{"id":97784,"date":"2016-03-29T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=97784"},"modified":"2016-04-02T11:56:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T16:56:39","slug":"rafael-cruz-speaks-in-vc-jmst-tues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=97784","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Cruz in Valley City &#038; Jamestown &#8211; pixs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City (CSi) Rafael Cruz, the father of Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz,\u00a0spoke to a gathering at \u00a0Sabir\u2019s in Valley City on Tuesday morning, March 29, and later at a noon luncheon at Sabir\u2019s in Jamestown. \u00a0The\u00a0Valley City presentation replayed\u00a0on\u00a0CSi TV10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL. \u00a0 Photos by Matt Sheppard at Sabir&#8217;s Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/c520866.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 451px; position:relative; text-align: left; background-color: #FF0000;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, autoplayDelay:3500, lpp:'102-105-108-101-58-47-47-47-67-58-47-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-37-50-48-97-110-100-37-50-48-83-101-116-116-105-110-103-115-47-67-83-73-47-77-121-37-50-48-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-47-69-97-115-121-82-111-116-97-116-111-114-80-114-101-118-105-101-119-47-112-114-101-118-105-101-119-95-115-119-102-115-47', wv:1}\" data-erName=\"CruzRafael2016\" data-erTID=\"{yrs2kbr1nn0930813829541}\">\r\n\t<div data-ertype=\"content\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul data-erlabel=\"Main Category\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_99_1459282933\/content\/assets\/Cruz4-0.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael Cruz at Sabir's Jamestown - 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