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CSi Weather…
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAT
INDEX 90 TO 95.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERTORMS IN THE EVEING. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA . HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. HEAT INDEX 90 TO 95.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA . LOWS IN THE MID 60S. EAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 80S.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83
THIS MORNING…AND OVER THE JAMES RIVER BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
THE JAMES RIVER BASIN.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING… LARGE HAIL… STRONG WINDS AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO ARE ALL POSSIBLE.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The National Weather Service has rated a tornado that caused damage in Morton County in south central North Dakota at EF0 on the enhanced Fujita scale.
That is the weakest rating for a tornado, with wind speeds between 65 mph and 85 mph.
The weather service says the tornado touched down Tuesday north of Sweet Briar Lake, damaging or destroying three barns and two grain bins on a farmstead. No injuries were reported.
Montpelier, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Montpelier High School will host a preliminary pageant for the Miss America 2014 Pageant, this Saturday July 13, 2013.
On Thursday’s (Jul 11, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the 8th Annual Montpelier Pageant, Director, Kristen Lynch said the pageant is at 7-p.m.
Prior to the pageant, Miss North Dakota 2013, Laura Harmon will be available for a Meet & Greet at the Montpelier High School, lobby from 6:30-p.m., to 6:50-p.m.
Miss North Dakota will serve as Master of Ceremonies and perform her talent.
She added that the Montpelier Pageant is the second of several preliminary pageants in the state.
On Saturday, will have 13 contestants and three contestants will be crowned to go to the state pageant, later this year in Williston, to compete for Miss North Dakota. To be crowned on Saturday will be Miss Fort Abercombie, Miss Peace Garden, and Miss James River Valley.
Ms. Lynch said areas of the Montpelier competition will include Talent, interviews, Evening Wear, Lifestyle and Fitness in Swim Wear, and on-stage interviews.
Scholarships in various amounts are given to each contestant and the three winners.
Also on our show was April Hendrickson a school guidance counselor in area, who said she encourages, and works with young ladies who are interested in competing, to help them gain self- confidence, professionalism and leadership, and more.
Contestants are from 17- 24 years of ages, with more information by contacting Kristen Lynch at 701-269-4321, or E-Mail:
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Historical Society is mulling the purchase of Lawrence Welk’s boyhood home in Strasburg, in south central North Dakota.
Historical Society Director Merl Paaverud (PAH’-vur-ood) says the agency’s board is meeting today in Strasburg to decide whether to buy the bandleader’s birthplace. The site also would be used to tout the importance of agriculture and the region’s German-Russian heritage.
The Legislature this year included $100,000 in the Historical Society’s budget for the purchase.
The idea comes two decades after Congress earmarked $500,000 in federal funds to develop a tourist industry in Strasburg. The money included a museum of German-Russian heritage that was intended to draw visitors to the bandleader’s birthplace. Lawmakers later withdrew the money when the idea was mocked as a symbol of wasteful spending.
Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is alerting North Dakota residents about fraudulent telephone calls claiming to be from representatives of the driver’s license division.
Residents have reported receiving telephone calls that their driving privileges are in jeopardy and that fees must be paid in order to keep their driving privileges. The caller asks for personal information and then directs money to be sent to a California address. Some calls appear to be spoofing the phone number for the NDDOT.
The NDDOT does NOT make this type of phone call about driving privileges. This is a scam, designed to trick the recipient into giving out information to a scam artist.
The NDDOT urges North Dakotans to hang up on this type of phone calls. Residents who have questions about their driver’s license or these calls should contact the NDDOT at (701) 328-2601 or email their questions to the NDDOT email address:
General information about common consumer scams is available on the Attorney General’s website, at
http://www.ag.nd.gov/CPAT/CommonScams.htm.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The mayor of a North Dakota city that has battled major flooding for four of the last five years says area residents should be blaming Congress rather than squabbling among themselves about a proposed Red River diversion project.
Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker told fellow members of the Red River Diversion Authority board Thursday that he doesn’t understand recent complaints by some members of the neighboring city council in Moorhead, Minn., who are upset about spending increases on the design of a project that has not been authorized by Congress.
Walaker says the issue is about a “dysfunctional” federal government and it’s “not our problem” that the proposal isn’t further along.
The 36-mile channel would protect the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area in times of serious flooding. Cost is nearly $2 billion.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The latest forecast for North Dakota’s winter wheat crop is down 10 percent from the previous month’s forecast.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its crop reduction report that the forecast, based on July 1 conditions, stands at 229.6 million bushels. Average yield is forecast at 41 bushels per acre. This is down four bushels from last year. Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 5.6 million acres, down 2 percent from a year ago.
