Notice of appearanceNOTICE OF APPEARANCE

TURTLE MOUNTAIN TRIBAL COURTCIVIL DIVISIONTURTLE MOUNTAIN JURISDICTIONBELCOURT, NDLarry M. Baer, Attorney, )

Petitioner, ) CV16-10117vs. ) NOTICE OF

Eric Verheecke and De La ) APPEARANCEHaie Technology Inc., )

Respondent. )COMES NOW Don Bruce, Attorney at Law, and re-

spectfully gives Notice of Entry of Appearance to theCourt and Respondent, that he, Don Bruce, the under-signed, is representing Petitioner, in this entitled action.Pease direct all communication to the undersigned at-torney.

Dated this 20th day of May, 2020ATTORNEY FOR THE PETITIONERDon Bruce, Esq., MBA, SD Bar #2407TMBCI Tribal Lic. 20-0004-ATTPO Box 674, Belcourt, ND 58316

SERVICE OF PROCESSThe attorney of record certifies a true and correct

copy of this document and a summons was served onRespondent by putting copies of both documents in theRolette County newspaper, The Turtle Mountain Star.

SummonsSUMMONS

TURTLE MOUNTAIN TRIBAL COURTCIVIL DIVISIONTURTLE MOUNTAIN JURISDICTIONBELCOURT, NDLarry M. Baer, Attorney, )

Plaintiff, ) Civil Case No.vs. ) N16-10117

Eric Verheecke and De La )Haie Technology Inc., )

Defendands. )

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to

file an answer to the Complaint in this action, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you, with the Clerk of theCourt and serve upon Plaintiffʼs attorney, named below,by registered or certified mail within FORTY (40) days,pursuant to Chapter 2.05, Section 2.0504 (1) of the Tur-tle Mountain Code, after service of this Summons uponyou, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so,Judgment by Default will be taken against you for the re-lief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated this 29th day of August, 2016:Larry M. Baer (N.D. #03284) (TM #16-033)1550 South Deer RoadWest Des Moines, Iowa 50266Cell No. 515-988-4204LMBAER@BAERLODGE.COMAttest: Kathleen Turcotte, Clerk of CourtTurtle Mountain Tribal Court

(May 25, June 1 and 8, 2020)

St. John Fire DistrictNOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the St. John FireDist #5 Annual Board meeting will be held May 27th at7:00 PM at the St. John Senior Center.

(May 25, 2020)

St. John School BoardST. JOHN BOARD OF EDUCATOIN

REGULAR SESSIONWEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020

The St. John Board of Education met in regular ses-sion Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 7:00pm in the Library.Members present: Bernie Belgarde, Russell Cain, AmyGourneau, Monti LaVallie, and Alan Berginski. Also pres-ent were Superintendent, Paul Frydenlund and BusinessManager, Mary Vandal.

President, Bernie Belgarde called the meeting toorder at 7:08pm.

Russell Cain moved to approve the minutes of theMarch 25, 2020 meeting, as presented. Second by AmyGourneau.

On roll call vote all were in favor. Motion carried.Alan Berginski moved to approve the Financial Re-

ports for March and to pay all claims for April, 2020:GENERAL FUND: Claims - $123,494.98; PAYROLL -$379,719.85; WITH HOLDINGS - $77,691.78; FOODSERVICES: $28,611.67; ACTIVITY FUND: $9,489.82.Second by Amy Gourneau. On roll call vote all were infavor. Motion carried.Checking 1Fund: 01 GENERAL FUNDADMIN PARTNERS LLC 1,080.00BELL BANK 1,244.00CENTER COAL COMPANY 2,371.97CITY OF ST. JOHN 1,048.00CLUTE OFFICE EQUIPMENT 294.78CNH CAPITAL AMERICA LLC 483.14COLE PAPERS, INC. 3,961.69COMPUTER STORE, THE 749.84DACOTAH BANK 5,515.06DOUG AND MARYʼS JACK AND JILL 44.75ECKROTH MUSIC 86.00GUSTAFSON OIL AND PROPANE CO. 10,872.29HARLOWʼS BUS SALES 1,298.97J & M SERVICE 213.74JS WHOLESALE AND VENDING 2,033.82LEEVERS FOODS 344.53MUNROʼS ACE HARDWARE 117.79OTTERTAIL POWER COMPANY 5,533.82POPPLERS MUSIC STORE 42.90QUILL CORPORATION 231.04R&D HENDRICKSON TRUCKING 14,221.04ROLETTE COUNTY SHERIFFʼS OFFICE 2,000.00ROLLA WELDING 1,299.65SANFORD HEALTH

