Legals for July, 30 2025

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Brittney Kuntz  Jackson, Murdo & Grant, P. C.   203 N. Ewing St.   Helena, MT 59601  Telephone: (406) 430-2977  Facsimile:  (406) 443-7033  Email: bkuntz@jmgattorneys.com Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MINERAL COUNTY  In the Matter of the Estate of  DAVID C. HICKS, Deceased.  Probate No. DP-31-2025-0000006-II Judge: Halligan  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 John Hicks, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Brittney Kuntz, Jackson, Murdo & Grant, P.C., 203 N. Ewing St, Helena, MT 59601, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.  DATED this 23rd day of June, 2025.  JOHN HICKS  Personal Representative  JACKSON, MURDO & GRANT, P.C.  BY:_BRITTNEY KUNTZ  Attorneys for Personal Representative  PUBLISHED IN THE MINERAL INDEPENDENT ON JULY 23 & 30 & AUGUST 6, 2025. MNAXLP __________________________

PUBLIC NOTICE An audit of the affairs of the Town of Superior, Superior, Montana, has been conducted by Strom and Associates, P.C. The audit covered the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Section 2-7-521, MCA requires the publication of the following summary of significant findings. Summary of Significant Findings The audit report for Town of Superior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, contains an Independent Auditors’ Report on the Town’s basic financial statements. The report issued for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, contains unmodified opinion. The audit report also contains several other auditors’ reports. Following is a listing of the reports and a summary of the findings included in each. This is only a summary and is not intended to be used as an audit report. 1. Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards—This report contains no findings. 2. Report on Prior Audit Recommendations-- This report summarizes the findings from the prior audit report and the status of those findings. No prior findings. Public Inspection of Audit Report: The complete audit report is on file, in its entirety, and open to public inspection at the Town Hall. Brenda L. Schneider, MMC, CPFA Town Clerk/Treasurer PUBLISHED IN THE MINERAL INDEPENDENT ON JULY 23 & 30, 2025. MNAXLP __________________________

PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING TOWN OF SUPERIOR SUPERIOR, MT 59872 On August 6, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, at 105 Cedar Street, Superior, Montana, the Council will meet for the purpose of fixing the final budget for the Town of Superior for fiscal year 2025-2026. The preliminary budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 has been completed and placed on file and is open to inspection in the Town Clerk’s Office. Any taxpayer may appear at this meeting and be heard for or against any part of the budget. At a later date, the budget for Fiscal year 2025-2026 shall be finally approved and adopted by the Council prior to fixing of the tax levies by the Council. Brenda L. Schneider, MMC/CPFA Town Clerk/Treasurer Superior, MT 59872 PUBLISHED IN THE MINERAL INDEPENDENT ON JULY 23 & 30, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License DOC’S CASINO & SPIRITS 2, LLC (The BWH Nevada WECO Trust U/D/T April 1, 2023 33.34%, The BCW Nevada WECO Trust U/D/T April 1, 2023 33.33%, The NJW Nevada WECO Trust U/D/T April 1, 2023 33.33%, Owner(s)) has applied to transfer Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License No. 54-999-4958-001 to be operated at DOC’S CASINO AND SPIRITS, 21 Old Highway 10 E, Saint Regis, Mineral County. The public may protest this license transfer in accordance with the law. Who can protest this transfer? Protests will be accepted from residents of the county of the proposed location Mineral County, residents of adjoining Montana counties, and residents of adjoining counties in another state if the criteria in 16-4-207(4)(d), Montana Code Annotated (MCA), are met. What information must be included? Protest letters must be legible and contain (1) the protestor’s full name, mailing address, and street address; (2) the license number 54-999-4958-001 and the applicant’s name DOC’S CASINO & SPIRITS 2, LLC; (3) an indication that the letter is intended as a protest; (4) a description of the grounds for protesting; and (5) the protestor’s signature. A letter with multiple signatures will be considered one protest letter. What are valid protest grounds? The protest may be based on the applicant’s qualifications listed in 16-4-401, MCA, or the grounds for denial of an application in 16-4-405, MCA. Examples of valid protest grounds include: (1) the applicant is unlikely to operate the establishment in compliance with the law; (2) the proposed location cannot be properly policed by local authorities; and (3) the welfare of the people in the vicinity of the proposed location will be adversely and seriously affected. How are protests submitted? Protests must be postmarked to the Department of Revenue, Office of Dispute Resolution, P.O. Box 5805, Helena, Montana 59604-5805 on or before August 9, 2025. What happens if the transfer is protested? Depending on the number of protests and the protest grounds, a public hearing will be held in Helena or Saint Regis. All valid protestors will be notified of the hearing’s time, date and location. Hearings typically are scheduled within 90 days. A protester’s hearing testimony is limited to the grounds in the protester’s letter. Following the hearing, the Department of Revenue will notify the public whether the license transfer is approved or denied. How can additional information be obtained? The cited MCA statutes are online at leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/. Questions may be directed to Andrew Erickson, Compliance Specialist for the Department of Revenue’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, at 444-4332 or Andrew.Erickson2@mt.gov. PUBLISHED IN THE MINERAL INDEPENDENT ON JULY 30 & AUGUST 6, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________ __________________________

