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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Souris Valley Animal Shelter

Addition & Renovation

1935 20th Avenue Southeast

Minot, North Dakota 58701

Sealed Bids will be received for

Souris Valley Animal Shelter Addi-

tion & Renovation until 2:00 PM lo-

cal time March 5, 2020, including all

portions of Work for complete con-

struction of the addition, renovation,

and site work as identified in the

Construction Documents and shall

be bid as Single Prime Construction.

Bids shall be delivered to the office

of:

Ackerman-Estvold, Engineering and

Management Consulting, Inc.

ATTN: Ryan Anderson

1907 17th St SE

Minot, North Dakota 58701

at which time and place the bids will

be privately opened. Proposals re-

ceived after that time will not be ac-

cepted. Bid Proposals shall be ad-

dressed to:

Shelbi Waters, Executive Director

Souris Valley Animal Shelter

1935 20th Ave SE

Minot, ND 58701

The Construction Documents will be

on file and may be examined at the

Office of Ackerman-Estvold, Minot,

North Dakota and the following

Builders Exchanges: Bismarck –

Mandan, Construction Plans Ex-

change, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand

Forks, Minot, Williston, North Dako-

ta; Minnesota Builders Exchange;

Construction Industry Center, and

Sioux Falls Builders Exchange,

South Dakota. Bidders may obtain

Plans and Specifications by contact-

ing Sonya Boykin at

Ackerman-Estvold by phone at

701-837-8737 or by email at

sonya.boykin@ackerman-estvold.com

and requesting a link to DropBox

containing the project documents.

All prime contractors obtaining

plans, whether through exchanges

or directly, should direct

Ackerman-Estvold to place them on

the plan holders list. Each Bid must

be accompanied by a separate en-

velope, (attached to the Bid En-

velope) containing a Bid Bond equal

to five percent (5%) of the amount of

the Bid naming Diocese of Fargo as

Obligee. The Contractor shall also

enclose within the Bid Bond En-

velope a copy of the Bidder’s North

Dakota Contractor’s License or a

copy of their latest Renewal Certifi-

cate issued by the Secretary of

State as per North Dakota Century

Code 43-07-12. All Contractors who

submit Bids must hold a North

Dakota Contractors License in the

highest amount of their Bids and

such license must have been in ef-

fect at least ten (10) days prior to the

date of the Bid Opening. Any Bid

not containing these documents

shall not be acceptable and shall be

returned to the Bidder unopened.

See AIA Document A701

“Instructions to Bidders” in the Pro-

ject Manual for further information.

The Owner reserves the right to re-

ject any or all bids and to waive any

informalities in bidding. The suc-

cessful bidder will be required to fur-

nish a Payment Bond, Performance

Bond, Insurance Coverages and

other requirements stipulated in the

Project Manual. No Bidder may with-

draw his Bid within 30 days of the

actual date of the opening.

Shelbi Waters, Executive Director

Souris Valley Animal Shelter

(February 17-24; March 2, 2020)

NEDROSE TOWNSHIP ANNUAL

MEETING NOTICE

Nedrose Township will hold its An-

nual Meeting, Election of Officers,

and Budget Considerations at the

Verendrye Electric Minot Office,

1225 Highway 2 Bypass East on

March 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm. A photo

ID is required to vote.

Gerald Deibert, Clerk

(March 2-9-16, 2020)

NOTICE

Hiddenwood Township Annual

Meeting will be held March 17th,

2020 at 6:00 p.m. at Paul Bersaw’s

home. Business meeting and elec-

tion of 1 officer and any other busi-

ness brought before the Board of

Supervisors.

(March 2-3, 2020)

NOTICE

MINOT PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT #1

Special School Board Meeting

February 13, 2020

Members Present

Jim Rostad

Mitch Kraft

Mark Lyman

Miranda Schuler

Members Absent

Laura Mihalick

The Special Board Meeting was

called to order by President Rostad

at 7:30 P.M. Ivy Thorson, MPS Nu-

trition Services Director, presented

an overview of the MPS Nutrition

Services Department and the Meal

Charging Procedure IB-BR. Ms.

