{"id":237679,"date":"2021-10-25T14:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=237679"},"modified":"2021-10-25T14:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:31:55","slug":"latest-message-to-vc-residents-mayor-carlsrud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=237679","title":{"rendered":"Latest message to VC residents, 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\" \/>Valley City\u00a0 (Chamber 10-25-21)\u00a0 Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud has distributed his latest message to Valley City residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi Everybody,<\/p>\n<p>Halloween!\u00a0Gosh Sunday is the end of October already!!\u00a0With that, the 10-day forecast is promising so there are likely to be many \u201ctrick-or-treaters\u201d out and about.\u00a0If you are driving, please be extra careful to protect the kids and grandkids.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A citizen stopped me the other day and commented, \u201cWe have a beautiful city, but I see businesses with weeds growing along buildings and in sidewalks\u201d.\u00a0Whether you\u2019re a building owner or a tenant, please be proud of where you are and keep the area looking nice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) is a Joint Action Agency that provides and manages power on behalf of Valley City and 60 other municipal power communities in ND, SD, MN, &amp; IA.\u00a0In 2005, the MRES Members were 50% carbon free and by 2020 the members were 84% carbon free.\u00a0Valley City\u2019s 2020 power supply mix is even better at 93% carbon free and 75% of our power is renewable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most effective weapon against COVID is vaccine.\u00a0Please, get your vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week Sue and I attended a funeral for two people who were married 65 years.\u00a0In an eloquent eulogy, the point was made that they were married that long due to commitments with each other.\u00a0A part of the \u201ccommitment\u201d definition includes devotion, faithfulness, attentiveness and loyalty.\u00a0I thought that was pretty neat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to contributors again this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Harry S. Truman)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blessings, Respect Others, Be Kind and Pray,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dave<\/p>\n<p>Dave Carlsrud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (Chamber 10-25-21)\u00a0 Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud has distributed his latest message to Valley City residents. \u201cHi Everybody, Halloween!\u00a0Gosh Sunday is the end of October already!!\u00a0With that, the 10-day forecast is promising so there are likely to be many \u201ctrick-or-treaters\u201d out and about.\u00a0If you are driving, please be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237680,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237679\/revisions\/237680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}