Dry Prairie Water Update

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Scobey, Flaxville and 80 rural customers including many Whitetail homes are expected to get hooked up to Dry Prairie Rural Water System the end of this month or possibly the first

week of November.

The hook-up will take place over a period of a few days.

Contractors have completed the construction of the system and are working to pressure test the lines and working out any issues over the next couple of weeks, then disinfecting will take place and the lines will then be pressured up.

Automated controls, SCADA, (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) are in the process of being set up at the pump station on Rangeland Road and elevated tank in Madoc.

Operations and maintenance staff will be working out of the temporary office

in Scobey to service this area.

DPRW opened bids for Scobey – Flaxville Branches on Phase I and 2 last week and are expected to be awarded in mid-November for spring construction. Phase 1 & 2 will be about $10 million combined. These rural branches are in southeastern Daniels and southwestern, Sheridan Counties.

Mailings are expected to be going out this week to all involved in the Scobey -Flaxville Mainline area who will soon be receiving water.

Everything in the pink section of the map (Scobey – Flaxville Mainline area) is the area going live to those who have subscribed to the service, (heavy blue line) including the rural (red) branch lines within the pink area.

The water sources from the Missouri River and a treatment plant near the Highway 13 and Highway 2 junction, east of Wolf Point.

THE ONLY GREEN GRASS IN SCOBEY, for a couple days, was shipped in last week and laid on top of a couple inches of snow Saturday morning.

About 30 showed up Saturday morning to help with the sodding project at the new courtyard at Daniels Memorial. Top photo, center, with the red hair, Aiden Fouhy got lots of help with his Eagle Scout project of designing and landscaping the new courtyard. Fellow Eagle Scout candidate, Gage Southland razed a house and leveled the lot as his Eagle project. After the work, 30 cold volunteers (many high school students) were fed breakfast, hosted by Holly and Jesse Cole. —Leader Photos, b

Health Dept. Update . . . Cases Spike In Daniels County

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On the afternoon of Monday, October 19, the Daniels County Health Department was notified by the Montana

State Public Health Laboratory of 6 positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in individuals residing in Daniels County.

This is week thirty-two of the COVID-19 restrictions. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 20, according to the Montana Response Map for COVID-19 there are 23,390 total confirmed cases, with

13,538 now recovered, 9,611 active cases, 442,366 tests completed, 241 deaths, 1,020 total hospitalizations, and 339 active hospitalizations.

Daniels County has sent over 337 samples for COVID-19 testing with 22 positive cases. There are 11 active cases with 2 hospitalized at this time in Daniels County. There is a mask mandate in effect in Daniels County at this time. A mask mandate means that everyone in our community should be wearing masks when they are out in public; at work, visiting friends, getting the mail, going into a business or office.

Daniels Memorial Healthcare Center reports

six intermediate care patients (residents) have tested positive for COVID-19. Intermediate care patients are isolated in their rooms and being monitored for symptoms. DanielsMemorialHealthcare Center was notified that one

employee received a positive COVID-19 test.

for updates and details see danielscountyleader.com

Adult Drive-Thru Flu Clinic Wed. Oct 28

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An adult drive-thru flu

vaccination clinic for adults will be Wednesday,October 28.

The location is the PRO Co-op building just east of Scobey follow the signs.

See inside for more information.

High Percentage Of Ballots Are In

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Of 1,074 active voters getting ballots in Daniels County, just over 35% (377) had voted by Monday, October 19. Late voter registration begins on Tuesday, October 27 at the Clerk & Recorders office at the

Courthouse.

Things, Ideas & People ….

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Jeremy Hastings of Texas is a member of The Extra Miler Club, a non-profit organization with membership open to anyone having specific travel goals.

The primary purpose of the club, which has a quarterly publication titled The Extra Miler, is to encourage members to visit every county (and equivalent jurisdiction) in all 50 states of the U.S.A. He was recently in Daniels County looking over the courthouse in Scobey on a Saturday when local resident Phyllis Kaul struck up a conversation with him leading to this photo. There are 3,141 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 States and District of Columbia.

Here’s an excerpt written by Hastings that appeared in a 2019 edition of The Extra Miler: “The county adventures for 2019 featured two state completions and a hodgepodge of singular counties collected on work trips. The main event was a Labor Day sojourn through New England that started in New York City and made a loop through Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. Normally my county trips are solo affairs that give me a chance to catch up on audiobooks and podcasts, or just otherwise enjoy a chance to think while appreciating the geography in between courthouses.”

Daniels County Courthouse, Scobey, Montana, check! — mike

 

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The first census in the United States of America was conducted in 1790. — mike

 

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Amtrak, the U.S. government’s passenger rail system serving Montana’s northern Hi-Line, has experienced an 80 percent drop in ridership in this state since the first of the year (if you missed Bob Sivert sen’s letter to the editor in the October 1, 2020 Daniels County Leader on page 4 concerning Amtrak in Montana, it’s worth going back and reading it!).

