CSi Weather…

TODAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs

around 70. Southwest winds around 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds

5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to

10 mph shifting to the east around 15 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds

10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to

15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.

 

Mothers day outlook A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 8am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

Sunday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

 

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the

evening, then chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. Lows around 50. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the morning,

then rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of precipitation

70 percent.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the upper 40s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department returned Wednesday to the scene of Sunday afternoon’s pasture fire, near Buchanan, about 3:30-p.m.

Sunday’s fire was in a burn pit that spread to an area of  brush around the pit.

Rural Fire Captain Rick Woehl says,the fire units were on the scene Wednesday nearly two hours putting out hot spots.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  R.M. Stoudt in Jamestown is hosting the 10th Annual Running of the Pink,  5-K Run/Walk, 10-K Run, Saturday, June 3, 2017, starting at 9-a.m.   Over $80,000 has been raised from the events, and last year  topped over 600 registrants.  400 were walkers participating in the 5-K  event.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Tara Kapp from R.M. Stoudt said, last year a total of $30,000 was raised, including an R.M. Stoudt match of $15,000 in honor of Stoudt’s 75th Anniversary in 2016.

ALL PROCEEDS are donated locally to the JRMC Foundation & Women’s Way Chapter to be used for Breast & Cervical Cancer screenings, education & needs.

The funding also supports the “No Excuses” program through the Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Foundation,  that allows screenings for those with no insurance, or limited insurance, to have the 3-D mammograms at JRMC at no cost.   The program also covers gasoline costs for those traveling to Jamestown for the screening from out of the area.  More information by calling JRMC, or R.M. Stoudt in Jamestown.

The Running of the Pink offers prizes for Largest Family and Largest Business Team.  Prizes will also be awarded for the most unique costume.

Prizes also to be given for those competing in the 5-K and 10K run.

Along the course there will be watering stops, including for dogs who come along on the walk, as families are encouraged to join businesses on the run/walk.

She said that new this year is a raffle to win a pink tandem bike, with raffle tickets benefiting the run, at $10 each, with the drawing after the run. (need not be present to win).

“Vivian,”  The Pink Fire Truck,” returns to Jamestown in conjunction with the run.

The founder of the international Pink Heals movement, Dave Graybill started  “The Pink Heals Tour,” and brings fire trucks and police cars to locations across America to spread awareness of breast cancer screenings and education.

Register and print forms on line at www.stoudtcars.com (fees apply on line)

E-mail rmstoudt@csicable.net

Or call 701-252-2270, or 1-800-279-2886.

Early Bird Registration by May 20, 2017 is:

Adults $20

Youth 12 & under $15

Seniors 60 and over $15

After May 20th $5 additional in each category

Tara added the Running Of The Pink is a cooperative effort of R.M. Stoudt, Central Valley Health District, and the JRMC Foundation.

Major sponsors include:  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department, IDK, AmeriPride, and the Jamestown Sun.

Stay up to date on this year’s Running of the Pink at the new Facebook page: www.facebook/runningof the pink

Photos of last year’s event in this story at CSiNewsNow.com and at the CSi Facebook page from over the years.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Kiwanis Club raised more than $10,000 during their annual Pancake Day, on May 1, 2017.

Over 1-thousand attended the event at the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Hall.

That was the most raised ever during  Pancake Day for the Jamestown club.

Hugo’s Family Marketplace has sponsored Jamestown Kiwanis Pancake Day the past  three years.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Master Gardeners presents The First Annual “Garden Morning,” a free event for the public on Saturday June 3, 2017.

The event runs from 9-a.m. to 1-p.m., at the Stutsman County Extension Service Office, at 502 10th Avenue, Southeast.

Presenters will be  Teresa Podoll, Kara Kramin and Jerry D’Amour talking about Garlic, Hostas, and Pollinator Gardens.

Vendors include: Riverside Greenhouse, Country Gardens, Garden District, Prairie Road Organic Seed, Bees at Work Honey, Caroline Zacher, and Jennifer Moldenhauer.

Door Prizes by vendors and The Dakota Store.

There will be kids crafts, and food served all day by the Stutsman County Prairie Pals  4-Hers, and Sew and Sow from LaMoure.

A free will donation will be accepted to the Wildfire Relief Fund.

 

Bismarck  (PPR)  The delayed  wind farm project near Ashley, may soon be built.

