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HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
.TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH. HEAT INDEX 95 TO 100.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. HEAT INDEX 90 TO 95.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
HEAT INDEX VALUES…AROUND 100 DEGREES.
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES COULD OCCUR IF PROPER
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE
A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF
WATER…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…
AND CHECK ON FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. NEVER LEAVE PETS OR CHILDREN
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY – CALL 911.
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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 17, 2013) — The Buffalo City Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board, Wednesday approved allocating $5,000 to the Frontier Village to expend to help bring the World Fast Draw Association Shootout to Jamestown.
Representing the Frontier Village at the meeting were Charlie Tanata, and Colleen Conley.
The event is coming to the Frontier Village amphitheater August 9, 10, & 11, 2013.
Ms. Conley said the total budget is $7,000 with the $5,000 to be paid to the WFDA for $2,970 in prize money and for trophies and the sanction fee.
There is a participation fee, however, there will be free admission.
The event will be evaluated by the number of participants and Village visitors and a random survey, with the information to determine the success of the event, and possible annual WDFA matches in Jamestown in the future.
Co-sponsors of the event also includes the Quality Inn & Suites, Buffalo Inn, and Seekins’ Motel.
An advertising plan is in place to publicize the event.
Numerous events are planned including a local celebrity event, along with participants from around the country who are in competition with each other with accumulated point totals, from the events.
Single action revolvers are used, with wax bullets or blanks used, in the timed events.
In other business, the board heard a presentation from Wayne Deery of Newman Signs for a new billboard contract for 2014. Deery said a total to 10 billboards will continue, with 7 paid for, over 36 months, at a cost of $2,930 per month.
Buffalo City Tourism Director Searle Swedlund said the item is in the upcoming budget, which is awaiting approval.
The billboards are located along I-94 near Valley City West Fargo, west of Mapleton, and Steele. Also on Higway 281 near Ellendale, and Carrington, and Highways 5 and 3 near Dunseith.
The board also approved spending up to $1,000 on a locomotive train cars, and a caboose, a replica, which was built several years ago in Jamestown which is powered by a six cylinder car engineer.
The train has been stored at Bonanzaville and is in need of restoration.
An outside party will bid on the item on an on-line auction which ends Wednesday at 5-p.m.
Issues concerning the purchase included the restoration and storage, along with trailering to Jamestown.
The late Jim Carlascio of Jamestown and other B-N employees were responsible for the building of the train, which was later donated to Bonanzaville, where it has sat idle the past few years.
It was suggested that the restored train could be used in parades and on display at locations in Jamestown to point to Jamestown’s railroad heritage.
Update…
Swedlund said Wednesday evening that, the bid was up to $2400, so BCTF will not be the owner of this item.
He added that hopefully someone is from Jamestown will be the winning bidder.
It was thought that if Bonnazaville was selling the item,. that the train was to come back to Jamestown if the museum no longer wanted it.
He said he was not certain that this is the end of the parade train conversation.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – Stutsman County has passed an ordinance regulating crew camps.
The ordinance restricts crew camps to agricultural, commercial and industrial zones and does not permit them in any residential areas.
It also requires that any crew camp have a 6-foot fence surrounding its perimeter, be 1,320 feet from any residence or occupied structure, have a $1 million surety bond for cleanup, show legible unit numbers and have all required health and safety permits,
Crew camps also will be charged a $300 annual administrative fee per bed in addition to property taxes on the land.
Zoning administrator Dustin Bakken says definitions for campgrounds, trailers and travel trailers will be added to the regular zoning ordinances to help distinguish them from crew camps.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A fourth person has agreed to plead guilty in the heroin overdose death of a Fargo blues guitarist.
Emily Lund is charged is charged in federal court with conspiracy to possess and distribute a controlled substance resulting in the June 2012 death of 30-year-old Cody Conner.
Four other people are charged in the case, three of whom have pleaded guilty.
Lund faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Sentencing is set for October 2nd.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a Canadian man accused of illegally entering the United States after he had been deported plans to plead guilty in federal court.
Forty-six-year-old Leonard Duke Vandal was originally arrested for drinking alcohol on a public street in Grand Forks. Authorities say Vandal uncooperative and threatened police when he was apprehended last month.
Vandal told police his name was Christopher James St. Claire and said he was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.
Criminal records checks through the U.S. Border Patrol discovered that Vandal had previous felony convictions for aggravated assault, aggravated robbery and kidnapping, and served prison time in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Vandal’s lawyer filed notice Wednesday that his client intends to change his plea to guilty.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – The Mandan City Commission has delayed action on an annexation plan to expand the city’s limits.
The city has proposed annexing 1,000 acres north of Mandan Middle School. But residents have submitted enough objections in a petition to halt the move.
Commissioners are slated to decide next month whether to ask the governor to assign a mediator, redraw annexation borders or drop the annexation entirely.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Barlow is the leading spring wheat variety in North Dakota with more than 1 million acres planted statewide.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, barlow accounts for 18 percent of 5.7 million acres of spring wheat planted in 2013.
Glenn ranks second with 10.1 percent, while SY Soren ranks third with 9.2 percent.
North Dakota continues to rank first in acres devoted to spring wheat planting in the United States. The state accounts for 46.3 percent of the nation’s 12.3 million acres plants.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An Oklahoma company is still cleaning up a massive saltwater spill that happened nearly eight years ago in northwestern North Dakota.
Authorities estimate a million gallons of saltwater leaked when an underground pipe broke near Alexander in January 2006. The briny water is a byproduct of oil production.
State water quality director Dennis Fewless says the Zenergy company has been working to clean up the spill but there is no end in sight.
