City of Hawley Newsletter Hawley City Hall

CLOSED SEPT 3rd - Labor Day 218-483-3331

305 6th Street Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.hawley.govoffice.com

Hawley Deputy Registrar

Open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Motor Vehicle Licenses

DNR Licenses Sorry - No Drivers’ License Work

City Council Meetings

Sept 4th and Sept 17th (the Meetings are broadcast on Channel 14 at 5:30 p.m.)

Recycling Center 716 Front St

CLOSED SEPT 3rd - Labor Day Monday & Thursday 4-8 Saturday 8:30 - 2:00

Utility Emergency - After Hours #

701-238-7657

Pet License for 2018 are available (need rabies vaccination info) $6/year

City ATV License-no charge - need insurance information

Remember To Call Before You Dig

it’s the law! Contact GSOC by calling: 651-454-0002 or

1-800-252-1166 or 811

Hawley 7th Annual Hawley Fall Festival Sat, Sept 15th 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Rodeo Grounds

Flea Market, Vendor Fair, Food Stand, Kids Coin Scramble, Business Open Houses, Bounce House for Kids, City Wide Rummage Sales and much more.

Sponsored by the Hawley Community Club Northwest Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #8—5k & Magic Mile Run Walk

Race Starts and Finishes at the Hawley Rodeo Grounds-Registration open on-line or day of race at 7:30am Race Start Time: 8:30 a.m.

Registration for the 2018 run/walk at mnfop8.com

“Choose a job you love, and you will

never have to work a day in your life.”

Confucius

On Street Walking Path—Reno St & 1st St The

Walking Path on Reno Street between 7th Street & 1st Street, and on 1st Street between Reno Street and Joseph Street is newly marked with yellow paint. This path has the vehicles parked 5’ out from the north or west curb line to allow for a clear 5’ walking path. As part of this path, there is No Parking allowed on the north side of Reno Street between 6th Street and 7th Street and this area has no parking signs. The Council is committed to providing a Safe Path to School for our students and our residents to travel. Hawley officers may give out warning notices prior to ticketing vehicles that are not parked correctly in this area and in the no parking areas around the school.

SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PATHS The path that goes from Westgate Drive to the school, and the sidewalk on Joseph Street from 1st Street to the school, will be busy with children walking and riding their bikes to school. Please drive carefully around theses paths, the school, and our entire community as children will be walking and biking more frequently. NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT DROP OFF AREA The School is implementing a new Student Drop Off Entrance for the elementary school: North on 6th Street, then turn to the west on the gravel football field parking area (stay to the north when heading West) - to loop around and drop children off at the Fieldhouse Sidewalk. The 6th Street and Reno Street intersection will be very busy and we ask that you are careful to come to a complete stop and watch for children.

SHARING THE ROAD WITH SCHOOL BUSES If you're driving behind a bus, allow a greater following distance than if you were driving behind a car. It will give you more time to stop once the yellow lights start flashing. It is illegal in all 50 states to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children.

Never pass a bus from behind – or from either direction if you're on an undivided road – if it is stopped to load or unload children

If the yellow or red lights are flashing and the stop arm is extended, traffic must stop

The area 10 feet around a school bus is the most dangerous for children; stop far enough back to allow them space to safely enter and exit the bus

Be alert; children often are unpredictable, and they tend to ignore hazards and take risks.

Garbage for Monday

customers will be picked

up on Tuesday, September

Fall Street Sweeping

The City crews will be street sweeping once the tree foliage has fallen. It is important to keep the storm water catch basins free of leaves, grass clippings and debris to allow rain water to enter the storm water system and to prevent water from backing up into the street. Thank you for your help in keeping the storm drains clear in your area.

Hawley’s On the Grow

Zoning permits update:

2015 $ 2,881,300

2016 $ 2,210,283

2017 $2,722,000

2018 (Jan—Aug) $939,400

Sept 2018

Gopher State Once Call WARNING! Hawley has had two serious incidents this summer where residents have damaged electric and natural gas lines. It is important to: #1 call GSOC 48 hours (not counting weekends or holidays) ahead of time to allow the lines to be marked, & #2 if you are digging within 2 feet in either direction of the markings, hand dig down and find the line, so that you can avoid it. No power tools are to be used within that same 2’ area on either side of the line. For your safety and that of your neighbors please follow the rules.

