ATTENTION WARD COUNTY

SOYBEAN GROWERS

2021 NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN

COUNCIL (NDSC) ELECTION

NOMINEES SOUGHT FOR WARD

COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE

On or about December 23, 2020, the

NDSC will mail a nomination form to

soybean producers of record in the

above-named county. To be con-

sidered, nomination forms must be

filed with the County Extension

Agent for the above-named county.

The County Extension Agent must

receive the completed nomination

form by January 11, 2021, or your

mailed-in form must be postmarked

no later than January 11, 2021. If

you do not receive a nomination

form in the mail, contact your County

Extension Agent or the NDSC to ob-

tain one. Look for the green en-

velope in the mail stamped time sen-

sitive.

After nominations are validated by

the County Extension Agent, names

of the nominees will be sent to the

NDSC to be placed on the 2021 bal-

lot. On or about January 28, 2021,

the NDSC will mail to soybean pro-

ducers of record an election ballot

with instructions for completing and

submitting it. Look for the blue en-

velope in the mail stamped time sen-

sitive. Completed ballots must be

post-marked by February 16, 2021.

The newly elected County

Representative will be notified by

February 26, 2021. In March, those

County Representatives will select

members to serve on the NDSC

board of directors.

For more information and answers

to questions, contact your County

Extension Agent.

(December 14, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Case No. 15-2020-PR-00215

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF MARILYN J. MITCHELL,

DECEASED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat

Jeanine Rodvold has been appoint-

ed Personal Representative of the

Estate of Marilyn J. Mitchell, de-

ceased. All persons having claims

against the Decedent 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

the Personal Representative of the

Estate at 52 Woodland Dr N, Fargo,

North Dakota 58102-2419 or filed

with the Court.

Dated: December 9, 2020

/s/Jeanine Rodvold

Jeanine Rodvold,

Personal Representative

Michael M. Thomas, ND ID #04215

Conmy Feste Ltd.

406 Main Avenue, Suite 200

PO Box 2686

Fargo, ND 58108-2686

Telephone: (701) 293-9911

Email: mthomas@conmylaw.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE

(December 14-21-28, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Civil No. 51-2020-CV-00213

IN DISTRICT COURT

OF WARD COUNTY,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of Steven

W. Lang, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

personal representative of the above

estate. All persons having claims

against the deceased are required to

present their claims within three (3)

months after the date of the first

publication of this notice or mailing

of this notice or the claims will be

forever barred. Claims must either

be presented to Christie A. Lang,

personal representative of the

estate, c/o Frantsvog Law, P.C.,

P.O. Box 667, Minot, ND 58702, or

filed with the Court.

Dated this 20th day of November,

2020.

/s/ Christie A. Lang

Christie A. Lang,

Personal Representative

/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

(November 30; December 7-14,

2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00223

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

EVELYN K. KNOPFLE, 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 CLARA SUE PRICE,

Personal Representative of the

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

1000, Minot ND 58702-1000, or filed

with the Court.

Dated this 24th day of November,

2020.

/s/Clara Sue Price

Clara Sue Price

Matthew H. Olson – #06182

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C.

2525 Elk Drive

P.O. Box 1000

Minot, ND 58702-1000

molson@pringlend.com

Attorneys for: Personal

Representative

(November 30; December 7-14,

2020)

SUMMONS

Civil No. 51-2020-CV-01741

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

ProCollect Services, LLC,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Kodie R. Hancock,

Defendant.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-

DANT:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

and required to appear and defend

against the Complaint in this action,

which is herewith served upon you,

by serving on the undersigned an

Answer or other proper response

within twenty-one days after service

of this Summons upon you, ex-

clusive of the day of service. If you

fail to do so, judgment by default will

be taken against you for the relief

demanded in the complaint.

Dated December 8, 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

(December 14-21-28, 2020)

UNITED PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 07

Regular School Board Meeting

October 14, 2020

Virtual and In-Person

Members present Brenda Buri, Brett

Casavant, Josh Sundsbak, Chad

Brown and Jayme Burkhart. Also

present were Superintendent Chris-

topher Bachmeier, Business

Manager Jody Askvig, Dean of

Students/AD Scott Medalen, JH

Principal Josh Brown, Elementary

Principal Sue Kranz and Assistant

Elementary Principal Kayla Ander-

sen.

Board president Buri called the

meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

A motion was made by Brown and

seconded by Sundsbak to approve

the agenda as presented. Motion

carried.

A motion was made by Brown and

seconded by Casavant to approve

the minutes of the previous meeting

as presented to the board. Motion

carried.

A motion was made by Sundsbak

and seconded by Burkhart to accept

the Activity report as of 9-30-2020

as presented. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Brown and

seconded by Burkhart to accept the

financial reports for the General

fund, the Building fund and the Hot

Lunch fund as presented. Motion

carried.

A motion was made by Brown and

seconded by Sundsbak to pay bills

as follows: EOM bills numbered

37225-37235, totaling $31,640.54

and bills numbered 37236-37303, to-

taling $149,021.76 as presented.

Motion carried.

A motion was made by Casavant

and seconded by Sundsbak to ap-

prove open enrollment form #8 for

the 2020-2021 school year. Motion

carried.

Covid-19 update: We have been

given new standards from

Governor’s office. Working on a

semester exam schedule that will

work for distance learners and

in-person learners. A motion was

made by Burkhart and seconded by

Brown to amend our distance learn-

ing form. We are offering the option

in 2 week increments or for a quar-

ter. Motion carried.

