{"id":274335,"date":"2023-08-07T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T06:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=274335"},"modified":"2023-08-17T08:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:08:43","slug":"news-and-notes-from-mayor-carlsrud-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=274335","title":{"rendered":"News and Notes from Mayor Carlsrud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valley City, ND &#8211; Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Last Friday the Barnes County Museum was featured in \u201cOnly in Your State\u201d.&nbsp; The writer says, \u201cThis unique museum lets you see a whole new side of North Dakota\u201d so search \u201cOnly in North Dakota\u201d to see said feature.&nbsp; Wes Anderson, his board and community volunteers do a great job of curating the museum.&nbsp; \u201cThough many people don\u2019t bat an eye at county museums, this one is special!\u201d&nbsp; If you haven\u2019t been there, it is worth the trip and if you have been there, it may be time to go again.&nbsp; Enjoy!<\/li><li>DO NOT feed deer or other animals in town as they become dependent on your \u201cfree food\u201d and may die during winter as they don\u2019t know how to forage efficiently.<\/li><li>A \u201cfun fact\u201d, August 1st, for the first time, everyone on the garbage route had put containers correctly!&nbsp; Thank you.<\/li><li>We have been experiencing numerous electrical \u201cblinks\u201d and some outages this summer.&nbsp; Squirrels are the biggest culprits as they are attracted by vibrations of the transformers, in turn causing shorts, blown fuses and \u201cblinks\u201d\u2026.. then are, well, you know.&nbsp; Both our transformers are again operating and delivering the smooth power flows to which we are accustom and we are grateful.&nbsp; ** By the way, our power was \u201con\u201d .99999% of the time in July!!<\/li><li>Our Police Department just received a new E-Bike specially designed for Police, 1st Responders &amp; Military.&nbsp; We are grateful to Missouri River Energy Service (MRES) for partnering in the bike purchase.&nbsp; MRES, along with secured grants, activated the purchase with no cost to the city.&nbsp; Thank you everyone.<\/li><li>Perhaps you saw pictures posted by VCPS of our Public Works Department Employees painting safety lanes and pedestrian crossings around the schools in preparation for the beginning of school.&nbsp; Thank you to all.<\/li><li>Thanks to all who provide and proof material for this article.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Love makes the wildest spirit tame and the tamest spirit wild.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/em><\/strong><em>~ Alex Delp<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Blessings, Pray, be Grateful and Respectful,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Carlsrud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City, ND &#8211; Hi Everyone, Last Friday the Barnes County Museum was featured in \u201cOnly in Your State\u201d.&nbsp; The writer says, \u201cThis unique museum lets you see a whole new side of North Dakota\u201d so search \u201cOnly in North Dakota\u201d to see said feature.&nbsp; Wes Anderson, his board and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":272833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274335","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274563,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274335\/revisions\/274563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/272833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}