CSi Weather…

OCTOBER 17, 18, 2012

STUTSMAN…

HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY…

A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES OF CANADA AND THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO AND REMAIN OVER MINNESOTA THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH…WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WEST BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY EVENING.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE IN THE CENTRAL AFTER MIDNIGHT…REACHING THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AROUND 4 AM CDT.
WEDNESDAY.
DURING THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS…THERE WILL BE
EPISODES WHEN THE WINDS ARE NOT AS STRONG. INITIALLY…THE WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH QUITE STRONG TONIGHT…WITH A BIT OF A LULL WEDNESDAY MORNING…THEN PICKING UP DURING THE NOON AND EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.

DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WINDS
MAY BRIEFLY SUBSIDE A BIT…THEN RETURN AGAIN DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY.

WITH WINDS THIS STRONG…MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES…WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

THOSE WORKING IN ELEVATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS WILL BE AT RISK. INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROOFS AND POWER LINES MAY BECOME DAMAGED. ANY FIRES WOULD SPREAD RAPIDLY.

Barnes County…

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY…

…HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING…

Forecast…

STUTSMAN…

HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY…
.LATE THIS AFTERNOON…MOSTLY SUNNY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WINDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
55 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
WINDY…COOLER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH.
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH DECREASING TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…RAIN LIKELY. WINDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…RAIN LIKELY. VERY WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH INCREASING TO
65 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING. WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN
THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
AROUND 30. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.

 The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services says any burning will

be extremely dangerous, and farmers should delay field work until

conditions improve. The fire danger is predicted to be high in

western North Dakota.

 

 Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 16, 2012) — The Barnes County Commission voted 3-2 to allow 9-11 dispatcher now employed by Valley City to become Barnes County employees, effective January 1, 2013.

County Commission President Cindy Schwehr, Rodger Berntson and Eldred Knutson vote in favor of the 9-1-1 employees transfer back to the county. Commissioner’s Jon Froehlich and Phil Leitner voted against the motion.

The Valley City Commission has scheduled a Special Meeting for Wednesday morning (Oct 17, 2012) at 8-a.m., to discuss the county’s 9-1-1 decision. to take over the 911 department.

The meeting will be shown live on CSi  68, followed by replays.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi- T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public School Board was informed about administrators progress in year three, of the five-year AdvancED.,school improvement program.

District School Improvement Committee member, Jamestown Middle School principal Gail Wold said “It’s taking a look at who we are a district, what are we doing well and what are we not doing well, adding, It’s a way of looking at ourselves.”

The AdvancED guidelines are required to be met for the district to maintain accreditation with the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement to receive funding.

There are five standards and 35 indicators throughout those standards that are used to measure the quality of the district.

Those include, purpose and direction, governance and leadership, and teaching and assessing for learning, along with resources and support systems, and using results for continuous improvement.

The improvement committee is to meet once a month, and in March of 2013, will have an external accreditation team conducting interviews and observe classrooms.

The committee will then have two months to take actions, based on recommendations.

The School Board was updated by Joe Hegland, Director of Curriculum and Professional development, on the transition process to the new Common Core education standards.

Common Core, will have a more difficult curriculum for math and language arts.

The school board also organized a committee to look at the support staff salary schedule, chaired by Diane Hanson.

The committee will address a 6 percent raise that was given out as 3 percent on base pay and 3 percent in a step increase, while support staff received a flat 6 percent raise.

Jamestown School Board, Support Staff Salary Schedule Committee will meet on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 5:15 pm in the Central Office Conference Room located in the Administration Building, 207 2nd Avenue Southeast, Jamestown.

The meeting was recorded by CSi and is now showing on KCSi-T.V. 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — “Secure Your ID Day,” will be held in Jamestown, with the opportunity to have documents shredded at no charge at First Community Credit Union in Jamestown.

The event is open to the public Saturday October 20, 2012, from 8-a.m., to 1-p.m.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Deb Lee of RSVP+nd South Central said the event is co-sponsored by that organization, along with the Better Business Bureau, AARP, MinnKota Recycling, FCCU in Jamestown, and the Jamestown Sun.

Also on our show, Jenna Bergstedt from FCCU in Jamestown said, at the event, there will be information about identity theft prevention, and the opportunity to register to win a paper shredder.

In addition, Ms. Bergstedt said, FCCU in Jamestown is a drop off location to recycle cell phones, in the Cell Phones for Soldiers Program.

She pointed out, in cooperation with AT&T, the cell phones are de-programmed, and refurbished for distribution to soldiers.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A 16-year-old Dickinson boy faces charges
in juvenile court after authorities say he brought a gun on school
property.
     Superintendent Douglas Sullivan tells The Dickinson Press that
the student brandished the gun in the high school parking lot
during the school’s homecoming dance last Friday.

Police say the gun was not loaded, and no one was hurt.

     The incident happened one day after a high school student in the
southeastern North Dakota community of Fairmount shot himself in
front of classmates in an apparent suicide attempt.

The boy survived, and is recovering in a Fargo Hospital.

