Public Notices 02-02-23
TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2017, Richard R. Williams and wife, Debra S.
Williams, executed a Land Deed of Trust to John R. Gunn, Trustee for the
benefit of First State Bank, which Deed of Trust was recorded June 1,
2017, in the Land Deed of Trust Records as Instrument 201701838 in the
Chancery Clerk's Office of Wayne County, Mississippi,
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the indebtedness
secured by said Deed of Trust and the legal holder of the note secured
by said Deed of Trust has requested the undersigned to sell said
property for the purpose of satisfying the indebtedness and cost of
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the undersigned Trustee
will, on the 3rd day of February, 2023, offer for sale at public outcry
and sell during the legal hours of sale, being between the hours of
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Main Front door of the Wayne County
Courthouse in the City of Waynesboro, Mississippi, for cash to the
highest bidder, the following described property situated in Wayne
County, Mississippi, to-wit:
A lot described as beginning 295.0 feet South of the Northeast corner of
Block 13, Town of Waynesboro, Mississippi; thence running South along
the Westerly boundary line of U. S. Highway #45 for a distance of 60.0
feet; thence West at right angle to said Highway #45 for a distance of
80.0 feet; thence North for a distance of 10.0 feet to a point; thence
Westerly at right angle to Highway #45 for a distance of 23.0 feet;
thence Northerly parallel with Highway #45 for a distance of 50.0 feet
to a point; thence East at right angle to said Highway for a distance of
103.0 feet to the Point of Beginning, being the same land purchased from
Russell Clark Lumber Company by deed recorded in Book 94, Page 424.
together with all and singular the improvements situated thereon and
hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Title to said property is presumed to be good but I will convey only
such title as is vested in me as Trustee.
The aforesaid property will be sold and conveyed without covenants of
representation or warranty, and subject to taxes, if any, which may be
outstanding.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE this the 9th day of January, 2023.
/s/ JOHN R. GUNN, Trustee
JOHN R. GUNN - MSB # 5069
ATTORNEY AT LAW
POST OFFICE BOX 1154
WAYNESBORO, MS 39367
(601) 735-3440
POSTED: January 9, 2023
PUBLISHED: January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE MARY MCILWAIN WELLS, DECEASED
CHRISTOPHER MCILWAIN AND JOHN MCILWAIN, PETITIONERS
CAUSE NO.:22-261
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE MARY MCILWAIN WELLS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the January 5, 2023, by the
Chancery Court of WAYNE County, Mississippi, to the undersigned,
Christopher McIlwain and John McIlwain, of the Estate of ANNIE MARY
MCILWAIN WELLS, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of this
Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90)
days from the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever
barred.
THIS the 5th day of Jan., 2023.
/s/CHRISTOPHER MCILWAIN
CHRISTOPHER MCILWAIN
/s/JOHN MCILWAIN
JOHN MCILWAIN
Publish: Jan. 19, 26 & Feb. 02, 2023
PUBLIC NOTICES
"ABANDONED VEHICLE"
YEAR, MAKE, MODEL: 2007 GMC SIERRA
VIN: 2GTEC13V071115349
PLACE: STACEY'S WRECKER SERVICE LLC
919 WAYNE ST
WAYNESBORO, MS 39367
601-735-2008
TO BE SOLD ON: 2-15-2023
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
Publish: Jan. 19, 26 & Feb. 02, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF ARNET
WEST, DECEASED
CATHERINE WEST JOHNSON, PETITIONER
CAUSE NO. 2023 -04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Ancillary Administration having been granted on the 13th
day of January, 2023, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County,
Mississippi, to the undersigned, Catherine West Johnson, as Personal
Representative of the Estate of Arnet West, deceased, in Cause No.
2023-04, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the
said estate to present the same to the Clerk of the said Court for
probate and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from
the first publication of this notice or they will be forever barred.
THIS the 13th day of January, 2023.
