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Legal Notices 8-31

ATTENTION

ALL PROPERTY OWNERS

CITY OF MINOT

NOTICE TO CUT TALL

WEEDS OR GRASS

Property owners in the City of Minot

are required to mow weeds or grass,

before they exceed 8 inches tall,

under Chapter 22 (Nuisances) of the

City of Minot Code of Ordinances. If

the tall weeds or grass on a property

is determined to be in excess of 8

inches tall, such weeds or grass

must be cut within 48 hours. Other-

wise, the City of Minot will arrange

for cutting; and the cost of such work

will be assessed against the proper-

ty. No further notice to individual

property owners is required under

Chapter 22. Any questions regarding

tall weeds or grass cutting pro-

cedures should be directed to the

Public Works Department at

857-4140.

(August 31; September 14, 2019)

NOTICE BEFORE

FORECLOSURE

TO:

Ann Sheng

2500 Bel Air Ct

Minot, ND 58703

the title owners of the following

described real property:

Lot 17, Replat of a Portion of Bel-Air

Second Addition to the City of Minot,

Ward County, North Dakota

Notice is hereby given that certain

mortgage upon the above-described

property, Ann Sheng, mortgagor/s,

executed and delivered to Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems,

Inc. , Mortgagee, dated August 20,

2014, and filed for record in the of-

fice of the Recorder of the County of

Ward and State of North Dakota,

August 22, 2014 as as Document

No. 2976788. The mortgage has

been or will be assigned to the

Plaintiff prior to the commencement

of a foreclosure action. Said mort-

gage was given to secure the pay-

ment of $245,471.00, and interest

according to the conditions of a cer-

tain promissory note, is in default.

NOTICE

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Fair Debt Collection Prac-

tices Act, you are advised that un-

less you dispute the validity of the

foregoing debt or any portion thereof

within thirty days after receipt of this

letter, we will assume the debt to be

valid. On the other hand, if the debt

or any portion thereof is disputed,

we will obtain verification of the debt

and will mail you a copy of such ve-

rification. You are also advised that

upon your request within the thirty

day period, we will provide you with

the name and address of your origi-

nal creditor, if different from the

creditor referred to in this Notice.

We are attempting to collect a debt

and any information obtained will be

used for that purpose. At this time,

no attorney with this firm has per-

sonally reviewed the particular cir-

cumstances of your account. How-

ever, if you fail to contact our office,

our client may consider additional

remedies to recover the balance

due. M & T BANK may have previ-

ously sent you a letter advising you

of possible alternatives to foreclo-

sure, along with the documents for

you to complete and return to M & T

BANK to be evaluated for these al-

ternatives. If you did not receive or

no longer have the documents, or

have not returned all of the docu-

ments, please contact M & T BANK

at: 800-724-1633. Even if you have

previously indicated that you are not

interested in saving your home you

can still be evaluated for alternatives

to foreclosure. The following is a

statement of the sum due for princi-

pal, interest, taxes, insurance,

maintenance, etc., as of August 1,

2019:

Unpaid Principal Balance

$223,059.83

Unpaid Accrued Interest good

through 8-1-2019 $4,264.92

Uncollected Late Charges $120.00

Escrow Advance $2,072.87

Pro Rata MIP/PMI $495.80

Total Fees $20.00

Grand Total $230,033.42

That as of August 9, 2019 the

amount due to cure any default, or

to be due under the terms of the

mortgage, exists in the following

respects:

Payments Due $11,350.80

Late Charges $120.00

Escrow Shortage $550.29

Grand Total $12,021.09

all of which must be paid BY CERTI-

FIED FUNDS, MADE PAYABLE TO

M & T BANK and mailed to the un-

dersigned attorney to cure the de-

fault, plus any accrued interest, sub-

sequent payments or late charges

which become due and any further

expenses for preservation of the pro-

perty which may be advanced.

