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CSi Weather…
Includes the Valley City & Jamestown areas…
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a Frost Advisory…which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Friday.
* TEMPERATURES…temperatures will drop into the 31 to 35 degree
range. Widespread frost in rural areas, will areas or patchy
frost in town.
* IMPACTS…enough hours of cold temperatures to damage tender
plants and flowers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected.
Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Forecast…
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in the
mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the
evening.
.FRIDAY…Increasing clouds. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in
the upper 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain in the Jamestown area 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the
lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Board, voted unanimously Thursday to send a letter to the Frontier Village Association, in response to the FVA requested appeal to Tourism’s previous decision on not funding a specific project, and reconsider action on the grant request prior to the October Capital Construction funding cycle.
At the March 16, 2017 Tourism Capital Construction grant application meeting, the Tourism Board, voted unanimously to grant the General Store project, with $12,750 coming from the Capital Construction Fund, and $5,250 from the Grant Requests Fund.
The board tabled the request for the Depot Building project.
In a letter to Tourism Board President, Matt Woods, the FVA was appealing the Tourism denial and requested clarification on the denial of the tax dollars ear-marked for the Frontier Village to help maintain the grounds, staff and buildings.
Woods pointed out that tourism tax generated dollars are not specifically ear-marked for the Frontier Village, and that there is not appeal process to requests that are denied. He said in that event, another application can be made.
FVA also requested a re-evaluation of the grant request because of special circumstances, and that at no time did the FVA fail in the application process. The letter to the Tourism Board said it “finds this unacceptable to discriminate and deny our funding because someone was not there, as the grant application was self-explanatory as to what our need was and the dollar amount we were asking for.”
At Thursday’s meeting it was pointed out that before the March meeting, Tourism Director Searle Swedlund attempted to contact FVA board members Tina Busche, Charlie Tanata, and Nellie Degen. He said Degen returned a call saying she just learned about Tina and no one was available to attend the Capital Construction Fund meeting.
Woods said, at this time Jamestown Tourism stands by its decision and will ask the Frontier Village Association to reapply for funding for the Depot project at the October Meeting.
The letter further explains the City Promotion Capital Construction guidelines include tourism reserving the right to approve or reject project requests, and to ask for further clarification.
The letter stating Tourism’s response will be signed by each Tourism Grant/Executive Board member and sent to the Frontier Village Association Board.
Woods also gave the Tourism Grant/Executive Board members a listing of member of the FVA board, in the event a Tourism Board member would like to contact a FVA Board member with clarification of Tourism policies.
In other business the Grant/Executive Board Director Searle Swedlund noted that he is on the Arts Center’s Search Committee for a new Arts Center Director, to succeed Cyndi Wish, who is resigning the post effective June 30, 2017.
He said Tourism will appear at a Jamestown City Council committee meeting this month, to inquire about assistance in the “Feed The Buffalo,” project.
A drop off site will be a replica buffalo that reacts when money is deposited.
The dollars raised will go toward renovating The World’s Largest Buffalo, at Frontier Village.
City Council Member Pam Phillips representing the City Council told the board that City Attorney Leo Ryan and James River Rodeo, Inc., attorney Tim Ottmar have met to discuss negotiations for new contract between the city and the Rodeo, on holding future rodeos in Jamestown.
She added that the negotiation process is continuing.
She also pointed out the labor shortage in Jamestown, adding that the new Dunham’s Sporting Goods Store coming to the Buffalo Mall will be in need of employees.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Board met Thursday at the CSi Technology Center at Historic Franklin School.
The ArtSpark event was presented by Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish.
ArtSpark is planned as a celebration in honor of the Hansen Arts Park, to be held on August 25 and 26, 2017 and will feature a wide variety of arts programs intended to exhibit all the ways in which the community can use the park.
Downtown ArtSpark will be free and open to the public, and is anticipated as a regional draw.
Attendees will enjoy art making activities, theater and musical performances, storytelling, dance, food experiences, and more.
The public is invited to volunteer in setting up and assisting in the activities by calling the Arts Center. at 701-251-2496.
The Jamestown Arts Center partnering with Northern.Lights.mn, the producers of Minneapolis/St. Paul’s famous Northern Spark event, to identify and bring in nationally know artists and performers in addition to showcasing local and community talent.
Downtown ArtSpark is largely supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is being matched by funding from the Bush Foundation. These funds are specifically earmarked for stipends to artists, ensuring exceptionally quality to the programs within the event.
The public is invited to volunteer in setting up and assisting in the activities by calling the Arts Center. at 701-25-2496.
The Arts Center is requesting Jamestown Tourism to assist in marketing initiatives.
The Arts Center is planning aggressive marketing, including working with The Arts Partnership in Fargo to market the event on billboards at Hector International Airport among other efforts outside of the“usual” marketing strategies.
The Arts Center requested $1,500 in grant funding for advertising which the board agreed to, unanimously.
Grant/Executive Board Member Taylor Barnes abstained from voting, being a member of the Arts Committee.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center will hold auditions for the production of musical comedy, “The Big Bad Musical,” a program of the Summer Kid’s Theater Camp.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish said auditions for students age 10 and older will be held at the Arts Center, June 8 & 9, 2017 at 6-p.m., and June 10th at 10-a.m.
Rehearsals will take place July 5-8 from 9-a.m., to 3-p.m., for the lead roles, and July 1015 from 9-a.m., to 3-p.m., for the full cast.
The free performance will be July 15 at 3-p.m., and 7-p.m. at the Jamestown Arts Center.