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE 408.00SCHOOLWIDE INC. 778.20SQUARE DEAL GROCERY 50.46ST. JOHN SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUND 2,259.95STEPHANIE ANDERSON 44.05

SUSAN CAIN 111.12TUOMALA PLUMBING 1,704.66TURTLE MT. COMMUNICATIONS 737.47TURTLE MT. STAR 249.99UNITED LABORATORIES INC 1,063.02US FOODS 684.04VERIZON WIRELESS 35.64VISA-CARDMEMBER SERVICE 2,292.38VOGEL LAW FIRM 147.50WELLS FARGO VENDOR FIN SERV 701.33Fund Total: 66,356.63

Checking 1Fund: 03 BUILDING FUNDVendor AmountBDS ELECTRIC INC 379.05EAPC, ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS 41,000.00EAST DAKOTA STEAM CLEAN & RESTORATION0.00MARION TRUCKING & CONSTRUCTION 6,000.00MUNROʼS ACE HARDWARE 8,609.30SATELLITE SHELTERS INC 1,150.00Fund Total: 57,138.35Checking Account Total: 123,494.98

Checking 5Fund: 05 FOOD SERVICESVendor Amount1 STOP MARKET 587.72ANNIE DEMERS 61.00ATLAS BUILDING MAINTENANCE INC. 1,772.94CASH-WA DISTRIBUTING CO OF FARGO 7,997.29JS WHOLESALE AND VENDING 4,745.78KEMPS LLC 2,168.45LEEVERS FOODS 186.66ND DEPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 1,361.74SQUARE DEAL GROCERY 76.34US FOODS 9,653.75Fund Total: 28,611.67Checking Account Total: 28,611.67

Superintendent, Paul Frydenlund gave the Princi-palsʼ reports.

A motion was made by Monti LaVallie to hireCatherine Anderson as a Half-time Middle School Prin-cipal. Motion was second by Amy Gourneau. On roll callvote all were in favor. Motion carried.

A motion to advertise for a Pre-K Teaching positionwas made by Russell Cain. Motion was second by AlanBerginski.

On roll call vote all were in favor. Motion carried.A motion to approve the resignation of Para-Pro-

fessional, Jacob Jeannotte was made by Monti LaVal-lie. Motion was second by Amy Gourneau. On roll callvote all were in favor. Motion carried.

A motion to advertise for two Para-Professional po-sitions was made by Alan Berginski. Motion was secondby Monti LaVallie. On roll call vote all were in favor. Mo-tion carried.

Amy Gourneau motioned to approve an absenteeballot-only election for June 9, 2020. Second by RussellCain. On roll call vote all were in favor. Motion carried.

Bids were received for the purchase of two schoolbuses. Monti LaVallie moved to accept the bid proposedby Harlowʼs Bus Sales with no trade-in for $83,995.00each. Second by Alan Berginski. On roll call vote allwere in favor.

Motion carried.A motion to approve the Special Education En-

dorsement Plan was made by Monti LaVallie. Motionwas second by Amy Gourneau. On roll call vote all werein favor. Motion carried.

Superintendent Frydenlund reported on the follow-ing items. A facilities update was given on the followingprojects: Pre-K classroom construction, remodel oflocker rooms, and repair of the parking lot, boiler, and li-brary ventilation system. Summer school distance learn-ing was discussed. There may be a small graduationceremony for seniors with limited attendance. The gunclub has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the NRA.The St. John School has been awarded $533,250 fromthe CARES Act Funding or ESSER. These funds willhelp cover additional costs not covered by COVID-19such as transportation, technology device replacement,and cleaning supplies. The school has also beenawarded the Early Literacy Grant in the amount of$1,000,000.00 which is payable over five years.

The next meeting date is scheduled for Wednesday,May 20, 2020 at 7:00pm.

There being no further business, President Bel-garde declared the meeting adjourned at 8:49 pm.

APPROVED: Bernie Belgarde, PresidentATTEST: Mary Vandal, Business Manager

.(May 25, 2020)

Rolette City CouncilROLETTE CITY PROCEEDINGSREGULAR MEETING MINUTES

MONDAY, MAY 4,2020Council Mayor: Blaine Scott called the meeting to

order on Monday the 4th day of May 2020, at the Ro-lette Memorial Hall-7:00 P.M. The following memberswere present: Mayor: Blaine Scott, Councilmembers:Andy Gilje, Randy Rost, Nathan Casavant & Jaime Keg-ley.

