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Success-filled season comes to close as bats go quiet in final two state tourney gamesBy Cameron Van Tilsports@lyndentribune.com

BELLINGHAM — Bellingham Post 7 had opened the Senior Ameri-can Legion state tournament with a pair of wins, and was fresh off a 14-run outburst in its second game. Then the bats went ice-cold. Post 7 managed just one run and 10 hits combined over its next two games, suffering back-to-back defeats that ended hopes of a state title and re-gional tournament appearance. Post 7 lost 4-1 to Lakeside Recov-

ery on Sunday and was blanked 2-0 by the Spokane Bandits in Monday’s loser-out contest, finishing fourth in the eight-team tournament, which was held at Bellingham’s Joe Martin Field. Post 7 fell three wins short of a state title and two shy of a top-two fin-ish that would have booked a trip to the regional tournament in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In Monday’s elimination game, Post 7 mustered just four hits off Spo-kane’s Griffin Davis, who tossed a complete game (all American Legion postseason games are nine innings). Griffin wasn’t overpowering, strik-ing out only two batters all game. But Post 7 hit into routine play after rou-tine play, grounding out 12 times and lofting plenty of easy flyouts. “At times, I think we just tried to do a little too much,” Post 7 head coach Steve Slesk said of his team’s struggles

at the plate. “That’s natural for a high school kid to do and I think that’s kind of what got us today.” Griffin was a familiar foe, as Post 7 had faced him three days prior in Fri-day’s opening round. In that matchup, Griffin held Post 7 scoreless for five in-nings, but Bellingham broke through for a 4-2 win, finishing with 11 hits over eight innings off the Spokane pitcher. On Monday, though, the offense never arrived. Post 7’s best scoring chance came in the top of the sixth inning, after Lyn-den senior-to-be Dalton Ohligschlager crushed a leadoff double over the left fielder’s head and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by the ensuing batter. But Squalicum senior-to-be Ernie Yake flied out to shallow left field and Ohlig-schlager was nailed at the plate while trying to score on the play. It was one of just two instances all

game that Post 7 had a runner in scor-ing position, and the lone occasion one had reached third base. Meanwhile, Ferndale senior-to-be Kyler Schemstad kept Post 7 in the game, allowing just two runs in eight innings while scattering eight hits and a walk. “He pitched outstanding,” Slesk said. “He pitched his butt off for us today. He hadn’t pitched in a couple weeks, but he was dialed in. He was real smooth out there and threw a great game. And in a clutch situation, too — it was a hard situation to be in.” Schemstad took a shutout into the seventh inning, when Spokane strung together a leadoff double into the left-center field gap and a line-drive base hit up the middle. Schemstad re-sponded with a strikeout, but the en-

N. Washington champs finish two wins shy of Cal Ripken World SeriesBy Cameron Van Tilsports@lyndentribune.com

WEST LINN, Oregon — The Lynden 10-and-under baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the Cal Rip-ken Pacific Northwest region-al tournament this past week in West Linn, Oregon, before seeing its memorable season come to an end. Lynden, which won the Northern Washington state tournament earlier this month to qualify for re-gionals, opened with three straight pool-play victories July 23 and 24 to clinch a spot in Saturday’s semifinals. Lyn-den earned a 9-4 win over Whitefish (Montana) and a 5-0 shutout of Black Hills (Washington) on Thursday, and then edged Bozeman (Montana), 7-6, on Friday. With its semifinal berth secured and up against an-other undefeated team that had clinched, Lynden played mostly its reserves in its final pool-play game Friday, a 14-3 loss to the West Linn All-Stars. Lynden then suffered a heartbreaking 11-10 loss to Meridian (Idaho) in the semi-finals, ending Lynden’s sea-son just two victories shy of a trip to the Cal Ripken World Series in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in August. After a controversial call in the first inning, Lynden played the rest of the game under protest. Battling rainy conditions as well, Lynden fell into a 5-0 first-inning defi-cit, but rallied in what was a back-and-forth game, coach Dave Ohligschlager said. Trailing 11-10 and down to its final out, Lynden had the bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning when Lane Dykstra then “hit a ball prob-ably as hard as I’ve ever seen a 10-year-old hit it,” Ohlig-schlager said. But the Meridian third baseman made a potentially game-saving play, snagging the liner for the game’s final out. “He reacted,” Ohlig-schlager said. “He just put his glove above his head about four inches and caught it. “We kind of compared it to a game of inches. If the third baseman is an inch shorter, that ball gets through. Or if that ball is an inch higher, it probably gets through for a three-run triple down the line and who knows where we could be. We could be head-ing to Arkansas.” Lynden’s success-filled season included three tour-nament titles at Bender Fields in Lynden, in addition to the team’s postseason accom-plishments. “It was very positive,” said Ohligschlager of the year as a whole. “The team did very good as far as improving and all the coaches were im-pressed with fighting through the adversity (Saturday). The boys just fought and fought and fought. “All in all, it was a very good run. I think they got a little bit of a good taste of it, so we’ll see what happens next year.”