Prairie Public Radio reports, the Merricourt Wind Power Project in McIntosh County was given siting approval in 2008, but was not built. The Public Service Commission had given the project siting approval in 2008. However, it was never built.

The developer has filed a new siting application – and the PSC has scheduled a hearing on it.

Commissioners Julie Fedorchak  and Randy Christmann say some of the proposed wind power projects couldn’t find anyone to buy the power, so they weren’t built.

Otter Tail Power Company has filed for an “advanced determination of prudence” for the Merricourt Wind Farm – to purchase the power.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks police are investigating a reported incident in which a man dressed in a bunny suit tried to lure children into a van.

Authorities say the man wearing the costume approached children on Wednesday and asked if they wanted to pet the bunny he had in his van.

The children left and told their parents. Police searched the area but didn’t find anyone matching the description.

The van is described as a red-and-silver conversion van. A sticker of a bunny is on the back window.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Washington state man was arrested for possession of 13 pounds of marijuana following a routine traffic stop in western North Dakota.

The Morton County Sheriff’s Department says 38-year-old Josh William Carter of Tacoma, Washington, was pulled over speeding early Wednesday morning on Interstate 94. A deputy found 21 heat-sealed plastic bags of pot worth about $33,000.

Carter was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He has not been asked to enter a plea.

Court documents do not list an attorney for Carter.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp wants a special prosecutor to investigate possible ties between President Donald Trump and Russia following the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.

The North Dakota Democrat says Comey’s firing “raises far more questions than it answers.”

Republican Sen. John Hoeven says the case has been made for Trump to fire Comey but the timing raises questions. He’s calling for a continued investigation by a bipartisan Senate committee into last year’s presidential election, “including any Russian interference.”

GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Comey traveled to North Dakota last year to open a FBI office in Williston and to visit with tribal officials at the Fort Berthold Reservation.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he’s disappointed that the U.S. Senate has voted against repealing a rule related to methane emissions.

The Senate voted 51-49 to reject a procedural motion objecting to the Bureau of Land Management’s so-called flaring and venting rule.

Burgum says allowing the BLM rule in place will have detrimental impacts on some oil and gas operations on public lands.

Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota voted in support of the rule. She says it would not get in the way of proactive steps the state has taken to decrease flaring and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also supporting the energy industry and good jobs.

Republican North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven voted to support the resolution.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Dakota Access pipeline leaked 84 gallons of oil in South Dakota early last month, which an American Indian tribe says bolsters its argument that the pipeline jeopardizes its water supply and deserves further environmental review.

The state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources says the April 4 spill was relatively small and was quickly cleaned up, and it didn’t threaten any waterways.

The agency posted a report in its website’s searchable database, but it didn’t take any other steps to announce it to the public, despite an ongoing lawsuit by four Sioux tribes seeking to shut down the pipeline.

Brian Walsh, an environmental scientist with the agency, said Wednesday that the state doesn’t issue news releases on spills unless they threaten the public’s health, a fishery or a drinking water system, and that no such threat existed in this case.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — This year’s winter wheat crops in the Dakotas are forecast to be down significantly from last year.

The Agriculture Department forecasts North Dakota’s production to be down 50 percent, to about 2.9 million bushels. The main reason is fewer acres for harvest.

In South Dakota, where winter wheat is a more prevalent crop, production is forecast to be down 32 percent to 43.7 million bushels. Fewer acres for harvest also is the main reason for the drop in that state.

Average winter wheat yield in North Dakota is expected to be up slightly. In South Dakota, the average yield is forecast to be down a couple of bushels from last year’s record.

 

In Sports…

Jamestown (UJ)  The Jimmie softball team will head to Sioux City, Iowa, for the Sioux City Bracket of the 2017 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round, beginning May 15,2017 at the Elizabeth and Irving F. Jensen Softball Complex.

Joining Jamestown will be Reinhardt (Ga.) University, Ottawa (Kan.) University, and tournament host Morningside College.

UJ won the North Star Athletic Association conference tournament and enter the bracket as the No. 3 seed with a record of 41-19. They face Reinhardt, the 13th-ranked team in the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll in the first game at 2:00 p.m. Monday.

Morningside (39-10) is the number one seed and is ranked 10th overall. The Mustangs won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season title and match up against No. 4 seed Ottawa (37-17) at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Jamestown will be making its first NAIA National Softball Championship appearance since 1992.

