<br />
Board of Public Utilities and on doing so said certified check or cashier’s check<br />
shall be returned to the successful bidder. The right is reserved to reject any and<br />
all bids for any reason.<br />
Bid Specifications for the leasing of the City of London Sanitation Department<br />
Farm, can be found at Londonohio.gov, or pick up at the Administration Office,<br />
20 South Walnut St., Suite 100, London Ohio 43140<br />
Bids will be publicly opened at 10:00 A.M., on Tuesday, April 16, <strong>2024</strong> at the<br />
City of London, Administration Building, 20 South Walnut St., London, Ohio 43140<br />
Board of Public Utilities<br />
Marcus Vest, Chairman<br />
MM MARCH 17, 24, 31 & APRIL 7 & 14<br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>180
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SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
OHIO REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26<br />
THE STATE OF OHIO, MADISON COUNTY<br />
Cross Country Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff<br />
vs.<br />
Casey N. Carroll et. al., Defendant<br />
Case No. CVE20230180<br />
Parcel No. 31-00146.000<br />
Address: 44 South St., London, OH 43140<br />
In pursurance of an order of sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public online<br />
auction, at https://madison.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov. The above named property was<br />
appraised at $80,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount on Friday,<br />
5th day of April, <strong>2024</strong>, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. If no bids at that time, the property will be offered<br />
up again on Friday, 19th day of April, <strong>2024</strong>. There will be no minimum bid for the second sale.<br />
Any additional costs and taxes owed for the action that are not covered by the sale, will be collected<br />
within 30 days of the confirmation from the purchaser. However, the Plaintiff has the right<br />
to redeem the property within 14 days of the sale by paying the full purchase price to the clerk<br />
of courts, and will be considered the successful purchaser of the sale.<br />
The complete legal description can be found in the office of the <strong>Madison</strong> County Recorder, in<br />
the <strong>Madison</strong> County Courthouse located at 1 N. Main Street, London, OH 43140.<br />
Being the same property conveyed by deed recorded in volume 389, page 1055 of the <strong>Madison</strong><br />
County Ohio Records.<br />
Last known owner: Casey N. Carroll et. al<br />
Said premises located at: 44 South St., London, OH 43140<br />
All properties sold at Sheriff’s Sale are on an “as-is” basis and have no warranty or guarantee. The<br />
appraisal may or may not have been an inside inspection of the property and the Sheriff nor<br />
the appraisers are liable for the condition of the property that was appraised.<br />
Terms of Sale: $5,000.00 will be due the day of the sale, balance due within 30 days of<br />
confirmation.<br />
Additional fees to be paid to the Sheriff, include, transfer tax & conveyance fees which will be<br />
added to the balance due. All funds paid to the Sheriff must be in cash or certified check.<br />
Delinquent taxes will be paid by the plaintiff, current taxes prorated to the purchaser to the date<br />
of the auction. The purchaser assumes all taxes from the date of the auction. The purchaser shall<br />
be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient<br />
to cover.<br />
John R. Swaney, Sheriff<br />
Tina J. Sabin, Deputy<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County, Ohio<br />
Reimer Law Co., Attorney<br />
P.O. Box 39696, Solon, OH 44139<br />
MM MARCH 10, 17 & 24, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>167<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
In the State of Ohio, County of <strong>Madison</strong><br />
US Bank National Association<br />
(Plaintiff)<br />
vs.<br />
Robert M. Moats, et. al<br />
(Defendant)<br />
Case No. CVE20230192<br />
In pursuance of an Order of Sale directed to me in the<br />
above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public online<br />
auction the following described real estate:<br />
Property Address:<br />
409 Hawthorn Ave., London, OH 43140<br />
Legal Description: A full legal description of the<br />
property may be obtained at<br />
www.bethroseauction.com.<br />
Parcel Number: 31-02182.000<br />
Said Premises Appraised: $99,000.00<br />
