wbPM2CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 50.
LOWS AROUND 30.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

WHILE COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED HIGHS FRIDAY THE TEMPERATURE WILL STILL BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY…A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SURGE  SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  THERE MAY BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER
50S MONDAY. SO WHILE THAT WILL BE A 20-30 DEGREE DEPARTURE FROM SUNDAY…STILL NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE (MID-MARCH HIGHS AVERAGE AROUND 40F).

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is offering a grief support group for anyone who is grieving the loss of someone important to them, whether the loss is recent or from years past. The group will meet once a week at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 424 1st Avenue S, Jamestown, beginning on Thursday, April 9th and will run for 6 weeks.

In his book, Understanding Your Grief, internationally recognized expert in the field of loss and grief, Dr. Alan Wolfelt states, “You can benefit from a connectedness that comes from people who have also had a death in their lives. Support groups, where people come together and share the common bond of experience, can be invaluable in helping you and your grief and supporting your need to mourn long after the event of the death”

In our fast paced society, people who have had a significant loss are often expected to be ‘over it’ in a matter of a few weeks. They may even expect this of themselves. In reality, it may take years for someone to work through his or her grief. The support group experience helps individuals to understand and express grief in their own unique way and on their own unique timetable.

The group is free of charge, however, participants are asked to register to ensure that enough materials are available. For more information, or to register, please call Charlotte at 952-9358 or 320-3297 or Kathy at 952-8001 or 659-8001.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The NDSU Stutsman County Extension Service Office is now located at 502 10th Avenue Southeast in Jamestown.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show CSi Cable 2 Agent, Christina Rittebach said the office moved from its former location at First Street East to the former Senior Center location, next to the Stutsman County Library.

She added that the move took place on February 21st, and is fully operational.

The former location will be occupied by Stutsman County Social Services which is expanding from the first floor location.

On our show Christina pointed out upcoming events held in conjunction with the Extension Service.

“Nourishing Boomers and Beyond,” is designed for those 50 and older, concerning health and wellness topics. The presentations are held each month through August this year. The next is set for March 17th at 5:30-p.m.,at the Extension Service location.

“Spring Fever” a garden forum is being held March 23, 24, 30, & 31 from 6:30-pm to 8:30-pm with live streaming video from Fargo, also at the Stutsman County Extension Service office.

“4-H Communications Arts Contest,” will be presented and judged on April 19, with the winner going to regional competition, and that winner going on to competition at the State Fair in Minot this year.

The “Energy Beet Educational” meeting is set at several locations around the state.

In the area presentations will be made:

In Valley City – Tuesday, March 17, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Eagles Club

In Jamestown – Tuesday, March 17, 3 to 5 p.m., at the Stutsman County Extension Service office

In Carrington Thursday, March 19, 9 to 11 a.m., Carrington Research Extension Center.

A drawing for an iPad Air 2 will be held at each of the five state locations. Refreshments will be provided.

Farmers attending the meetings on energy beet production and economics will be surveyed about the returns they need to plant the crop and their preferences in how the crop will be harvested and contracted. A paper survey will be conducted following the educational portion of the meeting.

Energy beets, also called industrial beets, are varieties of beets bred for industrial sugars that can be converted to a wide range of biofuels and chemicals. Commercialization efforts continue in North Dakota, as well as other parts of the country.

Jamestown (CSi) As CHS officials continue to look at starting construction this summer on its planned $3 billion nitrogen fertilizer plant at Spiritwood,

questions remain on the project,

That includes establishing a water supply and a final design plan and a construction schedule.

The plant will reportedly use 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of water per minute.

A water plan and a water reuse facility near Spiritwood are under review by the North Dakota State Water Commission, and could, if approved, provide enough water for the planned CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant.

Additional capacity for future projects, could also benefit.

The State Water Commission’s Jon Patch, says, a water plan option would draw water from the Jamestown and Spiritwood aquifers based on the levels of the aquifers.

The Jamestown Aquifer runs under the James River and James River Valley and is quite shallow. Its levels vary with the changes in river flows. The Spiritwood Aquifer is a larger and deeper aquifer with a larger supply of water.

It might also be supplemented by Missouri River water delivered by pipeline.

Stutsman Rural Water District is applying for permits to draw water from the Spiritwood and Jamestown aquifers to supplement the greywater.

