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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. LOWEST WIND
CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SNOW LIKELY. COLDER. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH.
HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF
SNOW 70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 60 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
AROUND 5 BELOW. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SNOW. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS
AROUND 20.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS 15 TO 20.
ON FRIDAY…ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS
THE STATE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY…WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION FOCUSED ON THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 MORE INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…WITH GENERALLY A LIGHT
DUSTING POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.
ANOTHER
WEAK SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AGAIN SATURDAY
NIGHT. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Salvation Army is looking for hardy volunteers to take time at its red kettles this month. Lt. Mitch Brecto says, to deer hunters, “If you’ve got venison in the freezer, you’ve got the gear to do a shift. Grab your orange hat and help us out.” Snowmobilers – “suit up for us, and rev up some donations. Wear your helmet and you won’t even know there’s a wind chill. Skiers, skaters, hockey players – show Old Man Winter your warm heart is stronger than his cold weather. Snowboarders – suit up in your cool gear and make a big statement about your generation’s generosity. We’re looking for capital H “Hearty” volunteers to grab a bell and be a blessing.”
Mtich says, “The Salvation Army knows its cold, but for more than 100 years its kettle campaign has been in primarily outdoor locations. And in Minnesota and North Dakota that means volunteers have to be prepared for the weather.”
Salvation Army commander in Minnesota and North Dakota Lt. Colonel Robert Thomson, says, “Our states are beautiful and yes we have extreme conditions. But we don’t hibernate here – we go out and get our business done and yes, dare I say, even enjoy the outdoors during the coldest of days. For those who are willing, we are asking them to take a bit of time at a kettle stand and help us to continue the crisis outreach we are known for.”
To sign up, Just call The Salvation Army office at 701-252-0290. There are literally hundreds of hours available. The Salvation Army kettle campaign runs Monday through Saturday now until Dec 24.
Thomson adds, “Money raised in those little red kettles is what helps us to serve the community all year long. Every donation of time and money will help us to be there for someone who has lost hope.”
To sign up for bell ringing call 252-0290. For financial donations visit SalvationArmyNorth.org/jamestown or call 800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769). Checks may also be mailed to The Salvation Army 320 1st Ave. N, Jamestown ND 58401
For more information or to make an online donation, please visit www.salvationarmynorth.org/jamestown
Las Vegas (CSi) — Jamestown’s Krystal Carlascio Miss Rodeo North Dakota, was named third runner-up in Monday’s Miss Rodeo America 2014 competition in Las Vegas December 2-9, 2013.
She says “It’s an amazing accomplishment making the top five… in a very competitive event, and I am thrilled to be in the top five.” Competing with 27 contestants.
Competition included learning a dance routine for the fashion show and getting through the interviews.
There are 14 horses used in the horsemanship event.
Ms. Carlascio plans to stay active with rodeo groups in North Dakota.
Bismarck (CSi) –North Dakota legislature’s Interim Budget Committee has narrowly approved funding for Valley City State University to study costs to demolitsh and replace the music building along the Sheyenne River as part of Valley City’s flood protection project.
Legislators voted 19-15 to approve the $79,000 in funding on a motion by Democratic State Senator Larry Robinson, of Valley City.
Senator Robinson says the city, has purchased and removed homes on both sides of VCSU’s Foss Hall, leaving it the only structure remaining along the river in that area.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) has approved $15,000 for the ACT Certified Work Ready Communities program.
The program provides training and certification for workers in basic skill required to be successful in the workplace.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC’S Business Development Coordinator, DeAnn Brunner said, the funds will be used by members of the committee operating the program to attend training by ACT, and is required funding to attend the academies.
She said four additional academies are scheduled in the next year.
JSDC’s Marketing/ Workforce Developer Holly Miller and Stutsman County, Interim Tax Director, Dustin Bakken, have attended one academy.
She said other workforce projects are being planned, to be announced soon, with final approval by the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission.
In other business the JSDC approved new Board of Directors members.
