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Request for Proposals

Whitman County, Washington is requesting proposals from qualified public entities and non-profit organizations to be designated as the Whitman County Associate Development Organization (ADO) for the two-year period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. Whitman County will decide on the designee on April 10, 2023.

The Request for Proposals document is available at the Whitman County Commissioners Office, online http://www.whitmancounty.org Commissioners page or can be requested by contacting the Clerk of the Board, coreym@whitmancounty.net

Please deliver proposals, by April 6, 2023 to the Commissioner’s office at 400 N Main, Colfax WA or via email to the Clerk of the Board coreym@whitmancounty.net Please call (509) 397-5240.

Published March 16 & 23

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Commissioners have set the date of Monday, March 20, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in the Whitman County Commissioners Chambers in the Whitman County Courthouse, Colfax, Washington, to consider amending the Whitman County Code sections 1.08.020-voting precinct boundaries, 1.08.030-Pullman Ward Boundaries and 3.12 Purchasing/Procurement and to delete Whitman County Code sections 5.16-Dance Halls, 5.20--sale of malt liquor and section 14--Airport.

Any person may appear and be heard for or against the proposed.

Remote participation is available for attending the Commissioners’ meetings. We encourage staff and the general public to participate using the link on the County website: http://www.whitmancounty.net

Upon receiving 72 hours’ advance notice, the county will make arrangements to reasonably accommodate the needs of special groups of citizens, including non-English speaking residents and those who are physically disabled or otherwise impaired. Please call (509) 397-5240 if such assistance is needed.

Dated this 6th day of March 2023

Corey Mitzimberg, Clerk of the Board

Published March 16

NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS

ALMOTA ROAD

C.R.P. No. 8000-10

WHITMAN COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON

Sealed proposals for this project will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, State of Washington, at its office in the Whitman County Courthouse in Colfax, Washington, until 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time, on Monday, April 10, 2023, at which time all bids will be opened and publicly read.

Each proposal shall be separately sealed in an envelope addressed to the Whitman County Board of County Commissioners with the name of the bidder and the project name written plainly on the outside of the envelope. (NO FACSIMILES ACCEPTED)

Detailed bid sheets and specifications may be obtained from the Whitman County Engineer at his office on the Second Floor of the Public Service Building at North 310 Main Street in Colfax, Washington upon payment in the amount of $40.00 (Non-Refundable). The detailed bid sheets and specifications are also available for download at http://www.whitmancounty.net.

Whitman County in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award.

ADA accommodation requests should be made 72 hours in advance by calling (509) 397-5240.

Arrangements will be made to accommodate questions and provide responses to non-English speaking residents.

This contract provides for the improvement of approximately 2.14 miles of Almota Road, County Road No. 8000, from milepost 5.82 to milepost 7.96 by grading, draining, surfacing, HMA paving, guardrail, pavement markings, traffic control and other work, all in accordance with the Contract Plans and Provisions and the Standard Specifications.

DATED this 13th day of March, 2023.

/s/

Dean Cornelison, P.E.

County Engineer

Published March 16 & March 23

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR WHITMAN COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of TRACY LEE PORTER, Deceased. No.23 4 00001 38

PROBATE NOTICE TOCREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The Co-Personal Representatives named below have been appointed as co-personal representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the co-personal representatives or the co-personal representatives’ attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Clerk of this Court. The claim must be presented within the later of (1) thirty days after the Co-Personal Representatives served or mailed the Notice to the Creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW Section 11 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication: March 2, 2023

Co-Personal Representatives: MELODY PORTER

BREANNA JOHNSON

Attorney for Personal Representative:

L.R. “RUSTY” McGUIRE

Address for Mailing or Service: McGuire, DeWulf, Kragt & Johnson, P.S. 503 Morgan Street, P.O. Box 1187 Davenport, Washington 99122

/s/

Melody Porter

Personal Representative

/s/

Breanna Johnson

Personal Representative

Published 3/2-3/16

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID W. MORGAN, Deceased. No. 23-4-00023-38

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION

March 2, 2023

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ALAN L. MORGAN

ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE McGUIRE, DeWULF, KRAGT &

JOHNSON, P.S.

