MONTANA 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY
In the Matter of the Name Change of Brandon M. Fillmore, Brandon M. Fillmore, Petitioner
Cause No. DV-15-444/3
Dept. No. 1
NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE
This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Brandon Maurice Fillmore to Brandon Maurice Sparks.
The hearing will be on January 6, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County.
Dated this 25th day of November, 2015.
/s/Paige Trautwein, Clerk of Court
By: Donica M. Broomfield, Deputy Clerk of Court.
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Jennifer B. Lint
Boatwright Law Office, P.C.
1091 South First Street
Hamilton, MT 59840
(406) 375-1385
Attorney for Personal Representative
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RITA DIANE HOLMES, Deceased.
Case No.: DP-15-114
Dept. No. 2
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 decedent 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 James Glyn Holmes, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Boatwright Law Office, 1091 S. First Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.
DATED this 17th day of December, 2015.
/s/ James Glyn Holmes, Personal Representative
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Jennifer B. Lint
Boatwright Law Office, P.C.
1091 South First Street
Hamilton, MT 59840
(406) 375-1385
Attorney for Personal Representative
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST WALTER BEDNORSKI, Deceased.
Case No.: DP-15-112
Dept. No. 2
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 decedent 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 Maria V. Bednorski, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Boatwright Law Office, 1091 S. First Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.
DATED this 15th day of December, 2015.
Maria V. Bednorski, Personal Representative
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MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NOREEN G. JOHNSON, Deceased.
Probate No.: DP-15-115
Department No. 1
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent 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 Bradley R. Grenfell and Randall D. Grenfell, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Royce A McCarty, Jr., PO Box 210, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.
DATED this 18th day of December, 2015.
/s/Bradley R. Grenfell
/s/Randall D. Grenfell
Co-Personal Representatives
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94-15  571277
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 14, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. at the Ravalli County Judicial Building, 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton, MT the following described real property situated in Ravalli County, Montana:
The South 488.35 feet of the West 527.96 feet of Lots 10 and 11 in Block 9 of Hamilton Heights, situated in Ravalli County, Montana, and being more particularly described as Parcel B, Certificate of Survey No. 1059.
TOGETHER WITH a 30-foot wide non-exclusive easement for road and utility purposes adjacent to and parallel to the east line of the north 501.72 feet of the West 527.96 feet of Lots 10, 11, and 12 in Block 9 of Hamilton Heights as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 1059, and as set forth in Book 157 of Deeds, page 265.
Commonly known as:  377 Wilcox Lane, Corvallis, MT 59828
Lorraine K. Holliday, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Ravalli County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Gary L. Lapka, as Beneficiary, by Montana Trust Indenture/Deed of Trust dated September 8, 2006, and recorded September 13, 2006, as Document No. 577328.  The beneficial interest is currently held by Gary L. Lapka.  First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee dated November 30, 2015 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Ravalli County, Montana.
Lorraine K. Holliday has defaulted in the performance of said Montana Trust Indenture/Deed of Trust by failing to 1) make monthly payments in the amount of $1,100.00 plus a $6.00 escrow fee for a total payment of $1,106.00 due for the 8th Day of January, 2015 and a like sum of $1,006.00 due for the 8th day of each and every month thereafter 2) comply with paragraph A.4 to pay at least ten days before delinquency all taxes and assessments, specifically the 2014 taxes are delinquent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation, and other charges against the property or loan. 
As of November 23, 2015 there is due and owing on the loan an unpaid principal balance of $118,710.28, accrued interest in the amount of $8,059.29, and late fees in the amount of $605.00 for a total amount due of $127,374.57.  Interest accrues on the Note at the rate of 7% per annum with a per diem rate of $22.77 after November 23, 2015.  Interest continues to accrue.  All delinquencies are now due together with any late charges, advances to protect the security, and fees and costs associated with this foreclosure.
The Beneficiary anticipates and may disperse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors.  If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligation secured by the Montana Trust Indenture/Deed of Trust.  Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any.
Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation.