/s/ Catherine West Johnson
CATHERINE WEST JOHNSON,
Personal Representative of the Estate of
Arnet West, deceased
JOHN R. GUNN - MSB #5069
Attorney For Personal Representative
Post Office Box 1154
Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: (601) 735-3440
Facsimile: (601) 735-4141
Publication Dates: January 19, 26, & February 2, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JAMES THOMAS WEST, DECEASED
77CH1:2023-CV-05
SUMMER DANIELE HENSON ATKINSON, EXECUTRIX
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 13th day of January,
2023, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, Summer Daniele Henson Atkinson, Executrix, upon the Estate
of JAMES THOMAS WEST, deceased, in 77CH1:2023-CV-05, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims against the said estate to present
the same to the Clerk of the said Court for probate and registration
according to law within ninety (90) days from the first publication of
this notice or they will be forever barred.
THIS the 13th day of January, 2023.
/s/ SUMMER DANIELE HENSON ATKINSON, Executrix
JOHN R. GUNN - MSB #5069
Attorney For Executrix
Post Office Box 1154
Waynesboro, MS 39367
Telephone: (601) 735-3440
Facsimile: (601) 735-4141
Publication Dates: January 19, 26, & February 2, 2023
ASHLEY MCGILL and GEORGE MCGILL, PETITIONERS
VERSUS
SHELBY SMITH, Natural Mother, and UKNOWN NATURAL FATHER(S, RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO. 2021-215
RULE 81
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: UNKNOWN NATURAL FATHER(S) WHEREVER HE MAY BE FOUND
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT(S)
You have been made a Respondent in the Petition filed in this Court by
the Petitioners seeking termination of parental rights.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said Petition for
Termination of Parental Rights regarding the minor child JRS born to
Shelby Smith in November , 2015, at 9:00 o'clock A.M. on the 21st day
of February, 2023, in the courtroom of the Wayne County Chancery
Courthouse at Waynesboro, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to
appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money
or other things demanded in the complaint or petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do
so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 17th day of
January, 2023.
GEARY JACKSON
Wayne County, Mississippi Chancery Clerk
By: BRENDA MILLS
Deputy Clerk
PUBLISH: JAN. 19, 26 & FEB. 02, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
ASHLEY MCGILL and GEORGE MCGILL, PETITIONERS
VERSUS
SHELBY SMITH, Natural Mother, and UKNOWN NATURAL FATHER(S, RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO. 2021-215
RULE 81
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: SHELBY SMITH, WHEREVER SHE MAY BE FOUND
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT(S)
You have been made a Respondent in the Petition filed in this Court by
the Petitioners seeking termination of parental rights.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said Petition for
Termination of Parental Rights regarding the minor child JRS born to
Shelby Smith in November, 2015, at 9:00 o'clock A.M. on the 21st day
of February, 2023, in the courtroom of the Wayne County Chancery
Courthouse at Waynesboro, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to
appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money
or other things demanded in the complaint or petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do
so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 17th day of
January, 2023.
GEARY JACKSON
Wayne County, Mississippi Chancery Clerk
By: BRENDA MILLS
Deputy Clerk
PUBLISH: JAN. 19, 26 & FEB. 02, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE CUSTODY OF AJA, a male minor child
ANGELA ATCHISON, Maternal Grandmother and Next Friend of AJA, PETITIONER
VS.
MORGAN B. ATCHISON, Natural Mother of AJA, BRADLEY RICHARDSON, Proposed
Natural Father of AJA, and UNKNOWN NATURAL FATHER(S), RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO.: 2023-08
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
TO: BRADLEY RICHARDSON
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED OF A COURT PROCEEDING IN WHICH YOU ARE THE
RESPONDENT.
You are summoned to appear and defend against an Amended Petition for
Custody of the minor child AJA born to Morgan B. Atchison, born March,
2018. Said custody action shall take place at 9:00 A.M., on the 21st
day of February, 2023, in the courtroom of the Wayne County Courthouse,
Waynesboro, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and
defend a judgment will be entered against you for the things demanded in
the Amended Petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do
so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal of Court, this the 17th day of January,
2023.