Minimum Bid: $66,600.00<br />
Location of Sale: Online Bidding at<br />
www.bethroseauction.com<br />
Bidding Open Date:<br />
Wednesday, April 3, <strong>2024</strong> at 9:00 AM<br />
Bidding Closes Date:<br />
Wednesday, April 10, <strong>2024</strong> at 2:00 PM<br />
2nd Provisional Open Date:<br />
Wednesday, April 17, <strong>2024</strong> at 9:00 AM<br />
2nd Provisional Close Date:<br />
Wednesday, April 24, <strong>2024</strong>, at 2:00 PM<br />
Terms of Sale: A deposit in the amount of $5,000.00 is<br />
due by wire transfer within 48 hours upon conclusion of<br />
the auction. Funding must take place within 30 days of<br />
confirmation of sale. A 5% Buyer’s Premium shall apply.<br />
The auction is subject to postponement and cancellation.<br />
Beth Rose, Private Selling Officer<br />
beth@bethroseauction.com<br />
614-534-6233<br />
MM MARCH 10, 17 & 24, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>168<br />
SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
OHIO REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26<br />
THE STATE OF OHIO, MADISON COUNTY<br />
Fifth Third Bank N.A., Plaintiff<br />
vs.<br />
Scott L. Miller et. al., Defendant<br />
Case No. CVE20230103<br />
Parcel No. 27-00099.001<br />
Address: 11695 William Lucas Rd., South Solon, OH 45153<br />
In pursurance of an order of sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public online<br />
auction, at https://madison.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov. The above named property was<br />
appraised at $175,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount on Friday,<br />
5th day of April, <strong>2024</strong>, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. If no bids at that time, the property will be offered<br />
up again on Friday, 19th day of April, <strong>2024</strong>. There will be no minimum bid for the second sale.<br />
Any additional costs and taxes owed for the action that are not covered by the sale, will be collected<br />
within 30 days of the confirmation from the purchaser. However, the Plaintiff has the right<br />
to redeem the property within 14 days of the sale by paying the full purchase price to the clerk<br />
of courts, and will be considered the successful purchaser of the sale.<br />
The complete legal description can be found in the office of the <strong>Madison</strong> County Recorder, in<br />
the <strong>Madison</strong> County Courthouse located at 1 N. Main Street, London, OH 43140.<br />
Being the same property conveyed by deed recorded in volume 389, page 1055 of the <strong>Madison</strong><br />
County Ohio Records.<br />
Last known owner: Scott L. Miller et. al<br />
Said premises located at: 11695 William Lucas Rd., South Solon, OH 45153<br />
All properties sold at Sheriff’s Sale are on an “as-is” basis and have no warranty or guarantee. The<br />
appraisal may or may not have been an inside inspection of the property and the Sheriff nor<br />
the appraisers are liable for the condition of the property that was appraised.<br />
Terms of Sale: $5,000.00 will be due the day of the sale, balance due within 30 days of<br />
confirmation.<br />
Additional fees to be paid to the Sheriff, include, transfer tax & conveyance fees which will be<br />
added to the balance due. All funds paid to the Sheriff must be in cash or certified check.<br />
Delinquent taxes will be paid by the plaintiff, current taxes prorated to the purchaser to the date<br />
of the auction. The purchaser assumes all taxes from the date of the auction. The purchaser shall<br />
be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient<br />
to cover.<br />
John R. Swaney, Sheriff<br />
Tina J. Sabin, Deputy<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County, Ohio<br />
Brock & Scott<br />
6725 Miami Ave, Ste. 202, Cincinnati, OH 45201<br />
MM MARCH 10, 17 & 24, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>166<br />
MADISON COUNTY AUDITOR’S<br />
PUBLIC AUCTION<br />
OF<br />
PARCEL OF FORFEITED REAL ESTATE<br />
ON<br />
TUESDAY, April 2, <strong>2024</strong> at 10:00 A.M.<br />
AUCTION HELD AT MADISON COUNTY COURT HOUSE STEPS<br />
By Order of Jennifer S. Hunter, CPA, <strong>Madison</strong> County Auditor<br />
1. City of London Part Lot 33 Toland Parcel 31-01785.000<br />
Terms: All Real Estate Sold Absolute To Highest Bidder<br />
All Real Estate Parcels Must Be Paid in Full Day of Auction<br />
Title Will Transfer w/Auditor Deed<br />
Full information concerning all parcels of Real Estate can be obtained<br />