Critics believe the state hasn’t gone far enough to ensure such catastrophic spills are avoided.
Willow City Republican Rep. Dick Anderson unsuccessfully pushed a bill this year to mandate flow meters and cutoff switches on saltwater pipelines. Anderson says it’s “hard to get a bill through that could impact oil production.”
WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) – The McLean County Commission has denied a company’s permit request seeking to turn a fly ash disposal site near Underwood into a landfill for oil field waste. Washburn resident Dennis Kost says he’s delighted with the 2-1 vote denying Great River Energy’s request. He says people are not interested in accepting negative aspects of oil development without seeing benefits.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson-based North Dakota National Guard company is helping to expand the useable space at Bismarck’s Fairview Cemetery. The 816th Engineer Company this week will use its heavy excavation equipment to level a hill as part of its annual training exercise. Soldiers are using scrapers, graders, skid steers and bulldozers to remove rocks, cut into the hill, and then level it off to make useable terrain.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Center for Technology & Business is receiving a $25,000 federal grant to provide training on modern business and technology tools in southwest North Dakota.
USDA Rural Development state director Jasper Schneider says the six-month program will focus on topics including blogging, mobile business applications, social media for business, mobile point of sales systems, understanding cloud storage and online reputation management.
In sports..
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The Minot Country Club has broken ground on a new golf course, about two years after the old facility was damaged by Souris River flooding. Country club president Doug Larson says the club didn’t have a deal on a piece of land for this course until last December. Officials broke ground on the course yesterday afternoon.
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP Jul 17, 2013) – Keith Olbermann is rejoining ESPN to host a late-night show.
Olbermann rose to prominence as a “SportsCenter” anchor from 1992-97 before one of several contentious departures that have marked his career.
The network said Wednesday that “Olbermann” will premiere Aug. 26. It will generally air at 11 p.m. ET Monday-Friday on ESPN2, depending on live event coverage on the channel. The show will include commentary, interviews, panel discussions and highlights.
In June this year Turner Sports announced that it is hiring Olbermann to host its baseball studio show for the postseason. He will team with Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley.
Olbermann was a postseason baseball studio host at both NBC and Fox more than a decade ago.
His last two politically oriented jobs ended poorly. Olbermann quit abruptly in January 2011 after eight years as a prime-time host at MSNBC, and his later tenure at Current TV lasted a year before he was taken off the air and responded with a lawsuit, settled out of court.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Miami Heat star LeBron James took home male athlete of the year honors at the ESPY Awards last night. James beat out Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and two others for the trophy. Peterson won two other awards, including NFL player of the year.
AA..
Fargo-Moorhead 8, Sioux Falls 7
College Basketball…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Guard Malik Smith will be able to play for Minnesota this season after coming from Florida International with coach Richard Pitino. The university announced yesterday that the NCAA approved a transfer waiver from Smith, who will be a senior. He averaged 14.7 points last season for FIU.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota will face Syracuse on November 25th in the Maui Invitational tournament. The Gophers beat the Orange 82-75 the last time the two teams met in 1990. Others in the eight-team tournament field are Arkansas, California, Chaminade, Baylor, Dayton and Gonzaga.
UNDATED (AP) – Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein (BEE’-lyn) isn’t going anywhere soon. Athletic director Dave Brandon has told The Associated Press that Beilein has signed a three-year extension that keeps him with the Wolverines through the 2018-19 season.
MLB…
NEW YORK (AP) – New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is eying a return to major league action as soon as next Monday. A-Rod is going to join Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday, likely the final stop in his rehabilitation from left hip surgery last January.
NBA…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles Lakers are bringing back a familiar face, free agent guard Jordan Farmar, who returns to the team that drafted him in 2006. Farmar, who’s been playing with a Turkish team in the Euroleague, helped the Lakers win back-to-back NBA titles during his previous four-year stint with the team.
Golf…
GULLANE, Scotland (AP)- It figures to be a wide-open British Open at Muirfield, which is hosting its 16th Open championship. Tiger Woods, a three-time Open champion who has gone five years without winning a major, arrived Sunday morning and has played nine holes a day in preparation for today’s opening round.
Tour…
CHORGES, France (AP) – Chris Froome edged Alberto Contador to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France in a rainy time trial. Froome’s third stage victory extended his overall lead to 4 minutes, 34 seconds.
In world and national news…
ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) – Secretary of State John Kerry encountered frustration and anger at a Syrian refugee camp he visited today in Jordan. He met with representatives who urged Kerry to do more to help and protect opponents of President Bashar Assad’s government. The refugees expressed frustration at perceived inaction on their behalf.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lower interest rates on Stafford student loans could be a step closer with the Senate voting, possibly as early as today on a bipartisan compromise. The interest rate had doubled July 1. The compromise could be a good deal for students through the 2015 academic year, but then interest rates are expected to climb as the economy gets better.
IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) – Nearly 3,000 firefighters and 25 aircraft have contained about 15 percent of a 30-square-mile wildfire in Southern California that prompted thousands of evacuations in and around the mountain community of Idyllwild. Populated areas became a danger zone when the wind shifted.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is trying to get his name changed more than a year after his adoptive father was convicted of child sexual abuse. Matt Sandusky filed papers in Centre County Court seeking to have the names of him and his family changed. Matt Sandusky had been expected to be a defense witness until the trial, when he told investigators that he also had been abused by Jerry Sandusky.
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) – A close vote is expected today when Dell shareholders decide whether to accept founder Michael Dell’s plan to take the slumping computer maker private. Michael Dell hopes he can engineer a turnaround away from Wall Street’s glare and quarterly reporting. There’s major opposition from activist investor Carl Icahn who says the deal is undervalued.
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