Auditor: Kim Azure, Public works: Don Berg, RolettePolice: Joe Kaufman, other attendee: Kelly Peach. TheCouncil meeting was held at the Memorial Hall to allowfor social distancing.

The April Regular meeting minutes were read-A Mo-tion was made by Kegley and second by Casavant toapprove the April regular meeting minutes Roll call vote-All Agreed-Motion carried

A Motion was made by Rost and second by Gilje toapprove the Police log for April. Roll call vote-All Agreed-Motion carried.

Review of literature regarding the Family First coro-navirus Response Act.

Review of brochures regarding E-Cigs.The City looked over applications for part time/sum-

mer help, A Motion was made by Kegley and second byRost to hire the following people with set hourly wages,Kyle Julson @$16.00 per hour, Casey Julson @ $12.00per hour, Haley Berg @ $12.00 per hour and ConnieLemieux @ $12.00 per hour. Roll Call vote-All Agreed-Motion carried.

Review of a building permit application from TerryEllingson to build a 6ft enclosed gated fence at 406 parkstreet. Kegley made a Motion to approve the application,motion not seconded, motion failed, Application was de-nied due to lack of a second. Kelly Peach was in atten-dance pertaining to this item on the agenda.

A Special animal permit application was submittedto the Council from Caroline Fox, she currently has 7dogs and 4 cats. The application for the Special animalpermit was denied by the City council members 4-4.

A Motion was made by Gilje and second by Casa-vant to approve the Cleaning and inspection servicecontract with Maguire Iron FY 2021-2030 at an annualfee of $1,750.00. This contract is for the Water Towercleaning.Roll call vote-All agreed.

Rolette County transit is asking for a donation(match)towards the purchase of public transit vans, theCity Council has kindly declined.

Discussion relating to Laducers Sanitation ¼ yarddumpsters.

Discussion pertaining to the Valley gutter on high-land street this needs to be repaired.

Council members read a Letter from Becky Leonard(Rolette County Historical Society) pertaining to the GurrBuilding located in the City of Rolette, the building willbe getting repaired, following the vandalism.

Complaints regarding Hoffman Trailer court, Letterwill be sent to Jeff Hoffman regarding garbage.

Reviewed Notices of foreclosures of tax Liens.A Motion was made by Gilje and second by Rost to

pay the bills as listed, Roll call vote-AllAgreed-Motion carried.State Tax Commissioner-$229.00—Blue Cross &

Blue Shield-4,472.37—Turtle Mountain Communica-tions-174.88—Payroll-8,589.37—EFTPS-3,139.32—TSYS-9.32—Job Service-67.62—CityWater-562.40—Laducers Sanitation-7,600.00—FritelEnterprise-275.00—Main Street Market-18.26—Gibbens Law Office-75.00—Verizon-65.04—RoletteCounty Sheriffs Office-350.00—Amazon-538.02—Chemistry lab-13.24—Grand Forks lab-26.00—Hawkins-537.80—Turtle Mountain Star-315.53—WibeElectronics-38.60—Rugby Lumber-970.70—Malo Elec-tric-76.30—USA Blue Book-41.01—Northern Tool-415.49—Team Lab-1,355.50—JohnsonOil-172.56—Ottertail Power-3,611.06—Postmaster-110.00—Kyle Julson-118.20.

With no further business to come before the Coun-cil Casavant made a motion that the meeting be ad-journed second by Kegley-Roll call vote-All agreed-Motion carried.

The next Regular City Council meeting will be heldMonday June 1,2020 @ 7:00P.M. at the Rolette Memo-rial hall building to allow for self-distancing.

ATTEST: KIM AZURE, ROLETTE CITY AUDITOR(May 25, 2020)

Invitation to bidSECTION 00 0200 – INVITATION TO BID

PROJECT:St. John School District #3 - Preschool Classroom

AdditionSt. John, NDBIDS CLOSE:Tuesday, June 16th, 20202:00 pm CSTPROJECT #:20202590DATE OF ISSUE:May 25, 2020BY:EAPC Architects Engineers112 North Roberts Street, Suite 300Fargo, ND 58102PHONE:(701) 461-7222OUTLINE OF PROJECT:One story, single classroom addition to present

school, approx. 1,400 sq. ft. Classroom addition will in-clude a single user toilet room and and extension of theexisting exterior vestibule.

CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION:Friday, August 7, 2020. (In no case will the deadline

for the project completion be extended).TYPE OF BIDS:Separate bids will be received at the same time on

the following portions of the work, separately as listedor combined at the bidderʼs option:

General ContractMechanical ContractElectrical ContractTHE OWNER:St. John School District #3400 Foussard AvenueSt. John, ND 58369BID PLACE:EAPC Architects Engineers (via Virtual Meeting)112 North Roberts Street, Suite 300Fargo, ND 58102Bids must be emailed to mike.weber@eapc.net be-

fore 2:00 pm CST on June 16, 2020. Bids received afterthe designated time will not be accepted. Hand deliv-ered bids will not be accepted. Contractors are invitedto attend the virtual bid opening via Zoom. A link anddial in number information will be sent out via addendumprior to the bid date.

OBTAINING DOCUMENTS. Drawings and Specifi-cations may be examined at the Architect/Engineerʼs of-fice, and the Ownerʼs office at the address shown aboveand:

• CMD (Construction Market Data)• Dodge Plan Room and SCAN in Minneapolis.• QuestCDN (www.questcdn.com)• iSqFt (www.isqft.com)• Minnesota Builders Exchanges at Duluth, St.

Cloud, Minnesota Builders Exchange in Minneapolis.• North Dakota Builders Exchanges at Bismarck,

Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Williston.• South Dakota Builders Exchanges at Aberdeen,

Plains Builders in Sioux Falls, Rapid City,• Sioux Falls Builders Exchange.• Montana Builders Exchange at Billings.• Wyoming Builders Exchange at Gillette.If Contractor receives his bidding documents from a

plans exchange, it is the Contractors responsibility tocontact EAPC Architects Engineers to be added to theplan holders list.

Complete digital project bidding documents are

available at www.questcdn.com. You may download thedigital plan documents for $15.00 by inputting Questproject #___20202590___ on the websiteʼs ProjectSearch page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in freemembership registration, downloading, and working withthis digital project information.

An optional paper set of project documents is alsoavailable for a refundable price of $____150.00__ perset from EAPC Architects Engineers, 112 North RobertsStreet, Suite 300, Fargo ND, 58102. If the bidder returnsthe set of documents, in good condition, within 10 daysfollowing the bid date, the deposit will be refunded. If thebidder does not return the set of documents within thedesignated time, none of the deposit will be refunded.Please allow 2 days for printing.

Partial or complete sets of prints and specificationsmay be obtained from EAPC by other than the above.The sets or partial sets will be distributed upon receipt ofpayment for the information charged at the current re-production rate. None of this payment will be refunded.Completeness and adequacy of the list of documents re-quested shall be the responsibility of the person makingthe request.

BID SECURITY. Each bid shall be accompanied bya separate envelope containing a Bidders Bond in a sumequal to five percent of the full amount of the bid, in-cluding all add alternates, executed by the bidder asprincipal and by a Surety Company authorized to dobusiness in this State, conditioned that if the Principalʼsbid be accepted and the contract awarded to him, he,within ten days after notice of award, will execute andeffect a contract in accordance with the terms of his bidand a Contractorʼs Bond as required by law and the reg-ulations and determinations of the governing Board.Cash, cashierʼs checks or certified checks will not be ac-cepted. See Instructions to Bidders 00 1000, Art. 7.

NORTH DAKOTA LAW. All bidders must be li-censed for the highest amount of their bids, as providedby North Dakota Century Code Section 4307-05; and nobid will be read or considered which does not fully com-ply with the above provisions as to bond and licenses,and any bid deficient in these respects submitted will beresealed and returned to the bidder immediately.

THE OWNER reserves the right to waive irregular-ities, to reject Bids and to hold all Bids for a period of 30days after the date fixed for the opening thereof.

By: Paul Frydenlund,St. John School District #3 SuperintendentEND OF SECTION 00 0200

(May 25, June 1 and 8, 2020)

Notice to creditorsNOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ROLETTECOUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, In the Matter ofthe Estate of RAYMOND J. GINGERICH, deceased.

Probate No. 40-2020-PR-00007NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersignedhas been appointed personal representative of theabove estate. All persons having claims against the saiddeceased are required to present their claims withinthree months after the date of the first publication ormailing of this notice or said claims will be foreverbarred. Claims must either be presented to Lily I. Gin-gerich, Personal Representative of the Estate, at c/oGibbens Law Office, P.O. Box 708, Cando, ND 58324,or filed with the Court.

