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Jamestown (JRMC) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) is proud to announce that its own, Dane Grebel, JRMC Support Services manager and emergency preparedness manager, recently completed a training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, Ala.
Grebel attended the Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents, a four-day course addressing disaster preparedness at the facility and system levels. Leaders within healthcare need to be prepared for any incident that may result in multiple casualties – natural disasters, releases of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and or explosives, or a disease outbreak resulting in an epidemic or pandemic.
Throughout the course, leaders focused on how to make critical decisions regarding all-hazards disaster emergency preparedness activities. They also learned essential disaster-planning response and recovery functions through lectures and then applied during tabletop exercises and a two-day functional exercise.
Grebel, says, “I have completed two different trainings at the CDP; Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents and Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents. The CDP is able to replicate real-world incidents and then escalate the incident to the point of breakdown, failure and ultimately success. The opportunity to learn and practice with the experts from the CDP was an amazing experience. I’m grateful to take what I have learned and apply it to our own emergency operations plans at JRMC.”
A Valley City native, Grebel joined the JRMC team in 2007 as the Environmental & Linen Services supervisor. He became manager in 2011 and added emergency management to his duties in 2018.
The CDP is operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction training facility in the nation.
To learn more about JRMC or to schedule an appointment, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th Street SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2019, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” as well as a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
Jamestown (JRMC) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) is hosting a blood drive on Thursday, Dec. 5 to help save lives.
The blood drive is open to the community from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in JRMC Conference Room ABC, located in the lower level.
JRMC Clinical Service Assistant Katie Mittleider says the blood drive is a great event for the community and staff.
She says, “As professionals in the healthcare industry, we see how important it is to have donor blood readily available. That’s why we host blood drives every year.”
People can donate blood up to three times each year.
The JRMC blood drive collects whole blood. During a whole blood donation, nearly 500 ml of blood is collected from the donor and then separated later into components like red cells, plasma and platelets. These are used for patient transfusions.
Mittleider adds,“This will be our 16th time holding a blood drive since 2011 at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center. We welcome the opportunity to allow Vitalant into our facility to help us hold the blood drive. Vitalant provides our facility with red cells, platelets and plasma for transfusions.”
To date, the JRMC blood drive alone has collected 979 products of blood for Vitalant. As the sole provider of blood products for 68 area hospitals, Vitalant’s goal is to have at least 250 volunteers each day donate blood.
While most adults can donate blood, some individuals are ineligible.
Certain diseases, like AIDS and hepatitis, prevent people from donating.
Others who are ineligible include people who:
· have used needles to take nonprescription drugs
· have had syphilis or gonorrhea in the past 12 months
· have had the Ebola virus disease or infection
To donate blood and schedule an appointment or for donor eligibility, call (701) 952-4814 or go to www.bloodhero.com and use JRMC as the code.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2019, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” as well as a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
Valley City (CSi) The 2019 St. Catherine School Fall Auction in Valley City, raised over $81,00.
Co-event coordinator Dawn Ihry says donations came from raffle tickets, a bake sale, and the KC’s breakfast.
She thanks businesses and individuals that donated items to sell at the auction along with their cash donations, along with thanks to parents, teachers, staff members and friends of the school, for volunteering their time and monetary contributions to make the auction a success, adding “We are extremely grateful and very Blessed.”
$60,000 of the funds raised go into the school budget and another $10,000 for Tuition Assistance. The remaining dollars will go t buy computers and help with the maintenance of the school building.
In Sports…
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (uj.edu)– The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released the pool assignments and schedule for the 2019 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship presented by Delta Hotels in Sioux City, Iowa.
Jamestown, the postseason champions of the Great Plains Athletic Conference, will join Columbia (Mo.), Westmont (Calif.), and Xavier (La.) in Pool H. Columbia was one of the teams to receive an opening round bye while Westmont and Xavier won their respective opening round matches.
The 12 teams that won opening round matches on Saturday join the 19 teams that received an opening round bye as well as host Morningside (Iowa) comprise the 32-team field.
This year’s tournament will be played from December 3-7. The top two teams from each of eight pools will advance to the single elimination bracket that begins on December 6.
The NAIA Network – the association’s official video-streaming home – will broadcast all 60 matches live at the 2019 NAIA Volleyball National Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. The video platform, powered by Stretch Internet, allows users access to live video, statistics and social interaction on a number of devices, including mobile. Single-day passes can be purchased for $9.95, while a pool play pass is $24.95 (Nov. 27 – Dec. 1) and a championship package is available at $39.95. You can also buy an All-Championship pass and watch every championship streamed on the NAIA Network in 2018. Buy your All-Championship Pass today.