by contacting Jennifer S. Hunter, CPA, <strong>Madison</strong> County Auditor<br />
(740) 852-9717<br />
MM MARCH 17, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>184<br />
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xLegal Notices<br />
PROBATE COURT OF MADISON COUNTY, OHIO<br />
CHRISTOPHER J. BROWN, JUDGE<br />
ESTATE OF GARY EDWARD BAIRD, AKA GARY E. BAIRD, AKA GARY BAIRD DECEASED<br />
CASE NO. <strong>2024</strong>1036<br />
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL<br />
Notice must be served not less than 20 days before the date of the hearing<br />
[R.C. 2107.19(A)(2)]<br />
To: Gary E. Baird Jr., unknown address<br />
You are hereby notified that the decedent died on October 7, 2023, that the decedent’s will<br />
was admitted to probate by this Court located at 1 N. Main Street, Room 205, London, Ohio<br />
43140 on 2/29/<strong>2024</strong>.<br />
This notice is given to all persons who would be entitled to inherit from the decedent had the<br />
decedent died intestate and to all legatees and devisees named in this will who do not waive<br />
notice. You are receiving this notice as:<br />
[Check applicable boxes]<br />
The Surviving Spouse.<br />
X A person who would be entitled to inherit from the decedent had the decedent died<br />
intestate.<br />
A legatee or devisee named in the will.<br />
After a certificate is filed evidencing any notices given, any action to contest the validity of<br />
this will met be filed no more than three months after the filing of the certificate for estates of<br />
decedents who died on or after January 1, 2002 and no more than four months after the filing<br />
of the certificate for estates of decedents who die before January 1, 2002.<br />
Date: 3/5/<strong>2024</strong><br />
Aaron P. Miller, Esq., Attorney, 117 West High Street, Suite 105, London, Ohio 43140<br />
740-852-3000<br />
MM MARCH 17, 24, 31, <strong>2024</strong><br />
The 2023 Annual Report for the<br />
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Health District<br />
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The report is available for review at<br />
MCPH, 306 Lafayette Street, London,<br />
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.<br />
Monday-Friday.<br />
Ashley Cooper<br />
Fiscal Officer<br />
MM MARCH 17, <strong>2024</strong><br />
MM<strong>2024</strong>183<br />
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Sale of Real Estate<br />
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Foreclosure Auction<br />
Case# CV 20220221<br />
U.S. Bank Trust National Association,<br />
not in its individual capacity but solely as<br />
owner trustee for RCF-2 Acauisition Trust<br />
vs<br />
Bridges, Stefan M., et al.<br />
The description of the property to be sold is as<br />
follows:<br />
Property Address:<br />
381 South Chillicothe Street, Plain City, <strong>Madison</strong>, OH<br />
43064<br />
Legal Description:<br />
Full Legal Listed on Public Website; Parcel Number:<br />
04-00590-00.<br />
Bidding will be available only on www.Auction.com<br />
opening on <strong>March</strong> 26, <strong>2024</strong> at 10:00 a.m. for a minimum<br />
of 7 days.<br />
Property may be sold on a provisional sale date<br />
should the third party purchaser fail to provide their<br />
deposit within the allotted time.<br />
Provisional Sale Date: April 9, <strong>2024</strong> at 10:00 a.m.<br />
Sales subject to cancellation. The deposit required is<br />
$5,000.00 to be paid by wire transfer within 2 hours<br />
of the sale ending. No cash is permitted.<br />
Purchaser shall be responsible for those costs,<br />
allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale<br />
are insufficient to cover.<br />
To view all sale details and terms for this property visit<br />
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MARCH 7, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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Sunrise Cooperative has submitted a Zoning<br />
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The proposed structure exceeds the height requirements<br />
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COMMUNICATIONS<br />
OFFICER<br />
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Applicants must possess a minimum of a high school diploma or<br />
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Resumes can be sent to the Union County Sheriff’s Office Human<br />
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