Norfolk Southern announces safety upgrades amid derailments
LEGAL NOTICE
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March 3rd, 2023
RICHLAND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Matt Finfgeld, Director of Elections
Jane Zimmermann, Deputy Director
The deadline to register to vote or change your address or name for the May 2nd, 2023 Primary Election is Monday, April 3rd. The Board of Elections office will be open that evening until 9:00 P.M. This office is located at 1495 W. Longview Ave. Suite 101 in the Longview Center. After 4:00 P.M., you must use the entrance at the lower level back parking area at the southwest corner of the building.
Qualifications for registering to vote include:
* must be either a native U. S. citizen or a naturalized citizen of the U.S.
* must be a resident of Richland County and Ohio 30 days before an Election
* must be a minimum of 18 years of age on or before the date of the General Election on November 7th, 2023.
Registered voters who have moved or changed their name must notify the Board office in writing or in person. Voters currently registered in Ohio may change their address online at Voteohio.gov but must do so by the April 3rd deadline. Online registration is also now available at Voteohio.gov
In addition to the Board of Elections office, citizens may register or complete a change of address/name at the following locations in Richland County:
* Any Library Branch
* All City and Village Hall Offices
* The Bureau of Motor Vehicles Office
* The Department of Human Services
* The Richland County Courthouse (Recorder or Treasurer Offices)
* All area High School Offices
Registration forms may also be obtained from the Board of Elections website at www.boe.ohio.gov/richland or requested by mail. Contact the Board office at 419-774-5530 to have a form sent by mail. Completed voter registration forms must be postmarked 30 days before Election Day. 03-08-2023
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Richland County: Common Pleas Court Apex Bank, Plaintiff vs. Darrel Wilson, Unk Spouse Et. Al., Defendant Case No. 2022CV0471
In pursuant of an Order of Sale issued in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, Online at http://richland.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov, on 03/31/2023 at 8:30 o'clock a.m.
If the property does not receive a bid, it shall be offered for sale on 04/14/2023.
The second sale shall be made without regard to minimum bid requirements of O.R.C. Section 2329.20, but the purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.
The following described real estate, situated in the County of Richland, and State of Ohio, and in the City of Mansfield to witt: 027-05-112-03-000. For description of property see the official record in the Recorder's Office: Volume 1691; Page 467.
Said Premises Located at: 229 5th Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44902
Said Property Appraised at: $125,000.
Shall not be offered for less than two-thirds of the appraised value.
TERMS OF SALE:
If the appraised value of the property is less than or equal to $10,000 the deposit is $2,000.
If the appraised value of the property is between $10,001 and $200,000 the deposit is $5,000.
If the appraised value of the property is greater than $200,001 the deposit is $10,000.
Plaintiff Attorney: Crystal Saresky
J. Steve Sheldon, Sheriff By: Susan Hughes, Deputy
3-8-23, 3-15-23, 3-22-23
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Richland County: Common Pleas Court Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff vs. Joseph Debo, Nicole Debo Et. Al., Defendant Case No. 2022CV0509
In pursuant of an Order of Sale issued in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, Online at http://richland.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov, on March 31, 2023 at 8:30 o'clock a.m.
If the property does not receive a bid, it shall be offered for sale on April 14, 2023.
The second sale shall be made without regard to minimum bid requirements of O.R.C. Section 2329.20, but the purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.
The following described real estate, situated in the County of Richland, and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Troy to witt: 047-26-071-18-001. For description of property see the official record in the Recorder's Office: Volume 2399; Page 430.
Said Premises Located at: 3368 Lindsey Road, Lexington, OH 44904
Said Property Appraised at: $170,000.
Shall not be offered for less than two-thirds of the appraised value.
TERMS OF SALE:
If the appraised value of the property is less than or equal to $10,000 the deposit is $2,000.
If the appraised value of the property is between $10,001 and $200,000 the deposit is $5,000.
If the appraised value of the property is greater than $200,001 the deposit is $10,000.
Plaintiff Attorney: Kimberly Fulkerson
J. Steve Sheldon, Sheriff By: Susan Hughes, Deputy
3-8-23, 3-15-23, 3-22-23
IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO
DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION
Sheila Rhoades, Plaintiff vs. David Elsworth Rhoades, Defendant
Case No. 2022 DIV 0424, Judge Beth Owens
NOTICE OF PUBLICAITON TAKE NOTICE: David Elsworth Rhoades, whose address is unknown, will take notice that Plaintiff Sheila Rhoades, filed a Complaint for Divorce and related documents, in the Richland County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Division, Case No. 2022 DIV 0424. The Defendant is required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication, which shall be published once a week for six (6) consevutive weeks, or he may be denied a hearing in this case.
