PROBATE COURT OF

MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

MATTHEW L. GILMORE, JUDGE

IN RE: THE NAME

OF JESSICA KAY HESS to 

JESSICA KAY BROCK

Case No.: 20249010

NOTICE OF HEARING ON CHANGE OF NAME

(R.C.2717.08 and 2717.14

Applicant gives notice that the Applicant has filed an Application for Change of Name in this Court requestion the change of name of Jessica Kay Hess to Jessica Kay Brock. A hearing on the application will be held on May 3, 2024, at 9:30 o'clock A.M. in the Probate Court of Mercer County, located at Mercer County Courthouse, 101 N. Main St., Room 307, Celina, OH 45822.

Jessica Kay Hess

422 Anthony Drive

Saint Henry, OH 45883

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PROBATE COURT OF MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

MATTHEW L.

GILMORE, JUDGE

ADOPTION OF H. A. B.

CASE NO. 20245003

NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION

(Notice must be served not less than 20 days before the date of the hearing)

[RC.3107.11]

To: Lewis Lee Patterson LKA 3230 SW Archer Rd., Apt. H138A, Gainesville, FL 32608.

You are hereby notified that on the 14th day of March, 2024, Justin Dean Berry, filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of H. A. C. a minor, whose date of birth is May 6, 2017, and for a change of the name of the minor to H. A. B. This Court, located at Mercer County Courthouse, 101 N. Main Street, Room 307, Celina, Ohio, 45822 will hear the petition on the 3rd day of June, 2024, at 11:00 o'clock A.M. to determine whether consent of the parent is required.

It is alleged in the petition, pursuant to R.C. 3107.07, that the consent of Lewis Lee Patterson is not required due to the following:

That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.

That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.

State other grounds under R.e. 3107.07 (includes putative father of the minor born prior to January 1, 1997).

"A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION, IF GRANTED, WILL RELIEVE YOU OF ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINOR, AND, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A SPOUSE OF THE ADOPTION PETITIONER AND RELATIVES OF THAT SPOUSE, TERMINATE ALL LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINOR AND YOU AND THE MINOR'S OTHER RELATIVES, SO THAT THE MINOR THEREAFTER IS A STRANGER TO YOU AND THE MINOR'S FORMER RELATIVES FOR ALL PURPOSES. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE PETITION WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER PROOF OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING IS GIVEN TO YOU. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST ALSO APPEAR AT THE HEARING. A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION MAY BE ENTERED IF YOU FAIL TO FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION PETITION OR APPEAR AT THE HEARING."

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY AT THIS HEARING. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, YOU MUST CONTACT THE COURT TO DETERMINE YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL.

Matthew L. Gilmore,

Probate Judge

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LEGAL NOTICE

The St. Henry Village Council passed the following:

Ordinance 1145 - accepting the lowest and best bid for the 2024 street paving program; authorizing the Village Administrator of the Village of St. Henry, Ohio, to enter into and execute a contract for services with Buehler Asphalt Paving, Inc. and make any disbursements necessary.

The entire content of the above listed legislation can be viewed at the Village Office located at 371 N. Linn St., Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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PROBATE COURT OF MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

MATTHEW L. GILMORE, JUDGE

IN RE: THE NAME OF

CALEB ADAM MORRISON

to SYDNEY MAE MORRISON

Case No.: 20249006

NOTICE OF HEARING ON CHANGE OF NAME

(R.C.2717.08 and 2717.14)

Applicant gives notice that the Applicant has filed an Application for Change of Name in this Court requestion the change of name of Caleb Adam Morrison to Sydney Mae Morrison. A hearing on the application will be held on April 22, 2024, at 9:00 o'clock A.M. in the Probate Court of Mercer County, located at Mercer County Courthouse, 101 N. Main St., Room 307, Celina, OH 45822.

Caleb Morrison

8642 Jackson St.

Celina, OH 45822

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IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

JUVENILE DIVISION

IN THE MATTER OF: EZRA POWELL, AN ALLEGED NEGLECTED/DEPENDENT CHILD. Case No. 3-2024-008.

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

(O.R.C. 2151.29)

To: Taylor Powell, the father of the child Ezra Powell, DOB 11/16/2019, child of Cierra Pontious.

The Mercer County Department of Job and Family Services has filed a Complaint regarding the child in the above captioned case. The Motion requests that Temporary Custody of the child be granted to the Mercer County Department of Job and Family Services.

Taylor Powell is to be personally present in the Mercer County Juvenile Court, Mercer County Court House, 101 North Main Street, Celina, Ohio, 45822 at 10:00 A.M. on April 1, 2024. Should he fail to appear at that time he may lose valuable rights with regard to the child. His attention is directed to the following notice.

NOTICE

Notice to all parties: Each party to this proceeding has the right to be represented by counsel, to be appointed by the Court in the event that the party is unable to afford counsel. Any party desiring legal assistance in this matter should contact Diana Yaney, Deputy Clerk of the Mercer County Juvenile Court, at 419-586-2418.

Kristi Burch, Deputy Clerk

Mercer County

Juvenile Court

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Franklin Township Trustees have rescheduled their regular monthly April meeting for Monday, April 15, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting location is at the Franklin Township Building, 6805 State Route 219, Celina, OH 45822.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

There will be an organizational meeting for the Liberty Township Zoning Board of Appeals and The Zoning Commission Board on Tuesday, March 26th, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at the township building in Chatt followed by the regular monthly meeting.

Jill Thomas

Liberty Township Fiscal Officer

1918 Oregon Road

Celina, Ohio 45822

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NOTICE OF DRAWING JURORS

Revised Code §2313.20

Office of Commissioners of Jurors, Mercer County, Ohio

March 18, 2024

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

On Tuesday, the 2nd day of April, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., at the office of the Commissioners of Jurors of Mercer County, Ohio, being the Common Pleas Courtroom, Room 301, Third Floor of the Mercer County Courthouse, jurors will be publicly drawn for the Part II 2024 Term of the Common Pleas Court of said County.

Amanda Bennett and Michael Huber

Commissioners of Jurors

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Lakefield Airport Authority has changed the date of its April regular meeting from April 8, 2024, to April 15, 2024.

The Lakefield Airport Authority meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held at the Lakefield Airport, 6177 State Route 219, Celina, OH 45822.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Celina Tree Commission Arbor Day Sub-Committee plans to meet on Wednesday, March 20 at 5:00 p.m. at the Mercer County District Library in Celina to discuss plans for an Arbor Day event.

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