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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Civil Action No. 18-P-445 Judge Kaufman APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, a Virginia corporation Petitioner, vs. BLANCHE CONNER CABELL HEIRS, LESLIE P. CONNER HEIRS, RUBY CONNER HITCHCOCK HEIRS, MICHAELE HUSTAD, PAT HARRINGTON, KEN CONNER, GEOFF CONNER, ARTHUR W. SHAMBLIN, III, BLAIR ANTHONY CONNER WHITE, CYDNEY WHITE METZ, YVONNE DENISE STRICKLAND, ROBERT HITCHCOCK, BENSON LAWSON DETTINGER, MARGARET SUSAN CONNER HANUSEK, JANET L. PIERCE, AKA JANET C. PEARCE, LINDA S. CONNER, DIANA L. WHITMAN, JACK A. CONNER, GERALD L. CONNER, CHARLES M. CONNER, JR., CITY OF CHARLESTON, CITY COLLECTOR’S OFFICE, STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, STATE TAX DEPARTMENT, ACCOUNTS MONITORING UNIT, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ANY OF THE RESPONDENTS, UNKNOWN PERSONS/OWNERS and MICHAEL Y. RUTHERFORD, SHERIFF OF KANAWHA COUNTY, Respondents. FINAL ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION AND DISMISSAL 2/28/2020 (TJK) AS ORIGINAL (TJK) This day came the matter upon the pleadings heretofore filed, the hearing of the Commissioners held on the 7th day of November, 2019, and the Final Order Confirming Commissioners Report, Releasing Bond and Setting Payment by Appalachian Power Company of Just Compensation Award entered on December 2, 2019, wherein the Commissioners having duly deliberated returned their Report of Commissioners and awarded two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($2,250.00) as just compensation to the remaining owners of said property to which the Court awarded an additional amount of interest of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00), resulting in a total of two thousand four hundred seventy-five dollars ($2,475.00) available for distribution to said owners, and there being no exceptions filed to the Report of Commissioners, accordingly, this matter has been completely resolved excepting only the distribution of the aforesaid just compensation proceeds. The Court, having inquired of the petitioner of any title examination or review which it had accomplished prior to filing these proceedings and which was considered accurate at the time of the title was examined prior to filing these proceedings, was advised of the following interests: Blanch Conner Cabell Heirs Unknown Address 11.43% Leslie P. Conner Heirs Unknown Address 11.43% Ruby Conner Hitchcock Heirs Unknown Address 11.43% Michaele Hustad Unknown Address 2.86% Pat Harrington Unknown Address 2.86% Ken Conner Unknown Address 2.86% Geoff Conner Unknown Address 2.86% Arthur W. Shamblin, III 194 Conner Drive, #J Charleston, West Virginia 25302-1595 3.8% Blair Anthony Conner White 1725 Belvedere Avenue Charlotte, North Carolina 28205-3005 1.9% Cydney White Metz 10268 Vanguard Pkwy Huntersville, North Carolina 28078-5358 1.9% Yvonne Denise Stricklen 5006 Pequonia Drive Elkview, West Virginia 25071-9274 3.8% Robert Hitchcock Unknown Address 2.86% Benson Lawson Dettinger 2511 Kay Lane Charleston, West Virginia 25302 14.3% Margaret Susan Conner Hanusek Unknown Address 14.3% Janet L. Pierce aka Janet C. Pearce 2 Rockledge Drive Charleston, West Virginia 25302 2.85% Linda S. Conner 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, Apt. A Charleston, West Virginia 25302 2.85% Diane L. Whitman 2572 Pennsylvania Avenue Charleston, West Virginia 25302 1.4% Jack A. Conner 2578 Pennsylvania Avenue Charleston, West Virginia 25302 1.4% Gerald L. Conner 105 Stoffel Road Elkview, West Virginia 25071 1.4% Charles M. Conner, Jr. Unknown Address 1.4% The ownership interests provided by the petitioner being the best information the Court has with respect to determining the appropriate distribution of just compensation proceeds, it is, hereby, ORDERED that, where the Court file reflects an address for each of the above named respondents, the Clerk shall mail a certified copy of this Order to each of the above named respondents at their addresses as they appear in the Court file. Petitioner is also directed to publish this Order as a Class 2 legal advertisement so that the publication of the advertisement is completed by March 15, 2020. Respondents are directed to notify the Court in writing by March 31, 2020, if they object to the proposed distribution, setting forth the precise nature of their objection. If the Court hears no objections by March 31, 2020, a final order distributing proceeds in accordance with the ownership interests identified herein will follow. If the Court hears any objections from any respondent, a hearing on distribution of proceeds will be scheduled and conducted to consider said objections. The Clerk is also directed to mail a certified copy hereof to counsel of record at the following addresses: Stephen F. Gandee, Esquire Robinson & McElwee PLLC Post Office Box 128 Clarksburg, West Virginia 26302-0128 L. Wayne Williams, Esquire Assistant Attorney General 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East Building 1, Room W-435 Charleston, West Virginia 25305 Kevin Baker, Esquire City Attorney David E. Potters, Esquire Assistant City Attorney The City of Charleston City Hall, 4th Floor 501 Virginia Street East Charleston, West Virginia 25301 ENTER: 02/28/2020 Judge Tod Kaufman Submitted by: /s/ Douglas C. McElwee (W. Va. State Bar I.D.: 2449) Stephen F. Gandee (W. Va. State Bar I.D.: 5204) Attorneys for Petitioner LC-89940 03-13,20;2020