LEGALS- April 26, 2023

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Grantor: BROOKE LANGLEY AND ROBERT VOLKWEIN
Current Beneficiary of the deed of trust: UMPQUA BANK
Current Trustee of the deed of trust: WHATCOM LAND TITLE COMPANY, INC.
Current mortgage servicer of the deed of trust:
UMPQUA BANK
Reference number of the deed of trust: 2017-1001611
Parcel number(s):
400515 229218 0000 PID 141592
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Successor Trustee, NANCY K. CARY, will on May 5, 2023, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. at the front of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Street, Bellingham, Washington, 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:
LOT 33, BLOCK 14, PLAT OF PARADISE LAKES COUNTRY CLUB, DIVISION NO. 8, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 12 OF PLATS, PAGES 34 THROUGH 36, RECORDS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust described as follows:
Dated: October 13, 2017
Recorded: October 13, 2017
Recording No.: 2017-1001611
Records of: Whatcom County, Washington
Trustee: WHATCOM LAND TITLE COMPANY, INC.
Successor Trustee: NANCY K. CARY
Beneficiary: UMPQUA BANK
Assigned From: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Assignment Recorded as Recording No.: 2022-0300880
No action commenced by the Beneficiary 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.
The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: Monthly payments in the amount of $869.14 each, due the first of each month, for the months of June 2022 through December 2022; plus late charges in the amount of $21.66 each, assessed the sixteenth (16) of each month, for the months of June 2022 through November 2022; plus advances; plus any unpaid real property taxes, plus interest.
The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal balance of $128,419.07, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from May 1, 2022, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.
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 warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on May 5, 2023. The Default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by April 24, 2023, to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before April 24, 2023, the defaults as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after April 24, 2023, 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.
A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses:
Brooke Langley
8664 Valley Court
Maple Falls WA 98266
Robert Volkwein
8664 Valley Court
Maple Falls WA 98266
Robert Volkwein
7951 67th St. N
Pinellas Park FL 33781
Robert Volkwein
c/o Luke Larson, Attorney
114 W. Magnolia Street, Ste. 432
Bellingham WA 98225
by both first class and certified mail on November 10, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and Borrower and Grantor were personally served on November 10, 2022, 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 posting.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.
The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.
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 invalidating the Trustee’s sale.
NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS. The 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 having 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 not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.
THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME
You have only 20 days from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation.
DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help.
SEEKING ASSISTANCE
Housing Counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following:
The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission, Telephone: 1-877-894-4663, Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Telephone: 1-800-569-4287, Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListActon=search&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc
The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys, Telephone: 1-800-606-4819, Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear
DATED: December 13, 2022.
/s/ Nancy K. Cary
ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS: NANCY K. CARY, Successor Trustee
NANCY K. CARY, Trustee Hershner Hunter, LLP Law Offices
PO Box 1475
1223 Commercial Street
Eugene OR 97440
Bellingham WA 98225 Telephone: (541) 686-8511
Telephone: (360) 715-1218
STATE OF OREGON
ss.
COUNTY OF LANE
On December 13, 2022, personally appeared before me NANCY K. CARY, known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged it to be her free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes mentioned in the instrument.
/s/ Lisa M. Summers
Notary Public for Oregon
Residing at Eugene, Oregon
My Commission Expires: 9/16/2023
TS #30057.31382
Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to Lisa M. Summers, Paralegal, at (541) 686-0344.

Published April 5 & 26, 2023

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF BAY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent’s Trust
In the matter of NAN T. WELLS Date of Birth: September 19, 1921
TO ALL CREDITORS:*
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The Settlor, NAN T. WELLS, who lived at 2180 Moena Drive, Bellingham, Washington 98229 died on March 22, 2023. There is no personal representative of the Settlor’s estate to whom Letters of Authority have been issued. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the Nan T. Wells Trust, will be forever barred unless presented to Kathlyn Engelhardt, Trustee, c/o W. Peter Doren, 310 W. Front Street, Suite 300, Traverse City, MI 49684 within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.
Dated April 26, 2023
Attorney name
Sondee, Racine & Doren PLC
W. Peter Doren, Bar no. P23637
310 W. Front St., Ste. 300
Traverse City, MI 49684
(231) 947-0400
Trustee’s name:
Kathlyn Engelhardt
P.O. Box 295
Cedar, MI 49621-0295
989-737-9696