Thorson reported on the various ele-

ments of the program, which is

governed by USDA. Ms. Thorson

reviewed overall finances of the pro-

gram, the Free and Reduced Meal

Program, Fresh Fruits and Veget-

ables grant program, the number &

types of meals served and the dona-

tions that have been provided to the

program. Thorson noted currently

there are 1,174 students eligible for

Free meals and 563 students eligi-

ble for Reduced meals. Thorson

also noted that between the start of

the school year in August through

January 31, 2020 the MPS Nutrition

Services Program has served

513,856 lunches. At the student’s re-

quest 52,843 of that total were PBJ

or cold sandwich (an average of 518

per day). The district also served

180 (an average of less than 2 per

day) alternate meals to students with

a balance of over -$15.00. The N.D.

Department of Public Instruction

does require schools to have a for-

mal procedure on Meal Charging.

Ms. Thorson answered questions

from the school board. Moved by

Schuler, seconded by Kraft, to

amend Meal Charging Procedure

IB-BR by removing the language re-

garding prohibiting student participa-

tion in fee based programs and re-

moving language regarding report-

ing suspected abuse or neglect of a

student.Roll Call: All members

present voted “Yes.” President Ros-

tad opened the meeting to public in-

put. School District patrons

LaShone Brown, Tawny Cale, Wyn-

da Evon, Deven Mantz, Andrew

Schultz, Cliff Hovda and Kesha Ea-

ton spoke to the board regarding the

board’s Meal Charging Procedure

IB-BR. Moved by Lyman, seconded

by Kraft, to amend Meal Charging

Procedure IB-BR by revising the

language regarding debt collection

in the following manner: “Parents

are expected to pay all charges

within 1530days. If they fail to do

so, the District may rollover debt or

refer the debt to collectionsmay pur-

sue other options to receive

payment.The District may use an al-

ternative funding source (e.g., non-

federal funding or charitable funding

source) to offset costs incurred from

unpaid meal charges and

collectionfees.” Roll Call: All

members present voted “Yes.” The

meeting adjourned at 8:39 P.M.

Scott Moum, Business Manager

Jim Rostad, President

(March 2, 2020)

NOTICE OF INTENTION

TO MODIFY

NATURAL PRECIPITATION

Notice is given, that Weather Modifi-

cation, LLC of 3802 20th Street

North, Fargo, ND, a licensee

(License No. 2020-1) of the State of

North Dakota, is to engage in opera-

tions to modify precipitation by the

addition of ice nucleating agents in

the counties of Bowman, McKenzie,

Mountrail and Williams and seven

townships in Slope County. Existing

clouds will be selected for seeding

according to the current operational

procedures for enhancing rainfall

and decreasing hail damage. Nuclei

will be generated by silver iodide

produced in the combustion of flares

or acetone solutions, and the drop-

ping of dry ice pellets. Twin-engine

aircraft equipped for instrument flight

operating under FAA airworthiness

certificates and licensed by the

North Dakota Aeronautics Commis-

sion will accomplish all seeding.

The target area for District I will be

Bowman County and the following

townships in Slope County: Connor,

Hume, Carroll, Cash, Sheets,

Mineral Springs, and Cedar Creek.

The target area for District II will be

McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams

Counties. In District II, the opera-

tions area will include the target area

and a buffer zone ten miles in width

surrounding the target area in adja-

cent North Dakota counties. In Dis-

trict I, the operations area will in-

clude the target area and Woodberry

township in Slope County, with no

external buffer zones in adjacent

North Dakota counties. Seeding

operations in the buffer zone is for

cloud systems that may affect the

target area. No effect is intended for

the buffer zone. Operations will be

conducted June 1, 2020 through Au-

gust 31, 2020, with the possibility of

extension through October 2, 2020.

All persons who think they may re-

ceive harm from activities of this pro-

ject should write the Director, North

Dakota Atmospheric Resource

Board, 900 East Boulevard Avenue

Department 770, Bismarck, ND

58505-0850 or email

dlangerud@nd.gov. Comments

must be received within 20 days of

the last date of publication of this no-

tice. The Atmospheric Resource

Board does not discriminate on the

basis of race, color, national origin,

sex, religion, age, or disability in em-

ployment or the provision of ser-

vices, and complies with the provi-

sions of the North Dakota Human

Rights Act.