Both semifinal matches that take place at 11:00 a.m. CST on Saturday, Dec. 1 will be broadcast on ESPN3 as well as the NAIA Network. The championship match will be played at 7:00 p.m. CST December 1 and will be broadcast on ESPN3 for the sixth time.
VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Valley City State University athletic director Jill DeVries announced Friday that Laquone Robinson has been named interim head coach of the VCSU track and field and cross country programs.
Robinson is currently a full-time assistant track and field coach at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He will start at Valley City State on Dec. 1.
“We’re excited to welcome Laquone into our athletic department and the VCSU campus community,” said DeVries. “Laquone impressed us with his vision for our program, his connections in hiring assistant coaches, his strong recruiting background and his energy for the job. With indoor competition starting soon, we wanted to move quickly in hiring a new head coach for our student-athletes, and we feel like we found a great fit with Laquone.”
The Vikings are set to begin the 2019-20 indoor season with a meet Dec. 7 at the University of Mary in Bismarck.
Robinson was in his fourth season as an assistant coach at MSUM, and worked the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D. At MSUM, Robinson’s main coaching areas were the sprints, hurdles, multi’s and javelin. He was also heavily involved in recruiting.
“I am thrilled and honored to be named the head coach at VCSU,” said Robinson. “I’m excited to build relationships with each of my student-athletes and to foster their growth as student learners, young professionals, and collegiate athletes. I have full confidence that together we will accomplish great things.”
Prior to becoming a coach, Robinson was a standout athlete at MSUM from 2009-13, excelling primarily in the jumps and hurdles. He still holds six MSUM school records, including the indoor 60 meter hurdles, indoor heptathlon and outdoor 110 meter hurdles. He earned several conference and region Athlete of the Year honors during his MSUM competitive career, and was a 13-time NSIC Champion and a three-time NCAA Division II All-American.
Robinson is a native of Brooklyn Center, Minn. He earned an exercise science degree from MSUM in 2013, along with minors in coaching and strength and conditioning. While at Augustana, he completed the coursework for a master’s degree in sports administration and leadership. Robinson is married to his wife, Sara.
Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and a conference member of the North Star Athletic Association.
Saturday Games…
VALLEY CITY (VCSU)– Valley City State senior Mackenzie Huber scored her 1000th career point Saturday night, reaching the milestone in front of the Viking home crowd. Huber’s team-high 16 points was not enough though as the Vikings fell to No. 7 Dakota Wesleyan 93-66.
Dakota Wesleyan improves to 5-2 overall. Valley City State falls to 2-4 on the season
The Vikings shot 40 percent from the field (23-57), 11 percent on 3’s (2-18), and 82 percent on free throws (18-22). The Tigers shot 50 percent from the field (32-64), 35 percent on 3’s (9-26), and 91 percent on free throws (19-21).
Valley City State kept it close early in the first quarter as the Vikings were within four points at 20-16, capped by a layup by Dani Schwanke. The Tigers went on a 10-0 run to finish the first quarter as they held the lead 30-16. The 14-point lead from the first quarter was instrumental in the Dakota Wesleyan victory Saturday night.
The Vikings and Tigers were evenly matched through the second quarter as Dakota Wesleyan narrowly outscored Valley City State 17-16, holding the 47-32 lead at halftime.
The Vikings battled to outscore the Tigers 17-16 in the third quarter, including a perfect 7-for-7 on free throws. The Vikings would only get as close as 12 points with 8:09 left in the game as they couldn’t recover from the first quarter deficit, falling to the Tigers 93-66.
The Vikings were led by Mackenzie Huber who scored 16 points and tallied seven rebounds for the Vikings. Breanna Price added 15 points while Maara Nelson added 13 points, including a perfect 9-for-9 on free throws.
Dakota Wesleyan was led by Kynedi Cheeseman who scored 30 points while Sarah Carr added 29 for the Tigers.
UP NEXT: Valley City State travels to Minot State on Tuesday, Nov. 26 for an exhibition game against the Beavers. Tuesday’s game will be a doubleheader with the women tipping at 5:30 p.m. and the men to follow at 7:30 p.m.
UJ Basketball…
Women’s Basketball…
Saturday
Northwestern, IA 78 Jamestown 51
ORANGE CITY, Iowa– The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team turned the ball over a season-high 29 times, leading to 33 points for No. 11 Northwestern College as the Red Raiders defeated the Jimmies 78-51 Saturday afternoon.
Jamestown (6-2 overall, 2-1 Great Plains Athletic Conference is at Mount Marty (S.D.) College Monday for a 6 p.m. start.
