AMENDED SUMMONS

Case No. 51-2019-CV-01277

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NewRez LLC f/k/a New Penn Finan-

cial, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage

Servicing,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Jackie A. Johnson, Kevin D. McKin-

stry, Discover Bank, and Occupants

of 1722 South Main St. Minot, ND

58701,

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 1, BLOCK 2, BODIEN’S SUB-

DIVISION OF LOTS 4, 5, 6, 7, S1/2

8 AND S1/2 3, ALL IN BLOCK 3,

HOME ACRES ADDITION TO THE

CITY OF MINOT, WARD COUNTY,

NORTH DAKOTA

The Plaintiff is not seeking a per-

sonal judgment against the

above-named Defendants.

Dated March 5, 2020

/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

(May 4-11-18, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00091

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Christopher Lee Reader, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned have been appoint-

ed 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 CALICO F. JOHNSON,

Personal Representative of the

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

1000, Minot ND 58702-1000, or filed

with the Court.

Dated this 11th day of May, 2020.

/s/Calico F. Johnson

Calico F. Johnson

Carol K. Larson – #04406

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C.

2525 Elk Drive

P.O. Box 1000

(701)852-0381

clarson@pringlend.com

Attorneys for: Personal Representa-

tive

(May 18-25; June 1, 2020)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

May 4, 2020 Essential Living, Inc.

seeking a Construction Manager,

Agent of the Owner. Essential Liv-

ing, Inc. is a non- profit 501c3 entity

that provides quality affordable

housing opportunities. Park South

Townhomes are located on a site

near South Hill Complex with 3.5

acres set aside for this project. The

scope of this project will be to pro-

vide Construction Management-

Agency services to complete the

construction of 22 two- bedroom

townhomes. Requests for the full

RFP can be obtained by emailing

info@essentiallivingminot.com.

Submittal deadline is 2:00 p.m. on

May 26, 2020.

(May 4-11-18, 2020)

SUMMONS

Case No. 51-2020-CV-00708

IN DISTRICT COURT, WARD

COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH

DAKOTA

City of Minot, North Dakota, a North

Dakota municipal corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs

Deborah A. Luetzen, Ward County,

and ProCollect Services, LLC,

Defendants.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-

DANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

AND REQUIRED to appear and de-

fend against the complaint in this ac-

tion, which is herewith served upon

you or is or will be filed with the clerk

of this court, by serving upon the un-

dersigned an answer or other proper

response within twenty-one (21)

days after the service of this sum-

mons 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.

DATED this 1st day of May, 2020.

/s/ John A. Warcup

John A. Warcup, Special Assistant

City Attorney (ND Bar ID #051219)

Swanson & Warcup, LTD.

1397 Library Circle, Suite 202

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Telephone: (701) 772-3407

jwarcup@swlawltd.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

(May 18-25; June 1, 2020)

SURREY PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO-41

SURREY, NORTH DAKOTA

REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD

MEETING

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2020

President Ron Aberle called meeting

to order at 5:00 pm. Board

members present Ron Aberle,

Nicole Wald, Taylor Feller, Daniel

Tyler and Stephanie Munos. Also,

present Superintendent/ High

School Principal Gerding, Elementa-

ry Principal Hansen and Business

Manager Twila Gantzer. Mr Aberle

welcomed new school board

member Daniel Tyler. He also

thanked several people & groups of

people for all the extra work being

done during this time. M/S/C

Wald/Munosto approve minutes

from March 11, 2020 regular meet-

ing. M/S/C Wald/Munosto approve

minutes from March 25, 2020 spe-

cial meeting. Superintendent Report:

Mr Gerding discussed prom/sports

banquet/graduation, should these

events be canceled or just post-

poned. Prom has already been can-

celed. There are ideas for gradua-

tion that could be looked into further.