YOUTH BASEBALL

Lynden U-10 team advances to regional semifinals

AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT

Post 7 comes up short at state

Lynden senior-to-be Dalton Ohligschlager is thrown out at home plate while trying to score on a fly ball to left field in the sixth inning of Bellingham Post 7’s 2-0 loss to the Spokane Bandits on Monday, which eliminated Post 7 from the Senior American Legion state tournament. It was Post 7’s best scoring chance on an afternoon when it mustered just four hits.(CameronVanTil/LyndenTribune)

Milton Harnden was a fearless competitor on the mat, down-to-earth off itBy Cameron Van Tilsports@lyndentribune.com

A century ago, professional wrestling was one of America’s most popular sports. And a world champion grew up right here in north Whatcom County. Editor’s note: A version of this story ap-peared in last week’s Pioneering Families special section.

FERNDALE — One by one, they would line up. And one by one, in mere minutes, they would be defeated. When Milton Harnden went with travel-ing carnivals throughout his wrestling years of the 1910s and 1920s, it was quite the spec-tacle. At each stop, the carnival would an-nounce Harnden’s offer to wrestle anybody in town, and many took him up on the chal-lenge. With a glimpse of the Ferndale wres-tler’s 5-foot-5 stature and a robe hiding his broad shoulders and chiseled torso, many would severely underestimate this young man’s abilities. “All the loggers and farmers said, ‘Look at that little runt — we can take care of him,’” said Bob Harnden, of Bellingham, recounting what he’s been told of his great-uncle’s wres-

tling days. Little did the loggers and farmers know that Milton was a highly successful profes-sional wrestler, one who held the world light-weight championship for several years. So one after another, regardless of size, the contestants would try, and fall vic-tim to Milton’s extraordinary wrestling tal-ent. In shockingly quick fashion, the wiry 135-pounder would defeat them in succes-sion, needing only minutes for each, Bob said. For Milton, the path to such wrestling prowess — and the world title — began as a young boy. He was born in Wisconsin in 1888. Short-ly after, Milton’s father, a Civil War veteran, moved his family to Ferndale in the brand-new state of Washington. Growing up with a small body and as the youngest in a large family, Milton was at a disadvantage when he and his brothers playfully horsed around, and he often found himself the one getting beat up. One day, Milton decided enough was enough. “It’s not going to happen anymore,” was Milton’s mindset, as Bob recalled. “I’m going to be ready for them next time.” It was that motivation, Bob said, that drove Milton not only to take up wrestling, but to start running and training — for strength exercises, he’d use the 1900s equiva-lent of dumbbells. “His main reason (for getting into wrest-

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and Jesse Weg1st Net: Chad Chambers, Mike Engels, Max

Portrey and Steve Robinson2nd Net: Marlo DeYoung, Keith Korthuis, Doug

Van Andel and Bob VanderHaakLong Drive: Trevor VeltkampClosest to: Blake Holleman

AFTERNOON TOURNAMENT1st Gross:

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Marlo DeYoung and Brian Foote1st Net: Mike Bouchard, Gary Gibb, Doug Jones

and Chuck Papageorge2nd Net: Eric Libolt, Joel Schouten, Eric Van

Hofwegen and Trevor VeltkampLong Drive: Lance BierlinkClosest to: Darin DeYoung

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and Joe MeagherLong Drive: Doug Van AndelClosest to: Max Portrey

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Clients First! BREMERTON — Former Lynden Christian standout Willy Scholten, a sophomore-to-be on the Western Wash-ington University golf team, qualified for the 89th Wash-ington State Golf Association Men’s Amateur Champion-ship. Scholten shot a 10-over-par 82 at the WSGA West Qual-ifier July 21 at Gold Mountain Golf Club’s Olympic Course, finishing tied for 49th place. The top 58 finishers earned a spot in the 120-player state amateur championship, which will be held Aug. 4-6 at Suncadia Resort’s Rope Rider course in Cle Elum. Recent LC graduate Lin-coln Olson also participated in the West Qualifier, shooting a 15-over-par 87.