GEARY JACKSON
Chancery Clerk of Wayne County, MS
By: BRENDA MILLS
Deputy Clerk
(SEAL)
PUBLISH: January 19, 2023, January 26, 2023 & February 2, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE CUSTODY OF AJA, a male minor child
ANGELA ATCHISON, Maternal, Grandmother and Next Friend of AJA,
PETITIONER
VS.
MORGAN B. ATCHISON, Natural Mother of AJA, BRADLEY RICHARDSON, Proposed
Natural Father of AJA, and UNKNOWN NATURAL FATHER(S) , RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO.: 2023-08
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
TO: UNKNOWN NATURAL FATHER(S)
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED OF A COURT PROCEEDING IN WHICH YOU ARE THE
RESPONDENT.
You are summoned to appear and defend against an Amended Petition for
Custody of the minor child AJA born to Morgan B. Atchison, born March,
2018. Said custody action shall take place at 9:00 A.M., on the 21st
day of February, 2023, in the courtroom of the Wayne County Courthouse,
Waynesboro, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and
defend a judgment will be entered against you for the things demanded in
the Amended Petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do
so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal of Court, this the 17th day of January,
2023.
GEARY JACKSON
Chancery Clerk of Wayne County, MS
By: BRENDA MILLS
Deputy Clerk
(SEAL)
PUBLISH: January 19, 2023, January 26, 2023 & February 2, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY MARTIN, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2022-244
WILBUR JUSTIN MARTIN, III, ADMINISTRATOR
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF NANCY MARTIN, DECEASED, and to any
other persons or parties claiming any right, title or interest in and to
the Estate of Nancy Martin, deceased.
You have been made Respondents in the suit filed in this Court by Wilbur
Justin Martin, III, Administrator.
The Petition to Determine Heirs filed against you has initiated a
civil action seeking to have Wilbur Justin Martin, III and Addison
Nicholson Martin adjudicated and decreed by this Court to be the sole
and only heirs-at-law of Nancy Martin, deceased, as fully set out in the
Petition on file.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION TO DETERMINE
HEIRS FILED AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00 A.M. ON THE 28th DAY
OF MARCH, 2023, IN THE CHANCERY COURTROOM OF THE WAYNE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, IN WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI, AND IN CASE OF YOUR FAILURE TO
APPEAR AND DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF
DEMANDED IN THE PETITION.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do
so if you desire.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND and seal of said Court, this the 17th day of
January, 2023.
WAYNE COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK
BY: /s/Brenda Mills D.C.
Publication Dates: January 26, 2023, February 2, 2023; and February 9,
2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY MARTIN, DECEASED
WILBUR JUSTIN MARTIN, III, ADMINISTRATOR
CAUSE NO. 2022-244
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 14th day of
November, 2022, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to
the undersigned Administrator upon the Estate of Nancy Martin, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate
to present the same to the clerk of this court for probate and
registration according to the law within ninety (90) days from the first
publication of this notice or they will be forever barred.
This the 18th day of January, 2023.
/s/ Wilbur Justin Martin, III
WILBUR JUSTIN MARTIN, III,
Administrator of the Estate of
Nancy Martin, deceased
Dates of Publication: 1/26/2023; 2/2/2023; and 2/9/2023
PUBLIC NOTICE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Fiscal Agent For
TWIN DISTRICTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
WIOA MONITOR
Program Year 2022
Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District (SMPDD) is
soliciting proposals for fiscal and programmatic monitoring for SMPDD
and the Twin Districts Workforce Development Area (TDWDA) Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) subrecipient operations and
participant services. SMPDD requests proposals from
individuals/organizations for either the fiscal or programmatic
monitoring of our TDWDA WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth
services or propose to perform both.