 

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It is a slow day in the small Saskatchewan town of Pumphandle, and streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.

A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel, and lays a $100 bill on the desk, saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs to pick one for the night.

As soon as he walk upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig farmer.

The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier, the Co-op.

The guy at the Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her “services” on credit.

The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner.

The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the traveler will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves.

No one produced anything. No one earned anything . . . However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a Stimulus package works.

 

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We were looking for something the other day at Amazon (something we could not buy locally) and ran across these “Ownership/Diversity” Classifications. Apparently, so you could choose who you would like to do business with . . .
-Registered Small Business
-Women-Owned Business Enterprise
-Women-Owned Small Business
-Economically Disadvantaged Woman
-Owned Small Business
-Veteran-Owned Small Business
-Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
-Minority-Owned Business
-SBA-Certified 8(a) Firm
-SBA-Certified HUB Zone Firm
-SBA-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
-LGBT Business Enterprise -Disability-Owned Business Enterprise -IEE/ISBEE Indian Economic Enterprise
-SBA-Certified Native American Owned Business

We would like to see an OFWC owner, preferred business classification (Old Fat White Couple). The movement has begun! -bb

 

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Spotted on an on-line advertisement for a pullover sweatshirt worn by an adult woman were the following words: In a world where you can be anything… be kind. — mike

 

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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain

Open enrollment for Medicare Part ….

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Open enrollment for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage starts October 15 and ends December 7.

BABY SHOWER – It’s a Boy – for Taylor (Baldry) Voss, Saturday, October 24th, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Nemont Friendship Room in Scobey. Registered at Target and on Amazon. COVID precautions will be taken.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – The Methodist Church in Scobey will be preparing Christmas boxes for Operation Christmas Child again this year. Anyone who would like to donate items for the boxes, would like to pick up a box to fill, or donate money for help in filling

the boxes, please contact Sheila Oie at 487-2658. Some items to be used include: small toys, t-shirts, socks, school supplies, hygiene items and jewelry. For a more complete list of items, please visit samaritanpurse.org. Please do not use liquid, or lotion items, candy, toothpaste, gum, food, war related item, or breakable items. We will be taking the boxes to the distribution center by November 18th. Thank you, the Methodist Church Women.

CANCELLED: The annual United Methodist Community Thanksgiving Dinner has been cancelled this year due to Covid-19 SCOBEY AL ANON Family Group Meeting – A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share experiences, support and hope. Contact 406-724-7013 for more information.

AA MEETINGS IN SCOBEY – Call 406-580-1567 for more information.

Court Docket

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Books as of October 16, 2020

David Toay – day speed violation $20 Dustin Houg – day speed violation $70 Tyler Thievin – day speed violation $20 Robert Owens – day speed violation $20 Eddie Berg – day speed violation $20 Jeffrey Pattison – day speed violation $20 Emily Sibley – day speed violation $20 Lee Branch – day speed violation $20

Area Amtrak Service Reduced To Tri-Weekly

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Different Directions On Different Days

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting decrease in travel demand, most Amtrak long distance routes began operating tri-weekly beginning in October.

Daily service on the Empire Builder from/to Chicago and Seattle/Portland and points in between, is no more. It’s schedule of three days a week began on Monday October 19.

All stations along these routes will be operated on days when Amtrak service is offered.

We won’t use train numbers because it just confuses things and makes no matter. Trains westbound depart Chicago on Monday/Thursday/ Saturday. So . . . it departs to the west from Wolf Point on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday at 11:41 a.m.

from Glasgow it leaves less than an hour later, at 12:26 p.m.

Eastbound trains depart Seattle and Portland: Tuesday/ Thursday/Saturday it departs to the east from Wolf Point on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 4:23 p.m. and from Glasgow at 3:37 p.m.

Death Notice -Duane Brenna

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Duane Brenna, 79, of Scobey died Tuesday, October 20 at Daniels Memorial Healthcare Center. Services are pending.

Waller Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Methodist Community Thanksgiving Dinner Is Canceled

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There has been an annual community Thanksgiving Dinner at the United Methodist Church of Scobey nearly every year the past 107 years. The dinner tradition began and has been sponsored by the United Methodist Church of Scobey since Thanksgiving Day 1913, when the first train

pulled into the new town of Scobey.

Over the years there has been a couple of skips along the way and 2020 will be one of those few off years.

Due to COVID-19 the dinner has been canceled.

The tradition started when Scobey Methodist ladies decided to make sure many migrant workers and those passing through got a holiday meal and a chance to socialize with the locals.