wbam1CSi Weather…

REST O TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS 30 TO 35. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO

20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS 35 TO 40.

.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 55 TO 60.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 35 TO 40.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 45 TO 50.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS

45 TO 50.

A cooler and wetter weather pattern may be in the offing for next Friday as as upper trough moves east.

 

Bismarck (CSi)  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its National Weather Service (NWS) awarded the North Dakota State Hospital with an Institution Award for recording daily weather observations for 125 consecutive years. Staff members have recorded precipitation, temperature and other observations daily, without fail, since the hospital became part of the voluntary Cooperative Weather Observation Program in 1891 – two years after North Dakota gained statehood.

 

Historic weather data is used to study an area’s climate. Daily weather observations also help shape forecasts. The data is used by meteorologists, universities, agricultural specialists, insurance companies and other organizations, and is available online through NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information at www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search.

 

Heating Plant Supervisor Duane Duff has been a part of the observation team for the past 30 years. He says, “This is an award for the hospital, not an individual, because it is due entirely to the diligent efforts of each former and current Heating Plant team member that these readings have been taken every day for 125 years.”

 

Duff adds that each day at the scheduled time, a team member goes outside and measures precipitation totals using NOAA-certified equipment.  If it snows, this involves melting the snow from a gauge to determine moisture content. A digital thermometer captures and records temperatures throughout the day, including highs and lows.

 

Staff members report their observations to NOAA using an automated system. Years ago, hospital staff members mailed a log sheet each month to the NWS.

 

Duff says that he has gained an interest in meteorology after monitoring weather conditions over the years.

 

The State Hospital’s Plant Services Director Todd Wilen and Duff participated in an award ceremony at the NOAA NWS Office in Bismarck in mid-October. It included a congratulatory phone call from Chris Strager, Director of the NWS Central Region Headquarters in Kansas City, MO.

 

North Dakota State Climatologist F. Adnan Akyüz, PhD., also congratulated them. Even with all the instrumentation and models, he said the information still needs to be verified by human observers.

 

The State Hospital is one of the oldest continuous weather observation stations in North Dakota. Stations that began collecting data earlier include Garrison (1876), Williston (1878), and Napoleon (1889).

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Veterans Day activities have been set at the All Vets Club in Jamestown, on November 11th.

On a recent  Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County Veterans Service Officer, David Bratton said, a free breakfast will be held, from 7:30 a.m. to 10-a.m., along with a free soup buffet at 11-a.m., and family bingo is at 11:30-a.m.

Activities include door prizes, musical entertainment, by the Jamestown Drum and Bugle Corps at 5-p.m., followed at 6-p.m.,  by a POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony, and Celebration Banquet.

The evening meal will be free to WWII vets.

A raffle, is sponsored by the American Legion.

Following the Banquets, Steve and Nancy Kuykendall will entertain, and drawings and door prizes will be held.

The VFW Auxiliary will hold a Bake Sale during the day, and all organizations are invited to set up membership tables.

 

Bismarck (CSi)  Gov. Jack Dalrymple is encouraging North Dakotans to observe Veterans Day, today by honoring the service and sacrifice of veterans, those currently serving at home and abroad, and their families through ceremonies and patriotic activities, and by displaying the American and North Dakota flags.

Dalrymple says, “On Veterans Day and every day, we recognize the generations of heroes who rose to the challenge when their country called and performed extraordinary acts in the name of freedom and democracy.  We honor those who left their homes and their families to serve a greater cause, and by doing so, changed the course of history for us all. For that, we will always be grateful, and because of that, we will always be free.”

Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley will honor North Dakota’s veterans and service members by attending a Veterans Day ceremony today, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Russell Reid Auditorium of the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The annual Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals, Annual Meeting, will be held Tuesday, November 15th at The Vault Coffee Shop in downtown Valley City.

The Guest Speaker will be Tara Argall, a Communication Specialist with both non-verbal humans and animals.  She can communicate with animals to see what they need, want, and wish to communicate back to us. The event is open to the public.

SVFA Spokeswoman Pam Erickson said members will be voting to fill two open positions on the board the annual meeting.

Erickson said the SVFA’s vet care fund is getting low and any financial assistance will be appreciated. SVFA is a 501c3 charity which means your donations are tax deductible. All the money raised by SVFA stays right here in the community.

