CSi weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain in the evening in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Lows around 30. Northwest winds around 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs around 40. North winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30. East winds

around 5 mph.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain in the afternoon in the Jameestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area.

Highs in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Rain. Lows in the mid 30s.

.COLUMBUS DAY…Rain. Highs in the lower 40s. Rain Chance 60 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then

chance of rain possibly mixed with snow after midnight. Lows in

the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

.TUESDAY…Cloudy. Slight chance of rain possibly mixed with snow

in the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in

the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Rain likely in the evening, then chance

of rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of

precipitation 60 percent.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the

morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower

40s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain in

the evening. Lows in the upper 20s.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.

Another round of accumulating snow is possible across western and

central North Dakota late this weekend into early next week.

Considerable uncertainty exists, check back for updates.

 

 

Washington (Sens. Heitkamp & Hoeven Offices)  – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp Friday announced that the U.S. Senate has passed bipartisan legislation she helped introduce and cosponsor to allow homeowners around the Jamestown Reservoir and Patterson Lake to buy the lots on which their homes sit.

The bipartisan bills would transfer lot ownership at Patterson Lake to the Dickinson Parks and Recreation Department. Additionally, lots along the Jamestown Reservoir would be transferred to the Stutsman County Park Board. After this process has completed, North Dakotans with homes on these lots would be able to purchase the land. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND).

Jamestown Reservoir Legislation

Hoeven’s Jamestown Reservoir legislation:

  • Permanently transfers federal lands around Jamestown Reservoir – including 71 permitted exclusive use cabin lots, two campgrounds, a park and unpurchased lots – to the Stutsman County Park Board and the North Dakota Game and Fish at no cost.
  • Directs that proceeds exceeding the costs of preparing residential lots for sale be used for administrative costs and deferred maintenance of the dam. The BOR would continue to maintain responsibility over the reservoir and dam.

Hoeven’s Patterson Lake and Jamestown Reservoir bills follow his successful efforts to limit permit fee increases for permittees on Patterson Lake, the Jamestown Reservoir and Lake Tschida. The BOR had proposed to more than double the cost of fees and the senator’s legislation limited the total fee increase to no more than 33 percent over 5 years.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The James River Humane Society, has set Saturday, October 27 from 1-4-p.m., for the Halloween  Open House at the Shelter, located off the I-94 Bloom Exit.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, board member, Jay Nitchke said, those attending are welcome to wear Halloween costumes.

She added that the shelter presently has  about 14 cats including some kittens, available for adoptions, along with 17 dogs including some puppies.

She said the shelter continues to receive displaced animals from natural disasters.  They expect more from the recent hurricane in the Carolinas, and southeast U.S.

A fundraiser is set for November 8, to raise dollars to keep down the costs of spaying and neutering animals, at 6-p.m., at the All Vets Club in Jamestown.

Jay pointed out that a percentage of  items purchased at Amazon.com can be earmarked for the James River Humane Society, if so indicated.

Dollars determined from aluminum items brought to  Ameristeel in Jamestown can be designated for donation to the shelter.

Jay added that volunteers are always welcome, along with donations of food, toys, treats, and warm winter items, by dropping off at the shelter, or at the drop box at Hugo’s in Jamestown.

The James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit, open everyday from 9-a.m., to 11-a.m., and 5:30—p.m., to 6:30-p.m., or by appointment by calling 701-252-0747.

On line visit: jamesriverhumanesociety.org

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Friends of the James River Valley Library System, next adult program will be on Tuesday October 16 at 6-p.m., at the Alfred Dickey Public Library’s lower level conference room.

Attorney, Dan Buchanan will present the topic: Wills and Estate Planning.

To reserve a spot call, 701-252-2217 or on line, friendsofjrvl.org/programregistration.

Information will include: What is a will and why is it necessary, and specific information regarding wills.

Over the years, Dan has focused his practice in estate planning and administration of estates and trusts.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Kiwanis raised $4,000 Thursday (Oct 4) as part of its Kiwanis Live Auction & Concert to benefit Kids Against Hunger.

Kiwanis, along with 400 volunteers, package Kids Against Hunger meals each fall. The meals benefit hungry families in North Dakota and Minnesota through the Great Plains Food Bank.

To help the cause, local bands Stevie K and Intrigue donated their time and provided a concert in exchange for a freewill donation.

So far, Kiwanis has raised about $12,400 of its $20,000 goal. With $20,000, the club can pack 80,000 meals.

The public can donate to the cause at any First Community Credit Union or, at www.gofundme.com/Kids-Against-Hunger-2018.

Learn more about Kiwanis and Kids Against Hunger at www.facebook.com/JamestownKiwanis or email JamestownKiwanis@gmail.com.

 

OAKES, N.D. (AP) — A tanker truck rollover in Dickey County resulted in about 100 gallons of diesel fuel and motor oil spilling into a flooded ditch.The state Health Department says the fuel and oil came from the motor. None of the 5,000 gallons of pesticide the tanker was carrying appears to have spilled.The crash happened Thursday about 5 miles south of Oakes. Booms were put in place to keep the fuel and oil from flowing into a nearby wetland.