Dated this 8th day of May, 2020.

Lily I. GingerichPersonal Representative

8357 47th AveMylo, ND 58353

J. Bruce GibbensGIBBENS LAW OFFICEP. O. Box 708Cando, ND 58324Attorney for EstateFirst publication on the 18th day of May, 2020

(May 18, 25 and June 1, 2020)

Call for bidsCALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be re-ceived by the Rolette County Commissioners for thesale of the following road machinery:

• 1993 Freightliner FLD Truck, S/N 432112, locatedat the Dunseith Shop

The terms of the sale will be for Cash Only. EachBidder must tender a cashiers or certified check in theamount of not less than 10 percent (10%) of the amountof the offer to assure that the bid will be considered. Thecheck is to be retained by the County as liquidating dam-ages in the event the bid is withdrawn after being ac-cepted by the Board. This unit will be sold as is.

The truck may be inspected at the location by con-tacting Auditors office at 701-477-5665 to set up an ap-pointment.

All bids to be deposited in the Office of the CountyAuditor in the Courthouse, in the City of Rolla, NorthDakota before 4:30 P.M., Monday, June 1, 2020. Enve-lope must be marked as “Bid for Sale of Truck.”

The Board of County Commissioners reserves theright to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any in-formalities or technicalities which they consider to bemost favorable or beneficial to Rolette County.

By Order of the Board of County Commissioners,Rolette County, North Dakota, dated this 12th day ofMay, 2020.

Valerie J. McCloudRolette County Auditor

(May 18 and 25, 2020)

May 25, 2020Page 14 The Star

Request for Fuel BidsThe Mt. Pleasant Board of Education will

receive sealed bids for the 2020-2021 school yearfor the items/services listed below. You are invit-ed to submit a sealed bid, subject to the terms,conditions, and instructions of this invitation tobid. Failure to comply may disqualify your bid.

BID DESCRIPTION: The Mt. Pleasant SchoolBoard will receive sealed bids for unleaded gaso-line and diesel fuels for school vehicles. The bidshould include P40, or similar product, for busesin the winter.

All bids will be reviewed at the June 15th boardmeeting. Bids must be received by 4pm on June15th. The board reserves the right to reject anyand all bids.

Brandon Zappone, of rural Rugby,spent the weekend with his grand-parents, Darryl and Renae Zappone.Saturday he stayed overnight with hisfriends, Martinus and Edwin Hein, atthe Hein home, of rural Rolette.

Jim and Dorice Duchscherer, ofrural Rugby, were Sunday afternooncoffee guests of Darryl and RenaeZappone.

Sunday Dorvan and Eileen Yoderand their children and families wereguests of their son, Japheth, and LisaYoder, Shayla, Jamin, Jaxon, andMaKenna, of rural Perth, in honor ofthe May 20th birthdays of Shayla,and her cousin, Mya Martin. Troyand Janalyn Musser and childrenwere not there as they had gone toMontana.

Saturday Della Gaschk, of Bis-marck, came to the home of her sis-ter, Marge, and Dale Pederson. Theladies went into Rolette and hadlunch with their mother, BettyHaman, at her home.

Wednesday afternoon Marge Ped-erson was at the graduation party ofher grandson, Eli Pederson, at thehome of Ryan and Jenn Pederson,

Ella, Eryn, and Eli. Eli graduatedfrom kindergarten at the RoletteSchool.

Steve and Lynnette Berg went toFargo on Saturday and then on toLake Ashtabula where they set theircamper up for the summer. Theystayed overnight and returned homeon Sunday.

Curt and Joan Anfinson went toMinot on Friday for an IEP meetingfor their daughter, Jodi, of Minot.After the “social distancing and vir-tual” meeting, Jodi returned homewith them for the weekend.

Rick Benson, of Jamestown, hasbeen helping his brother, Randy, andKathy Benson with their field workthis spring.

Wednesday Kathy Benson andtheir houseguests, Kyle and Sara Mc-Clammer, Max, and George, of Indi-anapolis, Indiana, went to Candowhere they visited Babe Benson andJim Bulie through the windows at theTowner County Living Center.After-wards they met Kathy’s brother,John, and Judy Bulie, of Cando, atthe city park and ordered take outsupper.

Peggy Schell