PUBLIC NOTICE

Ward County, North Dakota

Draft Comprehensive Plan

Open House

Ward County Staff and its Consul-

tant will be hosting an open house

for the public to review and ask

questions about the draft

Comprehensive Plan. The open

house will be held on July 18, 2019

at 4:30pm to 6:00pm in rooms 106 &

108 of the Ward County Administra-

tive Building located at 225 3rd St.

SE in Minot. The text of the draft

Comprehensive Plan is available for

public inspection in the office of the

Planning & Zoning Administrator or

online at https://www.co.ward.nd.us

/193/Planning-Zoning Any person

wishing to comment or ask ques-

tions may do so at the open house

or submit comment or inquiry to the

Planning & Zoning Office via

mail:

POB 5005, Minot;

phone: 701-838-0767;

email: nancy.simpson@wardnd.com

or in person at the Ward County

Highway Department, 900 13th St.

SE, Minot, during regular business

hours.

/s/Nancy Simpson

Nancy Simpson, Ward County

Planning and Zoning Administrator

(July 15-18, 2019)

SUMMONS

File No. 51-2019-JV-00088

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN JUVENILE

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE INTEREST OF S.L., MINOR

CHILD.

State of North Dakota

Petitioner,

vs.

S.L., Child,

Unknown, father,

Respondents,

IN THE STATE OF NORTH DAKO-

TA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED

RESPONDENT, UNKNOWN, FA-

THER. You are hereby summoned

and required to appear personally

before the Juvenile Court, at its

Chambers, Ward County Court-

house in the City of Minot, in Ward

County and State of North Dakota,

on the 2nd day of August, 2019, at

9:00 o’clock a.m. or as soon

thereafter as the parties can be

heard, for the purpose of a Petition

Hearing. If you fail to appear person-

ally before the Court at said time

and place, or to show good cause

why you cannot do so, the Court will

make such Order as may be ap-

propriate and you may be proceed-

ed against for civil contempt. A copy

of said Summons, Petition and Ord-

er can be obtained at the Ward

County Juvenile Supervisor’s office

in the Ward County Courthouse in

Minot, North Dakota.

RIGHT TO COUNCIL

While you are not required to have

the assistance of legal counsel in

this proceeding you are entitled to

such assistance if you so desire. In

accordance with Section 27-20-26,

NDCC, a child subject to proceed-

ings under Chapter 27-20, the Uni-

form Juvenile Court Act, is eligible

for court-appointed counsel if the

child is determined to be needy. A

needy child is one who is unable,

without undue financial hardship, to

provide full payment of legal counsel

and all other necessary expenses

for representation. However, a child

is not considered needy if the child’s

parent or parents can, without undue

financial hardship, provide full pay-

ment for legal counsel and other ex-

penses of representation. You, as a

parent or parents of the child subject

to proceedings identified in the at-

tached Summons, are hereby given

notice of the potential obligation to

pay attorney’s fee, at the attorneys

usual hourly rate if, after the appoint-

ment of counsel by the court, it is

determined that your child is non eli-

gible for court-appointed counsel.

Dated this 8th day of July, 2019.

/s/Connie S. Portscheller

Connie S. Portscheller

Office Address:

Ward County Courthouse

315 3rd Street SE

Minot, ND 58701

Telephone: (701) 857-6650

(July 11-18-25, 2019)