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REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST TODAY AND
ACROSS THE SOUTH TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DAILY WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Special Session Tuesday at City Hall.
Newly elected city commissioners Rick Ross, and Mike Bishop were sworn into office, along with elected Park District members Dick Gulmon and Ross Powell.
Finance Director Avis Richter presented Commissioners with the Barnes County Official Canvassed Abstract and the Certificate of Election from the Primary Election Held on June 14, 2016.
City Commisoner Official Voting Results:
Rick Ross 812
Mike Bishop 805
Mary Lee Nielson 620
Jeff Edwards 587
Municipal Judge Thomas Goven 1,316
Appointed and approved:
Duane Magnuson for the position of Vice President to the Valley City Commission and reconsidered following the September 15, 2016 Special Election for mayor .
Reorganization of the Commissioners Portfolios included:
Finance: Matt Pedersen
Public Works Streets, Sanitation & Sewer: Duane Magnuson
Public Works Electric & Water: Rick Ross
Police/Fire: Mike Bishop
Building & Grounds: Matt Pedersen
Planning & Zoning member: Rick Ross (temporary basis)
Commissioners city officials appointed for additional committees and boards:
Library Board: Commissioner Mike Bishop
City/County Health Board (Tabled)
South Central Dakota Regional Council, City Administrator David Schelkopf continues
Valley City/Barnes County Development Corporation, City Commissioner Rick Ross
9-1-1 Advisory Board, City Commissioner Mike Bishop
Board of Community Service, City Commissioner Duane Magnuson
Personnel Policy Board members, Commission President Matt Pedersen, City Commissioner Duane Magnuson, Finance Director Avis Richter, City Administrator David Schelkopf, and Gary Jacobson.
The meeting was shown live of CSi Cable 68 followed by replays on Tuesday.
Valley City (CSi) A free car seat checkup will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3-p.m. to 6-pm at theEssentia Health west parking lot in Valley City.
Certified child passenger safety technicians will answer questions and assist parents and caregivers in proper use and installation of their car seats. The checkup is sponsored by the North Dakota Department of Health and City-County Health District in Valley City.
Car seats will be checked to be sure they are appropriate for the child who is riding in them and that the seats are not recalled or expired. Technicians will assist families with installation of the seat, using either the LATCH system or the seat belt.
Guidance will be given on how to correctly secure the child in the car seat, including how tight the harness should be, which harness slots should be used and correct positioning of the harness clip.
Each car seat check will take about 30 minutes. Parents should bring the car seat instructions and their vehicle owner’s manual. Although not necessary, it helps to have the child present, so he/she can be fitted to the seat.
For more information about the checkup contact City-County Health District office in Valley City at 701-845-8518
Jamestown (CSi) The 2016 Kiddies Bike Parade will be held July 4 on First Avenue South. Registration opens 9am. Bikers are asked to be at the south parking lot by 9:30 a.m. to get into their positions for the parade. Parade starts at 10am.
2015 photos by Matt Sheppard
This 1 ½ mile leisurely paced parade will start at the parking lot on first avenue & First Street, and proceed south on first Avenue to 8th Street, over to second avenue southeast and then south to and through McElroy Park, ending up at the Sertoma Shelter for prize presentations and treats by the Sertoma Club.
All bikers are invited to ride in the parade and must wear bike helmets. This family event encourages families to walk together with parents accompanying younger bikers. No motorized bikes of any kind are allowed.
All bikers under 12 will receive a coupon for a free kiddies ice cream cone from Dairy Queen of Jamestown, Fantastic Fireworks will be giving coupons for a free pack of sparklers and the Sertoma Club will serve all bikers and friends free root beer floats at the conclusion of the parade.
The theme of the parade is the 4th of July and prizes will be awarded for the best decorated bikes First place $20, Second and Third place $10 each. At the start of the parade, kids 7 to12 can register for a boys’ and 2 girls’ bike to be given away, courtesy of Walmart. Kids 13 to 18 can register for two $10 prizes.
Judging for best decorated bikes will take place at the parking lot and announced at the Sertoma Shelter after the parade. Judging will be based on display of red, white and blue decorations, originality and first impressions.
