Legals for September, 12 2023

No. 29704 Montana Eleventh Judicial District Court Flathead County In the Matter of the Name Change of Joceline Denton: Joceline Denton, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-23-899 AMY EDDY Notice of Hearing on Name Change This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Joceline Cathryn Denton to Joceline Cathryn Eickert. The hearing will be on 10/03/2023 at 8:30 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Flathead County. Date:08/08/2023 PEG L. ALLISON Clerk of District Court BY: /s/ BRITTNEY COLACINO Deputy Clerk of Court August 29, September 5, 12, 19, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 29705 C. Mark Hash Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP Attorneys at Law 136 1st Ave. W., P. O. Box 1178 Kalispell, MT 59903-1178 (406) 755-6919 cmhash@hashlaw.com Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In The Matter of The Estate of: Leland Gene Schrader, a/k/a Lee Gene Schrader, Deceased. Cause No. DP-23-226 Notice to Creditors NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be either mailed to the Personal Representative, Sharyn A. Schrader, by certified mail, return receipt requested, c/o Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP, Attorneys at Law, P.O. Box 1178, Kalispell, Montana 59903-1178, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated: August 8, 2023. /s/ Sharyn A. Schrader Personal Representative HASH, O’BRIEN, BIBY & MURRAY, PLLP By /s/ C Mark Hash Attorneys for Personal Representative August 29, September 5, 12, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 29738 Notice is hereby given that regular registration for the Town of Columbia Falls, City of Kalispell and City of Whitefish Municipal Elections to be held on November 7 th , 2023, will close at 5:00 p.m., on October 10 th , 2023. Persons who wish to register or need to update registration information may do so by submitting a form for registration by mail or by appearing at the county election office during regular registration. If you have moved, please update your registration information by submitting a voter registration form indicating the voter’s current address. After regular registration has closed, late registration is currently available at the county election office up until 8 PM on election day. Note: There is an active lawsuit regarding Montana’s late registration deadline and the deadline may be subject to change. Ballots will be automatically mailed to Active Electors only. If you are a registered voter and do not receive a ballot, contact the county election office to update your information as necessary and receive a ballot. DATED this 6th day of September, 2023. Flathead County Debbie Pierson Election Administrator September 12, 19, 26, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 29739 C. Mark Hash HASH, O’BRIEN, BIBY & MURRAY PLLP Attorneys at Law 136 First Avenue West P. O. Box 1178 Kalispell, MT 59903-1178 (406) 755-6919 cmhash@hashlaw.com Attorneys for Petitioner MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In Re The Marriage of: Connie P. Hurford, Petitioner, and Angelina Hong Hurford, Respondent. Cause No. DR-23-171(E) Summons By Publication THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You are named in this family-law lawsuit. The court may make a decision without your involvement unless you submit a written response to the court and to the Petitioner’s attorneys within 21 days. Read the information below. A Petition has been filed with the Clerk of District Court asking the court to dissolve your marriage. You are receiving a copy of the Petition for Dissolution with this Summons. You must submit a written response to the Clerk of District Court and send a copy to the Petitioner’s attorneys within 21 calendar days. Day 1 of the 21-day period is the day after you received this Summons. If the 21st day falls on a weekend or court holiday, you may submit your response on the next business day. You must either pay a fee to submit your response or ask the court in writing to waive the fee. You can find forms for responding to a petition and waiving court fees at: www.courts.mt.gov. If you do not submit a response, the court may give Petitioner everything they asked for in the Petition. IMPORTANT: An Automatic Economic Restraining Order is in effect. The Order applies to both the Petitioner and Respondent until this lawsuit is over. The Order means you can’t sell, give away, borrow against, or hide property or money. There are exceptions in the Order. The Petitioner and Respondent can agree in writing to do something with property or money. You can ask the Court to let you do something with property or money. The Order tells you how to ask the Court to let you do something with property or money. If you don’t follow the Order the Court can give you a penalty. Please read the Order carefully. If you have questions you should talk to an attorney. DATED this 6th day of September, 2023. PEG L. ALLISON Clerk of Court By: /s/ Rachael C. Parra Deputy Clerk September 12, 19, 26, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 29740 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA In re Terracom Inc.’s Application for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Docket 2023.08.075 September 7, 2023 Notice of Application and Intervention Deadline 1. On August 18, 2023, Terracom Inc. d/b/a Maxsip Tel (“Terracom”) filed an Application for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (“ETC”) with the Montana Public Service Commission (“Commission”) pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.101–54.207, and Montana law, including Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-840. 