NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will receive bids for the construction of the following projects:

Job No.: 13

Project No.: SNH-3-002(101)225

Length: 11.263

Type: SLURRY SEAL

County: BENSON COUNTY

Location: US 2 FROM KNOX TO LEEDS, WESTBOUND ROADWAY Job No.: 17 Project No.: SNH-3-281(093)128

Length: 23.947

Type: THIN LIFT OVERLAY

Counties: BENSON & EDDY Counties

Location: US 281 FROM N JCT ND 15, NORTH TO RP 153.203 Job No.: 18 Project No.: PM-3-999(022)

Length: 0

Type: PAVEMENT MARKING

Countyies: BENSON, CAVALIER, EDDY, FOSTER, GRIGGS, NELSON, PIERCE, RAMSEY, ROLETTE, STUTSMAN, & TOWNER Counties

Location: VARIOUS US & STATE HIGHWAYS IN THE DEVILS LAKE DISTRICT Job No.: 40 Project No.: MER-3-999(023)

Length: 35.095

Type: QUICK RESPONSE EROSION CONTROL AND DEBRIS REMOVAL

Counties: BENSON, NELSON, & RAMSEY Counties

Location: ND HIGHWAYS 1, 19, 20, & 57 ALONG DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP LAKE Bids will be received until 09:30AM, March 28, 2008, IN THE FOYER, LOCATED ON 3RD FLOOR, OUTSIDE ROOM 330 OF THE NDDOT BUILDING, ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. Bids will be opened and publicly read immediately thereafter.

All bidders are required to be prequalified at least seven (7) days before the date of the bid opening.

The proposal forms, plans, and specifications are available for bidding until 10 a.m. the day preceding the bid opening, and may be inspected at the Construction Division, NDDOT, Room 333, 608 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota, 58505-0700.

NDDOT reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, waive technicalities, or to accept such as may be determined in the best interests of the state.

Requested by:

Francis G. Ziegler, P.E., Director

North Dakota Department of Transportation

NOTICE OF HEARING

IN DISTRICT COURT, BENSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA In the Matter of the Estate of Roy Giedd, Deceased.

Probate No. 03-08-P-02

Gladys Giedd)

Petitioner )

Roy Giedd and all other persons)

unknown interest in, or lien, or)

encumbrance upon, the property)

described in the Notice )

Respondents) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Gladys Giedd has filed with the Judge of the District Court of Benson County, North Dakota, a Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Determination of Heirs in the matter of the above named Deceased, Roy Giedd.

The assets of the estate consist of, in addition to other property, an interest in the following described real estate in Benson County, North Dakota: the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, Lots Three and Four, of Section Two, Township One Hundred Fifty-one, Range Sixty-Eight (S1/2NW1/4, Lots 3 and 4, 2-151-68).

Hearing has been set to consider the Petition on the 10th day of March, 2008, at 2:30 o'clock p.m. at the Courtroom of the Benson County District Court in the City of Minnewaukan, County of Benson, State of North Dakota, at which time and place you may be heard if you wish.

Dated this 14th day of February, 2008.

/s/ James P. Wang

James P. Wang

Attorney for Petitioner

PO Box 211

110 Main St. E

Minnewaukan, ND 58351

(701) 473-5338

ID No.: 04664

(Publish Feb. 20 & 27 & March 5, 2008)