wbPM3CSi Weather…

…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY  SEPT 21, 2013…INCLUDING THE JAMESTOWN AREA…
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST
 ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. 
 
TEMPERATURE…33 TO 37 DEGREES.
 
  
 A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED,  ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR RIVERS AND  CREEKS. 
 

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF FROST LATE IN THE NIGHT.
COLDER. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. PATCHY FROST IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA AND A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.MONDAY…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS
AROUND 60.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Buffalo City Tourism Foundation Executive Advisory Board, Friday (Sept 20,2013), meeting at the CSi Technology Center, at Historic Franklin School, approved a $15,000 grant request from the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department for the addition of a press box to the recently improved fast-pitch softball diamond number 11, at McElroy Park.

Spokesperson Joan Morris who helped initiate the project, said Parks and Recreation asked for the dollars so that a base of additional funds would be established to ask for matching dollars. The total cost of the press box is estimated at $25,000 to $30,000.

The press box to be located behind home plate is addition to recent improvements to diamond 11, which has included a scoreboard, new dugouts, and fences. Handicapped accessible seating is also be looked at.

The BCTF grant was approved unanimously, as the foundation board heard from Ms. Morris about increasing tourism dollars, with additional fast patch softball tournaments with teams from around the state using the facility and bringing more tourism dollars to Jamestown.

She added that other entities that have contributed to the project included the University of Jamestown, Jamestown High School, Parks and Recreation, and private donations amounting to $70,000 which has increased to $90,000, with the addition of private pledges and about $10,000 in “in-kind” donations.

Also at the meeting, former Jamestown Mayor Clarice Liechty outlined a proposal to construct a road to connect and develop into one area, the tourism sites of the Frontier Village, the National Buffalo Museum, the McElroy Park softball diamonds, and Pepper’s Dog Park, by means of a connecting road.

Also giving a presentation at the meeting was Fred Walker, of North Dakota Tourism, who since joining the department, following his tenure at the former Jamestown Convention and Visitors Bureau, has traveled about 500,000 miles, since 2003, promoting North Dakota internationally.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The James Valley Street Machines, and Don Wilhelm invited the community to attend the 3rd Annual Car and Bike Show, Saturday September 21, 2013, at the dealership on Business Loop West in Jamestown.

On Friday’s, (Sept 20, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the club’s President Steve “Skovy” Jaskoviak said the show will have cars and motorcycles on display in the front lots of Wilhelm’s from 10-a.m. to 2-p.m.

There will be awards given out to those participating in various categories.

The Jamestown Gymnastics Club will benefit from votes, and from their sale of hamburgers, hot dogs, and beverages.

Also at the show will be equipment from the Jamestown Fire Department, the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, along with the RealTruck.com Storm Vehicle and a surprise vehicle.

Also on hand will be Stutsman Harley Davidson with items for sale, and Jamestown Drag Racing Association will have a display, and there will be inflatable games.

James River Street Machines Vice President, Tom Ravely said there will also be D.J music during the show, and there is free admission to the show.

Pre-register by call Jaskoviak at Don Wilhelm, or register the day of the event.

He said there area about 100 cars expected and about 100 motorcycles.

Also a replica train owned by the late Jim Carlascio and most recently on display at Bonanzaville will be at the show.

In local sports…

JHS Blue Jays, Boys Tennis schedulde in Dickinson tomorrow, Saturday, September 21, 2013t has been postponed, rescheduled for Monday, September 23rd in Jamestown @ 5:00 PM.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Jurors in Fargo deliberating the fate of a man accused of killing two children on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation have gone home for the weekend without reaching a verdict.
 
     Twenty-year-old Valentino “Tino” Bagola is charged with murder for the May 2011 slayings of 9-year-old Destiny Jane Shaw-Dubois and her 6-year-old brother, Travis Lee DuBois Jr. in St. Michael.
 
     Authorities allege that Bagola stabbed the children to death after he sexually assaulted the girl, and that he did so because he was angry at their father but couldn’t find him.
 
     The defense alleges that the children’s father killed them. He denies the claim.
 
     U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon tells The Associated Press jurors will resume deliberations Monday at 9 a.m.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s 2014 Teacher of the Year is a West Fargo High School English teacher.
 
     Aaron Knodel received the honor Friday at a ceremony in the high school gymnasium attended by Gov. Jack Dalymple and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler.
 
Knodel has been praised for his ability to teach children who are exceptional, as well as those who have special needs.
 
     He was named the West Fargo School District’s 2013-14 Teacher of the Year in February.
 
