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.
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.
Saturday, April 26th was ‘Scrap The Day’, an annual fundraiser to benefit the Stanley Community Activity Center. Those attending could view products from different vendors, work on their scrapbooks, register for door prizes and participate in a silent auction.
Organizer Backy Reynolds credits Kathie Dazell for being instrumental in helping her plan this event. The event raised over $900 for the Activity Center.
The operation of the center is funded through generous donations from individuals and business and fundraisers like ‘Scrap the Day’.
Every weekend the center is open with between 30 and 40 kids enjoying everything it has to offer. During the week, the center is available for pulic use including karate classes, Bible studies, private parties, Boy Scouts and more.
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.
Nick Bruhn, a 13 year old from here in Stanley invented a board game entitled “Dog Pile”. The game is for up to four players, and has the ultimate goal of being the last dog or last dog team on the dog board. Using pieces that are pictures of dogs, players roll the dice and see if they can send another player’s pieces to the dog pound.
The idea for the game came when Nick was in Grand Forks with Paul Olson of ND Vision Services and was given the assignment to invent a board game. Nick displayed his new game to an audience at Marketplace for Kids in Minot on April 8th. He was approached at Marketplace for Kids by Ag Commissioner Roger Johnson about possibly selling his game, which Nick is now considering. GREAT JOB NICK!
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.
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!