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.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
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Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that two semis collided Thursday about 10:55 a.m. on I-94, westbound six miles east of Valley City.

One semi rear-ended another semi, causing a fire.

Sgt. Troy Hischer’s report says 51 year-old Lindsay Eastman of Dickinson became distracted when a passenger vehicle passed him. He failed to see a semi in front of him, driven by 57 year-old Dennis Hopkins, of Malakwa, Brittish, Columbia, traveling at a slower speed. Eastman rear-ended the other semi, starting a fire in his semi after the collision.

Both drivers received minor injuries.

The semis were towed from the scene.

 

Jamestown (CSi) A Special Meeting of the Jamestown City Council and the Jamestown City Planning Commission was held Thursday afternoon at City Hall.

Council Member Gumke were not present.

The panels first, considered proposal for construction of water service lines to Aggregate Industries, which has requested hooking up to city water.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said the City’s share of the cost, up front is $22,000 to $23,000, plus engineering fees.

He added that at a usage rate of $3,600 per year it would take 50-60-years for the city to break even, in the water utility fund.

A spokesman for Aggregate Industries said he was understanding the costs would be divided 50-50 between the city and the business.

Buchanan questioned if economic development funds would be available.

The City Council voted to divide the costs 25 percent city, or $11,000 and the business 75 percent, which failed on a 2-2 tie vote.

A motion to divide the costs 40 percent city, and 60 percent for the business,

failed on a 2-2 vote.

Another motion on the orginal 25-75 split passed on a 3-1 vote with Council Member Buchanan voting opposed.

Aggregate Industries agreed.

The bid on the project was awarded to Scherbenske and Sons.

 

Next the council and planning commission discussed a contingency change order to Energy Services Group, LLC, for the Jamestown Civic Center, Energy Services agreement, for new boiler pads and the Civic Center, in the amount of $5,449.00.

The Council voted to approve the change order.

Earthwork issues on the Menard’s project in Southwest Jamestown was discussed.

The agreement between the city and Menard’s says the business is responsible for site preparation and indicated the need for fill soil.

City Engineer Reed Schwartzkoph said the developer has indicated that it is short of clay at the construction site.

An exchange of topsoil, and clay with the city was considered.

Council Member Buchanan said it’s Menard’s responsibility to obtain the clay.

Mayor Andersen said no action is necessary on the even trade.

The City Council moved to place on the August 4, 2014 the issue of additional costs, and information from the State Health Department on taking soil from the city landfill site in the exchange.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council’s Public Works, Police & Fire Committees met Thursday afternoon at City Hall.

Police & Fire Committee

Council Member Buchanan recommended a Resolution of Recognition and Condolences for Gerald “Jerry” Kainz, the Jamestown City Fire Department Deputy Chief, who passed away, July 7, 2014, serving the fire department for 46 consecutive years, responding to over 3,000 fire calls.

Public Works Committee Business:

The committee recommends approval of the Business Loop East Landscaping project bids.

The project costs $105,000 with $5,000 coming from Beautification funds.

The city’s share is $15,800 , and the committee also recommends approving the contract.

Next, discussion centered on partnering with Cat/Butler Machinery to place a GPS Base Station in Jamestown. A Butler Machinery representative explained the modern method in using GPS, concerning precise measurements, and with a base station in Jamestown the surveying information is sent to the internet, and downloaded to a cell phone.

Various sites need federal approval, about 50 in North Dakota and South Dakota.

The business proposes the base station with the City of Jamestown as a host.

The cost to Jamestown is estimated at $17,100.

The committee recommends moving the items to the city’s budget meetings.

The committee recommends a change order to Paving District 14-41; a petition to pave an alley in the 800 block between 2nd & 3rd Ave SE in Klaus 3rd Addition, Block 82.

The committee recommends a change order relating to Pump Station Improvements project, be moved to the City Council without recommendation.

