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.
The Stanley Horizons Group met on Wednesday, May 14th to discuss projects that are going on in the community. Below are the items that were discussed.
1. Set aside funds to help get new daycares in the community up and running and/or existing daycares looking to increase the number of kids they can take. There is one new daycare that will be opening hopefully in June.
2. Discussed setting up a wireless internet connection at Tri Jens on main street to help local citizens gain access to the internet to help them look for work, or other resources they may need.
3. Talked about a housing survey which will be presented to Stanley residents on the upcoming city election day.
4. Approved sending up to 4 local residents to a Rural Philanthropy Conference in Nebraska City, Nebraska, September 10-12, 2008.
5. The group also talked about getting a city plan put together for Stanley, to help with the changes going on in the community due to the oil exploration.
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.
Volunteers fromthe City of Stanley gathered together on a cold stormy spring saturday morning, to revitalize the city pond area. Workers converged on planting 40 trees, picking garbage, rocks and filling holes. The morning concluded with a noon meal served at the memorial building.
Volunteers from several groups in Stanley including, 4-H, church groups and service groups made up the 70+ volunteers who helped to beautify the city pond.
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.
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.