wbPM3CSi Weather…  .SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCEOF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH AND EAST


OCCASIONAL LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW.

 

Update…

Jamestown (CSi) To commemorate the late Dan Wilhelm, the 4th Annual car show at Wilhelm, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC on Business Loop West in Jamestown on Saturday September 20, 2014 will be named the “Dan Wilhelm Memorial Car and Bike Show,” from 10-a.m. to about 3-p.m.

Dan Wilhelm was a co-owner of Wilhelm Chevrolet Buick GMC and lost his life to Huntington’s Disease at the age of 55, on November 11, 2012.

All proceeds from the event will go to Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

Several local businesses have donated money toward Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the event organizer, and Wilhelm’s dealership, Business Manger, Steve “Skovy” Jaskoviak, added, that the James Valley Street Machines started the car and bike show, three years ago, and in the past the car club and Wilhelm Chevrolet Buick GMC divided the cost of the event.

This year, however, Wilhelm Chevrolet Buick GMC is paying a majority of the car and bike show’s costs.

A cure is yet to be found, as Huntington’s disease is an inherited brain disorder that results in the progressive loss of mental faculties and physical control.

An individual who has been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease will eventually die from pneumonia, heart failure or other complications.

Car and motorcycle enthusiasts can attend the event free, co-sponsored by Stutsman Harley-Davidson, with participants entering their vehicles at no charge, Saturday morning, with set up from 8-a.m., to 10-a.m.

Jaskoviak said in addition to cars, on display there will be motorcycles, along with farm implements from local dealers, drag racers, and a d.j.

He expects about 130 vehicles to be on display, and 50-60 motorcycles.

During the show, children can play on inflatables, burgers and bratwursts will be available for a freewill donation that goes toward the Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

The dealership will be selling vehicles on Saturday during regular hours, with the vehicles moved toward the rear of the lot next to the dog park.

Members of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Grand Forks chapter will attend the event and give a short seminar on Huntington’s disease.

Also seminars will be held on the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe and the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette. A walk around demonstration by Taylor Vining at 11:30.

Roger Krapp & Crew will demonstrate & answer questions on paint less dent repair at 1:00.

There will be an auction of a car print donated by the Wilhelm’s at 1:30 p.m., followed by the awards as the various categories will be judged by a five person panel

A vote will cost a dollar with the proceeds going to the Huntington’s Diseas Society of America, votes will be tabulated at 1-p.m.

Awards…

Trophy / Presentations

PEOPLES CHOICE

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies!

JUDGED EVENT

1st Place trophy AND $200.00 CASH

2nd Place trophy AND $150.00 CASH

3rd Place trophy AND $100.00 CASH

OWNERS TROPHY

Trophy AND $125.00 CASH

BEST RAT ROD

Trophy AND $100.00 CASH

Jamestown (CSi) James River Library System, Development Director, Bill Kennedy says one of the most frequently asked questions about the new library is whether it will raise property taxes. The answer is no. The new library will be paid for through a 1/4% county wide sales tax.

Kennedy points out that Jamestown Public Schools reports, the end of the 1% school sales tax and 21 mill property tax at the end of 2014.

He says the sales tax and property tax levy, have been paid, for the $25,000,000 in debt used to construct the new high school and remodel of the middle school, as approved by voters in 2001.

The result of the school property tax being retired is a reduction of approximately $95 in property taxes for a $100,000 home in the school district.

The retirement of the sales tax will result in a saving of approximately $135 to the average family according to the state tax office.

The new library will add $33.75 a year in sales tax to the average county family. This will pay for the estimated $9,000,000 renovation of Alfred Dickey and construction of the addition.

In 2015 the average Stutsman County family will see a net tax reduction.

 

Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services has selected Geo-Comm, Inc. to create address points for the Statewide Seamless Base Map Project for 9-1-1 purposes, which is currently in development.

The project’s focus is on placing address points of residents and businesses on a statewide digital map.

From September 22, 2014 to October 8th, GeoComm fieldwork crews will be in Stutsman County visiting residences and businesses to verify addresses.

If GeoComm Technicians are unable to make contact with a resident, a paper survey with contact information will be left.

Information provided to GeoComm is confidential and its distribution will be restricted to only those that are involved in the Statewide Seamless Base Map Project.

If residents or businesses have any concerns or questions, they can contact Stutsman County 9-1-1 Coordinator Jerry Bergquist at 701-252-9093.

Valley City (CSi)  The CHI Mercy Health Foundation would like to announce its Nursing Advancement scholarship recipients for 2014-2015 school year.

The first recipient is Erin Hart of Valley City. She was awarded a $500 scholarship to use towards the Nursing Program she is enrolled in at St. Cloud State University, MN.

