wbam1CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

 

 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
 
 THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING TUESDAY…HOWEVER THE BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTION SHOULD BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

INSTABILITY INCREASES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TOWARDS THE
 JAMES RIVER VALLEY…SO THAT AREA MAY HAVE A FEW STRONG
 STORMS.  THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY  NIGHT..

 

Jamestown (CSi) Today is the final day for early voting,  from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stutsman County Courthouse.

Absentee ballots must be returned to the courthouse by 5-p.m. today (Monday) or if mailed have a post mark no later than Monday June 9, 2014.

On election day the polls in Stutsman County will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.  Voters must present a valid form of indentification, or sign an affidavid declaring their current residency.

Students attending colleges or universities  need a student identification certificate from the school in order to vote, and individuals in long-term care facilities will need certificates provided by their facilities.

Jamestown voters can cast ballots Tuesday at the Jamestown Civic Center, along with those residing in rural precincts 3, 4 and 6.

Other polling places are the Pingree Community Center for precinct 1, Kensal Memorial Hall for precinct 2 and Medina Memorial Hall for precinct 5.

Maps of Stutsman County’s rural precincts are available on the Stutsman County website, www.co.stutsman.nd.us.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The North Daktoa Highway Patrol reports no injuries in a two vehicle accident about 4:30-a.m., on Friday on I-94, about seven miles west of Valley City..

The patrol says, a 2005 Cadillac Escalade driven by 22 year old Alfredo Franco-Montoya of Omaha, Nebraska, and a 2014 Subaru Impreza driven by 81 year old Duane Undem, of Valley City, were westbound on the right lane of I-94. The Cadillac, driven at 75 miles per hour, rear-ended the Subaru, which was traveling at about 65 mph.

Both drivers were wearing seat belts.

The vehicles were towed, with bout $20,000 in vehicle damages was reported.

Franco-Montoya was cited for following too close and driving under suspension. 

Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a two vehicle accident on I-94 nine miles east of Valley City near Oriska, injured the two drivers.

The report says on Thursday evening at 10:20-p.m.,

A 2014 Toyota Tundra operated by 28 year old Jordan Wanzek of Jamestown

was westbound at approximately 75 miles per hour. The report says Wanzek was distracted by a water bottle that fell onto the floor. He braked just prior to rear-ending a westbound Dodge Durango, driven by 65 year old Linda Sorensen, of Pillsbury, traveling approximately 65 miles per hour.

The Toyota entered the north ditch and rolled several times, coming to rest on its right side in shallow water. The Durango crossed the median and came to rest on eastbound lanes. Both drivers were transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City, by Barnes County Area Ambulance, where they were treated for injures and released.

Both Drivers were wearing seat belts.

Assisting the Highway Patrol was the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Celebrate Recovery invites the public to attend their support gatherings each Friday evening at First Baptist Church in Jamestown.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, spokesperson Sue Bjerke said Celebrate Recovery is “A proven, Christ-Centered, Bible-Based, 12 step program.

She said the program is for those recovering from: alcoholism, sexual abuse, co-dependency, domestic violence, depression, drug addiction, sexual addiction, divorce, food addiction, and gambling addiction.

She pointed out that each Friday evening free light meal is provided at 6-p.m., followed by the break-out of support groups.

Also on Sunday June 15, 2014 at First Baptist Church, there will be a guest speaker/singer, Doug Hallock, who will provide a message of his personal recovery plus give a concert of his music.

That Sunday the meal is at 5-p.m., followed by Hallock’s presentation and music at 6-p.m.

For more information on line visit www.doughallock.com

　

 ALEXANDER, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota health officials say a pipeline trenching operation near Alexander has caused a spill of about 300 barrels of oil.
 
     Officials say the crude has been recovered and berms have been put in place to contain it in the event of rain.
 
     The state’s Department of Health says the trenching operation damaged a Belle Fourche Pipeline in McKenzie County and caused the spill. Officials say most of the oil was confined to the trench and no water sources were affected.
 
     Members of the McKenzie County Emergency Management office and the health department have been at the scene.
 
     Belle Fourche is a Wyoming-based company that transports crude oil in the Williston Basin in western North Dakota and the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo woman is the new Miss North Dakota.
 
     Jacky Arness won the crown in Williston over the weekend, beating out 18 other state finalists. First runner-up was Faye Stromberg of West Fargo.
 
     Arness is a student at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She will compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A new study says North Dakota releases fewer inmates without supervision than the national average.
 
     The report from the Pew Charitable Trust says the number of inmates nationwide who maxed out their sentences in prison and were released without supervision grew 119 percent between 1990 and 2012. The unsupervised inmates represented 22 percent of all prisoners released in 2012.
 
     In North Dakota, the figure was about 17 percent.
 
     The Pew Charitable Trust says released inmates with no supervision are 36 percent more likely to reoffend.
 
