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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph, gusts to 30-mph.
.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
Wednesday Rainfall
Jamestown
Official 1.20 inches
CSi Weather Computer in Downtown Jamestown at Historic Franklin 1.33 inches.
Valley City 1.90 inches
Edgeley 1.17 inches
Carrington 1.50 inches
Several tornadoes were reported Wednesday afternoon, in Southeast North Dakota. No damage or injuries reported.
One about five miles west of Stirum, North Dakota shortly before 4 p.m. and another touchdown around 5 p.m. two miles north of Wahpeton. National Weather Service photo, tornado near Wahpeton.
There have now been four tornadoes in the region in less than a week. This past Saturday, two confirmed tornadoes were reported, one in Park Rapids, Minnesota, and another southeast of Lidgerwood, North Dakota.
Meanwhile, the Bismarck area saw 1.47 inches of rain Wednesday, a record for Oct. 13. The western part of the state saw near-blizzard conditions. Northern Golden Valley County saw as much as 8 inches of snow.
Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance for any information regarding a recent number of rural burglaries.
Sheriff Randy McClaflin says there have been several reports of abandoned and occupied farmsteads being burglarized throughout Barnes County. The suspects got into buildings and homes removing valuables.
Anyone seeing suspicious activity, have confronted an unwanted person on your property, or have captured an image or video of an unwanted person on a security camera, please contact the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office at 701-845-8530.
The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.
Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.COVID- 19 stats:
COVID-19 Stats
Wed. Oct. 13, 2021
10:30 -a.m.
Barnes
New Positives: 9
Total Positives: 1742
Active: 58
Recovered: 1222
Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 167
Stutsman
NEW DEATH +1
TOTAL DEATHS 83
New Positives: 15
Total Positives: 4237
Active: 77
Recovered: 4061
Central Valley Health District Regularly Scheduled Vaccination Clinics And Locations
The Schedule subject to changes depending if the listed vaccination clinic is full. Contact CVHD at 252-8130.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA
Event Time: 9:00am – 11:30am
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Vaccine Type: Influenza, COVID-19 – PFIZER booster vaccine
Event Time: 1:00pm – 5:30pm
Event Location: Buffalo Mall
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA
Event Time: 9:00am – 11:30am
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Pop-Up COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinics
Various Upcoming Dates
Event Information: These are pop-up community clinics with varying times/locations.
Event Location: Buffalo Mall and S&R Truck Plaza
Drive up clinics at the Buffalo mall are being held on Sundays and Mondays. The event takes place from 1 pm to 6 pm in the Buffalo Mall parking lot located at 2400 8th Ave SW in Jamestown. The clinics are open to anyone 12 years of age and older no appointment is needed you can preregister at https://www.ndvax.org.
For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.
More information on Buffalo Mall Vaccination Clinics. and S&R Truck Plaza Clinics, in Jamestown.
Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to 1-pm
Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.
Jamestown (City) Starting Monday, October 18, 2021; there will be a road closure on the Buffalo Scenic Road, for utility work. This closure will start at 17th St SW (near Jamestown Water Plant & Frontier Village) and ending at 12th Ave SE (near State Hospital & Farmer’s Union).
This closure is expected to last approximately two to three weeks or until finished.
Construction signing will be put in place.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and take alternate routes during this time, if possible.
Carrington (CSi) Dakota Growers Pasta in Carrington, has announced plans for $2 million in upgrades to the grain receiving and facility at the plant to improve efficiency.
Dakota Growers was originally started as a cooperative operation owned by regional farmers. The plant began operation in 1993. The cooperative sold the plant in 2014 and it has been operated by private corporations including 8th Avenue, the most recent.
Management of 8th Avenue Food and Provisions, parent company states: “We plan on developing about 6 acres with a grain probe, grading and scales.” Plant Superintendent Jason Jarret adds, “We want to improve efficiency so there is a shorter time on the site. On a busy day, we want to reduce time on site from one hour and 15 minutes to somewhere between 30 and 40 minutes. It can put us in a position to improve plant capacity to provide flour to a Virginia pasta plant that 8th Avenue just acquired.”