Presented by The Arts Center in cooperation with Two Rivers Performing Arts School. Camp meets in the Arts Center Gallery. A courtroom has never been more lively and fun than in The Big Bad Musical! This smart and wickedly funny musical is great for actors and audiences of any age. The jury — your audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy-tale world! The notorious Big Bad Wolf is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by storybooks of quirky characters who want to get even: Little Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Register for this and other classes on line at: www.jamestownarts.com
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Public Works Department will start flushing fire hydrants May 22nd and last for approximately two weeks.
Residents are reminded that water pressure may vary and you may notice discolored water conditions during this time. however, The water will remain safe to drink.
Residents should check their water before doing laundry, and store water for drinking and cooking.
Call Valley City Public Works at 845-0380 with any questions.
Minot — Fire Fighters Thursday are battling a large blaze at Minot’s Earth Recycling Incorporated location on the city’s west side.
KX News, Minot reports, the initial call indicated cardboard and other items on fire outside the building.
Then by about 11:15 a.m. , the building at the business was becoming involved in the fire.
Minot Rural Fire Department, in command of the scene was spraying foam for a truck.
The Burlington Fire Department has been called in.
Rural Fire has sent out a second call for more manpower to deal with the quickly spreading fire.
No one is believed to have been injured. There was no immediate word on what caused the fire.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian tribes who are still fighting the Dakota Access pipeline in court have dropped an appeal of a federal judge’s decision that allowed final construction to proceed.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in early March refused to stop completion of the pipeline based on the claims of Sioux tribes that it threatens water they consider sacred.
The Cheyenne River Sioux appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. That court refused an emergency order stopping oil from flowing. The pipeline is now filled with oil and ready to begin commercial operations in two weeks.
With oil already in the line, Cheyenne River attorneys in late April submitted a motion to voluntarily dismiss their claim in the appeals court, and the motion was granted Monday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican majority leaders want to know if GOP Gov. Doug Burgum exceeded his authority on some vetoes he issued after the Legislature adjourned last month.
House Majority Leader Al Carlson and his Senate counterpart, Rich Wardner, requested an attorney general’s opinion on Wednesday.
The state Constitution gives the governor “line-item” veto authority on spending measures. The leaders question whether the governor can veto a part of a sentence in appropriation bills that changes legislative intent.
The Legislative Council, which is the Legislature’s research arm, says several of Burgum’s vetoes “appear” to have done that and “in effect, legislate from the executive branch.”
The governor’s office in a statement says Burgum “exercised his veto authority very thoughtfully and with great respect for the separation of powers.”
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of union workers at American Crystal Sugar Company will soon cast their vote on a new labor contract.
The voting Thursday covers about 1,200 employees at sugar refinery plants in Moorhead, Crookston and East Grand Forks, Minnesota and Hillsboro and Drayton in North Dakota — and at storage facilities in Chaska, Minnesota and Mason City, Iowa.?
Members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers local are voting on a contract that includes a 3 percent raise the first four years and a 2.7 percent hike the last year.
The union says American Crystal has also added a signing bonus of $2,250. If the contract is rejected, the bonus would not be part of future negotiations.
Failed contract negotiations in 2011 ended in a union lockout that lasted two years.
In sports…
Minneapolis (CSi) In the make up game from the rain out, Wednesday night, the twins were defeated by the Colorado Rockies, Thursday afternoon., 5-1.
Game two, the regularly scheduled game follows, at 6-p.m.
St. Paul (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is working with local organizations to host the 27th Annual Take-A-Kid-Fishing-Day at Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, June 3, 2017.
The event will be at the Mel Rieman Recreation Area and is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Participants, ages 6 – 10, must pre-register by having a parent or legal guardian call 701-845-2087 or 701-845-2378. The event is limited to the first 50 kids to register. The registration deadline is May 26.
Registration includes transportation to and from Veterans Park in Valley City, fishing equipment and lunch. Prizes will be given to each participant.
The Barnes County Wildlife Federation, Inc., funds the entire event with support from the Corps of Engineers and Valley City Women of Today.
For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
Jamestown (CSi) The Blue Jay Girls Soccer team will be honoring the Military Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in conjunction with Military Appreciation Month.
The National Guard will be on hand at the game addition to the Jamestown Drum and Bugle Corp with the color guard for the flag presentation during the National Anthem.
All veterans and current military can get into the game FREE that evening.
Fans are encouraged to dress in red white and blue for the game.
Prizes awarded to the best dressed.
In world and national news…
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 26-year-old U.S. Navy veteran with two prior arrests for driving while intoxicated has been taken in custody after his car plowed into 23 pedestrians in Times Square, killing one of them. Witnesses said Richard Rojas appeared to be intoxicated, and he was taken into custody Thursday afternoon. Witnesses reported that he drove the wrong way and on a sidewalk for at least three blocks, mowing down pedestrians.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is mocking President Donald Trump’s complaints about unfair treatment by the news media. She scoffs at Trump’s claim that he’s been treated “more unfairly” than any politician in history, saying Thursday, “Get some thick skin, OK?” She also mocked his misspellings in tweets.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s loyal backers say they don’t know, they don’t believe, or they don’t care about the explosive revelations rocking Washington. Voters who supported him are standing by a president who has tweeted that he’s the target of what he calls “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey has consumed Washington. But that’s not the case in many Trump strongholds.
NEW YORK (AP) — David Axelrod, a longtime political adviser to former President Barack Obama, is acknowledging the legacy of Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chief and political strategist who died Thursday. Axelrod says Ailes’ impact was “indisputable.”
DETROIT (AP) — A medical examiner has determined that Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell killed himself by hanging in a Detroit hotel room following a concert. A full autopsy report was not yet completed Thursday afternoon. Two Detroit newspapers had earlier cited a police spokesman saying Cornell was found with “a band around his neck.” A different Detroit Police spokesman, Michael Woody, told The Associated Press Thursday that he could not confirm that Cornell died with a band around his neck.
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