North Korean leader berates officials over hospital project

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated construction managers for unspecified problems in building a showpiece hospital in comments reported Monday that may indicate the country is struggling to secure the supplies amid U.S.-led sanctions and a coronavirus lockdown.

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Kristi Lou Wallette, 58

Kristi Lou Wallette, 58, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at the Brendan House in Kalispell. Kristi was born July 11, 1951, in Poplar. She moved to Kalispell at the age of 4, was raised in the Flathead Valley, attending schools until her sophomore year when her family moved to Spokane, where she graduated in 1969. In October 1969, Kristi married Dennis Russell and went with him to his military duty station in Germany. She worked as a CNA for the Brendan House and the County Nursing Home until she went into kidney failure in 1990. For the past 18 years she participated in the Kidney Dialysis Support Group. Kristi attended and was involved at the Kalispell Christian Center. She enjoyed puzzles, flowers and plants. Within her living community she became Mom to all the other residents, where she took great joy in caring for them as her own. Kristi was preceded in death by her father, James Wallette; and a daughter, Keri Ann Russell. She is survived by her mother, Inga Wallette; son, Charles, and Tina Russell; sister, Karla, and Dan Colyar; brothers, Rod Wallette, Randy and Debbie Wallette, and Roland and Gina Wallette; two grandchildren, Josh Wall and Matthew Russell; six nephews and two nieces. A celebration of Kristi s life will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, at the Christian Center. Burial will follow at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Friends are encouraged to visit the Web site at www.buffalohillfh.com to leave notes of condolences for the family. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Airbus experts probe plane crash that killed 97 in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan announced Tuesday that Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when an Airbus A320 went down in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in the port city of Karachi.

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Legals August 27, 2019

No. 26445 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PROPERTY TO: Richard L. Mason, 135 Cobler Village, Kalispell, MT 59901; Capital One Bank, 1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, VA 22102-3491; Flathead County Treasurer, 935 1st Ave West, Suite T, Kalispell, MT 59901; The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc., 715 Metropolitan Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73108-2088; c/o Discover Bank, Rodenburg Law Firm, PO Box 4127, Bismarck, ND 58502-4127 ; Discover Financial Services, PO Box Financial Services, P.O. Box 30943, Salt Lake City, UT; Capital One Bank, c/o Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik, PLCC, 3209 W 76th Street, Suite 301, Minneapolis, MN 55435; The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc, 999 North West Grand Blvd. Suite 600, Oklahoma City, OK 73118; Unknown Interested Party, Address Unknown. Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, Notice is Hereby Given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the following described real property in which you may have an interest: S20, T28 N, R22 W, TR 11CAE in SW4. Parcel No: 0000400562. Geo: 07-3965-20-3-03-25-0000. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on 01 June, 2016. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on 15 July, 2016. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on 15 July, 2016, by Flathead County Treasurer, 935 1st Ave W, Ste. T, Kalispell, MT 59901. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to LS Samantha Court, LLC, PO Box 97, Corbett, OR 97019. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due is: Taxes: $933.16 Penalty & Interest 146.49 Cost 694.85 Total: $1,774.50 7. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 must be paid by October 27th, 2019, which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to October 27th, 2019, which is the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to the purchaser on the day following the date that the redemption period expires or on the date the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Flathead County Treasurer, 935 1st Ave., W, Ste T, Kalispell, MT 59901. Phone: (406) 758-5680. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party's rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated: at 5:00 pm this August 17th, 2019 /s/Suzanne McDaniel-Deibert Published August 20th, 2019 and August 27th, 2019 August 20, 27, 2019 MNAXLP __________________________

Legals August 23, 2019

No. 26437 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: ABANDONMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY PETITION NO. 504 - PORTION 5TH STREET WEST, HUNGRY HORSE, MT Notice is hereby given that the Board of Viewers has reported to the Flathead County Board of Commissioners on the abandonment of that certain public right-of-way on a portion of 5th Street West in Hungry Horse, MT that can legally be described as follows: A tract of land, situated, lying, and being in a portion of 5th Street West, as shown on the plat of first addition to Hungry Horse City, and in Government Lot 9 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 30 North, Range 19 West, Flathead County, Montana, and more particularly described as follows to wit: Commencing at a found iron pin being in the southwest corner of Lot 39, Block 14 of the plat of First Addition to Hungry Horse City (records of Flathead County, Montana), which is on the east right-of-way of 5th Street West; Thence West 60.00 feet to the true point of beginning of the tract of land herein described: Thence South 720.08 feet; Thence West 20.85 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 13, Block 5, of the plat of South Fork (records of Flathead County, Montana), which is on the west right-of-way of 5th Street West; Thence North 989.63 feet to a round iron pin being the southwest corner of Lot 26, Block 15 of the plat of First Addition to Hungry Horse City (records of Flathead County, Montana), which is on the south right-of-way of River Drive; Thence along said right-of-way S54o31'47"E 25.60 feet; Thence South 254.69 feet to the point of beginning and containing .470 ACRE. Notice is hereby given to the petitioners or landowners, as disclosed by the last assessment roll of Flathead County, owning land abutting the portion of the right-of-way on 5th Street West in Hungry Horse, as described above, that it is being considered for abandonment. The public hearing on this petition for the proposed abandonment is set for Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 9:15 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, County Courthouse, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana. For further information, please call 758-5537. DATED this 13th day of August, 2019. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Philip B. Mitchell Philip B. Mitchell, Chairperson August 16, 23, 2019 MNAXLP ______________________

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North Lake Planing and Zoning makes changes to proposal

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Legals August 5, 2019

The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is accepting bids for ELEC-2019-01. Sealed bids must be received at the District's main office no later than 3:00PM, PDT, on August 15, 2019, at which time the bids will be publicly opened. For more information contact the District's main office located at 55 N. 8th Ave., Othello, Washington, 99344 or by phone at (509) 488-9671. #08010/313975 Pub: July 29, 2019 & August 5, 2019