The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale.  The bid price must be paid in cash at the time of sale.  The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed.  The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.
The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, may pay to the Beneficiary or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary the entire amount then due under the Montana Trust Indenture/Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due  had no default occurred and thereby cure the default.
The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by publication proclamation up to fifteen (15) days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to one-hundred twenty (120) days by public proclamation at least every thirty (30) days.
Dated: December 4, 2015
/s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch, Assistant Secretary
for First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee
c/o Title Financial Specialty Services
P O Box 339, Blackfoot ID 83221-0580
STATE OF IDAHO )
: ss.
County of Bingham )
On this 4 day of December, 2015, before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch, known or identified to me to be the Assistant Secretary of the Corporation who executed the instrument on behalf of said Corporation, and acknowledged to me that said Corporation executed the same.
/s/ Dalia Martinez
Notary Public State of Idaho
Residing at: Blackfoot, ID
Commission Expires: 2/18/2020
Kaitlin Gotch
Trust Officer
Office State License #129340
580 Jensen Grove Drive | PO Box 339, Blackfoot, ID 83221 
Phone: 208.785.2515 | Fax: 208.785.2575
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Call for Bids
Junk Vehicle Hauling – Ravalli County
The Board of Ravalli County Commissioners has issued a call for bids for the Junk Vehicle Hauling Contract. An acceptance of a bid would result in a one year contract from January 2016 through December, 2016, with the ability to renew the contract for two subsequent contract years. Contracted services will be for the removal of junk vehicles from private property throughout the county and placement in the vehicle graveyard.
Instruction to bidders can be obtained at the Ravalli County Environmental Health Department, 215 S. 4th Street, (Second Floor), Hamilton, MT, or by calling the Environmental Health Department at 375-6565. Sealed bids must be received no later than January 7, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Clerk & Recorders Office, 215 S. 4th Street, (Second Floor), Hamilton, MT. 59840. Bids will then be opened and read aloud in the Commissioners Conference Room (Third Floor) on January 7, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.
If you have questions about the bid process, call Glenda Wiles in the Commissioner’s Office at 375-6500.
Glenda Wiles
Administrative Assistant
Commissioners Office
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Resolution for Sale of Real Property
Lone Rock Board of Trustees
WHEREAS, Section 20-6-604, Montana Code Annotated, provides in pertinent part: (1) Whenever the trustees of a district determine that a site, building, or any other real or personal property of the district is or is about to become abandoned, obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for the school purposes of the district, the trustees may sell or otherwise dispose of the real or personal property. If a decision to sell or dispose of property is made, the trustees shall adopt a resolution to sell or otherwise dispose of the district real or personal property because it is or is about to become abandoned, obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for the school purposes of the district. (2) The resolution may not become effective for 14 days after the notice required in subsection (3) is made. (3) The trustees shall provide notice of the resolution in the manner required for school elections in 20-20-204.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 20-6-604, Montana Code Annotated, the Board of Trustees of Lone Rock School District No. 13, has found that the attached list of real property is obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for school purposes:
4 each Dell Optiplex 745,2 each Dell Optiplex GX620, 2 Each Dell Optiplex GX240, 1 Compaq Presario 2500 Laptop, HP laserjet 1600 Printer, 3 HP Proliant Servers, BUHL Opaque Projector, HP laserjet 1200 Printer, Dell Optiplex 745, Trendnet TK-410r KVM Switch, Toshiba Videocypher RS Box, Apple macbook 14, 1 Box of Misc. Broken/Old Computer Keyboards, Mice, Headsets and cords, 2 Old Laptop docks with cooling stands, hp laserjet 4100dtn printer, 2 WD Hard Drives, Power Supply and CD-Rom Drive
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees of Lone Rock School District No. 13, shall place the preceeding real property on the open market, advertise the real property as being for sale and sell the same if a qualified buyer makes an acceptable offer to the District:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, in accordance with District practice and as required by Sections 20-6-604 and 20-20-204, Montana Code Annotated, this Resolution shall be posted in three different places in the district and published in the Ravalli Republic and Bitterroot Star, the newspapers of general circulation in the District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the resolution shall become effective fourteen (14) days after such publication and posting if, in accordance with Section 20-6-604, Montana Code Annotated, no taxpayer appeals this Resolution prior to January 30,2016, by filing a verified petition with the Clerk of the District Court setting out in detail the objections to the adoption of the Resolution or the disposal of the property and serving a copy of such petition upon the School District.