The winner of the Sioux City Bracket moves on to the 2017 NAIA Softball World Series May 26-June 1 in Clermont, Fla.

NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round
Sioux City Bracket
May 15-17
Jensen Softball Complex, Sioux City, IA
Monday, May 15
Game 1- #2 Reinhardt (41-14-1) vs. #3 Jamestown (41-19), 2 p.m.

Game 2- #1 Morningside (39-10) vs. #4 Ottawa (37-17), 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 16
Game 3- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 11 a.m.

Game 4- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5- Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 17
Game 6- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m.

Game 7- If necessary, 4:30 p.m.

 

MADISON, S.D. – The North Star Athletic Association announced its final edition of the Softball Players of the Week Tuesday, following the conclusion of the NSAA Postseason Conference Tournament held in Dickinson, N.D. last weekend.  Erin Sharpe of Bellevue (Neb.) was selected to the Player of the Week for the second straight week.  Hanna Dunnigan of Jamestown (N.D.) was chosen as the Pitcher of the Week.

North Star Athletic Association Softball Player-of-the-Week
Erin Sharpe – Bellevue (Neb.) – 5’9″ – Sophomore – Third Baseman/Pitcher – Bosque Farms, N.M. – Sharpe was 7-of-14 at the plate for a batting average of .500 as No. 23-ranked Bellevue (Neb.) went 4-2 in the NSAA Conference Tournament, earning runner-up honors.  She also recorded a slugging percentage of 1.000 during the tournament after hitting two home runs and a double.  Sharpe also reached base by a walk nine times and drove in three runs.  In three pitching appearances, she posted an earned run average of 0.00 in 12 2/3 innings.  Sharpe tossed a perfect game in BU’s 1-0 game 2 victory over Jamestown (N.D.) in the NSAA Softball Championship best-of-three series.  She only gave up five hits and issued no walks during the tournament.

North Star Athletic Association Softball Pitcher-of-the-Week
Hanna Dunnigan – Jamestown (N.D.) – 5’11” – Senior – Pitcher – Regina, Sask. Canada – Dunnigan was stellar in pitching circle, helping lead Jamestown (N.D.) to their first-ever North Star Softball Postseason Tournament Championship, as the Jimmies finished the tournament with a 5-1 record. In the winner-take-all championship game, she struck out a tournament-high 14 batters to defeat top-seeded Bellevue (Neb.) 2-1 and earn an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament.  Dunnigan posted an earned run average of 1.48 in six pitching appearances, holding her opponents to a .157 batting average and led the tournament with 36 strikeouts. She allowed 16 hits in 28 1/3 innings of work. Dunnigan also recorded four wins in the postseason tournament.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The North Star Athletic Association outdoor championships is at the University of Jamestown’s  Taylor Stadium today and tomorrow, with the Al Cassell Relays high school competition on Saturday.

The meet, starts at 3 p.m. today and 10 a.m. on Friday.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Public schools has narrowed the field of candidates to filling the opening for Activities Director.  The list is pared from 13 to 3 applicants.

Valley City Public Schools Superintendent Josh Johnson says interviews will be next

The candidates are Dennis Ziegler from West Bend Public Schools in Wisconsin, Mike Schmidt from Wilmot Public Schools in South Dakota and Randy Loing from Rolla Public Schools.

 

Dickinson  (DSU)   Dickinson State University has announced its decision to discontinue baseball and golf effective in the 2018-19 academic year. The sports will remain active during the 2017-18 seasons and will be discontinued in the fall of 2018.

The decision was made as part of larger university reductions. DSU must implement reductions of $4.9 million in the upcoming biennium which begins in July 2017. Cutbacks are being made across the campus community, with just under $400,000 coming from athletics.

“The mission of the institution is to ensure we give students the best possible education,” said DSU President, Dr. Thomas Mitzel. “We recognize that education spans across academics, athletics and programs – all of which were considered in the budget planning process.”

“It is important to balance the budget and the needs of our students. DSU must be a good steward of the trust placed in us by the city and the state,” said Mitzel. “In order to be financially sound we had to reduce programming and become more efficient in how we educate our students while maintaining the excellence in education found at DSU.”

