Well, its official! Scott is the new City Manager for the City of Stanfield, Oregon. We are super excited, and it is a great step for Scott's career goals! We thought it might be nice for our friends and family to know some facts about Stanfield.
Location: Northeastern Oregon (45 minutes south of Tri-Cities, WA; 3 hours east of Portland, OR; and just under 4 hours up I-84 from Boise, ID).
Population: approx. 2200 residents
Church Stats: There is one Stake in the area which is Hermiston Stake (3 miles up the road) and that is where our church building is, as well. There are 3 wards that attend our building, but we don't know which one we will attend yet. We will still be in the Columbia River Temple District, located in the Tri-Cities. (Thats where we got married!)
Weather: Avg. High of 87 degrees in the summer and Avg. Low of 29 degrees in the winter. Only 10 inches of annual precipitation!!!
Local Sites: Stanfield has a Mini-Mart, Pilot gas station w/ McDonalds and Subway, lots of Antique shops, a bank, a Mexican Restaurant, and a cute little Library. They also have new ball fields, a city park, and an Elementary School and a Secondary School.
Now you might be asking yourself, "How can they live in such a small town?" or "What is there to do in Stanfield?" And our answers for you would be "We won't" and "Not much!"
We will probably live in Hermiston, and this was quite the relief to find out that it wasn't a requirement that we actually live in Stanfield. And anything that we need or want to do is available in Hermiston (i.e. WalMart, Home Depot, Cinema, Grocery stores, Bowling, Family Aquatic Center, etc.)
Reasons to come visit:
1. We're awesome people, no matter where we live!!!
2. The Pendleton Round-Up: one of the 10 largest Rodeos in the World, and this summer they are celebrating 100 years.
3. Hermiston Watermelons (supposedly they are famous for them)
4. Stanfield 4th of July: I guess they have a big to-do for the 4th and yep, you guessed it, Scott is the head-honcho for the event.
5. To get away from it all, because frankly, there isn't much here.
2 comments:
Oh, yay!!! I'm so, so, so excited for you. First, because living in Oregon just sounds awesome.
Second, because you will be close enough to home that you can get together for holidays, baptisms, and temple babysitters, but you're far enough to have a little autonomy.
And last, because I know where you've been and I know how thrilling it can be to have a job when nothing seemed to be panning out for so long. Congratulations!!!
Congratulations on the house and the new job. Sorry for the delayed response. You guys are awesome.
Jon
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