     The percentage of released inmates who left without supervision in 2012 varied widely among the states, with a high of 64 percent in Florida and a low of 6 percent in Oregon.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State health officials in the Dakotas are trying to address what they say is an outbreak of syphilis.

There have been 33 reports of the sexually transmitted disease in North Dakota this year, up from 26 at the same time last year and just 14 the year before. In South Dakota there were 43 cases in the first four months of the year, compared with 49 cases for all of 2013.

North Dakota’s Health Department says a lot of the cases are on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, which straddles the two states.

Health officials have attributed the increase in cases to a variety of factors, including drug use and people not practicing safe sex.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and the head of a U.S. Senate committee working on legislation to protect postal service in rural communities have met with Williston leaders to discuss mail delivery service and efforts to improve it. 
 
   Heitkamp and Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Carper from Delaware discussed the Fix My Mail initiative with Williston community members Saturday.
 
     Carper is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Heitkamp is a member of the committee.
 
     Heitkamp says more than 140 North Dakotans have shared with her stories about USPS woes. She says the stories have mentioned customers missing prescription drug packages, as well as issues of recruitment and retention of postal employees.
 
     Carper says postal reform is a priority of his committee.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Petroleum Council says it’s hosting more than 40 teachers from across the state for an annual oil seminar for educators.
 
     The seminar is scheduled Monday through Thursday in Bismarck.
 
     Organizers say the seminar provides educators an opportunity to learn about North Dakota’s oil and gas industry. Teachers are slated to tour a drill rig, well sites and the state’s sole oil refinery in Mandan.
 
     The North Dakota Petroleum Council has been hosting the seminar for more than 30 years.
 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The mayor of Fargo will be in Washington while voters decide whether he should get a third term.
 
     Dennis Walaker says he has accepted an invitation to attend a ceremony at the White House Tuesday when President Barack Obama will sign a water projects bill that includes the Red River diversion project.
 
     The proposed $2 billion diversion would move floodwaters through a 26-mile channel around Fargo, which has faced major flooding in the last several years. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act authorizes construction of the project, but Congress must separately pass legislation that pays for it.  
 
     Walaker says it’s an honor to attend the ceremony and calls it a “great step” for the community.
 
     Walaker is facing Fargo jewelry store owner Brad Wimmer in the mayor’s race.

 

In sports…

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Park districts in five North Dakota communities are getting grants to help fund outdoor recreation projects.
 
     The Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grants are for projects such as ball fields, swimming pools, campgrounds and playgrounds. The program is funded by the federal Interior Department and administered by the state Parks and Recreation Department.
 
     The grants have been awarded to park districts in Bismarck, Devils Lake, New Rockford, Linton and Carrington.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Dickinson State University is ready to host the 2014 Badlands Bowl between Montana and North Dakota high school football players. The annual all-star football game will take place June 21st at the university’s Henry Biesiot Activities Center.

 

AA..

 Winnipeg 7, Fargo-Moorhead 4

 

MLB…

 INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final    St.  Louis              5    Toronto                  0
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Chris Carter and Jon Singleton hit their first career grand slams to power the Houston Astros to a 14-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins yesterday. Carter’s slam in the seventh inning sailed over the limestone overhang in right field and gave Houston a 9-3 lead. Singleton lined a fastball off Glen Perkins over the right-field wall that made it 14-5 in the ninth.
 
 
   Final    Oakland                11    Baltimore              1
   Final    Seattle                  5    Tampa  Bay              0
   Final    Kansas  City          2    N-Y  Yankees          1
   Final    Cleveland              3    Texas                      2
   Final    L.A.  Angels          4    Chi  White  Sox      2
   Final    Boston                    5    Detroit                  3
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Cincinnati            4    Philadelphia        1
   Final    Milwaukee              1    Pittsburgh            0
   Final    Miami                      4    Chi  Cubs                3
   Final    San  Francisco      6    N-Y  Mets                4
   Final    Arizona                  6    Atlanta                  5
   Final    L.A.  Dodgers        6    Colorado                1,  5  Innings
   Final    Washington            6    San  Diego              0
 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION  PLAYOFFS

 SAN ANTONIO (AP) – LeBron James scored 35 points on 14 of 22 shooting and had 10 rebounds as the Miami Heat beat San Antonio 98-96 to even the NBA Finals at a game apiece. Chris Bosh chipped in 18 points for the Heat, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining. Tony Parker finished with 21 points and Tim Duncan added 18 for the Spurs, but they each missed two free throws during a nine second span and San Antonio ahead by just two midway through the fourth quarter.
 
 
       WNBA  BASKETBALL

 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Seimone Augustus scored 26 points as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 85-72 yesterday. Lindsay Whalen added 19 points and Janel McCarville scored 11 to give the Lynx five players in double figures. Minnesota led just 75-72 with four and a half minutes remaining but finished on a 10-0 run thanks to six points from Whalen and the Sparks’ cold shooting.
 