The committee recommends a Change order for the Wastewater & Lift Station Replacement & Force main Improvements project.

Discussion was held concerning liquidated damages with Wastewater & Lift Station Replacement & Force main Improvements project. Swanberg Construction.

The committee recommends not pursuing liquidated damages, as the previously agreed to extension deadlines were met.

The committee recommends approving a change order – for the Wastewater & Lift Station Replacement & Force main Improvements Lift station project.

Authorization was recommended to advertise for bids relating to hydrological drilling for the Jamestown Sanitary Landfill Expansion project.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67, followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Plans are continuing for the Anne Carlsen Center to relocate.

The Board of Directors is planning to move the Jamestown campus from it’s present Northwest Jamestown to a new facility, after 73 years at Horseshoe Park, near the James River.

The board and campus management are in a planning effort, “Pathways to the Future Project,” to build a new center in 2016 or 2017, located at a 15-acre lot the center owns on the east side of the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

CEO Eric Monson says much of the current campus is the original facility from 1941 and has outgrown some parts of the building.

Monson adds the building had been mechanically and electrically evaluated several years ago and extensive work needs to be done to continue offering a growing demand for the center’s services.

The building is also short of adequate office space, plus updates are needed to the heating and cooling systems.

The center provides community-based services for children and adults with disabilities.

 

 

 Jamestown (CSi)  Funeral arrangements have been announced for 63 year old Fran Romsdal,  of Jamestown who passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014, at his home.  Arrangements  are by Eddy Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 1-6 p.m. Monday at the Eddy Funeral Chapel in Jamestown. A prayer service will be 7 p.m. Monday at Atonement Lutheran Church in Jamestown. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jamestown. Burial will be in Highland Home Cemetery in Jamestown.

Additional information in the forthcoming obit from the funeral home.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Art Park, Summer Arts Festival, Saturday July 26, 2014 combines with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Chef’s Challenge,” and an afternoon Farmers Market.

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive, Lisa Hicks says during the Summer Arts Park Festival that runs from 1-p.m., to 5-p.m., the Chef’s Challenge begins at 4-p.m..

She points out the event is open at 3-p.m., when individuals and teams of not more than three individuals set up.

Rules for the Challenge include, contestants using all the local ingredients provided.

Contestants may bring additional ingredients to complement or enhance the local ingredients.

Contestants need to provide their own grill, preparation equipment and cooking equipment.

Food will be judged on: taste, presentation, and use of fresh ingredients.

The winner receives $50 in Jamestown Chamber Bucks.

The judges for the event are Arts Center Director Taylor Barnes, Jamestown Downtown Association President Nancy Miller and Diane Satrom, who has won three of the last four Chef’s Challenges.

Contact Lisa Hicks at the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce to sign up, at 701-252-4830, or E-Mail

lisa@jamestownchamber.com

The street between the Art Park and The Arts Center will be closed. Food vendors, demonstration tables, artists, and organizations to be scattered throughout the park. There will be music, crafts, food, and games.

There will be sampling of homemade preserves, and those in attendance may purchase fresh flowers and herbs and see what the artists are offering.

The Farmers Market will be held from 1-5-p.m. Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive, Lisa Hicks says local gardeners may participate at the park and sell produce as well, and do not have to be a member of the farmers market organization.

Anyone wishing to participate as an artist (visual or musical), or wanting to sell produce, canned goods or flowers, contact Sally Jeppson at 701-251-2496 at the Jamestown Arts Center, or email: sjeppson@jamestownarts.com.

In case of inclement weather the activities will be moved into the Arts Center across the street from the Arts Park

 

Jamestown (CSi) The focus is kids, as the local Harley Owners Group riders Sunday afternoon, ride to support the Community Action Region VI Week End Back Pack for Kids program.

Jamestown HOG Chapter 1955 will host the Bikers for Kids ride starting at 12:30 p.m. from Stutsman Harley-Davidson and return to the dealership for burgers and brats.

