SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF GRANT

In the Matter of the Estate of: )

) NO. 06-4-00047-5

HARLAN B. GATES, )

) PROBATE NOTICE

) TO CREDITORS

Deceased. ) RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Persons having a claim against the deceased 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 and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: April 19, 2006.

/s/Patricia Anne Hill-Voth

PATRICIA ANNE HILL-VOTH

Personal Representative

Address: 9198 Neppel Road N.E.

Moses Lake, Washington 98837

LUKINS & ANNIS, P.S.

By /s/Dwayne C. Fowles

DWAYNE C. FOWLES, WSBA # 27119

Attorneys for Personal Representative

1405 South Pioneer Way

Moses Lake, WA 98837-2458

(509) 765-9555

#05010

Pub.: April 19, 26, May 3, 2006