Greetings Everybody, What is the old saying?  “If you don’t like the weather in ND, wait ..……..”.  Earlier we had rain and cool, followed by hot and humid, now it has been hot and dry so they are harvesting dusty beans with big clouds of dust.  It is too warm to go full blast with sugar beet harvest and much of the corn could use a good frost so, patience, the weather will change!

Recently a contingent of Valley City Employees and two commissioners attended the North Dakota League of Cities (NDLC) Annual Conference.  Some of the educational sessions addressed the securing of funding, cybersecurity, working together, succession planning and artificial intelligence to name a few.  We split our group so we could cover as many of the concurrent sessions as possible.  It was a valuable conference for us.

Janine Stange, “The National Anthem Girl”, who has performed our National Anthem in forty-four states, shared an inspirational keynote speech.  Janine, as The National Anthem Girl, has been recognized nationally so you may find researching her to be interesting.

Valley City is a Municipal Power Community so we own our “not for  profit” Electrical Department.  Some benefits for citizens are lower power costs, enough power and reliability.  This year our power has been “on” 99.99923% of the time so we are fortunate.  **October 6-12 is National Municipal Power Week.  For more on Public/Municipal Power see: https://wearecommunitypowered.com/

 Sunday after church Sue and I walked through our well groomed City Park.  The park itself is naturally beautiful and with new playground equipment being installed its beauty will be further enhanced.  Additionally, the Pickleball courts and shelter at Hi-Line Park are really nice and functional.  When you are out and about stop by and have a look.  Congratulations & thank you to our Valley City Parks and Recreation Department.

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“The sun and the sky are always there.  It’s the clouds that come and go.”  ~ Janine Stange

Blessings, Pray, be Grateful and Respectful,

Dave

Dave Carlsrud