SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF GRANT

| January 12, 2006 8:00 PM

In the Matter of the Estate of: )

) NO. 06-4-00002-5

ERNEST ADOLPH )

BARSTEN, ) NOTICE TO

) CREDITORS

Deceased )

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative 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 Personal Representative or the Personal Representative's attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court. 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(3); 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 assets and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 13, 2006

/s/Hattie Barsten

HATTIE T. BARSTEN

Personal Representative

Address: 1186 Sunset St. SE

Ephrata, WA 98823

LUKINS & ANNIS, P.S.

By/s/Dwayne C. Fowles

DWAYNE C. FOWLES, WSBA # 27119

Attorneys for Personal Representative

1405 South Pioneer Way

Moses Lake, Washington 98837-2458

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Pub.: January 13, 20, 27, 2006