IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF Whatcom In Re the Estate of Tracie Cyr, Deceased. NO. 25-4-01010-37. 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.
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: November 6, 2025
Personal Representative: Deborah Krieger PO Box 4607 Rollingbay, WA 98061
Attorney for the Personal Representative: Katti Esp 301 Prospect Street Bellingham, WA 98225
Address for Mailing or Service: Katti Esp 301 Prospect Street Bellingham, WA 98225
Court of Probate Proceedings Superior Court of Whatcom County and Cause Number: Cause No. 25- 4-01009-37.
Trump administration to pay about half of November SNAP benefits amid shutdown
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said November 3 in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island.
A four-page report from the USDA answered U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr.’s order that President Donald Trump’s administration pay at least a portion of benefits to the 42 million people who receive assistance through the program by the end of November 5, despite the government shutdown.
The USDA action does not address what would happen if the shutdown stretches beyond November.
McConnell on November 1 laid out two options for the administration: pay for partial benefits by the end of Wednesday through a contingency fund which currently has about $4.65 billion available, or pay for a full month of benefits by tapping other reserve sources such as the child nutrition program by the end of November 3.USDA opted to use the contingency fund, giving the department until the end of
Wednesday to pay out benefits.But a declaration from Patrick A. Penn, USDA’s deputy under secretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, said the administrative hurdles in calculating and delivering a half-month’s portion of benefits could take “anywhere from a few weeks to up to several months.”
The department was complying with McConnell’s order by starting the process of resuming payments Monday, according to the status report signed by U.S. Justice Department officials.
USDA “will fulfill its obligation to expend the full amount of SNAP contingency funds today by generating the table required for States to calculate the benefits available for each eligible household in that State,” they said. “USDA will therefore have made the necessary funds available and have authorized the States to begin disbursements once the table is issued.”
Delayed SNAP benefits in shutdown
McConnell’s order acknowledged that calculating reduced benefits would take the government some time, which he explained was why he gave USDA until Wednesday if the department chose that path.
But Penn said Monday that was not nearly enough time, in part due to some states’ outdated systems for
processing benefits.
The federal government would provide states with updated tables for benefits at the partial funding level by Monday, he said. States will then need to send updated files to the vendors that process benefits and add them to beneficiaries’ debit-like EBT cards to be spent on groceries.
Monday marked the 34th day of the federal government shutdown, which began October 1 when Congress failed to appropriate money for federal programs or pass a stopgap spending bill.The U.S. Senate was expected to hold another procedural vote Monday evening to move forward the House-passed GOP stopgap bill that would fund the government at fiscal 2025 levels until November 21.Democrats have voted against that measure in a bid to force negotiations on expiring tax credits for people who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
On November 4, the funding lapse tied for the longest shutdown in history, which took place between 2018 and 2019.
Contingency fund dispute
Leading up to the end of October, the administration had warned it could not pay SNAP benefits for this month amid the shutdown, saying it was legally forbidden from using
the contingency fund that was supposed to be for natural disasters and similar emergencies.
But two federal judges ruled October 30 that USDA not only could use the fund, but was obligated to in order to keep SNAP benefits flowing.
Saturday marked the first lapse in benefit payments in the modern history of the program that dates to part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty agenda.
Lawmakers, advocates and SNAP experts said users of the program would see a delay in November benefits as the administration worked to restart it.
The administration’s insistence it could not use its contingency fund, originally appropriated by Congress at $6 billion, was a reversal from a September 30 USDA plan on how to operate in a shutdown, which explicitly called for use of the fund to keep issuing benefits.
A month of SNAP benefits costs the federal government about $9 billion.
While USDA would not use the contingency fund to pay for regular benefits, it did spend about $750 million of the original $6 billion for other uses in October, according to a November 3 declaration to the court by Penn.
The department spent about
$450 million for state administrative expenses and $300 million for block grants to Puerto Rico and American Samoa, Penn wrote.
The department would again allocate $450 million for administrative expenses in November, and $150 million for the block grants to territories, he added.
That left $4.65 billion available for November benefits, Penn wrote. No use of child nutrition funds
Penn also explained USDA’s decision not to use a fund for a child nutrition program to cover shortfall for SNAP benefits.
The administration wanted to keep that fund fully stocked, he said.
“Child Nutrition Program funds are not a contingency fund for SNAP,” he said. “Using billions of dollars from Child Nutrition for SNAP would leave an unprecedented gap in Child Nutrition funding that Congress has never had to fill with annual appropriations, and USDA cannot predict what Congress will do under these circumstances.”The child nutrition program funds school meals, summer meals for children and summer EBT benefits for low-income families with children. The school lunch (See SNAP, page 13)
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