Stanley, ND

According to the Mountrail County Promoter, Wednesday June 18, 2008 newspaper, Six canidates were running for three seats on the City Council.  The three candidates that received the highest votes were:  Paul Sandeen with 206 votes; Pamela Thompson with 169 votes; and Linda Wienbar with 142 votes. 

There was also a question to the citizens on whether or not Home Rule Charter which would have given an additional one percent sales tax collection for health care and changed the renewal date for the existing one percent sales tax, printed by the Mountrail County Promoter.  174 voters said no and 129 voter said yes.

The citizens of Stanley again voted and were involved with leadership decisions.  Great job.

There are three new resources available at the Mountrail Extension Office for you to check out.

Impacting Community Vitality: Software for Demonstrating Economic Impacts of Customers CD
The “How To”: Grants Manual
See Poverty…Be The Difference! Discover Missing Pieces for Helping People Move Out of Poverty Book

Thanks to the Center for Community Vitality with the NDSU Extension Service for purchasing all these wonderful resource materials for our Horizons community!

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.

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.

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

Barb Reese, Jim Hennessy and Randal Reese attended classes for advanced bloggers, today. Our plan for the future is to get more people to start blogging on our website.

The Stanley Schools will be hosting the Girls Basketball District Tournaments on Februrary 7, 8 and 9, 2008 and the Boys Basketball District Tournaments on February 21, 22, and 23, 2008.  This a benefit to our students, school and community.  It brings in people from other communities to shop in our stores, eat at our restaurants and so on.  The students and staff at the school get a great opportunity to play hosts to other community players, coaches, cheerleaders and fans.  We welcome all to our community and school.