wbAM5CSi Weather…

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.  HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH
WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 90S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.

 

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING…AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

JAMESTOWN, ND, (August 21, 2013) – Jamestown College has changed its name to University of Jamestown to better reflect the breadth of its educational offerings at all levels – bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral, and to recognize significant growth and change in its 130-year history.

President Robert S. Badal, says, “As a private institution known for integrating the liberal arts and the professions, Jamestown is growing and adapting to the new higher education marketplace.”

With a master’s degree in education now offered fully online, an online RN to BSN program for nurses, as well as the school’s first doctoral program (which is also the first program not based in Jamestown), university status comes at a time when enrollment this fall is expected to be at a five-year high with a 19 percent increase in freshmen over last year and a 6.7 percent increase in overall headcount.

The change to University of Jamestown also reflects continued outreach with partners in Africa, China, South Korea and Vietnam, as well as the goal of increasing international student enrollment by five percent.

Dr. Badal says, “Internationally, the term ‘college’ is often associated with secondary level education. By adopting the university name, we are opening doors that will support our enrollment goals.”

The Board of Trustees voted on the name change this spring after gathering input from stakeholders.

Polly Peterson, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, says, “In anticipation of this decision, we reached out to countless alumni and friends through phone conversations, surveys and personal visits. Alumni expressed commitment to the success of our great institution and shared deep pride in the direction we have taken in the past 10 years. They are excited about the future of their school, and, knowing that all that makes Jamestown great is only reinforced through this decision, they are strongly supportive of our move to University status.”

Considerable investment in the campus and technology has been made in recent years, including the McKenna Thielsch laboratory building for science and nursing. Over the past 10 years, more than $24 million has been invested in campus construction and technology projects.

In addition, to the logo change, the web site URL domain and E-Mail address will eventually be changed. Once the new URL domain and E-Mail address are established, there will be a 6-12 month transition period, during which time the address now used will be re-directed.

About the University of Jamestown

Established as Jamestown College in 1883, the University of Jamestown is a private, liberal arts university granting bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of science in nursing degrees as well as master’s degrees in education and a Fargo-based doctor of physical therapy. The University of Jamestown offers more than 40 areas of study. With the Jamestown Journey to Success, emphasis is placed not only on preparing students academically in their chosen areas of study, but also on preparing students through an experience that is student-centered and integrates the liberal arts with sound professional programs.

Effective July 31, 2013, University of Jamestown PT Program has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314; phone: 703-706-3245; email:

accreditation@apta.org). Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates that the program may matriculate students in technical/professional courses and that the program is progressing toward accreditation. Candidate for Accreditation is not an accreditation status nor does it assure eventual accreditation.

Jamestown, ND (Aug 21, 2013) Officials with Interstate Engineering inform motorists that that starting Wednesday afternoon, (Aug. 21, 2013) a segment of 37th Street SE, in front of Country Acres Vet Clinic, is closed to traffic so crews can install a water main. During this time, 37th Street SE will be closed from 8th Ave SW to Highway 281.

The closure is expected to last through the rest of the week. People will be able to access Country Acres Vet Clinic from the west, via 8th Ave SW.

For more information, contact Travis Dillman with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 22,2013) — The Jamestown area Head Start program part of Community Action, has reduced by 17, the number of spots for children due to federal budget cuts.

The Head Start programs nationwide have been affected.

Community Action Partnership serves nine counties in the area.

The staff will have reduced hours, as a classroom in Jamestown and one in Valley City have been switched from full-day sessions to half days.

Bus transportation for the program has also been cut in half.

The Community Action Partnership office in Jamestown serves Barnes, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman and Wells counties.

Community Action Partnership of North Dakota has offices that provide similar services across the state in Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, Grand Forks, Fargo, Bismarck and Dickinson.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 21, 2013)  –  Word has been received of the passing of former Jamestown City Fire Chief, Bert Gray.  Bert passed away on Wednesday afternoon in Fargo, after an extended illness.

Bert retired as City Fire Chief on June 24, 2008, following many years of dedicated Service.

He served the community in many other ways, including Chairman of the Jamestown Salvation Army Advisory Board.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist says, “Bert had been a member of the LEPC since its first meeting on November 18, 1987 when the committee was first known as the SARA (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization) Committee.  In November, 1990 the committee was renamed the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).
Bert was the third Chairman of the LEPC and was elected to the position on
March 25, 1992.”

Bert formed a local band “Smokehouse,” entertaining in the area for a number of years.

Funeral arrangements for Bert Gray will be posted at CSiNewsNow.com when it becomes available.

 

 Update…

Oakes, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 22, 2013) — The Fargo man who fled from the scene of a two-vehicle accident and into a corn field in Northern Dickey County on Wednesday morning was found and taken into custody in Oakes, on Thursday morning.

