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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown and Aberdeen Conlin’s Furniture stores are set to close.
Jamestown, Conlin’s Sales Manager Justin Brown, says, a final closing date for the store located at 1802 8th Ave. SW in Jamestown, that’s been part of Jamestown’s retail community since 1960 has not been finalized. The Jamestown location was the second in the chain of Conlin’s stores, and both Jamestown and Aberdeen location will close due to the retirement of the Conlin’s owner.
The Jamestown Conlin’s had 15 employees.
Valley City (Chamber) The 36th Annual Rally in the Valley was held on Saturday June 15. Valley City Area Chamber Commerce. Executive Kay Vinje thanks the sponsors and all who attended the Rally in the Valley. Photos posted at CSiNewsNow.com
The activities included class reunions and other citywide and area events
2019 Duckin Down the Sheyenne winners were annouced:
1st Place: Matt and Jenni Richman
2nd Place: Natalie Wintch
3rd Place: Cindi Rohde
4th Place: Shane Germann
5th Place: Tiffany Greenley
6th Place: Gary McClaflin
7th Place: Pete Smithhisler
8th Place: Sean Johnson
Prizes can be picked up at the Rosebud Visitor Center during regular business hours Monday-Friday.
Jamestown (Chamber) Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and the Young Professionals of Jamestown held a ribbon cutting ceremony for R&B Motorsports to celebrate the opening of their new location in Jamestown. The business is located at 1100 5th Ave SE.
Co-owner Rick Sailer and staff were on hand to celebrate their new location. R&B sells a variety of Polaris, Toro and other off road vehicles and mowers. They’re open from 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday and 9:00am to noon on Saturday, stop by and check out all they have to offer!
Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name. For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.
Jamestown (Chamber) The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce City Beautification Committee is pleased to announce the 3rd winner of the Yard of the Week Program for 2019. Butch Forester of 1313 5th Avenue NW, in Jamestown, has received this award for Week Three. Drive by and stop to congratulate him on this beautiful yard and thank him for his efforts to help beautify Jamestown. Congratulations, Butch for a job well done!
The Yard of the Week program has been established to recognize those within the community that take pride in the appearance of their yard and do their part to beautify the community. The program began June 1st and ends August 31st. Yards will be selected each week from nominations received. Nominated yards must be visible from the street.
To nominate a yard for the Yard of the Week program, please contact the Chamber at 701-252-4830 or stop by our office at 120 2nd Street SE, Jamestown for a nomination form. The completed forms require a valid phone number so we can contact the perspective winner. Forms are also available on our Facebook page or on our website at www.jamestownchamber.com. Forms can be emailed to director@jamestownchamber.com.
All single family residences within Jamestown are eligible for the program.
Jamestown Ally Knutson, (JRMC) — Miles matter when a person is sick.
For Rocky Gabel, some of the most memorable miles were on his motorcycle.
Gabel, of Valley City, created the Thundering Saints motorcycle group in memory of his late wife, Debbie. Doctors diagnosed Debbie with ovarian cancer in 2005. After her diagnosis, she took up an interest in motorcycles. When she was healthy, the couple often rode together, he on his bike and she on hers.
In 2008, after seven surgeries in three years, Debbie was too sick to ride alone. So she rode double with her husband.
Since then, the two ride together, though in a more spiritual way. In Debbie’s honor, Rocky and the Thundering Saints organize an annual motorcycle ride. Proceeds benefit local individuals fighting the battle with cancer, as well as Hospice of the Red River Valley in Valley City.
In 2019, those funds also supported another cause – the cancer center at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
“The travel for cancer care is miserable,” Rocky said. “The JRMC Cancer Center will make a big difference.”
The JRMC Cancer Center is set to take its first patient on June 17, after its Ribbon Cutting Celebration on June 13.
JRMC expects more than 100 individuals to receive cancer care in its center each month.
The JRMC Cancer Center includes six sun-lit infusion rooms, two exam rooms, a nutrition area and nurses station. Patients’ individual treatment areas include state-of-the-art, sit-to-stand infusion chairs and companion chairs for visitors, smart TVs, WiFi and refreshments for patients and their companions.
People in rural communities like Jamestown and Valley City deserve access to state-of-the-art care close to home, said Trisha Jungels, chief nursing officer.
“Miles matter when you are sick,” she said. “We’re proud to offer this care in our conveniently located, ultra-modern space.”
