The Stanley School District held an election on June 3, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There were 208 voters. This was a great turn out. Kelly Hanson won the elected board position in Area 2 and Scott Meiers won the elected board position in Area 3. The community should be very proud of themselves for getting involved in community decisions.
Daycare is an issue for most towns and city. Two new daycares will be opening in Stanley. Dianne Hellman is opening a daycare at the elementary school. She is in the process of remodeling but is hoping to be open soon. For more information, please call Dianne Hellman. The second daycare opening is Rachel Neimitalo. She purchased a house in town across from the elementary school and is also remodeling. For more information, please contact Rachel Neimitalo.
Stanley welcomes new businesses!
For other daycares, please link to the Stanley webpage www.stanleynd.com
The election polls will be opened June 3, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the high school for the school board election. The positions that are open are from Area 4 and Area 2. To vote you must be 18 years of age and a resident of the school district. A reminder to bring identification with you.
The candidates that will be listed on the ballot are:(choose (1) from each area)
Area 4
Cristi Trulson
Curt Vachal
Area 2
Cherlyn Biwer
All residents are encouraged to vote. Let your voices be heard.
On tuesday, June 10th residents of Stanley will get a chance to have their voices heard during the city election. Voting will take place at the elementary school from 8 am to 7 pm.
Items to consider include: 3 City Council positions, park board, and one measure.
Running for city council are
* Kurt Edwards
* Lyne Enget
* Elmer Nelson
* Paul Sandeen
* Pamela Thompson
* Linda Wienbar
Running for the park board are
* Kristi Iverson
* Angela Schepp
Measure
To increase the city sales tax from 1% to 2%. The new percent would go towards the Mountrail County Medical Center and the other 1% would go towards the city.
Remember to go out and let your voices be heard on June 10th.
Stanley hosted guest speakers Christy Jackson and Marissa Nehlsen of Freedom Financial Group in Minot on April 10th. The program was designed to help business owners prepare for their future. It encouraged looking at their business, knowing what you want to accomplish, setting timelines and creating action plans to help your business succeed and also to help you make the transition when you are ready to retire or sell.
Mountrail County Farmers Union held a noon lunch for $1 for any community member wanting to come out. The $1 fee for lunch represent the amount producers receive, which is estimated to be only twenty cents of every food dollar. The other eight cents is made up of marketing, processing, wholesaling, distribution and retailing costs.
The event was organized to make the public aware of how little of the food dollar spent actually goes to the producer in rural america. In a press release from the ND Farmers Union President, Robert Carlson, he stated that “High energy costs, inflation, world markets and stock inventories are driving today’s food costs, not the prices farmers receive for their crops and livestock.
A public meeting will be held to seek input from community members to discuss proposed improvements to ND Highway 8 on Main Street and 6th Ave SE in Stanley. Representatives from the NDDOT, Brosz Engineering Inc., Ameritech Engineering Corp. and the City of Stanley will be available to answer questions.
If you have any questions or comments please attend, tonight, March 31st at 5 p.m. at the elementary school.
I visited with Dustin Stammen, a student at the Stanley High School about what he thought was fun and what he’d tell someone who doesn’t know Stanley, what Stanley would have to offer. He told me that archery was fun for his friends, family and himself. What he liked most about hunting around Stanley is the wide open spaces and not a lot of people to hinder his sport. He and his family hunt deer, elk and moose in the fall and turkey in the spring. He told me that he and his dad as been successful in bagging deer and turkey but the elk and moose hasn’t been so successful. During the winter, Dustin, his friends and family go the community building on Tuesday nights to practice archery up stairs. They have targets already set up. There is no fee to practice. He has taken the time to help anyone who needs help in archery and whether he knows them or not. So if you get the urge to know about archery on a Tuesday winter night, it sounds like the community building is the place to be. I bet you’d find Dustin and his family there too.
thanks Dustin!
Tri Jen and Hidden Treasure Store is a place in Stanley that is a must visit. Tri Jen is a lunch and coffee shop specializing in variety of espressos and blended ice drinks located in the Hidden Treasure second hand store. Many people with disabilities are working to keep the store going. Some of those jobs are washing, tagging, stocking and ironing clothing. Hidden Treasure received donations of articles from all over and volunteers along with Tri City Cares individuals turn those articles into our Hidden Treasures. Hidden Treasure collects small toys like beanie babies that are sent to the soldiers in Iraq which they give them to the children of Iraq. These toys are perfect for soldiers to carry with them because they are a soft toy. Personal items such as toilet paper, small size shampoos, deordant and portable food items such ramin noodles and hard candies are always welcomed for care packages for our soldiers.
“Retired Senior Program (RSVP)- These are amazing volunteers that give thier time and talent to the store by acting as cashier, pricing clothing and doing many other jobs. We wouldn’t be able to keep our doors open without them.” reported Lynn Petz.
“Besides a place to work, it is also a service to the community. Tri City Cares individuals are very proud of being able to give back to the community.” Says Lynn Petz
There has been much discussion on how the local area businesses, hospital, and schools can compete for workers with the higher paying jobs created by oil activity. There is always good and bad that comes from change. The local economy is doing well but the fear of losing the economy possibly in the next few years scares a lot of citizens and businesses. Increasing the wages now to compete with the rising economy and having to stay at those wages when things start to cool off is a concern. Please comment on this issue. It would be nice to know your opinion.