PLEASE CONTACT THE UNDER-

SIGNED FOR THE EXACT

AMOUNT DUE THROUGH A CER-

TAIN DATE. You have the right, in

accordance with the terms of the

mortgage, to cure the default speci-

fied above. You also have the right

to assert in the foreclosure action

that no default exists or any other

defense you may have to said ac-

tion. Notice is further given that if the

total sums in default, together with

interest accrued thereon at the time

of such payment, accrued payments

then due and expenses advanced,

are not paid within thirty (30) days

from the date of mailing or service of

this Notice, the Mortgagee will deem

the whole sum secured by the mort-

gage to be due and payable in full

without further notice. Furthermore,

proceedings will be commenced to

foreclose such mortgage, and in the

event of Sheriff’s sale as provided

by the laws of the State of North

Dakota, the time for redemption

shall be as provided by law, but not

less than sixty (60) days after the

Sheriff’s Sale.

Dated July 16, 2019.

MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM

Attorneys for the Plaintiff

Office and Post Office Address:

38 Second Avenue East

Dickinson, North Dakota 58601

Tel: (701) 227-1841

Fax: (701) 225-6878

By: /s/David C. Piper

David C. Piper, Attorney

ND Bar #06723

If you have previously received a

discharge in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy,

this is not an attempt to collect a

debt against you personally, but only

an attempt to determine your inten-

tion concerning retaining this proper-

ty.

(August 17-24-31, 2019)

NOTICE

Minot Public School District #1

Regular School Board Meeting

August 8, 2019

Members Present

Jim Rostad

Mark Lyman

Laura Mihalick

Members Absent

Mitch Kraft

Miranda Schuler

The Regular Board Meeting was

called to order by President Rostad

at 4:03 P.M. MPS Buildings &

Grounds Director, Jared Edwards,

gave the board a report updating

them on this summer’s ongoing ma-

jor projects. We have completed or

are completing the following paving

projects: Washington Annex, MCC,

Ramstad turning lane improve-

ments, pavement patching at Bel

Air, McKinley, CC, Perkett play-

ground court improvement and an

Edison court addition. The district

has updated several playgrounds

with engineered wood soft surface

replacement. Boiler system updates

and upgrades at MCC and Sunny-

side are on going. At Central

Campus the elevator is being retro-

fitted and a portion of the roof is be-

ing replaced. The turf project at

Duane Carlson is scheduled for

completion in the next couple of

weeks. The district had requested a

delay in the start date, which

correspondingly resulted in a

change in the substantial completion

date. Moved by Lyman, seconded

by Mihalick, to approve the Consent

Agenda to include the July 24,2019

Annual meeting minutes and the

Financial Reports to include the July

Accounts Payable in the amount of

$1,266,350.93. Roll Call: All

members present voted “Yes.”

Moved by Mihalick, seconded by Ly-

man, approve 2019-2020 New

Teacher Report #8. Roll Call: All

members present voted “Yes.”

Moved by Lyman, seconded by

Mihalick, to approve the 2018-2019

Business Manager’s Report. Roll

Call: All members present voted

“Yes.” Moved by Mihalick, seconded

by Lyman, to approve a Memoran-

dum of Understanding with Ward

County for use of school facilities in

the event of a disaster. Roll Call: All

members present voted “Yes.”

Moved by Lyman, seconded by

Mihalick, to adopt the following

school board policies on one read-

ing: ACEA Bullying Policy, ACF

Whistleblower Protections Policy:

Prohibition Against Retaliation, FDH

Students in Foster Care, FDH-BR1

Foster Care Transportation Pro-

cedure, FDH-BR2 Foster Care Stu-

dent Transportation Dispute Resolu-

tion Procedure, FFK Suspension

and Expulsion and FFK-BR Suspen-

sion and Expulsion Regulations. Roll

Call: All members present voted

“Yes.” Moved by Lyman, seconded

by Mihalick, to rescind policy 922

Minot Public Schools Bullying Poli-

cy. Roll Call: All members present

voted “Yes.” The new teacher orien-

tation meeting is scheduled for Au-

gust 12, 13 & 14. The All Staff Kick-

off Meeting is scheduled for August

19. The NDSBA annual convention

is set for October 24 & 25 in

Bismarck. The Annual Meeting ad-

journed at 4:31 P.M.

Scott Moum, Business Manager

Jim Rostad, President

These minutes are not approved un-

til the next regular board meeting.

