CSi Weather…

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS 30 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SLEET AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN
SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW
POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40.

 

JAMESTOWN AREA…

…SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY

NIGHT… APR 5, 2013

 A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DAKOTAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM…BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CROSBY TO MINOT…HARVEY AND JAMESTOWN…WITH A BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE SNOW.

AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WATFORD CITY TO BISMARCK AND ASHLEY SHOULD REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN…UNTIL COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT…AND LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA AT THIS TIME.

　

VALLEY CITY AREA…

THE CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY THROUGH

SATURDAY AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION. SOME AREAS MAY SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL…ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THEHIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Apr 1, 2013) — The Jamestown Public School Board has approved adding $110,000 in new security equipment to all public schools.

The plan includes putting cameras in elementary schools, and doors will be locked.

“Panic buttons,” will be installed allowing law enforcement to respond more quickly to emergencies.

The new security features is planned to be ready by the start of the 2013-14 school year.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Buffalo Valley Red Cross Chapter in Jamestown announces that the 2013 Heroes Dinner will be Friday April 12, 2013 at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown.

On Tuesday’s (Apr 2, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Chapter, Manger, Beth Dewald outlined the activities planned that evening, and raffle items and sponsors.

She said three individuals will be given the Volunteer Award at the dinner.

 

Ticket Purchase Price $25 (sales close April 4) Tickets available at the Red Cross office, second floor of the Jamestown Business Center, First Community Credit Union, Ingstad Family Media, or on line through the Impact Foundation.

Selling chances:

223 Savage Axis Rifle with Simmons 3×9 scope, case and shells donated by Gun & Reel and Fraternal Order of Police. 50 chances at $50 per chance

Trip for Two – 2 – Great Lakes Ticket Vouchers Jamestown to MPLS($1110 value), 2 $300 ($600 value) Delta Airline Vouchers, Gift Certificate from Jamestown Travel $100, 50 chances at $50 per chance

Spa package from Top Designer, necklace from Riddles Jewelry, Heated Neck Massager, Salt Lamp, 3 in one candle from Doorways (total value over $250). 50 chances at $20 per chance)

iPad Mini from Cellular Communications value $450. 108 chances at $10 per chance

Game like Family Feud with local emergency response teams

Table Sponsors as of 3/28/13:

Ingstad Family Media

North Dakota Farmers Union

UTC

FCCU

Ag Country

Cavendish

Rotary

Wal-Mart

Harley Davidson

Dakota Central Telecommunications

Gladstone Inn & Suites

5. Event Sponsors as of 3/28/13

Orriginals

Lux

AgriCover

RealTruck

Stoudt’s

Scherbenski

Hillerud

Moderen Woodmen $2500 supplement

We can take credit card purchase night of the event

　

Meal – seating for 8 – appetizers at each table, pizza buffet, cash bar

Casual Dress

　

Valley City, ND KCSi-T.V. News) — On a 3-2 vote, the Barnes County Commission has approve a lease agreement to move the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office to the former USDA offices on Winter Show road.

The argeement with Bob Burchill properties, includes an annual lease of $17,200 dollars.

Commissioner Phil Leitner voted against the move, as die Commissioner Jon Froehlich.

 

Jamestown, ND –The Stutsman County Zoning Board is drafting an Ordinance that would allow establishment of crew camps in the county.

The Ordinance is planned to regulate temporary housing in Stutsman County.

The first draft of the Ordinance, includes language that would allow crew camps only in industrial zones.

County townships having their own zoning authority, may opt to adopt the county’s ordinance, or retain or alter their own zoning ordinances.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A 46-year-old Idaho man brought from Montana to face murder and reckless endangerment charges in Williston is being held without bond.
 
Judge David Nelson decided Monday to hold Jonathan Horvath for a preliminary hearing and arraignment on April 23.
 
     Horvath is accused of shooting 28-year-old Derrick Spiegel of Williston March 16 on a sidewalk outside the Heartbreakers bar following arguments. Police in an affidavit say that two or three shots were fired, with three spent 9 millimeter casings found at the scene.
 
     Horvath was captured in Billings, Mont., on March 18.
 
     At Monday’s hearing in Williston, Horvath defended fleeing the scene, saying he wanted to make sure his dog was taken somewhere safe before he came back to fight the charges.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Prosecutors allege that a man accused of killing his three young daughters in Wisconsin had brought the tool he used in the slayings with him from North Dakota.
 
     Opening statements began Tuesday in the case against Aaron Schaffhausen, who is accused of taking a train from North Dakota to Wisconsin to cut his daughters’ throats before he tucked their bodies into bed.
 
     Schaffhausen’s lawyers say he was driven by mental illness. Prosecutors say that he brought the alleged murder weapon with him some 500 miles, indicating he had planned the slayings.
 
     Schaffhausen had taken a construction job in Minot after his relationship with his ex-wife deteriorated. Jessica Schaffhausen stayed with her daughters in River Falls, Wis.
 