The sports banquet will most likely

need to be canceled. Mr Gerding will

reach out to the seniors and see if

together they can come up with

some ideas. Business Manager’s

Report: The financial reports were

presented. M/S/C Wald/Munosto

approve financial reports as present-

ed and approve payment of March

payroll & benefits in the amount of

$403,538.82. March board bills:

General Fund-$39,114.77; Activity

Fund -$3,128.77; Food-$13,847.01.

Prepaid Check Register: General

Fund-$10,437.65; Activity Fund-

$4,097.24. M/S/C Munos/Wald to

approve TA #51- Out. M/S/C

Munos/Waldto approve TA #52-Out.

M/S/C Munos/ Wald to approve TA

#53-Out. Motion Munosto approve

TA #54-Out. Motion failed for lack of

a second. M/S/C Munos/Waldto ap-

prove OE #55- In. M/S/C

Munos/Wald to approve OE # 56-In.

M/S/C Munos/Wald to approve TA

#57-Out for 19/20 school year.

M/S/C Munos/Wald to deny TA

#57-Out for 20/21 school year.

M/S/C Munos/Wald to approve OE #

58 In. M/S/C Munos/Waldto ap-

prove OE #59-In. Election Update:

We have 3 positions open on the

school board. Dustin Mize, Daniel

Tyler & Stephanie Munos have filed

to run. Due Covid-19 the governor

has issued a vote by mail for the

election this year. We have worked

with the city auditor to mail our bal-

lots together to save in postage. Mr

Gerding: Mr Gerding discussed with

the board about teachers being here

from 0 to 5 years not being allowed

to carryover personal days. Due to

the extreme circumstances he would

like the board to pay the teachers

$75 for unused personal leave if

they are unable to use it before the

end of the current school year.

M/S/C Wald/ Tyler to pay $ 75/ day

to any teachers 0-5 years of service

for unused personal leave. Mrs Han-

sen: Contracts for the 20-21 school

year were due April 9th. Mr Stockie

did not sign and return his contract.

He plans to go to grad school to

further his education. An ad for an

elementary position will be placed.

Unfinished Business: Covid-19- Up-

date: Mr Gerding & Mrs Hansen

have been in zoom conferences

every day gathering information. Mr

Gerding shared how proud he is of

the teachers for stepping up and

handling the distance learning plan.

Mrs Munos also added she too is

impressed as well. Mrs Wald ap-

preciates all the extra work being

done as well and added she would

like to make sure that the principals

are reaching out to the parents to

see if things are going ok. Mrs Han-

sen shared that Mr Stockie will be

doing a dojo tutorial for parents to

become more familiar with the pro-

gram. Coaching Contract: Mr Ken-

nedy joined the meeting via cell

phone. Mr Gerding stated that

Coach Kennedy is a great asset to

the school. Mr Kennedy explained

he did not return this contract by the

date because he had applied for oth-

er coaching positions to better him-

self, and he was not sure if he would

be able to coach multiple sports.

M/S/C Tyler/Waldto approve the

contract. Roll call vote: Aberle- abs-

tain; Munos-yes, Wald- yes, Tyler-

yes. Dean of Students: Mr Hoffarth

was the only applicant for the posi-

tion within the school. Mr Hoffarth

will become the Dean of Students as

well as Assistant Athletic Director.

Mr Gerding would like to offer Mr

Hoffarth a 9 ¢ month contract to

cover sports starting prior to the be-

ginning of school. His salary will be

set, and he will have his own salary

schedule going forward. M/S/C

Munos/Tyler to hire Mr Hoffarth as

the Dean of Students. Mrs Wald

has asked for a job description. New

Business: Superintendent/ Principal

Positions: Mr Aberle would like to

have a committee to bring recom-

mendations back to the board. Job

descriptions should be included in

the discussion. Mr Aberle & Mrs

Wald will serve on the committee.

Mill Levy for School Security: Mr

Gerding & Mrs Hansen remembered

at a conference they attended that a

new levy has been established by

the state for schools to levy up to 5

mills for up to 5 years for school

safety/security. There are several

areas these funds can be utilized

for. So far, no school is the state

has done this. This money can only

be spent on safety for the school.

