In case you missed it in The Sun the week of Nov. 25, 2024

Nov. 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 for the Thanksgiving holiday and the decrease in gas prices

will help folks save some money

for other items, according to Skyler McKinley, regional director of Public Affairs, AAA — The Auto Club Group.

In Jamestown, gas prices were at $2.89 per gallon at four locations as of 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 AAA Fuel Prices’ website. The national average was $3.26 per gallon on Thanksgiving Day in 2023.

“I think there is a chance that gas prices might fall below $3 for the first time since 2021 at a national level,” he said.

The state average price for regular gasoline in North Dakota is $2.87 per gallon as of Monday, Nov. 25, according to AAA Fuel Prices. Regular gasoline in Fargo was about $2.71 per gallon and about $2.93 per gallon in Bismarck.

“Trends are heading downward, which should give folks a little more money to spend on turkey or save up to spend for Christmas,” McKinley said.

McKinley said about 79.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

“That’s up by 1.7 million people over last year,” he said. “It is up by 2 million over 2019.”

The Stutsman County Commission will be losing an experienced and long-time member of the board at its next meeting in December.

Stutsman County Commissioner

Mark Klose’s last meeting will be on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

The new county commission will take over once the current commission approves the minutes from the November meetings.

Klose, of rural Jamestown, has served 40 years or 10 terms on the commission. He was first elected in 1984.

Klose did not seek reelection this year.

“I just felt comfortable that this was a good time for me to step aside,” Klose said. ” … I’m leaving on good terms.”

Klose said he never paid much attention to the number of years he’s been on the county commission.

“I was fortunate enough to be reelected that many times and people had confidence in me, and I always give them 100% so I guess that’s what I did,” he said. “I never made any promises other than one, and that was that I’d do the best job that I could for the county as a whole, and I think I’ve done that and I can say that with confidence.”

Stutsman County Commissioner Joan Morris also did not seek reelection. She was elected in 2020.

Volunteers served 947 meals during the 33rd annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 28, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown.

The dinner was held through a drive-up process 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 possible entirely through donations.

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