     His name will now be forwarded to the national Teacher of the Year competition.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group of parents who want to mandate that North Dakota schools start classes after Labor Day can begin collecting signatures to try to bring their proposal to a public vote next year.
 
     Secretary of State Al Jaeger approved the petition for circulation on Friday.
 
     The group hopes to put an initiated measure on the November 2014 ballot. Proponents will need to collect 13,452 signatures to force a vote.
 
     Each school district is currently free to set its own calendar, including the starting date for the academic year.
 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Taco Bell worker in Fargo accused of groping two female customers in the restaurant’s drive-thru and offering one of them free food in exchange is set to change his not guilty plea
 
     Twenty-year-old Austin Brady is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Oct. 21.
 
     Brady earlier pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor sexual assault and a felony charge of breaking into a vehicle. The charges stem from alleged incidents in March and April.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Prosecutors say they will not file charges in the case of a man who died after an altercation with a bouncer outside a strip club in Fargo.
Cass County prosecutor Ryan Younggren says evidence including police reports, video evidence and witness testimony supports the self-defense claim made by the bouncer at The Northern Gentleman’s Club after the incident last spring.
 Authorities say 38-year-old Christopher Barr hit his head in the April 13 altercation with the bouncer and died three weeks later. They say he had been kicked out of the bar the night of the incident for not paying his bill, and later returned to the bar and confronted the bouncer.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Army Corps of Engineers says a study has concluded that a planned diversion of the Red River around Fargo-Moorhead will not have any significant impacts on the environment.
 
     The nearly $2 billion flood protection project has been authorized by the U.S. Senate but not by the House. No money has been approved for construction.
 
     Some people upstream of the north-flowing river worry that the diversion is overpriced, will damage farmland and will worsen flooding in their areas.
 
     The corps study takes into account changes to the project to help protect some of those communities.

 

 WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State College of Science is celebrating the completion of an expansion to Bisek Hall on campus.
 
     The project will enable the Wahpeton school to expand and enhance its diesel technology program.
 
     The state Legislature in 2011 approved $10.3 million for the 65,000-square-foot addition and for enhancements to the facility, including state-of-the-art labs and automotive diagnostic systems.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple joined administrators, faculty and staff on Friday to celebrate the completed project. He says the college plays a big role in preparing students for the growing number of jobs created by the state’s strong economy.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – An annual writers’ conference at the University of North Dakota could be in jeopardy because of money concerns.
 
     The new dean of the university’s College of Arts and Sciences has asked organizers of the annual spring event to come up with a long-term funding plan or consider scaling back or even ending the conference.
 
     The event has brought students, faculty and townspeople together with literary giants for more than four decades.
 
    Dean Debbie Storrs says it’s an important conference and she’d like to see it continue, but that “this is one of many competing demands for resources.”
 
     It costs as much as $100,000 a year to bring nationally and internationally known writers to campus for a weeklong series of readings and panel discussions.

 

In world and national news…

CLAYCOMO, Mo. (AP) – President Barack Obama is railing against attempts by what he calls a “faction of the far right” to undermine his health care law. Obama told an audience near Kansas City, Mo., that the Republicans are focused on trying to “mess with” him — rather than focusing on the American people. He spoke shortly after the Republican-controlled House voted cut spending for the health care law, as part of a measure to extend current spending into December. Obama says failure to raise the debt ceiling would send the economy into a tailspin.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – As House Republicans and Senate Democrats move closer to a showdown over federal spending and health care, investors are nervous. Stocks have been lower in afternoon trading, after the House voted to defund President Barack Obama’s health care law. Until now, September has been an upbeat month on Wall Street, with the stock market bouncing back from an August swoon.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is pushing ahead with tough requirements to limit carbon pollution from new power plants. This, despite protests from industry and from Republicans that it will mean a dim future for coal. The proposal is a key part of President Barack Obama’s plans to fight global warming — because it would help end what he has called “the limitless dumping of carbon pollution” from power plants. The administration today is linking global warming to a host of environmental problems, including severe weather and threats to public health.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group is warning of the expanding influence of militants with links to al-Qaida in the rebel movement. It says those militants are undermining the struggle for a free Syria. Mainstream rebels have been fighting near the Turkish border with jihadis belonging to an al-Qaida offshoot. It’s some of the worst fighting in recent month among the forces seeking to bring down President Bashar Assad.
 
     VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis is offering an olive branch, of sorts, to conservatives in the Catholic Church — a day after he was quoted as saying the church is obsessed with “small-minded rules” that are driving the faithful away. In that interview, he called on clergy to focus on being merciful and welcoming, and not on divisive issues such as abortion and gay marriage. But today, Francis denounced abortions as a symptom of today’s “throw-away culture,” and he encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them.