Legals for August, 21 2025

NO. 31402 Initial Proposal Right of Way Easement City of Whitefish (Whitefish Yards Pedestrian Bridge) 7/25/25 The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Kalispell Unit is proposing a right-of-way easement over navigable waters for the Whitefish Yards pedestrian bridge on the following state-owned parcel: NW ¼ NW ¼ of Section 36, Township 31 North, Range 22 West The project is in Whitefish, Montana and is located near the Northwest end of Railroad St, crossing the Whitefish River to the parcel located at 95 Karrow Ave., Whitefish, MT. City of Whitefish is proposing a right of way easement for a pedestrian bridge through navigable waters of the Whitefish River. City of Whitefish proposes a strip of land 12 feet wide, 6 feet on each side of a centerline located in the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 36, Township 31 North, Range 22 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, containing 0.021 acres more or less. The DNRC is in the scoping phase of the project environmental assessment, so all project data are preliminary estimates. In preparation for this project, specialists such as wildlife biologists, hydrologists, soil scientists, and archeologists will be consulted. The Montana DNRC invites written comments and suggestions concerning this proposal. Please respond by August 25th, 2025, to: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Attn: Rachel Payne Kalispell Unit 655 Timberwolf Pkwy Ste 2 Kalispell, MT 59901 406-751-2274 [email protected] August 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31419 To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on December 11, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the East door of the Flathead County Justice Center, 920 South Main Street, Kalispell, MT, the following described real property situated in Flathead County, State of Montana: A tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 17, Township 30 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana, known as: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4035. More commonly known as 650 Hidden Valley Dr, Whitefish, MT 59937. John Willardsen, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Jason J. Henderson, Esq. Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Reg-istration Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, Beneficiary of the security instrument its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on December 16, 2021, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Flathead County, State of Montana, on December 20, 2021 as Instrument No. 202100043384, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Assignment Dated: November 11, 2024 Assignment Recorded: November 12, 2024 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 202400022856, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Flathead 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 Flathead County, State of Montana, on July 1, 2025 as Instrument No. 202500012215, 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 August 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 $1,116,780.92, interest in the sum of $46,384.62, escrow advances of $18,011.10, and other amounts due and payable in the amount of $5,662.72 for a total amount owing of $1,186,839.36, 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 7th day of July, 2025. 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. MT22990 August 7, 14, 21, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31420 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on December 11, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the East door of the Flathead County Justice Center located at 920 South Main Street, Kalispell, MT 59901, the following described real property situated in Flathead County, State of Montana: Lot 7 of Quail Meadows Subdivision, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana. More commonly known as 3417 Goldenrod Ln, Kalispell, MT 59901. Norman Damron, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for Mortgage Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United Home Loans, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on January 19, 2024, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Flathead County, State of Montana, on January 19, 2024 as Instrument No. 202400001287, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Assignment Dated: May 9, 2025 Assignment Recorded: May 13, 2025 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 202500008818, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Flathead 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 Flathead County, State of Montana, on June 17, 2025 as Instrument No. 202500011179, 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 July 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 $533,996.82, interest in the sum of $41,714.82, escrow advances of $2,715.06, and other amounts due and payable in the amount of $2,986.42 for a total amount owing of $581,413.12, 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 18th day of July, 2025. 