Bikers are asked to be at the south parking lot by 9:30 a.m. to get into their positions for the parade.
Jamestown (CSi) Ave Maria Village in Jamestown invites the community to the Second Annual Fun Walk on Saturday, August 6, 2016, starting at * 9:00 A.M. at Ave Maria Village
Great Prizes! Great Prizes!
Photos by Matt Sheppard – CSi .More at Facebook.
Ave Maria is dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our residents and those in our community. Join us as we have our
The SECOND ANNUAL walk is to help promote a healthy lifestyle at any age. Everyone welcome! JOIN US – Just for the HEALTH of it!
*All proceeds will benefit Ave Maria’s Private Room Campaign – Phase 1*
Early Bird Special: $15.00/person if paid by July 29th; $20.00 thereafter or on day of event.
Ave Maria Residents are FREE! Children 12 and under are FREE!
Adults 65 and older just $10.00 if registered by the Early Bird deadline!
Course: there will be a one mile loop marked out on the north side of Ave Maria Village. Walk the loop 1 – 3 times depending on your fitness level. Please check in by 8:45 A.M. so we can start the walk promptly at 9:00 A.M. Drawings at 10 A.M.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The family of a North Dakota college student who was a confidential informant for a drug task force has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The body of 20-year-old Andrew Sadek was found about two years ago in the Red River, which separates North Dakota from Minnesota, not far from where he attended college in Wahpeton. He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
John and Tammy Sadek filed a civil complaint Monday against Richland County Sheriff’s deputy Jason Weber and the county. The suit seeks unspecified damages.
The suit says the defendants, including Weber, who was part of the task force, failed to train Andrew Sadek to perform undercover operations or to “reasonably supervise” him.
A spokeswoman for the North Dakota attorney general’s office was not immediately available comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man accused of stabbing another man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.
Twenty-eight-year-old Nigel Wakefield is accused of stabbing the man Feb. 1 after being kicked out of a business for disturbing customers. Police Officer Mike Renton testified during a Monday hearing that the victim suffered a wound to his neck.
Wakefield underwent a psychological evaluation in May and was declared fit for trial. South Central District Judge Sonna Anderson scheduled a four-day trial to begin Dec. 6. Wakefield faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 31-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for selling drugs in the North Dakota oil patch.
Timothy Sumpter, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty in March to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Authorities say a traffic stop near Bowman in March 2014 yielded about two pounds of methamphetamine and a half-pound of heroin that had been transported from California. Sumpter was one of three people in the vehicle.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland says Sumpter must serve five years of supervised release when he finishes his prison term.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A 19-year-old Williston man who faced 45 charges in connection with a string of break-ins and thefts has been sentenced to serve four years in prison.
Jayde Sundheim was accused of breaking into vehicles, garages and apartments and stealing everything from guns to drugs.
Sundheim pleaded guilty in March to theft, burglary and drug possession and was sentenced Monday. He’ll be on probation for three years following his prison term.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers saw a variety of weather conditions affect crops in the last week, from heavy rain and flooding in the northwestern part of the state to continued dry weather in southwestern areas.
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that many areas of the state also experienced storms and windy conditions that resulted in some crop damage.
The report says topsoil moisture supplies were rated 88 percent adequate to surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 78 percent adequate to surplus. Pasture and range conditions statewide are rated 56 percent good to excellent and stock water supplies are 82 percent adequate to surplus.
Spring wheat condition was calculated at 78 percent good to excellent.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The company that wanted to build the Keystone XL pipeline is seeking $15 billion in damages from the federal government after the Obama administration rejected the Canada-to-Texas project.
TransCanada Inc. filed a request for arbitration Friday, arguing that the decision violated the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The pipeline would have carried 830,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Hardisty, Alberta, in Canada to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would have connected to existing pipelines running south to Gulf Coast refineries.
A spokesman for the Canadian developer says the November rejection was “arbitrary and unjustified.” The company also argued in its filing that the administration rejected the project to bolster its environmental credentials.
A State Department spokesman said the agency doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Supreme Court justices have heard arguments in a dispute over a Minot bank expansion.
Some people who live near First Western Bank & Trust say the business has received special treatment from the city in connection with a major expansion.