Bill Lytle financial controller for RTS Shearing in Jamestown, was appointed to take the position formerly held by Nick Schmidt. Schmidt had served one term on the Board of Directors but declined to be reappointed citing family commitments.
Denny Ellefson was appointed to serve the one year remaining in the term of Todd Hudspeth. Hudspeth who has resigned his position as CEO of Jamestown Regional Medical Center and is returning to Iowa.
Ellefson previously retired from the JSDC board in 2012.
Current board members Chris Rathjen and Bob Toso were re-appointed for their second two-year term.
In other business, Ms. Brunner added that the Feasibility Study has been completed for E-Nugget. The business to be located at the Spiritwood Energy Park will process iron ore.
Bismarck (CSi) Gov. Jack Dalrymple Tuesday celebrated with Edgeley Public School for earning a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School designation. Three North Dakota schools were named National Blue Ribbon School Awardees this year, Edgeley Public School, Gussner Elementary School in Jamestown, and Wyndmere Elementary School.
Dalrymple says “North Dakota’s three National Blue Ribbon schools are terrific examples of the priority we place on education in our state. Congratulations to Edgeley Public School, Gussner Elementary School and Wyndmere Elementary School on earning this distinction. I would especially like to thank the many teachers, administrators and staff who are dedicated to providing great education for our students.”
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program was founded in 1982 to recognize the work of the nation’s top schools. Since the program’s founding, the blue ribbon distinction has been awarded to schools achieving impressive results through exemplary teaching practices.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – New data show that 265 North Dakotans signed up for private insurance under the federal health care law in the first two months of the federally run online marketplace.
That’s up significantly from 42 after the first month, when the marketplace was plagued by problems.
Neil Scharpe is in charge of the state’s navigators – people who find uninsured residents and help them with their options. He says problems with the HealthCare.gov website have eased, and he’s encouraging people who need insurance to give it a try.
North Dakota still has the fewest successful signups in the nation. Scharpe estimates there are about 40,000 North Dakotans needing health insurance through the marketplace. So far there have been only about 2,250 applications covering 4,350 people.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A Morton County rancher lost 44 cows and 80 calves when they fell through ice on the Cannonball River.
Dick Ressler tells KXMB-TV that he realized he was short some animals when he was rounding them up recently. The animals were found drowned where the Cannonball meets the Missouri River, after an aerial and ground search.
Morton County Emergency Manager Tom Doering tells The Bismarck Tribune one theory is that the cattle were chased onto the ice by coyotes, but he and Ressler say the mystery likely will never be solved.
Kist Livestock in Mandan has set up a fund to help Ressler with the financial loss.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Division has issued four drilling permits to a company that wants to explore for natural gas in Emmons and McIntosh counties – in southeastern North Dakota.
State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says it’s rare for drilling permits to be issued that far east of U.S. Highway 83.
Helms says Strata-X Energy will be determining whether future drilling there would be economical. He says that another company drilled wells in Emmons County in 2006 and concluded they were not economical.
Denver-based Strata-X says that’s because the wells weren’t drilled on the Niobrara gas formation, where it plans to explore.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The mayor of Devils Lake says area officials and residents want more information about a possible oil refinery in the northeastern North Dakota city.
Devils Lake is considered a world-class fishery, and Mayor Dick Johnson says area residents want to make sure there’s no possible environmental harm from a refinery.
Michigan-based American Energy Holdings is considering Devils Lake for a $250 million refinery to process oil from western North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch. Devils Lake economic development leader Rachel Lindstrom says plans are preliminary, and Johnson says there would be public meetings before the city would agree to any incentives.
North Dakota’s only oil refinery is the Tesoro facility in Mandan. The Three Affiliated Tribes have broken ground for another refinery near Makoti, in the northwestern part of the state.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says a new senior adviser to President Barack Obama will recuse himself from deliberations on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
John Podesta, a former chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, has spoken out against the pipeline. Podesta founded the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington D.C.
