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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Feb 20, 2013) — A Stutsman County resident, has generously donated 320-acres of land valued at $900,000 to the James River Valley Library System.

The donor wishes to remain anonymous.

The gift is to be used toward a new library or expansion of existing facilities, or possibly purchase the former Jamestown Essentia Clinic site, if it’s still available, which would need approval by the Jamestown City Council, and Stutsman County Commission.

Library Board members have challenged the community to match or exceed the donation.

The board is looking into whether to hire a developer, possibly Bill Kennedy, when his position at Ave Maria Village is over.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Feb 20, 2013) — The Jamestown College Look Beyond Committee and International Student Organization planned the 28th annual International Week for Feb. 18-23. Events listed below are free and open to the public.

On Wednesday’s (Feb 20, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Kate Stevenson from Jamestown College’s Look Beyond Committee, and advisor to the International Student Organization, outlined the week’s activities.

　

Coming up next, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, Jamestown College’s weekly Chapel service at 11:05 a.m. will include a Litany of Nations, readings in many languages and brief presentations on the Church from speakers with international stories to share. The service takes place in Voorhees Chapel.

International Student Organization members and Jamestown College faculty and staff will teach dance lessons from various international traditions from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday in room 123 of the Reiland Fine Arts Center.

Saturday, Feb. 23 will feature an International Activity Fair at 7 p.m. in Level Two of the Nafus Student Center. Enjoy international crafts, games and informational sessions from around the world. Featured countries include South Korea, France, Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Germany. Door prizes will be awarded.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for kicking another man in the head until he was bleeding and unconscious.
 
Sha Littlewind of New Rockford pleaded guilty to attempted murder in Cass County on Tuesday.
 
     Littlewind, who is either 25 or 26 years old, had been on probation for previous violent felonies at the time of the Oct. 10 attack.
 
     According to a police affidavit, Littlewind told police he got into an argument and then started kicking and stomping the victim’s face. A witness told police that Littlewind had consumed about a half a gallon of vodka the day of the assault.
 
     Court documents say he also told police he wanted to kill the victim.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Three North Dakota men have pleaded guilty to selling methamphetamine.
 
     Fulton Merrick Junior, Garrick Mini and Rayone Sherman are each charged in federal court with distribution of a controlled substance.
 
     Authorities say all the incidents occurred between May and August of 2011 on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
 
     The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
 
     Sentencing for the three men has not been scheduled.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A lifelong Fargo resident and military veteran has been awarded the Legion of Honor medal by the French government.
 
     North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven presented Merle McMorrow with the medal at a ceremony on Wednesday.
 
     The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. McMorrow was honored for his extraordinary bravery in helping to liberate the country.
 
     McMorrow enlisted in the military in April 1943. From May 1944 to December 1945, he fought in the battles of Rome-Amo, Southern France, the Ardennes, the Rhine Valley and Central Europe.
 
     On Aug. 15, 1944, McMorrow was part of the landings in the south of France called Operation Dragoon that helped liberate St. Tropez, Le Muy, and La Motte. He also fought in Alsace-Lorraine and the Battle of the Bulge.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple and other state officials have slated a reception Thursday for Medal of Honor recipient and former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha.
 
     President Barack Obama awarded the medal this month to Romesha for his courageous leadership during a daylong firefight in Afghanistan.
 
     Romesha left the Army in April 2011 after nearly 12 years of service. He lives in Minot with his wife and three children.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota appears ready to follow Mississippi’s lead in requiring that doctors who perform abortions have hospital-admitting privileges. It could mean a long legal battle.
 
     The Red River Valley Women’s Clinic is North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic, performing about 1,200 abortions a year. It serves women primarily from North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota.
 
     A bill in the state legislature would require doctors at the abortion clinic to acquire hospital credentials. Fargo clinic officials say it could be impossible for the doctors to meet those criteria, particularly when it comes to the minimum number of hospitals visits per year.
 
     Mississippi passed a law last year that requires anyone doing abortions to be an OB-GYN with privileges to admit patients to the hospital.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate has approved a measure that funds military caskets for needy veterans.
 
     The measure allocates $50,000 for the military caskets over the next two years.
 
     The Senate passed the measure 28-18 on Wednesday. The measure now goes to the House for review.
 