MATTHEW D. JOHNSON

ADDRESS FOR MAILING OF SERVICE

P.O. Box 619

105 S. Main St.

Colfax, WA 99111-0619

Telephone: 509-397-4345

Published 3/2-3/16

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NAOMI RUTH DAUBERT, Deceased. No. 23-4-00029-38

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION March 2, 2023

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FRANCES W. RICE

ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE McGUIRE, DeWULF, KRAGT &

JOHNSON, P.S. MATTHEW D. JOHNSON

ADDRESS FOR MAILING OF SERVICE

P.O. Box 619

105 S. Main St.

Colfax, WA 99111-0619

Telephone: 509-397-4345

Published 3/2-3/16

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR WHITMAN COUNTY

SHARON DIXON,

Plaintiff,

vs

ANNA B. MICHELS, ALEX B. MICHELS, J.F. MICHEL, and THEODORE MICHELS; and all parties known or unknown, claiming any right, title, estate or interest in the real property described in the Complaint, either as assigns, heirs or devisees of the above-named parties or otherwise.

Defendant,

NO. 23-2-00065-38

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON to, ANNA B. MICHELS, ALEX B. MICHELS, J.F. MICHEL, and THEODORE MICHELS and to all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint in this action, defendants:

You, and each of you, are hereby summoned to appear within 60 days after the first publication of this Summons, to wit, within 60 days after March 9, 2023, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled Court and answer the Complaint of the plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff, at the address stated below; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment may be rendered against you according to the demands of the Complaint in this action which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.

The object of this action is to quiet title in plaintiff to real estate in Whitman County, Washington, described as follows:

The Southerly Half of Lot 15, Block E, Grief’s Addition to Uniontown, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Volume H of Plats, Page 23, records of Whitman County, Washington.

EXCEPT a strip of ground 15 feet wide running East and West through the South side of Lot 15, Block E of Grief’s Addition, said strip of ground joining the North side being parallel with Lot 16 in Block E of Grief’s Addition to Uniontown, Washington.

against the claim of the defendants and any one of them.

BISHOP LAW OFFICE,

By: /s/

Eric Hanson, WSBA #47381

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Address: P.O. Box 337

Garfield, WA 99130

Tele .: (509) 635-1551

Published 3/9-4/13

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE Trustee Sale No: 132019-WA Loan No: 562-2123079 Title Order No: 825928 APN 1-0645-00-31-02-0000 ABBREVIATED LEGAL: LOTS 1 & 2, BLK. 31, OAKESDALE WHEREAS, on 08/07/2008, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by ROYAL C. RICKETT, a single person dealing with his sole and separate estate, as trustor in favor of QUICK MORTGAGE SERVICES as beneficiary and PIONEER TITLE as trustee, and was recorded on 08/12/2008 as Document No. 688424, and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded 1/19/2021 in document no. 763753, of Official records in the office of the Recorder of Whitman County, WA, and WHEREAS a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust PURSUANT TO SECTION 9 (A)(i), OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS “AN IMMEDIATE PAYMENT IN FULL. AS DEFINED, THE LENDER WILL REQUIRE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT IN FULL OF ALL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AND ACCRUED INTEREST IF; A BORROWER DIES AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF AT LEAST ONE SURVIVING BORROWER.” INCLUDING ALL FORECLOSURE FEES, ATTORNEY FEES AND ADVANCES TO SENIOR LIENS, INSURANCE, TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 2/15/2023 as Document No. 778121, notice is hereby given that on 03/31/2023, at 10:00 AM local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 31, TOWN OF OAKESDALE, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME A OF PLATS, PAGE 133, RECORDS OF Whitman County, WASHINGTON Commonly known as: 112 E MCCOY STREET, OAKESDALE, WA 99158 The sale will be held: at the main entrance to the Whitman County Courthouse, N 400 Main, Colfax, WA 99111 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $137,272.44. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his pro rata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $13,727.24 [10% of the Secretary’s bid] in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $13,727.24 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for a 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee will be in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant. The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the property is completed. The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $137,247.53 as of 3/30/2023, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below. DATE: 02/17/2023 FORECLOSURE COMMISSIONER: MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 7844 Madison Ave., Suite 145 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 962-3453 Fax: (916) 962-1334 Sale Information Line: 916-939-0772 or http://www.nationwideposting.com LAUREN MEYER, VICE PRESIDENT A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of California County of Sacramento On 02/17/2023 before me, E. Bates, Notary Public, personally appeared LAUREN MEYER who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her authorized capacity, and that by his/her/their signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. E. Bates E. BATES COMM. #2417404 NOTARY PUBLIC- CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO COUNTY MY COMM. EXP. OCT. 19, 2026 NPP0421856

Published 3/9, 3/16, 3/23

 

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