Those who want to donate can do so through PayPal on their website, www.svfanimals.org or by send at  PO Box 432, Valley City, ND 58072.

It’s Fall Raffle time  and tickets are $1 each or 12 tickets for $10.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Arts Center’s 2016 Wine and Cheese Tasting “Judgement of Jamestown,” will be on Saturday November 19, 2016, from 7-9-p.m., at the Arts Center.

This year the celebration notes the 40th anniversary of the “Judgement of Paris.”

A wine tasting competition held in Paris that pitted California wines against the highly regarded French wines, with surprising results.

Those participating the Arts Center event can decide for themselves if the foreign or domestic wines win over their palette.

Tickets at the Arts Center, or Cork and Barrel at $35.

Proceeds benefit Arts Center programs, including, Arts After School, Art for Life, Artist in Residencies, and more.

Must be 21 or older to attend.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Community Theater’s upcoming production is Love Thy Neighbor, a comedy by Gary Ray Stapp.

There will be three dinner shows on: Thursday December 1, 2016, Friday December 2nd, and Saturday December 3rd, at 6-p.m., each evening at the Jamestown Arts Center.

Sponsored by Lifetime Vision Source in Jamestown.

Advance tickets required by calling the Arts Center at 701-251-2496.

More information at www.jamestownarts.com

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s trying to defuse tensions between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and law enforcement in North Dakota, but the pipeline’s developer isn’t cooperating.

The Corps asked Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners Wednesday to stop work in the area where protests against the $3.8 billion pipeline have resulted in more than 400 arrests.

The Corps’ similar plea last week was rebuffed. ETP this week said crews were mobilizing equipment in preparation for tunneling under Lake Oahe.

The 1,200-mile pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois is complete except for under that Missouri River reservoir, which has been delayed while the Corps reviews its permitting.

Company spokeswoman Vicki Granado said in an email that work won’t be done until the company gets permission to be on Corps property.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A California man has pleaded not guilty to scamming three banks in North Dakota and trying to scam a fourth.

Twenty-three-year-old Patrick Griffith, of Stockton, California, faces felony charges in North Dakota that could land him in prison for up to 60 years if he’s convicted.

Griffith is accused of scamming two banks in Minot, one in Dickinson, and trying to scam another in Rolla last summer to get cash advances on a credit card.

Griffith also is accused of scamming banks in the South Dakota cities of Rapid City and Custer.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — This year’s soybean, corn, sugar beet and dry pea crops in North Dakota are expected to set records.

The Agriculture Department in its latest forecast projects the state’s soybean crop at 246 million bushels, up 33 percent from last year, and the corn crop at 501 million bushels, up 53 percent.

The sugar beet crop is expected to total 6.36 million tons, up 11 percent, and the dry pea crop 11.6 million hundredweight, up 44 percent.

North Dakota’s lentil crop is expected to be up 72 percent, but not a record. Potato production is forecast to be down 28 percent.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Minot City Council has abandoned a plan to erect a bullet-proof glass wall between the public and workers in City Hall.

Minot Daily News reports council members expressed concerns about the message such a wall would send.

Councilman Stephan Podrygula said there’s enough of a barrier between people and government and that he doesn’t favor “putting our people behind a cage.”

City Hall staff say many of the problems stem the public thinking the building’s entrance leads to the police department, despite a notice on the door indicating the police entrance is around the corner.

Podrygula’s motion to send the matter back to the council’s finance and improvements Committee failed 5 to 7. A motion to fund the glass screen also failed 4 to 8.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s labor commissioner is returning to the state attorney general’s office.Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has appointed Troy Seibel (SY’-buhl) as chief deputy attorney general, effective Dec. 1.

Seibel will succeed Thomas Trenbeath, who’s retiring as chief deputy after ten years with the attorney general’s office.

Seibel has served as labor commissioner since Gov. Jack Dalrymple appointed him in September 2014. Before that, he was an assistant attorney general.

 

In sports…

High School Volleyball…

 

At the West Region tournament.