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE  To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on November 7, 2025, at 11:00 AM on the front steps of the Mineral County Courthouse located at 300 River Street, Superior, MT 59872, the following described real property situated in Mineral County, State of Montana:  Parcel A:  A piece or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Lot 10, Section 2. Township 14 North, Range 23 West, and described as follows:  Commencing at an iron pin on the West line of said Lot 10, situated 642.2 feet South of the Northwest corner thereof, and running thence N.0°26’W, a distance of 68.7 feet to the South boundary of the C.M.ST.P. & P. Railroad right-of-way; thence running S.81°35’E., a distance of 52.5 feet; thence running S.0°26’E., a distance of 74.4 feet; thence running N.75°46’W., a distance of 53.6 feet, to the place of beginning, and lying in East Alberton, Mineral County, Montana.  Parcel B  That portion of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company’s 100 foot wide right-of-way in Government Lot 10, Section 2, Township 14 North, Range 23 West, P.M.M., described as follows:  Commencing at a point that bears S.75°46’E., 53.6 feet from an iron pin in the West line of said Government Lot 10, which point is 642.20 feet south of the Northwest corner thereof; thence N.00°26’W., 74.4 feet to a point on said Railroad Company’s southerly right-of-way line and the True Point of Beginning; thence N.00°26’W., approximately 100 feet to a point on said Railroad Company’s northerly right of way line and for the purpose of this description being designated as Point A; beginning again at the True Point of Beginning; thence westerly along said southerly right-of-way line to a point on the West line of said Government Lot 10; thence northerly along said West line to a point on said Railroad Company’s northerly right-of-way line; thence easterly along said northerly right-of-way line to said Point A NOW KNOWN AS:   Parcels A1 and B1 of Certificate of Survey No. 637B, located in Government Lot 10 in the NE1/4 of Section 2, Township 14 North, Range 23 West, P.M.M., Mineral County, Montana.  More commonly known as 110 Adams St, Alberton, MT 59820.  Wayne B. Wasser, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services of Mineral County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., by Deed of Trust on March 27, 2006, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Mineral County, State of Montana, on March 31, 2006 as Instrument No. 99312, of Official Records.  The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows:   Assignee: Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company  Assignment Dated: March 24, 2016  Assignment Recorded: April 1, 2016  Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 115011;   Assignee: New Residential Mortgage LLC  Assignment Dated: March 1, 2018  Assignment Recorded: March 12, 2018  Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 117641;  Assignee: NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing  Assignment Dated: May 22, 2024  Assignment Recorded: May 28, 2024  Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 129197,  All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Mineral County, Montana.  Jason J. Henderson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Mineral County, State of Montana, on May 12, 2025 as Instrument No. 0130518, of Official Records.  The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to the Grantor(s) failure to make monthly payments beginning March 1, 2024, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $79,299.64, interest in the sum of $7,316.30, escrow advances of $7,906.23, and other amounts due and payable in the amount of $433.00 for a total amount owing of $94,955.17, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced.  The Beneficiary anticipates, and may disburse, such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any.  The Beneficiary has elected, and has directed, the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.  The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.  The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured, the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled.  The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation for up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.  If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.   This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.  Dated this 4th day of June, 2025.  BY: Jason J. Henderson, Substitute Trustee  38 2nd Avenue East, Dickinson, ND 58601  Telephone: 801-355-2886  Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST)  File No. MT22909  PUBLISHED IN THE MINERAL INDEPENDENT ON JULY 30 & AUGUST 6, & 13, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________