Spend The Holiday Season In Stanley
The Stanley merchants and Stanley Commercial Club are getting ready for the holiday season and getting ready to offer you everything you need to have a wonderful holiday.
The Christmas activities will kick off on Saturday, Nov. 29 with the annual vendor show and Parade of Lights.
The Small Business Saturday vendor show and craft show will be held at the Mountrail County South Complex from noon to 5:00 p.m. with not only the traditional local businesses, but also the vendor/craft show that celebrates small home-based businesses. Vendors will be offering a variety of unique handmade crafts and treats as you search for those special items for decorating or gift giving this holiday season.
The annual Parade of Lights will kick off on Main Street at 6:00 p.m. with businesses open to give you a chance to get another head start on your Christmas shopping while enjoying this annual event. Entries for the parade are still welcome. Entrants should be at the depot no later than 5:00 p.m. Any entries are welcome to join in the parade at this time as well. You can call Matt Evans at 629-0373 to enter your float as well. Organizers continue to ask participants to keep in mind how dark it is on Main Street during the parade. As a result, they request that you not throw candy or items from the floats, but rather have someone walking alongside to hand out treats if you wish. Entries will be judged with a prize given to the winner. The Commercial Club is also encouraging businesses to stay open later that evening for shoppers.
The Commercial Club is sponsoring Stanley Bucks giveaways each week during the holiday shopping season. You can register at participating businesses starting on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Santa Day is set for Saturday, Dec. 6 with free pictures with Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Prairie Ford. BNC will be hosting free cookie decorating, sponsored by Mountrail-Williams Electric, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A free movie for the kids will be held at Regis Theater at 2:00 p.m. They will be showing “The Santa Clause”.
The Commercial Club is also hosting Ladies Night shopping in the evening on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at participating businesses.
The Stanley Park District’s Christmas Decorating Contest
will also be underway. Open to
all businesses and residents, the contest encourages decorating
for the holiday season.
Participants should have
their home, yard or business
decorated by December 19.
Submit your address to
stanleyrecdirector@gmail.com
or text or call 701-629-8990.
You can also nominate someone else for the contest. Judges will be going around and checking out those nominated. Winners will be announced the week of December 27. Cash prizes will be awarded.
In the spirit of giving, the Women of Today Giving Tree will be set up again this year. To include a child on the tree, application forms are available Mountrail County Social Services, Mountrail County Food Pantry, and Cashwise Foods. They ask that you fill out the application completely. A working phone number is essential. Applications need to be returned by December 16th. As a friendly reminder, family names remain confidential.
Prairie Ford is continuing their Fill a Ford event through December 6 to collect non-perishable food items that will be distributed to the Mountrail Community Food Pantry and the SACK Program.