   Final    New  York        81    Washington        64
 

NASCAR…

   LONG LOND, Pa. (AP) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Brad Keselowski with five laps to go and won the Pocono 400. He paired his first career win at Pocono with his Daytona 500 championship for his first multi-win season since 2004. Keselowski finished second, followed by Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson.

 

     MLB…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins have signed free-agent first baseman/designated hitter Kendrys Morales to a one-year, prorated $12 million contract. Morales hit .277 with 23 home runs and 80 RBIs in 156 games with the Seattle Mariners last season. The prorated portion of Morales’ contract will total slightly more than $7.4 million.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Mitch Moreland will be lost to the Texas Rangers for about three months after undergoing ankle surgery. He was trying to play through the pain in his left ankle while Prince Fielder recovers from neck surgery last month. The Rangers are a banged up club with about a dozen players sidelined by an array of injuries

 

GOLF…

 MEMPHIS (AP) – Ben Crane closed with a 3-over 73 to win the weather-plagued St. Jude Classic by one shot over Troy Merritt. Crane finished 10-under and earned first victory since 2011 despite playing his last two rounds at 2-over. Phil Mickelson was four shots back in his final tuneup before the U.S. Open.

 

  VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) – Josh Persons won the Bayview Place Island Savings Open yesterday for his first PGA Tour Canada victory. The 30-year-old former University of Minnesota player from North Dakota closed with an even-par 70 for a one-stroke victory over Brock Mackenzie and Tim Madigan. Persons finished at 12-under 268 at Uplands Golf Club.

 

 FRENCH OPEN
 
 
     PARIS (AP) -Top-seed Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’) has retained the French Open championship with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 win over second-seed Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich). The championship is Nadal’s ninth at the French Open and fifth straight. By winning it he will be No. 1 in the world rankings on Monday.
 
     This was the 42nd time the two had met with Nadal leading the series 23-19. It was also their 12th Grand Slam meeting with Nadal owning a 9-3 record which includes six wins in Paris.

 

PARIS (AP) – Rafael Nadal has held onto the ATP’s No. 1 ranking thanks to his ninth French Open title.

Maria Sharapova’s second trophy at Roland Garros moved her up three spots to No. 5 on the WTA list Monday.

If Nadal had lost Sunday’s final to No. 2 Novak Djokovic, they would have swapped places in the rankings.

No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and No. 4 Roger Federer also stayed put, but Andy Murray climbed from No. 8 to No. 5 by reaching the French Open semifinals. First-time major semifinalist Ernests Gulbis jumped seven places to a career-best No. 10.

In the women’s rankings, No. 1 Serena Williams and No. 2 Li Na didn’t move despite early losses in Paris, while runner-up Simona Halep rose one spot to No. 3.

 

CANADIAN GRAND PRIX…

 MONTREAL (AP) – Daniel Ricciardo (rih-KAHR’-doh) took the lead from Nico (NEE’-koh) Rosberg on the penultimate lap to win the Canadian Grand Prix. The win is the first in Formula 1 for Riccardo, who joined the Red Bull team in the off season.
 
     Four-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel finished third, while Lewis Hamilton failed to finish the race because of brake problems. Hamilton was seeking his fifth win of the season.

 

In world and national news..

 WASHINGTON (AP) – The latest survey by the National Association of Business Economists contains upbeat predictions. The survey of 47 economists from companies, trade associations and academia is forecasting growth will jump to 3.5 percent in the second quarter and remain above 3 percent for the rest of the year, though full-year figures will be lower than expected due to severe weather in the first quarter. Job growth and consumer spending look promising.
 
     AURORA, Colo. (AP) – Severe weather is moving into more of the nation’s midsection after a spate of tornadoes in Colorado left some damage and minor injuries. Forecasters say central Nebraska, western Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri could see severe weather today.
 
     FREEPORT, Texas (AP) – An unlikely partnership is in its early stages in Texas as Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy seek to curb pollution by recreating some of the dense forest that once covered a stretch of the Texas Gulf Coast before Houston and its suburbs were built. The plan faces many hurdles but it envisions a day when expensive anti-pollution machines might be at least partially replaced by restoring groves of native trees.
 
     BAGHDAD (AP) – Kurdish political party offices in Iraq’s north have been targeted for a second day. Authorities say twin truck bombs killed 15 people today. One was driven by a suicide bomber while the other truck bomb was presumably detonated by remote control when people rushed to the first site to help.
 
     BERLIN (AP) – Rescuers are working to recover a man stuck deep inside a cave in the German Alps after he was injured by falling rocks. Police say the effort could last days. A four-member rescue team reached the 52-year-old German cave researcher early today inside the cave system in Germany’s southeastern corner. One of the man’s two uninjured companions sought help while the other stayed with him.