A regional water reuse facility would take in a significant amount of wastewater from Cargill Malt for about one third of the water supply with about two thirds coming from groundwater.

The reuse facility would take in greywater from Cargill Malt, Dakota Spirit AgEnergy and Great River Energy’s Spiritwood Station.

Greywater is treated wastewater and is commonly allowed to flow into the James River.

Construction would be timed so that completion of the water reuse plant would coincide with the completion of the CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant.

 

WING, N.D. (AP) – A Wing woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of two gravel roads north of Bismarck.

The Highway Patrol says the 38-year-old woman was driving a pickup truck that failed to yield to another pickup truck. The vehicles collided about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, and the woman’s pickup rolled in the ditch.

The driver and a passenger in the other truck were taken to a Bismarck hospital for treatment of injuries the patrol said were not life-threatening. Both men are from Wilton.

Authorities did not immediately identify any of the people involved.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A woman involved in a vehicle chase and shooting in Minot two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

21-year-old Kayla Wright pleaded guilty this week to robbery and drug charges.

Authorities say Wright was in a pickup truck that chased another vehicle through the city after a botched drug deal in February 2013. A shot fired from the pickup wounded the driver of the second vehicle.

Two men in the pickup pleaded guilty earlier to terrorizing. Tegan Lamotte is serving four years in prison and Nathan Schlosser five years.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A woman involved in a vehicle chase and shooting in Minot two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

21-year-old Kayla Wright pleaded guilty this week to robbery and drug charges.

Authorities say Wright was in a pickup truck that chased another vehicle through the city after a botched drug deal in February 2013. A shot fired from the pickup wounded the driver of the second vehicle.

Two men in the pickup pleaded guilty earlier to terrorizing. Tegan Lamotte is serving four years in prison and Nathan Schlosser five years.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s oil production slipped 3 percent in January from record production set a month earlier.

Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says the slide to about 1.2 million barrels daily was largely due to sagging oil prices.

He says falling oil prices also forced the drilling rig count down again, from 160 in January to 133 in February.

Helms says Thursday’s rig count of 111 is the lowest in nearly five years, down 49 percent from the high of 218 in May 2012.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Unseasonably warm weather in the Dakotas is giving a boost to cattle ranchers in the midst of spring calving.

Southern North Dakota rancher Doug Bichler tells KXMB-TV that the warmth is a blessing for the 100 calves on his ranch that were born in bitter cold a few weeks ago. He says the warm weather also puts less stress on cows that are still pregnant.

High temperatures in the two states this week have reached the 50s, 60s and even 70s. The warmth has broken records in eastern North Dakota.

Warm weather can bring a few problems. Eastern South Dakota feedlot operator Cory Eich tells The Daily Republic newspaper that muddy pens are an issue for him. Wide temperature swings also can lead to respiratory problems in cattle.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A months-long impasse on the construction of two parking ramps in downtown Minot has ended.

City officials on Wednesday said construction will begin later this month and the structures are expected to be completed this year.

Two parking lots were torn up in November 2013 so construction could begin on the ramps that are to provide 225 parking spaces, but activity stopped shortly afterward when subcontractors left after not getting paid.

Minot City Manager Lee Staab says the contractor continues to resolve difference with subcontractors, but the city isn’t a party on those discussions.

The city originally set aside about $5.5 million in federal disaster recovery money it received after the 2011 Souris River flood for the ramp projects.

Road closures and detours will be announced in the following days.

 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi) It’s on to the NAIA national basketball tournament Sweet 16, for the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team.

The Jimmie women, Thursday morning defeated St. Francis, Florida 69-62 in the First Round of the tournament, in Sioux City, Iowa.

The Jimmies, next play on Friday at Noon against Number 5 Cardinal Stritch, Wisconsin, or Asbury, Kentucky.

Last season, Stritch eliminated the Jimmies at nationals in the Sweet 16.

 

Fargo (CSi) The Jamestown Blue Jays, Thursday afternoon at the State Class A Boy’s Basketball Tournament, quarter finals in Fargo lost to Grand Forks Red River 77-64.

The Riders will move to the semi finals and take on  Bismarck Century, on Friday which defeated   Wahpeton  68-53.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks Red River’s Mark Toe posted a team-high 16 points and the Roughriders’ bench added 26 points to beat Jamestown 77-64 at the North Dakota Class A boys basketball tournament Thursday.