Jamestown (From the Community of Jamestown Facebook page)
The Anne Carlsen invites you to our Groundbreaking Ceremony for our new campus on October 19th, 2021
The program will begin at 4:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
The groundbreaking ceremony will be located at 2200 20th Street NW, Jamestown, ND 58410. Parking will be in the Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s eastern parking lot. If you cannot make the event, we will be live streaming.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for a North Dakota photography business that abruptly went out of business and left many wedding couples in limbo says the company is working to release photos and images, It’s unclear whether customers who paid in advance for uncompleted work will be refunded. Two state agencies are investigating the shutdown of Glasser Images last week and the business owner is facing several lawsuits. Fargo attorney Tim O’Keeffe said the photos and videos are being secured and “kept safely” on hard drives, but it’s a “logistical challenge” to get them to customers and it could take weeks. Glasser Images photographed weddings throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota and Colorado without charging for travel costs, according to the company website.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota oilfield executive has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges for misleading shareholders about his company’s value, in a scheme that eventually forced it to go bankrupt and led to more than $886 million in losses. Joseph Kostelecky, of Dickinson, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count each of wire fraud and securities fraud. The 60-year-old Kostelecky faces up to 40 years in prison when he’s sentenced Jan. 10. Kostelecky served as the highest ranking U.S. executive for Poseidon Concepts Corp., a fluid storage tank supplier based in Calgary, Alberta. Prosecutors say he made false and misleading claims about the company’s finances in order to inflate its stock price.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is asking supporters to sign a petition endorsing his plan to use some of the state’s bulging surpluses to offset income taxes. It’s being viewed by lawmakers as an end-run on a Legislature that has signaled no appetite for the idea. The second-term Republican governor recommended using a portion of the state’s hefty and better-than-forecast ending fund balance of $1.1 billion in the last two-year budget cycle to provide income tax relief to residents. GOP Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner says he hasn’t heard of a single lawmaker who supports the governor’s idea.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man is pleading not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a young girl eight years ago. The Bismarck Tribune reports that Paxton Heywood entered the pleas Tuesday from prison. He’s accused of sexually assaulting a girl in 2013 so many times that prosecutors can’t count them. Heywood’s attorney argues the case is what he calls “deeply speculative” because it relies on the memory of a child who was quite young at the time of the alleged assaults. A jury in May found Heywood guilty of sexually assaulting a different girl in a separate case. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
In sports..
Jamestown (UJ) The Jimmie Janes is holding this fundraiser drive that they call “Fight Like A Jimmie,” as they partner with an athletic team to raise money for breast cancer patients and the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
They are teaming up with the Jimmie football team, and have selected an alumni that will receive some funds from the t-shirt and bandana sales.
The public is asked to wear pink to the October 23 game against Briar Cliff at 1 PM at the Charlotte & Gordon Hansen Stadium. Jimmie Janes will be setup at the front of the stadium selling shirts and bandanas to raise money for their cause.
Shirts will cost $15 and bandanas will go for $5.
Wednesday
Volleyball…
VCSU def Concordia Moorhead 3-1 17-25,25-20,25-21,25-18
MOORHEAD, MINN. (VCSU) – The Valley City State volleyball team has now won five straight games with its four-set victory over Concordia Wednesday night, 17-25, 25-20, 25-21 and 25-18.
Katie Juarez paced the Vikings with an outstanding all-around performance, tallying a team-high 18 kills while adding 17 digs and three service aces for VCSU.
Valley City State improves to 10-13 overall this season and holds a 6-2 record in conference play. NCAA Div. III opponent Concordia College-Moorhead drops to 6-13 overall.
Sadie Hansen finished with a double-double after tallying 45 set assists and 10 digs, and Kallene Klever totaled a team-high 19 digs Wednesday.
Valley City State outside hitters again led the Viking attack effort as Katie Juarez (18) and Bailey Nelson (11) combined for 29 kills Wednesday. Freshman Ella Roaldson added 10 kills and senior Makayla Wetzel tallied nine kills without a single error for a .529 attack percentage.
Brooke Blessum added seven kills and six assisted blocks while Roaldson tallied four assisted blocks Wednesday.
The Cobbers started strong on their home court and won the first set 25-17. The Vikings then began to heat up in the second set, building a 23-16 advantage on an ace from Sadie Hansen. Concordia then scored four straight points but kills from Juarez and Roaldson finished the set for the Vikings, 25-20.
Valley City State built a comfortable lead at 19-12 in set three and brought up set point on a kill from Bailey Nelson at 24-19. The Cobbers scored on back-to-back kills before Nelson smashed a kill to take the set 25-21.
In the fourth set, the Vikings hit .542 for their best set of the night, tallying 15 kills and committing just two errors in 24 swings. VCSU took a 10-2 rally midway through the set en route to a 25-18 victory.
