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Fargo Rep. Josh Boschee is the Democrats’ endorsed candidate for the seat.
CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph shifting to the west up to 5 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday/Saturday night, then ending from northwest to southeast during the day Sunday.
Any threat for severe weather Saturday appears low at this time. Cooler air behind the cold front Sunday with highs in the 70s.
Monday a chance of showers. Highs in the 70s through early next week.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City budget committee meeting was held Wednesday morning at City Hall, to further discuss the 2019 city budget.
At the last budget meeting, the committee left the preliminary budget with an mill levy increase of 24 mills, in order to have nearly $2 million dollars in the reserve fund, and offset the projected deficit.
On a recent Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Mayor Heinrich said the city budget process takes in to account that the city’s share of General Fund budget dollars was insufficient to fund both the Jamestown Police and Fire Department budgets. He pointed out that with cuts in state funding, Jamestown will have a total of $886,000 less in available funding from the state compared to the past few years. That includes $386,000 no longer coming from the North Dakota’s property tax subsidy, in addition to $500,000 less in state funding for the 2019 city budget, stemming from a sharp downturn in the gas and oil extraction tax.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the budget committee, City Administrator Sarah Helleckson reviewed various budgets with income an expenditures.
She said the mill level increase is reduced to 19 mills, which would raise, $4,840,000.
The reduction stems from transferring $1.4 million from utility funds, including $676,000 out of the water utility, along with the sanitary sewer, and vector control funds.
The 2019 General Fund budget is $8.5 million, with expenditures of $8.25 million.
That leaves the 2019 General Fund budget with $2-million, in reserves, which was the goal.
Mayor Dwaine Heinrich said with the income side of utility fee collections, the dollars needed with a rate increase will need to be determined.
The option of utilizing a portion of the 7-percent city sales tax, being transferred, to the General Fund was discussed, but was not seriously considered at Wednesday’s meeting. That could be accomplished by City Council vote, or a public vote, including any increase in the tax.
Mayor Heinrich pointed out that the North Dakota legislature meets in 2019, and constituents should talk with their representatives about possibly allotting more budget dollars for cities.
At Wednesday’s meeting the Council decided, that before making a decision on accepting the preliminary budget to review the revised the figures, and determine how much the utility rates need to be increased, to raise the appropriate number of dollars.
The next budget meeting is set for Monday September 10th, at 2-p.m., at City Hall.
Wednesday’s meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67.
From Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist….
Jamestown (CSi) Century Link completed repairs to the cable cut at 3:11 a.m. Wednesday, with all area 9-1-1 traffic being re-routed back to Stutsman County Communications in Jamestown.
The location of the cable cut is not known to us at this time. CenturyLink may have follow up information available sometime today.
He says, at approximately 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, CenturyLink reported an outage that created a loss of long distance service in the Jamestown and Stutsman County area. The loss of long distance service meant that anyone dialing 9-1-1 could not get through to the Stutsman County Communications Center. At about 5:40 p.m. CenturyLink verified that a cable cut had occurred between Fargo and Jamestown which was the reason for the outage.
Almost immediately 9-1-1 calls originating from either a cell phone or a Dakota Central Telecommunications (Daktel) customer were re-routed to State Radio in Bismarck where they were answered. Pertinent information was conveyed back to Stutsman County via cell phone. It was early evening before 9-1-1 calls originating from a CenturyLink customer could also be re-routed to State Radio. It’s believed at this time that no incoming reports of emergency situations were missed.
During the early portion of the outage, CenturyLink customers could only talk to CenturyLink customers, Daktel customers could only talk to Daktel customers, and cell phone customers could only talk to cell phone customers. Long distance calls could not be made utilizing a land-line phone, but long distance calls could be completed via a cell phone.
Update
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Patriot Guard, Annual Ride in remembrance and celebration of fallen American Heroes will be held August 17 & 18, 2018 at the Jamestown Civic Center.
For more information contact George Quigley at 701-320-5355.
This is a public event, with all families welcome.
On The Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, George pointed out:
The North Dakota Veterans, Memorial/Reunion and Honor Ride activities:
Friday the 17th, there will be a social hour at 5-p.m., and the All North Dakota Veterans Steak Fry at 6-p.m, with live music by Joe Schmidt. Additional entertainment by School of Rock.
A Silent Auction and Cash Bar. Must be 21 or older to enter designated alcohol sales premises.
Tickets are $20. There will be 2 $500 cash prizes, and 6 $250 cash prizes.
Proceeds for memory and honor of soldiers, and toward the Honor Flights.