More than a dozen neighbors sued last year after the City Council granted variances to the bank to reduce its required parking in association with the building addition. A judge dismissed the case last August and upheld his decision in January, and the neighbors appealed to the Supreme Court.
Justices heard oral arguments on Monday. They took the case under advisement and will issue a ruling later.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Historical Society must use money from its own budget to pay private attorneys to defend against a lawsuit.
The Legislature’s Budget Section committee denied the agency’s request Monday for $75,000 to pay lawyers.
A contractor that supervised a recent $52 million upgrade of North Dakota’s official museum on the Capitol grounds is suing the state for breach of contract.
Wahpeton-based Comstock Construction Inc. alleges in court documents that the agency owes it nearly $1.5 million in damages and unpaid bills for its work on the North Dakota Heritage Center. The company has requested a jury trial.
The agency says it withheld payment to the company because the company still has not finished some work.
The State Historical Board in April voted to retain Serkland Law Firm in Fargo.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The National Sunflower Association is holding its Annual Summer Seminar in Bismarck this week.
The event is Tuesday through Thursday at the Ramada Hotel.
The annual meeting gives industry leaders and producers a chance to network and to learn about what’s happening in the sunflower industry.
This year’s keynote speaker is Carl Casale, president and CEO of CHS Inc.
In sports….
Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown head men’s hockey coach Dean Stork announces the signing of Jason Richter from Cranbook, British Columbia, who will join the Jimmies in the 2016-17 season.
Richter, a 5′ 6″, 174 pound forward, scored 29 goals and added 25 assists in 33 games for the Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. He played four seasons with the Dynamiters, scoring 104 goals with 97 assists in 179 games.
Stork says, “Jason’s desire to compete is through the roof and that’s what really intrigued me to go after this special player. His leadership abilities on and off the ice will help our program be successful. His offensive instincts will challenge opposing defensemen, along with his speed and skills to create offense.”
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Four University of North Dakota hockey recruits and a sophomore were selected in the recent NHL draft.
Tyson Jost was taken in the first round, 10th overall, by Colorado. Jost recently was named Hockey Canada’s Canadian Junior Hockey League National Player of the Year. He’ll join UND in the fall.
Jost is the highest-drafted UND player since Jonathan Toews (tayvs) went third overall to Chicago in 2006.
UND sophomore Rhett Gardner was taken by Dallas in the fourth round, at No. 116.
Three other UND recruits also were drafted. Mitchell Mattson went to Calgary in the fifth round, at No. 126. Peter Thome was taken by Columbus in the sixth round, at No. 155. Collin Adams was selected by the New York Islanders in the sixth round, at No. 170.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who helped boost the women’s game to the big time in a 38-year career at Tennessee, has died at 64.
With an icy glare on the sidelines, Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national championships and prominence on a campus steeped in the traditions of the football-rich south until she retired in 2012.
Her son, Tyler Summitt, issued a statement Tuesday morning saying his mother died peacefully at Sherrill Hill Senior Living in Knoxville surrounded by those who loved her most.
Tyler’s statement said “since 2011, my mother has battled her toughest opponent, early onset dementia, ‘Alzheimer’s Type’ … and we can all find peace in knowing she no longer carries the heavy burden of this disease. ”
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 15, Kansas City 2
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Cleveland 8 Atlanta 3
Final Kansas City 6 St. Louis 2
Final Colorado 9 Toronto 5
Final Oakland 8 San Francisco 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Texas 9 N-Y Yankees 6
Final Tampa Bay 13 Boston 7
Final Houston 4 L.A. Angels 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Pittsburgh 4
Final Washington 11 N-Y Mets 4
Final Chi Cubs 11 Cincinnati 8
Final Philadelphia 8 Arizona 0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is bringing in two new minority partners, including the NBA’s first Chinese owner.
Shanghai investor Lizhang Jiang and New Jersey real estate mogul Meyer Orbach are joining the Timberwolves’ ownership group. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal has not been finalized.
The person said Orbach has agreed to acquire 9.5 percent of the team while Lizhang will be brought in at 5 percent. The 35-year-old Lizhang works in sports marketing in China.
