TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to a certain trust deed (Trust Deed) made, executed and delivered by James A. Sandman and Nicole H. Thakrar, husband and wife, as grantor, to Brad L. Williams, an Oregon attorney, as trustee, in favor of First Technology Federal Credit Union, as beneficiary, dated June 8, 2015, and recorded on June 11, 2015, as Recording No. 2015-004655, in the mortgage records of Columbia County, Oregon. The Trust Deed covers the following described real property (Property) situated in said county and state, to-wit: A tract of land in Section 33, Township 5 North, Range 4 West of the Willamette Meridian, in the County of Columbia, State of Oregon, described as the following two parcels: PARCEL 1 BEGINNING at the quarter corner on the South boundary line of Section 33, Township 5 North, Range 4 West, of the Willamette Meridian, Columbia County, Oregon; Thence running East on the Section line a distance of 253 feet; Thence, in a Northerly direction along the South boundary line of the present established County Road, a distance of 311 feet to a point on the one-half section line; Thence South, on the one-half section line a distance of 189 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; PARCEL 2: That portion of vacated Columbia Avenue, that inured thereto by Vacation Order 83-88 as recorded July 28, 1988 as Fee No. 88-3533, described as follows: That portion of Columbia Avenue in Block 26, Mellinger’s First Addition to Vernonia, vacated by Vacation Order No. 83-88, which was recorded July 28, 1988 in Commissioners Journal Book 21, Page 0588 and as Columbia County Clerk’s instrument No. 88-3533, lying East of a line that runs from the Southeast corner of said Block 26, North 20deg. 40′ East 160 feet, more or less, to the Northwest corner of a tract of land as described in Columbia County Deed Book 254, Page 691. There are defaults by the grantor or other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the Trust Deed, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the defaults for which foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sums: Arrearage in the sum of $8,456.50 as of March 1, 2023, plus additional payments, property expenditures, taxes, liens, assessments, insurance, late fees, attorney’s and trustee’s fees and costs, and interest due at the time of reinstatement or sale. By reason of said defaults, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: Payoff in the sum of $192,256.38 as of March 1, 2023, plus taxes, liens, assessments, property expenditures, insurance, accruing interest, late fees, attorney’s and trustee’s fees and costs incurred by beneficiary or its assigns. WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on August 16, 2023, at the hour of 11:00 a.m., in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at the following place: West Front Entrance of the Columbia County Courthouse, 230 Strand Street, St. Helens, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the above-described Property, which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the grantor or grantor’s successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, and in addition to paying said sum or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, together with trustee’s and attorney’s fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.778. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word grantor includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, and the words trustee and beneficiary include their respective successors in interest, if any. The NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is incorporated herein by reference. Exhibit A, NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS, is not published pursuant to ORS 86.774(2)(b)]. DATED: March 9, 2023. Michelle M. Bertolino, Successor Trustee Farleigh Wada Witt 121 SW Morrison, Suite 600 Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 503-228-6044; fax: 503-228-1741 Published June 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2023. BT291573

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