SMPDD is soliciting proposals through this REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
for the provision of subrecipient program compliance monitoring services
in the following TDWDA counties: Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George,
Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones,
Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leake, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River,
Perry, Scott, Smith, Stone, and Wayne.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available on SMPDD's website
at www.smpdd.com after 9:00 AM (CST) on Monday January 30, 2023.
Submission deadline for all qualified proposals is Friday, February 24,
2023, at 12:00 PM (CST).
For questions regarding the RFP, please contact Patricia Morrison by
e-mail only at pmorrison@smpdd.comby close of business February 15,
2023. A written response will be posted at www.smpdd.com/publications.
SMPDD/TDWDA is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids
and services are available upon request to those with disabilities.
TTY/ TDD1-800-582-2233
Publish: Feb. 02, 2023
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2022, Bobby Ray Jeter and Nancy Jeter, husband
and wife executed a certain deed of trust to Denise McLaurin, Trustee
for the benefit of Regions Bank d/b/a Regions Mortgage which deed of
trust is of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Wayne County,
State of Mississippi in Instrument No. 202200279; and
WHEREAS, LLG MS LLC has heretofore been substituted as Trustee by
instrument dated January 11, 2023 and recorded in the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk's Office; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said
deed of trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared
to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said deed of
trust, Regions Bank dba Regions Mortgage, the legal holder of said
indebtedness, having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to
execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the
terms of said deed of trust and for the purpose of raising the sums due
thereunder, together with attorney's fees, trustee's fees and expense of
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LLG MS LLC, Substituted Trustee in said deed of
trust, will on March 9, 2023 offer for sale at public outcry and sell
within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the South Door of the County Courthouse of Wayne County,
located at 609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367, to the highest and
best bidder for cash or certified funds the following described property
situated in Wayne County, State of Mississippi, to-wit:
A certain parcel of land situated in the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 34,
Township 6 North, Range 5 West, in Wayne County, Mississippi, and more
fully described by metes and bounds as follows to wit: Commencing at a
point on the North line of the said NE1/4 of SE1/4 of Section 34
situated 522.0 feet West of Northeast corner, and run thence South 21
degrees 10 minutes West along a right-of-way of a black top highway for
a distance of 350.0 feet; thence North 68 degrees 50 minutes West for a
distance of 240.0 feet; thence North 16 degrees 10 minutes East for a
distance of 250.0 feet, more or less, to the North line of the said
forty; thence East for a distance of 281.5 feet to the point of
beginning, containing 2.0 acres, more or less.
I WILL CONVEY only such title as vested in me as Substituted Trustee.
LLG MS LLC SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE LOGS
Legal Group LLP
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite B-202
Flowood, MS 39232 (601) 981-9299
134 Kennedy Street State Line, MS 39362
22-028607
Publication Dates: February 2, 2023, February 9, 2023, February 16,
2023, February 23, 2023, and March 2, 2023
TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2022, BOBBY RAY JETER and wife, NANCY JETER,
executed a Deed of Trust to Cooper M. Leggett, Trustee, for the benefit
of MITCHELL W. LEE and wife, KAY C. LEE, 137 Fairfield Circle, Madison,
Mississippi 39110, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of
Chancery Clerk, Wayne County, Mississippi, and identified as Instrument
Number 202200281.
WHEREAS, default having been made in the performance of the conditions
and stipulations as set forth by said Deed of Trust, and having been
requested by the legal holder of the indebtedness secured and described
by said Deed of Trust so to do, notice is hereby given that I, COOPER M.