Published April 26, 2023

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON
FOR WHATCOM COUNTY

In Re The Estate of:
PETER ERICSON MARCUS,
Deceased.
No. 23-4-00152-37
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(RCW 11.40.030)
(NTCRD)
The persons named below have been appointed as Personal Representatives 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 Representatives or the Personal Representatives’ 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 First Publication:
April 12, 2023.
Personal Representative
Print Name: Riley Marcus
Personal Representative
Print Name: Alex Marcus
Attorneys for Personal Representative
Print Name and Bar #:Simon Brownlie Bar #26291
Address for Mailing or Service:
Brownlie Legal
12 Bellwether Way, Suite 211
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 325-7616
Court of probate proceedings and cause number:
Whatcom County Superior Court
23-4-00152-37

Publish April 12, 19 & 26, 2023

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE

In re the estate of:
William Alexander Marsh,
Deceased.
No. 23-4-00854-8
Will of William Alexander Marsh
Probate Notice to Creditors – RCW 11.40.030
The administrator named below has been appointed and has qualified as the administrator with will annexed of this estate. Any person 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 administrator with will annexed or the attorneys of record, at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Clerk of the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of:
(1) Thirty (30) days after the administrator served or mailed the Notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or
(2) Four (4) months after the date of the 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 RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.
DATED at Tacoma, Washington, this 10th day of April, 2023. /s/ Robert E. Critchfield Robert E. Critchfield,
Personal Representative
/s/ Jared S. Privatt
Jared S. Privatt, WSBA #46740
Of Morton McGoldrick, PLLC
Attorneys for Robert E. Critchfield,
Administrator for the Estate of
William Alexander Marsh
Address for Mailing or Service:
Jared S. Privatt
Morton McGoldrick, PLLC
820 A Street, Suite 600
Tacoma, WA 98402

Published April 19, 26 & May 3, 2023

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WHATCOM COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES ANDREW STEWART, Deceased.
Cause No. 23-4-00353-37
Judge: ROBERT E. OLSON
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)
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 and non-probate assets.
Date of First Publication:
APRIL 19, 2023
Personal Representative:
STEPHANIE INSLEE
Address for Mailing or Service: C/O Attorney for Personal Representative: Jessica Aurelia Carr, WSBA #43439, North Sound Law Group, PLLC, 300 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, WA 98225; Phone: 360-733-0212

Published April 19, 26 & May 3, 2023

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM

In Re the Estates of
MITCHELL KING FRENCH
Deceased.
NO. 23-4-00383-37
AMENDED PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40.030
JUDGE: EVAN P. JONES
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 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 FIRST PUBLICATION:
04/19/23
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:
Jennifer F. Levy
ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: 290 Granada Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90803
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Erin Mae Glass, WSBA #39746
Chuckanut Law Group, PLLC
306 N. Commercial St., Suite B
Bellingham, WA 98225

Published April 19, 26 & May 3, 2023

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JOEL DAVID BLAIR, Deceased.
Case No. 23-4-02573-1 KNT
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40.030
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(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: April 26, 2023
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Tommaso Vannelli
ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE: Aaron A. Jennings, WSBA# 30566
Of Lombino Martino, P.S.
ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: Lombino Martino, P.S.
9315 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW
Suite 201, Lakewood, WA 98499

Published April 26 & May 3, 10, 2023

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WHATCOM COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of KELLY K. FOLLIS, Deceased.
Cause No. 23-4-00396-37
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)
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 and non-probate assets.
Date of First Publication:
April 26, 2023
Personal Representative:
STARCK M. FOLLIS
Attorney for Personal Representative: Andrew W. Heinz, WSBA #37086
Address for Mailing or Service: North Sound Law Group, PLLC, 300 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, WA 98225; Phone: 360-733-0212

Published April 26 & May 3, 10, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE

Alastor Group, LLC, 980 Willeys Lake Road, Ferndale, WA 98248-9700, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit.
The proposed project is located at 6231 Portal Way, Ferndale, Washington in Whatcom County.
This project involves approximately 1-acre of soil disturbance commercial and utility construction activities.
The receiving waterbody is the existing municipal drainage system along Portal Way which drains downstream to the Nooksack River.
Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this Application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this Application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II anti-degradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320.
Comments can be submitted to:
[email protected], or
ATTN: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater
Washington State Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47696
Olympia, WA 98504-7696

Published April 26 & May 3, 2023