 

NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says fresh snow was a factor in crashes that killed three people and injured four school children.The patrol says two people in a pickup truck died in a collision with a semi on a snow-covered highway in northwestern North Dakota’s Mountrail County about 6:30 a.m. Friday.A passenger in a pickup truck that crashed in northeastern North Dakota’s Traill County died when the vehicle crashed near Mayville in the snow just after midnight Friday. The patrol says the pickup driver was cited for drunken driving.Four students suffered minor injuries when a school bus lost traction on slushy Highway 13 and crashed in southeastern North Dakota near Kulm Thursday evening.Several inches of new snow has fallen in parts of North Dakota since Thursday. 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Secret Service agent who used his body to shield first lady Jacqueline Kennedy the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated will receive the highest honor bestowed by his home state of North Dakota.

Former agent Clint Hill will receive the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award during a future ceremony, Gov. Doug Burgum announced Friday.

Hill was in the Dallas motorcade as a member of the first lady’s detail Nov. 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was shot and killed. He leaped onto the back of the presidential limousine to shield the Kennedys from any additional shots. The Treasury Department, which oversaw the Secret Service until 2003, honored him with its highest award for bravery a month after the attack.

Hill, 86, served in the Secret Service from 1958 to 1975 — a span that covered the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford administrations.

“His exemplary record of service at the highest level of national security continues to inspire pride and respect among North Dakotans, and we are deeply grateful for his lifetime of service,” Burgum said in a statement.

Hill was born in Larimore, in eastern North Dakota, and now splits his time between Virginia and California, according to his spokeswoman.

“It is an honor to be recognized by your home state, and North Dakota has always been my home,” Hill said in a statement. “Growing up in North Dakota, the values of hard work, dedication, integrity and the importance of public service instilled in me by my family and community served me well throughout my career.”

The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award is named in honor of the former U.S. president who ranched and hunted in North Dakota and credited his time in the state with preparing him for the White House. Roosevelt led a volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War called the Rough Riders.

Hill will be the 44th recipient of the award. Some others who have received it include bandleader Lawrence Welk, New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris, NBA player and coach Phil Jackson, western author Louis L’Amour, singer and actress Peggy Lee, newsman Eric Sevareid and former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

Burgum, a former Microsoft executive, received the award in 2009, before he became governor. Portraits of award recipients hang in the North Dakota Capitol.

 

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is asking pheasant hunters to keep an eye out for an aggressive pigweed species that has made its way into the state.Palmer amaranth was positively identified in the state for the first time earlier this summer, in McIntosh County. Suspected plants in other eastern North Dakota counties are going through DNA analysis.The weed can grow as tall as 7 feet. It’s strong enough to stop combines and resist many herbicides, and it’s devastated crops in other parts of the country.North Dakota’s regular pheasant season opens Saturday and continues through Jan. 6. Hunters are being asked to report any suspected Palmer amaranth plants they come across.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is rejecting an Oregon senator’s attempt to force disclosure of more details on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before a confirmation vote.

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Friday turned down an emergency request by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley asking the court to order the release of more than 100,000 pages related to Kavanaugh’s time in the White House Counsel’s Office under George W. Bush.

The White House has declined to make the documents available, citing executive privilege. Merkley filed the suit on Sept. 26, but added a fresh motion Wednesday arguing that lack of access to the documents makes it impossible to properly vet Kavanaugh and “has prevented the U.S. Senate from fulfilling its constitutional duties.”

Jackson on Friday rejected Merkley’s request to accelerate the date of a status hearing set for Tuesday, and then canceled that hearing. Berman suggested that Merkley waited too long to file his motion — nearly a month after the White House announced the pages would be withheld.

The Senate is expected to hold a final Kavanaugh vote on Saturday.

 

 

 

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

Van Dyke was charged with first degree-murder in the October 2014 killing, a charge that requires a finding that the shooting was unnecessary and unreasonable. The judge told jurors the second-degree charge was also available, requiring them to find Van Dyke believed his life was in danger but that the belief was unreasonable.

The jury announced the verdict Friday. It’s the first time in half a century that a Chicago police officer has been convicted of murder for an on-duty death.

McDonald was carrying a knife when Van Dyke fired 16 shots into the 17-year-old as he walked away from police.

Second-degree murder usually carries a sentence of less than 20 years.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, the lowest level since December 1969, as the longest streak of hiring on record has put millions of Americans back to work since the Great Recession.

The Labor Department says employers added just 134,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, though that figure was likely lowered by Hurricane Florence. The storm struck North and South Carolina in the middle of September and closed thousands of businesses. A category that includes restaurants, hotels and casinos lost jobs for the first time since last September, when Hurricane Harvey had a similar effect.

Even with unemployment at a historic low, average hourly pay increased just 2.8 percent from a year earlier, one tick below the yearly gain in August.

 

 

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize is always widely anticipated and sometimes controversial.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which will announce this year’s prize on Friday, has received nominations for 216 individuals and 115 organizations. But only a few dozen of them are known — the committee keeps the list of nominations secret for 50 years, although some candidates are revealed by their nominators.

Among those put forward this year are the Syrian civilian aid group White Helmets, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper, Edward Snowden and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Last year’s winner was the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

The 2018 prize is worth 9 million Swedish kronor ($1.01 million). Past winners who came under criticism include former U.S. President Barack Obama, who won in 2009 after less than a year in office.

 

 

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been renamed to drop the word “Mormon,” showing that the church’s new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the faith.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement Friday that the famous gospel singing group will now be called the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

The new name marks the first major step since church President Russell M. Nelson announced guidelines in August for people to stop using “Mormon” or “LDS” as substitutes for the church’s full name.

The terms have been used for generations by church members and were previously promoted by the faith.