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Jamestown (CSi) The November 6th General Election canvass was held on Tuesday, November 13th, and officials report a recount is in order between Stutsman County Commission candidates, Ramone Gumke, and Mark McPherson.
The certified election results show Gumke with 3,998 votes, and McPherson with 3,980 votes. The vote difference automatically triggers a recount, with the 24 vote difference, less than 0.5 percent.
The recount will be held on Wednesday November 14, at 8-a.m., at the Stutsman County Courthouse, when election ballots are checked for proper initialing, and to confirm under votes or over votes are correctly counted.
The Recount Board is tentatively scheduled to meet at 4:00 p.m. to certify the recount results. All meetings set for the Courthouse Whitney Room.
With three seats open on the commission, the top three vote- getters in the election were Dennis Ova, Steve Cichos and Ramone Gumke.
Followed by Mark McPherson, Craig Neys and Nellie Degen.
Dale Marks did not seek re-election.
Votes after Nov 13 canvass. Recount Nov 14 for County Commission
| * | Stutsman County Commission Nov 13 Canvass #1 | |
| x | 4593 | Dennis Ova |
| x | 4591 | Steven Cichos |
| ? | 3998 | Ramone Gumke – subject to recount |
| ? | 3980 | Mark McPherson – subject to recount |
| 3867 | Craig Neys | |
| 1985 | Nellie Degen | |
| ***** | ||
| * | Stutsman County Sheriff | |
| x | 6411 | Chad Kaiser |
| 3061 | Elizabeth Kapp | |
| ***** | ||
| * | Stutsman County Measure #1 | |
| Raise 9-1-1 fee up to $1.50/mth | ||
| x | 4855 | Yes |
| 4480 | No | |
| ***** |
Jamestown (JRHS) A better life – it’s what we all strive for. And, the James River Humane Society is no exception.
This fall, volunteer members, Gary Sahr, Cally Stromberg, Karri Woehl, Camille Kuipers, Sheila Marsalek and Jay Nitschke worked to rescue feral cats and kittens.
These wild cats received veterinary care including being spayed or neutered and receiving rabies shots. They were then placed with local rural families providing them with shelter and care. To date, 20 animals have been placed with seven families.
Why would the Humane Society do this? By relocating the cats from the city limits, it provides them with a safer home, a better chance of survival and reduces the number of homeless animals.
An unsprayed female cat and her offspring can produce two litters per year. With 2.8 kittens surviving per litter, an additional twelve homeless cats are born in the first year becoming 11,606,077 homeless cats in only nine years.
It is the shelter’s hope to continue the program in the spring and fall providing more cats with a better life.
Jamestown (JRMC) An early start to holiday gift-giving resulted in the gift of patient care.
Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Nov. 2 Holiday Debut raised $2,652 for equipment, technology and patient needs, said Mary Engels, JRMC Volunteer Coordinator.
“The money we receive at Holiday Debut benefits JRMC patients and their families. JRMC serves 55,000 people in this region,” said Mary Engels, JRMC volunteer services coordinator. “Residents of Jamestown and the rural communities can count on JRMC to keep state-of-the-art care local.”
Gifts available at the debut included baked goods by the JRMC Auxiliary, holiday décor, apparel and other items not available elsewhere. Some items are still for sale at the JRMC Gift Shoppe.
In addition to purchasing items for under the tree, supporters can purchase an item for on it. Hang a Tree of Love ornament at JRMC in honor or in memory of a loved one. The Tree of Love dedication includes short greeting, prayer and moment of silence to reflect on the holiday season and the ones we love. The dedication is set for 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20. Ornaments are available for a freewill donation at the JRMC Foundation.
For more information, call 952-4809 or visit www.jrmcnd.com.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2018, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” as well as a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center (JREC) is hosting another Local Makers Meetup on Thursday, November 15 at noon, at the University of Jamestown’s Unruh Sheldon building.
JREC is creating a community of makers for a variety of goods identifying resources needed to strengthen the emerging, local community of artisans.
JREC Executive Director Katherine Roth points out that the meetings will assist those working towards selling their goods locally or online.
Participants will learn about establishing a market and presence of the product, free of charge.
For more information, contact Katherine Roth at 701-252-4112 or email Katherine.Roth@uj.edu.
Valley City (Stephanie Mayfield) For the past 22 years, the Festival of Trees has been an instrumental source of funding for CHI Mercy Health. The generosity from local individuals and organizations has allowed the hospital to purchase much needed equipment to ensure quality care is available close to home. Recently, the Foundation Board has recognized the need to revitalize the annual charity event.
