CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds

5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds

5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows

in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in

the evening.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 40s.

.MEMORIAL DAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the mid 40s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in

the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

 

Showers and cool temperatures through Memorial day

weekend, especially Sunday.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to a brush fire Thursday about 4:30-p.m., at 3791 86 1/2 Avenue, Southeast, near Jamestown Country Club.

An individual was reportedly trying to get rid of a ant hill using gasoline that was set on fire, that spread to a small area of brush in a ravine.

Three rural fire units and six fire fighters were on the scene until about 5:15-p.m.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs residents, that the water main break that occurred Thursday morning was repaired about 11-a.m., Thursday and water service was restored.

Water Superintendent  Steve Suko says the break was banded, and the excavation was backfilled.

The water main break, necessitated water service being shut off about 9-a.m. in the area 1st Ave North between 10th & 12th St NW (North of Nickeus Park)

 

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:

The committee discussed property at 403 ½ 3rd Ave NW.

The City Building Inspector Tom Blackmore said the property has not been attended to, being in disrepair and a hazard.

The property owner had 30 days to respond to a demolition order, by May 23, 2017, which did not occur.

Assistant City Attorney, Abby Geroux said the owner has no resources to demolish the building.  She said options include a quit claim deed, and demolishing the property, or a dangerous building order, which requires a hearing, and a three year process.

She said the owner is in a nursing home in Washington State, and his daughter has power of attorney, to take any action.

The committee recommends the city issue a quit claim deed, and demolish the property.

 

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE:

The committee recommends accepting the Grant of Roadway Easement from Lutheran Charity Association d/b/a Jamestown Hospital for the south 30.50 feet of the east 890.00 feet of Lot 2, Block 1, Jamestown Hospital Healthcare Campus 2nd Addition, for the amount of $27,145.00.

 

The committee also recommends accepting the Grant of Roadway Easement from Anne Carlsen Center for the south 10.50 feet of Lot 1, Block 1, Anne Carlsen Center 2nd Subdivision, for the amount of $8,791.00.

The easement is in conjunction with the road to be built between Menards and Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

 

The committee recommends rejecting all bids for the purchase of a New Snow Blower, amending the specifications, and to re-advertise. Concerns stem from specifications not met in the original bid package.

 

The committee recommends approval of the plans and specifications for the Raker Building Project.  The cost is estimated at $775,000, with the completion deadline of November 15, 2017.  The bid award in contingent upon approval of the State Health Department.

 

The committee recommends approval of plans and specifications for the 2017 NW Water Main Replacement Project, in the Nickeus Park area.  Completion is by November 15, 2017.

The area has had a number of water main breaks, including the latest on Thursday this week.

 

The committee recommends  establishing a rate of $78.50 per ton for municipal solid waste disposal at the Jamestown Municipal Waste Landfill effective August 1, 2017.  City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said the rate adjustment is in lieu of the city’s subsidizing the costs of $220,000 annually, from the solid waste disposal fund.

Discussion was held on layoffs in the sanitation collection department stemming from implementing the Residenial Recycling program.  Human Resource Office, Jay Sveum said the topic has been discussed with the employees.

He added it’s not known at this time if Jamestown Recycling may be able to hire the displaced city employees.

 

The committee recommends  introducing the First Reading of an ordinance to amend and re-enact Chapter 16 of the City Code pertaining to solid waste management.  The ordinance is in conjunction with the implementation of the Jamestown Residential Recycling program.

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

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new survey shows the top paid executive in North Dakota is in the energy and construction services industry.

Calculations by The Associated Press and the executive data firm Equilar show MDU Resources Group CEO David Goodin tops the compensation list in North Dakota, earning $3.3 million last year. MDU Resources is headquartered in Bismarck. Its business segments include electric and natural gas distribution, pipeline and midstream, construction materials and construction services.

The survey includes only publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that filed their proxy statements with federal regulators. The calculation salary, bonus, stock awards, stock option awards, deferred compensation and other components that include benefits and perks.

The typical CEO in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index made $11.5 million last year.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — An 18-year-old Minot High School student facing a criminal charge in a water balloon prank at school has pleaded not guilty in city adult court.

The Minot Daily News reports Xavier Falcon faces a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge that carries a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. Two 17-year-old boys were charged in juvenile court with disorderly conduct.