LEGGETT, Trustee, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me in said
Deed of Trust, will offer for sale and will sell at public sale and
outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, during the legal hours
(between the hours of 11:00 o'clock a.m. and 4:00 o'clock p.m.) at the
South front door of the County Courthouse of Wayne County, Mississippi,
on the 23rd day of February, 2023, the following described land and
property being the same land and property described in said Deed of
Trust, situated in Wayne County, State of Mississippi, to-wit:
Beginning at a lightwood post found situated at the locally accepted
Northwest corner of the NE1/4 of SE1/4 of Section 34, Township 6 North,
Range 5 West, in Wayne County, Mississippi, said corner also being the
locally accepted Northeast corner of Block 6 of the Town of State Line,
Mississippi, according to the official plat of said town as mapped by
the M & O Railroad; thence run South along the East line of said Block 6
for 835.52 feet to the center line of the 40 feet right-of-way of
Buckatunna Street (shown as vacated on the Wayne County Tax Appraisal
Map); thence run South 77 degrees 34 minutes 25 seconds West along the
center line of said street for 112.38 feet; thence run South 18 degrees
35 minutes 53 seconds West for 471.54 feet to a lightwood post fence
corner found situated on the South line of Lot A of Block 5 of said Town
of State Line; thence run North 75 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds East
along said South line for 228.92 feet to the Northwesterly right-of-way
line of Mississippi Highway No. 42; thence run in a Northeasterly
direction along said right-of-way line around a curve to the right with
a radius of 409.00 feet for an arc length of 151.60 feet, a chord of
which bears North 35 degrees 21 minutes 09 seconds East for a chord
distance of 150.74 feet; thence continue along said right-of-way line
with chords as follows: North 45 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds East for
74.07 feet; North 47 degrees 53 minutes 39 seconds East for 170.40 feet;
North 48 degrees 41 minutes East for 212.14 feet; North 47 degrees 37
minutes 01 second East for 93.42 feet; thence continue along said
right-of-way line around a curve to the left with a radius of 638.07
feet for an arc length of 300.55 feet, a chord of which bears North 35
degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds East for a chord distance of 297.78 feet;
thence continue along said right-of-way with chords as follows: North 21
degrees 47 minutes 33 seconds East for 176.91 feet; North 20 degrees 45
minutes 43 seconds East for 32.83 feet to a chain link fence; thence run
North 69 degrees 42 minutes 17 seconds West along said chain link fence
for 237.16 feet to a corner of said fence; thence North 15 degrees 21
minutes 33 seconds East along said fence for 250.07 feet to a corner of
said chain link fence; thence run South 89 degrees 23 minutes 53 seconds
West along a fence for 549.26 feet to the point of beginning, containing
13.87 acres, more or less.
Title to the above described property is believed to be good, but I will
convey only such title as is vested in me as Trustee.
WITNESS my signature, on this the 19th day of January, 2023.
/s/ COOPER M. LEGGETT
COOPER M. LEGGETT
TRUSTEE
LEGGETT LAW OFFICE, PLLC
POST OFFICE BOX 384
WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI 39367
TELEPHONE: (601) 735-4920
FACSIMILE: (601) 735-3859
MISSISSIPPI BAR NO. 102988
PUBLISH: FEB. 02, 09 & 16, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY GWENDOLYN PITTS, DECEASED
CAROLYN COLLINS, EXECUTRIX
CAUSE NO. 77CH1:22-CV-264
EXECUTRIX NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MARY GWENDOLYN PITTS, DECEASED
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 5th day of January, A.
D., 2023, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned upon the Estate of Mary Gwendolyn Pitts, Deceased, notice is
hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to present
the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration
according to law within ninety (90) days from the date of the first
publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
DATED this, the 26th day of January, A. D., 2023.
/s/ Carolyn Collins
CAROLYN COLLINS, EXECUTRIX,
of the Estate of Mary Gwendolyn Pitts, Deceased
s/ Jerry D. Sharp
JERRY D. SHARP, PLLC
MS Bar #101384
3217 Audubon Drive
Laurel, MS 39440
Telephone (601) 425-3000
Facsimile (601) 425-3311
John 3:16
Publication Dates: February 2, 9, and 16, 2023
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