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CSi Weather…
LATE THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW
IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
40 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. COLDER. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
LOWS 15 TO 20.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
30S. LOWS AROUND 20.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 30S.
VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AND WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20S ARE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT.
Jamestown (CSi Nov 15) With the Jamestown Sanitary Sewer Project, Interstate Engineering reports 2nd Ave NE is open from 3rd St NE to 1st St E.
12th Ave SE temporarily reopened Friday from 3rd St SE to 5th St SE.
Drivers and residents should be aware that this area will close again on Monday, November 18, 2013.
A reminder, the intersection of 1st Street SW and 3rd Avenue SW, near Renaissance Recycling, is closed for construction. A detour is in place and access will be provided for area businesses during this time.
3rd Ave NW is open for about a half block south starting at 3rd St NW.
To enter CSi, customers are reminded to go west on 2nd St SW to 4th Ave SW, go north 1/2 block and enter the CSi parking lot from the west.
With the closing of the 1st Street intersection, the detour to access west of the river is via 2nd Street to 4th Ave, up to 1st Street to use the 1st Street bridge.
A map and project updates are online at jamestownsewerproject.com, accessible on line at CsiNewsNow.com Updates on The Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2.
Questions on the Jamestown sanitary sewer project can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
Jamestown (CSi) – The Frontier Village is now the legal owner of the miniature parade train.
At Friday’s (nov 15, 2013) meeting of the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation’s Grant and Executive Advisory Board, at Historic Franklin School, the board received documentation from United Transportation Union representative Randy Walker, giving total ownership of the train to the Frontier Village.
The train will be utilized at the Village, and likely a part of parades.
A storage location is still to be determined.
The Grant Committee then voted unanimously to approve a $5,000 grant for improvements to the train, being spear-headed by Shawn Syverson of Jamestown.
The Board also granted $8,000 toward the $9,000 cost of the fireworks display to be held July 5, 2014, at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds, in conjunction with the Jamestown Speedway races to be held that day. The speedway will underwrite $1,000 toward the cost of the payment to the fireworks contractor, noting one dollar per head of those attending the races.
The Tourism Marketing Committee is drafting a tourism questionaire in cooperation with Red Plum Marketing of Jamestown, to be distributed to “stakeholders” in the community, those affected by tourism.
The questionaires will be hand delivered in December this year, and received back for review by the BCTF, in January.
The Chamber’s Young Professional of Jamestown group will be asked to review the questionaire for suggestions for any changes before the questionaire is distributed to a pre-determined list of partcipants.
Bismarck (CSi) — The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports, from east to west, North Dakota Airports set records in October 2013.
In the east, Fargo boarded an additional 3228 passengers than last October, setting a record for the month. Grand Forks topped their previous October record by 1268 passengers.
Meanwhile, Dickinson and Williston both established a new mark, shattering old records as the airports make plans for the long-term growth predictions.
Bismarck and Minot were as busy as ever, with passenger numbers rivalling last year’s records.
North Dakota Aeronautics Commission Director Larry Taborsky, says, “Our state has the attention of the nation’s airlines, and they are adding flights because it is a good business decision. We’re planning for this level of activity for at least 30 years.”
In Jamestown boardings in October 2013 were 246, compared to 261 in October 2012, down 5.75%
Valley City (CSI) — The negotiations between the Valley City Public School Board and the Valley City Education Association is over and remains at impasse.
The State Fact Finding Commission, Chairman Dean Rummel met with the groups to discuss any modifications in the medical insurance issue.
Superintendent Dean Koppelman says the two sides remain at impasse.
VCEA President Kathy Lentz says the teachers have agreed to the State Fact Finding Commission recommendations without modification.
Rummel will now publish his reasons why the negotiations failed in a one page ad in the Valley City Times Record the week of November 18, 2013.
Jamestown (CSi)— Marco Moser has recently been named as Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s (JRMC) first Chief of Anesthesia.This new position has been developed to better communicate with patients and staff.
Moser has been with the anesthesia team at JRMC since June 2012. He received a Master’s of Science degree in Nurse Anesthesia at the University of North Dakota. Marco and his family live in Jamestown.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, or CRNAs, are independent practitioners and—just like a physician – are contracted by the hospital for their services. Because they are each individually licensed the department has restructured to have a Chief of Anesthesia.
Moser’s role as Chief of Anesthesia will be to coordinate departmental duties and serve as a spokesperson for the group when called upon. This change in structure will not have any effect on the normal care of patients; however, the department will be able to better communicate with each other to serve patients.
CRNAs at JRMC provide patients with a wide variety of anesthesia services. They work closely with the surgeons, emergency department providers and family practice doctors to meet the needs of patients. CRNAs make is possible for JRMC to provide surgery by providing surgical anesthesia. They also provide pain relief to mother’s during labor and delivery. In addition to providing pain relief, they also make it possible for JRMC to provide airway management to help patients breathe easier during certain procedures.
CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) – An ethanol plant worker in Casselton fell from a 150-foot grain bin but is expected to live.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says it happened early Friday afternoon at Tharaldson Ethanol.
The man was rescued from inside the grain bin and taken to a hospital by helicopter.
His name was not released.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck woman faces a felony child abuse charge after authorities say her 2-year-old daughter tested positive for methamphetamine.
An arrest warrant has been issued for 29-year-old Sarah Weiss. A man who answered the telephone at a home listing for her Friday declined to take a message from The Associated Press. Court documents do not list an attorney for her.
The girl’s father took her to the hospital on Oct. 20 after noticing unusual behavior. The father told investigators the girl had been with her mother.
Weiss also faces a felony charge for allegedly having a prescription drug without a prescription. She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted on both charges.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Michigan man facing a murder charge in the western North Dakota oil patch has been sentenced for driving with a suspended license and violating conditions of his bond by entering a bar.
Ryan Anderson was sentenced to 10 days in jail, but his $50,000 bond was not revoked. Judge David Nelson also did not reinstate the original $1 million bond that he had reduced earlier.
Anderson is accused of stabbing to death his friend, Christopher King, in an alcohol-fueled dispute in March at an oil field crew camp between Ray and Tioga. He is scheduled for trial in mid-February.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rep. Kevin Cramer voted with the majority in passing the Keep Your Health Plan Act.
The 261-157 roll call Friday in the House would let insurance companies sell individual coverage to everyone, even if it falls short of standards in the health overhaul.
The Republican says when North Dakotans started getting cancellation notices, he signed on as a co-sponsor of the legislation.
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that insurance companies would be given the option to keep offering consumers insurance policies that would otherwise be canceled.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota oil drillers are on pace to outdo last year’s record crude production and are nearing a milestone of a million barrels of oil a day.
The state Industrial Commission says crude production in September totaled a record 931,940 barrels a day. Data show crude production through September totaled about 226 million barrels.
The state produced 243.1 million barrels of crude in 2012.
September statistics are the latest available because oil production numbers typically lag at least two months. But current drilling activity indicates the state likely surpassed last year’s record sometime in October.
MAKOTI, N.D. (AP) – Work is underway on a facility where oil will be shipped from a planned refinery on the Fort Berthold Reservation in northwestern North Dakota.
Crews have begun moving dirt for the transload facility, the first part of the Three Affiliated Tribes’ $450 million Thunder Butte Petroleum Services Inc. refinery project west of Makoti.
Refinery CEO Rich Mayer says the facility should be completed by June.
The tribes held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the project last May and said construction will be done in several phases over two years. The plant will have the capacity to process up to 20,000 barrels of Bakken crude per day into diesel fuel and other products, and will create as many as 100 full-time jobs.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Corn production estimates are on different paths in the Dakotas, but farmers in both states say they’re pleased with their crops.
The latest federal estimates peg South Dakota’s crop at a record 812 million bushels – up 6 percent from the September estimate and up 52 percent from last year. On the flip side, North Dakota’s corn crop is now estimated at 375 million bushels, down 6 percent from September and down 11 percent from last year.
North Dakota farmers enjoyed a record year in 2012 while many other states dealt with devastating drought. This year, many of those states including South Dakota are seeing a rebound in the corn.
In North Dakota, adverse weather has cut into production this year, though farmers say they’re still happy with the crop.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has passed a Republican plan allowing insurance companies to sell individual health insurance policies even if they fall short of the new health care law’s minimum standards. The measure goes a step further than the action President Barack Obama proposed Thursday, in that it gives insurance firms the ability to sell plans to new as well as existing customers. The bill passed 261 to 157, with 39 Democrats voting in favor. The White House has threatened a veto.
TIRANA, Albania (AP) – Albania has rejected a request from the United States to host the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile. The prime minister’s decision is seen as a major blow to international efforts to destroy the arsenal, but it was greeted by a loud cheer from protesters gathered outside his office.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department says it has been quietly offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of anyone involved in the attack last year on US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. In a letter to Congress, the department says the rewards were not advertised on its website, posters or matchbooks as is usually done because of security issues around the investigation. Lawmakers have complained the department is not using all the tools at its disposal to catch the perpetrators.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyan militiamen opened fire on a peaceful protest in the capital Friday, killing at least 22 people according to officials at two hospitals. The state news agency says more than 130 others were wounded. The attack came as thousands of protesters marched from a Tripoli mosque to the headquarters of a militia, demanding it and other militias be disbanded. Libya’s heavily armed militias have grown uncontrollable since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi and undermined successive transitional governments.
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) – Demolition is underway on two homes damaged by a sinkhole that opened under a Florida neighborhood. Dunedin (duhn-EE’-dihn) homeowner Michael Dupre says his family heard a noise that sounded like a sledgehammer pounding on the wall Thusday morning and discovered the hole, which quickly spread to their neighbor’s home. Crews worked through the night to stabilize the hole, which grew to about 90 feet in diameter. Residents from five other homes were evacuated.
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