Saturday the 18th Activities Schedule:
Jamestown Civic Center
8am-10am Free will offering Pancake Breakfast, served by the Sonshine Riders
8-a.m. – 11-a.m. Registration for the Honor Ride
11-a.m., Honor ride leaves Civic Center heading to the Lisbon Veterans Home, having lunch and returning to the Jamestown Civic Center.
Transportation available for non-riders, cars are welcome to join.
5:30pm Free meal for Honor Ride Participants and families of fallen
7-pm Music by School of Rock.
Cash Bar all evening. Must be 21YOA to enter designated alcohol sales premises. The Silent Auction and Raffle will be held assisted by the Cub Scouts.
The Patriot Guard attends funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family.
They show support for the heroes, families, and their communities. When necessary they also act as a barrier or shield for the mourning families and friends, from protestors. They do so through legal and non-violent means.
For more on the North Dakota Patriot guard on line go to ndpg.org
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A longtime family-friendly tradition is on the auction block in Bismarck.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Super Slide Amusement Park was put on the market Aug. 4 after providing entertainment to local residents for 51 years.
The attraction features a giant slide, Ferris wheel, roller coaster, go-carts and mini golf. David Fleckenstein, his wife Angie and his brother Richard have owned and operated the amusement park for decades. The family says the sale is due to their upcoming retirement.
Richard Fleckenstein declined to disclose the asking price, adding that it’s “negotiable.”
The park will continue to operate as normal in the meantime, with Sept. 9 marking the end of the season. Super Slide is closed during the fall and winter, and is expected to reopen in May.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bond has been set at $300,000 for a Bismarck man charged with killing his infant daughter.
Twenty-two-year-old Jose Rivera-Rieffel is charged with murder, child abuse and disobedience of a judicial order and appeared in South Central District Court Tuesday.
A court document says Rivera-Rieffel was the sole caretaker of his two baby daughters before the injured child was brought to the hospital in April. The Bismarck Tribune reports an affidavit says the child died of blunt force trauma to the head about a week after being admitted.
Last year, Rivera-Rieffel pleaded guilty to child abuse involving the other baby and was ordered to have no contact with the child. The babies’ mother, Jennyfer Lopez pleaded guilty earlier this month to contributing to the deprivation of a minor for leaving the children in Rivera-Rieffel’s care.
Fargo Rep. Josh Boschee is the Democrats’ endorsed candidate for the seat.
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation’s tally of traffic at this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally shows a nearly 8 percent increase over last year.
Sturgis City Manager Daniel Ainslie tells the Rapid City Journal that the number of vehicles attending last year’s rally started strong, but fell off as the event progressed. He says this year’s traffic sustained throughout the 10-day rally from Aug. 3-12.
The department’s count shows nearly 506,000 vehicles entered Sturgis this year. The agency tallied about 469,100 vehicles entering the city during the 2017 rally.
Ainslie says increased advertising helped boost and maintain the rally crowd this year. The ads targeted individuals who may not have attended the rally before or have only attended once.
He says final attendance figures will be determined in October.
In sports…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Logan Forsythe had three RBIs, the Minnesota bullpen tossed 5 1/3 shutout innings and the Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon.
Oliver Drake, Gabriel Moya (3-0), Tyler Duffey and Taylor Rogers scattered five hits and struck out three before Trevor Hildenberger picked up his third save in four chances.
Minnesota is 16-4 in its last 20 home games.
Josh Harrison had three hits for the Pirates, who have lost three straight. Pittsburgh began the day five games out in the NL wild-card race.
Forsythe’s two-run single off reliever Edgar Santana (2-2) highlighted a three-run sixth as the Twins took a 5-4 lead. Bobby Wilson homered in the seventh.
After allowing two runs in the second inning, Pirates starter Chris Archer retired 10 straight batters before giving up back-to-back singles, including an RBI by Jorge Polanco, to start the sixth, ending his day.
Acquired from Tampa Bay July 31, Archer allowed four earned runs on six hits in five-plus innings. In his first three starts as a Pirate, Archer has allowed nine earned runs in 14 1/3 innings.
Minnesota starter Jose Berrios allowed four runs — three earned — as he labored through 3 2/3 innings, his shortest start since April 29.
After a 1-2-3 first, Pittsburgh had at least two runners on in three straight innings, with a two-run single by Gregory Polanco putting the Pirates up 4-2 in the fourth. Elias Diaz homered to start the inning.
Berrios has allowed nine earned runs in 12 2/3 innings in three August starts.
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