Orbach heads the Orbach Group, a prominent real estate development company based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The company owns apartment buildings in New Jersey and New York.
OBAMA-WNBA
Obama praises WNBA’s Lynx for setting example for girls
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says this year’s WNBA champions set an “outstanding example” for young women everywhere.
Obama marked the Minnesota Lynx’s victory in the 2015 championship during a ceremony at the White House Monday. He noted the team’s struggles with a roster shake-up and multiple player injuries. Obama says the team didn’t have a perfect season, but ended up as champions anyway. He says that’s what matters.
The president also noted it’s the 20th anniversary of the WNBA and says it’s a time to celebrate all players. He also praised the Lynx and head coach Cheryl Reeve for their philanthropic work.
The Lynx captured their third championship in five seasons last October. The team is 13-2 this season after winning a WNBA-record 13 straight to start the season.
WIMBLEDON…
LONDON (AP) – Nick Kyrgios has grabbed the early advantage in his intriguing battle of the generations against Radek Stepanek in the opening round of Wimbledon.
The 21-year-old Australian took the first set 6-4 against the 37-year-old Stepanek, who is bidding to become the oldest man to win a Grand Slam match since Jimmy Connors reached the second round of the 1992 U.S. Open at the age of 40.
Kyrgios, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2014, went up 4-1 before Stepanek fought back to 4-4. Kyrgios then held for 5-4 and broke for the set, and raced out to a 3-0 lead in the second set.
Stepanek is making his 14th Wimbledon appearance. He made it to the quarterfinals back in 2006.
Basketball…
NEW YORK (AP) – Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony are among the 12 players who have been selected to represent the U.S. men’s basketball team at the Rio Olympics. The U.S. roster includes Warriors starters Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes, along with Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan of the Raptors. Cleveland’s Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving, Indiana’s Paul George and Chicago’s Jimmy Butler also made the team, as did Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers.
Hockey…
UNDATED (AP) – Center Eric Lindros, goaltender Rogie Vachon (ROH’-gee va-SHAHN’) and right wing Sergei Makarov have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, along with the late coach and executive Pat Quinn. Lindros scored 372 goals and 865 points in 760 NHL games over 13 seasons, Vachon had 51 shots and a 2.99 goals-against average over 16 seasons and Makarov was a standout for the Soviet national team before collecting 384 points in 424 NHL games.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg has signed a six-year, $36 million contract. The 21-year old led the Predators with 33 goals and 64 points last season after topping the club in both categories the previous year. He has played all 82 of Nashville’s regular-season games each of the last two years.
In world and national news…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Pat Summitt never had a losing record and her Tennessee teams made the NCAA Tournament every season she coached, beginning in 1974-75. Her son says Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women’s game from obscurity to national prominence, has died. She was 64. Her teams won half-a-dozen titles.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Technology and entrepreneurship are on Hillary Clinton’s agenda as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee speaks at a small business incubator in Denver in hopes of wooing young voters. She’ll propose allowing entrepreneurs to defer student loan payments, and connecting every household in America to high-speed internet by 2020. Republican Donald Trump will outline his trade policies today, underscoring the stark differences with Clinton. He sees a middle class crushed by trade deals, globalization and jobs going overseas.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A bill to help fund the fight against the Zika virus is fading fast in Congress. A scaled-back version of President Barack Obama’s $1.9 billion emergency request is likely to be blocked today by Senate Democrats, raising the specter of no bill before Congress goes home for the summer. Democrats object to certain spending restrictions in the bill specifying which groups are allowed to deliver services.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The leader of an anti-Europe party in Britain is calling his country a beacon of hope following the Brexit vote. Nigel Farage, of the U.K. Independence Party, also predicts Britain won’t be the last to flee the EU. In Brussels, the EU is pressuring the U.K. to trigger negotiations to quickly leave the bloc and end the uncertainty that has rattled stock markets, which are starting to stabilize.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The tale of two popes was on display at the Vatican today as Pope Francis celebrates the 65th anniversary of the ordination of his predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict, with an unprecedented ceremony featuring a reigning pope honoring a retired one. Francis entered the Clementine Hall to applause and embraced Benedict, who stood up and removed his white skullcap in a sign of deference.
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