Scobey, MT

Pioneer Days/Dirty Shame Show Dedicated to the 1963 Chorus Line - is the byline for the cover of the Daniels County Leader this week! The Dirty Shame Belles are celebrating their 45th Birthday in 2008! It is the 42nd annual Pioneer Days and Antique Show (June 28-29) and the Dirty Shame Show (June 27-29) are both dedicated this year to a special group of 13 ladies - the original Dirty Shame Belles chorus line!

The weekend gets underway Friday, June 27th, at 7pm when the first Dirty Shame Show performs, featuring the Dirty Shame Belles dancing and kicking to the music of the Dixieland Jazz Band, which always begins playing 30 minutes prior to showtime! Rick Graetz, famed Montana publisher, labeled Pioneer Town “the best museum of its kind in the Northwest”. View the outstanding outdoor museum with 35 preserved buildings (51 in all) on 20 acres portraying early 20th centruy homestead life.

The Horizons program, partnering with the Daniels County Museum Board, Nemont, Scobey Lions, Scobey Schools, Daniels County 4H/Fairgrounds, Daniels County NRCS and the City of Scobey, along with a host of individual volunteers and groups have taken pride in preparing for this weekend! The Class of 2008 spent an entire day, working at the museum grounds to get a head start on the preparation for this weekend in particular! The group worked to take down lights from exteriors of buildings, clean inside of buildings, clean up the grounds, miscellaneous repairs and clean-up throughout the Pioneer Town area were completed throughout the day! The group of 15 young men and women believed in the cause of the community effort to the extent that they donated the remaining funds in their class account, $2,000+, to the Daniels County Museum Association.

Local people enjoy being involved in the show, volunteering at the various booths, breakfasts and ticket stands. Pioneer Town is a great place to enjoy history, visit with old and new friends, and experience a variety of good clean fun! Call the museum at 487- 5965 if you are interested in attending a show or have any questions!

Information obtained from the Daniels County Leader, Scobey

Website: (http://www.scobey.org/museum.html)

Throughout the trainings of the Horizons program and meetings attended by community members in the past year, Daniels County has revived support from MAP, Midwest Assistance Program, an organization dedicated to helping rural communities and tribal nations improve their environment, quality of life and achieve self-sustainability. MAP Website: (http://www.map-inc.org/states_montana.html). For many years, the Town of Flaxville has received assistance from Paul Torok, who is now working in the Western Montana area. Some Horizon members attended an educational meeting in Wolf Point and Sidney and made connections with Sandy Kust, resource development advisor for MAP, for our area, who will be working in our region.

The City of Scobey and Town of Flaxville, as well as Daniels County will have the opportunity to work with Sandy Kust in the future on projects that involve a variety of areas, such as infrastructure, as well as helping with the mission statement of MAP to help rural areas improve and be self-sustaining. We look forward to the future, working with MAP and having great resources like Sandy and Paul to assist in a variety of projects.

We have also continued using the resources of GNDC, Great Northern Development Corporation and the expertise of Linda Twitchell in Wolf Point. GNDC Website: (http://www.gndc.org/). For many years, Linda has been a great resource in our area for businesses, as well as local agencies. The purpose at Great Northern Development Corporation is to provide professional services that enable others to reach their economic goals and improve their lives! GNDC provides assistance in: Planning, Public facilities, Housing, Economic Development, Loan Packaging, Business Plan Development, as well as guidance in finding out the right person or group to contact.

With these resources on our side, we look forward to making a difference in Daniels County! Visit the websites to find out more about these great resources and feel free to share with the Horizons program your ideas at the next meeting!

Sandy Kust, resource development advisor
Ballantine, Mont.
skust@map-inc.org

Linda Twitchell,
Great Northern Development Corporation
233 Cascade St. - Wolf Point, MT 59201
info@gndc.org