Local Candidate Forum Well Attended

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A local candidate forum Friday,April12attheNemont Friendship Room was well attended. About 74 people, including 11 of the twelve invited candidates were there.

A panel of organizers prepared questions and moderators presented the same, specific questions pertaining to each of the candidate’s hopeful office.

For school board trustee candidates, questions like asking opinions on the 4 day school week and would they reverse it if it is not working.

Basic, background and qualifications for the job questions were asked of each candidate. Most other questionswereaboutwhatthe steps candidates plan to take, or how to improve the office, how they would fulfill duties, county budget improvement and more questions pertaining to what the candidate felt was the biggest obstacle facing the office in question.

Sheriff Clint Lowe was called out of the meeting due to an emergency after three of seven questions.At that point, his opponent Duane Anderson stated it probably wasn’t fair to Clint if he continued without the other candidate.

There were about seventy questions asked and answered. We found that most candidates were in agreement with their opposition on most points. The questions were not too meaty, and it seemed a fairly agreeable bunch. However, overall it was a good gathering and voters who took the time to attend, did get some feeling of how the candidates fielded questions and their ability to respond and clearly convey their opinions in public.

Due to time constraints only a very few questions came from the crowd but manystayedforafewminutes after the function to visit.

Someone asked us if we at least got a good quote, we really didn’t. Most of the candidates indicated that they filed because of interest in giving back and participating in the community. Garrett Lund summed things up, pointing out, as a community we need to develop better communications among ourselves and to show up and be heard.

It seemed that by attending the gathering, people who had their minds made up of who they would vote for, likely did not change their minds but the meeting may have swayed those undecided.

At the table of inquisition were candidates Micheline Lekvold (for school board), Cody Warren (for Clerk of Court), Garrett Lund (for school board), Duane Anderson (for sheriff), Dottie Berg (for Clerk of Court), Clint Lowe (incumbent for sheriff), TammiFladager(forcommissioner in district 3), Logan Olson (incumbent for school board), Ben Fosland (for District Court Judge), Troy Larson (for commissioner in district 3), and Gayle May (for school board). Upper, far right are the moderators, Floyd McMillan and Joan Bjarko, who did well keeping things on track.

Felix Gilbertson put the event together and deserves recognition for getting the community involved. -bb

HOSPITAL BOARD MEETS APRIL 22

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The Daniels Memorial Healthcare Center board of directors meeting is Monday, April 22 at 6:00 p.m.

in the hospital conference room in Scobey.

All board meetings are open to the public.

FLAXVILLE LUTHERAN CHURCH is getting ….

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FLAXVILLE LUTHERAN CHURCH is getting ready for their 100th anniversary next year and are trying to get several projects wrapped up in time for the celebration.

Four students in the SHS Industrial Arts Woods Class built new stairs and connected them to the building last week. Mark Chabot the new IA instructor oversaw the project. They picked up the materials, measured, cut and built the stairs. Once put together, they put a paint grit on the steps, so no one will slip on the stairs and gave the wood a few coats of paint. While installing the stairs they went into the building and drilled a few holes in cement to reattach a railing that had been loose for some time. The contractors for the project were Evan Tande, Clay Southland, Brecken Maher and Tristan Lekvold. Well done to these young men and Mr.

Chabot! —Scobey School Photo

Mars Daniels & Skye ….

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Mars Daniels & Skye

Berns Live At Brewery Live music with Mars Daniels with Skye Berns can be heard Friday, April

19 at Pleasant Prairie Brewing from 5 to 8 p.m.

New Corrected Tax Bills In The Mail

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County Treasurer Julie Laurie, has sent out the new, corrected tax bills recently and asks that people make sure to address the changes.

The new billing for 2023 Real Estate includes the additional mills that the State Supreme Court ordered local counties to bill out for the full 95 mills.

Those who have a mortgage with an escrow account on property, need to contact the mortgage company to make sure they have the new updated billing amount.

Read the letter included with the bill for more information or call the treasurer’s office at 406-487-2671.

Spring Clean-up Starts April 19

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As part of the City Wide City Pride Campaign, the City of Scobey is recognizing April 19 through May 3rd as Spring Clean-up 2024.

TheCitywillprovidecomplimentary pick up services for disposal of large refuse. There may be some items that do not qualify. Call 406-4875581 and see ad inside for more information.

The new green dumpsters are now available around town to use for lawn waste. No plastic bags in the green dumpsters please. This will help from filling up the household pits at the solid waste site.The solid waste will soon start hauling to Plentywood land fill and there is no sense in paying to haul and paying to dump lawn waste when the lawn waste pit here will remain open.

Beacon Annual Meet Set For Wed., April 24

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Beacon Community Foundation annual meeting will be held Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Nemont Friendship Room. Everyone is welcome to attend. Door prizes include two $100 donations, in your name, to a local charity of choice.

Events Coming Up

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St. Philip’s Catholic Rummage Sale is Sat., April 27.

••• Spring Symphonette Concert is Sunday, April 28, at

3 p.m.

Commissioners Purchase Solid Waste Equipment; Award Bridge Contract; Hire New Librarian

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At the regular Monday meeting of Daniels County Commissioners, bids were accepted and approved to purchase a 2019 Freightliner for hauling solid waste from Daniels County to neighboring Plentywood landfill as our landfill is reaching maximum capacity for household garbage.

The truck is a specialty unit with a long chassis and a hook to load long containers of refuse for hauling. The purchase was $139,900, Three new containers have also been approved for purchase. The containers will sit at new station, soon to be built at the solid waste site near the landfill. The containers in a sense become a large trailer when loaded on the aforementioned truck. They have hydraulic lids to be used, especially when transporting. The three containers total was $54,400. Two will be shipped to Scobey in that cost, the other will be picked up in Fargo where the new/ used truck is located and hauled back to Scobey by the solid waste crew.

The first stage of bid awards for the new Coal Creek Bridge north of Peerless was accepted.

The superstructure (main deck of the bridge) bid came in at $210,500 and was awarded to Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC in Ohio. The bridge construction will involve several bids for different aspects of the project, such as the superstructure above. Other bids will include site prep, road build up and the underlying structure to put the main bridge deck onto, such as pilings and installation.

Hopes are to have those bids coming in soon and a possible start date in coming weeks.

Among other business covered included hiring a new librarian. Arlene Kegley, who has served as Deputy Clerk of Court, will be leaving that post and start at the county library in May. Val Landeraaen has served as librarian for many years She and her husband Paul, the Scobey Lutheran Pastor, are retiring and moving to Oregon soon.

School Ballots In The Mail

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Four candidates for two trustee seats appear on the Scobey School election ballot, which can be expected in the mail over the next few days. Candidates are incumbent Logan Olson, Gayle May, Garrett Lund and Michelene Lekvold. A general fund levy proposition for K-12 School District 1 for $8,844.18 is on the ballot as well as a $25,000 technology levy. Ballots are due back election day May 7.