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August 17th, 2012
To me, that husband of mine is sexy! His voice is deep and calm unlike my high, shrieking, un-calm blabber. I fall in to the transparent emerald of his eyes feeling like Iâve just landed on a grassy meadow in Ireland. His legs are muscular and formed like a Roman warrior. They are so appealing to me that if I could âI would taxidermy them and use them as a lamp just like the one in âThe Christmas Story.â Geepers. I hope he doesnât one day read this. He is a modest man with clean, soft hands. For all that he is he isnât handy. Thatâs not a criticism. It just is what it is.
Valley Realty will be developing a residential addition called Hillside Addition in the northwest part of Valley City.
Vice President Jim Knutson said the addition will have about 17 lots.
âWeâre looking to start the underground work for sewer and water within the next week or two,â Knutson said, adding that he hopes to have the properties available for sale yet this fall.
Being uprooted from home can cause a string of emotions to anybody, but for some Valley City residents, they feel a sense of relief being away from the flood-prone Sheyenne River. Those residents had properties bought out by the city. Valley Cityâs voluntary acquisition program allows the city to acquire properties close to the river that cannot be safely and permanently protected from floods.
âNaeem Ibrahim Atieaâ has a problem. His father was a cabinet minister for âMuhammad Gadaffi,â but when it was learned the elder Atiea didnât support the Libyan presidentâs political ideology, he was killed, his property was burned and his investments were confiscated. Before his death, Atieaâs father deposited $3.7 million in a bank in CĂŽte dâIvoire, an African country along the Ivory Coast.
August 16th
Valley City City Administrator David Schelkoph said Thursday that contrary to rumors, the city's water supply is not in danger of contamination, nor is there the possibility of the sewer system backing up.
The problem, Schelkoph said, is with the master lift station, and reducing pressure on the sewer system.
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Steve Urness (NewsDakota.com)
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Here we go again! Valley City officials are asking for residents to curtail their water usage until further notice due to repairs being made on the cities master lift station.
Mayor Bob Werkhoven says residents downstream should not use the Sheyenne River being raw sewage is being pumped into the river.
North Dakota is expected to see an end to the fish kills that have plagued the Midwest this summer.
Scott Gangl of the State Game and Fish department said North Dakota had nearly a dozen fish kills this year, with the largest being on the James River near LaMoure.
âIt was really shallow and it warmed up to the point where it was killing northern pike, just by the heat alone,â he said. âTheyâre a cool-water fish and the temperatures got too extreme for them.â
In late January 2012, in a below zero day with strong northwest winds, four people from Valley City traveled to Ray, North Dakota to obtain Thunderbird Ranch Gourmet Foods for the Open Door Center. The purpose of the trip was to secure real work for people with disabilities through the production of the products of Thunderbird Gourmet Foods. Because the Open Door Center believes that work is the best social program.
Valley Cityâs upgraded water treatment plant will eliminate sulfates from the cityâs drinking water, but state officials are still monitoring aquatic life in the Sheyenne River.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple recently suspended the sulfate limits in the Sheyenne River to allow the newly constructed Devils Lake East-End Outlet to operate, draining high sulfate water into the Sheyenne River. Devils Lake has grown from approximately 44,000 acres in the early 1990s to over 200,000 acres over the past two decades.
Gov. Jack Dalyrmple joined state and local officials Wednesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony and the dedication of Valley Cityâs new water treatment plant, which Dalrymple says produces the finest drinking water in North Dakota. The dedication was part of the âSites Along the Sheyenneâ tour, which explained why the Sheyenne River is part of the discussion on the Devils Lake crisis, hosted by the North Dakota Water Education Foundation.
