Legals for September, 18 2020

| September 18, 2020 12:00 AM

Tammy Brown 406 E. Poplar Libby, Mt 59923 406-293-9149 MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTY COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of, John Anthony Slater, Deceased Probate Cause No DP-20-70 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 the Personal Representative, Tammy Brown, return receipt requested, at 406 East Poplar, Libby, MT 59923, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 2nd day of September, 2020. Tammy Brown Personal Representative 406 E. Poplar St. Libby, MT 59923

PUBLIC HEARING The City of Libby Board of Adjustments will hold a public hearing to consider a Variance Request for Dan and Mandi Rose. The property is located at the corner of Montana Avenue and Spruce Street. The meeting will be held at 6:30 pm on September 21st , in the Council Chambers at 952 E. Spruce Street. Published In The Western News September 11 & 18, 2020. MNAXLP

C. Mark Hash Hash, O'Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP Attorneys at Law 136 1st Ave. W. P. O. Box 1178 Kalispell, MT 59903-1178 (406) 755-6919 cmhash@hashlaw.com Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF ALBERT C. ANDERSON, Deceased Cause No. DP-20-71 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 either mailed to Sally J. Anderson, the Personal Representative, by certified mail, return receipt requested, c/o Hash, O'Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP, Attorneys at Law, P.O. Box 1178, Kalispell, Montana 59903-1178, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 2nd day of September, 2020. s/ Sally J. Anderson Personal Representative Hash, O'Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP By s/ C Mark Hash Published In The Western News September 18, 25 & October 2, 2020. MNAXLP

Lincoln County Airport Board seeks airport engineering consultant. Airport Engineering firms are encouraged to submit statements of qualifications for a five-year contract to perform grant and project management services for Lincoln Co. MT airports. Contact Bill Caldwell, Chairman, Lincoln County Airport Board, Bill@KootenaiAviation.com, for a description of the qualification to be addressed in the statement. The Airport Board will review statements of qualifications at 1:00pm, Oct. 8, 2020 at the Pilot's lounge on the Eureka Airport (88M). The required hard copies must be available at this time. Digital copies must be sent to Bill Caldwell by Oct 1, 2020. For further information contact: Bill Caldwell, 650 Greers Ferry Rd., Libby MT, 59923, 406-293-9320. Published In The Western News September 11 & 18, 2020. MNAXLP

MATTHEW J. CUFFE, District Judge 512 California Avenue Libby, MT 59923 MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF L.A.H., A Youth In Need of Care. Cause No. DN-18-16 CITATION FOR PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition has been filed in the above-entitled Court by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (DPHHS) requesting permanent legal custody, termination of parental rights with right to consent to adoption. NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear on October 5, 2020, at 3:00 o'clock p.m., at the Montana Nineteenth Judicial District Court, 512 California Avenue, Libby, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why DPHHS's requests for relief should not be granted. The youth was born on 07/15/2014 in Flathead County, Montana. The youth's mother is Jennifer Freeman. The youth's putative father is unknown. You have the right to be represented by an attorney in these proceedings. If you are unable to afford an attorney, you have the right to ask the Court to 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 petition. A copy of the Petition is filed with the Clerk of District Court in Lincoln County, 406-283-2342. WITNESS the Honorable Matthew J. Cuffe, Judge of the above-entitled Court and the Seal of this Court, this 16th day of September, 2020. TRICIA BROOKS Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Tricia Brooks Clerk Published In The Western News September 18, 25, & October 2, 2020. MNAXLP

Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION TIMBER SALE The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Libby Unit is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 1,118 acres on portions of three parcels of State Trust Land located in Sec.30, T29N, R28W, Sec. 36, T29N, R29W, and Sec. 6, T28N, R28W. within the Wolf Creek drainage. A brief description of the proposed action is listed below. Preliminary estimates indicate that approximately 6.5 - 8.5 million board feet of timber would be harvested. Approximately 7.6 - 8 miles of new road construction and approximately 1.2 miles of re-construction would be required to access timber. Ground based tractor logging systems would be utilized on approximately 651 acres and cable based logging systems would be utilized on the remaining acres. Proposed silvicultural harvest treatments would include seed tree, shelter-wood and commercial thin. Follow-up treatments could include machine piling and scarification, slash burning, noxious weed spraying, hand planting tree seedlings and pre-commercial thinning. Road construction and harvest activities could begin during 2021. This timber sale is part of a program managing forested State Trust Land for revenue to support the Common Schools and Capitol Buildings trusts. The Department would like the public's input regarding the proposal to harvest timber on these parcels. Those interested should address written comments to: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation attention: Dave Marsh, 177 State Lands Office Road, Libby, MT 59923, or E-mail at: dmarsh@mt.gov. You can telephone at: (406) 293-2711 Ext. 6. Comments need to be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 21, 2020. Published In The Western News August 21, 28 & September 4, 11, 18, 2020. MNAXLP

J. Tiffin Hall Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2109 Eureka, Montana 59917 Telephone: (406) 297-7026 Attorney for Petitioner Gareth W. Curtiss MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SUE AUBYN CURTISS, Deceased. Cause No. DP-20-77 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 to Gareth W. Curtiss, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o J. Tiffin Hall, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 2109, Eureka, Montana, 59917, and filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 9th day of September, 2020. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE By:_Gareth W. Curtiss Published In The Western News September 18, 25 & October 2, 2020. MNAXLP