Bills list can be found at:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c

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(August 31, 2019)

NOTICE

Minot Public School District #1

Special School Board Meeting

August 16, 2019

Members Present

Jim Rostad

Mark Lyman

Mitch Kraft

Members Absent

Laura Mihalick

Miranda Schuler

The Special Board Meeting was

called to order by President Rostad

at 12:00 P.M. Moved by Lyman,

seconded by Mihalick, to approve

2019-2020 New Teacher Report #9.

Roll Call: All members voted “Yes.”

The meeting adjourned at 12:02P.M.

Scott Moum

Business Manager

Jim Rostad

President

(August 31, 2019)

Notice of Property Seizure

2014 Nissan NV200 White

VIN: 3N6CM0KN73K701044

Impounded by NoDak Towing

6:30PM on 5/30/2019. Failure to

claim vehicle within 30 days of this

notice will result in forfeit of all rights

tos aid motor vehicle pursuant ND

Century Code 39-26-08.

(August 31, 2019)

NOTICE

Sundre Township will be holding a

public budget hearing on Tuesday,

September 17th, 2019 at 7pm. The

hearing will be held at Bell School.

Cari Morey, Sundre Township Clerk/

Treasurer

(August 31; September 1-2-3-4,

2019)

NOTICE

The Affordable Housing Developers

(hereinafter, “The Owner”) will re-

ceive sealed bids for the construc-

tion of the Rugby Courtyard Apart-

ments Upgrades located in Rugby,

North Dakota. 1. All bids will be pub-

licly opened and read aloud at the

8-plex Common Room, 307 2nd Ave

NE, Rugby, North Dakota at 2:00

p.m. C.S.T. on September 19, 2019.

All bids received after the scheduled

opening time will be returned to the

bidder unopened. Bidders shall sub-

mit a Single Prime Bid for Construc-

tion. A pre-bid conference will be

held on site at 2:00 p.m. C.S.T. on

September10, 2019. 2. All contrac-

tors desiring to submit a bid may

view and order bid documents by

going to the Franz Reprographics

web site at www.franzrepro.com,

and selecting the Franz Public Plan

Room. Please login with your email

address and password, or Register if

this is your first time in the Plan

Room. Select the project from the

list of public projects. Once you have

selected the project, please review

the Bid Detailsfor information on ord-

ering documents. Contract docu-

ments can be downloaded free of

charge as pdf’s. Hard copy set of

documents can be ordered at Franz

Reprographics standard printing

rates. Contractor’s desiring to be on

the bidder’s list should contact Franz

Reprographics at 763-503-3401 or

can be added after pdf is download-

ed from Franz Public Plan Room

after a free account & password are

set up on the planroom. Drawings

and Specifications will also be on file

at Builders Exchanges in Dickinson,

Bismarck, Mandan, Williston, Fargo,

and Minot, North Dakota; Billings,

Bozeman, Great Falls, Montana;

Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rapid City,

South Dakota; and McGraw Hill

Dodge, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and

Reed Construction Data. 3. Each bid

shall be submitted in duplicate and

enclosed in a sealed opaque en-

velope upon which there is disclosed

the necessary information as re-

quired by the Instructions to Bidders.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a

separatesealed opaque envelope

containing a bidder’s bond made

payable to Affordable Housing

Developers and executed by the

bidder as principal and by a surety

company authorized to do business

in North Dakota, in a sum equal to

five percent (5%) of the bidder’s

highest total bid combination, in-

cluding all add alternates to the bid

items, conditioned that if bidder’s

proposal be accepted and the con-

tract awarded to him, her, within ten

(10) days after notice of such award,

will effect and execute a contract in

accordance with the terms of his bid

and a contractor’s bond as required

by law and the regulations and

determinations of the Owner. AIA

Document A310, Bid Bond, should

be used to execute the bid guaran-

tee. Bidders attention shall be called

to all relevant sections of the North

Dakota State Century Code regulat-

ing submittal of bids for Public Build-

ing Construction. In compliance with

Section 43-07-12 of the North Dako-

ta Century Code, each contractor

submitting a bid must have a copy of

his North Dakota Contractor’s

License or certificate of renewal

thereof issued by the Secretary of

State enclosed in the bid bond en-

velope and must be licensed for the

highest amount of their bid including

add alternates as provided by Sec-

tion 43-07-07 and such license must

have been in effect at least ten (10)