Registration for the ride starts at 10 a.m. and is $15 per driver and $10 per rider. Other vehicles are welcome to join as well.

For more information about the Bikers for Kids ride call Stutsman Harley-Davidson at 252-5271.

For more information about Community Action Region VI or the Week End Back Pack for Kids program, call 252-1821.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo woman has been charged with negligent homicide for last month’s death of her 4-day-old son.
 
     Court documents show that Reanne Pederson snorted hydrocodone before breastfeeding the baby. Pederson told police she fell asleep and likely suffocated the boy.
 
     The boy died on June 14, a day after he was brought to a Fargo hospital.
 
     Pederson is also charged with ingesting a controlled substance. Documents show that Pederson smoked methamphetamine a few days before the child was born.
 
     The court file does not list a lawyer for the defendant.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A third person has been sentenced in the drug-related stabbing death of a man in a Fargo parking lot in March.
 
26-year-old Lalece Slack pleaded guilty to a robbery conspiracy charge and was sentenced Thursday to about nine months in jail and 1  1/2 years of supervised probation. She’ll receive credit for about 1  1/2 months she’s already spent behind bars.
 
     Slack is among five people charged in the March 14 death of 26-year-old Rolandas House, whose body was discovered near a grocery store on the city’s south side. Two of her co-defendants are serving lengthy prison terms for murder, and two others face murder charges.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Belcourt man has been sentenced to home confinement and ordered to pay more than $8,300 for injuring a man in a bar fight.
 
     Twenty-seven-year-old Jeremy Laducer pleaded guilty earlier to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
 
     The assault happened outside the Horseman’s Bar near Belcourt in March 2013. The victim underwent surgery for facial injuries.
 
     U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Laducer to one year of home confinement and three years of supervised release.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Belfield Public School Board has scheduled a hearing next month over allegations of questionable practices by the town’s high school principal.
 
     The board last month suspended Jeffrey Lamprecht without pay. A hearing before the board is scheduled Aug. 19.
 
     A state Bureau of Criminal Investigation report says a female student told staff that Lamprecht had been asking her for several months to come to his office to talk for extended periods of time during the school day. He allegedly gave her dietary pills and took a photo of her without consent.
 
     BCI investigators say they considered the behavior “criminal in nature” but that it would be best handled by the school.
 
     Lamprecht told investigators he was only looking out for the well-being of his students.

 

 DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says three men on high-performance motorcycles were pulled over for driving 151 mph in a 55 mph zone.
 
     The incident happened about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday along Highway 57 near Fort Totten.
 
     The patrol says the Devils Lake men were issued speeding citations with a fine of $355 each. They also face charges of reckless driving, and were cited for driving without a motorcycle endorsement and driving without liability insurance.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The Highway Patrol says a dozen piglets died when they fell from a moving semitrailer on Interstate 29 in eastern North Dakota.
 
     Patrol Lt. Dave Wolf says the semi was hauling the piglets from the Canadian city of Winnipeg to a farm in Iowa to be raised. He says the piglets somehow lifted an unlocked gate on the undercarriage of the livestock trailer about midday Wednesday.
 
     Twelve of the animals fell to their deaths on the highway over a span of 23 miles between Grand Forks and Fargo.
 
     Wolf says the falling piglets did not damage any other vehicles. Wolf says the semi driver was given a $20 traffic citation for a “loose load.”

 

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The cause of a fire that heavily damaged a 118-year-old church on the grounds of the Bonanzaville museum and pioneer village in West Fargo will never be known.

State Fire Marshal Ray Lambert says investigators were able to conclude where the blaze originated, but they could not determine an exact cause of the early morning fire on July 19.

Lambert says there is no indication of foul play in the fire that started above the basement ceiling in St. John’s Lutheran Church.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The federal government says that four unaccompanied immigrant children have been placed with sponsors in North Dakota.
 
