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Legals for January, 28 2026

| January 28, 2026 12:00 AM

Superior Court of Washington for Grant County Juvenile Division. In the welfare of Josiah K. Joffre Case no. 25-7-00145-13, DOB: 12/28/2021, Minor child, notice of summons by publication (Dependency) TO: Adolfo Samayoa and anyone claiming Paternal Interest A Dependency Petition was filed on 9/15/2025. A Fact-Finding Hearing will be held on February 24th, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at Grant County Superior Court, 303 Abel Road, Ephrata, WA, 98823. YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING. THE HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF YOUR CHILD IS DEPENDENT AS DEFINED IN RCW 13.34.050(5). THIS BEGINS A JUDICIAL PROCESS WHICH COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING THE COURT MAY ENTER A DEPENDENCY ORDER IN YOUR ABSENCE. To access this hearing telephonically call 1-253-205-0468, Meeting ID 988 0673 9994. Passcode 548912. To access via computer please refer to the grant county website for instructions on downloading the ZOOM program. Any questions regarding access please contact the juvenile dept 509-754-5690. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DSHS at 509-764-5757. To view information about your rights in this proceeding go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY.aspx Dated this 6h day of January 2026. By Elizabeth Ibarria Olivar /s Deputy Clerk   #01026/44856 Pub: January 14, 21 & 28, 2026

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR ADAMS COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate ) ) No. 25-4-00015-01 of ) ) AMENDED PROBATE NOTICE TO SHIRLEY A. FAULKNER, ) CREDITORS ) RCW 11.40.030 Deceased. ) ) The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death 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 attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Clerk of this 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(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 First Publication: January 14, 2026 Personal Representative: DIANA DENISON Attorney for P.R.: John M. Kragt Address for Mailing or Service: McGUIRE, DeWULF, KRAGT & JOHNSON, P.S. 108 N. Adams St. Ritzville, WA 99169 /s/______________________ Diana Denison Personal Representative #01030/44896 Pub: January 14, 21 & 28, 2026

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR ADAMS COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate ) ) No. 25-4-00036-01 of ) ) AMENDED PROBATE NOTICE TO JAMES R. KNAPTON, ) CREDITORS ) RCW 11.40.030 Deceased. ) ) The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death 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 attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Clerk of this 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(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 First Publication: January 14, 2026 Personal Representative: DIANA DENISON Attorney for P.R.: John M. Kragt Address for Mailing or Service: McGUIRE, DeWULF, KRAGT & JOHNSON, P.S. 108 N. Adams St. Ritzville, WA 99169 /s/_________________ Diana Denison Personal Representative #01031/44898 Pub: January 14, 21 & 28, 2026

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR THE COUNTY OF GRANT IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE: | NO: 26-4-0004-13 ARTHER E. PHILLIPS, SR. | PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS and | RCW 11.40.030 SHIRLEY M. PHILLIPS | Deceased | The Personal representative named below have 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 in which the probate proceedings were commenced. 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 creditors: January 8, 2026 Date of first publication: January 14, 2026 Personal Representative: Debra L. Bevier Attorney for the Personal Representative: Huberdeau Law Office, PS Address for Mailing or Service: 821 E. Sharon Ave., Moses Lake, WA, 98837 /s DEBRA L. BEVIER Personal Representative By: /s JEREMY S. HUBERDEAU, WSBA #35428 Attorney for the Personal Representative 821 E. Sharon Ave. Moses Lake, WA 98837 Telephone: (509) 765-1196 Fax: (509) 765-1799 #01038/44946 Pub: January 14, 21 & 28, 2026

Summons By Publication/Christopher S. Moreno Superior Court Of Washington In And For Grant County Horizon Credit Union, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, vs. Christopher S. Moreno, Defendants. Case No.: 25-2-01277-13 Summons By Publication To Christopher S. Moreno: A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by Horizon Credit Union (“Plaintiff”) regarding the foreclosure of the real property commonly known as 104 SE Pioneer Ave., Ephrata, WA 98823. You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of the summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after 1/28/2026, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff, at their office below 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. McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce, LLP By: /s/ Nicholas A. Reynolds, WSBA No. 44935 16000 Christensen Rd., Suite 310 Tukwila, WA 98188 Phone: (425) 464-7063 #02009/45239 Pub: January 28, 2026 & February 4, 11, 18, 2026

DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER CONSERVANCY BOARD PUBLIC NOTICE OF: APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE WATER RIGHTS; CREATION OF TRUST WATER RIGHTS TAKE NOTICE: That AFC Ranch 1, LLC of Orondo, Washington, a Washington state limited liability company, filed the applications described below which together comprise a single water conservation and banking project, all within Douglas County, Washington: Applications for Change: The following applications were accepted for processing by the Douglas County Water Conservancy Board on December 8, 2025 to change the purpose of use to either, or a combination of, groundwater preservation for mitigation and/or instream flow for mitigation, and change the place of use to either, or a combination of, a groundwater aquifer in direct hydraulic continui-ty with the Columbia River and the reach of the Columbia River between the current authorized point of withdrawal/diversion and the Bonneville Dam. CS4-23308@1 (DOUG-25-03): Surface water certificate S4-23308C with a priority date of July 1, 1974 authorizes the withdrawal of 1,974.8 gallons per minute (gpm) and 13 acre-feet per year (afy) from a well within the NW¼ SW¼ Sec. 34, T. 26 N, R. 21 E.W.M. (at approximately river mile [RM] 488.2) for the frost protection of 57 acres within Sec. 33 and 34, T. 26 N. and a portion of Sec. 3, T. 25 N., R. 21 E.W.M. from March 1 to June 1. CG4-23189@1 (DOUG-25-04): Groundwater certificate G4-23189C with a priority date of June 22, 1974 authorizes the withdrawal of 1,000 gpm and 512 afy from two wells within the SE¼ NE¼ Sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. (RM 488.5) for irrigation of 100 acres within Sec. 34 T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. from April 1 to October 31. CG4-29281@1 (DOUG-25-05): Groundwater certificate G4-29281C with a priority date of May 14, 1987 authorizes the withdrawal of 2,850 gpm and 50.4 afy from two wells within the SE¼ NE¼ Sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. (RM 488.5), for frost protection of 90 acres within Sec. 27, 28, 33, and 34, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. from March 1 to April 30. CG4-30100@1 (DOUG-25-06): Groundwater certificate G4-30100C with a priority date of October 20, 1989 authorizes the withdrawal of 1,000 gpm and 17.7 afy from two wells within the SE¼ NE¼ Sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. (RM 488.5) for frost protection within Sec. 34, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. from March 1 to April 30. CG4-CV2P650@1 (DOUG-25-07): Groundwater certificate of change G4-CCVOL2P650 with a priority date of May 7, 1924, authorizes the withdrawal of 350 gpm and 100 afy from two wells within the SE¼ NE¼ Sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. (RM 488.5), for irrigation of 25 acres within Sec. 28 and 33, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. from April 1 to October 31. CG4-CV2P651@1 (DOUG-25-08): Groundwater certificate of change G4-CCVOL2P651 with a priority date of May 1, 1931, authorizes the withdrawal of 540 gpm and 260 afy from two wells within the SE¼ NE¼ Sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. (RM 488.5) for irrigation of 65 acres within Sec. 27 and 28, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. from April 1 to October 31. CG4-CV2P652@1 (DOUG-25-09): Groundwater certificate of change G4-CCVOL2P652 with a priority date of May 1, 1929 authorizes the withdrawal of 950 gpm and 200 afy from a well within the NW¼ SW¼ Sec. 34, T. 26 N, R. 21 E.W.M. (RM 488.2) for irrigation of 50 acres within Sec. 33 and 34, T. 26 N., R. 21 E.W.M. and Sec. 3, T. 25 N. R. 21, E.W.M. from April 1 to October 31. The changed water rights described above will be managed in the Washington State Trust Water Right Program. Any protests or objections to the approval of these applications may be filed with the Department of Ecology and must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protests must be accompanied by a fifty dollar ($50) recording fee and filed with the Department of Ecology Cashiering Unit, P.O. Box 47611, Olympia, WA 98504-7611 within thirty (30) days from February 4, 2026. Any interested party may also submit comments, objections, and other information to the board regarding the above change applications. The board may receive written comments or information through March 6, 2026, at P.O. Box 608 Waterville, WA 98858 or by emailing: [email protected]. Notice of Hearing: the Douglas County Water Conservancy Board will hold a public hearing for the purpose of affording an opportunity for interested persons to comment upon the applica-tions. The public hearing will be held on February 12 at 4:00 p.m. (or if continued or rescheduled then at such time as may be designated by the Board) at Waterville City Hall, 104 East Locust, Waterville, WA. Comments may also be submitted during the Board’s regular meetings to be held on the second Monday of each month at 4:00 PM at Waterville City Hall until the Board renders a decision on the application. #02013/45297 Pub: January 28, 2026 & February 4, 2026

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS. The Othello Police Department is requesting sealed bids for twenty (20) duty pistols equivalent or superior to the Glock 17 Gen 6 and twenty (20) Red Dot pistol optics equivalent or superior to the Trijicon RMR Type 2. The Othello Police Department will be accepting bids on January 28th through February 28th 2026. Bids must be submitted to Othello City Clerk Tania Morelos at Othello City Hall, 500 E. Main St. Othello WA, 99344. For information contact Chief Aaron Garza at [email protected]. Full bid documents can be located online at www.othellowa.gov under the Othello Police Department Firearms Procurement Bid Requirements & Specification link. The Othello Police Department reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive minor irregularities in the bidding process, and to accept the bid deemed to the best value. #01066/45319 Pub: January 28, 2026 & February 4, 18, 2026