One Nation, Under God
The Fort Belknap Indian Community, Tribal Water Resources will receive sealed bids until 2:00 p.m. local time on September 7, 2016 for the Fort Belknap Main Canal A Underdrain Rehabilitation project at the office of the Fort Belknap Tribal Community located at 656 Agency Main Street, Harlem, MT 59526 ATTN: Kristal Fox, Administrator. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the office of the Fort Belknap Tribal Community at 2:30 p.m. local time on September 7, 2016.
The project consists of: a general contract for the improvement of approximately 64 lineal feet of the Main Canal A Underdrain with approximately 64 lineal feet of 60-inch diameter galvanized CMP pipeline installation, installation of a concrete head-wall and concrete foot-wall, site grading, excavation and shaping of the D-3 Wasteway, and grading of maintenance road.
Backfill for the 64 lineal feet of the proposed new 60-inch diameter galvanized CMP pipeline will be required with native soil material. Other items include removal and replacement of approximately 53 lineal feet of an existing 18-inch CMP culvert, clearing and grubbing, and site dewatering. For bank stabilization, 100 cubic yards of rock riprap will be required at the outlet
transition of the new CMP to the D-3 Wasteway. A 4-foot square trash-rack will be required to be installed at the inlet to the 60-inch diameter galvanized CMP pipeline on the concrete headwall. The Main Canal A Underdrain, which is located in Blaine County near Harlem, Montana, is owned by the Department of Interior-Bureau of Indian Affairs and operated by the Fort Belknap Tribal Water Resources Department. The contract documents, consisting of a set of Drawings and a Project Manual, are available for review at: The Fort Belknap Tribal Water Resource Office. Contract documents for bidding may be obtained from WWC Engineering, 1275 Maple Street, Suite F, Helena, Montana 59601, (406) 443-3962 (ATTN: Gary Vert) for a
non-refundable reproduction charge of $100 as well as at the following plan rooms:
Helena Copy Center, 1530 Cedar Street, Suite C, Helena, MT 59601 (406) 457-2679
Builders Exchange of Billings, 2050 Broadwater, Suite A, Billings, MT 59102 (406) 652-1311
Bozeman Builders Exchange, 1105 Reeves RD W, Suite 800, Bozeman, MT 59718 (406) 586-7653
There will be a MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference at the Fort Belknap Tribal Water Resources Office at 10:00 a.m. local time on August 18, 2016. Interested CONTRACTORS are required to attend.
Each sealed bid shall include a bid bond for 10% of the total bid. Sealed bids should be mailed or delivered to Fort Belknap Indian Community, 656 Agency Main Street, Harlem, MT 59526, ATTN: Mark Azure. Fort Belknap Indian Community takes no responsibility for delivery of bids through mail. Fort Belknap Indian Community reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the lowest, responsive, responsible and qualified Bidder which is in the best interest of the Fort Belknap Indian Community. Successful Bidders shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful
Bidder(s) and certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided.
Dated this day of August 5, 2016
Mark Azure
Fort Belknap Indian Community, President
(Published by Phillips County News 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31/2016)
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TOWN OF SACO SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice of Close of Regular Voter Registration and Option for Late Registration
Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the
TOWN OF SACO SPECIAL ELECTION to be held on September 20, 2016
will close at 5:00 p.m., on August 23, 2016. This election is by mail ballot only.
No polls will be open.
*NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the county election office up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can complete and submit a voter registration card, but you will need to return to the local election office on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot.
Ballots will be automatically mailed to Active Electors only. If you are a registered voter and do not receive a ballot, contact the Phillips County Election Office
at 654-2423 to update your information as necessary and receive a ballot.
Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing at the county election office. If you have moved, please update your registration information by filling
out a new voter registration card and submitting it to the county election office.
DATED this 29th day of July, 2016
Marian S Ereaux, Phillips County Election Administrator
(Published by Phillips County News 8/3, 8/10, 8/17/2016)
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EDWARD A. AMESTOY,
Phillips County Attorney
P.O. Box 1279
113 South 2nd Street West
Malta, Montana 59538
Phone: (406) 654-1256
Attorney for Department
MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PHILLIPS COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF: K.S.,
Cause No: DN-2014-6
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: TREVOR STILES (Birth Father) and KAYCIE GATES (Birth Mother)
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a motion for guardianship has been filed in the above-entitled Court by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (the Department), P.O. Box 1339, Malta, Montana, 59538 requesting guardianship be granted to the Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear on the 12th day of September, 2016, at 11:30 o'clock a.m. at the Courtroom of the above entitled Court at the Courthouse, 314 South 2nd Avenue West, in Malta, Phillips County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why the Department should not be granted guardianship. The youth was born on June 13, 2007. The birth mother is Kaycie Gates. The birth father is Trevor Stiles. You have the right to be represented by an attorney in these proceedings. If you are unable to afford an attorney, the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in the above-named child, which denial may result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Motion. A copy of the Motion is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Phillips County; (406) 654-1023.
WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court, this 5th day of August, 2016.