Podesta’s hiring cheered environmental groups, who oppose the Canada-to-Texas pipeline as a major contributor to global climate change.
Some Keystone supporters, including North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, expressed alarm, calling Podesta’s inclusion in Obama’s inner circle a possible death-knell for the pipeline. Supporters say Keystone XL would create jobs and boost North American energy independence.
The White House says Podesta suggested that he not work on Keystone because his views are well-known.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Emergency Commission has approved more than $2 million for housing and salaries for state employees living and working in the oil patch.
The money comes from a funding pool approved by lawmakers this year and overseen by the Office of Management and Budget.
The Department of Transportation will receive the largest portion of the funding approved Tuesday, at almost $993,000. The Department of Human Services will get about $839,000. The remainder will be divided among seven other state agencies.
The Emergency Commission is made up of the governor, secretary of state, House and Senate majority leaders and budget committee chairmen.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota agriculture and wildlife officials have reactivated an online database to help connect landowners who have coyote problems with hunters and trappers.
Fifty-one landowners and 486 hunters used the Coyote Catalog online database last winter. The state Agriculture Department and state Game and Fish Department have reactivated it through next March.
The database is patterned after a similar deer control program that has been around for a decade.
Officials estimate that coyotes cost North Dakota ranchers more than $1 million last year.
Landowners can sign up at http://www.nd.gov/ndda/coyote-catalog .Hunters and trappers can sign up at http://www.gf.nd.gov .
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative growers will have a tough time making a profit on their 2013 sugar beet crop. The Forum reports Co-op President and CEO Kurt Wickstrom says Minn-Dak’s anticipated $40-per-ton payment for the 2013 crop is down sharply from the 2012 payment of about $75 a ton.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Hundreds of student pilots nationwide are preparing for jobs flying drones. The market for drone operators is expected to boom after more drones become legal to fly in U.S. airspace, possibly in the next few years. The University of North Dakota, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Kansas State each offer programs aimed at learning to fly unmanned aircraft. Enrollment in North Dakota’s unmanned aircraft degree program soared from five students in 2009 to 120 last year.
In sports…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Veteran players on North Dakota State’s football team say news that coach Craig Bohl would be leaving for Wyoming after the playoffs was harder on their younger teammates who haven’t grasped the commercial aspect of college athletics.
Bison captains Cole Jirek and Grant Olson said Tuesday that many players, particularly the underclassmen, were stunned when they first heard that Bohl would take over the Cowboys, but have accepted the reality of the coach’s move to a higher level of NCAA football.
Bohl will be guaranteed $750,000 in the first year of his five-year contract with Wyoming. His pay will increase each year to $950,000 in the final year. With various incentives, he could earn more than $1 million a year.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Seventy-two people have applied to be the next head coach of the University of North Dakota football team.
The Grand Forks Herald reports that the application period closed Tuesday. The pool of applicants includes people from the NCAA Divisions One, Two and Three levels and also from the NAIA.
UND also has the option of hiring from outside the pool of applicants. Some coaches don’t want their names linked to the application process if they are still employed at other schools.
Up to five of the people who applied are expected to get on-campus interviews. UND Athletic Director Brian Faison has not said when the school will announce a hiring.
UND is looking for a replacement for Chris Mussman, who was fired last month.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Scheels Arena in Fargo will be home to the western regional of the 2015 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. The NCAA announced yesterday that the University of North Dakota will host one of the four regional tournaments. The 5,000 seat hockey arena located in southwest Fargo is home to the USHL’s Fargo Force.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota will host more Frozen Fours. Xcel Energy Center was named the site of the 2018 men’s hockey championship, which also came to the arena in 2002 and 2011. The Gophers have served as the host for the national semifinals and title games eight times previously, with the last six in St. Paul. They will host the West Regional in 2014 and 2016 there as well.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Love had 26 points, 15 rebounds and five assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat the slumping Philadelphia 76ers 106-99 last night. Ricky Rubio had 21 points, seven assists and five rebounds, Nikola Pekovic added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Robbie Hummel hit a couple of big shots for the Wolves in the fourth quarter to key the comeback.
