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August 21st, 2012
Fargo TV station KVLYâs Coats for Kids program, which supplied winter coats for children in need during the early fall months, has ended after a 25-year run and 11 years of operation in Valley City.
However, due to Mercy Hospitalâs Faith In Action and some local volunteers, Valley City kids â and now adults â will not have to go cold this winter.
Faith In Action Community Coats will offer donated coats at the old St. Paulâs Church on Fourth Street in southwest Valley City tentatively on Friday, Oct. 5, Saturday, Oct. 6, or both days.
Teachers, administrators, parents and students are racing to get ready for the first day of school. Superintendent Dean Koppelman said the school needs help from parents to get students registered for classes and bussing.
North Dakota requires 175 days of classroom instruction per academic year, and with the amount of required testing students face, Koppelman wondered at Mondayâs school board meeting if students are tested too much.
BWhen theatre student Burke Tagney walks into Valley City State Universityâs Vangstad Auditorium Friday, he wonât know what to expect. He does know that in just 24 hours, audience will be at their seats in anticipation for a series of plays created in just one day.
Tagney will be a participant in the 24-hour Theatre Extravaganza, which is hosted by VCSUâs Theatre Department and open to the entire community.
August 20th
Valley City Police are stepping up patrol after a rash of suspicious activity and now a Monday-night arson were reported in Valley Cityâs Chautauqua and City Parks.
âWe had some people call in and say that there were some people down there that looked kind of suspicious,â said Tyler Jacobson, Valley City Parks and Recreation director.
âWe called the police and asked if they step up their patrol. Weâve also had a couple of fires going on out at Chautauqua; a couple individuals burned up one of garbage cans completely and burned one of our dumpsters too.â
A 1.5 mile stretch of smooth, new blacktop now rises, falls, twists and turns as it winds from the opening gate of Clausen Springs around the southern half of the lake to the Clausen Springs Dam. The road was finished last week and is the final piece of the restoration of the park after it was devastated during spring flooding in 2009.
Like many, Valley City resident Bonnie Olson has plenty of trips sheâd like to take, but canât always fit in due to high gas prices.
But for now, that isnât much of a worry.
Olson had her name drawn as the winner of the grand prize of the Times-Recordâs $1,000 Free Gas Giveaway and won $250 gift cards to the Valley Service, Stop and Go, Dakota Plains and Brothers III gas stations in Valley City.
âThis is really going to be nice, because now my gas is paid for,â Olson said.
August 17th
Valley City City Administrator, David Schelkoph said that contrary to rumors, the cityâs 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.
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.
