CSi Weather…

MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH TUESDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 40s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs in the mid 70s.

 

 

Jamestown  (JRVLS)  This summer at the James River Valley Library System our theme is “Build a Better World!” As part of this theme, we will be hosting a special Storytime event on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 10:00 am at Alfred Dickey Library. The event will be “Read, Seed, Feed to Build a Better World!” with special guest Sarah Wilson & The Wee Wilsons!
At this special Storytime event children will hear stories and sing songs about gardening, soil, and farming, see and touch real vegetables, and take home their very own container garden, AND SO MUCH MORE!
No registration required. Container gardens are one per family, first come, first served, while supplies last.
For more information about this program, please call the Children’s Department at Alfred Dickey Library at 701-252-2990.
This program is sponsored by the Stutsman County Soil Conservation District, and the Stutsman County Farm Bureau.

 

 

Mandan  (CSi)   The 2017 Memorial Day Ceremony will begin at noon, Monday, May 29, at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, located 6.5 miles south of Mandan on North Dakota Highway 1806. This annual event, hosted by the North Dakota National Guard, honors all deceased American servicemen and women and is free to the public. This year’s theme is “75 years of Honor – the 164th Infantry Regiment”. The theme commemorates 75 years since this famed North Dakota National Guard unit made history in 1942 when they became the first U.S. Army unit to take offensive action in World War II supporting U.S. Marines on the island of Guadalcanal.

 

Participants should arrive early due to anticipated crowds. Lawn chairs are encouraged as seating is limited. Due to the large attendance anticipated and limited parking near the ceremony area, handicap-marked vehicles are encouraged to arrive before 11 a.m. Shuttle vans marked with yellow flashing lights on top will be available to transport attendees from parking areas to the ceremony. Attendees are encouraged not to drive large vehicles, such as recreational vehicles, campers or tow trailers due to constrained parking.

 

Individuals not attending the ceremony, but dropping off flowers for Memorial Day grave decorations, need to arrive by 10:00 a.m.

 

This year’s keynote speaker is Staff Sgt. Louis Hanson, a Veteran of the 164th Infantry Regiment during World War II.  The emcee is Col. Thomas “Britt” Hatley, commander of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Wing in Fargo. Their biographies are in the attached program.

 

Scheduled to render welcoming remarks are Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford and Maj. Gen. Alan S. Dohrmann, N.D. National Guard adjutant general.

 

Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are scheduled to open the ceremony with a flyover. This aerial display, flown by Soldiers of the North Dakota National Guard, is a formal salute to the fallen military members at the cemetery.

 

The North Dakota Army National Guard’s Fargo-based 188th Army Band’s “Brass Quintet” will perform “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” as well as pre-ceremony music. Also participating in the ceremony are local Veteran organizations and the Bismarck Mounted Police, who will feature a caparisoned riderless horse with boots reversed in the stirrups to symbolize a fallen warrior that can no longer ride into battle.

 

The national anthem will be performed by Mr. Clyde Bauman and Taps by Mr. Harrison Fuller. AMVETs Post 9 will render a rifle salute volley and the North Dakota National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team will execute a 21-gun cannon salute with a World War I-era French 75-millimeter cannon. The most reverent David D. Kagan, Bishop of Bismarck and Chaplain (Col.) John Flowers, North Dakota National Guard, will render Memorial Day prayers.

 

Also in conjunction with Memorial Day, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is hosting a Military Appreciation Day by offering free admission to military members, veterans and their families. Fort Abraham Lincoln is located adjacent to the N.D. Veterans Cemetery. For additional information, please call 701-667-6340.

 

In support of the Memorial Day ceremony at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, the Viet Nam Vets/Legacy Vets Motorcycle Club is organizing a Memorial Day Veterans Honor Run at “The Shop” (131 Airport Road) in Bismarck. Participants will leave Bismarck at 11 a.m., head west on Main Street, cross the Liberty Memorial Bridge to Mandan’s Memorial Highway. After turning west on Mandan’s 3rd Street SE, the motorcyclists will head south on North Dakota Highway 1806 until they reach the N.D. Veterans Cemetery. To participate in the run, please assemble between 10:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. All motorcyclists are invited to participate and no pre-coordination is required.

 

The North Dakota Veterans Cemetery was established by an act of the 1989 North Dakota Legislative Assembly. The cemetery was opened July 1992, and is operated by the office of the North Dakota adjutant general.

