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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jan 16, 2013) — Recruiting workers to the Jamestown area will be the emphasis of a regional workforce roundtable scheduled later this week.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation’s, Business Devlopment Coordinator, DeAnn Brunner, said the roundtable outlines strategies such as the establishment of a relocation workforce.

The roundtable is comprised of representatives of the JSDC as well as the Valley City/Barnes County business community and encourages the participation of local businesses and educational institutions.

The $1.3 billion Spiritwood nitrogen fertilizer plant set for construction in 2014 has sparked the need for the region to prepare for an influx of traffic and workers.

Ms. Brunner said it’s important for representatives from all around the region to be involved in the discussions.

At the January meeting, JSDC Board of Directors welcomed new members Lorrie Pavlicek, Brent Harris, and Kelly Rachel. Todd Hudspeth was nominated for the Executive Committee. Also, JSDC welcomed Gary Riffe as the new JSDC Chairman, Secretary Chris Rathjen, and Vice President Bob Toso.

The Board of Directors meeting in January focused on established and new committees to assist the community and region in further development.

JSDC has five committees currently that consist of JSDC Board members, city and county officials, industry leaders, job training officials, economic developers, school district representatives, and local and state officials.

The marketing committee has been established to oversee and guide JSDC marketing strategies and campaigns with guidance by KK Bold. KK Bold will assist JSDC in all marketing areas to better assist the community in recruiting business relocation and expansion, workforce recruitment, and housing developers.

The second committee is the spec building committee who will work with developers and research/design spec buildings for Jamestown/Stutsman County. Many companies looking to relocate desire a building that is already constructed and are move-in ready, which Jamestown is currently lacking.

The development committee will continue to assist SRF Consulting in the task of guiding and planning for the future growth of Jamestown/Stutsman County. The Development Committee will also research the development of another park.

The fourth committee is the workforce committee to address the concerns of workforce shortages across the region, plus attract and retain quality workforce. Many businesses in the community have reported a shortage of qualified workforce and will benefit from things such as workforce training programs and worker recruitment programs.

The last committee mentioned was the medical leaders/workforce training committee to continue to work with the CNA, CMA, Welders, and Dental Assistants training courses as well as explore other training courses that should be established.

The JSDC board members also heard an overview of all ongoing projects for the JSDC. JSDC had a very exciting 2012 and looking forward to an even better 2013.

The JSDC website is being updated at

www.growingjamestown.comto learn about the JSDC projects.

　

In other business, the JSDC Board this month, reviewed an interim report from

Carbontec Energy Corporation, which is performing a feasibility study regarding processing iron ore at the Spiritwood Energy Park, called E-Nugget.

The company is reviewing supply, loading and transportation requirements for a 100,000 ton/year iron nugget plant sited at Spiritwood.

Iron ore could be sent from northern Minnesota on coal cars.

Partial funding comes from a grant from the North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Committee (APUC), and the JSDC.

Carbontec is continuing the feasibility study.

　

In other business, Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen gave a status update on the city’s negotiations with Stutsman Rural Water District, concerning which entity will serve the Titan Machinery building west of Jamestown, in the area of Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Mayor Andersen said the same issue is occurring in a number of cities around North Dakota adding that the State Legislature may address it.

She said the issue was difficult but she was confident a solution could be found.

 

　  MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A North Dakota construction worker has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease and defect to killing his three young daughters in River Falls.
 
     Aaron Schaffhausen faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of attempted arson in connection with the July deaths of his daughters, 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia.
 
     Police discovered all three girls tucked into their beds with their throats slit in July. Prosecutors say Schaffhausen killed the girls to hurt his ex-wife.
 
     Schaffhausen pleaded not guilty to all the charges in August. A St. Croix County judge entered not guilty pleas on all four charges for Schaffhausen in August. Schaffhausen’s attorney, John Kucinski, filed the mental disease pleas on Wednesday.
 
     Schaffhausen’s trial is set for April.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two bills introduced this week by the North Dakota Legislature would allow people with concealed carry permits to have guns at schools or churches.
 
     The proposed legislation comes as President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades.
 
     In North Dakota, House Bill 1215 would allow someone with a concealed weapon permit to carry a gun inside a school if a school district has authorized a policy for doing so.
 
     House Bill 1283 would amend the current law that forbids carrying a concealed weapon in public places. Under the proposed bill, someone with a concealed carry permit could carry a weapon inside a church, if church officials allow it.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The State Tax Department is supporting a bill that would require commercial roll-your-own cigarette machine owners to register their equipment and pay the same taxes as name-brand packaged smokes.
 