DATED this 15th day of December, 2015
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lone Rock School D’strict
ATTEST: Jeannie Morgan, Business Manager
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Stevensville Newly Elected Councilmembers
Oath of Office Ceremony
Monday, January 4th, 2016
8:30 a.m.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the recently elected Councilmembers will take the Oath of Office on Monday, January 4th, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. at Town Hall, 206 Buck Street, Stevensville, MT.
Attest: Stacy Bartlett, Town Clerk.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
2016 Stevensville Town Council meetings will be held on the second and fourth THURSDAY of each month and all Committee of the Whole meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month. All meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. unless published otherwise. Deadline for all Agenda items is 12:00 p.m. the Friday prior.
Stacy Bartlett, Town Clerk
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BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
STEVENSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, RAVALLI COUNTY
At a regular meeting of the board of trustees of School District No.2, Ravalli County, Montana, held October 13, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at the Music Center Choir Room, 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 unanticipated enrollment increase, the district’s budget for the Elementary School general fund does not provide sufficient financing to properly maintain and support the district for the entire current school year and;
WHEREAS, the trustees have determined that an amendment to the Elementary School general fund budget in the amount of $54,886.00 is necessary under the provision of Section 20-9-161 (1), MCA; for the purpose of hiring additional staff and;
WHEREAS, the anticipated source of financing the budget amendment expenditures shall be the Elementary School general fund reserve/additional state assistance;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2,
Ravalli County, Montana, proclaims a need for an amendment to the Elementary School general fund budget for fiscal year 2015-2016 in the amount of $ 54,886.00 under Section 20-9-161 (1), MCA, for the purpose identified above, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Ravalli County, Montana, will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Music Center Choir Room on January 12, 2016 for the purpose of considering and adopting the budget amendment.
List all budget amendment expenditure line items and amounts:
101-100-1000-112 $45,639.00
101-100-1000-250 $302.00
101-100-1000-260 $8.945.00
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Legal Notice
The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment on a floodplain permit application for work proposed at the west bank of the Bitterroot River southwest of Stevensville, within the floodplain of the Bitterroot River. The permit will stabilize 860 feet of river bank by incorporating a combination of bioengineering bank stabilization techniques. The project will utilize a base of rock mixed with woody debris, fabric encapsulated soil lifts, and a live brush layer. The project is located approximately 2.3 miles south of Stevensville Cutoff Road in Stevensville, MT, in Section 34, Township 9 North, Range 20 West. The applicant is Kootenai Springs Ranch. Information regarding this application is available at the Ravalli County Planning Department at 215 S 4th St, Suite F in Hamilton. Written comments may be mailed, hand-delivered, or e-mailed (planning@rc.mt.gov) and must be received by January 14, 2016 at 5:00 pm. (Reference Application #FA-15-16)
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Legal Notice
The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment on a floodplain permit application for proposed work within the floodplain of the East Fork of the Bitterroot River. The project will clean out an existing pond that appears to be within the regulatory floodplain, and dig an additional pond on an adjacent parcel. The project is located on Highway 93 S, southeast of Conner, MT at approximate mile marker 19.75. The applicant is the landowner, Robert Bratton. The work will take place in Section 27, Township 2 N, Range 20 W, Ravalli County. Information regarding these applications is available at the Ravalli County Planning Department at 215 S 4th St, Suite F in Hamilton. Written comments may be mailed, hand-delivered or emailed (planning@rc.mt.gov) and must be received by Thursday January 14, 2016 at 5:00 pm. (Reference Application # FA-15-19).
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