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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 16, 2012) — The Buffalo City Tourism Foundation, Executive Board met in monthly session, on Friday, and reviewed issues concerning the soon to expire contract with the City of Jamestown.

Board representatives will attend Tuesday’s (Nov 20, 2012) Jamestown City Council Civic Center and Promotion Committee meeting, where the committee will discuss with the board, the upcoming contract, any recommend any changes in a new contract.

City Attorney Ken Dalsted is drafting language in the proposed agreement.

At Friday’s BCTF Executive Board meeting, the panel reviewed the existing contract, and received information from Jamestown City Attorney Ken Dalsted, from Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen.

In his opinion, Dalsted recommends the city not appoint Foundation Board members, as a requirement in a new contract.

The opinion stated in part that, “If a city does not have a specific power granted to it by the legislature, that power does not exist.”

Research of opinions by the North Dakota Attorney General and case law from other jurisdictions suggests that it is not appropriate for a city to do indirectly what it may not be able to do directly – control a corporation through the control of the appointment of its board of dirctors.

Dalsted’s opinion is, that because Buffalo City Tourism is an independent corportation, it is recommended that the entity be allowed to elect its own directors, as provided by law.

The BCTF may, under the city’s Enterprise Ordinance, make application to the city, making a request to perform services on behalf of the city.

Under the Ordinance the city can provide funding to independent entities that essentially perform certain services that would otherwise be appropriate for a city to perform.

With operating Tourism as a city agency, previous City Councils did not believe it was a good way to proceed and therefore the new procedure was set up with the current corporation.

In other business, the BCTF Grant Advisory Board met and received funding requests.

Jamestown College Athletic Director, Lawrie Paulson requested $10,000 in tourism funds to support the college hosting the National All Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament in Jamestown, February 21,25, 2013, in connection with A.I.I basketball conference.

The event is expected to bring ten teams to play at the Jamestown Civic Center, with travel parties of 15-20 individuals plus fans, with teams requiring 6-10 motel rooms per night.

Paulson said, projected expenses are almost $25,000, with the projected revenue, from gate receipts sponsorships and booklet sales at $15,600.

Jamestown College has pledged $8,000.

Following the presentation, the Grant Advisory Board voted unanimously to authorize up to $10,000 to pay the cost of officials and advertising.

The Jamestown Rural Fire Department requested $3,000 to hold a fishing derby early in 2013.

Other funding sources would come from raffle sales.

Representative Travis Lemieux said the dollars would be used to advertise the event with billboards in Fargo and Devils Lake, along with advertisements in on line and print publications along with local media.

The board voted to table the request, until it has more information including an itemized list of expenditures.

The panel also reviewed the Stutsman County Memorial Museum 2012 season, visitor count.

The total for the year was 1,861, with 1,266 visitors from Jamestown, with a total North Dakota count of 1,459.

Visitors came from 36 states.

Internationally there were 11 visitors from Canada, 2 from Denmark, 1 from Australia, 1 from Bosnia, and one from Thailand.

The total amounted to 1,758 visitors.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 16, 2012) — The Jamestown Arts Center is in the process of tidying-up, the Arts Park, in downtown Jamestown.

Arts Center, Director, Taylor Barnes says a crew from Humes Landscaping in Jamestown is performing the work, including pulling about five feet of rubble from the adjacent building’s wall, cleaning the edge of the property, and leveling that area of the park.

She says as funds become available the area is planned for a performing arts space.

Ms. Barnes added, that juniper trees will be planted along the edge of park at the alley.

She anticipates this work will be finished by Thanksgiving.

 

 VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Four people face burglary and theft
charges after a two-month investigation in Barnes County.
     Sheriff Randy McClaflin says  the group allegedly
burglarized a number of farmsteads, homes and a Valley City
business this fall. He says about $8,500 worth of property has been
recovered so far.
     The suspects are from the Valley City and Rochester, Minn.,
areas, and also face possession of stolen property charges in the
Rochester and Moorhead, Minn., areas. They range in age from 25 to
32, and face a total of 50 felony counts.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The results of North Dakota’s November
elections are official, and a recount is possible in a race for the
state Legislature.
     Democratic House candidate Sharon Buhr (BOO’-ur) finished 50
votes behind Republican Dwight Kiefer (KEE’-fur) in the race for a
House seat in District 24.

