MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELEANOR R. ALBERT, Deceased.
Probate No. DP 11-81
Dept. 1
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.
Claims must either be mailed to David M. Albert, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Royce A. McCarty, Jr., P.O. Box 210, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.
Dated this 10th day of September 2011.
/s/ David M. Albert, Personal Representative
BS 9-21, 9-28, 10-5-11.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
RAVALLI COUNTY BANK, A MONTANA BANKING CORPORATION AKA RAVALLI COUNTY BANK-MAIN BANK
VS.
SARAH JANE BERRYHILL, ANDREW L. JOHNSON, MADISON C. JOHNSON, AND HANNACH C. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,
To be sold at Sheriff’s Sale on the 13TH day of OCTOBER, 2011 at 10 o’clock, A. M., at the RAVALLI COUNTY COURTHOUSE, NORTH ENTRANCE, 205 BEDFORD ST, HAMILTON, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA, the interest of the defendants listed above in and to the following REAL property:
Tracts 5-B,5-C, and 5-D, Certificate of Survey No. 606032-F, Ravalli County, Montana
This sale is to be to the highest bidder, for cash, to be applied to a judgment in the amount of $197,602.82 together with accruing interest and costs of sale.
This sale is being held in accordance with MCA 25-13-704 (1) pursuant to an Order for Sale under docket number DV-11-278 entered in the Montana Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County on the 8th day of September, 2011.
Chris Hoffman, Sheriff of Ravalli County
BS 9-28, 10-5, 10-12-11.

PUBLIC NOTICE
According to Montana Code Annotated 2-2-302, Stevensville School District is hereby giving notice that at the regular Board meeting on October 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Learning Center, a recommendation will be made to employ Beth Schreiber, spouse of Trustee Tim Schreiber, as Kindergarten Teacher for the 2011-12 school year.
BS 9-28-11.

BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
STEVENSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #2
RAVALLI COUNTY
At the regular board meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana held on September 13, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at the Stevensville High School Learning Center the following resolution was introduced:
WHEREAS, the trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana, have made a determination that as a result of an unforeseen need of the district that cannot be postponed until the next school year without affecting the educational functions of the district; and
WHEREAS, the trustees have determined that an amendment to the high school general fund budget in the amount of $51,000 is necessary under the provisions of Section 20-9-161 (6), MCA; and
WHEREAS, the anticipated source of financing the budget amendment expenditures shall be the general fund reserve;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Stevensville High School Learning Center on October 11, 2011, for the purpose of considering and adopting the budget amendment.
/s/ Cathi Cook, Chair, Board of Trustees, Stevensville Public School District No. 2
/s/ William F. Schiele, District Clerk, Board of Trustees, Stevensville Public School District No. 2
BS 9-28-11.

BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
STEVENSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #2
RAVALLI COUNTY
At the regular board meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana held on September 13, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at the Stevensville High School Learning Center the following resolution was introduced:
WHEREAS, the trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana, have made a determination that as a result of an unforeseen need of the district that cannot be postponed until the next school year without affecting the educational functions of the district; and
WHEREAS, the trustees have determined that an amendment to the elementary school general fund budget in the amount of $50,000 is necessary under the provisions of Section 20-9-161 (6), MCA; and
WHEREAS, the anticipated source of financing the budget amendment expenditures shall be the general fund reserve;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Stevensville High School Learning Center on October 11, 2011, for the purpose of considering and adopting the budget amendment.
/s/ Cathi Cook, Chair, Board of Trustees, Stevensville Public School District No. 2
/s/ William F. Schiele, District Clerk, Board of Trustees, Stevensville Public School District No. 2
BS 9-28-11.

Legal Notice
The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) will conduct a public hearing for a conservation easement proposed through Ravalli County’s Open Lands Bond Program. The proposal is known as the Popham Ranch Application and is composed of two parcels totaling 185 acres. The properties are located Northeast of Corvallis along Popham Lane. (See Map)
The properties are described as: A tract of land beginning at the southeast corner of the NE1/4 SE 1/4 Section 21, Township 7 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Ravalli County, Montana, running thence North 2250 feet; thence West to a point 672.5 feet east of the west line of SE1/4NE1/4 of said Section 21; thence South 2250 feet; thence East 639.5 feet to the place of beginning.
The SW1/4 and the W1/2NW 1/4 Section 22, Township 7 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Ravalli County, Montana.
EXCEPTING AND RESERVING THEREFROM the S1/2 SW1/4 Section 22, Township 7 North,
Range 20 West. (Book 142, Page 130)
The applicants are Bob and Jane Popham, with Bitterroot Land Trust acting as the Sponsoring Organization. Information describing the proposal is available for inspection at the Planning Department, in the County Administrative Center, 215 S. 4th Street, Suite F, Hamilton, MT 59840. Written comments are encouraged to be submitted to the Planning Department prior to the public hearing and will be forwarded to the BCC for consideration at the public hearing. Submit email comments to: planning@rc.mt.gov, and questions can be asked by phone at 375-6530.
The BCC will conduct a public hearing on this proposal on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 9:00am in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room of the County administrative building, located at 215 South 4th Street, in Hamilton. The public may comment verbally or in writing at the hearing. Comments and information submitted at the public hearing will be considered in the decision on the Popham Ranch Conservation Easement.
Location Map
(Source Data: Ravalli County GIS Department)
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