wbPM3CSi  Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  EARLY AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA,20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 60 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
IN THE EVENING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SUNDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. 
 

MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE FORECAST   FRINIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

 HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO OVERLAND FLOODING…AND FLOODING OF

CREEKS…STREAMS…AND RIVERS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE

AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THIS PAST WEEK.

 THESE AREAS ARE MOST FAVORED FOR OVERLAND FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS AND COULEES MAY ALSO FLOOD DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.

 DO NOT CAMP IN LOW LYING AREAS AND STAY AWAY FROM CREEKS AND

STREAMS.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 2014 Community Block Party “Rock the Block” will be Thursday, August 28, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Downtown Jamestown.

At the annual event, booths from businesses, organizations and University groups help welcome to the community, new and returning University of Jamestown students. Over 250 freshmen are required to participate, but many upper-class students will join as well.

This year the students and staff will come down the hill earlier, at about 5:15-p.m.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive, Lisa Hicks pointed out, the Chamber and University of Jamestown is accepting registration for booth space, however only about 1-2 booths are remaining. Booths are free, and about 11 feet wide.

She said they will be about 100 boths set up.

In addition to a few blocks of First Avenue being closed north to the railroad tracks, this year entire block First Street South, between Second Avenue West and Second Avenue East will be closed as well.

Closing some of the streets in the downtown area allows booths to be set up by local businesses, charities, churches and other organizations.

The event features free food, job postings, coupons and activities for adults and children.

22 sponsors have signed up, that’s up from 12 last year. She said the sponsor contributions allow the purchase of addtional signage.

Local sponsors support the event costs at about $4,000 that helps pay for name badges, printing, postage, permits for closing the streets and more.

Generally only businesses with a local presence can participate.

Another event organizer, Gary Van Zinderen at the University of Jamestown may be contacted for booths and more information.

Ms. Hicks added that Cavendish Farms gives out free, freshly-made french fries at its booth, and R.M. Stoudt gives away hot dogs.

Some new businesses have also signed up for the party.

Those attending will also be able to purchase food from vendors, when the free offerings run out, offering brats, ice cream and similar fairlike fare.

There will also be a dunk tank, inflatable games, a barrel train and other activities are also planned.

Businesses and clubs use the fair for a variety of purposes, including giving away samples and promoting services but also recruiting new employees and inviting students to join them.

To sign up for a booth or help sponsor the event, visit contact the University of Jamestown www.uj.edu http://www.uj.edu and click “Community.” Anyone with questions may call 252-3467, ext. 5563, or 252-4830.

Also to sign up for a booth or for more information, contact Lisa Hicks at the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce at 701-252-4830.

 

Update… 

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office reports a two vehicle head-on accident that occurred about 8:50 p.m., Wednesday on Highway 52 about a half mile south of Pingree, outside of the 281 Stop Bar and Grill, in Pingree, injured three individuals.

The report says a Volvo Semi and a Pontiac Grand Prix were involved.

Three people, including two 16 year old Jamestown males were taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, with one life-flighted to a Fargo Hospital.

The Pontiac was traveling south on Highway 281 in the vicinity of the restaurant.

In front of the Pontiac another tractor-trailer was stopped, waiting to turn left into the restaurant’s parking lot.

30 year old Todd Laott, 30, Moorhead, Minnesota was driving the 2013 Volvo semitrailer north on the highway, approaching the restaurant.

The driver of the Pontiac pulled into the northbound lane of the highway to pass the tractor-trailer waiting to turn left into the restaurant, and struck the Volvo head on.

The driver of the Pontiac was airlifted to Fargo.

The passenger in the Pontiac and Laott were transported by Jamestown Area Ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment of their injuries.

The driver and passenger in the Pontiac and Laott wore seat belts.

Damage was estimated at $10,000 for the Pontiac and $25,000 for the Volvo.

Names of the occupants of the car will be released following the investigation by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public Schools is hosting a first-time ever “Welcome for New Families” on Monday, October 13, 2014 from 5-7 pm at the Middle School cafeteria.

Families will be served a pizza supper, and allow them to browse through tables with community information that would be pertinent to new families, and then have door prizes.

Child care will be provided.

Last year there were over 100 new families by the end of September, so this year is expected to be a large group.

JPS would like this to be a cooperative effort between the school and the community, so anyone nterested in setting up a table with information for the new families, or be interested in providing a door prize for the evening, please contact Donette Rasmussen for more information at 252-0317 or by email at Donette.Rasmussen@sendit.nodak.edu.