Durum wheat production is forecast at 26.6 million bushels, down 38 percent from last year. Winter wheat production is forecast at 12.8 million bushels, down 18 percent from last month’s forecast and 68 percent below last year’s record crop.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Greater North Dakota Chamber is taking a billboard campaign touting the state’s superiority over Minnesota in job creation to the Twin Cities.
Greater North Dakota Chamber CEO Andy Peterson tells The Forum newspaper that a billboard soon will be going up on Interstate 94 to grab the attention of people heading west out of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The state chamber group initially put up a bright yellow billboard along I-94 just across the Minnesota border in Moorhead. It reads, “North Dakota. Open for Business.” It angered some officials on both sides of the border who think it’s too confrontational.
That billboard has since been moved down I-94 to Fergus Falls. Peterson said it will be retired, but he didn’t say when.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The famous faces of Mount Rushmore remain in western South Dakota – not in North Dakota as one vacation mailer on the East Coast claims.
The AAA advertisement for “Great American Vacations” features a postcard of the chiseled presidential visages of Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington and Teddy Roosevelt emblazoned with “North Dakota.” The Mid-Atlantic AAA club sent the mailing to thousands of members in Delaware; Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Club spokesman Lon Anderson says he’s embarrassed about the mistake, and the marketing team is “humbled by the error.” He says he didn’t see the ad before it went out and would have noticed the mistake.
North Dakota Tourism Director Sara Otte (AW’-tee) Coleman says the mistake is actually fairly common.
In sports…
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. Sports) — The Jamestown community will have the opportunity to support the Minnesota Vikings Children’s Fund, with an appearance Saturday (Jul 13, 2013) by two of the Vikings Cheerleaders, at Grizzly’s Grill and Saloon in Jamestown.
The cheerleaders will be in the bar area from 5:30-p.m., to 8:30-p.m.
Vikings Cheerleader calendars feature all 35 ladies, and will be for sale, for $20 each with the proceeds going to the fund.
The cheerleaders will be available to sign autographs, and have pictures taken with.
Since it’s creation, The Minnesota Vikings Children’s Fund has raised a total of $7.65 million dollars for children in the upper midwest.
AA..
Gary 8, Fargo-Moorhead 1
MLB…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays completed a four-game sweep by beating the Minnesota Twins 4-3 yesterday. Matt Moore gave up three runs, three hits, two walks and had 10 strikeouts over 7 innings in winning his fifth straight start. The win set a team record for victories before the All-Star break.
NEW YORK (AP)- New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter is expected to be in the lineup at shortstop tonight for his second game of the season. Jeter, who’s recovering from a broken ankle, left yesterday’s 8-4 win over Kansas City in the eighth inning after feeling tightness in his quadriceps muscle while serving as the Yanks’ DH.
Final Cleveland 4 Toronto 2
Final Chi White Sox 6 Detroit 3
Final Boston 8 Seattle 7, 10 Innings
Final Baltimore 3 Texas 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 3 Washington 1
Final Atlanta 6 Cincinnati 5
Final Chi Cubs 3 St. Louis 0
Final Arizona 5 Milwaukee 3
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 Colorado 1
Final San Francisco 4 San Diego 2
WNBA BASKETBALL
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Lindsay Whalen had 23 points and Monica Wright added 22 points as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 69-62 yesterday. Indiana was playing without star guard Katie Douglas. She missed her 10th consecutive game with a bulging disk in her back. It was the Fever’s first loss after a three-game winning streak.
Final Los Angeles 94 Tulsa 78
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Timberwolves have secured their veteran shooting guard. The Wolves acquired Kevin Martin via a sign-and-trade maneuver with the Oklahoma City Thunder and dealt Luke Ridnour to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Thunder also sent an undisclosed amount of cash to both the Wolves and the Bucks.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and veteran power forward Ronny Turiaf have agreed to a two-year, $3.2 million contract. He played sparingly with the Clippers last season.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) – Peace is not at hand for the Los Angeles Lakers. They waived Metta World Peace under the NBA’s amnesty provision, which will save the team about $15 million in luxury tax. He was set to earn $7.7 million next season, which the Lakers still must pay.
A person with knowledge of the deal says the Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a contract with forward Andrei Kirilenko. The Russian forward opted out of his $10.2 million deal for next season with the Minnesota Timberwolves and found a home with the Nets.
NFL…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The New England Patriots say they are “extremely disappointed” after learning their defensive back Alfonzo Dennard (DEH’-nurd) was arrested and accused of driving drunk in Lincoln, Neb., where he once starred as a Nebraska defensive back. In April, Dennard was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years of probation for assaulting a police officer in Lincoln last year.
