It has been quite a cold spell recently though it appears to be mellowing as the week goes forward.  “Hang in there”!

Last week a number of our city employees exercised their culinary skills in their 3rd Annual Soup-er Bowl Event.  There was a good number of contest entries and all were of superior taste!  This year’s “selectee” was the Valley City Fire Department’s (VCFD) Cheeseburger Soup.  Congratulations to the VCFD and thank you to all who competed.

Will you please carry a garbage box/bag in your car/pickup to hold garbage (cigarette butts too) until you can dispose of it in a proper receptacle? Thank you.

We are into the winter sports season tournaments already!  Tournaments are exciting and lots of fun though usually only the game winners advance which bring sudden ends to seasons.  As parents and spectators it can be “hard”, so be good examples of sportsmanship for your children.  “One person practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it”.  ~ Knute Rockne

With all that is happening in the world today, consider praying to the God of your choice that good will overcome evil.

We are under a National Energy Emergency declaration.  The order emphasizes the need to enhance the nation’s power grid for addressing fuel shortages, increasing energy demands and the impacts of extreme weather events. (Sam McDonald, Kanner & Associates)  Thank you Sam.

Dickey County is housing a data center just west of Ellendale.  Some of the A.I. facilities there will be a 175,000 sq. ft building, 400,000 gallon diesel tanks, nine diesel generators and will need over 800 megawatts of power.  That is really big stuff with more to come!

It was reported at our last Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) that the “whole electrical grid” is scrambling to secure adequate electric power due to growing demand.

Thank you to all who provide and proof material for this column.

“Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.”  ~ The Special Olympics Motto recited by Special Olympians at competitions.

        Blessings, Pray, be Respectful and Grateful,

Dave

Dave Carlsrud