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Mikel Lund, Daniels County Commissioner and farmer south of Scobey, sent this the other day. He said, “July 18th was the last recordable rain out here. It's been raining flys and bugs since, no grasshoppers." We're pretty sure there were plenty of grasshoppers, just that none mad...

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Things, Ideas & People . . . *T*I*P* Constitution Week, September 17-23, communicates the signing of the Constitution of the United States. Constitution Day is September 17. Did you know that the Constitution does not give the right to have cases heard by a jury of “my” peers? ...

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It takes a lot of volunteers to run the movie house in Scobey. Joshua Manternach, 6, was pitching in at Richardson Theatre last weekend, helping out his mom and dad, Amanda and Trevor Manternach, by power washing the bird droppings off the sidewalk in front of the theatre. It was bad! The big tree i...

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Dry Prairie Rural Water System's fire hydrants, scattered around it's service area, are a heck of an in surance policy when and if additional water is need ed this fire season. Visiting with one local fireman who said that to his knowledge, they have not had to use them yet, but agr...

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While the main purpose of attending the live music event at Pleasant Prairie Brewing was to hear the visiting musical duo “Nikeltree” (and the beer), this post got in the way while we were taking a picture along the front veranda of the new building. While the post was “in the way” it reall...

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Here is one of the most weird photos one will ever see in the *T*I*P* column. It was posted on the National Weather Service’s website Monday, July 18, and originated in the Glasgow, Montana office. Here’s what the NWS in Glasgow had to say about it: “Our weather balloon was consistently h...