Concordia’s Chloe Markovic led all players with 21 digs Wednesday. Hannah Keil totaled a team-high 11 kills while Anna Brakke added eight kills and five service aces for the Cobbers.
Kenzie Urbanec totaled 22 set assists and Mariah Iwen finished with 17.
UP NEXT: Valley City State hosts No. 1 University of Jamestown for a non-conference match on Monday, Oct. 18. First serve is at 7 p.m. in Graichen Gym.
Wednesday Men’s Soccer
Yankton, SD
Mount Marty 2 Jamestown 1
YANKTON, S.D. (UJ) — The University of Jamestown men’s soccer team lost its second straight match Wednesday, falling 2-1 against Mount Marty University.
The Jimmies, now 5-6-2 overall and 3-4-1 in the GPAC, finish the road portion of their schedule Saturday with a non-conference match at No. 10 Bellevue (Neb.) University.
David Provencher took a pass from Jose Garcia in the third minute and put the ball in the back of the net, giving the Lancers the early 1-0 lead. Garcia made it 2-0 in the 34th minute with an assist by Jason Chavez, and the score remained 2-0 going into halftime.
Alex Aco-Hernadez, Frankie Parkinson (FR/Bournemouth, England), and Aaron Pike (SR/Milton Keynes, England) all had shots on goal in the first ten minutes of the second half but were denied by Lancer keeper Jose Quinonez.
Joel Hyland (FR/Manchester, England) got the Jimmies on the board with an 86th-minute goal, then had another attempt on goal saved by Quinonez in the 89th minute. Eric Fairtlough (SR/Varese, Italy) had the last chance for an equalizer, but his shot went high over the crossbar.
Shots on goal were 8-7 in favor of Mount Marty. Alex Hamer (SR/Solihull, England) had five saves for Jamestown.
YANKTON, S.D. (UJ) — Kamryn Fiscus (JR/Yakima, Wash.) scored twice while Cassandra Diaz (JR/Montebello, Calif.) and Chloe Andrews (FR/Selah, Wash.) also had goals as the 25th-ranked University of Jamestown women’s soccer team defeated Mount Marty University 4-0.
Fiscus scored in the eighth minute on a pass from Diaz for a 1-0 Jimmie lead. Despite outshooting Mount Marty 10-2 and not allowing a shot on target, UJ held a 1-0 lead at halftime.
In the 50th minute, Fiscus doubled Jamestown’s lead, and Diaz made it 3-0 in the 66th minute. Andrews added a 76th minute goal to round out the scoring.
Alex Nowka (JR/Anchorage, Alaska) faced just one shot on target, which came in the 54th minute. The Jimmies outshot the Lancers 19-4 and had a 13-1 advantage in shots on goal.
The win boosts UJ’s record to 13-0 and 8-0 in the GPAC. The Jimmies return to action next Wednesday hosting Dordt (Iowa) University at 5 p.m.
NHL…
TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander (NEE’-lan-dur) broke a tie at 1:06 of the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 Wednesday night in the opener for both teams.
Toronto won in front of over 18,000 masked and fully vaccinated fans in Scotiabank Arena’s first regular-season crowd since March 10, 2020. Jack Campbell made 31 saves for Toronto, allowing only Jonathan Drouin’s first-period goal.
Pierre Engvall ENG’-vahl tied it on a power play midway through the second. Toronto star Auston Matthews, the NHL leader with 41 goals in 52 games last season, sat out because of a wrist injury that hasn’t fully healed from surgery.
In other ice action:
— Bowen Byram scored his first NHL goal and added an assist to lead the short-handed Colorado Avalanche to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Nazem Kadri and Gabriel Landeskog each had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which played without star center Nathan MacKinnon and head coach Jared Bednar. Both are in the COVID-19 protocol and away from the team.
— Kyle Turris scored the shootout winner and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. Jesse Puljujarvi and Zach Hyman scored in regulation for the Oilers, who squandered a late lead. Edmonton also got a pair of assists from Connor McDavid. Mike Smith finished with 36 saves. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Quinn Hughes scored for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko made 32 saves.
— Mason McTavish became the youngest player in Anaheim history to score a goal as the Ducks opened the season with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. The 18-year-old McTavish — the third overall pick in this year’s NHL draft — put in a loose puck 13:20 into the first period to give Anaheim a 2-0 lead. Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck made a pad save on a shot by Isac Lundestrom, but McTavish gathered in the rebound. Adam Henrique, Kevin Shattenkirk and Rickard Rakell also scored for Anaheim.