The charges came after a water balloon fight last week in a school lunch room. Authorities say the teens disrupted the school environment and that water on the floor created a hazard. Superintendent Mark Vollmer says at least one student slipped and fell.

An online petition asking for the charges to be dropped has collected more than 1,700 signatures.

Falcon is scheduled for trial June 22.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck police have arrested four people in a recent rash of counterfeit bills.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that bogus $5 and $20 bills have been passed at more than 15 bars, gas stations and restaurants over the past two weeks.

Sgt. Roger Marks says so far this year, police have taken 25 reports of fake bills, compared to 16 at this time last year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota congressional delegation says funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2017 includes $20 million for permanent flood protection in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota area.

The delegation says the money will support the construction of a gaited inlet structure that is considered the first phase of the Red River diversion project. Additional funding from the corps’ work plan will go toward the design of further flood control features.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she’s disappointed the Trump administration did not include diversion funding in its 2018. She and Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Kevin Cramer they will work on securing additional funding to keep the project moving forward.

The Fargo area dealt with three straight years of serious flooding beginning with a record crest in 2009.

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown Blue Jay Softball team was defeated Thursday afternoon  at Trapper Field by Bismarck Century, 8-1  in the West Region Softball Tourney opener.

Century (20-11) moves on to the semifinal Friday ay 5-p.m.

The Blue Jays (16-18) play at 1-p.m., Friday.

Meanwhile the Hi-Liners lost to Fargo North 10-7.

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Public Schools is  changing the search criteria for a new Activities Director, adding new qualifications.   Superintendent Josh Johnson says three candidates who announced earlier as finalist, are no long acceptable to the hiring committee.

So the position was reposted Monday this week  with the new qualifications that may interest more applicants .

Johnson says depending on the candidate, the position will pay between $65,000 up to $80,000.

He adds tht no one working within the Valley City Public School District has expressed an interest in applying for the position.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown High School graduates Jeff Dick and Sam Larson will be inducted into the North Dakota High School Track and Field Hall of Fame, Friday May 26, 2017 at 7:15 p.m., at the Mandan Eagles Club.

Dick earned cross country titles in 1982 and 1983. On the track, he won the state title in the 3,200-meter run in 1983 and ’84. Dick, who went on to compete at the University of Missouri, also won the 1,600-meter run in 1984.

Larson won six state titles in track, including a 3-peat in the 1,600 from 2005-07.

He also won the 3,200 in 2006 and ’07 and the 800 in 2007.

Larson earned runner-up honors in the 1600 (2004) and 3200 (2004). He collected third place in the 800 in 2006.

Larson, who signed to run at NDSU, also won cross country titles in 2005 and ’06.

Also being inducted on Friday are Lacy (Hinzpeter) Turnquist, Janis Thompson, Glee Mayer, Lyle Witham and Rod Romine of Minot, Blake Bowers from Kenmare-Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood, New Town’s Sydney Lahtinen, Tanya (Fischer) Jagodzinski of Bowman and Mandan’s Heather (Zander) Barry.

 

In world and national news…

BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump has concluded his participation in a NATO summit in Brussels and is heading to Sicily for further consultations with his world counterparts. Trump is scheduled to participate in two days of talks in Taormina, Italy, with the leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations. They are the U.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Sicily is the fifth and final stop on the first international trip Trump has taken since he became president in January.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling says President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban vaguely invoked national security interests but is rooted in religious intolerance. The chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Roger L. Gregory, wrote in a ruling against the ban that it “speaks with vague words of national security.” However, Gregory wrote, the ban “in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.”

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May has raised her concerns over alleged intelligence leaks from the Manchester bombing investigation with U.S. President Donald Trump. A British official confirms that May discussed the matter with Trump after they posed with other NATO leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. The U.S. and British leaders talked again later, sitting next to each other at a working dinner. May looked stern, while Trump waved his hands.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Montana congressional candidate accused of assaulting a reporter hasn’t been seen or heard from Thursday as voters go to the polls. Repeated phone calls to Greg Gianforte’s cell phone went unreturned Thursday. MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” says he cancelled a planned evening appearance on the show.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. acknowledges that bombing an Iraqi building in March set off a series of Islamic-State planted explosives that resulted in more than 100 civilian deaths. The mishap underscores the difficulty of rooting out the extremist group’s fighters from its remaining urban strongholds. The bombing led to the largest single incident of civilian deaths in the nearly 3-year-old war against IS.