 

 MINNEWAUKAN, N.D. (AP) – Officials have launched a
multimillion-dollar effort to move the community of Minnewaukan out
of reach of the chronically flooding Devils Lake.
     The state’s congressional delegation and governor say the
federal government is providing $6 million to buy out homes, move
others, and build water and sewer lines and access roads to the
site dubbed New Minnewaukan.
     Ground was broken at the site on Monday. The Grand Forks Herald
reports it’s about a mile away and 30 feet higher than the original
townsite.
     The lake has been expanding for two decades because of wet
weather, encroaching on the community of about 200 people.

Many buildings already have been moved, along with a highway on the
town’s east edge.

A new $11 million school also is under construction.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A company that supplies and services valves
and other flow-control components for the energy industry is
building a facility in Mandan.
     Novaspect Holdings Inc. broke ground Tuesday on the
20,000-square-foot facility that is to open next year. The company
expects to have about 30 employees within two years, and an annual
payroll of $2.6 million.
     The company has a relationship with Bismarck State College,
where it provides lectures and technical training and support.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar
Co. factories in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
are demonstrating outside businesses in the Fargo and Grand Forks
areas that sell the company’s products.
     The workers are urging members of the public to participate in a
consumer boycott to protest the 14-month lockout of union workers
in the two states and Iowa.
     The AFL-CIO earlier this month said the boycott will be called
off if the company returns to bargaining and concludes a contract
with about 1,300 locked-out workers.
     The company on Monday reiterated its position that its offer to
union workers was fair. Vice President Brian Ingulsrud says  Crystal Sugar is
focusing on its replacement workers at the sugar beet processing
plants.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Republican U.S. House candidate Kevin
Cramer is defending his support for eliminating a wind energy tax
break.
     Cramer and Democrat Pam Gulleson squared off Tuesday in a debate
broadcast live from Fargo’s KFGO Radio.
     They clashed on wind energy subsidies, federal tax rates and the
taxpayer bailout of General Motors.
     Gulleson says she supported the bailout, while Cramer says an
“orderly bankruptcy” of the company would have been better.

     Cramer wants to dump a federal tax credit that helps the wind
energy industry.

North Dakota is a leading producer of wind power.
But Cramer says it’s wrong to continue the subsidy because of the
nation’s $16 trillion debt.
     Gulleson says the wind industry means hundreds of North Dakota
jobs, and says renewable energy development should be encouraged.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has
appointed a Dickinson attorney as the new administrator of the
North Dakota Mediation Service.
     Bethany Abrams worked for a Minnesota district judge and as an
attorney in Minneapolis before joining a Dickinson law firm and
specializing in creditor rights, lending industry issues and
domestic conflict resolution.
     The state Agriculture Department’s Mediation Service was started
in 1984 to help farmers and ranchers resolve disputes with
creditors. It has since expanded to also handle disputes over
energy development and wildlife depredation.
     Abrams succeeds Tom Silbernagel, who retired in August after
about eight years as administrator.

 

Sports news…

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The influx of people from around the
country into the western North Dakota oil patch has resulted in an
increase in citations for fishing without a license.
     Game and Fish Department Director Terry Steinwandsays  wardens this year have issued about 240 citations to people who don’t have the proper
fishing license, compared to about 100 all of last year.
     Doug Olson is the warden supervisor for the northwestern part of
the state. He says wardens worked hard over the summer checking
anglers.

Steinwand says his department also has been proactive in
trying to get information on how to hunt and fish legally to people
who are new to the state.
     Fishing without a license is a misdemeanor that carries a fine
of up to $1,000.

 

In world and national news…

 HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) – Mitt Romney appears to be in good spirits
in advance of tonight’s second debate with President Barack Obama.

Romney was smiling broadly as he stepped off his campaign plane in
New York Tuesday.

He’ll be trying to repeat his performance from the first debate, where he was seen as a clear-cut winner over a listless Obama.

That gave the Romney campaign a major boost and significantly tightened the race. Tonight’s debate will feature a town-hall style format in which the candidates take questions on foreign and domestic policy from audience members.
     
     COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Supreme Court is giving Democrats a
boost, three weeks before the election. The court today refused to
intervene in early voting dispute in Ohio.

That, in effect, upheld a lower court decision that reinstated three days of early voting that Ohio Republican officials had tried to eliminate.

President Barack Obama’s campaign and Ohio Democrats sued the state over
changes in the law that took away the three days of early voting
for most people in the state. Nearly 105,000 voted early in 2008.
     
     NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) -Vice President Joe Biden is remembering what
he calls the “undaunted courage” of former U.S. Sen. Arlen
Specter.

Biden was among many political dignitaries to attend Specter’s funeral Tuesday.

He noted that the Pennsylvania political moderate was so determined to beat a string of illnesses that he managed to teach one last law class less than two weeks before his death.

Specter died at his suburban home on Sunday at 82 after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
     
     HAVANA, Cuba (AP) – Cubans are shocked and delighted with news
that the country will no longer require citizens to apply for an
exit visa.

That marked a dramatic departure from over 50 years of
policies that made it burdensome for those that wanted to travel
abroad.

Starting Jan. 14, Cubans will only have to show their passports and a visa for the country that they are traveling to, in order to leave.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – It’s going to be a Super Bowl encore for Beyonce
(bee-AHN’-say).

A source tells the Associated Press that the pop diva will be the halftime entertainment at the Feb. 3 game in New Orleans.

Beyonce sang the national anthem at the 2004 Super Bowl in her hometown of Houston.