MLB-ALL-STARS…
NEW YORK (AP) – Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman and Toronto reliever Steve Delabar have won the fan voting for the last spots in the All-Star game.
Freeman’s victory means Los Angeles Dodgers sensation Yasiel Puig (pweeg) will not get to play in the July 16 game at Citi Field unless he is added as an injury replacement. Puig is off to a terrific start in his first stint in the majors, but he’s only been up for five weeks, leading some to question whether he belongs on the NL team.
Freeman set a record with 19.7 million votes, and Puig was second. Delabar won with 9.6 million votes
In another All-Star note, Pedro Alvarez of the Pittsburgh Pirates has replaced Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies for the NL team in the All-Star Home Run Derby. MLB says Gonzalez pulled out because of a sprained middle finger on his right hand.
CYCLING…
UNDATED (AP) – Germany’s Marcel Kittel won the 12th stage of the Tour de France. England’s Chris Froome finished 14th but remains the overall leader by 3:25 over Spain’s Alejandro Valverde (ah-leh-HAHN’-droh val-VEHR’-dee).
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Marianne Vos has Olympic gold medals and the road race world champion’s rainbow jersey in her trophy cabinet. Now she wants the chance to add a yellow jersey.
The Olympic road race champion is among a group of cyclists, including British Olympian Emma Pooley, who have launched an online petition urging Tour de France organizers to let women participate in next year’s race.
In an online letter to Tour director Christian Prudhomme, the riders say that after a century “it is about time women are allowed to race the Tour de France, too.”
A “Tour Feminin” women’s race in France that was staged in the past “lacked parity, media coverage, and sponsorship” the letter to Prudhomme says.
GOLF…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Kenny Perry is among seven golfers tied for the opening round lead of the U.S. Senior Open. His 3-under 67 was matched by Jay Don Blake, Gary Hallberg, Mark O’Meara, Tom Lehman (LAY’-muhn and Michael Allen.
There had never been as many as seven co-leaders after the first round at a U.S. Senior Open. The previous record was five in 1997.
Rocco Mediate (MEE’-dee-ayt) and Bernhard Langer are among those a shot off the lead.
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) – Defending champion Zach Johnson and Camilo Villegas (vih-JAY’-guhs) are tied for the first round lead of the PGA’s annual John Deere Classic. Both opened with 7-under-64s. Daniel Summerhays is among three golfers that trail by one shot. Three-time champ Steve Stricker opened with a 67.
Wrigley…
CHICAGO (AP) — The proposed modernization of historic Wrigley Field overcame an important hurdle Thursday when the Chicago Cubs and the city reached an agreement allowing the team to build a first-ever electronic Jumbotron and another sign above the ivy-covered outfield walls.
The city’s landmarks commission unanimously voted to approve the deal, overcoming opposition from the local alderman and the owners of rooftop businesses who fear their negotiated views of the field will be obstructed.
The matter now goes to the City Council.
The landmarks commission’s approval was needed because it must sign off on any changes to historic structures.
In world and national news..
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – The defense will present its closing arguments this morning before the jury in Sanford, Fla., decides the fate of former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in last year’s death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But the judge has ruled that the jury can also consider whether Zimmerman is guilty or innocent of manslaughter.
MOSCOW (AP) – The American who’s admitted leaking U.S. government surveillance programs is meeting today with two prominent Russian human rights officials. Edward Snowden is believed to be stuck in the transit zone at Moscow’s international airport as he negotiates for asylum with another country. The news agency Interfax says those meeting with Snowden are the head of Amnesty International’s Russia office and the deputy head of the Russian office of Human Rights Watch.
BERLIN (AP) – Germany is calling for the release of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi. Germany’s Foreign Ministry also says an organization like the International Red Cross should be allowed to visit him. Morsi was ousted July 3 by the military following a wave of protests calling on him to step down. The Islamist leader has been kept at an undisclosed Defense Ministry facility since then but no formal charges have been filed.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – The Pakistani government says it’s seized hashish and cocaine worth at least $30 million in a joint operation with Belgian authorities. Pakistan’s Anti Narcotics Force says 6,600 pounds of hashish from Afghanistan was headed for Belgium. The drugs were packed in cartons and concealed in white towels. Pakistani authorities also seized 2,200 pounds of cocaine being smuggled from South America.
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania family has two teen boys to thank for helping save a 5-year-old abducted girl. Police in Lancaster say Jocelyn Rojas was kidnapped yesterday while playing in her yard. Two hours later, the two teen boys spotted a girl in a car that matched the description police gave. The boys followed the car on their bicycles and police say the male driver eventually stopped and let the girl out before driving off. Police are still looking for the suspected abductor.
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