CHI Mercy Health Foundation spokeswoman Stephanie Mayfield said ‘We are excited to introduce our new Annual Charity Event: Holiday Extravaganza, November 24″
She says this event will be held at the Valley City Eagles Club on Saturday, November 24. The event will include an appetizer buffet, music, live & silent auctions, fun games and raffles and Dueling Pianos by Fun Pianos!
She added, “We will have a few Christmas Trees and décor on Live Auction but have added some new items to the auction like an autographed Carson Wentz Eagle’s Jersey, Getaway weekend to Minneapolis, Custom Framed Maryvale Prayer Tunnel print, 2 Premier Vintage Bottles of Wine, a VCHS T-Shirt quilt, and more”
Last year, the event raised $15,000 at the Festival of Trees and with some additional donations, they were able to purchase new software for transmitting our X-Rays! This year, our goal is to raise $27,000 to install 3 ceiling lifts in additional patient rooms that enhances our Safe Patient Handling program.
Tickets are $30 per person and are on sale in the Foundation office (3rd floor) at the Hospital or online at mercyhospitalvalleycity.org.
The doors (and silent auction and games and raffles) will open at 5:00-p.m., an hors d’oeuvres buffet will begin at 5:30pm, and our Dueling Pianos by Fun Pianos will begin at 7-p.m. The Live auction will begin after the Dueling Piano show followed by the grand prize raffle drawing for a Honda Pioneer 500 Side by Side at 10pm! The Honda UTV is sponsored by Enterprise Sales and tickets to win are $50 each and are limited to 500 tickets.
Contact Stephanie Mayfield in the CHI Mercy Health Foundation office (direct #845-6557 or stephaniemayfield@catholichealth.net) with any questions you have regarding the “Holiday Extravaganza.”
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man convicted of stealing thousands of identities in a massive credit card fraud scheme is now on trial over one more identity — his own. Prosecutors say they learned after Adekunle Adetiloye was sentenced in 2012 that he had created a fictional version of himself and used that to successfully argue for a lesser sentence. They say his real name is Michael Adeyemo.
Adetiloye was ordered to serve 18 years in prison in the case, which wound up in North Dakota because U.S. Bank, one of the victims, is based in Fargo. His attorney argued during sentencing that Adetiloye was naively sucked into the scheme after he moved from his native Nigeria to Canada; the attorney said Adetiloye was ignorant of United States culture because he had never lived there.
Prosecutors say they later discovered that Michael Adeyemo lived in the U.S. for a dozen years beginning in 1989, worked for the U.S. Postal Service for three years and had been accepted into two American law schools based on a law degree in Nigeria. He allegedly left for Canada after he was indicted in California in 2001 for a fraud scheme involving identity theft and illegal access devices.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Chase said in court documents that Adeyemo “designed and executed his deception so that he could pose as a more sympathetic person” at sentencing, including keeping the pending California charges under wraps. Chase said the defendant lied about his age and portrayed himself as a “much younger and less sophisticated criminal.”
Adeyemo is charged with four counts of obstruction of justice. He faces an additional 10 years in prison on top of the original sentence, which he is serving in Oakdale, Louisiana.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Health Department did not improperly discount its own concerns about pollution from a proposed oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park when it permitted the project earlier this year, attorneys for the agency and for the developer argue.
The department and Meridian Energy Group are asking a state judge to reject a challenge by environmental groups to an air quality permit that allowed the company to begin construction during the summer at the Davis Refinery site about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the state’s top tourist attraction.
The department’s decision to issue the permit in June essentially concluded that the refinery will be a minor source of pollution and won’t negatively impact the park. Assistant Attorney General Margaret Olson in court documents filed Nov. 5 said the decision “was not made in haste,” but after a two-year review that involved more than 1,000 hours of department staff time and more than 10,000 comments from the public.
“Because of the public interest in the Davis Refinery and its proximity to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the department conducted a more in-depth review than typically required,” she wrote.
Meridian maintains the Davis Refinery will be built with modern technology and will be the “the cleanest refinery on the planet.” The company began site work in July.
Opponents worry about pollution in the 30,000-acre (12,000-hectare) park that draws more than 700,000 visitors annually.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed its environmental review of a revised Red River diversion project, which will help determine whether the agency will issue a permit for the proposed Fargo-Moorhead channel. The DNR in October 2016 denied a permit for the original project, leading a federal judge to stop construction that had started southwest of Fargo. The new plan will reduce impacts to land in Richland County in North Dakota and Minnesota’s Wilkin County.
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