wbPM4CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH PATCHY FOG.  LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO

15 MPH.

.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WEST WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST

WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH

WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER

30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF

RAIN. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.

.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN

THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID

30S.

.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 50. LOWS

IN THE MID 30S.

 

Chances of rain…possibly mixed with snow…mainly over southern counties

Friday night and Saturday.

The coolest day will be Saturday when the center of the cold Canadian

high reaches ND by late Saturday afternoon. Look for highs only in

the 40s.

Another chance of rain Sunday night and Monday.

Tuesday and Wednesday look dry with seasonable temperatures with

highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council’s Police & Fire, and Public Works Committees met Thursday evening at City Hall.  Council Member Gumke was not present.

POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

The committee heard from Tom Tracy relative to concerns with using local resources at Dakota Access Pipeline site(s), protests, specifically on private land.

He said Governor Dalrymple told him the National Guard is not equipped in Riot Control.

He requested that the city and county write a letter to the governor to ask him to have the National Guard control the protestors who are law breaking.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said seven Jamestown Police officers have been at the protest site, out of 29 officers.  He pointed out that the city is being reimbursed for the cost of the officers on the site.

The Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser has been on the scene.

No action was recommended by the committee.

Informational: Application for appointment to the Fire Code Board of Appeals has been received from Scott Roemmich.

 

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

 The committee received updated information from AE2S regarding progress and web-site preliminary information on the Stormwater Utility Feasibility Study.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said GPS and other information is being put together.

He added that as more information is received, the city will post it on its web site.

Later, informational handouts will be available, followed by a series of public meetings.

Darrell Hournbuckle, from Interstate Engineering, Inc., reported on 2nd Avenue and 19th Street Southeast, which is located south of the Frontier Fort.

He said drainage issues along 19th Street are being addressed.

He added that 2nd Avenue will not be reopened at this time.

The committee recommends not taking action on a request to open 2nd Avenue between 19th and 22nd Street until more concrete issues are addressed.

 

The committee considered  declaring an emergency and authorizing the immediate purchase of a 2017 Freightliner with a 20 YD New Way Cobra Rear Load Body from Northland Truck Sales, in the amount of $142,900.00.  The packer body on a truck was significantly damaged, with the repair costs estimated at between $25,000 and $70,000.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said the garbage route pick ups will be readjusted to accommodate a unit no longer in service.

The committee took no action.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting and dedication at the “The Prairie Grass Ballet” sculpture at the Hansen Arts Park in Downtown Jamestown,  on Wednesday November 9, 2016, at 4:30 p.m.

The sculpture captures the essence of how grasses work together as communities to withstand, and thrive, in the vigorous North Dakota environment. It is a reflection of our community told through our native prairie grass surroundings. As in most plant and animal groups the strength and beauty of the whole is composed of a multitude of individual traits, all unique.

The public is encouraged to attend.

 

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline are gearing up for a confrontation with authorities over a patch of private land on the pipeline route.

Protesters constructed two barricades Thursday on a highway near the camp they have established on property owned by the pipeline’s developer. They barricades are made of tires, hay bales, logs, plywood and barbed wire.

Protesters also are moving from their main camp, which is on federally owned land, to the camp on the private property. Riders on horseback are monitoring the movements of authorities.

On Wednesday, authorities gathered in the area with heavy equipment including Humvees and buses and demanded the protesters leave the private land. The protesters refused.

Protester Robert Eder says if authorities clear out the camp, “there will be twice as many tomorrow.”

 

Update…

At  2 p.m.  Thursday…

Dakota Access pipeline protesters have retreated from a direct confrontation with law enforcement officers and soldiers who are advancing to force them from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction.

About 200 protesters remain in the area, listening to elders speak, burning sage and praying while law officers approach the camp from two directions.

Authorities at mid-day launched an effort to force out the protesters, a day after they refused to leave voluntarily. The operation involves dozens of officers in riot gear, many armed with guns and clubs, along with trucks, police cars, military Humvees, buses and aircraft.

Protesters earlier put on the highway near the camp and set a small fire to slow authorities.

 

In sports…

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce reports that the Barnes County Wildlife Federation’s Buffet Banquet and Auction is Friday October 28, 2016 at the Valley City Eagles Club.

A No-Host Social and raffles at 5-p.m., to 6-p.m.

The banquet is 6-p.m., to 7-p.m., and the Auction is at 7:30-p.m.

The Grand Prize will be a rifle.

Spouses and youth are welcome with a Special Door Prize.

The cost is $25 per person, $40 per couple, and $15 for youth.

Tickets are available at L&H Shoe Shop, Northwestern Industries, or call 490-1797.

 

 

In world and national news…

UNDATED (AP) — Hillary Clinton says first lady Michelle Obama’s voice is needed in this election “more than ever.” Clinton and Mrs. Obama appeared together at a rally in North Carolina, drawing one of the Democratic nominee’s largest crowds of the general election. It’s their first joint event of the 2016 campaign. Mrs. Obama has emerged as one of Clinton’s most effective surrogates. She has passionately defended Clinton’s experience and strongly condemned Donald Trump as divisive and unprepared.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a dozen days left until Election Day, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are refusing to commit to working with each other after the election. And that raises questions about the winner’s ability to heal the country’s wounds after a bitter presidential debate. When asked by ABC whether he would cooperate with a Clinton administration, Trump said he’d “make that decision at a later date.” Clinton, meanwhile, dodged a question about whether she would meet one-on-one with Trump after the election.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal lawsuit is challenging a New York state law that makes it a misdemeanor to show a marked election ballot to others. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks to have the law banning so-called “ballot selfies” declared unconstitutional. The lawsuit said publishing a voted ballot on social media can be a powerful form of political expression. It says that someone claiming they voted without photographic proof reduces the credibility of the individual.

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s children’s agency is raising the death toll from an attack Wednesday on a school in a rebel-held province of Syria. Officials now say 22 children and six teachers died in what may have been the deadliest attack on a school in Syria’s civil war. UNICEF and the Syrian Civil Defense, a first-responder team, said the death toll is likely to rise as rescue efforts continue. They said two schools in the area were hit with 11 airstrikes around midday.

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — No clashes have been seen between protesters and the police and soldiers who came today to remove them from the path of an oil pipeline in North Dakota. But an Associated Press reporter at the scene says there were scuffles between protesters who wanted to stay and those who were willing to leave. Authorities in riot gear, driving trucks, Humvees and buses, moved in today to remove the protesters, who had refused a demand yesterday to leave.