Scobey News

TWINKLE TOUR outdoor decorations are well worth getting out to take a look at, as they are every year.

DONa TMT BOOKa TMEM DANO! The Scobey Daisy Scouts might have had their fingerprints taken last week by Daniels County Sheriff Skip Baldry while working towards earning their Respect Authority petal, but, fortunately, they werena TMt booked for anything.

SANTA LISTENS CAREFULLY as Tycelee Bowler of Belgrade fills Santa in on her Christmas wishes.

THE DANIELS COUNTY FOOD BANK, located in the basement of the Scobey Lutheran Church, received a huge boost right before the holidays as the Scobey School Food Fight and Scobey Lions Club have came through in a big way.

OIL ACTIVITY is slowly creeping its way towards Daniels County. This derrick rig is now drilling on tribal land on the northern edge of Roosevelt County, near the Axel Larsen place south of Scobey.

Edgar Richardson who has been active in nearly every organization in Daniels County is celebrating 54 years in business in Scobey and his 40th year in the theatre business this weekend.

A A A Daniels County Chambera s annual a oeParade of Lightsa will kick-off the Christmas Season Saturday night, November 28 at 6 p.m. So far, fifteen floats are committed with more last minute entries expected.

A A A Final Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impact documents are now available to the public concerning the construction projects at the Scobey and Whitetail Ports of entry.

THE SCOBEY SCHOOL kindergarten class was treated to pizza and juice last week by the Daniels County Sheriff Department and Outlaw Trail Cafe for passing a challenge.

After getting considerable heat from constituents, members of Congress, and the press, homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano made a statement promising not to start any new border construction projects and to set-up a 30 day review on how the projects were selected.

GARY WEINER , Resource Management Specialist with the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior, part of the Intermountain Region Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance based in Bozeman, discusses a possible trail project for Scobey the morning of Thursday, October 29, with local citizens.

IT WAS ELECTION DAY in Daniels County on Tuesday, November 3. Election officials Roberta Miller, Bonnie Germundson and Francie Hoversland in action just minutes before the polls opened at 12 noon.

A A A The annual Veterana s day program will be held in the Scobey School small gym on Wednesday, November 11 at 11 a.m. A A A A flag raising ceremony will be also held following the program at the Scobey Cemetery.

The 52 Ranch near Wolf Point and 14 other northeast Montana ranches are featured in an upcoming book, The Weak Ones Turned Back, The Cowards Never Started: A Century of Ranching in Montana.

FIELD REPRESENTATIVES of Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg were in Scobey Wednesday, October 21, setting up a listening-session shop on the second floor of the Daniels County Courthouse from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

A A A Transportation will be provided free, if enough people RSVP, to anyone from the areas of Scobey, Plentywood, Culbertson and Glasgow to a free a oeCancer Basicsa informational seminar in Wolf Point, Thursday, October 15.

OVER 80 NEMONT EMPLOYEES were on hand to help make the Nemont Annual Meeting in Culbertson on Saturday a big success.

Years from now, historians may not agree on whether the federal stimulus plan was effective in reigniting the country's flailing economy.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Homeland Security spending a whole lot of stimulus on Montana ports While it's true that the buildings at the Port of Scobey and the Port of Whitetail in Montana need serious updating, the decision of Homeland Security to spend $77 million on five border crossing stations in Montana is excessive.

Many times it's been observed in this space that one person's porkbarrel project is another person's lifeblood.