He was picked up at the Travel Inn Motel in Oakes, after receiving a tip that he had registered their under an alias.

Ekstom was arrested without incident shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday.

He was taken by ambulance to the Oakes Community Hospital for treatment of injuries.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says he will be charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, and additional charges are likely.

On Wednesday the North Dakota Highway Patrol reported, a crash about six miles north of Oakes,  Wednesday totaled two cars and resulted in authorities searching for a man in a cornfield.

The  Highway Patrol said 26 year old Kyle Severance,  of Dickey, was driving a 2000 Ford F250 northbound on North Dakota Highway 1 at about 11:18 a.m. when a 2003 Ford F250 failed to yield at the stop intersection on 81st Street Southeast.

The second pickup, driven by 37 year old Gabriel Ekstrom,  of Fargo, struck the passenger side of Severance’s pickup, as both vehicles  entered the east ditch of Highway 1 and came to rest upright.

Severance and the two passengers in Ekstrom’s car, 33 yearold Nathaniel Nash,  of Fargo, and 24 year old Jose Montero,  of West Fargo,  received  non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Oakes Hospital.

Both cars were totaled.

Ekstrom fled on foot from the crash scene into a 300 plus acre cornfield. An extensive search was conducted to locate Ekstrom, including a K-9 Unit, but he was not found.

About an hour after the initial search ended, Ekstrom was spotted more than one mile from the crash scene fleeing into another cornfield.   Another search was conducted, and Ekstrom was not located.

Dickey County Sheriff’s Office, Oakes Police Department, Sargent County Sheriff’s Office, Oakes Fire Department and Ransom County Sheriff’s Office were also on scene.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Two Grand Forks men were seriously injured when their mosquito control vehicle struck a train.

Police say the vehicle was hit Wednesday morning when it apparently didn’t yield to the freight train hauling crushed rock or similar materials.

) 28-year-old Kyle Johnson, the driver, was in critical condition and 22-year-old Jonathan Bartel was in serious condition at Altru Hospital.

Both men work for the Grand Forks Public Health Department’s Mosquito Control Program, which is operated by Grand Forks Public Health.

The train operator was not injured.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state medical examiners board has reinstated a Fargo surgeon’s license after he was acquitted last year on charges he drugged and raped his wife. Doctor Jon Norberg can only practice on a conditional basis at a board-approved facility and under the scrutiny of a mentor.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have filed a felony child abuse charge against a Bismarck woman whose mobile home they say was covered in animal feces.

Police officer Nicolas Prigge wrote in an affidavit that he was unable to stay for long periods of time in the home of 40-year-old Tammy Kluksdahl because he became sick from the smell.

Prigge went to the home after the boyfriend of Kluksdahl’s 17-year-old daughter alerted police. The officer says there were two dogs, at least four cats and what appeared to be guinea pig cages in the home.

Prigge says Kluksdahl told him her daughter was the one who brought the animals into the home.

Court documents do not list an attorney for Kluksdahl, and a home telephone number could not immediately be found.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank has contributed $3 million to a North Dakota fund aimed at building affordable housing, primarily in the state’s booming oil patch.

The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency’s low-income housing development program gives individual and business donors a dollar-for-dollar tax credit, and they can designate their contributions for specific projects. The Legislature this year approved general fund spending of $20 million and $15.4 million in state income tax credits to subsidize construction of low-income dwellings.

Officials say the program’s goal is to build at least 1,000 low-income units in North Dakota over the next two years.

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A North Dakota State University student from Minnesota has been crowned the 60th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. MarJenna McWilliam was crowned last night at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. She’ll serve as the official goodwill ambassador for nearly 4,000 Minnesota dairy farmers for the next year.

 

In sports…

Jamestown, ND  (KCSi- T.V. Sports)  — University of Jamestown Athletic Director Lawrie Paulson says no major changes will come to the athletic program with the recent name change.

He says, virtually all uniforms and apparel ordered has only had Jamestown or Jimmies on it.

One of the uniforms for the volleyball team, which still has Jamestown College on it

Signs around campus, and at a few of the sporting venues, will need to be changed.

Funding for the changes has been set aside.

The athletic department has also contacted the North Star Athletic Conference, the NAIA and their future opponents regarding the change.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Officials are shaking up the course for the Fargo Marathon’s 10th anniversary next year.

The marathon has started and finished at the Fargodome the last eight years. Next year, it will start on the Veterans Memorial Bridge, where the inaugural event started in 2005, and finish on Broadway near the Fargo Theatre.

Marathon Executive Director Mark Knutson says  officials decided to return the race to its downtown roots to do something different for the anniversary.

The Fargo Marathon has grown from 2,600 runners in 2005 to more than 24,000 last year competing in different races over a three-day period. Next year’s event is scheduled May 8-10

 

BURLINGTON, N.D. (AP) – Officials rebuilding a sports complex in Burlington that was wiped out by historic Souris River flooding two years ago have received a big financial boost.