(March 2-9, 2020)

NOTICE OF MEETING

Harrison Township’s Annual Meeting

will be conducted on March 17, 2020

at 6:30 p.m. at 2220 63rd St. NW,

Minot ND, 58703

Cynthia Whitesell, Clerk

(March 2-3-4, 2020)

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR NAME

CHANGE

IN DISTRICT COURT, WARD

COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH

DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Petition for

Name Change of Francesca Rose

Paxman, a Minor Child

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Peti-

tion in the above-entitled matter will

be filed with the Clerk of District

Court for Ward County, North Dako-

ta, requesting an Order changing the

name of Francesca Rose Paxman

(current full legal name of child) to

Greta Rose Paxman (request full le-

gal name of child). Pursuant to

N.D.C.C 32-28-02, thirty days previ-

ous notice of the intended applica-

tion must be given in the official

newspaper printed in this county as

well as in the official newspaper of

the county where the non-custodial

parent resides. You are hereby noti-

fied that thirty days after publication,

petitioner intends to file a petition re-

questing entry of the Court’s Order

changing the name of Francesca

Rose Paxman (current full legal

name of child) to Greta Rose Pax-

man (requested full legal name of

child). Any objection to granting this

name change must be given in writ-

ing to the address listed below within

30 days of the date of this publica-

tion. The written objection must also

be filed with the court. If no objec-

tions are given, the court may

respond to the Petition without furth-

er hearing.

Dated this 25 day of February, 2020

/s/ Christina Paxman

Christina Paxman

6500 County Road 12 W

Minot, ND 58701

(March 2, 2020)

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR NAME

CHANGE

IN DISTRICT COURT, WARD

COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Petition for

Name Change of Alicia Marie Vaudt

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Peti-

tion in the above-entitled matter will

be filed with the Clerk of District

Court for Ward County, North Dako-

ta, requesting an Order changing the

name of Alicia Marie Vaudt (current

full, legal name) to Alicia Marie Fles-

ner (requested full, legal name). Pur-

suant to N.D.C.C. 32-28-02, thirty

days previous notice of the intended

application must be given in the offi-

cial newspaper printed in this Coun-

ty. You are hereby notified that thirty

days after publication, petitioner in-

tends to file a petition requesting en-

try of the Court’s Order changing the

name of Alicia Marie Vaudt to Alicia

Marie Flesner. Any objection to

granting this name change must be

given in writing to the address listed

below within 30 days of the date of

this publication. The written objec-

tion must also be filed with the

Court. If no objections are given, the

Court may respond to the Petition

without further hearing.

Dated this 26th day of February,

2020.

/s/ Alicia Vaudt

Alicia Vaudt

1022 39th St SE

Minot, ND 58701

(March 2, 2020)

NOTICE

The Sundre Township Annual Board

Meeting will be held at 7pm on

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 at Bell

School. We will be voting on the

election of one supervisor. All voters

must bring a photo ID. General

township business will be discussed.

Cari Morey, Clerk/Treasurer

(February 29; March 2-3-4-5-6-7,

2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00031

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

LeRoy D. Lawson, 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 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 David Draper and

Wendy Draper, Co-Personal

Representatives of the estate, at

2525 Elk Drive, P. O. Box 1000,

Minot, ND 58702-1000, or filed with

the Court.

Dated this 18th day of February,

2020.

/s/David Draper

David Draper

/s/Wendy Draper

Wendy Draper

Brent M. Olson – #05593

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P. C.

2525 Elk Drive

P. O. Box 1000

Minot, ND 58702-1000

bolson@pringlend.com

Attorney’s for:

Co-Personal Representatives

(February 24; March 2-9, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00029

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Joel N. Brown, 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 re-

quired to present their claims within

three months after the date of the

first publication or mailing of this no-

tice or said claims will be forever

barred. Claims must either be

presented to Jonathan S. Brown,

Personal Representative of the

estate, at 2525 Elk Drive, P. O. Box

1000, Minot, ND 58702-1000, or

filed with the Court.

Dated this 20th day of February,

2020.

/s/Jonathan S. Brown

Jonathan S. Brown

Matthew H. Olson – #05593

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P. C.

2525 Elk Drive

P. O. Box 1000

Minot, ND 58702-1000

molson@pringlend.com

Attorney’s for:

Personal Representative

(February 24; March 2-9, 2020)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

The Fort Berthold Housing Authority

is requesting proposals for (32) 2, 3

and 4 bedroom modular homes will

be approximately 1400-1700 square

feet and 16 split entry homes will be

approximately 1000 upper to replace

48 homes on the Fort Berthold Indi-

an Reservation. Proposals must in-

clude complete construction of new

homes hauled and set on new Foun-

dations. Proposals should not in-

clude foundations. Proposals will be

for turn-key homes including, all

stitching and seaming of exterior

and interior, all HVAC, plumbing and

electrical except for electrical tie in,

water and sewer connections. No

proposal for Manufactured homes or

homes built on metal I-beams will be

considered. Deadline for proposal

will be March 29, 2020. For more

detailed information please contact

FBHA.