Red River (16-9) starters Braedan Hanson and Shayden Keplin added 15 points and 13 points, respectively, and Tyler Straus came was 6-for-6 from the field for 12 points off the bench. Hanson also had nine rebounds.

The Blue Jays (10-15) were paced by Noah Wanzek with a game-high 14 rebounds and 15 points and Nick Fuchs with a game-high 23 points. Fuchs shot 6-for-9 in the first half, including a layup that knotted the score 33-33 with 30 seconds left in the half. He finished 9-for 20 from the field.

JAMESTOWN (10-15): Fuchs 9-20 3-4 23, Wanzek 7-14 1-2 15, Anderson 3-7 1-2 7, Nelson 3-5 0-0 7, Lunzman 3-8 0-0 7, Hormung 1-3 0-0 3, Love 0-2 2-2 2, Monson 0-3 0-0 0, Ruether 0-1 0-0 0, Schultz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 26-64 7-10 64.

GRAND FORKS RED RIVER (16-9): Toe 6-8 4-5 16, Hanson 4-10 6-9 15, Keplin 5-15 2-4 13, Straus 6-6 0-0 12, Dennis 3-8 0-0 7, Soleim 2-5 0-0 5, Rowekamp 2-2 1-1 5, Slaughter 0-6 2-2 2, Bommersbach 1-1 0-0 2, Miller 0-1 0-1 0. Totals: 29-62 15-22 77.

Halftime: Grand Forks Red River 33, Jamestown 33. 3-pointers: Jamestown 5 (Fuchs 2), GFRR 4 (4 with 1). Rebounds: Jamestown 31 (Wanzek 14), GFRR 29 (Hanson 9). Assists: Jamestown 6 (Anderson 3), GFRR 8 (3 with 2). Total fouls: Jameston 19, GFRR 16. Fouled out: Nelson.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The James River, Pheasants Forever banquet, will be held on Friday March 20, 2015, at the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Hall.

Spokeman Ron Hemmer says, the Cackle Hour starts at 5-p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Dr. Ken McDougall’s office on First Avenue, South, or on line at www.pfevents.org/event/1394.

Adult Membership and Dinner $50

Spouse Dinner $20

Ringneck Membership & Dinner $20

Dinner only (existing members) $20

Admission includes dinner, toasting and boasting, with like-minded folks.

There are chances to win prizes, and bid on several hunting trips, including an African Safari, and a Minnesota Black Bear Hunt.

There are gun raffles.

Most importantly, the opportunity to make a difference for habitat in the James Valley area.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says his thoughts and prayers are with the two police officers who were wounded in a shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. The president took to Twitter to relay his prayers to the officers who were shot during a protest outside Ferguson police headquarters early Thursday. The officers have been released from the hospital. One was shot in the face, while the other was shot in the shoulder.

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – The family of 18-year-old Michael Brown, whose fatal shooting by a Ferguson police officer last year sparked widespread protests, is condemning the shooting early Thursday of two police officers in Ferguson. The family released a statement through their attorney, saying the shootings during a protest were “senseless.” They say they won’t tolerate “any kind of violence directed toward members of law enforcement.”

LAS VEGAS (AP) – A 19-year-old Las Vegas man has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the shooting death of a mother of four in a neighborhood gunbattle four weeks ago. Erich Nowsch (nowsh) spoke in court Thursday only to tell the judge that he understood the charges — which also include attempted murder and firing a weapon from a vehicle. Police are still seeking a getaway driver in the shooting death of Tammy Meyers. The case initially was characterized as road rage. Police now say Meyers and Nowsch knew each other, and that Meyers’ adult son fired several shots at Nowsch during the fatal shootout.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A spokeswoman for Pamela Smart says she’s serving the life sentence that should have been given to her teen lover who killed her husband in 1990. William Flynn was granted parole Thursday in New Hampshire. He testified at Smart’s trial that she seduced him when he was a 15-year-old student at the school where she worked, and then threatened to shun him if he didn’t kill her husband. Smart is serving life without parole. Her spokesman says she was victimized by Flynn, and not the other way around.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State John Kerry says elected officials who ban the words “climate change” are unwilling to face the facts. It’s a not-so-subtle dig at Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Kerry, a longtime climate champion, told a Washington-based think tank that debating whether we can say climate change is wasting time that would be better spent solving the problem. Scott is a Republican who is skeptical of climate science. He has denied banning the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” But former officials say they were told not to use them.