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. MT22929 August 7, 14, 21, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31398-1 Public Comment Period – Wildfire Mitigation Plan Lincoln Electric Co-op (LEC) is accepting public comments on its new Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) from August 25 through October 2, 2025. LEC’s WMP will be available to view, with an appointment, at the LEC office. A public meeting to discuss the plan will be held on September 3 at 10:00 a.m. at the LEC office. August 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31428 EXHIBIT B NOTICE OF BOND SALE $115,997.42 Rural Special Improvement District Bonds (Rural Special Improvement District No. 159) FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners (the “Board”) of Flathead County, Montana (the “County”), will receive sealed bids for the purchase of $115,997.42 Rural Special Improvement District Bonds (Rural Special Improvement District No. 159) (the “Bonds”) in the Flathead County Board of Commissioners, 800 South Main Street, Room 302, Kalispell, MT 59901, until 4:00 p.m. local time on Monday August 25, 2025. No late, emailed, or faxed bids will be accepted. Bids will be opened publicly August 26, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. local time in the Commissioners Chambers. The tabulation of bids will be presented to the County Commissioners at a meeting August 28, 2025. This Board will consider the bids and, if a responsive and acceptable bid is received, award the sale of the Bonds. Award of sale will be made to the bidder with the lowest true interest cost (“TIC”) by the Board. The Bonds will be issued for the purpose of financing the cost of construction of certain local improvements (the “Improvements”) within or for the benefit of Rural Special Improvement District No. 159; and paying costs associated with the sale and issuance of the Bonds. The Bonds shall mature, subject to redemption, on July 1 in the following years and amounts (unless combined into one or more term bonds): Year Amount 2026    $5,800 2027 $5,800 2028    $5,800 2029    $5,800 2030 $5,800 2031 $5,800 2032 $5,800 2033 $5,800 2034 $5,800     2035 $5,800 2036 $5,800 2037 $5,800 2038 $5,800 2039 $5,800 2040 $5,800 2041 $5,800 2042 $5,800 2043 $5,800 2044 $5,800 2045 $5,797.42 The Bonds shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds and shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Board Chair, the County Treasurer, and the County Clerk and Recorder. The Bonds shall be secured by the County’s Rural Special Improvement District Revolving Fund (the “Revolving Fund”).  Serial bonds shall be in the denomination of $5,800 each or any integral multiple thereof of single maturities (except that one bond maturing in 2045 will be in the principal amount of $5,797.42). Bidders will have the option of combining the Bonds maturing on and after 2026 through and including 2033 and on and after 2034 through and including 2040 into one or more term bonds. If any Bonds are issued as term bonds, such term bonds will be subject to annual mandatory sinking fund redemption on each July 1, concluding no later than 2040, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of such Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed with interest accrued thereon and payable on January 1 and July 1 to the redemption date, in installments and in the same amounts and on the same dates as the bonds would have matured if they were not included in a term bond. The Bonds shall be dated, as originally issued, as of August 28, 2025, and shall bear interest payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2026, at a rate or rates designated by the successful bidder at public sale and approved by this Board; provided that interest rates must be in level or ascending order, no supplemental or B coupons or additional interest certificates shall be permitted and rates shall be expressed in integral multiples of 1/8 or 5/100 of one percent. The Bonds with stated maturities on or after July 1, 2035, will be subject to redemption on July 1, 2034, and any date thereafter, at the option of the County, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed plus interest accrued to the redemption date, without premium. The Bonds are also subject to mandatory redemption on an interest payment date if the amounts in the Sinking Fund, either from prepayment of assessments or transfers from the Construction Account to the Principal Account, are sufficient to pay outstanding Bonds, or portions thereof, with interest thereon to that interest payment date. The Bonds will be sold for not less than $115,997.42 (100% of par) with accrued interest on the principal amount of the Bonds to the date of their delivery. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in any bid, and to adjourn the sale. A good faith deposit in the form of money, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft drawn and issued by a federally chartered or state chartered bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or a financial surety bond in the sum of 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds ($2319.95) payable to the order of the County is required for each bid to be considered, as further specified in the Official Terms and Conditions of Sale.  Copies of the Official Terms and Conditions of Sale may be obtained from the Flathead County Clerk and Recorder, 800 S. Main, Kalispell, MT 59901, telephone (406) 758-5537. Dated this 5th day of August, 2025. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By /s/Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman ATTEST:     Dori Magar, Clerk to the Board By: /s/Dori Magar August 14, 21, 2025 MNAXLP __________________________