Contact: Forest Mandan

Cell: 701-421-7272

Office: 701-627-4731 Ext. 228

Email: forest@fbha.org

Contact: Toni Parisien

Cell: 701-421-0479

Office: 701-627-4131 Ext. 240

Email: toni@fbha.org

FBHA has the right to reject any and

all proposals and / or solicitations.

(February 26-27-28-29; March

2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12-13-14-16-17-18-19-20-21-23-24-25-26-27-28,

2020)

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Architectural Services

North Dakota State Fair

Amphitheater Project North Dakota

State Fairgrounds

Minot, North Dakota

The North Dakota State Fair Board

will receive statements of Qualifica-

tions for Architectural Services for

the Building of an Amphitheater and

Bathrooms project. Minot, North

Dakota. To receive the Request for

Qualifications (RFQ) submittal in-

structions, please contact Craig

Rudland by any of the following

methods:

Telephone: (701) 857-7620

Fax: (701) 857-7622

E-mail: Craig@ndstatefair.com

Three (3) copies of the completed

response must be received no later

than 4:00 p.m. CST, Monday, March

31, 2020 at the office of:

North Dakota State Fair

PO Box 1796

2005 East Burdick Expressway

Minot, North Dakota 58701

(March 2-9-16-23, 2020)

Sawyer Township

The Sawyer Township Annual Meet-

ing and Election will be held Tues-

day March 17, 2020 at 6:30 PM with

the election from 7:00 to 8:00 PM at

the Sawyer City Hall in Sawyer.

Duane Poynter

Clerk/Treasurer

(March 2-7-14, 2020)

SUMMONS

Case No. 51-2019-CV-02065

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

James L. Park, Lindsey N. Park and

Occupants of 1704 NW 23rd Ave,

Minot, ND 58703,

Defendants.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-

DANTS: You are hereby summoned

to appear and defend against the

Complaint in this action, which has

been filed with the Clerk of court and

is herewith served upon you, by

serving upon the undersigned a

copy of an Answer or other property

response within twenty-one (21)

days after service of this Summons

upon you, exclusive of the day of

service. If you fail to do so, Judg-

ment by default will be taken against

you for the relief demanded in the

Complaint. The original Complaint

is filed with the Clerk of the District

Court in the County in which this ac-

tion is commenced. This action re-

lates to the foreclosure of a mort-

gage upon the following tract or par-

cel of land lying in Ward County,

North Dakota:

Lot 10, Market at North Hill to the

City of Minot, Ward County, North

Dakota.

The Plaintiff is not seeking a per-

sonal judgment against the

above-named Defendants.

Dated December 11, 2019

/s/Janelle G. Ewing

Janelle G. Ewing

The Sayer Law Group, P.C.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

925 E. 4th St.

Waterloo, IA 50703

(319) 234-2530

Attorney ID No.: 08611

generalupdates@sayerlaw.com

(February 24; March 2-9, 2020)

SUMMONS

Civil No. 51-2020-CV-00289

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

ProCollect Services, LLC,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Morgin S. Jacques,

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 February 20, 2020.

/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

(February 24; March 2-9, 2020)

NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR CREATION OF A

WATER DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a

petition signed by the directors of

North Prairie Rural Water District

and North Central Regional Water

District requesting the State En-

gineer to merge the water districts to

encompass portions of McHenry,

McLean, Mountrail, Pierce, Sheri-

dan, and Ward Counties, North

Dakota, was filed with the State En-

gineer on February 13, 2020, re-

questing the establishment thereof.

The proposed water district, if organ-

ized, has no power or authority to

levy taxes. The map shows the

lands included in the proposed water

district.

The hearing on the petition for crea-

tion of the proposed water district

will be held at the State Office Build-

ing, 900 East Blvd Ave., Bismarck,

ND on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at

11:00 a.m. All owners or tenants of

real property or other interested per-

sons within the boundaries

described will be given the oppor-

tunity to submit evidence, orally or in

writing, and show cause why the

proposed water district should or

should not be established.

To provide telephone accessibility to

the hearing for those people who are

deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, and

speech disabled, please contact Re-

lay North Dakota, and reference Ã-

TTY-Relay ND Ã- 1-800-366-6888,

or 711 at least seven working days

before the hearing.

Dated February 24, 2020.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

By: /s/ Garland Erbele, P.E.

State Engineer

(March 2, 2020)

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