ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

FOR THE CONDITION ASSESS-

MENT OF RAW WATER PIPELINE

FROM LAKE SAKAKAWEA TO

NAWS PRS STATION (CONTRACT

SA No. 80) FOR THE NORTH

DAKOTA STATE WATER COM-

MISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the State of North Dakota, acting

through the State Water Commis-

sion, invites and will receive sealed

proposals (bids) up to the hour of

2:00 p.m., local time, on September

25, 2019, for the furnishing to the

State of North Dakota of all transpor-

tation, labor, materials, tools, equip-

ment, services, permits, utilities, and

other items necessary to construct

said work, in accordance with the

drawings and contract documents

on file in the office the North Dakota

State Water Commission. At said

time, said proposals will be publicly

opened and read aloud in the North

Dakota State Water Commission lo-

cated at: North Dakota State Water

CommissionState Office Building

900 East Boulevard Avenue

Bismarck, North Dakota

58505-0850. Bids shall conform to

and be responsive to the Contract

Documents for the work. The Con-

tract Documents will be available

after August 30, 2019. Copies of the

Contract Documents will be on file

and may be examined during normal

office hours in the office of the North

Dakota State Water Commission

and at the following locations: Hous-

ton Engineering, Inc. 18 3rd Street

SE Suite 100 Minot, ND 58701-3700

Telephone (701) 852-7931 Fax

(701) 858-5655. The scope of Work

generally consists of the following:

Mobilization; pump water out of and

exercise existing valves in 111

vaults (58 air release valve

vaultsand 53 blowoff vaults); fill and

pressure test the existing ductile

iron line, flush water out of exist-

ing pipeline blowoffs, and incidental

items. The Contractor will not per-

form work or permit the performance

of Work by subcontractors outside

regular dusk to dawn working

hours or on Saturdays, Sundays,

or legal State holidays without pro-

viding written notice of proposed

work to the Engineer a minimum of

5 days in advance and contingent on

the Owner’s written consent. In ac-

cordance with of the current Energy

and Water Development Appropria-

tions Act, to the greatest extent

practicable, all equipment and pro-

ducts purchased for use in this con-

tract should be American-made.

Printed copies of plans and specifi-

cations may be obtained following

receipt of payment of $500.00 per

set, non-refundable, or a CD may be

obtained with the documents in elec-

tronic (pdf) format following receipt

of payment of $40 per set, nonre-

fundable, from the following: Hous-

ton Engineering, Inc. 18 3rd Street

SE Suite 100 Minot, ND

58701-3700. The contract docu-

ments may also be viewed free of

charge online at

www.houstoneng.com, or down-

loaded for a fee of $25.00. Please

contact us at 701-852-7931 if you

have any questions. The Advertise-

ment for Bids, Planholders List, Ad-

dendums, and Bid Results will be

available from the “Bid Info” link lo-

cated on the Houston Engineering,

Inc. web site. Each bid shall be sub-

mitted on a form furnished as part of

the contract documents and must be

accompanied by a separate en-

velope containing a Bidder’s Bond

with Acknowledgement of Surety in

an amount not less than 5% of the

full amount of the bid made payable

to the order of or for the benefit of

the North Dakota State Water

Commission. The bid bond shall be

executed by the bidder as principal

and by a surety company authorized

to do business in the State of North

Dakota, conditioned that if the

principal’s Bid be accepted and the

contract awarded to the principal,

within ten (10) days after Notice of

Award, the Principal shall execute a

contract in accordance with the

terms of the bid and contractor’s

performance and payment bonds as

required by law and the regulations

and determinations of the North

Dakota State Water Commission. A

bid submitted without this informa-

tion properly enclosed in the bid

bond envelope shall not be read nor

considered and the envelope shall

be resealed and bid returned to the

bidder immediately. Each bid shall

be sealed and delivered to the North

Dakota State Water Commission at

the location designated in this notice

for the opening of bidsat or before

the time in this notice provided. Un-

less a bidder obtains a contractor’s

license for the full amount of its bid

within twenty days after it is deter-

mined the bidder is the lowest

responsive and responsible bidder,

the bid must be rejected and the

contract awarded to the next lowest,

responsive, responsible, and

LICENSED bidder. A Pre-Bid

Conference Call with the Engineer

will be held on September 18, 2019

at 2:00 p.m. local time. Attendance

at the pre-bid conference is strongly

encouragedfor all Bidders. The con-

ferencing details are provided in the

Bidding Documents. Interim Mile-

stone Substantial Completion dates

for the WORK are stipulated in the

AGREEMENT (Document No.