LYNDEN — Lynden Fam-ily Medicine is offering school sports physicals at its Lynden office on Aug. 5 and Aug. 25, starting at 7 p.m. on both eve-nings. All school districts are welcome. The cost is $25 per athlete, payable by cash or check.

LYNDEN — Recent Lyn-den Christian graduate Blake Mellema, who was a linebacker and running back for the Lyncs, has committed to play football at NAIA Dordt College in Sioux

Center, Iowa. Mellema totaled 60 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble last season, and tal-lied 165 tackles and four forced fumbles over his LC career.

Scholten qualifies for WSGA Amateur

Lynden Family Medicine offering sports physicals

Mellema to play football at NAIA school in Iowa

ling) was he hated getting taken ad-vantage of by his older brothers,” Bob said. “So it was a matter of self-defense and personal pride that he started.” And once he began, Milton was a natural.

The ascent to a world title In 1909, just a year into profes-sional wrestling at the age of 19, Mil-ton earned the Northwest Washington lightweight wrestling championship. The victory improved him to 8-0 in his young career, which included wins over “men much heavier than himself,” ac-cording to the Tacoma Daily News. Milton continued his ascent over the next five years, and remained un-defeated heading into a match against John Billiter of Ohio on June 12, 1914 in Bellingham’s Beck Theater, now known as American Theater. At stake — or at least what was thought to be — was the world lightweight title. Milton eventually pinned Billiter in two hours and 32 minutes before, hav-ing worn him out, needing just 15 min-utes to earn the second pin and win the match. (Matches took two pins to win.) However, word came out afterward that Billiter, while making his jour-ney to Bellingham for the match, had stopped in Nebraska to wrestle another elite lightweight, Owen Daily. Billiter, the reigning world champion at that time, lost the match to Daily, thus relin-quishing the crown to the Nebraskan. That meant the title hadn’t been at stake in the Harnden-Billiter match, news Billiter had kept quiet.

Having both defeated the previ-ous champion, Milton and Daily then scheduled a title match between one another the following year. It was held Dec. 15, 1915 in front of 2,000 specta-tors, again in Bellingham’s Beck The-ater. Daily earned the first pin with a toehold 31 minutes into the match, but broke Milton’s ankle while doing so. The Ferndale wrestler was unable to re-turn, and thus Daily retained the title. It appears to be the only loss of Milton’s career. Milton got another shot at Daily and the world title just over a year lat-er on Feb. 15, 1917. And this time he emerged victorious. With 2,500 packed into Beck The-ater, Milton pinned Daily with an arm bar just seven minutes into the match. An hour and eight minutes later, Daily earned a pin with another toehold and again injured Milton, tearing ligaments in his leg. This time, however, the referee ruled that Daily had continued the toe-hold past the moment in which the pin had been called. As a result, the injured Milton was awarded the match and the world lightweight championship, which he held for several years.

Skipper, farmer, “down-to-earth” per-sonality After his wrestling career, Milton spent summers fishing in Sitka, Alaska, on his trolling boat, the “Margie Claire.” The experience he gained from so much time on the Alaskan waters helped lead to a pair of government jobs as a skip-per there.

During World War II, Milton served as the skipper of a military transport ship that supplied Dutch Harbor, Alas-ka, and many of the smaller surround-ing harbors. Following that, he was a skipper for the Coast and Geodetic Survey (predecessor of today’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-tion) on a boat in the Bering Sea. After wrapping up his government work, Milton returned to his wife, Jose-phine Barnes, and his Neptune Beach farm on Creamer Road — they later moved to Gooseberry Point after ne-gotiations for the Mobil refinery in the 1950s all but forced them off their prop-erty. Retirement for Milton certainly didn’t mean a life of restful leisure, though. That wasn’t his style. “He was always working,” said Bar-bara Harnden, Bob’s wife. “Every time I saw him, he was out working with the cows, or working on the field, or work-ing in the garden. Always up to some-thing.” Milton had always taken great pride in farming and maintaining his garden, even during his wrestling years. “Some of the pictures I have are of him, so proudly, in his garden with huge po-tatoes and so forth,” Bob said. “He was so proud of that part of his life (that had) nothing to do with the wrestling world.” Bob and Barbara have many fond memories of the times they spent with Milton and Josephine. An image etched in Barbara’s memory is of Milton, in his blue- and white-striped overalls and