The DeSour Valley Development Corp. has donated $100,000 to the Burlington Recreation Commission. Officials say it’s enough to finish work restoring the concession stand, bathrooms and two baseball and softball fields at the Burlington Sports Complex.

Officials expect to plant grass in the coming weeks. A foundation already has been poured for the new concession building. Earlier donations provided money for playground equipment and chain-link fencing.

Officials expect about 700 youth to use the sports complex when it reopens next spring.

 

AA…

Sioux Falls 7, Fargo-Moorhead 6

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final          Boston                  12    San  Francisco      1

AMERICAN  LEAGUE

DETROIT (AP) – Torii Hunter scored from second base on a passed ball to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 last night. Drew Smyly struck out two in a perfect inning in relief of Anibal Sanchez. The Twins let Detroit score four runs with two outs in the seventh.

 

Final          N-Y  Yankees          4    Toronto                  2

NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Yankees’ Ichiro Suzuki (EE’-cheer-oh soo-ZOO’-kee) has collected his 4,000th career hit between Japan and the major leagues. The 39-year-old Suzuki has 2,722 hits in a 13-year major league career and amassed 1,278 hits in nine seasons with Orix of Japan’s Pacific League.
Final          Seattle                  5    Oakland                  3
Final          Cleveland              3    L.A.  Angels          1
Final          Baltimore              4    Tampa  Bay              2
Final          Texas                      5    Houston                  4
Final          Chi  White  Sox      5    Kansas  City          2

NATIONAL  LEAGUE

Final          Atlanta                  4    N-Y  Mets                1,  10  Innings

Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward sustained two jaw fractures when he was hit by a pitch from New York’s Jonathon Niese (neese) in the sixth inning, and most likely is out until the playoffs. MLB.com reported Heyward would be put on the disabled list and is likely out four-to-six weeks.
Final          St.  Louis              8    Milwaukee              6
Final          San  Diego              2    Pittsburgh            1
Final          Philadelphia        4    Colorado                3
Final          Cincinnati          10    Arizona                  7
Final          L.A.  Dodgers        4    Miami                      1
Final          Washington          11    Chi  Cubs                6
PGA…

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP)- The four-week playoff culminating with the PGA Tour championship begins today with the Barclays Championship outside New York City. The top 125 money winners on the PGA Tour are eligible for this event including Tiger Woods, who is gunning for his 80th PGA tour victory.
TENNIS…
NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. Tennis Association says 2006 champion Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH’-vah) is withdrawing from the U.S. Open because of a right shoulder injury. Sharapova, who was seeded third at the Open, has played only one match on tour since her second-round loss at Wimbledon in June.

 

NBA-PLAYERS UNION…

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul has been elected president of the NBA players’ association. The vote came six months after the players fired Billy Hunter as executive director.

Hunter countered with a wrongful-termination lawsuit in May, accusing Derek Fisher, the former union president, of conspiring with league officials during the 2011 lockout.

Also Wednesday, Roger Mason Jr. was elected first vice president, and Anthony Tolliver and Steve Blake were elected vice presidents.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is unveiling a sweeping new plan today to rate colleges based on affordability. The president sets off on a two-day bus tour, visiting high schools and colleges in New York and Pennsylvania. And this morning he stops by the University of Buffalo. Obama wants the ratings system to be implemented before the 2015 school year, and to be linked to federal financial aid.
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s deposed long-time president Hosni Mubarak could move from prison to house arrest today, as he awaits a retrial on charges stemming from the death of hundreds of protesters pushing for his ouster in 2011. Mubarak supporters have claimed the 85-year-old has had a stroke, a heart attack and has slipped into a coma at times. Critics say Mubarak just wants to gain sympathy.

VIENNA (AP) – A U.S. institute tracking Iran’s nuclear program says recent satellite images show major changes to a military site the U.N. has long tried to access to follow up suspicions that Tehran may have used it in possible attempts to develop atomic weapons. Experts of the U.N. nuclear watchdog organization met Iranian negotiators 10 times over 18 months in sessions ending earlier this year in futile attempts to gain access to the Parchin site.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – Deliberations could start today in the military of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who’s charged with the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others. Although Hasan has represented himself throughout the Texas trial, he’s entering only one piece of evidence: an evaluation from his boss saying he was a good soldier.

NEW YORK (AP) – A New York City taxi driver who plowed into a woman seriously injuring her says he needs “a more suitable job.” Mohammed Faysal Himon tells the New York Post that driving a cab in New York is just too stressful. Himon says Tuesday’s accident happened after he sped up to get around a bicyclist who he says pounded on his car and yelled at him. The woman lost a leg in the accident. The Post says authorities are taking steps to suspend Himon’s license.