     The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday that more than 30,000 children have been released to sponsors around the country this year through July 7.
 
     The report shows that 173 children were placed in Minnesota, 21 in South Dakota, and one in Montana.
 
     Children are placed in government shelters and then released to sponsors who usually are relatives or family friends.
 
     More than 57,000 minors have crossed into the United States since October. Most of them are from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Construction of an oil refinery near Dickinson is about three-fourths complete.
 
     Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group and Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products Partners are building the Dakota Prairie Refinery, at a cost of up to $300 million. Construction started in March 2013. The facility is slated to be operating late this year.
 
     The refinery will process crude from the rich Bakken and Three Forks formations in western North Dakota, helping meet an unprecedented need for diesel fuel in the booming oil patch.
 
     The refinery will employ about 90 workers. MDU officials say 70 of the positions already have been filled.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Dozens of North Dakota lawmakers will be getting a tour next month of the state’s booming oil patch and its impact on the region.
 
     The North Dakota Petroleum Council is sponsoring the event. It’s the second such tour that will precede a Legislative session in recent years.
 
     Officials in oil producing counties hope the trip will pay off with what they say is sorely needed additional state spending on oil patch infrastructure in the western part of the state.
 
     North Dakota Petroleum Council spokeswoman Alexis Brinkman says the two-day bus tour begins Aug. 26 and more than 40 lawmakers will take part.
 
     Lawmakers are slated to visit drilling rig and oil well sites and spend the night in a crew camp.

 

In sports…

AA…

Redhawks were idle.

 

MLB…

AMERICAN  LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Hector Noesi (noh-eh-SEE’) allowed three hits over 7 2-3 innings to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins last night. Noesi gave up two runs, struck out three and walked one in an impressive performance. Phil Hughes gave up two runs and four hits and struck out four for the Twins.
 
     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Twins right-hander Phil Hughes left the game against the Chicago White Sox last night in the fourth inning after taking a comebacker off his right ankle. White Sox slugger Adam Dunn led off the fourth with a sharp chopper right back at Hughes. The starter had no chance to get out of the way before it plunked him on his ankle. Samuel Deduno replaced Hughes.
 
   Final            Toronto                  8    Boston                    0
   Final            N-Y  Yankees          4    Texas                      2
   Final            Oakland                13    Houston                  1
   Final            Kansas  City          2    Cleveland              1,  14  Innings
   Final            Detroit                  6    L.A.  Angels          4
   Final            Baltimore              4    Seattle                  0
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Philadelphia        2    San  Francisco      1
   Final            Miami                      3    Atlanta                  2
   Final            San  Diego            13    Chi  Cubs                3
   Final            Milwaukee              9    N-Y  Mets                1
 
 
       WNBA  BASKETBALL
 
   Final  OT    New  York      84    Seattle              80
   Final          Phoenix        93    Los  Angeles      73

 

MLB…

     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Seattle Mariners have reacquired first baseman Kendrys Morales in a trade with the Minnesota Twins for minor-league pitcher Stephen Pryor. Morales spent under seven weeks with the Twins, who signed him to boost their lineup as a designated hitter but used him often at first base with Joe Mauer (MAW’-ur) injured. Morales hit .234 in 39 games with 11 doubles, one home run and 18 RBIs.
 
  
     – Former Twin Chuck Knoblauch (NAHB’-lahk) has been charged with misdemeanor assault after authorities in Houston say he hit and pushed his ex-wife. Knoblauch was released on $10,000 bond. His first court date is set for July 30. The four-time All-Star previously served a year of probation after being convicted of hitting his previous wife in 2010.

 

NBA…

 CLEVELAND (AP) – Andrew Wiggins has an NBA home, for at least 30 days. The Cavaliers signed the No. 1 overall draft pick in a deal that prevents Wiggins from being traded for 30 days. Wiggins has been linked to a possible blockbuster trade with Minnesota for All-Star forward Kevin Love. But any deal now involving Wiggins can’t be finalized for at least 30 days.