suing batter laid down a perfectly executed squeeze bunt to plate the game’s first run. Spokane then tacked on an insurance run in the eighth with a base hit, a stolen base and a two-out RBI single to right field. “He threw a great game,” said Slesk of Schemstad’s performance. “We just didn’t swing it for him. Un-fortunately, that’s the way it goes.” Post 7’s defeat to Lakeside Re-covery on Sunday was a similar story. In a matchup of the tourna-ment’s two then-unbeaten teams, Post 7 tallied only six hits and a run off Lakeside Recovery’s A.J. Block, who tossed a complete game. Nooksack Valley senior-to-be Noah Rawls threw all nine innings in the contest for Post 7, surrender-ing only five hits but walking five. Lakeside Recovery scored three runs in the third inning and one in the sixth. Recent Ferndale graduate Kyler Brudwick hit an RBI double in the sixth, driving in Lynden senior-to-be Jordan Wittenberg for Post 7’s lone run. In its opening-round victory over Spokane on Friday, Post 7 tied the game with two runs in the sixth. Wittenberg led off the inning with

a bunt single, which was followed by a game-tying two-run homer by Brudwick. Post 7 then took the lead on a seventh-inning RBI base hit by Ferndale senior-to-be Kyle Sand-strom that scored Schemstad from second base. Wittenberg added an insurance run soon after, hitting a two-out RBI double to bring in Sandstrom from first. Spokane loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the eighth, but Post 7 escaped thanks to a diving catch by recent Squalicum gradu-ate Kyle Little in right field and an ensuing double play. David Nealy, another recent Squalicum graduate, tossed a complete game, allowing two runs on nine hits. Wittenberg finished 2-for-5 with a run scored, and Ohligschlager went 2-for-2. Post 7 followed up its opening-round victory with a 14-8 drub-bing on Saturday of the Kennewick Outlaws, who were still alive in the tournament as of press time. Post 7 raced to a 13-0 lead after four in-nings, exploding for three runs in the first and four apiece in the sec-ond and third. Kennewick cut into a 14-1 defi-cit with four runs in the seventh and three in the eighth, but it wasn’t

enough. Brudwick went 3-for-5 with five RBIs, while Rawls finished 2-for-4 and drove in two runs. Post 7 struggled mightily on of-fense in its following two games, but after Monday’s season-ending de-feat, Slesk tried to shed perspective on his team. “Everybody looks at this right now,” Slesk said. “This isn’t a good feeling for anybody and everybody looks at this kind of (as) the whole season, but it’s not. “Like we told the kids, they need to look back, after they get done and wash this away, at the good times they had this summer. We had a lot of success.” Post 7 went 40-11 this summer, finishing second in its eight-team Area 1 Northwest League with a re-cord of 18-3 and taking first in the 32-team Spokane American Legion Wood Bat Classic. “No one likes to feel this,” said Slesk after Monday’s loss, “but don’t let anybody take away what hap-pened this season. It was a good season. “We didn’t quite reach our goal, but that doesn’t mean they’re not a bunch of good kids and didn’t bring it. It was one of the (most fun) groups I’ve coached.”

Ferndale senior-to-be pitcher Kyler Schemstad allowed just two runs in eight innings Monday, but received no support from Post 7’s offense. (Cameron Van Til/Lynden Tribune)

Post 7: Schemstad’s strong outing not enough in elimination gameContinued from B1

A poster promoting one of Harnden’s matches. (Courtesy photo/

Bob and Barbara Harnden)

Harnden: Unique path to world titleContinued from B1

See Harnden on B3

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PUBLIC NOTICESLynden

LEGAL

NOTICE OF 2015-16 BUDGET HEARING

LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT #504

A Budget Hearing for the purpose of fixing and adopting the 2015-16 Lyn-den School District budget will be held on Thursday, August 13th, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., in the Lynden High School Library as part of the regular School Board meeting scheduled for that eve-ning. The budget has been placed on file in the school district administration office and a copy will be furnished to anyone requesting it. Any person may appear at the hearing to be heard for or against any part of the budget.

