Legals for August, 1 2025

Heather M. Starnes JARDINE, STEPHENSON, BLEWETT & WEAVER, P.C. 300 Central Avenue, 7th Floor P.O. Box 2269 Great Falls, MT 59403 (406) 727-5000 hstarnes@jardinelaw.com Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF ROSS A. BEAGLE, Deceased. Probate No. DP-27-2025-040 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 Crystal Ash, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, P.C. at P.O. Box 2269, Great Falls, MT 59403, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 29th day of April, 2025. s/ Crysal Ash, Personal Representative JARDINE, STEPHENSON, BLEWETT & WEAVER, P.C. By: s/ Heather M. Starnes, Attorneys for Personal Representative PUBLISHED IN The Western News July 18, 25, & August 1, 2025. MNAXLP

CSBG State Plan Public Notice On Wednesday August 20, 2025, at 10:00 AM, a Public Hearing will be held via a webinar only (No in-person hearing) for the purpose of receiving comments on the draft Department of Public Health and Human Services “2026/2027 Community Services Block Grant State Plan”. The link to the webinar is listed on the Montana.gov eCalendar website: https://app.mt.gov/cal/html/event/dphhs/2025/8/10/?view-type=2&event=182616&viewperiod=3&currentView-type=2, and draft copies of the proposed application  will be available at the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Intergovernmental Human Services Bureau, 1400 Carter Drive, P.O. Box 202956, Helena, MT 59620-2956 or by calling 1-833-317-1080 starting Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Written comments must be received by 5:00 PM, Wednesday, August 20, 2025. PUBLISHED IN The Western News August 1, 5, 8, 12, 15 & 19, 2025. MNAXLP

Jeffrey R. Kuchel William T. Casey PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER 127 E. Main Street, Suite 301 Missoula, MT 59802 Telephone: (406) 317-7220 jkuchel@parsonsbehle.com wcasey@parsonsbehle.com  Attorneys for Plaintiffs  MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT LINCOLN COUNTY 620 LOUISIANA AVE LLC and ZT  PROPERTIES LLC, Plaintiffs, v. WILLIAM ERHARD, individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF HERMAN HALL ERHARD; MELINDA LOPEZ a/k/a MELINDA LUGO; MELISSA  LOPEZ a/k/a MELISSA LUGO; and ALL OTHER PERSONS, unknown, claiming, or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the Complaint or any part thereof adverse to Plaintiffs’ ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiffs’ title thereto, whether the claim or possible claim be present or contingent, including any claim or possible claim of dower, inchoate or accrued, Defendants. Cause No.: DV-27-2025-0000121-QT Hon. Matthew Cuffe SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: WILLIAM ERHARD, individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF HERMAN HALL ERHARD, MELINDA LOPEZ a/k/a MELINDA FILED LUGO; MELISSA LOPEZ a/k/a MELISSA LUGO; and ALL OTHER PERSONS, unknown, claiming, or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the Complaint or any part thereof adverse to Plaintiffs’ ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiffs’ title thereto, whether the claim or possible claim be present or contingent, including any claim or possible claim of dower, inchoate or accrued. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.  This action is brought to quiet title to two parcels of real property situated in Lincoln County, Montana, particularly described as follows:  Parcel 1 (the “Louisiana Parcel”): Lots 9, 10, and 11 of Block 12, Leonard Addition to Libby, Montana, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Lincoln County, Montana Parcel 2 (the “Lincoln Parcel”): That part of Lot 19 of Block 12, Leonard Addition to Libby, Montana, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Lincoln County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot; thence East on the northerly line thereof to the Northeast corner thereof; thence southerly along the easterly line of said Lot, 12 feet; thence westerly parallel to the northerly line of said lot, 55 feet; thence southerly parallel to the easterly line of said Lot, 13 feet to the southerly line of said Lot; thence westerly along the southerly line of said Lot, 72 feet to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly line of said Lot to the point of beginning. and The Westerly 72 feet of Lots 20, 21, and 22 of Block 12, Leonard Addition to Libby, Montana, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Lincoln County, Montana. The relief sought by Plaintiff 620 Louisiana Ave LLC in this quiet title action is to have title to the Louisiana Parcel quieted in its name, alone, as against all Defendants, known and unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, interest in, lien on, or encumbrance upon the Louisiana Parcel, and that all Defendants, known or unknown, be forever enjoined and barred from asserting any claim upon or to the Louisiana Parcel or any part thereof adverse to Plaintiff 620 Louisiana Ave LLC. The relief sought by Plaintiff ZT Properties LLC in this quiet title action is to have title to the Lincoln Parcel quieted in its name, alone, as against all Defendants, known and unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, interest in, lien on, or encumbrance upon the Lincoln Parcel, and that all Defendants, known or unknown, be forever enjoined and barred from asserting any claim upon or to the Lincoln Parcel or any part thereof adverse to Plaintiff ZT Properties LLC. Plaintiffs do not seek to quiet title in this action such that the judgment and decree impugns or otherwise affects any of the following two items of record: (1) that Deed of Trust recorded August 15, 2024, in Book 406, Page 879, as Doc. 311806; and (2) that Deed of Trust recorded June 9, 2023, in Book 401, Page 835, as Doc. 306128, as assigned in that instrument recorded August 27, 2024, in Book 407, Page 36, as Doc. 311978. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court this 28th day of July, 2025. TRISHA BROOKS CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT By: s/Amanda Eckart PUBLISHED IN The Western News August 1, 8 & 15, 2025. MNAXLP