School district officials point out that this a great way let new people to our community know that we have a lot to offer and are glad that they are here.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) and Community MRI Services have partnered to have a shared MRI located on the campus of JRMC. Patients and physicians in the region can now access the latest-generation magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.

The services currently provided by Community MRI Services will be relocated from their current location in the Jamestown Business Center to the radiology department on the campus of JRMC. The transition of services allows staff of both Community MRI Services and JRMC Radiology to work together with the most advanced technology on the campus of JRMC.

The new MRI magnet, the Phillips 16 channel system, can perform a MRI scan more quickly, reducing exam times. This system is less intimidating and less claustrophobia inducing than other MRI machines, contributing to patient comfort.

JRMC Chief Operating Officer, Ricki Ramlo, says, “We are excited to partner with Community MRI Services to provide this advanced technology. This equipment will provide exceptional image quality and clarity in the most patient-friendly environment. It is of tremendous diagnostic benefit to our community.”

For more information on the shared MRI call JRMC Radiology at 701-952-4852 or visit www.jrmcnd.com.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – People who want to change North Dakota’s pharmacy ownership law have successfully pushed the matter to a public vote.
 
     Secretary of State Al Jaeger says his office has verified that submitted petitions have enough valid signatures to put the proposed measure on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
 
     Jaeger says supporters collected 22,758 valid signatures, well more than the required 13,452.
 
     The proposed measure would change a requirement in North Dakota law that says majority ownership in pharmacies in the state must be held by a registered pharmacist. That could open the door for big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart to operate pharmacies in the state.
 
     A similar petition drive failed in 2010, a year after the 2009 Legislature defeated a bill that would have repealed the pharmacy ownership requirement.

 

FRYBURG, N.D. (AP) – The planning and zoning commission in Billings County has rejected a company’s plans to build a four-story hotel for oil workers attached to the former school in Fryburg.
 
     The  decision Thursday came after some in the community of 20 people voiced concerns about possible noise, traffic and crime.
 
     Partners of the planned Morgan Lodge said they will take their case to the County Commission, which can override the decision. The meeting is Sept. 2.

 

In sports…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A longstanding North Dakota college football rivalry that fell apart a decade ago is back.

North Dakota State and University of North Dakota officials announced Friday that the schools will play Sept. 19, 2015, at the Fargodome. The contract also includes a 2019 game in Fargo.

The game was once billed as the longest-running rivalry in NCAA Division II football. It crumbled when NDSU moved up to Division I and UND rejected NDSU’s request for games in 2004 and 2005.

UND owns a 62-45-3 advantage in the series that dates to 1894. UND won the last meeting in 2003 to claim the Nickel Trophy that has gone to the victorious school since 1938.

NDSU is the three-time defending champion in the Football Championship Subdivision, where both schools now compete.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI and Homeland Security Department say there are no specific or credible terror threats to the U.S. homeland from the Islamic State militant group. However, an intelligence bulletin sent to state and local law enforcement says Islamic State supporters could attack overseas targets with little warning. U.S. law enforcement has been trying to identify Islamic State sympathizers who could help export the group’s brand of violent jihad to the United States. The group has called the killing of American journalist James Foley revenge for U.S. airstrikes against militants in Iraq.
 
     BAGHDAD (AP) – It’s unclear whether Sunni extremists from the Islamic State group or Shiite militiamen were behind it, but 64 people are dead after a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a Sunni mosque about 75 miles from Iraq’s capital Friday. However, Sunni lawmakers have pulled out of talks on forming a new government in protest. They are demanding the government hand over the perpetrators within 48 hours and compensate the families of victims.
 
     GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Gaza militants have shot to death 18 people Friday for allegedly spying for Israel. Hamas is trying to plug security breaches after an Israel yesterday killed three top Hamas military commanders in an airstrike likely guided by collaborators.

 
     CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Three black people and nine white people make up the grand jury hearing evidence in the Michael Brown case. St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch has said it will be several weeks before a decision is made on whether to charge Darren Wilson, the Ferguson officer who shot and killed Brown on Aug. 9. The Justice Department also is investigating Brown’s death.
 
     SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is suing Oracle Corp. and several of its executives over the technology company’s role in the state’s troubled health insurance exchange. State Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit today seeking more than $200 million in damages. Oregon’s health insurance enrollment website was never made available to the general public. Oracle has filed its own lawsuit against the state for breach of contract over $23 million in disputed bills.