wbAM2CSi Weather…

TODAY…CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY

MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.

NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. BREEZY. LOWS

IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE

MORNING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO

25 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS

5 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. HIGHS

AROUND 30.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS

IN THE 30S.

.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE

MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.

 

LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH

FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS

FOR DETAILS.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents that A high-risk convicted sex offender has changed his address, again.

33 year old  Keith Lee Zonneville, now resides at 104 4th Avenue, Southwest  Jamestown, ND.  He does not own a vehicle.

Zonneville is a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 179 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Zonneville was convicted of gross sexual imposition, involving a 13 year old girl, in December, 2007 in Stark County.

Disposition: 10 years, 7-years suspended, 10 years supervised probation.

He is currently on probation with North Dakota Probation and Parole.

He is on GPS Monitoring.

Zonneville is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Keith Lee Zonneville are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 5th Annual Turkey Trot 5K  Fun Run/Walk in Jamestown is set for Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2016, at 8:30-a.m., starting at Cashwise Foods in Jamestown.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, were Community Action Region VI, Food Pantry Director, Sarah Oberlander, and one of the sponsors representative, Carolyn Tomlin-Chicos from Bank Forward in Jamestown.

Carolyn pointed out that T-shirt pick up and race day registration opens at 7:30-a.m. Register by November 17th to guarantee a race day T-shirt pick up.  The entry fee is $25, with proceeds donated for the Community Action Region VI Food Pantry.  She said the fee covers an entire family if they wish to participate.

Pre-Register with cash or check at Bank Forward in Jamestown., or, payment with credit card of debit card on line: jamestownturkeytrot.webconnex.com/2016

Additional cash donations or check payable to Community Action Region VI food pantry,  the day of the event.

Credit or Debit Cards accepted online at: www.jamestownturkeytrot.webconnex.com/2016.

Sarah said, everyone participating is asked to bring a non-parishable food items, and personal hygiene item to donate on race day morning. Bring as many item you can carry.

She pointed out that a clock will be running, with a prize for first place.

The run/walk starts at Cashwise and goes through McElroy Park with the course marked with signs.

She added that last year when it was 14 above zero, 165 runners or walkers participated.

In 2014 when it was 23 below zero, still there were 47 participates braving the cold.

She said the Community Action Food Pantry in Jamestown set a record with 180 individuals or families receiving items in August this year.

She pointed out that those seeking food pantry assistance is year round, and the need continues to keep the food pantry stocked.

Sponsors for the Turkey Trot are:  Bank Forward, Wildside Creations, Big Dog and Ted FM, along with Cashwise.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Applications for the North Dakota Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program are being accepted at the Barnes County Social Services Office, at the Barnes County Courthouse, in Room 102.

Applications are being accepted now through May 31, 2017.

A new application must be completed each year to determine eligibility consisting of income and asset limits.

For more information call the Barnes County Social Services office at 701-845-8521.

The North Dakota Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program distributes state money for Heating Assistance.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Republican majority leaders in the North Dakota Legislature will have another two years in their jobs.

Dickinson Sen. Rich Wardner and Fargo Rep. Al Carlson were re-elected Tuesday night without opposition as the North Dakota Legislature’s GOP majority leaders.

Fessenden Sen. Jerry Klein was re-elected as the Republican assistant majority leader.

In the House, Minot Rep. Larry Bellew was elected as the new House speaker. He replaces Fargo Rep. Wesley Belter, who is retiring.

Cooperstown Rep. Don Vigesaa (VIHG’-uh-sah) was re-elected as the House Republican assistant majority leader.

Republicans emerged from last week’s elections adding to their supermajorities, including knocking out Democrats’ Senate and House minority leaders. Democrats will be electing their new leaders next month.

The 2017 Legislative session begins Jan. 3.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State legislative leaders and the North Dakota Highway Patrol are expected to talk about the state Capitol grounds’ security measures this week as the 2017 session approaches.

The  issue of security has become more pressing after multiple incidents in recent weeks at the Capitol in Bismarck involving protesters of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Earlier this month, over a dozen protesters were arrested in the judicial wing of the Capitol. Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson says they were sitting, chanting, and singing and refused orders to leave.

Two individuals splattered motor oil on the sidewalk and glass doors of the west entrance to the Capitol on Halloween night. They also left a sign with a message appearing to be in solidarity with the protesters, who’ve been camping in Morton County in recent months.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota State University president has saved his job.

The state Board of Higher Education on Wednesday voted to renew Dean Bresciani’s (bruh-SHAW’-nee) contract, six months after the board told him he needed to improve his communication, teamwork and decision-making skills.

Not long after the board ultimatum, Bresciani became embroiled in another controversy over a media guidelines proposal for football. An outside investigator hired by the board determined that Bresciani did not violate board policy, but could have communicated better.

The board met behind closed doors for about three hours before voting to extend Bresciani’s contract for another year. Don Morton, of Fargo, was the only board member to vote against renewing the contract.

Bresciani was named NDSU president in May 2010. His current salary is about $355,000.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials say they’ve cancelled 15 oil and gas leases in an area bordering Glacier National Park that’s considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the move to be announced Wednesday would preserve northwest Montana’s 130,000-acre Badger-Two Medicine area.

Details were obtained in advance by The Associated Press.

The Badger-Two Medicine is the site of the creation story for members of Montana’s Blackfeet Nation and the Blackfoot tribes of Canada.

The leases were issued in the 1980s and held by Oklahoma-based Devon Energy. No drilling has occurred.

The cancellation comes amid sometimes-violent protests over an oil pipeline being built near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The Obama administration has been criticized by some American Indians for its handling of that dispute.

This story has been corrected to locate reservation in North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health is scrambling to solve a number of legal issues in connection with the state’s newly-approved medical marijuana law.