Published July 29 and August 5, 2015

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LEGAL NOTICE OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Lynden is proposing the addi-tion of Chapter 19.65 regarding His-toric Preservation to the Lynden Mu-nicipal Code.Location of Proposal: City of Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.The purpose of this chapter is to pro-vide for the identification, evaluation, designation and protection of desig-nated historic and prehistoric resourc-es within the boundaries of the City of Lynden.After reviewing the information on file with the agency, the City of Lyn-den has determined that this proposal will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. Copies of the DNS are available from the City of Lynden, 300 4th St., WA. The public is invited to comment on this DNS by submitting written com-ments to Amy Harksell, Planning Di-rector, no later than August 12, 2015, at 300 4th Street, Lynden, WA 98264.Amy Harksell, AICPPlanning Director

Published July 29, 2015

SumasLEGAL

City of SumasNotice of Application,

Public Hearing and Probable SEPA Determination

of Nonsignificance

The City of Sumas hereby gives notice of a pending application for a long sub-division and subdivision variance. The applicant is Jason Heutink of Cross In-vestments LLC, who proposes to sub-divide two properties totaling approxi-mately 19 acres into 48 residential lots. The proposal also includes a request for approval of a subdivision variance to allow a portion of the development to include a street right-of-way width and associated street improvements below City standards. The proposed site is located on the west side of Hov-el Road within the Residential, High-Density and Residential, Medium-Den-sity Districts and is situated in the W ½ of the NW ¼ of Section 02, Township 40 North, Range 04 East of W.M. with-in Sumas WA. The public comment period for this application is from July 29 through August 13, 2015. Written comments may be submitted during that period to Sumas City Hall at the address shown below. The Sumas City Council will hold a public hearing re-garding this application at Sumas City Hall on August 24, 2015 beginning at 7 P.m. The complete application is available for review at Sumas City Hall during normal business hours. The City expects to issue a Determi-nation of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the proposal. The application is being handled pursuant to the optional DNS process authorized in section 197-11-355 WAC, so comments about the environmental impacts of the proposal should be submitted within the above

described comment period. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination for the pro-posal may be obtained upon request.

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Published July 29, 2015

Summons byPublication

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR WHATCOM COUNTY

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.,Plaintiff,vs.THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF KATHLEEN BRIS-COE, DECEASED; TERRANCE W. VESS, SON OF KATHLEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; SECRETARY OF HOUS-ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CITY OF BELLINGHAM; STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES; AND JOHN AND JANE DOES, I THROUGH V, OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY, AND ALL PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING AND RIGHT, TITLE, IN-TEREST, LIEN OR ESTATE IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED,Defendants.Case No. 15-2-00039-6SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AS TO DEFENDANTS THE ESTATE OF KATH-LEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF KATHLEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; TERRANCE W. VESS, SON OF KATH-LEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; AND JOHN AND JANE DOES, I THROUGH V, OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY, AND ALSO ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UN-KNOWN, CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST, LIEN OR ESTATE IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBEDTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO:DEFENDANTS THE ESTATE OF KATH-LEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF KATHLEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; TERRANCE W. VESS, SON OF KATH-LEEN BRISCOE, DECEASED; AND JOHN AND JANE DOES, I THROUGH V, OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY, AND ALSO ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UN-KNOWN, CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST, LIEN OR ESTATE IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBEDYou are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this Summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 24th day of June, 2015, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and serve a copy of your answer upon the under-signed at-torneys for plaintiff, Justin T. Jastrzebski and Katherine A. Christofilis of Mar-shall & Weibel, P.S. f/k/a Bishop, Mar-shall & Weibel, P.S. at their offices be-low stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of said action is to judicially foreclose on the following described real property: LOTS 18 AND 19, BLOCK 8, ‘’MAP OF WEST EUREKA, AN ADDITION TO WHATCOM, WASHINGTON,’’ NOW A PART OF THE CONSOLIDAT-ED CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WHAT-COM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AS PER THE MAP THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 27, IN THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE.

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DATED this 16th day of June, 2015MARSHALL & WEIBEL, P.S. f/k/a Bish-op, Marshall & Weibel, P.S.

