CSi Weather…

Jan 21, 2013

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7-P.M. MONDAY

.INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEW TOWN…GARRISON…BISMARCK…

STEELE…JAMESTOWN…NAPOLEON…EDGELEY…ASHLEY…OAKES

…MOORHEAD…BRECKENRIDGE… FERGUS FALLS…ELBOW LAKE…VALLEY CITY…FARGO…LISBON…

Jan 21, 2013

* WIND CHILL VALUES…AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO MONDAY  AFTERNOON.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING…AND KEEP EXPOSED SKIN COVERED.

Forecast…

WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING…
.REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW. WEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS
AROUND 35 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS ZERO
TO 5 ABOVE.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

 

Kulm, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jan 19, 2013) – The Gackle Brothers building in Kulm went up in flames Saturday morning.

The fire about 9-a.m.was called in by a passerby, as fire departments from Kulm and Edgeley battled the blaze, fanned by strong northwesterly wind.

Fire crews were able to keep the fire from spreading, to nearby structures.

A total of 25 to 30 firefighters and six vehicles were called to the scene.

The cause of the fire is believed to be from electrical short in a vehicle, brought in for repair.

The building’s owner, Wes Gackle says, the building likely was constructed the early 1900′s, with part of the building leased to the to D&D Repair business., and the rest used for storage.

After the fire was put out, heavy machinery pulled down the down the walls.

Firefighters were on the scene about five hours.

　

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jan 18, 2013) — At a Special Meeting of the Frontier Village Board of Directors, it was decided to advertise for a new Frontier Village, Summer Manager.

Those interested in applying for the position should contact either Charlie Tanata, or Bert Gray.

At the January 10, 2013 Board meeting, Frontier Village Manager, Tina Busche announced that she has resigned her paid position for health reasons, and was unanimously elected to the Frontier Village Board.

Busche told the board, that everything is ready for the 2013 tourism season.

Board Chairman Charlie Tanata says greeters have been trained to assist during Frontier Village events.

 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The new executive director of the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation in Jamestown says the biggest challenge in his new job will be getting people to look beyond their preconceived notions about North Dakota.
 
     Searle Swedlund getting the word out about what Jamestown and North Dakota offers travelers is the biggest challenge in his new job.
 
     Swedlund took over as executive director of the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation on Monday. He replaced Nina Sneider, who retired after nine years in the position.
 
     Swedlund says a new foundation website will make it easier for people around the country to understand what Jamestown and North Dakota can offer, like outdoor activities.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The 2nd Act Community Theater presents Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” at the Jamestown Arts Center, sponsored by R.M. Stoudt.

There will be three dinner theater performances…

Thursday- Saturday, January 24, 25, & 26, 2013 at 6-p.m.

Tickets are $20 for Arts Center members, $25 for all others.

Saturday January 26, 2-p.m., matinee (no meal) $10, $15 all others

Tickets in advance only, and payment required at the time of reservation, at the Arts Center at 115 2nd Street Southwest in Jamestown.

Call 701-251-2496.

Rumors is a hilarious comedy about a posh dinner party that goes terribly awry…leaving fashionable guests in a comical frenzy, attempting to conceal the evening’s events form on another, the authorities, and the media.

 

 JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The stained-glass windows of a Jamestown basilica are the focus of a $325,000 restoration project.
 
     A donor is funding the project, which is meant to protect and preserve the hand-painted windows for the future.
 
     Glass restorer Tracy Wallach says the quality of the windows is just “top-notch.” Wallach owns Classic Glass and has been working on the basilica’s windows since May.
 
     The  project should be finished this spring, with all 42 of the building’s stained-glass windows re-leaded and restored. All 37 of the exterior windows will have new frames and protective exterior glass.
 
     The windows were originally bought in 1918 for $5,000.

 

 WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a 49-year-old Duluth, Minn., man has been killed in a hydraulic fracturing accident in North Dakota.
 