2. Terracom seeks ETC designation solely to provide Lifeline service to qualifying Montana customers. Terracom requests ETC designation that is statewide in scope. It is doing so, according to Terracom, to provide Lifeline service wherever Terracom’s underlying, facilities-based carriers have wireless coverage, including federally recognized tribal lands. According to its filing, Terracom currently uses T- Mobile USA, Inc. and/or AT&T as its underlying, facilities-based carriers. 3. A copy of the filing is publicly available at the Commission’s business office, 1701 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT 59620-2601, and online at the Commission’s website (psc.mt.gov) under Docket No. 2023.08.075. A copy of the filing may also be available at the office of the Montana Consumer Counsel (“MCC”), which represents consumer interests before the Commission, 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B, Helena, MT 59601-4144, (406) 444-2771. Interested parties can register on the Commission’s website to receive notice of filings in this docket. Instructions for subscribing to notices of filings are available at psc.mt.gov/reddi-help. 4. The Commission invites any interested party affected by Terracom’s filing to intervene in this docket. To intervene, a party must file a petition to intervene with the Commission no later than September 25, 2023. A party seeking intervention must file an electronic petition on the Commission’s website at reddi.mt.gov. All filings must be made in REDDI and hard copies are not required. A party seeking intervention must also mail a copy of the petition to MCC at 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B, P.O. Box 201703, Helena, MT 59620-1703 and to Terracom’s attorney, Lance J.M. Steinhart, Esq., Lance J.M. Steinhart, P.C., 1725 Windward Concourse, Suite 150, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005. 5. The Commission invites members of the public who do not wish to formally intervene to submit written public comments on the matter to the Commission at 1701 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT 59620-2601 or by email to pschelp@mt.gov. Public comment may also be submitted in REDDI. Instructions for submitting public comments in REDDI are available at psc.mt.gov/reddi-help (select “Submit a Public Comment”). 6. The Commission’s jurisdiction over this matter is provided in Title 69 and Title 2, Chapter 4 of the Montana Code Annotated; Title 38, Chapters 2 and 5 of the Montana Administrative Rules; and any prior orders of the Commission relevant to the issues presented. DONE and DATED this 7th day of September by the Montana Public Service Commission through delegation to staff. JAMES BROWN, President JENNIFER FIELDER, Vice President TONY O’DONNELL, Commissioner RANDALL PINOCCI, Commissioner DR. ANNIE BUKACEK, Commissioner September 12, 2023 MNAXLP ___________________________

No. 29741 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA In re Blynkr Technologies LLC’s Application for Certificate of Compliance Docket 2023.08.072 September 7, 2023 Notice of Application and Protest Deadline 1. On August 1, 2023, Blynkr Technologies LLC (“Blynkr”) submitted its Application for Certificate of Compliance for Class E Transportation Network Carriers (“Application”) with the Montana Public Service Commission (“Commission”). In its Application, Blynkr proposes to make available an online-enabled application to be used by prospective passengers for pre-arranged transportation via motor vehicle. Blynkr’s proposed geographic area of service is between all points and places within the State of Montana. 2. A copy of the Application is publicly available at the Commission’s business office, 1701 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT 59620-2601, and online at the Commission’s website (psc.mt.gov) under Docket No. 2023.08.072. A copy of the Application may also be available at the office of the Montana Consumer Counsel, which represents consumer interests before the Commission, 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B, Helena, MT 59601-4144, (406) 444-2771. Interested parties can register on the Commission’s website to receive notice of filings in this docket. Instructions for subscribing to notices of filings are available at psc.mt.gov/reddi-help. 3. Any interested party may protest the Application or request a hearing. A protest may challenge Blynkr’s fitness, willingness, and ability to perform the authorized service and conform to applicable laws, administrative rules, and Commission orders. Protests and requests for hearing must be filed with the Commission no later than September 25, 2023. Protest forms are available at the Commission’s website at psc.mt.gov/ProtestCOC. 