November 30 – The following stories from this week appeared on
www.jamestownsun.com
and in The Jamestown Sun.
More Americans and North Dakotans were expected to travel due to the Thanksgiving holiday and the drop in gasoline prices
will help people save some money
for other matters, according to Skyler McKinley, Regional Director of Public Affairs, AAA – The Auto Club Group.
In Jamestown, gas prices were $2.89 per gallon at four locations on Monday, Nov. 25, according to GasBuddy. Gas was $2.87 per gallon at one location in Jamestown and $2.91 per gallon at another location.
The current national average for regular gasoline is $3.05 per gallon, according to the AAA Fuel Price website. The national average was $3.26 per gallon on Thanksgiving Day in 2023.
“I think there’s a chance that gas prices will fall below $3 nationally for the first time since 2021,” he said.
The average price for regular gasoline in North Dakota is $2.87 per gallon as of Monday, Nov. 25, according to AAA Fuel Price. Regular gasoline in Fargo was about $2.71 per gallon and about $2.93 per gallon in Bismarck.
“The trends are going down, which should give people a little more money to spend on Turkey or save for Christmas,” McKinley said.
McKinley said about 79.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more during the Thanksgiving travel period.
“That’s an increase of 1.7 million people from last year,” he said. “It’s up 2 million from 2019.”
The Stutsman County Commission will lose an experienced and longtime board member at its next meeting in December.
Commissioner of the province of Stutsman
Mark Klose’s last meeting is on Tuesday, December 3.
The new county commission will take over once the current commission approves the minutes of the November meetings.
Klose, from rural Jamestown, has served on the commission for 40 years, or 10 terms. He was first elected in 1984.
Klose did not stand for re-election this year.
“I just felt comfortable that this was a good time to step aside,” Klose said. “…I’m leaving on good terms.”
Klose said he never paid much attention to the number of years he served on the county commission.
“I was lucky to be re-elected so many times and people had faith in me, and I always give them 100%, so I think I did that,” he said. “I never made any promises other than one, and that was that I would do the best job I could for the province as a whole, and I think I have done that and I can say that with confidence.”
Stutsman County Commissioner Joan Morris also did not seek re-election. She was elected in 2020.
Volunteers served 947 meals at the 33rd annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 28, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown.
The dinner took place via a ramp at Concordia Lutheran Church and deliveries. No meals were served in the church.
The traditional free meal of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, corn, cranberries and dessert is made possible entirely by donations.