The next recipient is Sherith Dawes of Valley City. She was awarded a $500 scholarship to use towards the Nursing program she is enrolled in at Valley City State University/Dakota College at Bottineau School of Nursing in Valley City, ND.

Our final recipient is Brenny Diddier of Sanborn. She was awarded a $1000 scholarship to use towards the nursing program she is enrolled in at the University Of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

The CHI Mercy Health Foundation Nursing Advancement Scholarship was started in 2005. The goal was for the nursing staff at Mercy Hospital to raise $500 a year and the CHI Mercy Health Foundation would match it, creating a $1000 scholarship, awarded annually. This year the nursing staff raised enough money to offer $2000 in scholarships! These scholarships are available to any local student pursuing education for nursing advancement.

If you would like more information about this scholarship opportunity, please contact Stephanie Mayfield, Director of CHI Mercy Health Foundation, 845-6557 or via e-mail at stephaniemayfield@catholichealth.net

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota has formed a task force that will figure how the school goes about picking a new name and logo.

The Grand Forks-based university says the group will meet for the first time next week.

UND spokesman Peter Johnson says the group isn’t charged with picking a new name but it could make a recommendation to university President Robert Kelley later this year.

Johnson says the earliest the school could legally adopt a new nickname and logo is January 2015.

The university officially retired the nickname in June 2012.

Sixty-eight percent of North Dakotans at the polls voted to drop the nickname deemed “hostile and abusive” by the NCAA before it was retired.

 

HOUSTON (AP) – Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. was unchanged this week, holding at 1,931.

The Houston firm said Friday in its weekly report that 1,601 rigs were exploring for oil and 329 for gas. One was listed as miscellaneous. A year ago there were 1,761 active rigs.

Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, North Dakota gained four rigs, Oklahoma increased by two and California, Colorado and New Mexico each gained one.

Texas declined by five rigs, West Virginia dropped three and Louisiana was down two.

Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming all were unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981 and bottomed at 488 in 1999.

 

UNDERWOOD, N.D. (AP) – A new wildlife area has opened on North Dakota land that was once a 100-foot hole that was dug up for coal mining.

The Coal Lake Wildlife Management Area near Underwood was dedicated Thursday in a ceremony that involved public officials and local elementary school students.

The  project is the final step in a plan to eliminate no-mow areas along U.S. highways in North Dakota. The no-mow areas were developed in the 1970s to meet a federal requirement for highway construction projects to protect wetlands and wildlife habitat.

Falkirk Mining Co. and Great River Energy donated 729 acres of land for the project. The area has public access for  hunting, fishing, trapping and other outdoor activities.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – One of two remaining candidates running to be the next leader of an oil-rich North Dakota American Indian nation says he will work to slow oil development if environmental protections there cannot be met.

Mark Fox is a tribal tax director and candidate for chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. Fox says he is not an advocate of the oil industry or rapid development on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Fox and tribal attorney Damon Williams will face off in a Nov. 4 contest that will determine the tribes’ next leader.

Williams says the reservation needs additional regulators to ensure that the oil industry is acting responsibly and safely.

About a third of oil produced in North Dakota comes from land on the reservation.

 

In world and national news…

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted three people in connection with an outbreak of salmonella poisoning five years ago that sickened hundreds of people and was linked to a number of deaths. Former Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell was found guilty of conspiracy and other charges after a seven-week trial in Albany, Georgia. His brother Michael Parnell was found guilty of conspiracy. And quality assurance manager Mary Wilkerson was convicted of obstruction.

NEW YORK (AP) – Judging by its stock price Friday, a Chinese e-commerce company could be worth more than Amazon or Ebay — or even Facebook. Shares in Alibaba began trading today on the New York Stocks Exchange — and although the price was initially set at $68 a share, the stock nearly hit $100.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland on charges that he conspired to be paid for work on two political campaigns while disguising those payments in business deals. It is the second felony conviction for Rowland, who resigned as governor a decade ago in a scandal over illegal gifts he received while in office.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma judge says a privately-funded Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol doesn’t violate the state constitution, so it can stay there. But attorneys who sued over the monument say they’ll appeal to the state Supreme Court. The six-foot-tall granite monument was authorized by the state legislature five years ago. It was put in place three years later after a Republican state lawmaker and his family paid nearly $10,000 for it. Others have since tried to put their own monuments on the grounds, including one group that unveiled designs for a seven-foot-tall statue of Satan.

UNDATED (AP) – Officials of Major League Baseball don’t want to find themselves dealing with a spate of domestic violence cases like those involving NFL players. Baseball officials have begun talks with the players’ union about setting up new policies and punishments for domestic violence. The negotiations could continue for several weeks or even months.