CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the Pi-

erce County Board of County Com-

missioners will receive bids until

11:00 A.M., October 6, 2020 for the

following fuels:

1. Propane gas to be delivered to

storage at the County shop in Rug-

by, Jail Facility and Courthouse.

2. Premium diesel fuel

3. Gasoline for the Sheriff’s and Jail

vehicles

All prices quoted to be per unit (gal-

lons) delivered to our storage.

All bids must be in sealed envelopes

and plainly marked as to the particu-

lar item being sold, and addressed

to the County Auditor, 240 2nd St

SE, Suite 6 Rugby, ND 58368

Board reserves the right to reject

any or all bids, or to accept the bid in

the best interest of the County.

Successful bidder may be required

to furnish performance bond to in-

sure performance.

Dated at Rugby, this 2nd day of

September 2020

By order of the Pierce County Board

of County Commissioners

Karin Fursather

County Auditor-Treasurer

(September 19-26, 2020)

NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT

OF TRUST LANDS

FALL SURFACE LEASE AUCTION

The Board of University and School

Lands will conduct an online surface

lease auction for one thousand forty

(1040) tracts in Adams, Barnes,

Benson, Billings, Bowman, Burke,

Burleigh, Divide, Dunn, Eddy, Em-

mons, Golden Valley, Grant, Het-

tinger, Kidder, Lamoure, Logan,

McHenry, Mcintosh, McKenzie,

McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail,

Oliver, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan,

Sioux, Slope, Stark, Stutsman,

Towner, Ward, Wells, and Williams

Counties, ND. Tracts will be avail-

able to view on September 1, 2020.

Bidding will commence September

28, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. CST and end

October 9, 2020. The link to view the

offered tracts and participate in the

auction is:

https://www.energynet.com/govt_listi

ng.pl

Anyone needing auxiliary aids and

services should call the Department

at (701) 328-2800 by 09/21/2020.

8/15/2020

/s/ Jodi Smith

Commissioner

(September 5-12-19-26, 2020)

North Dakota livestock brands will

expire on Jan. 1, 2021, in accor-

dance with North Dakota Century

Code 4.1-73-10. Present brand own-

ers have the right to rerecord their

brands. If a brand is allowed to ex-

pire, ownership interest of the brand

will be lost and the brand may no

longer be used.

In August, a renewal notice for each

recording was mailed to the address

on file in the brand recording office.

If you have not received your notice

or have questions about renewing a

brand, contact the North Dakota

Stockmen’s Association at (701)

223-2522 or visit

www.ndstockmen.org.

(September 12-19-26, 2020)

NOTICE

Center Mutual Insurance Company

will hold its Annual Meeting on

Thursday, November 5, 2020, at

1:00 p.m. at its Home Office (1211

Third Avenue SE, Rugby, ND).

(September 19, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 35-2020-PR-00013

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

PIERCE COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Scott Alan Muscha, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

personal representative of the above

estate. All persons having claims

against the said deceased are re-

quired to present their claims within

three months after the date of the

first publication or mailing of this no-

tice or said claims will be forever

barred. Claims must either be

presented to Heidi Muscha, 23

Girard St., Selz, North Dakota

58341, or filed with the Court.

Dated this 14th day of September,

2020.

/s/Heidi Muscha

Heidi Muscha

Personal Representative

/s/Galen J. Mack

Galen J. Mack SBAND 04398

Mack Law Offices, P.C.

Attorney at Law

PO Box 196

Rugby, ND 58368

701-776-5246

Attorney for Personal

Representative

(September 19-26; October 3, 2020)

NOTICE — WEED CUTTING

Notice is hereby given to all Town-

ship Officials, Land Owners, and/or

Operators that weeds and grass

shall be mowed from all Township

and Farm to Market roadsides, and

right-of-way after September 1, 2020

but before October 1, 2020 with a

minimum cut width of fourteen (14)

feet and height of stubble shall be

within three (3) inches of ground.

Weeds and grass that have been cut

with a swather, and have fallen on

the road, the swathe must be re-

moved within 24 hours or a fine of

$100.00 per mile will be added to

the taxes of the land adjoining such

right-of-way for the cost of removal.

Unless the work is done by October

15,2020, the work on county roads

and unorganized townships will be

done by the County Commissioners

at the cost of $200.00 per mile of ac-

tual cutting, with minimum of

$200.00 for anything less, and will

be added to the taxes of the land ad-

joining such right-of-way.

Due to the high cost of maintaining

roads and the removal of snow, only

those roads that have been mowed

within the minimum requirements

will be maintained during the winter

months.

By order of the Pierce County Board

of County Commissioners.

Karin Fursather

County Auditor-Treasurer

(September 5-12-19, 2020)

REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR

DISTRICT WIDE NETWORK

SWITCH UPGRADE

RUGBY PUBLIC SCHOOL

DISTRICT #5

RUGBY, NORTH DAKOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

Rugby Public School District #5 of

Pierce County, North Dakota, will re-

ceive sealed proposals at the Busi-

ness Office at Rugby High School,

1123 South Main Avenue, Rugby,

North Dakota 58368, until 7:00 A.M.

on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 for

the following network switches and

labor:

Sixteen (16) – 48 port network

switches

All required cabling

Labor to complete the job

The proposals will be opened and

read at 7:00 A.M. on Tuesday, Sep-

tember 29, 2020 in the High School

Library at the above address. The

Instructions to Bidders may be re-

quested from the Business Manager

of the School District. No bids will

be received after the scheduled

closing time for the receipt of the

proposals. The School Board

reserves the right to reject any and

all bids, or to waive any informalities,

irregularities or defects in any propo-

sal, should it deem to be in the best

interest of the School District to do

so.

By order of the School Board of

Rugby Public School District No. 5,

Pierce County, North Dakota.

/s/Dawn Hauck

Business Manager

SPECIAL NOTE

The vendor should receive two (2)

attachments pertaining to the Re-

quest for Bids for Distrcit Wide Net-

work Switch Upgrade. The attach-

ments are (1) the bidding pro-

cedures, (2) Instructions to Bidders.

A remainder to return all required bid

forms back to the business manager

by the due date and time noted

above. Feel free to contact Dawn

Hauck, Business Manager, if there

are any questions or concerns at

701-776-5201 or by e-mail at

dawn.hauck@k12.nd.us.

(September 19, 2020)