days prior to the date of the bid

opening. This project is covered

under HUD (Housing & Urban

Development) Section 3 rules and

regulations. Civil Rights and Labor

Standards Provisions and Equal Op-

portunity Regulations apply to this

project. The successful bidder will

be required to register with

SAM.govand meet all the require-

ments to do so. Davis-Bacon Wage

Rates apply to this project. Wage

rates will be verified 10 days prior to

bidding and noted by upcoming ad-

denda. No bid will be read or con-

sidered which does not fully comply

with the provisions herein as to

bonds and licenses, and any defi-

cient bid submitted will be resealed

and returned to the bidder immedi-

ately. The Owner reserves the right

to hold all legitimate bids for a period

of forty-five (45) days after the date

fixed for the opening thereof. The

Owner further reserves the right to

reject any and all bids and to waive

irregularities, and shall incur no legal

liability for the payment of any

monies until contract is awarded and

approved by the proper authorities.

The successful bidder will be re-

quired to furnish a

Performance-Payment Bond.

Dated this 24th day of August, 2019.

Andrea Diede

Executive Director AHD

(August 24-31; September 7, 2019)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2019-PR-122

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Delores Mattern a/k/a Alice Delores

Mattern, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned have been ap-

pointed co-personal representatives

of the Estate of Delores Mattern

a/k/a Alice Delores Mattern. All per-

sons having claims against Delores

Mattern a/k/a Alice Delores Mattern

are required to present their claims

within three (3) months after the date

of the first publication of this notice

or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to

Loren Mattern and Dean Mattern,

co-personal representatives of the

estate, at P.O. Box 998, Minot, ND

58702-0998,or filed with the Court.

Dated this 27th day of August, 2019.

Loren Mattern

Co-Personal Representative

Dean Mattern

Co-Personal Representative

Jon W. Backes (ID #05071)

jbackes@mcgeelaw.com

McGEE, HANKLA & BACKES, P.C.

2400 Burdick Expy. E., Suite 100

P.O. Box 998

Minot, ND 58702-0998

(701) 852-2544

Attorneys for Co-Personal

Representatives

(August 31; September 7-14, 2019)

SUMMONS

Civil No. 51-2019-CV-01429

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

ProCollect Services, LLC,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Austin R. Panteau,

Defendant.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-

DANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-

MONED and required to appear and

defend against the Complaint in this

action, which is herewith served

upon you, by serving on the the un-

dersigned an Answer or other proper

reponse within twenty-one days after

service of this Summons upon you,

exclusive of the day of service. If

you fail to do so, judgment by default

will be taken against you for the re-

lief demanded in the complaint.

Dated August 21, 2019.

/s/Christopher A. Carlson

Chistopher A. Carlson (ID #03378)

PO Box 1097

Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-1097

701-258-4800

carlsonlaw@qwestoffice.net

Attorney for the Plaintiff

(August 24-31; September 7, 2019)

SUMMONS

File No. 51-2019-JV-00112

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN JUVENILE

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE INTEREST OF R.C.,

MINOR CHILD.

State of North Dakota

Petitioner,

vs.

R.C., child

Chelsey Hoffner, mother,

Respondents.

IN THE STATE OF NORTH DAKO-

TA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED

RESPONDENT, CHELSEY

HOFFNER, MOTHER. You are

hereby summoned and required to

appear personally before the Ju-

venile Court, at its Chambers, Ward

County Courthouse in the City of

Minot, in Ward County and State of

North Dakota, on the 26th day of

September, 2019, at 9:00 o’clock

a.m. or as soon thereafter as the

parties can be heard, for the pur-

pose of a Petition Hearing. If you fail

to appear personally before the

Court at said time and place, or to

show good cause why you cannot

do so, the Court will make such Ord-

er as may be appropriate and you

may be proceeded against for civil

contempt. A copy of said Summons,

Petition and Order 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 27th day of August, 2019.

/s/Connie S. Portscheller

Connie S. Portscheller

Office Address:

Ward County Courthouse

315 3rd Street SE

Minot, ND 58701

Telephone: (701) 857-6650

(August 31; September 7-14, 2019)

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