Voters backed a measure that allows patients to use marijuana with a qualifying medical condition. But North Dakota Deputy State Health Officer Arvy Smith tells KFGO radio there are problems with the measure’s language that need to be fixed, perhaps during the legislative session.

Smith says medical marijuana distributors will not require medical training and patients will not need a doctor’s prescription to obtain the drug. The only requirement is that the designated caregivers or employees at the compassion center pass state and federal background checks.

Smith also says a number of health department employees are not comfortable with their roles in distributing the drug.

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Civic Center, hosts the “Dual in the Dirt,” 2016 bull riding series final.

The action is set for Friday November 18, 2016, and Saturday November 19, 2016

Tickets are  $15 adults, $10 students, free for children 6 and younger.

Early bird tickets are $5 off through today. Purchase tickets at Jamestown Civic Center box office.

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Orlando 89 New Orleans 82

Final Indiana 103 Cleveland 93

Final Philadelphia 109 Washington 102

Final Atlanta 107 Milwaukee 100

Final N-Y Knicks 105 Detroit 102

Final Boston 90 Dallas 83

Final Oklahoma City 105 Houston 103

Final Golden State 127 Toronto 121

Final Denver 120 Phoenix 104

Final San Antonio 110 Sacramento 105

Final Memphis 111 L.A. Clippers 107

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Washington 7 Pittsburgh 1

Final Calgary 2 Arizona 1

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 

UNDATED (AP) — James Blackmon Jr. and the Indiana Hoosiers were winners in their first game since knocking off third-ranked Kansas in the Armed Forces Classic.  (6) Indiana 100 Massachusetts Lowell 78

Final (21) Rhode Island 79 Brown 72

Final (17) Saint Mary’s 110 Prairie View A&M 72

Final OT (25) California 75 UC Irvine 65

Also…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Logan Woodside threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns, setting a Toledo single-season passing record, and the Rockets beat Ball State 37-19 in a thick fog Wednesday night.

 

Vikings…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their contract with kicker Kai Forbath, their replacement for Blair Walsh.

Forbath kicked for New Orleans in 10 games last season after being let go by Washington after one game largely because the Redskins wanted to improve their kickoffs. Forbath made 87 percent of his field goal attempts (60 for 69) in three-plus seasons for Washington, the second-best rate in team history, but he had only 18 touchbacks in 2014, which was the second fewest in the league.

Between the Redskins and Saints in 2015, Forbath went 10 for 15 on field goals and 35 of 36 on extra points.

The Vikings also have signed rookie offensive tackle Rashod Hill off Jacksonville’s practice squad, after losing Jake Long for the season to an Achilles tendon injury.

 

MLB-CY YOUNG AWARDS…

UNDATED (AP) — Max Scherzer (SHUR’-zur) moved into exclusive company by earning more postseason hardware, while two of his former teammates battled it out for a similar honor.

Scherzer has become the sixth pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues, taking the National League prize by a wide margin. He picked up 25 of 30 first-place votes after leading the majors with 284 strikeouts and pacing the National League with 20 victories. Scherzer outdistanced Cubs hurlers Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks in the balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Scherzer took the American League Cy Young Award in 2013 after going 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA. He joins Gaylord Perry, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Roy Halladay among pitchers with Cy Young plaques from each league.

Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello has captured the AL Cy Young Award in a close vote with Justin Verlander of the Tigers. Verlander received 14 first-place votes compared to eight for Porcello. But the Boston hurler also claimed 18 second-place nods, while his former Detroit teammate picked up just two and was left off two ballots. Porcello led the majors with 22 wins this year and compiled a 3.15 ERA in 33 starts.

Cleveland’s Corey Kluber was third in the balloting.

Porcello, Verlander and Scherzer were part of Detroit’s starting rotation from 2010-14.

 

MEDAL OF FREEDOM…

UNDATED (AP) — Recently retired Dodgers broadcast legend Vin Scully will be among 21 people President Barack Obama is honoring with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday.

Among others from the sports world who will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor will be basketball Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan.

 

In world and national news…

BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is delivering a message of solidarity on his final presidential visit to Germany. Obama arrived Wednesday night in Berlin from Greece, and dined last night with Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN’-geh-lah MEHR’-kuhl). They’ll meet again this afternoon for talks. In a German weekly business magazine, the two leaders stressed that the “underlying bedrock of our shared values is strong” even if the pursuit of common goals is sometimes gone about differently.

TOKYO (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump meets today with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay). During their New York meeting, Abe may try to sway Trump on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-country trade agreement that Trump opposes. It appears unlikely that Congress will ratify the treaty, which is expected to be discussed in a side meeting at the annual summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Community in Peru, where Abe heads after New York. President Barack Obama also will attend.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was part pep talk and part funeral dirge. Hillary Clinton has made her first public appearance since her emotional concession speech last Wednesday. She told an annual gala of the Children’s Defense Fund last night that after losing the presidential election to Donald Trump, there were times when all she wanted to do was “to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again.” But Clinton also told supporters to “never, ever give up” and that we should all “keep working to make America better and stronger and fairer.”

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says it’s carried out an airstrike in northern Syria this week that killed at least 30 members of an al-Qaida-linked group, including some of its leaders. Russia has been carrying out a new wave of airstrikes on Syria, with the rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo facing its third consecutive day of heavy bombardment by Syrian government forces.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An American man has been given a life in prison sentence after being convicted of drug smuggling by an Indonesian court. A court spokesman in Central Java says 56-year-old Philip Russel was arrested with seven other people in a drug raid on a furniture workshop in January. Officers found 214 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside 54 electrical generators. Russell was accused of financing their import.