     Supporters of the measure say the aim is to give needy veterans a military casket instead of a so-called welfare casket, which can be made from cardboard or other inexpensive materials.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s House killed a measure Wednesday that would have made clothing sold at nonprofit thrift shops exempt from sales tax.
 
     The House defeated the measure 50-44.
 
     Tax Department analyst Kathy Strombeck says there are 41 thrift stores operated by nonprofits in North Dakota.
 
     The agency estimates the tax exemption would have cost the state about $645,000 in revenue over the next two years.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Air traffic at Minot International Airport came to a brief halt this weekend after four de-icing trucks were all down for repair.
 
     DGS is the Delta-owned ground handling service that provides de-icing at the airport.
 
     Delta spokesman Michael Thomas tells the Minot Daily News that DGS had its fourth and final truck break down early Saturday morning. De-icing resumed after 9 a.m., but flights were delayed and one Delta flight was canceled.
 
     DGS increased the number of available de-icing trucks in Minot after truck breakdowns grounded planes on Nov. 10 and 11. At the time, DGS had only a primary and a backup unit in Minot.
 
     The airport reported Tuesday that mechanics flown in by Delta had three of the trucks operational again. A fourth truck remained down.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota Board of Higher Education committee has named three finalists for president at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake.
 
     The candidates are Jeremy Brown, president of Dowling College; Jerome Migler, provost and executive vice chancellor of Pima Community College; and Doug Darling, interim president at Lake Region.
 
     The three finalists will meet in March with Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, who will give his recommendations to the board. The board will decide on the next president.
 
     Former Lake Region president Mike Bower left last summer to become the president of Owens Community College in Ohio.

 

In sports…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks amateur boxer who collapsed during a fight over the weekend has died. 
 
Jerimiah Moen died Wednesday morning at Altru Hospital. He was 29.
 
     Moen collapsed during the first round of a sanctioned three-round fight Saturday in East Grand Forks, Minn.
 
     Moen’s uncle, Mike Sweeney, says Moen had “serious trauma” to his brain from previous injuries, including concussions. Moen had remained unconscious and in critical condition since the fight.
 
     Sweeney says the family is not putting blame on anybody, but believes Moen’s death will make people more aware of the need for tests.

 

Men’s College Basketball…

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – Lenny Antwi drained a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left to lift North Dakota to a 64-62 victory at Northern Colorado last night. Troy Huff scored 19 points and Aaron Anderson had 18 for UND in Greeley, Colorado.   UND radio announcer Paul Ralston served the first game of a two-game suspension. Ralston was suspended after referring to UND’s foul-shooting woes in an overtime loss to Northern Arizona on Saturday as a “choke job” in a postgame interview with coach Brian Jones.

 

 BOYS BASKETBALL
 Class B District 5 Tournament
 Third Place
     Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 53, Pingree/Buchanan-Kensal 46
 Championship
     LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 66, Ellendale 32

 

 NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Nikola Pekovic had 27 points and 18 rebounds last night as the Minnesota Timberwolves topped the Philadelphia 76ers 94-87. Derrick Williams added 17 points and Andrei Kirilenko scored 15 for the Timberwolves. The Sixers have lost seven straight road games.

Dwight Howard had 24 points and 12 rebounds in helping the Los Angeles Lakers to an emotional 113-99 victory over the Boston Celtics in their first game since the death of owner Jerry Buss. The 80-year-old Buss died on Monday after an 18-month struggle with cancer.
 
   Final    Detroit              105    Charlotte              99
   Final    Memphis                88    Toronto                  82
   Final    Indiana              125    New  York                91
   Final    Brooklyn              97    Milwaukee              94
   Final    Miami                  103    Atlanta                  90
   Final    Cleveland          105    New  Orleans        100
   Final    Houston              122    Oklahoma  City    119
   Final    Dallas                111    Orlando                  96
   Final    Golden  State    108    Phoenix                  98
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final          Philadelphia      6    Pittsburgh      5
   Final          Los  Angeles        3    Calgary            1
   Final  OT    Colorado              1    St.  Louis        0
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Deshaun Thomas scored 19 points last night as No. 18 Ohio State routed Minnesota 71-45. Shannon Scott added 11 points for the Buckeyes, who used a 16-0 run in the second half to beat the Gophers. Andre Hollins and Oto Osenieks scored in double figures for Minnesota.

Jared Berggren and Ben Brust each scored 12 points, and No. 19 Wisconsin shut down Northwestern 69-41 for its fifth win in six games.
 
 
   Final            (  3)  Gonzaga            85              Santa  Clara        42
   Final            (  8)  Syracuse          84              Providence          59
   Final  2OT    (  9)  Kansas              68    (14)  Oklahoma  St.      67
   Final            (11)  Georgetown      90              DePaul                  66
   Final            (12)  Arizona            70              Washington          52
    Final            (21)  Memphis            81              Houston                74
   Final                      UNLV                  61    (22)  Colorado  St.      59
 
 
       TOP-25  WOMEN’S  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  7)  Penn  St.                95              Illinois              62
   Final              South  Florida      73    (12)  Louisville          62
   Final              Indiana                  62    (22)  Purdue                  61
   Final              TCU                          64    (23)  Oklahoma  St.      63

 

 NHL… 
 
     BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The Buffalo Sabres have fired coach Lindy Ruff as a result of the team’s inconsistent start to the season. Ruff was the longest-tenured coach in the NHL, hired in 1997. Ruff was the Sabres’ winningest coach, posting a 571-432-162 record.
 
     Ruff was relieved of his duties shortly after the team held a 90-minute practice, and a day after the Sabres were booed several times by their home fans during a 2-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
 
     The 6-10-1 Sabres have gone 4-10-1 since opening the season with back-to-back wins.
 
     Ron Rolston has been hired as the Sabres interim coach for the remainder of the season. He was in his second season as coach of AHL Rochester, the Sabres’ minor-league affiliate.

 

 NBA-TRADE DEADLINE…
 
     Not too busy
 
     UNDATED (AP) – The NBA trade deadline looms at 3 p.m. Eastern time today.
 
     A person familiar with the situation says the Houston Rockets have reached separate agreements on trades that will send Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich and Toney Douglas to Sacramento and Marcus Morris to Phoenix.
 
     The Rockets will receive Thomas Robinson, Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from the Kings, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced and was still pending league approval.
 
     In the other deal, the person said the Rockets will receive a future second-round pick from the Suns in exchange for Morris, who will join his twin brother, Markieff, on the Phoenix roster.

 

 WGC-MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP…
 
     MARANA, Ariz. (AP) – In the most bizarre episode of a PGA Tour season already filled with wacky weather, the opening round of the Match Play Championship lasted only 3 1/2 hours until it was suspended by a winter storm that covered Dove Mountain with nearly two inches of snow.  They’ll try again Thursday.
 
     This is the latest in a series of weather incidents on the PGA Tour this year, following high wind on Maui , fog at Torrey Pines and frost in Phoenix.

 

In world and national news…

ST. LOUIS (AP) – As much as a foot of snow is expected before a storm in the nation’s heartland is over, and forecasters say totals should dwindle the farther east the storm moves. Winter storm warnings were issued from Colorado through Illinois and an armada of snow plows and salt spreaders are deployed on highways across the region.
 
     DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syrian opposition activists say at least 32 people have died in a car bomb attack at a security checkpoint in Damascus. Later, Syrian reported mortar shells exploding near the Syrian Army General Command in central Damascus, causing no casualties.
 
     PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority says the lead investigator should be dropped from the murder case involving world-famous, double amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius. It’s been learned the investigator, Hilton Botha, is himself facing attempted murder charges from a 2011 shooting.
 
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Taliban says Afghan government employees and anyone the militants may think has links to the U.S.-led coalition are fair game. The United Nations warns that such killings may violate international law. A Taliban official has rejected an annual report issued by the U.N. Mission in Afghanistan that accused the Taliban of targeting civilians.
 
     BRUSSELS (AP) – The head of the NATO military alliance says member nations risk compromising safety if the keep cutting defense budgets because of difficult economic times. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN’-derz fohg RAHS’-moo-sihn) spoke before the start of a meeting in Brussels of defense ministers from the 28 NATO countries that will consider, among other issues, ways to cooperate more effectively in order to get the most value for their money.