The Debbie Gabel Memorial Cancer Ride is set for Saturday, July 27. The ride begins at the Valley City Eagles Club; 345 12th Ave NE in Valley City, N.D. Sign-up is open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. with kickstands up at noon. Cost: $20 for riders, $10 co-pilots. There will be a $500 cash drawing for registered riders. For more information, call Rocky Gabel at (701) 490-0360. To learn more about the JRMC Cancer Center, visit www.jrmcnd.com/cancer.
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 2019, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” for the sixth consecutive year. Modern Healthcare named JRMC a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” each year since 2017. For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo man is accused of shooting at a motorist with whom he had an argument.
The 26-year-old man was arrested late Sunday night on a possible charge of reckless endangerment. KFGO reports the man was taken into custody at his apartment. Police determined the victim’s vehicle was struck by shots fired from a BB gun. The victim wasn’t injured.
Authorities say a BB gun was recovered from the suspect’s apartment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three cats have died in a fire at a Bismarck mobile home.
The Bismarck Fire Department says no people were home when smoke was reported coming from the unit just after 6 a.m. Saturday.
Firefighters were able to limit most of the damage to the kitchen but found the bodies of three cats during a search.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The damage is estimated at more than $30,000.
In regional news…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a father died trying to save his 3-year-old child who fell into a northwestern Minnesota lake. The Becker County sheriff’s office says Christopher Franklin Nicholas Schultz jumped into Detroit Lake after his child fell from the bridge at Dead Shot Bay on Saturday evening. Authorities say the 32-year-old father struggled to keep his child above water. Bystanders rescued the toddler, but Schultz, of nearby Frazee, didn’t resurface. He died at a Detroit Lakes hospital.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Rick Berg of Fargo has been elected to his first full term as chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party.
Members of the party’s state committee unanimously backed Berg at their meeting in Bismarck on Saturday.
Berg was first elected party chairmaan in March 2018 to fill out the term of Kelly Armstrong, who stepped down to run for Congress.
Berg served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1985 to 2011 with stints as speaker and majority leader. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 when he defeated Democrat Earl Pomeroy. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012 but lost to Democrat Heidi Heitkamp.
NEW SALEM, N.D. (AP) — Over 500 people slipped, slid and ran through the mud in New Salem’s annual Medieval Rush.
They also climbed walls, carried sandbags, tossed stones and wore pink tutus as they slogged their way through what organizers call the largest and longest-running mud run in North Dakota. In keeping with the medieval theme, some wore armor or similar gear.
This year organizers added dirt bikes and an inflatable slide to the 5K run, which featured 24 obstacles.
Race director Tanner Schweitzer says the idea is to get people off of their phones, out of their homes, and to interact with other people face to face as they help each other over the obstacles.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota plans to ask the Trump administration to intervene in a dispute over Washington state’s new safety restrictions on oil shipped by rail.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem told The Bismarck Tribune he plans to petition the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to tell Washington state that it doesn’t have the authority to require crude shipped by rail through Washington to have more of its volatile gases removed than North Dakota requires.
Washington passed the requirement to reduce the chances of massive explosions during derailments.
North Dakota officials say the Washington state requirement essentially bans crude-by-rail traffic to refineries throughout the Pacific Northwest and is a potential blow to North Dakota’s energy industry.
Stenehjem’s office is also working on a federal lawsuit against Washington alleging that the requirement violates interstate commerce law.
Tara Lee, a spokeswoman for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, says the issue should be settled in court, “not via press release.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Federal Highway Administration has approved construction of a bridge across the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota, although some private landowners have been fighting the project and supporters have not said how they will pay for it.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Billings County Commission wants the river crossing to improve emergency response. Opponents worry it would impact the remote and scenic landscape of the Badlands. One rancher has said it would destroy his property.
An environmental study last year identified the site north of Medora as the preferred route, which the feds approved last week.
Billings County Commission Chairman Jim Arthaud says a timeline for the project has not yet been established. The next steps include meeting with private landowners to try and obtain right-of-way.
In sports…
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…
Chicago 5, Fargo-Moorhead 4
The 21-year-old Henderson led wire-to-wire for her second victory in three years at Blythefield Country Club, closing with a 2-under 70. She also matched the tournament record of 21 under that she set in 2017.
Lexi Thompson finished in a three-way for second with Su Oh and Nasa Hatakoa at 20 under.
MLB..
UNDATED (AP) _ Martín Maldonado (mahr-TEEN’ mal-doh-NAH’-doh) celebrated Father’s Day by wearing a blue necktie on his chest protector and providing three hits with two RBIs in the Royals’ 8-6 victory at Minnesota. Jorge Bonifacio (boh-nih-FAH’-see-oh) added two hits and two RBIs as Kansas City cut the Twins’ lead in the AL Central to 10 games over Cleveland. Max Kepler had four hits and Miguel Sanó (sah-NOH’) homered, but the Twins left the bases loaded three times and were 4 of 18 with runners in scoring position.
