{"id":237186,"date":"2021-10-18T14:17:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=237186"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:18:18","slug":"message-to-vc-community-from-mayor-carlsrud-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=237186","title":{"rendered":"Message to VC Community from Mayor Carlsrud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-217744\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlsrud-Dave-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Following the super dry summer, things have certainly turned around this fall. With warmer weather, many of the grasses, trees and bushes are still showing off some green color.\u00a0 I think it looks nice.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibility comes with owning pets. Certainly loving them and providing good health care are two, but licensing and \u201cpicking up\u201d after them are also.\u00a0 Licensing is a City Ordinance and provides a degree of welfare for all pets.\u00a0 Please license your pets at the VCPD.<\/p>\n<p>The Valley City Public School District has uploaded a video\/PowerPoint Presentation from the public meetings on \u201cExploring the Future of School Facilities\u201d. See the district website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiliners.org\/\">hiliners.org<\/a> (<strong>Click Explore<\/strong>). \u00a0When you arrive at the webpage \u201c<strong>Exploring the Future of School Facilities\u201d<\/strong>, click the presentation on the left part of the screen and it will lead to the recorded video and PowerPoint (scroll down to see the PP).<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 is \u201ckicking\u201d unvaccinated people mostly. Some are on ventilators, some are dying and who knows the degree of permanent lung damage being suffered. \u00a0Please think further about getting your vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday evening when the wind quit and the sun had set behind the west crest of the Sheyenne River Valley; the sky was colored a soft gold with a hint of blue accenting a beautiful silhouette of the tress and their leaves. Some days I forget to enjoy the simple beauties with which we are so often Blessed.\u00a0 Perhaps I need to \u201cstop and smell the roses\u201d more often, maybe we all should. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blessings, Respect Others, Be Kind and Pray<\/p>\n<p>Dave Carlsrud<\/p>\n<p>Mayor of Valley City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the super dry summer, things have certainly turned around this fall. With warmer weather, many of the grasses, trees and bushes are still showing off some green color.\u00a0 I think it looks nice. Responsibility comes with owning pets. 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