     The girls – ages 11, 8 and 5 – were found dead July 10.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Abortion rights activists plan to circulate petitions to bring three anti-abortion measures to a statewide vote.
 
     Secretary of State Al Jaeger says his office received the requests Tuesday afternoon. Gary Hangsleben of Grand Forks is listed as chairman of the sponsoring committee.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed abortion bills last week that would make North Dakota the most restrictive state in the nation to get the procedure. One measure would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected. Another would prohibit women from having an abortion because a fetus has a genetic defect, such as Down syndrome. 
 
     A third measure would require a doctor who performs abortions to be a physician with hospital-admitting privileges.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Three teachers at a Fargo YMCA have been suspended amid allegations they made a child stand outside in the cold as punishment.
 
     A parent spotted a 4-year-old boy outside of the Y Learning Center without a coat Monday morning. The boy allegedly told the parent he was being punished. The parent called police.
 
     YMCA staff says it’s policy for the children to go outside to play every day except in extreme winter conditions. Temperatures were in the mid-teens Monday morning.
 
     YMCA President Paul Finstad says that the teachers were having difficulty getting the child to wear his outdoor apparel, so they took the child and his clothes outside and “had him stand on his snowsuit.” He says it was not proper procedure.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for possessing and receiving child pornography. U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon has announced that 25-year-old Christopher Emly, of Carrington, was sentenced on charges of possession and receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Authorities say Emly downloaded the images to his computer.
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota legislative negotiators have killed an amendment to an anti-abortion bill that had threatened a three-year, $1.2 million federal sex education grant for North Dakota State University.
 
     A conference committee of three House members and three senators voted unanimously Tuesday to delete the amendment from a Senate measure. The bill is aimed at outlawing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed premise that a fetus can feel pain at that point.
 
     Republican Rep. Bette Grande of Fargo sponsored the amendment to halt NDSU’s grant, which provides funding for voluntary sex education to Fargo-area teens with parental consent.
 
     The House voted last month include the amendment in a measure. The original Senate bill will now get a vote in the House.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s largest city is kicking off a 10-day campaign to fill a million sandbags.
 
     A storage shed for garbage trucks has been transformed into Sandbag Central, where volunteers will be manning three so-called “Spider” machines, each of which can produce 5,000 bags an hour.
 
     The bags may be needed to protect residents against what is predicted to be one of the top five Red River floods of all time in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn.
 
     Fargo has 750,000 sandbags left over from the flood of 2011. The city sent 800,000 bags to the Bismarck area that year, during historic Missouri River flooding.
 
     Sandbag Central is scheduled to open this  morning. Officials hope to wrap up operations by April 13.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Emergency Commission has approved funding to begin preparations for expected spring flooding.
 
     The commission on Tuesday agreed to accept loan proceeds from the Bank of North Dakota that would provide a total of $60,000 to the National Guard, Civil Air Patrol and Department of Emergency Services.
 
     State officials say the money will be used for training, supplies, initial response and equipment inventory, mostly for the Guard.
 
     The most serious flooding is expected along the Red River and its tributaries in eastern North Dakota. The National Weather Service says the river has a 50-50 chance to going 20 feet above flood stage in Fargo.
 
     The emergency commission includes the governor, secretary of state, Senate and House majority leaders, and chairmen of the Senate and House appropriations committees.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Two University of North Dakota researchers who are studying the long-term impact of man camps on in the western North Dakota’s oil patch are scheduled to appear in Fargo.
 
     Professors William Caraher and Bret Weber conducted the first archaeological and historical study of the crew camps, which have dotted the landscape since the oil boom.
 
     The camps range from elaborate prefabricated units, to RV parks, to rugged areas that have tents and trailers without basic amenities.
 
     The two UND professors will speak about their findings Wednesday at 2 p.m. at North Dakota State University’s Memorial Union Rose room.
 
     NDSU criminal justice and political science professor Tom Ambrosio, who organized the event, calls the social conditions associated with the oil boom “fascinating.”

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s state veterinarian says cattle imported into the state from Idaho will be subject to additional testing to prevent the introduction of brucellosis. Dr. Susan Keller says the State Board of Animal Health has ordered the additional testing for all Idaho beef, dairy and rodeo cattle imported into North Dakota. She says the board took the action during its recent quarterly meeting.
 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A new extended-stay hotel in Minot is scheduled to open in late May, helping to ease housing demand from the North Dakota oil industry.
 
     Hyatt House sales and marketing director Lorena Starkey says energy executives are among those eager for the opening of the 130-room facility at 21st Avenue Northwest and the U.S. Highway 83 Northwest Bypass.
 
     Starkey says the hotel features 444-square-foot studio suites, 570- to 630-square-foot one-bedroom suites and 860- to 916-square-foot two-bedroom suites. Prices will range from $179 to $279 per night.
 