— The Washington Capitals made a season-opening 5-1 victory against the division-rival New York Rangers memorable Wednesday night for Alex Ovechkin’s 731st and 732nd goals and Hendrix Lapierre’s first. Ovechkin scored twice to pass Marcel Dionne for sole possession of fifth place on the NHL goals list, putting him a couple of steps closer to Wayne Gretzky’s record that had long seemed unbreakable. Ovechkin, one game into a new five-year contract to chase the mark, needs 163 goals to pass Gretzky.
NHL-NEWS
Predators sign Ekholm to 4-year, $25 million deal
UNDATED (AP) — The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Mattias Ekholm to a four-year, $25 million extension, keeping him under contract through the 2025-26 season.
The team announced the contract Wednesday at a news conference. General manager David Poile says they couldn’t be happier to get this deal done before the season opener Thursday night against Seattle.
Ekholm was drafted by Nashville in 2009. He has played his entire career in Nashville.
In other NHL news:
— The New York Islanders will start the season with 13 straight road games. That’s the second-longest road trip in NHL history and the longest to start a season. The NHL drew up the plan while construction of the team’s new home at UBS Arena is completed. Playing a few more games at Nassau Coliseum was not an option, so instead the Islanders will crisscross the country. New York will play its first home game on Nov. 20 against Calgary, more than five weeks into the season.
— The Toronto Maple Leafs sported TikTok decals on their helmets for the season opener against the Montreal Canadiens. The social media platform’s logo to appear on players’ helmets throughout the season. The NHL added helmet advertisements last season and the board of governors has unanimously approved sponsor patches on jerseys beginning next season.
NFL-NEWS
Undefeated Cardinals down at least 2 starters vs. Browns
UNDATED (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals will be without two starters and probably a third as they try to stay unbeaten in a road game Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.
Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury has confirmed that tight end Maxx Williams is out for the season because of a right knee injury he suffered last week in the team’s 17-10 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. He also said three-time Pro Bowl center Rodney Hudson will miss the game in Cleveland with an injury to his ribs while linebacker Chandler Jones is doubtful after testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, NFL sacks leader Myles Garrett and star running back Nick Chubb are two of several key Browns players not practicing because of injuries. Garrett, who has seven sacks and been dominant all season, is dealing with knee and ankle issues. The 2020 All-Pro defensive end sat out two practices last week but played in Sunday’s 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
In other NFL news:
— The Kansas City Chiefs practiced without five key starters including wide receiver Tyreek Hill and pass rusher Chris Jones. Hill was out with a bruised quad that he sustained in Sunday night’s loss to the Bills, when the Chiefs also lost running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to a sprained knee ligament. Jones continues to deal with a lingering wrist injury. Also out Wednesday were linebacker Anthony Hitchens, defensive back Charvarius Ward and guard Joe Thuney.
— Daniel Jones has made some progress since suffering a concussion last weekend and there’s a chance the Giants quarterback will play against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. Coach Joe Judge said Wednesday that Jones remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol. It is unlikely he’ll practice Thursday since the next step in the protocol would be either increased physical activity followed by a non-contact practice.
— Panthers coach Matt Rhule said running back Christian McCaffrey is 50-50 for Carolina’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. McCaffrey has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury. Rhule thinks the decision will come right up until the game.
— Indianapolis Colts receiver T.Y. Hilton was back on the practice field for Wednesday’s light workout. If all goes well over the next few days, he might be playing Sunday against Houston. The four-time Pro Bowler has been designated for return from injured reserve after having neck surgery in August and coach Frank Reich is optimistic Hilton will be cleared to play this weekend.
— It has not been a good start to the week for the Los Angeles Chargers offensive line. The Chargers found out on Monday that right guard Oday Aboushi would miss the rest of the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee during Sunday’s 47-42 win over Cleveland. On Wednesday, the team announced that right tackle Bryan Bulaga will miss more time after having core muscle surgery. Michael Schofield stepped in after Aboushi was injured and will remain the starter. With Storm Norton filling in at right tackle, center Corey Linsley said that he expects everyone to continue to step up.
— Houston Texans quarterback Tyrod Taylor won’t come off injured reserve this week, and left tackle Laremy Tunsil will have thumb surgery and is expected to be out at least a month. Taylor injured his hamstring Sept. 19 against the Browns and was placed on injured reserve the following week. He is eligible to return this week, but coach David Culley said he still needs more time. Tunsil injured his left thumb in a loss to the Patriots on Sunday.
