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June 15th, 2012
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster,” said actor Ray Liotta as he immortalized mobster-turned-FBI informant Henry Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas.”
Hill was an associate in the New York-based Lucchese crime family and testified against mafia members following the theft of $5.8 million from a Lufthansa Airlines vault.
Really Big Music is hosting what it hopes to be the start of an annual tradition of a music scholarship dance and jam session Saturday night.
June 14th
Saturday
Bill Jansen Road Race
Hi-Line Park, 8 a.m.
5K, 10K, Mile races all available. Cost is $5 for the mile, $10 to walk and $20 for an individual race. Registration is Saturday at 7 a.m.
VCHS Alumni basketball game
City Auditorium, 4 p.m.
Some of Valley City’s top players from years past return home for a hoops game and pep rally. Admission is $3 and will benefit the Hi-Liner Booster Club.
Pizza Corner Classic
Charlie Brown Memorial Field
The Valley City Post 60 American Legion baseball team tried plenty of different players on the pitcher’s mound in Thursday’s double header losses to Kindred.
But no matter who was there, the problem was virtually the same — the pitchers struggled to find early strikes and later walked batters after falling behind in counts.
“Leading with the strike and getting ahead right away is big in baseball,” coach Jason Beilke said. “When you’re ahead 0-1, it’s a lot easier than being behind 1-0.”
VCSU football team hosts camps
What may soon be an official Rally in the Valley event is coming back again this year. The VCHS Alumni Basketball and Band Jam will be Saturday, June 16th. The jam consists of the VCHS Reunion Marching Band performing in the annual Rally in the Valley parade plus an All 80’s and 90’s Alumni Basketball game to be held at the City Auditorium in Valley City.
Starting at 10 a.m., the VCHS Hi-Liner Reunion Marching Band will perform in the Rally in the Valley Parade down Central Avenue. at 4:00 p.m. The VCHS Alumni Basketball Game and Pep Rally will take place in the City Auditorium.
The dust has settled and the battle lines are drawn for the general election in November.
Following Tuesday’s primary election, Rick Berg, Kevin Cramer and Kirsten Baesler secured their slots on the Republican ticket for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and North Dakota’s Superintendent of Schools, respectively. The Republican ticket held the only contested elections in the state.
Also claiming victory were Libertarian candidates Roland Riemers, Eric Olson and Josh Voytek who are running for Governor, U.S. House of Representatives and Public Service Commission respectively.
The Bridge City Cruisers, Valley City’s car club, will be hosting its 14th annual car show on Central Avenue and Main Street in Valley City on Saturday, and club president Terry Johnson said they’re hoping to fill downtown this year.
The club, which started in 1998, has grown from 15 members to more than 100. Johnson said, “A few guys got together and put together a club and it has kind of evolved.”
The car show will feature unique and classic vehicles belonging to residents from all over North Dakota as well as the entire upper Midwest.
June 13th
The Sheyenne Care Center staff and residents in Valley City recently saw the addition of two new faces.
Cynthia Smith will take over as director of nursing, while Valley City native John Ziemba will be the new employee recruiter.
Smith moved to North Dakota from South Carolina in June of 2001 when she accepted a job as director of nursing in Rugby, eventually becoming the administrator of the Rugby Long Term Care Program.
All precincts reported. See Thursday’s Times-Record for full results.
Valley City Commission
Ken Evenson — 484
Arthur Frieze — 199
Robert Drake — 860
Mary Lee Nielson — 1,012
Madeline Luke — 1,077
Measure 1
Legislative assembly appointments
Yes-96,298 (60.48); No-62,917 (39.52)
Measure 2
Elimination of property tax
Yes-40,106(23.43); No-131.082(76.57)
Measure 3
Religious freedom measure
Yes-60,129(35.94); No-107,186(64.06)
Measure 4
Discontinuation of UND’s nickname
Yes-113.165(67.38);No-57,788(32.62)
-Compiled by Scott Schlaufman
