- Clean Up Week is scheduled for the week of May 11th. Materials will be collected on your normal garbage day. Please ensure your items are separated and placed at the curb no earlier than one week before your scheduled pickup. To view a list of allowable items, go to https://www.valleycity.us/sanitation/ For questions, please contact the Transfer Station at 701-845-0314. Thank you for following these procedures to help us ensure an efficient pickup for everyone.
- * The City of Valley City is hiring part-time mower operators for the summer season. Flexible scheduling available. To apply, please call 701-845-1700.
- Municipal electric utilities, also known as public power utilities, are not-for-profit entities owned by the customers they serve and operated by state or local governments. Across the nation, about 2,000 public power utilities serve 15% of electricity customers and account for 10% of total generating capacity. Many of these utilities are members of joint-action agencies, such as Missouri River Energy Services (MRES), through which they collaborate to provide a mutual power supply and essential energy-related services. ~ Electricity 101
- Thank you and congratulations to everyone who tested for Emergency Medical Response last Sunday. Your service is critical to all those you serve. Blessings.
- Please place all garbage containers at street level for collection. The automated truck arm is unable to adjust to containers on elevated surfaces or curbs. Thank you for your cooperation.
- How about expanding Earth Day to all year? We could clean up our properties and pick up refuse wherever we go, while recycling everything possible. Cardboard is especially important to recycle; it is heavy, and we are charged by weight to dump it in the landfill. Please try.
- The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is defined by several “first-of-a-kind” engineering feats. It is designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the world’s most rigorous sustainability standard. This challenge focuses on “Four Zeros”: zero energy, zero water, zero emissions, and zero waste.
- Thank you to all who provided material and to Sue for proofing this column.
- “Life is Short, Forgive Quickly, Kiss Slowly and Love Truly.” ~ Unknown
Blessings, Prayers, Respect and Gratitude,
Dave
Dave Carlsrud