00520). Final Completion for all

WORK shall be July 31, 2020. The

State of North Dakota, acting

through the State Water Commis-

sion, reserves the right to select the

schedule(s) under which the bids

are to be compared and contract(s)

awarded, to reject any and all bids,

to determine whether a bidder is

responsive and responsible and to

waive any and all irregularities in

any bid. BY THE ORDER OF THE

NORTH DAKOTA STATE WATER

COMMISSION.

Dated: August 27, 2019

/s/ Garland Erbele

Garland Erbele, PE,

Chief Engineer/Secretary

(August 30; September 6-13, 2019)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Case No. 51-2019-PR-00089

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Vincent Arthur Jensen, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned have been appoint-

ed co-personal representatives of

the above estate. All persons having

claims against the said deceased

are required to present their claims

within three (3) months after the date

of the first publication or mailing of

this notice or said claims will be for-

ever barred. Claims must either be

presented to Joyce Berg and Keith

Jensen, co-personal representatives

of the above-named estate, in care

of Louser & Zent, P.C., Town &

Country Center, 1015 South Broad-

way, Suite 15, Minot, North Dakota

58701, or filed with the Court.

Dated this 15th day of August, 2019.

/s/Joyce Berg

Joyce Berg

1608 – 35th Avenue Southeast

Minot, ND 58701

/s/Keith Jensen

Keith Jensen

1912 Eighth Street Northwest

Minot, ND 58701

Diane R. Louser (ID #03882)

LOUSER & ZENT, P.C.

Town & Country Center

1015 South Broadway, Suite 15

Minot, ND 58701

Telephone No. (701) 837-4846

Attorneys for the Personal

Representative

(August 23-30; September 6, 2019)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

PROBATE NO. 51-2019-PR-00115

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of JOYCE

ANN O’CONNELL, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

Personal Representative of the

above estate. All persons having

claims against the said deceased

are required to present their claims

within three months after the date of

the first publication or mailing of this

notice or said claims will be forever

barred. Claims must either be

presented to JAMES R. THOMP-

SON, 2950 – 121st Ave. NW, Coon

Rapids, MN 55433, or filed with the

Court.

Dated this 20th day of August, 2019.

/s/James R. Thompson

Personal Representative

James R. Thompson

MCINTEE LAW FIRM

Michael S. McIntee

116 West 5th Street

Bottineau, ND 58318

701-228-3624

Attorney for Personal Representa-

tives

(August 23-30; September 6, 2019)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2019-PR-117

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Winifred A. Hankla,

Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

personal representative of the Estate

of Winifred A. Hankla. All persons

having claims against Winifred A.

Hankla 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 Walfrid B. Hankla, per-

sonal representative of the estate, at

P.O. Box 998, Minot, ND

58702-0998, or filed with the Court.

Dated this 20th day of August, 2019.

Walfrid B. Hankla

Personal Representative

Peter B. Hankla (ID #04919)

phankla@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 Personal

Representative

(August 23-30; September 6, 2019)

SUMMONS

Civil No. 51-2019-CV-01420

IN DISTRICT COURT

OF WARD COUNTY,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

Deborah Schultz,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Charles Schultz deceased, C.

Schultz, LLC, Schultz Electric, Inc,

and all other persons Unknown

claiming any estate or interest in, Or

lien or encumberance upon, the pro-

perty described in the complaint,

Defendants.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-

DANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-

MONED to answer the Complaint of

the Plaintiff in the above-entitled ac-

tion, which is filed in the office of the

Clerk of the District Court of the

North Central Judicial District in and

for the County of Ward and State of

North Dakota, and to serve a copy of

your answer to said Complaint on

the subscriber within twenty-one

(21) days after the service of this

Summons upon you, exclusive of

the day of service, and in case of

your failure to appear or answer,

judgment will be taken against you

by default for the relief demanded in

the Complaint. Notice is hereby

given that the above entitled action

is brought to quiet title in the follow-

ing described property situated in

Ward County, North Dakota, to-wit:

Outlot 37 LESS Outlot 41 of the

NENE Section 27, Township 155

North, Range 83 West of the 5th

P.M, Ward County, North Dakota.

Dated this 12th day of August, 2019.

/s/Dean A. Frantsvog

Dean A. Frantsvog (ID #05753)

Attorney for Plaintiff

P.O. Box 667

Minot, ND 58702-0667

(701) 833-1985

frantsvoglaw@srt.com

(August 23-30; September 6, 2019)