Elementary Principal report: PD day

was productive with online para

training and the teachers working on

testing data and identifying students

who need interventions in Math and

Reading. Goals were also set for

the year in those two areas.

Parent/Teacher’s conferences will

be held week of October 19th over

zoom or in person. The library will

be putting on their book fair with pre-

cautions in place to limit amount of

people in the library at a time. Stu-

dent Council members are preparing

to celebrate Red Ribbon Week the

last week in October. AR parties will

be held next week to celebrate stu-

dents reaching their AR goal for the

first quarter. Mr. Brown: On our PD

day JH teachers and some coaches

participated in CPR/AED training.

New 9-week rotation classes will be-

gin on October 19th. Junior High

students have been wearing their

masks in school, they want to be in

school. Mr. Medalen: College appli-

cation day was October 8, 2020. 21

Juniors took the PSAT test on Oc-

tober 14th. Fall sports are winding

down. New format for district tour-

naments. Highest ceded team will

host the tournament at their school.

Limit number of people that can at-

tend. October 24th is State Cross

Country in Cooperstown.

Superintendent report: Parent/

Teacher conferences October 20th

and 21st in person. Free lunches

and breakfasts have been extended

through the remainder of the school

year. We will be purchasing Pixellot

camera system to stream basketball

games in the winter. Patron will

have to pay a monthly or yearly fee

to view. Camera will follow the ball

on the court. Next year we could

add football and volleyball. Bus

drivers have been taking defensive

driving on-line this year.

Next meeting Wednesday, No-

vember 11, 2020, 7:00 p.m.

Meeting adjourned 7:51 p.m.

Jody Askvig, Business Manager

Brenda Buri, Board President

(December 14, 2020)

UNITED PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 07

Regular School Board Meeting

November 18, 2020

Virtual and In-Person

Members present: Brenda Buri,

Brett Casavant, Josh Sundsbak,

Chad Brown and Jayme Burkhart.

Also present were Superintendent

Christopher Bachmeier, Business

Manager Jody Askvig, Dean of

Students/AD Scott Medalen, Assis-

tant Elem Principal Kayla Andersen

and JH Principal Josh Brown.

Board president Buri called meeting

to order at 7:12 p.m.

A motion was made by Sundsbak

and seconded by Brown to approve

the minutes of the previous meeting

as presented. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Brown and

seconded by Casavant to accept the

Activity report as of 10-31-2020.

Motion carried.

A motion was made by Sundsbak

and seconded by Burkhart to accept

the financial reports for the General

fund, the Building fund and the Hot

Lunch fund as presented. Motion

carried.

A motion was made by Casavant

and seconded by Burkhart to pay

EOM bills numbered 37304-37316

totaling $16,450.57 and bills num-

bered 37317-37368, totaling

$85,969.61 and bills numbered

37369-37471 totaling $114,000.

Motion carried.

Covid 19 update. Governor de-

clared a mask mandate for all build-

ings. Inside our buildings it does not

matter if we are 6 feet apart, we still

must wear our masks. If we are out-

side students may take a mask

break if they are 6 feet apart. Before

the mask mandate 80% of our stu-

dents were wearing masks and now,

we are at 100% participation. In the

elementary they give mask breaks

during the day. There are no activi-

ties in our buildings until further no-

tice. It has been a very small per-

centage of our elementary and high

school students that have tested po-

sitive. We have more students dis-

tant learning now and we should see

many returning after the Thanksgiv-

ing break.

A motion was made by Brown and

seconded by Sundsbak to approve

the Superintendent evaluation as

presented. Motion carried.

Principal report: Mrs.

Andersen-Elementary had 94% at-

tendance rate for Parent Teacher

Conferences. Elementary celebrat-

ed World Kindness Day and the 5th

and 6th grade classrooms are writ-

ing to pen pals. Working to boost

staff morale in the building. Mr.

Brown- Finally have a routine down

to get our students going into

quarantine set up in distance learn-

ing with thanks to our teachers for

making the transition easy. Shout

out: to all of the staff for dealing with

constant changes/unknowns we

have had and their willingness to

help out in the building; to Wendy

and Kyla for willingness to help out

ANYWHERE in the building; to stu-

dents for all working together and

going with the flow. Mr. Medalen-

Thanks to the office, teachers and

paras as they continue to stay as

“connected” as possible during

these times. P/T conferences were

postponed in the HS. Emma Buee

participated in NW Music Festival at

MSU on October 30th and 31st.

Sports update: Volleyball ended

their season placing 2nd in Region-

als. We had 3 players on All District

and All Region teams- Z. Reed, A.

Hughes and A. Wille. Have been

working on the fall coaches’ evalua-

tions. Wrestling and JH GBB had al-

ready started practices and JH had

played two games when they shut

down all sports. GBB and BBB had

not started yet. Will be a challenge

to get games in with the shortened

seasons.

Superintendent report: Enrollment is

up 2 from last month and our final

numbers were up 2 from last year

which helps our funding. ESSER Ed

Corps and Resiliency Grants have

helped with our budget. There is

also a chance we would be able to

get more funds in the future.

Northwest School Leaders say the

biggest challenge is the shortage of

staff for most schools. Shout out to

Carrie for covering the office and

everywhere else she was needed

when Jody and Lannette were out.

Semester test schedule has been

given to teachers and all distance

learners must take tests in person.

Next meeting will be Wednesday,

December 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

Meeting adjourned 8:16 p.m.

Jody Askvig, Business Manager

Brenda Buri, Board President

(December 14, 2020)