By: Katherine A. ChristofilisJustin T. Jastrzebski, WSBA #46680Katherine A. Christofilis, WSBA #42584Attorneys for Plaintiff720 Olive Way, Suite 1201Seattle, WA 98101Fax: (206) 622-0354

Published June 24 and July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2015

Noticeto Creditors

LEGAL

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF WHATCOM

In re the Estate of:David Kenneth Florian ,Absentee.No. 154002914NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)The personal representative named below has been appointed as personalrepresentative of this estate. Any per-son having a claim against the dece-dent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise ap-plicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s at-torney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were com-menced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060 . This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.Date of filing copy of Notice to Credi-tors: 7/27/15Date of first publication: 7/29/15Personal Representative:Amy D. Florian3707 Morning Mist WayBellingham, WA 98229Attorney for the Estate:Penny R. Henderson103 E. Holly, Suite 509Bellingham, WA 98225(360) 7338180DATED this 27th day of July, 2015.

PENNY R. HENDERSON,WSBA 28408Attorney for Estate of Florian

Published July 29 and August 5 & 12, 2015

Probate Noticeto Creditors

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

FOR WHATCOM COUNTYIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOFTRUDY K. PETERS ZWINK,Deceased.Case No.: 15-4-00263-9PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)Date of Death: May 15, 2015Judge: Ira UhrigThe undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Repre-sentative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the undersigned Personal Repre-sentative of the Estate’s attorneys of record at the address stated below a

copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were com-menced. The claim must be presented within the later of (1) thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.151 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the Decedent.Date of First Publication: July 22, 2015Personal Representative: BARBARA SULLIVAN Attorney for Personal Representative:JACOB L. SMITHSmith Kosanke & Wright, P.L.L.C.Address for Mailing or Service: 105 Fifth Street, #201P.O. Box 632Lynden, Washington 98264(360) 354-4482Court of probate proceedings: What-com County Superior Court

Published July 22 & 29 and August 5, 2015

Notice ofTrustee’s Sale

LEGAL

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTONCHAPTER 61.24, ET. SEQ.

I.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on the 7th day of August, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock A. M., just inside the main lobby of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue, in the City of Bellingham, State of Wash-ington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, to-wit:Lots 18, 19 and 20, Block 7 “Correct-ed Map of Boblett’s First Addition to Blaine”, Whatcom County, Washing-ton, as per the map thereof, recorded in Book 3 of Plats, Page 11, in the Auditor’s Office of Whatcom County, Washington.Situate in Whatcom County, Washing-ton.which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated July 10, 2006, recorded July 26, 2006, under Auditor’s File No. 2060704012, records of Whatcom County, Washington, from Ronco Construction, Inc., a Washington cor-poration, as Grantor, to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to se-cure an obligation in favor of Security First Mortgage, as Beneficiary. II.No action commenced by the Ben-eficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.III.The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are as follows:Monthly Payments 5/26/14 – 3/26/15$1,612.80 x 11$17,740.80Late Charges 5/26/14 – 3/26/15$178.12 x 11$1,578.17TOTAL $19,318.97IV.The sum owing on the obligation se-cured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $159,560.85, together with interest as provided in the note or other instru-ment secured from the 3rd day of No-vember , 2014, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.V.The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 7th day of August, 2015. The de-faults referred to in paragraph III must

be cured by the 27th day of July, 2015, (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 27th day of July, 2015, (11 days before the sale date), the defaults as set forth in para-graph III are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 27th day of July, 2010, (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.VI.A written notice of default was trans-mitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the fol-lowing addresses:

Ronald C. FranceBarbara C. FranceP. O. Box 1234Blaine, WA 98231

Ronald C. FranceBarbara C. France1146 Harrison AvenueBlaine, WA 98230

by both first class and certified mail on the 23rd day of January, 2015, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on the 27th day of January, 2015, with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.VII.The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writ-ing to anyone requesting it, a state-ment of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.VIII.The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor of all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.IX.Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali-dating the Trustee’s sale.X.NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN-ANTSThe purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone hav-ing an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12RCW. For tenant-occupied prop-erty, the purchaser shall provide a ten-ant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.XI.THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BE-FORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOMEYou have only 20 days from the re-cording date of this notice to pursue mediation.DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUS-ING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR-NEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and re-fer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help.SEEKING ASSISTANCEHousing counselors and legal assis-tance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assis-tance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you

may contact the following:The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to hous-ing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone 1-877-894-466 Website: http://www/dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_pur-chase_counselors_foreclosure.htm.The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone 1-800-569-4287 Website: http://www.hud.gov/o f f i c e s / h s g / s f h / h c c / f c / i n d i x .c f m ? w e s l i s t a c t i o n = s e a r c h @searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc.The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other hous-ing counselors and attorneys:Telephone: 1-800-606-4819Website: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear

DATED this 27th day of March, 2015.