Pre-Canvass

Kiefert…. 3252 votes…26.09%

Buhr… 3197…25.65%

 

Post-Canvass

Kiefert…3262… 26.08%

Buhr… 3212…25.68%
     The district includes Barnes County and parts of Ransom and Cass
counties in southeastern North Dakota.
     Buhr couldn’t be reached immediately for comment Friday. She has
until Monday to ask for a recount.
     North Dakota’s Canvassing Board took less than an hour Friday to
certify the final election results.
     The closest statewide race was for the U.S. Senate. Democrat
Heidi Heitkamp beat Republican Rick Berg by 2,936 votes. Berg says
he won’t ask for a recount.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the cause of a drill rig collapse
near Belfield in western North Dakota.
     Neighbors Drilling spokesman Denny Smithsays  no one was hurt and no fluids spilled when the rig’s derrick collapsed Tuesday.
     OSHA spokesman Eric Brooks says investigators obtained a warrant
to enter the site on Thursday. Brooks say companies are allowed to
force investigators to obtain a warrant under federal law. But he
says it happens infrequently.
     Smith says requiring OSHA to get a warrant is standard procedure
for his company.
     Smith says it’s unknown whether the collapse was caused by a
mechanical failure or human error. – Officials are beginning dredging projects on the Missouri River in the Bismarck-Mandan area to help prevent
ice jam flooding.
Work on the Bismarck side of the river is to begin in earnest Monday and
wrap up by the end of the month. Preparation work also should be
complete at the end of the month for a project on the Mandan side
of the river.
     Last year’s record flooding altered the river channel and left
large deposits of sand south of the neighboring cities. The
dredging projects are expected to cost about $500,000, with the
state paying 75 percent and local governments the rest.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Pharmacy has
scheduled a Nov. 30 meeting to consider banning more chemicals used
in synthetic drugs.
     State Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) on Thursday
asked the board to use an emergency rule to ban additional
substances identified by the state crime lab and other labs across
the country.
     The pharmacy board used an emergency rule two years ago to
outlaw several chemicals, and the state Legislature added more
substances during the 2011 session. But state crime lab scientist
Charlene Schweitzer says new substances not covered by the law showed up within weeks.
     Stenehjem this week ordered shops in Mandan and Minot to stop
selling synthetic drugs.

 

In sports…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State University football
team closes out its regular season against Illinois State on
Saturday, in a matchup featuring two of the nation’s top Football
Championship Subdivision teams.
     Defending national champion NDSU (9-1, 6-1 Missouri Valley
Football Conference) is No. 1 in both FCS polls; Illinois State
(8-2) is No. 11 in both polls.
     NDSU can win the conference title outright with a win over the
Redbirds. The Bison clinched a share of a second straight MVFC
championship with their 20-17 win over South Dakota State last
week.
     Saturday’s game is at noon at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Ill.
The Bison beat the Redbirds 20-10 last season in Fargo.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – After hearing from former CIA Director David
Petraeus, Republican lawmakers are still critical of the Obama
administration’s handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in
Libya that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida says Petraeus made it clear
that the security measures at the consulate weren’t adequate.
According to a congressional official, Petraeus testified that
security was so lax, attackers just walked in and set fire to the
facility.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers who heard from David Petraeus Friday
say he didn’t discuss the extramarital affair that led him to
resign as CIA director last week — except in passing. They say he
expressed regret about the circumstances of his departure. And he
told them that his decision to resign had nothing to do with the
controversy over the way the Obama administration portrayed the
attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress
are voicing optimism about avoiding tax increases and automatic
spending cuts in January, after a meeting today at the White House
with President Barack Obama. House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur)
says Republicans are willing to consider increasing revenue, as
long as there are spending cuts to go along with it. House
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sais “a solution may be in sight.”
     
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. chief is urging Hamas to end its
rocket attacks on Israel. And at the same time, Ban Ki-moon is
calling on Israeli leaders to show restraint. He’s trying to
de-escalate the crisis that erupted this week when Israel responded
to a series of rocket attacks from Gaza with airstrikes that killed
the commander of the Hamas military wing and more than 20 others.
Militants have been firing rockets into Israel, including two that
were aimed today toward Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

     
     PHOENIX (AP) – Police in Phoenix say the woman who crashed her
car through a gate at the city’s airport last night and drove onto
the runway was so impaired, she didn’t even realize she had a small
child in the car with her. Officers forced the car to stop after a
few minutes and detained the woman. The child, a boy about 3, was
turned over to relatives. Police suspect the 20-year-old driver had
taken a drug of some kind.