Minnesota Suicide Statistics New figures show Minnesota’s suicide rate has jumped in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released figures on suicide rates across the U.S. According to the report, the suicide rate in Minnesota jumped 40.6 percent over 18 years. Between 1999 and 2016, suicide rates in Minnesota increased across age, sex and racial groups. But the Star Tribune reports that lately the rates have been going up the most in rural parts of Minnesota. In 2016, 745 suicides were reported in Minnesota. That continues a trend that began after 2010 when the number of suicides was 606. The Minnesota Health Department has increased efforts to identify at-risk communities to help reduce suicides. The report finds nearly 45,000 Americans age 10 or older died by suicide in 2016.

1-800-273-8255

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH

September is National Preparedness Month. This year we are asking you to take action now – make a plan with

your community, your family, and for your pets. Plan how to stay safe and communicate during the disasters that can affect your community. We ask everyone to participate in America’s PrepareAthon! and the national day of action, National PrepareAthon! Day, which culminates National Preparedness

Month on September 30. http://www.ready.gov/september

On behalf of the Hawley Police Department and the City of Hawley I would like to thank all of the citizens, community members and businesses that helped make the Night to Unite a huge success!

Thank you to those who donated:

Monetary Donations: In Kind Donations: Kirk’s (AnJaam) Tom Larson Jimmy’s Pizza (Hawley First Inc.) Valley Premier Bank USA Spirit Tae Kwon Do Hawley Sign post Hawley Family Dentistry Dollar General RDO Equipment Co Dairy Queen Bell Bank Sandy Severson/Bell Bank Mortgage Implementation Specialists Cole Paper UAS Service Corp Rob Maclean Muscatell Burns Central Lutheran Church Sletmoen Properties LLC Hawley Lions Mickelson Body Shop, Inc. Hawley Scouts Rapat Corporation Leister Custom Machining LLC Hawley Accounting Hawley Realty dba Xtreme Trophy Properties Valley Premier Bank Jen Johnson Realtor Sturdevants-Nick Heinonen Sky Lodge Properties Olson Pools & Spas

Wagner Insurance

Sellin Brothers, Inc. Scott’s Auto Sales Zenas Baer

Chief Joe Backlund

New Safe routes to School Plan (SRTS) Adopted

VISION: The City of Hawley seeks to become a community where it is safe and convenient for all its children to walk and bicycle to school, where our children can travel, explore and play in their community safety under their own power, and where they learn life-long habits of incorporating physical activity into their daily lives. We will seek to achieve this vision through safety awareness, education, encouragement and self-evaluation, all while building the infrastructure needed to make walking and bicycling safer and more convenient for all.

GOALS: #1 Create designated safe routes to school;

#2 Expand the sidewalk system within the city;

#3 Incorporate curriculum into the school day to teach children safe walking and bicycling;

#4 Sponsor a bike rodeo;

#5 Educate drivers about the need to drive at safe speeds and how to properly interact with bicyclists and pedestrians;

#6 Enforce safe behaviors of drivers by working with law enforcement; and #7 Create an environment within the public right of way that is more conductive to safe walking and bicycling, including those with mobility disadvantages.

Check out the Entire Plan: www.hawley-govoffice.com under the City Information tab.

Who: Esther’s Hair Salon Where: 327 6th Street Contact: 218-483-4735

Esther’s Salon was started in my home on 6th St. when an addition was added for me to operate out of. I remained there for approximately 32 years. I have been at my current location for 9 years in downtown Hawley, 327 6th Street (white picket fence.)

It has been a joy to be in business in Hawley. I have had and still have wonderful clients. Many of my clients have left the area and still come back from a long distance to visit and have their hair done.

I do haircuts (children, teens, men, and women), colors, perms, and long or short hair. I have been very blessed to be in business this long and I appreciate all my clients - they are wonderful! The Lord is good! B

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Western Minnesota Steam Threshers

Reunion Aug. 31—Sept. 3rd more

info at: www.rollag.com