Final Orlando 92 Charlotte 83
Final L-A Clippers 96 Boston 88
Final New York 83 Chicago 78
Final OT New Orleans 111 Detroit 106
Final Oklahoma City 116 Memphis 100
Final San Antonio 109 Milwaukee 77
Final Utah 122 Sacramento 101
Final Golden State 95 Dallas 93
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Corey Perry scored a goal in his seventh straight game, Ryan Getzlaf extended his point streak to 13 games, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 last night for their fourth straight victory. Josh Harding stopped 29 shots and Jason Pominville scored his 15th goal early in the third period for the Wild, who have lost four straight on the road.
Final Los Angeles 3 Toronto 1
Final Chicago 7 Philadelphia 2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL…
N. Dakota St. 73, Notre Dame 69
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 1) Arizona 74 New Mexico St. 48
Final ( 3) Ohio St. 86 Bryant 48
Final ( 4) Wisconsin 78 Milwaukee 52
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final S. Dakota St. 83 (12) Penn St. 79
MLB…
SEATTLE (AP) -The Mariners have added a pair of slugging first basemen-outfielders, reaching agreement on a one-year deal with Corey Hart and acquiring Logan Morrison in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Hart missed all of last season following knee surgery after hitting .270 with 30 homers, 35 doubles and 83 RBIs for Milwaukee in 2012. The Mariners sent reliever Matt Capps to the Marlins for Morrison, who batted .242 with six homers in 85 games last season.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – A person familiar with the deal says the Mets and 40-year-old right-hander Bartolo Colon have worked out a two-year, $20 million contract, pending a physical. Colon finished second among all American League pitchers last season, going 18-6 with a 2.65 ERA for Oakland. He opened 2012 10-9 with a 3.43 earned run average before receiving a 50-game suspension for a positive testosterone test.
The Detroit Tigers and outfielder Rajai (RAH’-zhay) Davis have agreed to a two-year contract worth between $9-10 million.
Major League Baseball plans to eliminate home plate collisions, possibly as soon as next season but no later than the 2015 season opener. New York Mets general manager and rules committee chairman Sandy Alderson made the announcement at the winter meetings, citing player safety and concern over concussions as major factors in the decision. Alderson said wording of the rules change will be presented to owners for approval at their Jan. 16 meeting in Paradise Valley, Ariz.
In world and national news…
GENEVA (AP) – The global airline industry says things are looking up. The Geneva-based trade association for the world’s airlines is issuing a strong outlook for next year including an increase in profits to $19.7 billion. The trade group says falling jet fuel prices, rising travel demand and cost-cutting will make it a good year.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A South African deputy Cabinet minister says the hiring of the interpreter accused of faking the translation of speeches at Nelson Mandela’s memorial was “a mistake.” At a news conference today, the minister apologized to deaf people offended by the incomprehensible signing. She says an investigation is under way to determine how the interpreter was hired and what vetting process, if any, he underwent for his security clearance.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Mourners are coming in droves from around the world to pay a final tribute to Nelson Mandela, whose body is lying in state for a second day today in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria. Mourners continue to file past the casket in the amphitheater at the Union Buildings – the seat of Government – where Mandela was inaugurated as the country’s first black and democratically-elected president in 1994.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate non-stop talkathon continues as outnumbered Republicans do what they can to delay some of President Barack Obama’s nominees out of anger over the Democrats’ limiting of the filibuster power. Republicans are insisting on their full debate time, which led Senate Majority Leader Harry Reed to keep the session going all night. If the GOP remains firm, the marathon session could last until Saturday, or longer.
HONOLULU (AP) – The director of Hawaii’s health department has been killed in the crash of a small plane off the Hawaiian island of Molokai (moh-loh-KY’-ee). The plane carrying nine people crashed into the water. The eight others aboard survived.
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