Jamestown def. Mandan, 25-16, 25-13, 25-18

The Blue Jays move onto the semifinals playing Bismarck Legacy

Bismarck Legacy def. Dickinson, 25-17, 25-16, 25-18

 

Bismarck Century def. Bismarck St. Mary’s, 25-10, 25-13, 25-12

Bismarck High def. Minot, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22

 

 

 

Class B Region 1

Third Place

Hankinson def. Central Cass, 18-25, 25-15, 23-25, 26-24, 15-8

Championship

Kindred def. Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran, 13-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19

 

Class B Region 2

Third Place

Drayton/Valley-Edinburg def. Thompson, 3-1

Championship

Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page def. Park River/Fordville Lankin, 13-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-23

 

Class B Region 3

Third Place

South Border def. Oakes, 25-21, 25-17, 20-25, 25-18

Championship

LaMoure def. Carrington, 16-25, 25-13, 23-25, 25-21, 15-12

 

Class B Region 4

Third Place

Harvey-Wells County def. Dakota Prairie, 25-16, 9-25, 25-23, 25-14

Championship

Langdon-Edmore-Munich (All sports) def. North Star, 25-23, 25-8, 25-20

 

Class B Region 5

Third Place

Flasher def. Underwood, 3-0

Championship

Center-Stanton def. Shiloh Christian, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22

 

Class B Region 6

Third Place

Des Lacs-Burlington def. Velva/Sawyer, 23-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18

Championship

Minot Our Redeemer’s def. Rugby, 25-9, 25-16, 25-11

 

Class B Region 7

Third Place

Dickinson Trinity def. Mott-Regent, 25-14, 25-14, 25-17

Championship

Hazen def. Heart River, 19-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-11

 

Class B Region 8

Third Place

Powers Lake def. Kenmare, 3-1

Championship

Ray def. Watford City, 27-25, 25-23, 11-25, 19-25, 25-12

 

College  Football..

Valley City State football Vikings upset the Number 14-ranked team in the country, scoring the final 17 points as VCSU defeated Southeastern University (Fla.) on its home field: 17-13.

VCSU ends the season with a 6-4 overall record.
Southeastern is now 6-2.
VCSU linebacker Nicholas McBeain had 24 tackles Thursday as he broke the VCSU
single-season tackle record. McBeain finishes season with 188 tackles, breaking the
old mark of 167 set by Ivan Thorpe in 1980.

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

UNDATED (AP)— Dwyane (DWAYN) Wade got a win in his return to Miami, with Jimmy Butler scoring 20 points as the Chicago Bulls topped the Heat 98-95. Rajon Rondo (RAH’-zhahn RAHN’-doh) added 16 points and 12 assists.

Robin Lopez had 16 points for Chicago, which prevailed in a seesaw game that had 14 ties and 19 lead changes.

Wade scored 13 points on 5-for-17 shooting in his first game at Miami as an opponent, after spending his first 13 NBA seasons with the Heat.

Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 20 points and 20 rebounds.

 

Final L.A. Lakers 101 Sacramento 91

 

Final New Orleans 112 Milwaukee 106

Final Golden State 125 Denver 101

 

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eric Staal’s third-period goal proved to be the game-winner as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Thursday night.

Staal had two assists, giving him 51 points in 50 career games against Pittsburgh. Charlie Coyle scored his fourth of the season on the power play, while Nino Niederreiter added his third and Jared Spurgeon his second into an empty net for the Wild, who won for the fourth time in six games.

 

Final Boston 5 Columbus 2

Final Anaheim 4 Carolina 2

Final Montreal 4 L.A. Kings 1

Final Tampa Bay 4 N-Y Islanders 1

Final Detroit 3 Vancouver 1

Final San Jose 4 Florida 2

Final Nashville 3 St. Louis 1

Final Winnipeg 3 Arizona 2

Final Dallas 4 Calgary 2

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNDATED (AP) — Daniel Jones ran for two scores and threw for another to help Duke upset No. 15 North Carolina 28-27 in college football.

The redshirt freshman gave the defense fits all night with his mobility for the Blue Devils, who are 4-6 overall and 1-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Jones ran for 94 yards as part of a ground game that kept moving the chains against the Tar Heels who fell to 7-3 overall and 5-2 in the ACC.

 

In the other Top-25 game last night, No. 13 Utah stayed on pace to reach the Pac-12 title game on Dec. 2 by rallying from a 13-0 deficit to spank Arizona State 49-26.

