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)