Public Notices for August 21

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF AUDIT PUBLICATION STATEMENT

An audit of the affairs of the Whitewater Public School, Whitewater, Montana, has been conducted by Denning, Downey and Associates CPA's. The audit covered the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.

The audit report is on file in its entirety and is open to public inspection at 117 1st Ave. W, Whitewater, Montana 59544. The Whitewater Public School will send a copy of the audit report to any interested person upon request.

Lynn Hill

Business Manager/Clerk

Whitewater Public School

(Published by Phillips County News 08/21/2019)

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STEPHEN R. BROWN, JR.

BOSCH, KUHR, DUGDALE,

MARTIN & KAZE, PLLP

P.O. Box 7152

Havre, MT 59501

Telephone: (406) 265-6706

Attorneys for Applicant

MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PHILLIPS COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of

MARK K. NEWBY,

Deceased.

Probate No. DP-19-13

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 the personal representative, return receipt requested, at P.O. Box 7152, Havre, Montana 59501, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 17th day of June, 2019.

SUSAN M. JOHNSON

Personal Representative

(Published by Phillips County News 08/14, 08/21, 08/28/2019)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Malta will conduct a public hearing August 30, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the council chambers of city hall. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive public comment concerning the 2019/20 budget and proposed mills. Persons and/or their agent(s) may appear in person or send written comments to Mayor John Demarais, PO Box 1300 Malta MT 59538 no later than 10:00 a.m. August 30, 2019. Copies of the preliminary budget will be available for review after August 28, 2019 during regular business hours.

(Published by Phillips County News 08/21, 08/28/2019)

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Notice of Public Hearings

The Malta City Council will conduct two public hearings on August 27, 2019 at 5:05 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. in the council chambers of City Hall. The purpose of the public hearings is to receive public comment(s) on the annual street maintenance assessment and the annual street lighting assessment for 2019/20.

Persons and/or agent(s) may appear in person or send written comments to Mayor Demarais, PO Box 1300, Malta, MT 59538 no later than 5 p.m. August 27, 2019.

(Published by Phillips County News 08/14, 08/21/2019)

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Montana 17th Judicial District Court

Phillips County

In the Matter of the Name Change of Christopher Stiers

Christopher Stiers,

Petitioner.

Cause No .: DV-2019-15

Notice of Hearing on Name Change

This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Christopher William Stiers to Christopher William Truelove. The hearing will be on September 9, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Phillips County.

Date: August 1, 2019

Tami R. Christofferson,

Clerk of District Court

(Published by Phillips County News 08/07, 08/14, 08/21, 08/28/2019)

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BIG FLAT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING DATE SET FOR OCTOBER 12, 2019

Preliminary plans are being made for the Big Flat Electric Cooperative’s 73rd Annual Membership Meeting. The date of the meeting will be Saturday, OCTOBER 12, 2019, AT THE MALTA HIGH SCHOOL IN MALTA, COUNTY OF PHILLIPS, AND STATE OF MONTANA.

In accordance with the by-laws, the Board of Directors appointed on July 18, 2019, and have notified the following list of members to serve on the Nomination Committee:

District #2 Jon Harmon

Andrew Heppe

David Jones

District #4 Elizabeth A. Doney

Robert Fox

Rosemary Peak

District #6 Bill Jaynes

David Kirkaldie

Anita Weigand

The Nominating Committee’s delegation on nominations will meet on Tuesday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m. at the Big Flat Electric Cooperative’s Headquarters Building at 333 South 7th Street East, Malta, Montana to nominate members for the election of directors for a three year term from District Two (2) – Turner Area, District Four (4) – Hays Area, and District Six (6) – Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Area.

Members may be nominated for Directors by petition of any fifteen (15) or more members. Nominations made by petition, received at the Cooperative’s Office at least fifteen (15) days prior to the annual meeting, shall be included on the Official Ballot. Later nominations by petition shall be treated as nomination from the floor.

Dated this 18th day of July, 2019.

(Published by Phillips County News 08/14, 08/21/2019)

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EDWARD A. AMESTOY,

Cole, Amestoy & O'Brien, PLLP

113 South 2nd Street West

P.O. Box 1280

Malta, Montana 59538

Phone: (406) 654-2541

Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF PHILLIPS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF

FRANCIS V. JACOBS,

Deceased.

Probate No. DP-2019-16

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 be mailed, return receipt requested, to: Dolores Jacobs, Personal Representative, c/o Cole, Amestoy & O'Brien, P.O. Box 1280, 113 South 2nd Street West, Malta, Montana 59538, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 2nd day of August, 2019.

/s/ Dolores Jacobs,

Personal Representative

(Published by Phillips County News 08/07, 08/14, 08/21/2019)

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NOTICE OF BANK MERGER

Notice is given that application has been made to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on August 6, 2019, Western District, 1225 17th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202 for consent to merge First Security Bank of Malta, 130 S. First Street East, Malta, Montana 59538 and Valley Bank, 110 6th Street South, Glasgow, Montana 59230 with and into Bank of Bridger, N.A., 101 S. Main Street, Bridger, MT 59014. It is contemplated that the main/home offices and branch offices of the above-named banks will continue to operate.

The merger of each of Valley Bank and First Security Bank of Malta into Bank of Bridger, N.A. are related transactions because they will occur simultaneously and, at the time of the merger, each bank will be owned by The Bridger Company.

This notice is published pursuant to 12 USC 1828(c) and 12 CFR 5. Anyone may submit written comments on this application by [September 9, 2019] to: Director for District Licensing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Western District, 1225 17th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202.

The public may find information regarding this application, including the date of the end of the public comment period, in the OCC Weekly Bulletin at http://www.occ.gov. Requests for a copy of the public file on the application should be made to the Director for District Licensing.

Date: August 28, 2019

First Security Bank of Malta

130 S. First Street East

Malta, Montana 59538

Valley Bank

110 6th Street South

Glasgow, Montana 59230

Bank of Bridger, N.A.

101 S. Main Street

Bridger, Montana 59014

(Published by Phillips County News 08/07, 08/14, 08/28/2019)

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