csi photo matt sheppard

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
20 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE MID 60S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 90.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 16, 2012) — The Jamestown Public School Board voted Monday, to reduce the tax mill levy.

The asbestos removal project at Jamestown Middle School was completed this past year, reducing the mills by seven. One mill was added for special assessments.

Superintendent, Robert Toso said, the six mill reduction is a savings of $250,000 from last year.

Along with the mill levy, JPS also approved the 2012-2013 budget with a general fund $24,318,892, with an estimated deficit of $850,000 for the upcoming school year.

The school district’s reserve fund, is at $5,776,561, which gives the school district two to three years to end deficit spending.

Toso said the general rule of thumb is that the interim fund doesn’t fall below 10 to 14 percent of the general fund.

In Jamestown, he would like to see the interim fund not fall below $3.5 million.

The reorganizational meeting noted the two board members leaving the board, as the two newly elected members were seated.

 Rosemary McDougall, who did not seek re-election served on the board for eight years. Her city seat was filled by newly elected Roger Haut.

Rural representative Gary Peterson, who did not seek re-election, served on the board for 12 years. His seat is now filled by newly elected Terry Anderson.

 Roy Musland was elected by the board as the new president. Tanya Ostlie will remain vice president.

Former president Greg Allen was the other nominated candidate. Ostlie was the only, one nominated for the vice president position.

Musland received votes from board members Ostlie, Anderson, Haut, Shelly Jystad, Diane Hanson and himself.

Board members also approved to keep their pay at what it was for the last fiscal year, $200 per month per member and $250 for president and $40 for each additional meeting.

In other business, Vicki Coombs was approved as Washington and Louis L ‘Amour Elementary schools, Principal, at a salary of $82,000 a year, which includes running the summer school program.

 

From Main Street Association

Jamestown, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 17, 2012)  —  Every year about this time, the Main Street Downtown Association scurries around trying to find crafters, merchants, food vendors and entertainment for their annual Crazy Day.

 Due to the lack of downtown merchants, this year is even more critical to the continuance of this annual event. Crazy Day this year will be held in downtown Jamestown on July 27.

Main street from 1st Street South to 3rd Street and 1st west and 2nd Street from alley to alley will be closed off all day Friday, July 27 only and merchants from all over town are invited to display their products and offer some fantastic bargains for the shoppers.

Anyone who displays downtown can be on the streets as early as 7 a.m. and stay as late as 4 p.m.

Featured again this year will be some excellent entertainment starting at 11 a.m., four inflatable air games ($5 charge for all day bouncing), the Victory Lutheran Barrel Train, lot of delicious food and the ever popular Ping Pong Ball Drop at 1 p.m.

“We are trying hard to find some activity for every half hour starting at 11 a.m. to keep our visitors occupied and downtown,” said Main Street Ambassador Charlie Kourajian. “So far the response has been slow, but positive, but we can still use more entertainers, and vendors.”

Merchants, crafters and food vendors for Crazy Day are asked to call Kourajian at 320-3015 if they would like to reserve a spot on first avenue. There will be a $30 charge for each participant with the money being used to advertise the event.

As in the past, sponsors are needed to make Crazy Day successful. Non-profit organizations can look for sponsors if they wish to have a spot on the street and can’t afford the fee. There will be no charge for groups that want to perform and get some public exposure.

For more information, the Main Street Downtown Association can be reached at their office at 206 First Avenue South; Suite 140, or by calling 320-3015.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The chairwoman of the U.S. Senate’s
Agriculture Committee is hosting North Dakota farm forums later
this month with North Dakota Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Heidi
Heitkamp.
     A Heitkamp spokesman says Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie
Stabenow (STAH’-buh-noh) will have forums in Bismarck and Fargo on
July 28. The times and locations are being worked out.

     Stabenow and Heitkamp will be talking about Senate farm
legislation and agricultural policy. The Senate approved a farm
bill last month, but the legislation hasn’t been taken up yet by
the U.S. House.
     Heitkamp is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Berg for a
North Dakota Senate seat being left by Democratic incumbent Kent
Conrad.
     Heitkamp also wants Berg to agree to a debate specifically about
agricultural policy and the farm bill. It hasn’t been scheduled.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan woman has admitted in court to
taking nearly $363,000 in cash from the Bismarck doctor’s office
where she worked as a bookkeeper.
     The Bismarck Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/Mv5n6N) that Debra
Glass has been ordered to pay back the money while she is on
probation for five years. Ten years of prison time have been
suspended.
     Authorities say Glass used the money she took from Becker
Plastic Surgery for jewelry, vehicles, vacations and home
remodeling.

 

 WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge has set bond at $15,000 for a
West Fargo man accused of what prosecutors say is his 14th drunken
driving offense.
     Sixty-year-old Kevin Tegtmeier (TAG’-duh-my-uhr) was arrested
Friday night. Authorities allege he had a fictitious license plate,
and that his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the
legal limit for driving.
     Prosecutors asked for a $10,000 bail but Judge Wade Webb imposed
the higher amount because of Tegtmeier’s past offenses.
     Defense attorney Nick Thornton says he does not comment on
pending cases.

 

  WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – City leaders in West Fargo are refusing
to allow constrictor snakes as pets in the city.

     Resident Robert Butts III owns a python and a king snake and
says they should be allowed in West Fargo, as they are in nearby
Fargo and Moorhead, Minn.

The West Fargo City Commission voted not to change city ordinance that bans both venomous and constricting snakes.
     West Fargo commissioners in recent years also have refused to
allow chickens in backyard coops in the city.

 

In world and national news…

 

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Mitt Romney is seizing on a comment from
President Barack Obama as evidence that the Democrat favors a
government-centered society.

Obama told supporters in Virginia last
week that entrepreneurs didn’t build their businesses on their own.
He cited government research that helped create the Internet.
Speaking today in Pittsburgh, Romney said Obama’s comment was
“startling and revealing.

” He is stepping up attacks on Obama as
Democrats and a growing number of Republicans urge Romney to
release several years of tax returns.
    
     ISLAMABAD (AP) – U.S. officials say they’re close to signing a
deal with Pakistan that would regulate the flow of NATO troop
supplies in and out of Afghanistan.

 It would put on paper the somewhat informal agreement that has fueled the Afghan war over the past decade.

During negotiations that led to the supply line being reopened two weeks ago, Pakistan had pushed for a written agreement.

 The supply route had been closed for seven months, as
Pakistan retaliated for American airstrikes that killed 24
Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border.
     
     CAIRO (AP) – A court in Egypt is putting off a ruling that will
affect how the country is governed in the years ahead. At issue is
whether a panel that has been given the job of writing the
country’s new constitution is legal.

The panel is led by members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The ruling will determine whether it’s the Brotherhood or the nation’s military who oversees the process of writing a constitution.

The case is the latest front in a power struggle since a Brotherhood member won last month’s presidential election.
    
     TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – The suspect in the overnight shooting at
a crowded bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala., is in custody.

Police say the man turned himself in Tuesday, several hours after the shooting near the University of Alabama campus.

 Eleven people were wounded by the gunfire, and others were hit by glass and other debris.
    
     LONDON (AP) – Organizers of the London Olympics say preparations
for the games are going fine, despite a lack of security guards,
traffic that’s already snarled, taxi protests and rain.

 Outside

Parliament today, hundreds of London cabbies ignited new traffic
jams as they protested their exclusion from special road lanes set
up across London for Olympic athletes and VIPs.