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CSi Weather…

WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY…
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOWS AROUND
5 BELOW. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. WEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS
AROUND 15 BELOW. HIGHS NEAR ZERO.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

Jamestown, ND (CSi) The annual Polar Pig, Walk The Plank, and associated activities are planned this Saturday, with proceeds supporting the Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Hospice program.

Sponsored by Harley Owners Group, activities start at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stutsman Harley-Davidson, with

Walk the Plank begins at 1 p.m.

On Thursday’s (Jan 30, 2014) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Harley Owners Group Activities Director, Don Wegner said, registration for the chili cook-off begins at10:30 a.m., with the chili cook-off event starting at 11 a.m.

For a donation of $5 per bowl, to the hospice program, there will be samples of 15 to 20 varieties of chili to taste. District 8 of American Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE). will give a prize for the best chili.

There will also be a first time, live auction, provided by Roger Nenow.

Wegner added that several local businesses and individuals have donated items for the auction, with about 50 to 60 items this year.

As usual, participants in the Polar Pig Splash, “walk the plank,” wear self-styled costumes plunging into a small pool of frigid water outdoors.

Plaques will be given out for the Wildest Costume, Biggest Splash and Spirit, measured by cheering.

Anyone raising $100 may jump. Wegner pointed out that some raise thousands, of dollars.

In 2013, Polar Pig, Walk The Plank, raised $19,000 for the JRMC hospice program.

For more information, to donate auction items or volunteer for Polar Pig Walk The Plank, call Don Wegner at 320-7866.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team will present “Soup for the Soul” on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the Women’s Club Room, 210 3^rd Street SW in Jamestown (the back entrance of the Ottmar and Ottmar Building). The subject of the evening’s program is “Supporting Grieving Children”. Special guest speaker, Diane Crowston, is a former Counselor with the Jamestown Public Schools. She will share her expertise and experience working with children who have experienced the death of someone important in their lives.

Children’s grief is often very misunderstood. In fact, many people don’t realize that children actually do grieve when they have lost someone they love. But anyone who is old enough to love is old enough to grieve.

A child is often unable to articulate his or her feelings of grief, which may lead the adults in their live to believe that they have not been affected by the death. Changes in the child’s behavior may be misinterpreted as something other than an expression of grief. In addition, children may not feel that they have anyone to talk to about their feelings of grief. They don’t think that anyone can understand how they are feeling because most of their friends and classmates have not experienced the death of someone close to them. This evening will be an opportunity to learn how to support children who have lost a loved one.

Everyone is welcome to share in this informal evening that includes a meal of soup and sandwiches. The program is free and open to all. Any adult – parents, grandparents, teachers, clergy – who knows a child who has lost a loved one is especially encouraged to attend.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Warmer weather has apparently helped ease a potential propane crisis on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas.

     With propane gas in short supply and increasingly expensive, the tribe this week set up shelters in two communities for people who can’t afford to heat their homes. The Red Cross sent three officials there to help provide food, cots and blankets.

     Some people were at the shelters Wednesday, but Red Cross regional disaster program manager Dan Kuecker (KIHK’-ur) says no one stayed overnight and no one was at the shelters Thursday morning, when temperatures were in the single digits above zero.

     The tribe estimates about 5,000 reservation homes rely on propane. Chairman Dave Archambault II has said if propane prices keep rising, it could put the reservation in dire straits.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Industrial Commission has approved $5.8 million for 17 projects under the state’s new Outdoor Heritage Fund.

     The Legislature established the fund last year. It will receive up to $15 million annually from oil and gas taxes.

     The biggest grant awarded was $1.9 million to the state Game and Fish Department to enhance fish and wildlife habitat on private lands.

     The second-biggest grant was $1.8 million to the nonprofit North Dakota Association of Conservation Districts for a statewide tree-planting initiative.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – One of the suspects charged in a widespread drug investigation in the North Dakota oil patch was arrested earlier this month in California on murder and other charges.

     Twenty-four-year-old Spencer Rogers was among 22 people arrested in a North Dakota case dubbed Operation Pipe Cleaner. He is facing five counts, including drug conspiracy and weapons charges.

     Documents in Kern County, Calif., show that Rogers was arrested earlier this month and charged with a dozen offenses, including first-degree murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and participating in a street gang.

     Rogers is being held without bail. Court documents do not list a lawyer for him.

     The conspiracy in North Dakota allegedly involved the distribution of heroin, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, cocaine, marijuana and painkillers. Four people were arrested on weapons charges.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James says the number of nuclear force officers implicated in a proficiency test cheating scandal has grown to 92 out of a force of 500.

     James spoke to reporters Thursday after touring nuclear bases around the country, which The Associated Press has revealed suffers from such low morale and burnout that they have committed serious security lapses other breakdowns.

     James, who is new to the job, said the nuclear force is beset by “undue stress and fear,” and said the nuclear force suffers “systemic problems.”

     The Air Force announced recently that initially 17 officers were believed to have been involved in cheating on a monthly proficiency test to ensure they know how to maintain, and launch, nuclear missiles.

In world and national news…

BOSTON (AP) – Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) in the Boston Marathon bombing. The final decision was made by Attorney General Eric Holder and was announced today. The twin blasts in April killed three people and wounded more than 260. Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, were ethnic Chechens from Russia who had lived in the Boston area for about a decade. Prosecutors say they planted two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The head of the Transportation Security Administration says his agency isn’t going to arm its officers. John Pistole (PIH’-stohl) says the TSA is rejecting that idea, despite the shooting death of one of its officers in November at the Los Angeles International Airport. The agency is conducting a review of the shooting, and it will focus on changes to improve communications between the TSA and local law enforcement.

     ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is taking responsibility for the storm preparation failures that led to an epic traffic jam in Atlanta. Deal said Thursday that the state did not make preparations early enough to avoid the problems that occurred. He says his agencies will undergo reviews and that the state will put together a new plan of action. Snow started falling on Atlanta on Tuesday and commuters, schools and businesses all let out at the same time, causing gridlock. Some people had to abandoned their cars or sleep in them overnight.

     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has passed a bill to delay premium hikes for years on hundreds of thousands of homeowners who buy flood insurance from the federal government. The vote reflects widespread concern about changes enacted two years ago to shore up the program’s finances. The changes are producing sky-high insurance rates that are unaffordable for many homeowners in flood-prone areas. Opponents of the bill say it unravels reforms that were needed in the program, which has required a number of taxpayer bailouts.

     SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Parents of some elementary school students in Salt Lake City are outraged, after their kids had their school lunches taken away from them and thrown out because money was owed on their food accounts. The lunches were taken from about 50 children Tuesday as they arrived at a pay station, after cafeteria workers had given them the food. A school district spokesman says cafeteria servers weren’t able to see who was in debt until the lunches had already been given to students in line. He says they were thrown out because they couldn’t be served to another student. The kids whose lunches were taken away were given fruit and milk.