MARK A. LACKEY, TrusteeBattersby Field Professional Building900 Dupont StreetBellingham, Washington 98225Phone: (360) 734-6390

FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT NOTICEUNLESS YOU NOTIFY THIS OFFICE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS NOTICE THAT YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, THIS OFFICE WILL ASSUME THIS DEBT IS VALID. IF YOU NOTIFY THIS OFFICE OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM RECEIVING THIS NOTICE, THIS OFFICE WILL OBTAIN VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT OR OB-TAIN A COPY OF A JUDGMENT, IF ANY, AND WILL MAIL YOU A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDG-MENT. IF REQUESTED BY YOU IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS NOTICE, THIS OF-FICE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR, IF DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT CREDITOR. ANY SUCH REQUEST MAY NOT PRE-VENT US FROM FILING A LAWSUIT, OR FROM PROCEEDING WITH A LAWSUIT, IF ONE HAS BEEN FILED, WITHIN THE ABOVE TIME PERIODS.NOTICE TO GUARANTOR(1) GUARANTOR MAY BE LIABLE FOR A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT TO THE EXTENT THE SALE PRICE OB-TAINED AT THE TRUSTEE’S SALE IS LESS THAN THE DEBT SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST.(2) GUARANTOR HAS THE SAME RIGHTS TO REINSTATE THE DEBT, CURE THE DEFAULT, OR REPAY THE DEBT AS IS GIVEN TO THE GRANT-OR IN ORDER TO AVOID TRUSTEE’S SALE.(3) GUARANTOR WILL HAVE NO RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AFTER THE TRUSTEE’S SALE.(4) SUBJECT TO SUCH LONGER PE-RIODS AS ARE PROVIDED IN THE WASHINGTON DEED OF TRUST ACT, CHAPTER 61.24 RCW, ANY ACTION BROUGHT TO ENFORCE A GUARANTY MUST BE COM-MENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE TRUSTEE’S SALE, OR THE LAST TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER ANY DEED OF TRUST GRANTED TO SECURE THE SAME DEBT.(5) IN ANY ACTION FOR A DEFI-CIENCY, THE GUARANTOR WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH THE FAIR VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AS OF THE DATE OF THE TRUSTEE’S SALE, LESS PRIOR LIENS AND EN-CUMBRANCES, AND TO LIMIT ITS LI-ABILITY FOR A DEFICIENCY TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEBT AND THE GREATER OF SUCH FAIR VALUE OR THE SALE PRICE PAID AT THE TRUSTEE’S SALE, PLUS INTEREST AND COSTS.

Published July 8 & 29, 2015

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with his beloved dog at his feet, always being quick to offer a gift, such as a box of apples from his Kings Brands trees. “Milton was an exceptional personality,” Barbara said. “He was just a real interesting,

lovable guy. He always had a smile on his face.” One of Bob’s most distinct memories comes from when he was a teenager and Milton was likely in his late 40s. Family was gathered around what was a somewhat fragile table, and Bob’s father, all in good fun, was teasing Mil-ton a bit about his strength and being a “tough guy,” in reference to his wrestling success. So Milton got up, asked everyone to hold the table in place and said, “I’ll show you what I can do.” Milton then took hold of the table,

lifted himself up and demonstrated an impres-sive display of strength, especially for his age. “I remember it so vividly,” Bob said. “He balanced himself vertically, then turned up and put his feet straight up in the air.” “What do you think?” Milton asked them. “Am I Milton the wrestler yet? You think I still have it?” It’s the two sides of Milton’s personality that stands out the most to Bob. On one hand, there was the tough wrestler, the tough skipper.

Yet on the other was a warm, personable man with a welcoming personality. “He was just the nicest person in the world,” Bob said. “I never heard a tough word from him, never a profane word. He had a kind heart. He loved the farm, loved dogs, loved his farm, loved his wife and loved his cows. He was always very generous, very personable. “But here,” said Bob, pointing to a photo of Milton in his boxing trunks, “here he was a tough bird.”

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