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LEGAL NOTICE

RACHEL A. LEIER

Attorney At Law

MANLEY, DEAS & KOCHALSKI LLC

495 S. High Street, Ste 300

P.O. Box 165028

Columbus, Ohio 43215-5869

Telephone: 1-614-222-4921

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Case No. 06CV 3518

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR SEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

STEPHEN ROSS, ET AL

DEFENDANTS.

Optimum Fund Realty, whose last known place of address is Unknown, will take notice that on the 8th day of September, 2006, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Searns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2004-2, filed its Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Mahoning County, Ohio, Case Number 06CV 3518. The object of, and demand for relief in, the Complaint is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the real estate described below and in which plaintiff alleges that the foregoing defendant has or claims to have an interest:

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio:

And known as being Youngstown City Lots Number 21158 and 21159 according to the latest enumeraion of lots in said City.

PERMANENT PARCEL NOS.: 53-172-0-366.00-0 and 53-172-0-365.00-0

PROPERTY LOCATION: 2228 Connecticut Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44509.

You are required to answer the Complaint within Twenty-eight (28) days from the last date of publication of this notice, which will be published for six (6) successive weeks, said answer day being the 16th day of January, 2007.

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.

MANLEY, DEAS & KOCHALSKI, LLC

BY:  RACHEL A. LEIER (#0071471),

  Plaintiff's Attorney.

Nov 14,21,28; Dec 5,12,19, 2006   06-02171