4. Protests must be submitted to the Commission both electronically and in hard copy. Protests must be submitted electronically to the Commission through REDDI at reddi.mt.gov. Hard copies must be mailed to the Commission at 1701 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT 59620-2601. A filing fee of $500 must accompany the hard copy mailed to the Commission. A hard copy of each protest must also be mailed to Blynkr Technologies LLC at 5014 W Round Prairie Ave, Williston, ND 58801. 5. If no protests or requests for hearing are received by the deadline set forth above, the Commission may issue a final order on the Application without a public hearing pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 69-12-321(1)(b). 6. The Commission invites members of the public who do not wish to formally protest the Application to submit written public comments on the matter to the Commission at 1701 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT 59620-2601 or by email to pschelp@mt.gov. Public comment may also be submitted in REDDI. Instructions for submitting public comments in REDDI are available at psc.mt.gov/reddi- help (select “Submit a Public Comment”). 7. The Commission’s jurisdiction over this matter is provided in Title 69, Chapter 12 and Title 2, Chapter 4 of the Montana Code Annotated; Title 38, Chapters 2 and 3 of the Montana Administrative Rules; and any prior orders of the Commission relevant to the issues presented. DONE and DATED this 7th day of September 2023, by the Montana Public Service Commission through delegation to staff. JAMES BROWN, President JENNIFER FIELDER, Vice President TONY O’DONNELL, Commissioner RANDALL PINOCCI, Commissioner DR. ANNIE BUKACEK, Commissioner September 12, 2023 MNAXLP ___________________________

No. 29742 C. Mark Hash Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP Attorneys at Law 136 1st Ave. West P. O. Box 1178 Kalispell, MT 59903-1178 (406) 755-6919 cmhash@hashlaw.com Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of: Dean Richard Marsh, Deceased. Cause No. DP-23-245(A) NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be either mailed to Anita M. Ho, the personal representative, by certified mail, return receipt requested, c/o Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP, Attorneys at Law, P.O. Box 1178, Kalispell, Montana 59903-1178, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 31st day of August, 2023. /s/ Anita M. Ho Personal Representative Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP By /s/ C Mark Hash Attorneys for the personal representative September 12, 19, 26, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 29743 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA In re NorthWestern Energy’s 2023 Avoided Cost Information Compliance Filing Pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 292.302 and ARM 38.5.1908 Docket 2023.07.061 September 8, 2023 Notice of Filing and Opportunity to Comment On June 30, 2023, NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a/ NorthWestern Energy (“NorthWestern”) filed with the Montana Public Service Commission (“Commission”) its 2023 Avoided Cost Information Compliance Filing (“Filing”). The Filing includes an Avoided Cost Fact Sheet and forecasted avoided energy costs during daily and seasonal peak and off-peak periods in blocks of 100 MW. NorthWestern asserts the avoided costs meet the energy purchase levels based on a peak load of 1,252 MW according to NorthWestern’s 2023 load and peak demand forecast; for five years following this filing year; and for capacity retirements and capacity additions for this year and the succeeding 10 years. A copy of the Filing is publicly available at the Commission’s business office, 1701 Prospect Avenue, PO Box 202601, Helena, MT, and online at the Commission’s website (http://psc.mt.gov) under Docket No. 2023.07.061. A copy of the Filing may also be available at the office of the Montana Consumer Counsel, which represents consumer interests before the Commission, 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B, Helena, MT 59601, (406) 444-2771. Interested parties can register on the Commission’s website to receive notice of filings in this docket. Instructions for subscribing to notices of filings in contested cases are available at psc.mt.gov/reddi-help. The Commission invites any interested party affected by NorthWestern’s Filing to file comments no later than September 27, 2023. Written public comments on this matter may be submitted to the Commission at 1701 Prospect Ave., PO Box 202601, Helena, MT 59620 or by email to pschelp@mt.gov. Public comments may also be submitted online in REDDI. Instructions for submitting public comments in REDDI are available at psc.mt.gov/reddi-help. The Commission’s jurisdiction over this matter is provided in Title 69 and Title 2, Chapter 4 of the Montana Code Annotated; Title 38, Chapters 2 and 5 of the Montana Administrative Rules; and any prior orders of the Commission relevant to the issues presented. DONE and DATED this 8th day of September, 2023, by the Montana Public Service Commission, through delegation to staff. JAMES BROWN, President JENNIFER FIELDER, Vice President TONY O’DONNELL, Commissioner RANDALL PINOCCI, Commissioner DR. ANNIE BUKACEK, Commissioner September 12, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________