A busy first quarter saw four ties and seven lead changes and despite shooting 1-for-10 from three-point range, Northwestern led 18-13.
The Red Raiders opened the second quarter on a 10-2 run, but UJ countered with a 10-0 run of their own to trail 28-25 with three minutes left before the half. Northwestern finished the quarter with a 10-3 run and led 38-8 at the break.
UJ shot just under 50 percent (5-for-11) in the third quarter, but eight turnovers combined with a 9-for-16 shooting performance by Northwestern saw the home team’s lead grow to 63-45 entering the fourth quarter.
Jamestown was ice cold from the field in the final ten minutes, making just 2-of-17 shot attempts and 2-of-9 free throw attempts. The Jimmies turned the ball over two fewer times (9-7) than the Red Raiders in the fourth, but the lead was too much to overcome.
Grace Benz (SO/Steele, ND) was the leading scorer for UJ with 10 points off the bench. She also pulled down a career-high eight rebounds. Courtney Mosloski (SR/Fairmont, MN) finished with nine points and eight boards. Kia Tower (FR/Bigfork, MN), Mackensi Higlin (JR/Mandan, ND), and Noelle Josephson (SO/Ramsey, MN) all recorded two assists and Josephson had two steals.
Devyn Kemble was one of three Red Raiders (7-1, 3-1 GPAC) in double figures, leading the way with a game-high 15 points. Bre Schuiteman added 13 points and seven rebounds while Sammy Blum had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Men’s Basketball…
Northwestern, IA 103 Jamestown 94
ORANGE CITY, Iowa– After trailing Northwestern College for nearly 19 minutes of game time, including a 10-point halftime deficit, the 16th-ranked University of Jamestown men’s basketball team rallied to tie, only to see the Red Raiders eventually pull away for a 103-94 win Saturday evening.
Jamestown (7-3 overall, 1-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference) is at Mount Marty (S.D.) College at 8 p.m. on Monday.
The Jimmies led 21-17 following a Terrell Alfred (SR/Orlando, FL) basket at the 12:17 mark, but Northwestern got a pair of three-pointers by Christian Korver and a bucket by Trent Hilbrands to go ahead 25-21 with 10:43 in the first half.
UJ was forced to play from behind after the Red Raiders closed the half with 12 of the final 17 points and a 57-47 advantage at the break.
Northwestern’s biggest lead of the second half came on Jay Small’s three-pointer that made it 64-51 with 16:09 in the game. Jamestown went on a 15-2 run over the next 3:39 to tie the game at 66 after Jack Talley (JR/Sioux Falls, SD) sank a pair of free throws.
The Jimmies continued to whittle away at the Red Raider lead and got within a single point at 73-72 at the 9:55 mark. Another Northwestern run, this time a 10-4 stretch, pushed the lead back to seven, and UJ could only get as close as two points the rest of the way. The Red Raiders scored 11 of 13 points in a 2:33 span to effectively put the game out of reach.
Talley led UJ with 21 points and added seven rebounds. Isaiah Dobson (SR/Stillwater, MN) (16), Terrell Alfred (15), Brady Birch (JR/Melrose, MN) (15), and Mason Walters (FR/Jamestown, ND) (10) were also in double figures. Walters pulled down 10 rebounds for his conference-leading fifth double-double of the season.
High School Volleyball
Class A consolation championship.
Saturday
| Fifth Place |
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Jamestown def. Valley City, 25-17, 25-27, 18-25, 25-20, 15-6
| Third Place |
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Sheyenne def. Fargo Shanley, 25-17, 25-15, 25-27, 19-25, 17-15
Championship..
Mandan def. Bismarck High, 25-11, 25-23, 22-25, 21-25, 17-15
| Championship |
|---|
Fargo Davies def. Bismarck Century, 13-25, 25-22, 25-13, 25-21
| Class B State Tournament |
|---|
| Seventh Place |
Dickinson Trinity def. Stanley, 26-24, 25-16, 25-18
| Fifth Place |
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Thompson def. Flasher, 25-20, 25-11, 25-18
| Third Place |
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Oak Grove Lutheran def. Our Redeemer’s, 26-28, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15, 15-13
| Championship |
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Langdon-Edmore-Munich def. Oakes, 25-10, 19-25, 25-21, 25-19
Fargo Davies 3 Bismarck Century 1
| Class B State Tournament |
|---|
| Seventh Place |
Dickinson Trinity def. Stanley, 26-24, 25-16, 25-18
| Fifth Place |
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Thompson def. Flasher, 25-20, 25-11, 25-18
| Third Place |
|---|
Oak Grove Lutheran def. Our Redeemer’s, 26-28, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15, 15-13
| Championship |
|---|
Langdon-Edmore-Munich def. Oakes, 25-10, 19-25, 25-21, 25-19
(VCSU) The bracket for the 75th annual Barnes County Girls Basketball Tournament has been set. Eight teams will converge on Valley City State University for the annual tournament in December.