— The Tennessee Titans have brought back linebacker Avery Williamson, signing the veteran off Denver’s practice squad. Williamson was a fifth-round draft pick by the Titans in 2014 out of Kentucky. He spent his first four seasons with Tennessee before signing a three-year deal in 2018 with the New York Jets. Williamson missed the 2019 season with a torn ACL and was traded to Pittsburgh during last season. The Titans also announced that safety Amani Hooker has been cleared to return to practice even as he remains on injured reserve.
— Cornerback Tre Flowers has been released by the Seattle Seahawks as they struggle to find the right combination at the position. Flowers started the first three games but was benched in favor of Sidney Jones after Minnesota dissected Seattle’s secondary in Week 3. Coach Pete Carroll raved about Flowers’ performance in earning the starting job during training camp but didn’t have many answers on why his standing changed so quickly. The entire cornerback situation remains unsettled five weeks into the regular season.
— Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell says center Frank Ragnow feels guilty about having season-ending toe surgery. Campbell said that the surgery went well, and that Ragnow does not need to feel bad about doing the right thing for his long-term future. Ragnow was hurt earlier this month at Chicago and went on injured reserve last week.
NBA-76ERS-SIMMONS
Simmons drama drags on for 76ers
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Ben Simmons has reported to the Philadelphia 76ers but the disgruntled All-Star guard still may not play for the franchise.
Coach Doc Rivers says he doesn’t know if Simmons has backed off his trade demand. Rivers said Simmons was scheduled to return to the practice facility late Wednesday for an individual workout and that he won’t practice with the team until he clears NBA health and safety protocols.
Rivers said he hasn’t ruled out Simmons traveling with the team to Detroit for their last preseason game Friday.
Elsewhere around the NBA:
— The New Orleans Pelicans exercised options on four former first-round draft choices including star forward Zion Williamson and also added undrafted rookie guard John Petty Jr. to their roster. The Pelicans picked up fourth-year options on 2019 first-round draft choices Williamson, center Jaxson Hayes and guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker, keeping them under contract through next season. New Orleans also exercised a third-year option on 2020 top draft choice Kira Lewis Jr., keeping him under contract through the 2022-23 season as well. The signing of Petty gives the Pelicans three ex-Alabama players including Lewis and 2021 second-round pick Herbert Jones.
— The Western Conference has the best regular season team from last year in Utah. The West champion Phoenix Suns are primed for another run. But the team to catch might be the Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron James and Anthony Davis now have tons of proven players alongside them like Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook. James says he knows a popular narrative is that the Lakers are too old to win. He says he’s looking forward to disproving that.
TENNIS-INDIAN WELLS
Dimitrov downs top-seeded Medvedev in 3 sets at Indian Wells
INDIA N WELLS, Calif.(AP) — Grigor Dimitrov beat top-seeded Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open, extending the parade of upsets that has knocked out several top players. Medvedev’s defeat left the combined ATP and WTA tournament without its top two men’s and women’s seeds.
Karolina Pliskova lost in the third round as did No. 2 Iga Swiatek.
Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka beat American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-2.
WNBA FINALS
Mercury even WNBA Finals with 91-86 overtime win over Sky
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner dunked while scoring 29 points, Diana Taurasi had eight of her 20 points in overtime and Phoenix Mercury evened the WNBA Finals with a 91-86 win over the Chicago Sky.
Griner kept the Mercury within reach of Chicago during a sluggish start and brought the Phoenix Suns players sitting courtside to their feet with her second career playoff dunk in the first quarter. She scored on a turnaround jump to help give Phoenix a late four-point lead in regulation, but just missed blocking Courtney Vandersloot’s tying layup with 4.4 seconds left.
Taurasi opened overtime with a four-point play and added a 3-pointer that put Phoenix up 89-86 with 1:24 left. Skylar Diggins-Smith, who had 13 points and 12 assists, sealed it on a layup with 12.8 seconds left.
GOLF-AUSTRALIA-TOURNEMENTS CANCELED
Golf Australia cancels men’s and women’s Opens amid pandemic
SYDNEY (AP) — The men’s Australian Open golf tournament and Australian Women’s Open scheduled for next year have been canceled because of COVID-19-related travel and quarantine restrictions. Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland says “we believe it to be the right outcome under the current circumstances.”
The men’s Australian Open was originally scheduled for next month at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney but had already been re-scheduled for a date in early 2022.