DSU will allow student athletes in the affected programs to contact other schools and will grant their release if they decide to transfer. There is an opportunity for the sports to continue if they are able to raise their own external funding.

 

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Seattle 11 Philadelphia 6

Final Houston 4 Atlanta 2

Final Washington 7 Baltimore 6

Final Texas 4 San Diego 3

Final Milwaukee 7 Boston 4

Final Arizona 7 Detroit 1

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CHICAGO (AP) —

The Minnesota Twins’ game at the Chicago White Sox was postponed, Wednesday.

There was light rain for much of the afternoon in the Chicago area and more precipitation in the forecast for Wednesday night.

The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Aug. 21.

The Twins won the series opener 7-2 on Tuesday night. The teams y play again on Thursday night.

Final Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 1

Final Toronto 8 Cleveland 7

Final Tampa Bay 12 Kansas City 1

 

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final San Francisco 6 N-Y Mets 5

Final Colorado 3 Chi Cubs 0

Final St. Louis 7 Miami 5

Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Pittsburgh 2

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have a three-games-to-two lead in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals after Avery Bradley pumped in a playoff career-high 29 points in a 123-101 dismantling of Washington. Al Horford delivered 19 points on 8 of 9 shooting and had seven assists and six rebounds for the Celtics, who went on a 16-0 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 26 in the fourth. John Wall had a team-high 21 points and Bradley Beal had 16 for the Wizards.

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

UNDATED (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks have advance to the NHL’s conference finals by taking Game 7’s last night. Marc-Andre Fleury turned back 29 shots and Bryan Rust supplied the game-winner in the second period of the Penguins’ 2-0 shutout of Washington. Nick Ritchie’s third-period goal was the game-winner as the Ducks topped Edmonton, 2-1.

 

 

TWINS-WILK…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have claimed left-hander Adam Wilk off waivers from the New York Mets.

The Twins announced the move on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Wilk was the Mets’ emergency starter on Sunday when Matt Harvey was suspended. He started six games for Triple-A Las Vegas this season, going 2-3 with a 5.91 ERA.

Minnesota has been in the middle of a shuffle of the starting rotation after sending Kyle Gibson down to Triple-A Rochester last week. The Twins currently have an opening in the rotation for the game Saturday at Cleveland and Wilk could slide into that spot.

Wilk will join the Twins on Thursday in Chicago, where they are playing the White Sox.

 

VIKINGS-FLOYD…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fresh start for wide receiver Michael Floyd’s sidetracked career will come at home in Minnesota.

Floyd agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Vikings on Wednesday.

Floyd finished last season with Super Bowl champion New England after a drunken driving arrest led to his departure from the Arizona Cardinals.

“Happy as ever!!! Happy to get to work,” Floyd wrote on his Twitter account.

Floyd is a native of St. Paul, the capital city where he was a two-time winner of the Minnesota Associated Press Player of the Year award at Cretin-Derham Hall High School.

 

FATAL CRASH-BERMAN’S WIFE…

WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has died in a traffic crash in Connecticut.

State police say 67-year-old Katherine Ann Berman was one of two victims in the two-vehicle crash at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in Woodbury. The other victim was 87-year-old Edward Bertulis, of Waterbury.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokeswoman for President Donald Trump is suggesting that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who wrote a memo justifying FBI Director James Comey’s firing, be selected to take over the Russia investigation. Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show, Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls Rosenstein a person “who sets the gold standard within the legal system.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are rejecting Democratic calls for a special prosecutor to look into Russian interference, even as a number of them express serious concerns over the timing and rationale for President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. The issue threatens to consume attention on Capitol Hill that Republicans would rather be devoting to moving forward with health care and tax legislation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey came after the president vented that the FBI director wasn’t doing enough to stop leaks about the probe into potential contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians. The ouster played out just as word surfaced that Comey in recent days had been asking the Justice Department for more resources to pour into the investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to the panel’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling. Sen. Richard Burr, the Republican chairman, and Sen. Mark Warner, the committee’s Democratic vice chairman, say the panel had first requested the documents from Flynn on April 28.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Some organizers of a Saudi-funded lobbying campaign involving U.S. military veterans disclosed their connection to the kingdom late or only vaguely, limiting public knowledge of the scale of foreign influence in the campaign. The veterans advocated for the reversal of a law allowing Sept. 11 victims’ families to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts.