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CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS.  AREAS OF FOG IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA….LOWS 10 TO 15. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF FLURRIES. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOWS 10 TO 15. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
LOWS 10 TO 15.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 10 TO 15.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.

 

 WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
 
 A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES…TO THE CENTRAL   PLAINS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING A POSSIBILITY OF MIXED   PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY…AND  SNOW ON MONDAY.

 

Valley City, ND ( KCSi-T.V. News) the First Annual American Cancer Society “Here Comes the Sun, Tonight’s Dream…Tomorrow’s HOPE” Gala, is coming to Valley City.

On Tuesday’s (Feb 26, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 spokesperson Hilde Van Gijssel of Valley City said, the Honorary Chairs of the event are Tim and Joanne Kadrmas. Joanne is a cancer survivor, and Tim, her caregiver.

The Black-Tie Optional Event is set for Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Club in Valley City, 6:30-Midnight.

The evening features elegant Dinner, Dancing, Improv by VCSU students, Tributes to Cancer Survivors & Caregivers and Other Surprises.

Survivors and a guest will be provided complimentary tickets to the HOPE Gala by the generous support of local sponsors.

She added table sponsors are still needed.

Survivors will be asked to register soon.

As part of the evening those in attendance may Honor a Loved One With a Tribute Song the Night of the Gala.

Purchased Songs will be played In Memory or In Honor of a Loved One. $5.00 Suggested Donation.

Gala Tickets: $35.00/person or $60.00/couple

Ticket Sales & Tribute Songs are available at: Barnes Co. Historical Museum, Bank Forward, Dakotah Bank, First Community Credit Union, Leevers, and Market Place Foods in Valley City.

Space is limited for this first annual event, so order tickets, early.

She asks that those purchasing tickets do so by March 8th.

For more information call Hilde @ 701 845 0106

On a related topic, Ms. Van Gijessel added that with the help of VCSU students, the Valley City Daffodil Days fund raiser, benefiting the American Cancer Society, this year, raised over $6,000. She pointed out, that the Gala will feature the room filled with 2,000 daffodils the symbol of hope.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to prison in a home invasion and burglary in which a grandmother was pistol-whipped while two small children hid upstairs.
 
     Michael Mario, of West Fargo, pleaded guilty Monday in Cass County Court to criminal conspiracy and burglary. A third charge of felony terrorizing was dropped.
 
     Authorities say Mario and three others broke into the house in Chaffee, west of Fargo, in November.
 
     The 34-year-old Mario was sentenced to two years in prison.
 
     The Forum reports that two other men, 21-year-old Levi Melby and 18-year-old Scott Senger, both of Fargo, have pleaded guilty in the case.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota farmer who has been in critical condition and unable to speak since he was burned in an accident a month ago has a newborn daughter waiting for him.
 
     Brian Chorne, who lives with his wife and family on a farm near South Heart, is hospitalized at a Colorado burn center. Details of the accident are not clear because he hasn’t been able to talk about it.
 
     His wife, Melody Chorne, gave birth to Kenzie on Valentine’s Day. Because children under the age of 12 are not allowed on the burn center floor, Brian has yet to see his daughter.
 
     The couple has two other daughters and four children from previous relationships.
 
     Melody says husband is doing “amazingly well” under the circumstances.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s House has defeated a measure that would have charged industrial water users an excise tax.
 
     The House voted 57-36 Tuesday to kill the bill.
 
     The measure was aimed at taxing oil and gas companies for water drawn from underground.
 
     Fresh water is needed to support oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing, a process that uses pressurized fluid and sand to break open oil-bearing rock 2 miles underground.
 
     Budget analysts say the tax would have raised nearly $20 million over the next two years.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate has rejected a proposal to buy out the contract of University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, who has been on the job for less than a year.
 
     Republican Sen. Tony Grindberg of Fargo offered a floor amendment Tuesday to the higher education funding bill to buy out the final two years of Shirvani’s three-year contract, at a cost of about $854,000.
 
     Grindberg has questioned Shirvani’s leadership style.
 
     Shirvani has been in charge of the university system since last July. His contract runs through June 2015. He is paid $349,000 annually.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks officials are looking to cut art money to organizations because their missions are not directly related to the arts.
 
     The  five groups last year received a total of $12,550, or about 11 percent of the Arts Regranting Program funding.
 
     Council member Doug Christensen, who made a motion to hold funding for those organizations, says the groups don’t appear to meet eligibility requirements for the grants.
 
     Says Christensen, “How in good conscience can we say these have a direct relation to the arts?”
 
     North Valley Arts Council President Dana Harsell supports the funding. She says it doesn’t take an artist or an art group to “arrange artistic opportunities for the community.”

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The defending champion in the North Dakota state spelling bee won his fifth straight county bee, but not without some spirited competition from his sister.
 
     Thirteen-year-old Ty Korsmo and his 11-year-old sister, Siri, were the only competitors left after the fourth round in last weekend’s Grand Forks County bee.
 
     Then “brother and sister duked it out for eight more rounds,” says their mother, Debbie Korsmo. The family lives in Northwood.
 
     After Siri tripped up on the word “guffaw,” Ty took the title by spelling “polemic.”
 
    Both of the competitors will advance to the state bee.
 
     And Siri didn’t pout about placing second. Debbie Korsmo says that after the showdown was finished, Siri said she’d had fun.

 

In world and national news…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) – President Barack Obama says there’s no way to make automatic budget cuts less damaging by giving him the authority to decide what to cut. Senate Republicans have suggested giving Obama that flexibility, instead of letting across-the-board cuts kick in Friday. But Obama says there’s no smart way to cut $85 billion from the budget in seven months. Speaking at a shipbuilding site in Virginia, he praised Republicans who have expressed openness to including new revenues by closing loopholes.
 
     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The second major snowstorm in a week is blasting across the middle of the country Tuesday, knocking out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses. The storm has dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Oklahoma, and high winds caused whiteout conditions that have slowed road-clearing efforts. In Missouri, even heavy-duty snowplows are having trouble staying on the road, and the state Department of Transportation has issued a “no travel” advisory.
 
     MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – State inspectors have issued 45 violations at a West Virginia coal mine since two men died there earlier this month. The violations included negligently rigging the switch on a hoist with a piece of wood and a rusty bolt. One of the men was killed at Pocahontas Coal’s Affinity Mine when he was pinned under a hoist he’d been moving trash into. The mine’s owners says they are cooperating with investigators and are addressing the “root causes” of the violations.
 
     SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) – The Coast Guard has called off the search for a boat that reportedly sank far off the Central California coast with two adults and two children on board. Search crews have found no debris and no physical signs of distress after searching for nearly 48 hours. A Coast Guard spokesman says the distress calls may have been a hoax, noting that no one has reported family members missing at sea.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – With tax season in full swing, a newly released poll says an overwhelming majority of adults don’t believe it is ever OK to cheat on their income taxes. The poll found 87 percent of respondents said, “not at all,” while only 11 percent said, “a little here and there.” Most respondents cited personal integrity as the biggest reason they view cheating on tax as unacceptable.