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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 10. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light
snow in the evening.
Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY…Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 15 to
20. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 5 to 10 above. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning,
then snow likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 20s. Chance
of snow 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Lows
15 to 20.
.VETERANS DAY…Cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 15.
.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 20.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 10.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 20.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
morning. Highs in the upper 30s.
On Friday mostly sunny skies expected. Despite the
sunshine, forecast highs look to be the coldest of the week with
afternoon temperatures staying stuck in the mid to upper teens.
Slight chances for light snow continue on Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday look dry at this time
The next chance of precipitation is on Wednesday.
Jamestown (CSi) The tree that will become the Jamestown Community Christmas Tree was cut and removed, on Wednesday, donated by a Jamestown family, located at 334 13th Avenue Northeast.
Scherbenske’s donated their services to haul the tree to the Civic Center, cut by the Jamestown Street Department .
The tree was installed the same day, outside the Jamestown Civic Center on the west side.
The Jamestown City Fire Department donates its time and services to string the lights, using the state owned aerial ladder.
Community organizations will help to decorate the tree.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board met Wednesday at The CSi Technology Center at Historic Franklin School.
Board members in attendance were: President Matt Woods, Jenna Bergstedt, Frank Balak, Taylor Barnes, Tena Lawrence, and Mitzi Hager, along with Tourism Director Searle Swedlund.
Ex Officio Members: Emily Bivens Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Pam Fosse Jamestown Civic Center, Pam Phillips Jamestown City Council.
Grant requests were heard from:
- The University of Jamestown, UJ Basketball Shootout
- The University of Jamestown regarding the NAIA National Women’s Wrestling Tournament
- Hockey Day North Dakota
- The Jamestown Class Car Club about the Winter Wheels Car Show
The University of Jamestown represented by Thad Sankey, requested $5,000 for the UJ’s Shootout, high school basketball event, December 28, 29, 2018 to be held at Newman Arena for advertising and a percent of operating costs. The boys and girls event features six boy’s games, and six girl’s games with twelve teams each..
Local sponsors are contributing $4,000.
The economic impact is estimated at $165,000.
The Tourism Board granted the full amount of $5,000, saying the event meets the guidelines and tourism’s mission to bring people to Jamestown and impacting businesses.
With the UJ NAIA National Women’s Wrestling Tournament, the first ever, to be held March 15, 16, 2019 at Newman Arena, where 24 teams will compete including the University of Jamestown, for individual and team titles. Sean Johnson said, up to 290 wrestlers, plus coaches will compete, along with fans in attendance, with an economic impact estimated at $181,000.
He said it’s hoped that the experience in the Jamestown community will lead to having the tournament return to Jamestown.
The tourism board granted $10,000.
With Hockey Day North Dakota, Pure Hockey Skills requested $6,500. The event at the University of Jamestown with the outdoor hockey rink, to be located at Allen Field on campus, January 18-20, 2019. On hand will be hockey players, families, and fans. The weekend includes, high school games, youth games, from Pee Wee through college age participants, to be capped off with the game between the University of Jamestown and the University of Mary, that Saturday night.
The title sponsor is First Community Credit Union in the amount of $25,000 plus other sponsors with the amount to be confirmed.
The economic impact is estimated at $90,250, with 950 visitors expected.
The tourism board granted $6,500.
The Jamestown Classic Care Club represented by Jack Meikle and Monte Cole, requested, $1,500 to $2,000 for the Winter Wheels Car show to be held January 26, 2019 at the Jamestown Civic Center.
Jack Meikle said the dollars requested would be used toward advertising expenses, and other expenses.
The club is promoting “Early Bird,” registration
Added funding comes from the visitor door fee and the vehicle registration fee.
The Civic Center rental is $2,000 to $2,300 for the two days.
Total spending for the 2019 show is between $4,426 and $4,676.
The economic impact is estimated between $50, 000 and $65,000 with participants bringing up to a total of 50 vehicles the show with between 1,100 and 1,400 visitors, some staying in Jamestown overnight.
The tourism board granted $1,500.
With the Executive Board Meeting:
Declaration of Conflict of Interest
Tena Lawrence from the University of Jamestown declared a conflict in conjunction with the grant requests regarding events, in conjunction with UJ. The board voted to allow her to participate in discussions but refrain from voting, which she did.
Matt Woods declared a conflict being on the NAIA Women’s Wrestling Committee, and Jenna Bergstedt declared a conflict, and employee of First Community Credit Union, and both were allowed to vote on those projects.
With Mitzi Hager’s Financial Report, the board recommended rolling over reserve funds into a C.D. or other investment vehicle.
Tourism Report – Searle Swedlund said Jamestown Tourism is no longer in a position to fund the $10,000 for the 2019 fireworks display. He said other funding sources are being contacted, including Jamestown Speedway, the fireworks site location.
NEW BUSINESS
The Executive Director Review of Searle Swedlund was held by the board, which granted a three percent salary increase along with an increase of the year end bonus amount from the operating expenses fund.
The Board voted to Release Grant Funds including project funds for:
Unused Frontier Village Trader Building roofing of $2100.
Unused Frontier Village Contracted Mowing Service funds in the amount of $2500.
Jaeger, a Republican, beat Josh Boschee, a Democratic state representative from Fargo, on Tuesday.
Jaeger’s victory came despite being snubbed by his own party and attacked by opponents as behind the times. Jaeger says those attacks were unfair.
The 74-year-old Jaeger was first elected in 1992. He had to gather signatures to run as an independent after the GOP rejected him at its state convention in favor of Mandan businessman Will Gardner.
Both Gardner and Boschee portrayed Jaeger as behind the times in running the office charged with overseeing elections. Gardner quit the race after an older disorderly conduct conviction came to light.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A 28-year-old Minot woman has been sentenced for driving drunk with her baby daughter in the vehicle.
Authorities say 28-year-old Rachael Patnaude was legally drunk in October 2017 when she hit-and-ran a vehicle in a bar parking lot after an argument with a man there, picked up her baby and drove to her mother’s house.
The Minot Daily News reports Patnaude pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors. She was given credit for 11 days served in jail and put on probation for 1 ½ years. She also was ordered to pay $1,282 in restitution and $2,125 in court costs.
In sports…
UNDATED (AP) — Michigan has moved into the fourth spot of the College Football Playoff rankings, behind Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame. Georgia is next at five, followed by Oklahoma.
The playoff picture cleared up after a weekend where several contenders asserted themselves. The top-four teams in the final rankings Dec. 2 will play in the national semifinals.
The Crimson Tide easily dispatched LSU from the top four, beating the Tigers 29-0. LSU, though, only dropped to No. 7 after its second loss, ahead of Washington State, West Virginia and Ohio State — all with only one loss.
Unbeaten Notre Dame moved up one spot to No. 3, and Michigan jumped a spot after a 42-7 victory against Penn State.
With four weeks left in the season, nine of the top 10 teams are serious contenders. LSU is basically out, because the Tigers have no chance to win a conference title.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country’s chief law enforcement officer at President Donald Trump’s request.
Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday.
Trump announced in a tweet that Sessions’ chief of staff Matt Whitaker would become the new acting attorney general.
The attorney general had endured more than a year of stinging and personal criticism from Trump over his recusal from the investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Trump blamed the decision for opening the door to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, who took over the Russia investigation and began examining whether Trump’s hectoring of Sessions was part of a broader effort to obstruct justice.
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