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DAN O'BRIEN,
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 17th Judicial District Court, Phillips County
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Probate No. DP-2022-10
SANDRA B. WORF, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Deceased
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: Charity Ruiz, Personal Representative, c/o Cole, Amestoy & O'Brien, PLLP, P.O. Box 1280, 113 South 2nd Street West, Malta, Montana 59538, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.
DATED this 14th day of April, 2022.
__________/s/_______________
Charity Ruiz
Personal Representative
(Published by Phillips County News 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/2022) MNAXLP
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JONI OJA
OLIVER J. URICK
Urick law Firm, PLLC
224 W. Main St., Suite 305
Lewistown, MT 59457
Telephone: (406) 538-3181
Emails: [email protected]
Attorneys for Applicant
Montana 17th Judicial District Court, Phillips County
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Cause No. DP-2022-09
M. JAE GILKERSON, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Deceased
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 to MIKE GILKERSON, c/o attorney Joni Oja, Urick Law Firm, PLLC, 224 W. Main St., Suite 305, Lewistown, MT 59457, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled court. We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
DATED this 8th day of April, 2022.
___________________ ___________________
JONI OJA, MIKE GILKERSON,
Attorney for Personal Representative Personal Representative
(Published by Phillips County News 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/2022) MNAXLP
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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
Attorneys for Personal Representative
Montana 17th Judicial District Court, Phillips County
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Cause No. DP-2022-11
DAVID BOND, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Deceased
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: Lorie Bond, Personal Representative, c/o Cole, Amestoy & O'Brien, PLLP, P.O. Box 1280, 113 South 2nd Street West, Malta, Montana 59538, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.
DATED this 20th day of April, 2022.
_____________/s._________________
Lorie Bond,
Personal Representative
(Published by Phillips County News 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2022) MNAXLP
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2021 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report (PLEASE SEE PDF VERSION OF Phillips County News for full Legal with Tables)
City of Malta
PWSID#MT0000284
PO Box 1300
Malta, MT 59538
We’re very pleased to provide you with this year's Annual Quality Water Report. We want to keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year. Our goal is and always has been, to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our water source is ground water from four wells. At the present time we serve approximately 1800 people. We have completed a source water protection plan that provides more information such as potential sources of contamination to our drinking water supply. This plan can be found online at
https://deq.mt.gov/water/Programs/dw#accordion1-collapse2
Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.
Contaminants that may be present include:
Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife;
Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming;
Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses;
Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems;
Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.
In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.
We’re pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and meets federal and state requirements.
If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water, please contact Jim Truelove. He is the Director of Public Works and can be reached at 788-5380. You may also attend our meetings. They are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm in the Council Chambers at the City Hall.
The City of Malta routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The following table shows the results of any detects in our monitoring for the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2021. For constituents that are not monitored yearly, we have reviewed our records back the last five years.
We have monitored for lead and copper, and almost all our samples have been in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule. One copper value exceeded the Action Level. If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Malta is responsible for providing high quality drinking water but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.
In the tables above and below you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms we've provided the following definitions:
Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug/l) - one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2000 years or a single penny in $10,000,000.
Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/l) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.
Action Level - the concentration of a contaminant which if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.
Treatment Technique (TT) - (mandatory language) a treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
Maximum Contaminant Level - (mandatory language) The “Maximum Allowed” (MCL) is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal - (mandatory language) The “Goal” (MCLG) is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.
Picocuries per liter (pCi/L)-Picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.
MCL’s are set at very stringent levels. To understand the possible health effects described for many regulated constituents, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a one-in-a-million chance of having the described health effect.
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
We’re proud that your drinking water meets or exceeds all Federal and State requirements. We have learned through our monitoring and testing that some constituents have been detected. The EPA has determined that your water IS SAFE at these levels.
Our system had several violations. We failed to provide the results of lead tap water monitoring to the consumers at the location water was tested. These were supposed to be provided no later than 30 days after learning the results. We also failed to test all our Entry Points for the Wells for Nitrate + Nitrite in 2021. Sampling was completed for only one of the four sites. This result is in the above table. Because of this failure, we cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during this time.
We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life and our children’s future.
(Published by Phillips County News 5/4/2022) MNAXLP
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