     She says discount rates will be negotiable for extended stays and for companies renting rooms for several employees.
 
     Starkey says the hotel will hold a grand opening in June.

 

In sports…

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is encouraging schools that participate in the National Archery in the Schools Program to sign up for the annual state tournament.
 
     This year’s tournament is April 12-13 at the VFW Sports Center in Bismarck.
 
     Schools can enter teams and individuals in the elementary, middle and high school divisions. Top-scoring archers are given early registration and receive priority in flights for the national tournament May 10-11 in Louisville, Ky.
 
     Last year, the high school state championship team was from Dunseith, the middle school champs from Medina and the top elementary school team from Hankinson.

 

AMERICAN  LEAGUE

HOUSTON (AP) – Yu Darvish was one out from a perfect game when Marwin Gonzalez grounded a clean single through the pitcher’s legs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 7-0.
 
     The Japanese right-hander struck out 14 and appeared to be in complete control before Gonzalez smacked the first pitch up the middle.
 
   Final    Baltimore              7    Tampa  Bay            4
   Final    Cleveland              4    Toronto                1
   Final    Seattle                  7    Oakland                1
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Colorado                8    Milwaukee            4
   Final    St.  Louis              6    Arizona                1
   Final    San  Francisco      3    L.A.  Dodgers      0
 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION
 
   Final    Washington      90    Chicago      86
   Final    New  York        102    Miami          90
   Final    L-A  Lakers    101    Dallas        81
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Boston                    3    Ottawa                2
   Final            Washington            5    Carolina            3
   Final            N-Y  Islanders      5    Winnipeg            2
   Final            Buffalo                  4    Pittsburgh        1
   Final  2OT    Florida                  3    Tampa  Bay          2  (SO  Florida  1-0)
   Final            Nashville              3    Colorado            1
   Final            Phoenix                  3    Los  Angeles      1

 

NIT…

 NEW YORK (AP) – Pierre Jackson put up his third straight double-double with 24 points and 10 assists to lift Baylor back into the National Invitation Tournament championship with a 76-70 win over BYU. The Bears will play Iowa for the title on Thursday night, after the Hawkeyes got 21 points and nine rebounds from Devyn Marble in a 71-60 win over Maryland.

 

Women’s NCAA Basketball Tourney…

 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Skylar Diggins score 24 points to lead Notre Dame to an 87-76 win over Duke to earn its third consecutive trip to the Final Four.  The 35-1 Fighting Irish won their school-record 30th consecutive game, earning a meeting with Connecticut in the national semifinals.
 

Shoni Schimmel scored 24 points and giant-slaying Louisville claimed another big upset, beating second-seeded Tennessee 86-78 and earning the school’s second trip to the Final Four.

 

 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Texas Tech has officially introduced Tubby Smith as its new men’s basketball coach. Smith says he’ll fit in just fine in West Texas, adding that he already has a pair of cowboy boots. Smith was fired by Minnesota last week after six seasons.

 

  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Rutgers said it would reconsider its decision to retain basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. ESPN broadcast the video prompting scores of outraged social media comments as well as sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie and NBA star LeBron James.
 
     Athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the video in late November by a former employee. He suspended Rice for three games a month later, fined him $50,000 and ordered him to attend anger management classes.

 

OBIT-FAIRBANKS
 
     SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Former Oklahoma and New England Patriots head coach Chuck Fairbanks has died after battling brain cancer. He was 79.
 
     Oklahoma said in a news release that Fairbanks died Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
 
     Fairbanks was 52-15-1 in six years with the Sooners, including an Orange Bowl victory his first season and consecutive Sugar Bowls wins in 1971-72 before taking over the Patriots. He won 46 games for New England, a franchise record at the time.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama hits the road today to try to maintain some momentum in Congress for legislation that would tighten gun control laws. He’ll try to do that in a trip to Denver suburbs to draw attention to Colorado’s newly passed gun control laws.
 
     HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gun control is atop the agenda for state lawmakers in Connecticut who will begin debate on tougher measures sparked by the Newtown school massacre. Debate begins this morning and the legislation is expected to pass. The governor says he’ll sign it.

 
     ATLANTA (AP) – Former Atlanta schools superintendent Beverly Hall has posted bond of $200,000 after being charged along with others in a standardized test cheating scandal. Hall left the Fulton County jail late last night. She and 34 others were indicted Friday.

 
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Officials say ten people have been killed in a failed attempt by suicide bombers to free more than a dozen Taliban prisoners being transferred to court proceedings in western Afghanistan. Officials say suicide bombers disguised as Afghan soldiers attacked a government compound in Farah province. Officials say three of the attackers are among the dead.
 
     JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Admirers around the world have sent prayers and good wishes to 94-year-old Nelson Mandela who is still hospitalized in South Africa. The government says Mandela “continues to make steady improvement” as he spends a 7th day being treated for a recurring lung infection that developed into pneumonia.