_ Cody Bellinger hit his 23rd homer in the sixth inning and Russell Martin singled home the winning run in the eighth as the Dodgers rallied past the Cubs, 3-2. Alex Verdugo made a game-saving catch for the game’s final out as Los Angeles expanded its lead in the NL West to 10 ½ games. Chicago slipped to 3-10 in its last 13 road games and fell one game behind Milwaukee for the NL Central lead.
The New York Yankees have beaten the White Sox in Chicago to maintain their half-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East.
Brett Gardner and Austin Romine each had four RBIs as the Yankees clobbered the White Sox, 10-3. Gardner and Romine each had two-run singles while the Yanks scored five in the third to take a 5-1 lead.
Cameron Maybin added a solo shot in the seventh to give the Yankees home runs in 19 straight games.
James Paxton helped New York gain a split of the four-game set, allowing two runs and eight hits over six innings of his first victory since April 26.
In St. Petersburg, Brandon Lowe (low) and Tommy Pham belted solo homers and Kevin Kiermaier added an RBI triple as the Rays topped the Angels, 6-5. Lowe also scored on a wild pitch in the eighth, which became a big play when Mike Trout launched a two-run homer in the ninth to make it a one-run game.
Elsewhere around the major league diamonds:
_ Teoscar (tay-AHS’-kur) Hernández hit two of the Blue Jays’ five home runs in a 12-0 romp over the Astros. Freddy Galvis and Hernández each hit three-run shots in a seven-run sixth, Lourdes Gurriel (gur-ee-EHL’) Jr. launched a long, two-run homer and Rowdy Tellez also went deep. Former Houston draft pick Trent Thornton scattered six singles and struck out seven over 6 2/3 innings.
_ Trevor Bauer tossed his first MLB shutout and the Indians completed a three-game sweep with an 8-0 thumping of the Tigers in Detroit. Bauer struck out eight and scattered four hits after going 0-5 in his previous eight starts. Cleveland rookie Oscar Mercado collected four RBIs, while Jason Kipnis homered and drove in three.
_ Marco Hernandez blasted a game-tying, solo homer in the ninth inning and the Red Sox erupted for five runs in the 10th to beat the Orioles, 8-6. Rafael Devers led off the 10th with a homer before Betts and Christian Vazquez added two-out, two-run singles. Josh Smith gave up a two-run homer to Stevie Wilkerson and a bases-empty drive to Trey Mancini in the 10th before Bosox nailed down its fifth straight win to move a season-high five games over .500.
_ Kyle Seager hit a two-run double as part of a four-run eighth in the Mariners’ 6-3 comeback over the Athletics. Seager’s double came soon after right fielder Mark Canha appeared to lose a flyball in the sun. Khris Davis and Ramón Laureano homered for Oakland.
_ Josh Donaldson and Tyler Flowers belted two-run homers as part of the Braves’ 19-hit assault in a 15-1 laugher over the Phillies. Donaldson homered for the third straight game and had three hits for the second time in two days as Atlanta regained its 2 ½-game lead over Philadelphia in the NL East. Ronald Acuña (ah-KOON’-yah) Jr. also homered and Mike Foltynewicz (fohl-tih-NAY’-vihch) allowed only one run in six innings of the Braves’ ninth victory in 10 games.
_ The Brewers avoided a three-game sweep by getting home runs from Eric Thames (thaymz) and Jesús Aguilar (AG’-ee-ahr) in a 5-3 win at San Francisco. Christian Yelich (YEH’-lihch) doubled twice and is batting .472 with five home runs during his season-high, 13-game hitting streak. Matt Albers pitched the fifth for the win, allowing just one inherited baserunner to score after relieving Chase Anderson with the bases loaded and no outs.
_ Pitcher Matt Strahm drew a pinch-hit, bases-loaded walk in the ninth to rally the Padres past the Rockies, 14-13. Greg Garcia was 4-for-5 with four RBIs for San Diego, including a game-tying, two-run triple. The two teams set a modern-era record by combining for 92 runs in a four-game series. Charlie Blackmon became the first player since at least 1900 with 15 hits in a four-game set.
_ The Cardinals managed just three hits and still beat the Mets, 4-3 on Paul DeJong’s (deh-YUHNGZ’) tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning. DeJong homered three times in the series to help St. Louis take three of four from New York. Paul Goldschmidt slugged a two-run homer for the Redbirds.