     The McKenzie County Sheriff’s Office says Mike Krajewski died about 3:30 p.m. Saturday at a Halliburton location about 24 miles north of Watford City.
 
     Sgt. Matt Johansen says  the Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating. He says preliminary information indicates a valve was turned wrong and a pipe came disconnected and hit him in the head.
 
     A Halliburton spokeswoman says the company will continue to work with local authorities as they investigate the incident.
 
     Another worker was hospitalized for injuries believed to be minor.
 
     Relatives say Krajewski was a family man and Air Force veteran who was proud of the work he was doing.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – About 70 gun rights activists braved the strong winds and cold temperatures Saturday on the steps of the North Dakota Capitol building to protest new federal efforts to strengthen gun control laws.
 
     Andre Palmier of Fargo organized the event in conjunction with Guns Across America, an online group that pledges to help educate America on the right to bear arms. The North Dakota event was one of several that took place at state capitols around the country Saturdya.
 
     Palmier told the crowd they were standing against those that wanted to strip their rights. He says supporters will not stand for people trying to infringe on their Second Amendment rights.
 
     The North Dakota Legislative Assembly is set to discuss several gun-related bills throughout this session.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – There’s only one clinic in North Dakota where women can go to get an abortion.
 
     It’s the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo.  The clinic offers surgical and medical abortions and terminates more than 1,200 pregnancies a year.
 
     Procedures are performed on Wednesdays. And every Wednesday the clinic draws a small crowd of people praying or holding signs, intermixed with others who quietly usher women into the front entrance.
 
     Jane Bovard is part-owner of the clinic.
 
     She says the clinic has been the target of break-ins, contentious protests and fire bombings.
 
     Martin Wishnatsky was one of the protesters.
 
     The now 68-year-old says he and others were willing to be arrested for “peaceful intervention between the child scheduled for execution and the doctor assigned to do it.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Don’t feel like filling out state tax forms for the next two years? Neither does North Dakota State Rep. Scott Louser.
 
     The Minot Republican has proposed a bill that would give North Dakotans a break from paying state income tax this year and next.
 
     It’s one of several weighty issues set to be considered this week by the state’s 63rd legislative session.
 
     Louser says his tax-break proposal is an attempt to alleviate the financial burden on residents of oil-rich North Dakota. The measure would apply to individuals, estates and trusts.
 
     Budget analysts say North Dakota’s coffers would take more than a $1 billion hit over the next two years if the bill becomes law. The proposal would reinstate the state income tax in 2015.

 

 MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – Auditions for the 2013 Medora Musical will be held in Bismarck and the Fargo area this coming weekend.
 
     StageWest Entertainment and the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation say the auditions will be Saturday at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bismarck and Sunday at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn.
 
     The Medora Musical is an outdoor musical variety show held each summer in the Burning Hills Amphitheatre in the western North Dakota Badlands. Twelve singers are cast each season. Officials say they look for people who can sing, dance and act.
 
     Director Curt Wollan says the musical through the years has been able to draw exceptional talent from the Upper Midwest and Canada.

 

STANLEY, N.D. (AP) – Forget salty chips and fatty pizza. Truckers hauling through North Dakota’s Oil Patch are finding that some stops offer healthy food options.
 
     Stanley Cenex, owned by the Farmers Union Oil Company has hired an executive chef who makes prime rib and lemon pepper-infused chicken to give truckers more choices.
 
     Twenty-six-year-old chef Caleb Pearsall moved to North Dakota last year. He says that he brought with him “fresh, homemade and real” food. He says that he wishes truck stop junk food would disappear altogether.
 
     The Grab ‘N Go in Killdeer also is providing better-quality food and deli meats.
 
     Sakakawea Medical Center Wellness Consultant Bert Speidel says having healthier choices might help truck drivers fight the addiction and health woes that come with eating corn syrup and sodium.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The Sunshine Memorial Foundation in Grand Forks is raising $5 million for a hospitality home in the regional health care hub.
 
     Altru Health System draws patients from a large area, but there’s no hospitality home in the city where family members of those patients can stay. Fundraising for the Sunshine Hospitality Home began a year ago, and Executive Director Donovan Larson tells the Grand Forks Herald that officials hope to have all the money raised this year.
 
     Construction would then begin in spring 2014, with the home opening in fall 2015. It would be on Altru’s main campus, and would have 20 to 30 beds in 10 to 12 rooms. Altru is a lead donor.
 
     The home’s appearance and location are to be unveiled Saturday at the foundation’s Sunshine Fest at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot residents thankful for all the help they received as the city recovered from devastating floods are hoping to pay it forward.
 
     Volunteers with the organization Stars of HOPE are organizing an event in February to help residents of Bucyrus, a southwestern North Dakota town decimated by fire in October.
 
     Stars of HOPE encourages people to paint colorful wooden stars with messages of hope and inspiration. The stars are placed around disaster-stricken communities. Sponsored by New York Says Thank You Foundation, the project came to Minot last September. About 1,100 stars surrounded the valley that had been flooded in 2011.
 
     Minot resident Mary Barker has launched the city’s own Stars of HOPE operation. She says volunteers will take stars to Bucyrus on February 16th.
 

 
     HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom from Pennsylvania to North Dakota. Now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by natural gas.
 
     Drillers are experimenting with changing the huge engines that pump water, sand and chemicals thousands of feet down wells from diesel to natural gas.
 
     Energy producers say fueling their drilling with natural gas will make drilling cheaper and eliminate the sooty exhaust of diesel engines.
 
     Douglas Kuntz of Pennsylvania General Energy predicts the change will spread rapidly across the industry.
 
     PGE, with contractor Universal Well Services, is converting a 16-engine unit. Meanwhile, Houston, Texas-based Apache says it just completed its first job with a natural gas and diesel-powered engine unit in Oklahoma.

 

In sports…

 

Sunday…

MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL….

Jamestown College defeated 20th-ranked Valley City State 69-66 in the championship game of the Dakota Tip-off Classic.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL…

Jimmie women defeat Mayville State 71-52.

 

 NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE  PLAYOFFS

 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Joe Flacco threw three second half touchdown passes to lead Baltimore to a 28-13 win over New England in the AFC title game. The Ravens shutout Tom Brady and the Patriots offense in the second half to earn a trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

ATLANTA (AP) – Frank Gore rushed for two touchdowns yesterday as the San Francisco 49ers rallied to beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 and advance to the Super Bowl. The 49ers rebounded from a 17-0 deficit to make their first Super Bowl for the first time since 1995. San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh and Baltimore coach John Harbaugh will face off in the first Super Bowl coached by brothers. 
 

 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION
 
   Final          Toronto    108    L-A  Lakers          103
   Final          Dallas      111    Orlando                105
   Final          Detroit    103    Boston                    88
   Final  OT    Denver      121    Oklahoma  City    118
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE

 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Josh Harding stopped all 24 shots he faced yesterday as the Minnesota Wild blanked the Dallas Stars 1-0. Harding made his first start since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Zach Parise scored the Wild’s only goal in the first period.
 
   Final            Buffalo            5    Philadelphia      2
   Final            San  Jose          4    Calgary                1
   Final            Pittsburgh      6    N-Y  Rangers        3
   Final  2OT    Edmonton          3    Vancouver            2  (SO  Edmonton  2-0)
   Final            Chicago            6    Phoenix                4
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  2)  Indiana        67    Northwestern      59
   Final    (14)  NC  State      66    Clemson                62

 

TENNIS…
 
  MELBOURNE, Australian (AP) – Top-seed Victoria Azarenka has moved into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Elena Vesnina.  It took the defending champ just 57 minutes to close out the match.

 

GOLF…

  LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Brian Gay birdied the second extra hole to win a three-way playoff and capture the Humana Challenge for his fourth PGA Tour title.  Gay was tied with Charles Howell III and Sweden’s David Lingmerth.  Lingmerth bogeyed the first playoff hole and was eliminated, Howell bogeyed the second.

