LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

CATIONIC COAGULANT

These bids are to be in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. $/pound (freight included)

2. Bulk tanker shipment

3. 100-ft. pumping capability

4. Must be able to connect to 3" male/cam/groove fill connection fitting on tank

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety-Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

LIQUID CALCIUM NITRATE 66%

(Calcium Nitrate Tetrahydrate Solution)

Ca(NO₃)₂ * 4H₂O

These bids are to be in accordance with Specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director, They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid, and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. $/pound (freight included)

2. Bulk tanker shipment

3. 75' pumping capability

4. Must be able to connect to 2" male cam/groove fill connection fitting on tank.

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the Bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or all bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

127-133-139-C

LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

LIQUID POLYMER

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for Liquid Polymer, approximately 18,400 pounds/year, for screw press dewatering of aerobically digested wastewater sludge. Polymer jar testing and performance testing must be completed prior to bidding. The jar testing must be completed by the polymer supplier at the Celina Wastewater Treatment Plant with the assistance of Wastewater Treatment Plant personnel. Following jar testing, polymer suppliers must provide a 5-gallon pail of choice polymer(s) (maximum of two) to be bided to the Celina Wastewater Treatment Plant to allow City personnel to complete performance testing. Pails of polymer must be received no less than FIFTEEN (15) days prior to the bid date.

This bid is to be in accordance with Specifications on file In the office of the Safety Service Director. All bids will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms. furnished with the Invitation to Bid, and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the Bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety.-Service Director reserves he right to waive informalities, to reject any or all bids, or to accept the bid that wlll serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

127-133-139-C

LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina

is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

SODIUM ALUMINATE SOLUTION, 38% SOLIDS

Na₂Al₂O₄

These bids are to be in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. $/pound (freight included)

2. Bulk tanker shipment

3. 100-ft. pumping capability

4. Must be able to connect to 3" male/cam/groove fill connection fitting on tank

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety-Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

127-133-139-C

LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina

is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

These bids are to be in accordance with Specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. Al bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid, and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. 12-1/2%-15% Solution

2. 4,000 gallon loads (average six loads annually)

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

The State of Ohio, Mercer County Freedom Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Kail A. Burrows, et al., Defendant. Case No. 25-CIV-155.

Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction on RealAuction.com, Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., if the property does not sell on that date, it will go up fo a second sale on Real Auction.com, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., the following described real estate towit:

Parcel No.: 23-073800. 0000

Complete Legal Description can be located in the Mercer County Map Office, located in Room 209, at the Mercer County Courthouse.

Said Premises located at 311 N. Eastern Ave. St. Henry, OH 45883

Said premises appraised at $206,667.00. A deposit of $10,00.00 is required to RealAuction.com. This ap-praisal does not include an interior examination of the premises.

TERMS OF SALE: Property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value. Required deposit in cash or certified funds due at the time of sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. If Judgment Creditor is purchaser, no deposit is required.

TERMS OF 2^ND SALE: Property to be sold without regard to minimum bid requirements, subject to payment of taxes and court costs; deposit and payment requirements same as the first auction.

Pursuant to ORC 2329.21, purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.

McCalla Raymer

Leibert Pierce, LLP

Attorney (312) 346-9088

Doug Timmerman, Sheriff

Captain Chad Fortkamp

Mercer County, Ohio

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LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Public Notice is hereby given that the City of St. Marys, Ohio, will receive sealed bids for the purchase of several parcels of properties. The first seal bid auction is for a lot with a street address of 915 Keel Drive and an Auglaize County Parcel number of K3204700100 in the Sleepy Hollow subdivision. The second sealed bid auction is for three parcels of city-owned land located on St. Marys River Road and Markley Road near the former landfill. A map detailing these three parcels up for bid is available at the municipal building at 101 W. Spring St., St. Marys, OH. Two of these lots are commonly referred to as Lhamon East and West farms. The third, a residential lot, has an address of 03571 Markley Road, St. Marys, OH, 45885. Each of these three lots will be auctioned separately via sealed bids. 

Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Public Service & Safety of St. Marys, Ohio, until 12:00 Noon EST, Thursday, June 18, 2026. The winning bidders will have thirty (30) days to complete due diligence and close on their property. Bidders can submit bids for multiple parcels, but a separate bid must be submitted for each parcel in the auctions. The lots are being sold as is. Bids for each auction will be opened separately on the due date.

There is a minimum bid of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for the lot with parcel number K3204700100, which is located at 915 Keel Drive; and a minimum bid of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the residential parcel that has an address of 03571 Markley Road; which the Director of Public Service & Safety of St. Marys, Ohio, has the authority to waive at his discretion. In the event of a tie, those bidders will be given one opportunity to submit a revised bid within 24 hours of bid opening. 

The sealed bid auction for Tract 1 (30.830 acres) and Tract 2 (53.433 acres), known commonly as the Lhamon East and West Farms, will adhere to the following stipulations: Individuals must submit a separate sealed bid for any parcel he or she wishes to bid on. After submission of all bids, the top four (4) bidders will be notified to attend a meeting at a time and place to be determined. At that time, they may submit a rebid. Then the top two (2) will be notified. The top two rebidders will be permitted to adjust their bid verbally until the highest bid is determined. 

All bidding will go on until a successful bid is accepted.  Under law, the Director of Public Service & Safety of St. Marys, Ohio, does have the authority to reject any and all bids and readvertise said properties at his discretion. Bids must be submitted in writing and forms are available at the municipal building, 101 W. Spring St., St. Marys, Ohio.

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NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING

ON THE 2027 LIBERTYTOWNSHIP BUDGET

Notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of June, 2026, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., a public hearing will be held on the Budget prepared by the Liberty Township Trustees of Mercer County Ohio, for the next succeeding fiscal year ending December 31st, 2027.

Such hearing will be held at the Township Building. 

Liberty Township Trustees

Jill Thomas, Fiscal Officer

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

AEP ENERGY, INC., Plaintiff,

vs. WAYNE IGA, INC., Defendant.

CASE NO. 25-CIV-130

JUDGE MATTHEW K. FOX

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

WAYNE IGA, INC.,

You are hereby notified that you have been named as Defendant in a legal action entitled AEP ENERGY, INC. vs. WAYNE IGA, INC. This action has been assigned Case Number 25-CIV-130 and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Ohio.

The object of the complaint is to pursue payment for the outstanding balance on AEP Energy Acct. No. 3024652425.

Plaintiff demands judgement (a) against Defendant, the amount of $35,878.24 as of October 17, 2025, together with pre-judgment and post-judgment interest at the contract rate off 18% per annum; (b) against Defendant, reasonable attorney's fees and costs of suit; and (c) such other and further relief as the Court deems just, equitable, and proper.

You are hereby required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for six (6) successive weeks, pursuant to Ohio Civ. R. 4.4(A)(1). The last publication will be made on 6/4/2026 and the twenty-eight (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 Complaint.

Date: April 28, 2026

Calvin Freeman,

CLERK OF COURTS

Mercer County Common Pleas Court

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

by Garrett R. Marshall,

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

41 S. High St., 29th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215

(614) 227-2000

100-106-112-118-123-129-C

Notice of Public Hearing

ON the Montezuma Village BudgeT

Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of June, 2026, at 6:00 o'clock P.M. a public hearing will be held on the Budget prepared by the Village of Montezuma of Mercer County, Ohio for the next succeeding fiscal year ending December 31, 2027.

Such hearing will be held at the office of the Village of Montezuma, 69 W. Main St., Montezuma, OH 45866.

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