The quarterfinals of the tournament will be played on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The semifinals are on Thursday, Dec. 12, and the tournament concludes with the championship and placing games on Saturday, Dec. 14.
All 12 games will be played at Valley City State University’s W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse.Tournament history, records and past results can be found at www.vcsuvikings.com/bct
Defending champion LaMoure/Litchville-Marion has been named the top seed for this year’s tournament and will open with the 3 p.m. game against Griggs County Central on Dec. 10. Sargent Central is the No. 4 seed and plays No. 5 Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page at 4:30 p.m.
Enderlin is the No. 2 seed and takes on No. 7 Barnes County North at 6 p.m. in the first round. No. 3 seed Milnor/North Sargent will play No. 6 seed Maple Valley at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 10.
Games on Dec. 12 begin at 3 p.m., and Saturday’s games will start at noon.
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion has earned the Barnes County Tournament Championship title in the last four consecutive years.
Major tournament sponsors include the Valley City Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Valley City Chamber of Commerce, Valley City State University and VCSU Athletics.
Tuesday, Dec. 10 – Quarterfinals
3 p.m. – (1) LaMoure/Litchville-Marion vs. (8) Griggs County Central
4:30 p.m. – (4) Sargent Central vs. (5) Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page
6 p.m. – (2) Enderlin vs. (7) Barnes County North
7:30 p.m. – (3) Milnor/North Sargent vs. (6) Maple Valley
Thursday, Dec. 12
Consolation Semis
3 p.m. – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
4:30 p.m. – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Semifinals
6 p.m. – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
7:30 p.m. – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Saturday, Dec. 14
12 p.m. – 7th place
1:30 p.m. – 5th place
3 p.m. – 3rd place
4:30 p.m. – Championship
Friday…
FOREST CITY, IOWA. (VCSU) – Three Vikings placed in the Top 20 on Friday as the VCSU cross country teams competed at the NSAA Cross Country Championships.
Teams faced a snow-covered and slick course during the race at Bear Creek Golf Course in Forest City, Iowa.
Freshman Grace Bachmeier was the top Viking finisher, placing 16th overall in the women’s 5K race with a time of 21:51. Angeline Gannon was just two spots behind as she placed 18th in the women’s race with a time of 22:03.
On the men’s side, Govani Garza placed 20th overall, finishing the 8K race in a time of 28:18.
Valley City State’s women placed fourth out of six teams, scoring 105 points. VCSU’s five team scorers all placed in the Top 30. Along with Bachmeier and Gannon, Kirsten Ranke was 21st, Allyssa Weitkum finished 23rd and Kristina Fricke placed 27th. Dickinson State and Dakota State tied for first place in the women’s race with scores of 41. According to NAIA rules, both teams will qualify for the NAIA National Championships.
Valley City State’s men placed sixth overall with a total of 143. Dakota State won the men’s race, scoring 29 points, and qualifies for the NAIA Championships.
The meet was the final race of the season for the VCSU cross country teams. Complete results for the Vikings runners are below. Complete results from the meet can be found at: http://wayzatatiming.com/crosscountry/2019/NSAA/
Men’s Results
Team
1. Dakota State, 29; 2. Viterbo University, 53; 3. Dickinson State, 82; 4. Bellevue University, 98; 5. Waldorf University, 106; 6. Valley City State, 143
VCSU Individual Results
20. Govani Garza, 28:18.2
28. Jayden Wheeling, 29:09.8
32. Spencer Mattheis, 29:35.1
45. Wolley Tuala, 35:28.6
46. Jacen Eissinger, 36:39.7
Women’s Results
Team
1. Dickinson State, 41; 2. Dakota State, 41; 3. Viterbo University, 80; Valley City State, 105; 5. Bellevue University, 112; 6. Waldorf University, 135
VCSU Individual Results
16. Grace Bachmeier, 21:51.8
18. Angeline Gannon, 22:03.2
21. Kirsten Ranke, 22:14.5
23. Allyssa Weitkum, 22:36.8
27. Kristina Fricke, 23:22.5
33. Avery Vasicek, 24:39.3
35. Brook Tibke, 25:22.4
41. Terese Kuhbacher, 26:08
44. Tanya Campos, 26:28.3
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