Linda H, Frary
Clerk of Courts
Richland County Common Pleas Court Clerk
50 Park Avenue East Mansfield, Ohio 44902
Edward Clark Corley
Attorney for Plaintiffs
3 North Main Street, Suite 603 Mansfield, Ohio 44902
(419) 524-4444 / (614) 668-9903
2/22/23, 3/1/23, 3/8/23, 3/15/23, 3/22/23, 3/29/23
Notice:
The Cass Township Board of Trustees will accept bids to tar and chip approximately 9.3 miles of road surface within the township. The winning bidder will apply MC3000 at a minimum rate of 2850 gallons per mile, maximum cannot exceed the rate of 3000 gallons per mile, and must be able to complete the job on or before August 31, 2023. The township will supply #8 caprock. All bids submitted must be in a sealed envelope addressed: Cass Township Board of Trustees, 2367 Noble Rd W, Shiloh, OH 44878, and received by April 8, 2023. Submitted bids will be opened 8:00 a.m., Monday April 10, 2023, at the Cass Township Hall located at 7414 Guthrie Rd, Shiloh, OH. The Cass Township Board of Trustees reserves the right to refuse and reject any or all submitted bids per O.R.C. 5575.02.
03-08-2023, 03-15-2023
Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to a fiery derailment on the Ohiopennsylvania border a month ago.
The announcement came the same day Pennsylvania's governor announced that the company had agreed to pay several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in that state.
The company said it would evaluate the distance between "hot bearing" detectors — currently 13.9 miles (22 kilometers) on average on its core network — and promised to look at every location where the distance is more than 15 miles (24 kilometers), deploying more detectors if practical.
Norfolk Southern "anticipates adding approximately 200 hot bearing detectors to its network, with the first installed on the western approach to East Palestine," said the company announcement, which comes amid proposals from President Joe Biden's administration and Congress aimed at improving safety following last month's derailment.
The National Transportation Safety Board has said the crew operating the train that derailed Feb. 3 outside East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border got a warning from such a detector but couldn't stop the train before more than three dozen cars came off the tracks and caught fire.
Half of the town of about 5,000 people had to evacuate for days when responders intentionally burned toxic chemicals in some of the derailed cars to prevent an uncontrolled explosion, leaving residents with lingering health concerns. Government officials say tests haven't found dangerous levels of chemicals in the air or water in the area.
A week ago, a safety advisory from the Federal Railroad Administration urged railroads to reexamine the use of such detectors, making sure that they get inspected often enough by trained employees and that there are safe standards for determining when to stop a train or park a railcar when a warning is triggered. The railroad administration said overheating bearings likely caused at least four other derailments since 2021 and called for ways to analyze temperature trends from the sensors to help identify potential problems sooner.
Norfolk Southern also said it would work with manufacturers to speed up tests and deployment of new "multi-scan" detectors able to scan a greater cross-section of a railcar's bearings and wheels. It also vowed to work with other railroads to review standards and practices, reevaluating the temperature triggering an alarm and the response to such alarms as well as analyzing data for patterns that could warn of safety issues.
Also announced in Norfolk Southern's sixpoint safety plan Monday was installation of more acoustic bearing detectors, which analyze the acoustic signature of vibration inside the axle to identify potential problems. Norfolk Southern said it has five such detectors in service and will add 13 more on high-traffic routes.
The company also said it is working with Georgia Tech Research Institute to develop more advanced safety inspection technology and will join the railroad administration's "confidential close call reporting system," also citing its own program that "encourages railroaders to speak up if they see something that is unsafe."
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has proposed a number of safety improvements, including reviving a rule requiring upgraded, electronically controlled brakes on certain trains filled with flammable liquids that are designated "high-hazardous flammable trains," and possibly expanding which trains are covered by that designation. The industry has been pushing to delay any major changes until after the transportation safety board completes its investigation a year or more from now.
Ohio's two U.S. senators last week introduced legislation that would require railroads to create disaster plans and tell emergency response commissions what hazardous materials are going through their states. Other provisions would maintain a two-person crew size and require regulators to set limits on train size and weight.
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who joined the legislation, said Monday that preventing future derailments would require measures "far beyond the steps Norfolk Southern outlined today" and called on the company and other rail firms to "get on board" the Senate proposal.
Professor Allan Zarembski, who leads the University of Delaware's rail engineering and safety program, earlier said that overheating bearings cause only a handful of the more than 1,000 derailments each year, and he doubted the value of any "knee-jerk reaction" amid great political pressure. On Monday, he called Norfolk Southern's plan on hot bearings "a good incremental step forward" to get rid of a problem he reiterated was "very infrequent."
On Saturday afternoon, 28 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed in Ohio between Dayton and Columbus and prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order, but officials said the derailment did not involve any hazardous materials, although the 212-car train also had cars containing liquid propane and ethanol that didn't derail.
In Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday that Norfolk Southern has pledged several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in Pennsylvania after last month's derailment. The company previously announced more than $1 million for Ohio to replace fire equipment used in the response to the fiery wreck, plus $1 million for East Palestine and more than $1.2 million for evacuation costs for nearly 900 families and businesses.
The company has said it is "committed to coordinating the cleanup project and paying for its associated costs," and wants to ensure that East Palestine's residents and natural environment recover.