 

WHAT: 2017 Memorial Day Ceremony – North Dakota Veterans Cemetery

 

WHEN: May 29, 2017, at noon

 

WHERE: North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, 6.5 miles south of Mandan, N.D.,   on Highway 1806

 

The North Dakota National Guard is a trained and highly motivated force of about 4,000 Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen.  We are always prepared to provide ready units, individuals and equipment in support of our communities, state and nation.  Always ready, always there.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A former Minot neurosurgeon facing federal sex abuse charges has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Marc Eichler was accused of exchanging sexually explicit texts and photos in 2015 with two girls, ages 12 and 13. He also was accused of providing one of the girls with gifts and paying for hotel rooms for the girl and her friends as incentive for her not to talk about the alleged abuse.

Eichler pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to one count of possessing child pornography, and prosecutors dropped several other charges.

North Dakota’s medical board earlier suspended Eichler’s license to practice indefinitely, citing unprofessional conduct.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes $27 million to construct an indoor firing range at Minot Air Force Base.

U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the base’s existing outdoor range doesn’t support Air Force training requirements, and isn’t safe. He says it’s frequently shut down due to weather, air quality concerns or maintenance.

Hoeven is a member of the Senate Military Construction Appropriations Committee.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is taking suggestions for preserving the current governor’s residence, but only for a short time before going through with plans to tear it down.

The state’s facility management director, John Boyle, says an advertisement will go out in June to receive the proposals for moving and preserving the 10,000-square-foot home completed in 1960. If no proposals come in by mid-July, the home will be demolished.

The Legislature authorized $4 million from the state’s Capitol Building Fund and $1 million from private donations to construct a new 13,600-square-foot governor’s mansion.

Supporters say building a new official home for the governor is more cost-effective than renovating the aging residence. Work is on track for the governor to move in to a new home by Thanksgiving.

 

In sports…

Minot  –  By beating Minot Friday,  5-2, the Blue Jays head to the first WDA Championship game in school history, and assures the Jays a spot in the state tournament next weekend in Mandan.

Jamestown takes on Dickinson for the WDA Championship Saturday at 5-p.m. in Minot.

On Saturday:

Noon: Legacy vs. Minot (state qualifier)

2:30p.m.: Century vs. Mandan (state qualifier)

5-p.m.: Jamestown vs. Dickinson (championship)

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Blue Jays softball team (17-18) hung on to win Friday the WDA softball tournament at Trapper Field, 11-10 over Bismarck Legacy (15-15).

Legacy’ s season ends.

The Jays take on  Minot Bishop Ryan, Saturday at 1-p.m., at Trapper Field.

That game’s winner heads to the state tournament.

 

Fargo  (CSi)  The Valley City Hi-Liners softball team posted a  4-2 win over Fargo  Shanley   Friday in an EDC softball elimination game in Fargo.

Valley City ended the season for the Deacons and moves  on to a state qualifying game Saturday morning at 11-a.m. versus Red River.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is planning a missile defense test next week that will target an intercontinental-range missile for the first time. Officials say the goal is to more closely simulate a North Korean ICBM aimed at the U.S. homeland. The importance of such testing has grown with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s threats to field a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching American territory.

TAORMINA, Italy (AP) — A top White House official says President Donald Trump’s views on climate change are “evolving” following his discussions with European leaders who are pushing him to stay in the Paris climate accord. Economic adviser Gary Cohn says Trump feels “much more knowledgeable” about the matter following his meetings Friday with leaders at the Group of 7 meeting in Sicily.

TAORMINA, Italy (AP) — President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have met on the heels of Trump criticizing the Germans on trade. Trump and Merkel met on the sidelines of a summit in Sicily on Friday, a day after Trump reportedly said Germany was “bad” for having a large trade surplus with the United States. A Trump aide says the president was misquoted.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than a dozen states this year have passed “Blue Lives Matter” laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers. The new laws came in reaction to a spike in deadly attacks on police last year. Some civil rights activists fear the measures could set back police-community relations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans held onto a conservative House seat in Montana despite a last-minute assault charge against their candidate. Democrats are hailing the outcome anyway, arguing the GOP had to spend millions to keep a seat that should have been an easy win. Yet Democrats’ loss in the special election for Montana’s sole House seat contains warning signs for the party as they approach 2018 midterms where they hope to ride anti-Trump sentiment to take back control of the House.