The school would be required to

have develop a plan. The funds

would be tracked separately. Mr

Gerding is in the process of creating

a plan. The Vision Committee could

also help with the task as most of

the people that would need to be in-

volved are already serving on that

committee. The next regular board

meeting will be Wednesday, May

13th at 5:00 pm.

M/S/C Munos/Wald to adjourn

/s/Twila Gantzer

Twila Gantzer, Business Manager

/s/Ronald Aberle

Ronald Aberle, President

(May 18, 2020)

SURREY PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO-41

SURREY, NORTH DAKOTA

SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD

MEETING

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2020

President Ron Aberle called the spe-

cial meeting to order at 5:00 pm.

Board members present Ron Aberle,

Daniel Tyler, Nicole Wald and

Stephanie Munos. Also, present In-

terim Supt/High School Principal

Gerding, Elementary Principal Han-

sen and Business Manager Twila

Gantzer. The special meeting was

called to order by Board President

Ron Aberle. June school board elec-

tion: M/S/C Munos/Waldto approve

the 2020 school board election by

absentee ballot as per the Governor

Burgum’s Executive Order

2020-19.1. Roll call vote, all voted

yes. School safety/security mill levy:

M/S/C Wald/Munosto add to the bal-

lot the school safety/security mill

levy for 3 mills for 3 years. Roll call

vote, all voted yes. Purchase of

land: Dollar General is interested in

purchasing land owned by the

school. Mr Aberle showed a map of

land owned by the school. At this

time the board is not interested in

selling the property. M/S/C

Munos/Tyler to adjourn

/s/Twila Gantzer

Twila Gantzer, Business Manager

/s/Ronald Aberle

Ronald Aberle, President

(May 18, 2020)

UNITED PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 07

Regular School Board Meeting

April 15, 2020

Members present: Brett Casavant,

Brenda Buri, Josh Sundsbak, Matt

Schaefer and Chad Brown. Also

present were Superintendent Chris-

topher Bachmeier, Business

Manager Jody Askvig, Principal Sue

Kranz, AD/Dean of Students Scott

Medalen, JH Principal Josh Brown,

Asst. Elementary Principal Kayla

Andersen and community members

called in. President Casavant called

the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. A

motion was made by Sundsbak and

seconded by Schaefer to adjust

agenda: 6. Approve bills; 11.

Change to add June election pro-

cedures. Motion carried. A motion

was made by Schaefer and second-

ed by Sundsbak to approve minutes

of the previous meeting as present-

ed. Motion carried. A motion was

made by Brown and seconded by

Sundsbak to accept the Activity re-

port as 3-31-2020 as presented.

Motion carried. A motion was made

by Buri and seconded by Sundsbak

to accept the financial reports from

the General fund, the Building fund,

the Hot Lunch fund as presented.

Motion carried. A motion was made

by Brown and seconded by Buri to

approve bills as follows: EOM

36785-36796, totaling $14,431.44

and 36797-36848, totaling

$70,940.09 as presented. Motion

carried. A motion was made by

Sundsbak and seconded by Buri to

approve the second reading of Non-

discrimination and Anti-Harassment

Policy with no changes. Motion car-

ried. A motion was made by

Schaefer and seconded by

Sundsbak to approve the second

reading Discrimination and Harass-

ment Grievance Procedure Policy as

presented with no changes. Motion

carried. A motion was made by

Brown and seconded by Schaefer to

accept the resignation from Lucas

Brown, effective May 21, 2020. Mr.

Bachmeier and board want to thank

Mr. Brown on his dedication to the

district and wish him well on his

move. Motion carried. Discussion

on resurfacing the track and looked

at bids from Minot Paving

($150,250) and Bechtold Paving

($149,514.50). A motion was made

by Brown and seconded by Buri to

approve the bid from Bechtold Pav-

ing to repair and resurface the track.