 

 KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) – John Cook caught David Frost on the final hole of regulation, then beat him with birdie on the second playoff hole to win the Mitsubishi Electric Championship.
 
     Cook closed with a 5-under-67 to catch Frost at 17-under 199. Cook drained a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th green.
 
     Frost shot 69.

 

TWINS….

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Some statues of classic Minnesota Twins players outside Target Field will be outfitted with custom-made sweaters, hats and scarves. A team spokesman says statues of Rod Carew, Tony Oliva and Kent Hrbek received the knitted goods. The outfits are adorned with the TwinsFest 2013 logo to help publicize the annual event next weekend.

 

NBA…

 
     UNDATED (AP) – Two people familiar with the decision says the Maloof family has agreed to sell the Sacramento Kings to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen.
 
     The people spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Sunday night because the deal is still pending approval from the NBA Board of Governors.
 
     One person said the Maloofs are selling all 65 percent of their share for $525 million to Hansen, who will move the team to Seattle and restore the SuperSonics name.
 
     The Maloofs will still be allowed to look at other bids until the league approves the sale.
 
     Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said last week he had received permission from NBA Commissioner David Stern to present a counteroffer to league owners from buyers who would keep the Kings in Sacramento.
 
     The deadline for teams to apply for a move for the next season is March 1.
 

 
     PHOENIX (AP) – The Phoenix Suns picked player development director Lindsey Hunter as interim coach, two days after the team parted ways with Alvin Gentry. This is the first head coaching job for the 40-year-old Hunter.
 
     The 17-year NBA veteran joined the Suns in the scouting department last year and this season took over the team’s new player development department.

 

NASCAR…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Mobil 1 will remain the “Official Motor Oil of NASCAR” through 2017 under a contract extension with parent company ExxonMobil.

Mobil 1 is entering its 11th year as an official NASCAR partner. It will now be a contingency partner across all NASCAR national and touring series, the presenting sponsor of the Mobil 1 Driver of the Race Award, and the presenting sponsor of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.

Mobil 1 motor oil is used by more than half of the teams in NASCAR’s three national series, and the brand also sponsors three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart.

The new deal takes ExxonMobil digital with the launch of the “NASCAR Automotive Technology Center Engineered by Mobil 1.” The technology-driven content will be on NASCAR.com.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will lay out his vision for the country’s future when he delivers his inaugural address outside the U.S. Capitol today. His speech is expected to set the stage for looming debates over taxes, guns, immigration and other issues. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden take the oath of office before hundreds of thousands of people, following their official swearing in yesterday.   
 
     ATLANTA (AP) – A quirk in the calendar this year puts Inauguration Day on Martin Luther King Day. In Atlanta, the King Center hosts its annual commemorative service. It’ll feature the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, who’s president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. It’s the first time a Latino leader will serve as the keynote speaker for the commemorative service on the King holiday.
 
     ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) – Algerian bomb squads are searching a gas refinery, where Islamist militants who were holding dozens of foreigners hostage planted explosive traps. Special forces stormed the plant Saturday, ending a four-day siege, but more bodies are being discovered, raising the death toll to past 80. Meanwhile, members of the Masked Brigade militant group are warning of similar attacks.
 
     JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Floods in Indonesia’s capital have killed at least 26 people and sent more than 100,000 fleeing their homes. Police say most of the victims were electrocuted or drowned by floodwaters reaching up to 6.5 feet high in some places. About 103,000 people are now living in temporary shelters. The floods reached their peak Thursday after a dike in central Jakarta collapsed.
 
     TOKYO (AP) – U.S. and Japanese investigators have visited the Kyoto company that makes the lithium ion batteries used in Boeing’s grounded 787 jets. A spokesman for GS Yuasa says his company is cooperating with the probe into why a battery overheated in an All Nippon Airways flight last week in western Japan, forcing an emergency landing. Now all 50 of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes are grounded.