/s/ Tami R. Christofferson
Clerk of the District Court
(Published by Phillips County News 8/10, 8/17, 8/24/2016)
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EDWARD A. AMESTOY,
Phillips County Attorney
P.O. Box 1279
113 South 2nd Street West
Malta, Montana 59538
Phone: (406) 654-1256
Attorney for Department
MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PHILLIPS COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF: K.S.,
Cause No: DN-2014-7
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: TREVOR STILES (Birth Father) and KAYCIE GATES (Birth Mother)
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a motion for guardianship has been filed in the above-entitled Court by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (the Department), P.O. Box 1339, Malta, Montana, 59538 requesting guardianship be granted to the Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear on the 12th day of September, 2016, at 11:30 o'clock a.m. at the Courtroom of the above entitled Court at the Courthouse, 314 South 2nd Avenue West, in Malta, Phillips County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why the Department should not be granted guardianship. The youth was born on October 13, 2003. The birth mother is Kaycie Gates. The birth father is Trevor Stiles. You have the right to be represented by an attorney in these proceedings. If you are unable to afford an attorney, the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in the above-named child, which denial may result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Motion. A copy of the Motion is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Phillips County; (406) 654-1023.
WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court, this 5th day of August, 2016.
/s/ Tami R. Christofferson
Clerk of the District Court
(Published by Phillips County News 8/10, 8/17, 8/24/2016)
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE TOWN OF SACO
Notice is hereby given that a Special Election for the TOWN OF SACO will be held September 20, 2016 to approve additional mills to raise $20,000.00 to permanently fund mosquito control.
This Special Election for the
TOWN OF SACO will be conducted by mail ballot only. Ballots will be mailed to all eligible registered voters
September 1, 2016.
DATED this 29th day of July, 2016
Marian S. Ereaux, Phillips County Election Administrator
(Published by Phillips County News 8/3, 8/10, 8/17/2016)
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The Dodson Board of Trustees, District 2A-C, will meet on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the school library to adopt the final budget for the 2016-2017 school year, including Impact Aid The meeting may be continued from day to day until the budget is adopted.
Any taxpayer in the Dodson District or any person affected by Impact Aid may attend any portion of the trustees' meeting and be heard on the budget of the district on any item or amount contained in the budget pursuant to Section 20-9-115, MCA.
Dodson Public Schools
District 2A-C
Connie Jones, Business Manager/District Clerk
(Published by Phillips County News 8/10/2016)
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United States Department of the lnterior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Fort Belknap Agency
158 Tribal Way, Suite B
Harlem, Montana 59526
July 26, 2016 In Reply To: Real Estate Services 4600
Notice of BIA advertisement 17-01 for Fort Belknap Agency and bid advertisement 17-02 for Turtle Mountain Public Domain for farming and farm-pasture leases.
SEALED BIDS will be received until 10:00 a.m., local time September 8, 2016.
Copies of bid advertisements will be available at the Fort Belknap Agency, Superintendent's Office and Real Estate Services Office each weekday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Agency is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
/s/ Acting - Jo Jimy Snow
John St. Pierre - Superintendent
(Published by Phillips County News 8/3, 8/10//2016)
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Brian D. Lee
LEE LAW OFFICE PC
P.O. Box 790, 158 Main Street
Shelby, MT 59474 Phone: (406) 434-5244
Email: [email protected]
Attorneys for Movants
MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PHILLIPS COUNTY
MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES CO., a corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
THOMAS McKEAGE, ERNEST McKEAGE, B. F. McKEAGE, MYRTLE UTTER and OLLIE BELL BETHEL, heirs of John McKeage, deceased; MAY CAVANAUGH, JUNE ANITA CAVANAUGH and HAZEL MAE JACOBSON, heirs of Arthur Cavanaugh, deceased; EDWARD V. BETHEL; J. H. BRASS; and PHILLIPS COUNTY OIL AND GAS COMPANY, a corporation,
Defendants.
Judge John C. McKeon
Case No. DV-1944-3497
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Morris Brenden, Trustee of the Edward Bethel and Agnes B. Bethel Trust, dated June 23, 2006, Robert E. Hall, Thomas M. Hall, Pamela R. Eckert, Patrick Paul Utter, Vernon Leo Smith and Lorna M. Johnson (collectively “Movants”), have recently filed herein a “MOTION FOR ORDER QUIETING TITLE TO OVERRIDING ROYALTY INTEREST” (the “Motion”) in which Movants request the Court quiet title to all claims of the other defendants named in the caption above in and to a 2.50% overriding royalty interest (“ORRI”) carved out of Federal Oil and Gas Lease Serial 057645, Great Falls
which covers the following described lands in Phillips County, Montana, and that title to the ORRI be permanently vested in Movants:
Township 32 North, Range 33 East, MPM
Section 10: Lots 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Section 12: SW¼NE¼, Lot 7
Section 15: SW¼SW¼, E½NW¼
For further information, the Motion, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon the Motion will be held in the courthouse at Malta, Montana, on September 12, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at which time all interested persons may appear and object to the Motion.
Dated July 12, 2016.
LEE LAW OFFICE PC
/s/ Brian D. Lee
(Published by Phillips County News 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24/2016)
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