Motion carried. Election information:

Many changes to election pro-

cedures for this year. A motion was

made by Schaefer and seconded by

Buri to approve the June board elec-

tion being run as absentee ballot

election only. We will provide a drop

box for ballots at both schools and

will have to have two judges and 2

clerks to count votes on June 9th.

Motion carried. Principal report:

Mrs. Kranz- Distance learning has

been going great; K-2nd grades are

learning through See Saw; 3rd-6th

grades are on Google Classroom.

Music, PE and Counseling are

meeting live once a week with their

students. We have had good partici-

pation with students. Thank you to

the Boosters for the $50.00 gift

cards to hand out as prizes to the

teachers. Have been sending out

surveys to parents and have been

getting good feedback. The Face-

book page has been very vital on

getting out information to patrons.

Thursday, April 16h the staff is parti-

cipating in a Wave Parade at Bur-

lington Elementary. Mr. Brown- The

junior high transition to distance

learning has been going well. Stu-

dents have a schedule to connect

with their teachers. Have been get-

ting positive feedback from teachers,

students and parents. Mr. Brown

has been busy reaching out to the

few students not showing up con-

sistently. Mr. Brown finished up the

remainder of the evaluations. Mr.

Medalen- NDHSAA has not decided

on spring sports and will reevaluate

in May. Have been working on

winter coaches evaluations. Mr.

Medalen has been busy tracking

students progress, contacting stu-

dents with concerns, taking atten-

dance daily and keeping parents in-

formed when necessary. Still doing

eligibility weekly. Thank you to the

Boosters for the $50.00 gift cards

used for teacher prizes. Thank you

to the kitchen staff and paras for

their hard work to get lunches out to

our students. Superintendent report:

Distance learning going well, and we

are contacting parents of the stu-

dents we haven’t seen as much as

we have liked. Huge “Thank You” to

the teachers and administrators for

making this the success it is. We

cannot thank the cooks, aides Carrie

and Jody for making the lunch pro-

gram run as smoothly as it has

been. Mr. Bachmeier would like to

make the recommendation to finish

out the school year with distance

learning to keep the routine esta-

blished for the students. We have 3

items that need to be finalized:

Spring sport decision from

NDHSAA- suspended until May 4th,

waiting for final word. Prom- we

moved to May 2nd but will now post-

pone until June 13th . Graduation,

we hope to be able to stay with May

24th and limit who may attend. We

need to wait for guidance from

Governor, so we should tentatively

schedule a special board meeting

for May 5th to address these issues,

if we have the guidance needed.

Summer or spring projects: Bleach-

ers in Burlington have been refin-

ished and look amazing with thanks

to Doug and Al for this. Janitors

have been pulling carpet at ele-

mentary and painting areas that

were not painted in the remodel.

Carpet will be installed as soon as

old carpet comes out. Troy is get-

ting the shop ready to get painted

this summer. We will be installing

new full-size lockers in the hall by

the library, so janitors will remove

them when they are cleaned out.

Custodians will take over the mow-

ing at both schools. We have or-

dered tile for the last two rooms in

Des Lacs. Minot Paving will fix the

area by the sidewalk in Burlington

where the busses load and unload.

Next meeting will be Wednesday,

May 13, 2020, 7:00 p.m.

Meeting adjourned 8:15 p.m.

Jody Askvig, Business Manager

Brett Casavant, Board President

(May 18, 2020)

2020 Ward County Board of

Equalization

In accordance with North Dakota

Century Code (N.D.C.C.) Å’57-02-52:

Notice of county board of equaliza-

tion meeting.

Date: June 2, 2020

Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Commissioner’s

Chamber (Suite 218) , Ward Coun-

ty Administration Building

Each taxpayer has the right to ap-

pear before the appropriate board of

equalization and petition their

current year’s assessment. For

those wishing to petition their valua-

tion, contact the Ward County Tax

Equalization office at 701.857.6430

to be placed on the agenda for the

meeting, and submit all appeal do-

cumentation, no later than end of

business May 26, 2020.

(May 9-11-12-13-14-15-

16-18-19-20-21-22-23, 2020)