ESPN-WILD-CARD WEEKEND
ESPN secures rights to Monday night wild-card game
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN has signed a five-year agreement with the NFL to broadcast the Monday night game during the first weekend of the playoffs, beginning this season. The announcement was made by ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro at the CAA World Congress of Sport.
The NFL announced last month that it was moving the Saturday early afternoon game on wild-card weekend to Monday night.
OBIT-RAY FOSSE
Ray Fosse, barreled by Rose at ’70 All-Star Game, dies at 74
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ray Fosse, the strong-armed catcher whose career was upended when he was bowled over by Pete Rose at the 1970 All-Star Game, has died. He was 74. Carol Fosse, his wife of 51 years, said in a statement online that Fosse died Wednesday after a 16-year bout with cancer.
Fosse was a budding talent for Cleveland when he made his first All-Star team as a 23-year-old in 1970, the same year he hit .307 with a career-high 18 homers and won the first of two Gold Gloves.
Rose barreled over him to score the winning run in the 12th inning of the exhibition at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium.
Fosse fractured and separated his left shoulder, and he told The Associated Press in 2015 his body still ached 45 years later.
In world and national news….
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — United Airlines employees who are suing the airline over its vaccine mandate will get more time to make their case. A federal judge in Texas ordered United not to place unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave if they are seeking a medical or religious exemption from mandatory vaccination against COVID-19. The judge said he was acting because United promise not to act against the unvaccinated employees will expire before he can issue a ruling in the case.
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly higher, with European benchmarks tracking gains in Asia. Stocks rose Thursday in Paris, London and Tokyo, while Shanghai shares were little changed after the release of data showing producer price inflation at a record high 10.7% in September, mainly due to surging coal prices. Singapore’s Monetary Authority tightened its policy, citing price pressures. Concerns about inflation and how price pressures might affect central bank policy, consumer spending and corporate profits remain a key focus for investors. Economists have been trimming economic growth estimates in response. Oil prices resumed their upward push, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury was steady at 1.54%.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese authorities say that a building fire in southern Taiwan that blazed out of control for hours overnight has killed at least 46 people. Officials said Thursday that at least 41 people were also injured in the fire that engulfed the 13-story building in the major southern city of Kaohsiung. A fire department statement described the fire, which started about 3 a.m., as “extremely fierce” and said several floors had been destroyed. The death toll rose steadily during the day as rescue workers searched the combined commercial and residential building. The building’s age and piles of debris complicated search and rescue efforts, local media said quoting officials.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Disaster response officials in the Philippines say that a tropical storm has left at least 19 people dead. Authorities say they are still investigating a further 11 deaths that may have been caused by the tropical storm Kompasu, which triggered landslides and flash floods as it barreled over the northern tip of the Asia-Pacific islands on Monday. Another 14 people have been reported missing in the Philippines. Kompasu also left one person dead in Hong Kong as it reached typhoon strength while crossing open sea south of the Chinese city on Wednesday.
BANGKOK (AP) — After sending a record number of military aircraft to harass Taiwan over China’s National Day holiday, Beijing has toned down the saber rattling but tensions remain high, with the rhetoric and reasoning behind the exercises unchanged. Experts agree a direct conflict is unlikely at the moment, but also that the future of self-ruled Taiwan is increasingly becoming a powder keg where a mishap or miscalculation could lead to confrontation while Chinese and American ambitions are at odds. China seeks to return the strategically and symbolically important island and the U.S. sees Taiwan in the context of broader challenges from China. Leader Xi Jinping on the weekend again emphasized reunification of the nation must and will be realized.
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dissolved the lower house of parliament for Japan’s first elections of the pandemic. At stake Oct. 31 will be how Japan faces a potential coronavirus resurgence and revives its battered economy, and if or how Kishida’s government can leave the shadow of nearly nine years of Abe-Suga rule. Campaigning begins Tuesday. Kishida said he is seeking a mandate after being elected by parliament only 10 days ago. The ruling coalition won about two-thirds of the chamber in the last election, but his party’s support has been battered by a perceived high-handed approach to the pandemic. Japanese opposition parties see the election as a way to change politics.
KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — Police say a Danish man suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small Norwegian town that killed five people and wounded two others is a Muslim convert who was previously flagged as having been radicalized. Police chief Ole B. Saeverud told a news conference that the motive for the attack has not yet been determined, however. The man is suspected of having shot at people in a number of locations in the town of Kongsberg on Wednesday evening. The dead were four women and one man. The community of some 26,000 inhabitants, is about 66 kilometers (41 miles) southwest of Oslo.
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