     State Tax Department attorney Daniel Rouse told the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee on Wednesday that the commercial roll-your-own machines are a recent phenomenon and are beginning to appear in North Dakota.
 
     Rouse says the machines cost about $35,000 and are about the size of a jukebox. He says they can crank out a carton of cigarettes in about eight minutes.
 
     Rouse says the machines use loose pipe tobacco that is taxed at just one-tenth the rate as cigarettes.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A former active duty Army staff sergeant who lives in North Dakota and is set to receive the Medal of Honor for courageous actions in Afghanistan says he was a little star struck when President Barack Obama called about the award.
 
     Clinton Romesha, of Minot, will receive the nation’s highest military decoration for valor at the White House on Feb. 11, 2013.
 
     The medal is for his actions while serving as a section leader during combat operations against an armed enemy in Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province on Oct. 3, 2009.
 
     Romesha on Wednesday declined to go into detail about the 13-hour firefight, saying it wouldn’t do justice to the great actions by so many other soldiers. He says he had a great team of guys who weren’t going to back down.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The passage by North Dakota voters last November of a comprehensive indoor smoking ban has boosted the state’s grades in an annual tobacco “report card” from the American Lung Association.
 
     North Dakota got two A grades – for smoke-free air and for funding tobacco control and prevention programs above the federally recommended amount. Last year the state got a C for smoke-free air.
 
     Two other grades remained unchanged over the year – a C for helping state employees and North Dakotans on Medicare quit smoking and an F for the state’s cigarette tax.
 
     South Dakota’s grades remained unchanged from last year. The state got a B for smoke-free air, a C for its cigarette tax, a D for cessation programs and an F for tobacco prevention and control funding.

 

In sports…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Racing Commission wants the Legislature to change a law on pari-mutuel betting to attract more business and help the state’s horse racing industry.
 
     North Dakota was considered one of the top off-track betting states in the country in the early 2000s, until a criminal indictment put the industry under a microscope and scared away high rollers.
 
     The result took money away from the state’s live horse racing. The track in the state’s largest city shut down for two years.
 
     The primary purpose of the amendment is to cap the tax on service providers at $400,000 for the year, with a 5 percent increase for each subsequent year. That is more than $100,000 less than Oregon, which is considered North Dakota’s top competitor for account wagering.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Even as he uses his executive powers to enact 23 measures that don’t require the approval of Congress, President Barack Obama says there’s only so much he can do to reduce gun violence unless lawmakers act. He says that’s what it will take to make a “real and lasting difference.” His executive orders include tougher penalties for people who lie on background checks. And they give schools flexibility to use federal grant money to improve school safety. Obama wants Congress to renew and expand a ban on assault weapons, and limit high-capacity magazines.
 

 WASHINGTON (AP) – He’s taking 23 separate actions on his own, using his presidential powers, but President Barack Obama says it’s up to Congress to “make a real and lasting difference” by imposing new gun restrictions. His proposals include universal background checks and bans on military-style assault rifles. But he acknowledges that there will be a tough fight ahead to get those measures approved.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Rifle Association has begun a sharp pushback against any new gun regulations. It’s posted a Web video that labels President Barack Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for allowing his daughters to be protected by armed Secret Service agents while not supporting armed guards for schools. A narrator asks, “Are the president’s kids more important than yours?” The White House calls the ad “repugnant and cowardly.”
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the Republican National Committee is dismissing the gun control provisions announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama as an “executive power grab.” Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) says Obama “took actions that disregard the Second Amendment.” House Speaker John Boehner’s (BAY’-nurz) office is non-committal, but it is signaling no urgency to act on Obama’s proposals.
 
     ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) – Algerian forces have surrounded a natural gas complex that was attacked and occupied Wednesday by Islamist militants. Two foreigners were killed in the attack, and dozens of others — including Americans — were taken hostage. U.S. officials aren’t saying just how many Americans are being held, but a militant group that is claiming responsibility says seven of its captives are Americans.
 
     CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) – A U.S. Marine has pleaded guilty to the bulk of the charges against him for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and then posing for photos with the corpses. Staff Sgt. Edward Deptola entered the pleas in North Carolina under an agreement reached with military prosecutors. He admitted that he failed to properly supervise his Marines and did nothing to stop them from taking pictures of the dead. 

 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Actor Conrad Bain — best known as the dad on TV’s “Diff’rent Strokes” — has died. His daughter says Bain died Monday in California at the age of 89. On the show that made him famous, he played the adoptive father of two young African-American brothers — often playing straight man to child actor Gary Coleman.