Blake Griffin has withdrawn from playing for the U.S. national basketball team this summer.
 
     The Los Angeles Clippers star was one of 19 players selected to the roster from which the World Cup team will be chosen. But Griffin says he’s putting all his offseason energy into preparing for the upcoming NBA season.

 

TOUR…

Update….

 BERGERAC, France (AP) – Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas has won the 19th Stage of the Tour de France in a breakaway in a downpour into the town of Bergerac.
 
     Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey and is expected to take it home with him when the three-week cycling showcase ends Sunday.
 
     The Garmin-Sharp rider stole away from the pack late in the trek northward from Maubourguet to Bergerac.
 
     The top standings didn’t change.
 
     A final shakeout comes Saturday with this year’s only individual time trial. Nibali leads his closest rival by more than seven minutes, but the quest for the last two podium spots is tight. Only 15 seconds separates Thibaut Pinot, Jean-Christophe Peraud and Alejandro Valverde. 

 

MAUBOURGUET, France (AP) – Tour de France riders are heading northward on a mostly flat Stage 19 that’s likely to end in a bunch sprint.
 
     The 208.5-kilometer trek from Maubourguet to Bergerac on Friday gives sprinters another chance to shine after slogging it through three days in the Pyrenees.
 
     Vincenzo Nibali won Thursday’s stage, his fourth of the Tour, to all but secure victory when the race ends on Sunday in Paris.
 
     The remaining drama is mainly about who will join him on the winners’ podium. He leads his closest rival by more than seven minutes.
 
     The French riders in second and third, Thibaut Pinot and Jean-Christophe Peraud, and fourth-place Alejandro Valverde, are separated by only 15 seconds.

 

GOLF…

 PORTHCAWL, Wales (AP) – Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under 65 to lead after the first round of the British Senior Open.  Langer holds a two-shot lead over Bob Tway. Fred Couples had a par-71 while Colin (KAH’-lihn) Montgomerie finished with a 1-over 72. Tom Watson opened with a 3-over 74.

     MONTREAL (AP)- Michael Putnam and Tim Petrovic (peh-TROH’-vihk) start the day tied for the top spot entering the second round of the Canadian Open at Royal Montreal Golf Club after shooting 6-under 64 yesterday. Amateur Taylor Pendrith and Kyle Stanley are one shot back.

 

In world and national news…

PARIS (AP) – One of the black boxes from the Air Algerie flight that crashed in northern Mali is in the hands of French troops today and officials aren’t ruling out any possible cause. They say bad weather is the more likely culprit. The crash killed at least 116 people. Nearly half of the passengers aboard the flight were French.
 
     AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Jordan’s air force is calling it an “aerial target” but witnesses say it was a drone shot down near the Syrian border today. It’s not immediately clear where the object came from, but there have been reports of intense fighting in the southern Syrian province of Daraa that borders Jordan. A Jordanian official says the target was followed by Jordan’s air force and shot down over an empty area.
 
     COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The head analyst of Norway’s intelligence agency says the country has been “concretely named” as the target for a planned terror attack on the West. The official tells Norwegian broadcaster TV2 that intelligence suggests a group of people is en route from Syria to stage some sort of attack. 
 
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – An official says Taliban insurgents yanked people off minibuses and shot them dead in western Afghanistan after determining they were Shiite Muslims, who are shunned by Sunnis. The buses were traveling from Kabul and carrying around 30 passengers, many of whom had gone to the capital to shop ahead of the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The militants killed all 14 people they took off the buses.
 
     JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli aircraft pounded an area of the Gaza strip again today, striking multiple sites and killing a militant leader and two of his sons. The dead leader is from the Islamist Jihad militant group. Elsewhere in Gaza, Israeli troops fought it out with Hamas militants in intense battles in the north and center of the territory.