 

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens took over sole possession of first place in the AFC North by beating the winless Cleveland Browns 28-7 last night. Joe Flacco (FLAK’-oh) completed 30 of 41 for 296 yards and 3TDs for the 5-4 Ravens, who own a half-game lead over Pittsburgh heading into the weekend.

The Browns lead 7-6 at halftime. But Flacco led the Ravens on three long scoring drives and Baltimore outscored Cleveland 22-0 in the second half. In Baltimore’s two wins over Cleveland, the Ravens outscored the Browns 53-7 in the second halves.

The 0-10 Browns have dropped 13 in a row dating back to last season. Among the setbacks was a 25-20 loss to the Ravens in Week 2 after the Browns blew a 20-0 lead at the half.

 

MLB…

 

UNDATED (AP) — Knuckleballer and former NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey and Minnesota Twin, has agreed to a one-year contract with the Atlanta Braves. The 42-year old had a career-high 20 wins in 2012 in his final season with the Mets when he won the Cy Young. The right-hander spent the last four years with the Blue Jays, going 10-15 with a 4.46 earned run average in 2016.

 

PGA…

 

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) —Chris Kirk shot a bogey-free 8-under 63 to take the lead after the opening round of the PGA Tour’s OHL Classic.

That puts him a shot up on Camilo Villegas (kuh-MIHL’-oh vih-JAY’-guhs), Gary Woodland and Ben Crane.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Carlota Ciganda birdied three of the last six holes for a 5-under 67 and a share of the lead with Sarah Jane Smith in the LPGA’s Lorena Ochoa (lohr-AY’-nah oh-CHOH’-uh) Invitational.

Mexican amateur Maria Fassi is two strokes back at 69 along with South Korea’s Chella Choi and France’s Karine Icher. Fassi is a freshman at the University of Arkansas playing on a sponsor invite.

 

FINAL FOUR

Back to New Orleans…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Final Four is headed back to New Orleans. The NCAA has announced that the 2022 men’s basketball Final Four will be held in the Superdome. New Orleans last hosted the Final Four in 2012. This will be the sixth time the city has hosted the national semifinals and championship game.

 

OBAMA-CAVALIERS…

You learn a lot about people when they’re down, President Barack Obama declared Thursday, and he wasn’t talking about the election. Obama saluted the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers for rallying from behind to defeat the Golden State Warriors and end a Cleveland pro sports title drought stretching back to 1964.

Obama honored the Cavs on the South Lawn of the White House, squeezing in another sports champion before he leaves office. He opened with: “That’s right. I said world champion and Cleveland in the same sentence.”

The Cavs came back from a 3-1 deficit to win the championship against the Golden State Warriors.

 

In world and national news….

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protests have mostly been peaceful, but anti-Donald Trump demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, turned violent last night, with store windows being smashed, a dumpster lit on fire and at least 26 people under arrest. Police responded with pepper spray and rubber projectiles. Trump tweeted last night that the protests that have happened across America are “very unfair.” But this morning, Trump tweeted, “Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!”

LONDON (AP) — The powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (mook-TAH’-duh ahl SAH’-dur) says Donald Trump’s election victory is a sign of American decline. Al-Sadr, a Shiite who brought thousands of anti-government protesters into the streets of Baghdad earlier this year, is urging Americans to resist Trump’s intolerant views. Al-Sadr says in a statement today, “We advise the American people not to be affected by the radicalism of their president, and they should not allow him to impose his influence.”

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top trade official says talks on the planned Trans-Atlantic trade deal are about to be put on hold following the election of Donald Trump. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem says, “with the new president-elect we don’t really know what will happen” with the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Pact. TTIP aims to remove barriers to trade between the EU and the U.S. to boost economic growth and employment.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Six people were killed and more than 120 were wounded when a suicide bomber attacks Germany’s consulate in northern Afghanistan. Germany’s Foreign Minister says “all German and Afghan employees of the consulate remained unharmed.” Police say the car exploded at the gate of the consulate in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif late last night. The Taliban have claimed responsibility.

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says it has new proof that the Islamic State group is using chemical weapons as Iraqi government forces try to oust its fighters from the city of Mosul. A rights office spokeswoman says four people died from inhaling fumes after IS shelled and set fires to a sulfur gas factory in Mosul on Oct. 23. She tells reporters in Geneva that reports indicate IS has stockpiled “large quantities” of ammonia and sulfur that have been placed in the same areas as civilians.