Valley City – Hi Everybody, Weather in our area, \u201cAin\u2019t it Great\u201d?\u00a0 Gosh we have been from bone-chattering cold & snow with extreme wind to sunny and\u00a0\u00a0 45-ish over the weekend.\u00a0 Go figure, sometimes God thinks He is so-o-o funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you know the Christmas Carol, Silent Night, was first played on a guitar because mice had eaten holes in the bellows of the organ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first day of winter, December 21, is just around the corner. With the fewest hours of daylight during this time, we can rest comfortably knowing our Valley City Electrical Department will \u201clight up\u201d your winter nights. Go for a walk, a jog or a drive and see the many Christmas lights uptown and throughout residential areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Grinch\u201d of 2018 is the highest grossing Christmas Movie of all time, in the $540M range!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Salvation Army Kettle Campaign is underway, to \u201cring the bell\u201d, please call 701-840-1357 or 701-541-1418 and give what you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deck the halls, not the fire alarms! As holiday decorations go up, remember to keep electrical safety in mind. Check your holiday lighting for broken bulbs, frayed wires or damaged plugs. Keep your family and home safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NAIA & NCAA college football play-offs are underway with many area folks following regional teams such as the Bison, Jackrabbits, Coyotes & the Bobcats. Some game officials with Valley City ties, Brian Yanish, Brooks Martin & Ryan Jungling officiated NAIA Play-off games in Montana; congratulations guys. Become an official, 701-845-3953. Brent Vigen who graduated from Central Valley High School and NDSU is the head coach of the Montana State Bobcats. The apple doesn\u2019t fall far from the tree however as his dad, Randy Vigen, was a long time teacher and coach at Central Valley High School where they had a beautiful football field setting with GREAT natural turf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you to all who provide and proof material for this column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c<\/strong>Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>~ Vince Lombardi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Blessings, Pray, be Respectful and Grateful,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dave<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dave Carlsrud <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Valley City – Hi Everybody, Weather in our area, \u201cAin\u2019t it Great\u201d?\u00a0 Gosh we have been from bone-chattering cold & snow with extreme wind to sunny and\u00a0\u00a0 45-ish over the weekend.\u00a0 Go figure, sometimes God thinks He is so-o-o funny. Did you know the Christmas Carol, Silent Night, was first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":271545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289091,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289031\/revisions\/289091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/271545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}