_ The Nationals gained a four-game split as Matt Adams homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead a 15-5 dismantling of the Diamondbacks. Adams, Anthony Rendon (rehn-DOHN’) and Kurt Suzuki homered off Arizona reliever Zack Godley, and Adams added a grand slam against Stefan Crichton in the eighth. Anibal (AH-nih-bahl) Sanchez gave up two runs over six innings en route to his 100th career victory and third straight since an 0-6 start to the season.
_ Josh Bell’s RBI double in the seventh inning broke a tie and lifted the Pirates past the Marlins, 5-4. Pittsburgh trailed 4-2 until Corey Dickerson’s pinch-hit RBI double off Miami starter Sandy Alcantara in the sixth. Melky Cabrera tripled home the tying run and scored on Bell’s two-bagger to help the Bucs win the rubber match of the three-game set after ending a seven-game skid on Friday.
_ The Reds ripped the Rangers, 11-3 as Jesse Winker homered and set career highs with four hits and five RBIs. Yasiel Puig (YAH’-see-ul pweeg) added a two-run shot and pitcher Sonny Gray tripled as Cincinnati avoided a three-game sweep. Gray gave up three runs and five hits over five innings, including homers by Shin-Soo Choo and Hunter Pence.
MLB-NEWS
Yanks get Encarnacion from M’s
UNDATED (AP) _ The Yankees’ acquisition of Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN’) has been completed.
The slugger is coming over from the Mariners for 19-year-old minor league pitcher Juan Then. Seattle is also picking up about $8.4 million of Encarnacion’s roughly $16.4 million contract he is guaranteed.
The 36-year-old Encarnación has hit 21 home runs this season and has averaged 37 homers and 109 RBIs in his last seven years.
Manager Aaron Boone says he plans to use Encarnación primarily as his designated hitter and give him a few games at first base. Boone says he expects Encarnación to be available when the Yankees open a three-game series against the Rays on Monday.
His arrival meant the demotion of outfielder Clint Frazier, who was hitting .283 with 34 RBIs in 53 games.
In other major league news:
_ The Mets have placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd) on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring and activated second baseman Robinson Canó from the IL. Syndergaard reached for his right hamstring after throwing a pitch in the seventh inning of New York’s 8-7 victory over the Cardinals on Saturday. He is 5-4 with a 4.55 ERA this season.
_ The Phillies recalled left-hander Cole Irvin and have activated right-hander Pat Neshek (NEE’-shehk) from the injured list before Sunday’s game in Atlanta. Neshek was placed on the injured list on May 25 with a right shoulder strain. Irvin is 2-1 with a 5.48 ERA in four games with Philadelphia this season.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
Vandy takes its CWS opener
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Vanderbilt and Mississippi State have has won their opening game in the College World Series.
The No. 2 national seed got two homers from Austin Martin in a 3-1 win over Louisville. Martin homered on Reid Detmers’ first pitch of the game and he went deep again in the seventh to break a tie.
Drake Fellows came off a poor outing in the super regionals to pitch seven strong innings, yielding one run and seven hits.
In Game 2, Marshall Gilbert hit a bases-loaded single to cap a four-run ninth and give the Bulldogs a 5-4 walk-off victory over Auburn. A wild throw by third baseman Edouard Julien allowed Elijah MacNamee to score the tying run. Gilbert was hitless in four at-bats before sending Mississippi State to its sixth straight tournament win.
WNBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kayla McBride scored seven of her 22 points in a 14-3 closing run and the Las Vegas Aces overcame a sloppy start and beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-75 on Sunday.
Kelsey Plum scored 21 points, including a career-high tying five 3-pointers. Liz Cambage scored eight of her 14 points in the fourth quarter and A’ja Wilson finished with 13 points for Las Vegas (4-3).
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun are tough to beat this season, especially at home.
Thomas scored 20 points, Shekinna Stricklen added 16 and the Sun won a franchise-record 12th- straight home game with an 81-67 victory over the Seattle Storm on Sunday.
SOCCER-WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Yanks blank Chile
PARIS (AP) _ The U.S. women’s soccer team has advanced to the round of 16 at the Women’s World Cup by improving to 2-0.
Carli Lloyd scored twice and the Americans followed Tuesday’s 13-0 thrashing of Thailand with a 3-0 shutout of Chile. All three goals came in the first half, and the celebrations were more muted after the team was criticized for celebrating goals even after victory against Thailand was well in hand.
Sweden also advanced out of Group F with a victory 5-1 victory over Thailand.
NASCAR…
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Christopher Bell won the NASCAR Xfinity series race Sunday at the Iowa Speedway, his fourth victory of the season and second straight in Newton.
Bell led 186 of 250 laps in the No. 20 Toyota to claim his second short track win of 2019 by nearly two seconds. He also won at Bristol in April.
Pole-sitter Cole Custer was second, followed by Justin Allgaier and Harrison Burton. Zane Smith of JR Motorsports was fifth in just his fifth start in the series.
In world and national news…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Editorials in English-language newspapers in the United Arab Emirates are urging calm and diplomacy after a further spike in tensions following last week’s attack on oil tankers near the Persian Gulf.
Abu Dhabi’s The National says a diplomatic resolution with Iran is still possible, and while it quoted neighboring Saudi Arabia’s crown prince as saying that Iran was behind the first attacks on oil tankers in the region last month, the editorial said investigations were still ongoing and “their source is yet to be confirmed.”
It says the UAE has been calling for de-escalation and believes “diplomacy must always come first.”
Dubai’s Gulf News similarly stressed that “all the major players, including Iran, do not want war.”
It says that “because of skyrocketing tensions, it is incumbent that all parties exercise caution and restraint going forward.”
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid and tallied the damage from the unforeseen disaster.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri promised a thorough investigation into what he called an “unprecedented” outage, one that raised questions about flaws in South America’s grid, which connects many of the region’s largest countries.
Energy officials said the results of the investigation would be available in 10 to 15 days, and they could not immediately provide details on the economic impact of the outage, which came on a Sunday, and a day before a national holiday in Argentina.
FAISALABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani investigations are uncovering the extent of trafficking networks that sell young women into prostitution in China after tricking them into marriage with Chinese men.
Hundreds of Pakistani women and girls, mostly Christians, a community that is among the poorest of the poor in the country, have been married off to Chinese men by their families in return for cash.
But even as police uncover the networks, the Pakistani government has tried to keep the revelations quiet because they fear it will hurt vital economic ties with Beijing.
The Associated Press reported previously how Christian pastors and Pakistani and Chinese brokers work together in a lucrative trade, aggressively pursuing Pakistani girls who are tricked into fraudulent marriages and find themselves trapped in China with sometimes abusive husbands.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department is gathering evidence and video footage in an administrative investigation into an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man authorities say attacked him inside a Southern California Costco Wholesale warehouse store.
Authorities did not respond Sunday to requests for comment about what provoked the Friday night confrontation and whether anyone but the officer was armed. Two others were critically injured in the shooting in Corona, which is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
The officer opened fire after Kenneth French, 32, of Riverside, “assaulted” him “without provocation” as the officer held his young child, Corona police said Saturday.
Bullets struck French and two of his family members, police said.
Rick Shureih, French’s cousin, told The Press-Enterprise that he was a “gentle giant” who was mentally disabled. Shureih also identified the other two victims as French’s parents, Russell and Paola French, and said they remained in an intensive care unit Sunday.
HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters in Hong Kong have gathered outside the office of the city’s leader, demanding that she resign for her handling of an unpopular extradition bill.
The mostly young demonstrators blocked a street Monday near the city’s waterfront as they stood outside the office of Chief Executive Carrie Lam, chanting calls for her to give up the proposed legislation.
Lam has apologized for the crisis and suspended work on the bill, which would allow suspects to face trial in mainland Chinese courts.
Protesters are demanding that she scrap the bill and that authorities apologize for how police quelled an earlier demonstration, using tear gas, rubber bullets and other forceful means. They also want the government not to prosecute those involved, and to withdraw Lam’s designation of the protest as a “riot.”
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Huawei’s founder says it never occurred to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government would be so determined to take extreme measures against it.
Ren Zhengfei said Monday, “I think both sides will suffer. No one will win.”
He said the company’s revenues will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years and the company will reduce capacity but that U.S. restrictions “will not stop us.”
The U.S. has put Huawei on a blacklist, meaning that American companies that want to sell parts to Huawei will need approval from the U.S. Commerce Department.
LE BOURGET, France (AP) — France, Germany and Spain have agreed to develop a joint European fighter jet and air combat system that could also control drones and satellites.
With a model of the jet as a backdrop, defense ministers from the three countries signed an agreement Monday at the Paris Air Show that lays out how the countries will cooperate on the project, which would include a new-generation combat aircraft. French President Emmanuel Macron presided over the signing.
The Future Combat Air System is expected to be operational by 2040.
France sees it as a key step in its push for more European defense efforts, given U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent lack of enthusiasm for supporting Europe militarily.
Authorities have not said how much it would cost but the dpa news agency estimates it could be 100 billion euros ($112 billion).
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