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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS
IN THE MID 80S.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY…MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY 200. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
RETURNS ON WEDNESDAY.
St. Paul (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing outflows into the Sheyenne River at Baldhill Dam, to around 50 cubic feet per second, or CFS, beginning today.
The Corps says outflows are being reduced in order to perform gage maintenance and pipeline infrastructure maintenance downstream of Baldhill Dam.
Corps staff lowered Lake Ashtabula water levels to elevation 1,265.4 feet in order to store the water. The pool is expected to climb to an elevation near 1,266.3 feet during this time.
Corps staff plan to resume normal outflows of 800 cfs by August 12, 2015.
For more information, see
www.mvp.usace.army.mil http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/.
Jamestown (CSi) The annual “Stuff the Bus” program is in progress at the Buffalo Mall, in Jamestown through August 17th. The program assists children in need of items for school.
All donated school supply items stay local and will be given to Community Action Region VI to be distributed to children in time for back to school.
The bus is parked in the main entrance of the Buffalo Mall.
Donations can also be dropped off at Gate City Bank. For a full list of needed items, contact the Buffalo Mall.
Jamestown (CSi) The All Veterans Picnic is set for Sunday August 9, 2015, with an indoor event at the All Vets Club in Jamestown.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Patriotic Council representative Leroy Wegenast said, all veterans and their families are invited, with the picnic put on by the Patriotic Council.
The schedule includes:
Noon…Concert by the Jamestown Drum and Bugle Corp
12:25-p.m., Pledge and National Anthem
12:30-p.m., Picnic Lunch with grilled hamburgers and brats along with potato salad, beans, homemade bars, coffee and lemonade.
The suggested donation is $5 person.
Refreshments available, plus BINGO and raffles.
He added that the Patriotic Council is comprised of area veteran’s organizations.
He pointed out that the annual Freedom Walk and supper will be on September 11th, starting at 5-p.m., starting with a short walk in downtown Jamestown and then supper.
Wegenast said the All Vets Club’s annual banquet and fundraiser is the third Thursday in October, with more information coming on the event.
The Patriotic Council also helps organize Veteran’s Day activities with local clubs and organizations.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Downtown Association and University of Jamestown report that booth space is filling up for the annual Community Block Party to be held from 5 to 8 p.m. August 27, 2015 along 1st Avenue in Jamestown. The event welcomes University of Jamestown students to the community at the beginning of the school year.
The deadline to reserve booth space is Friday, August 7, 2015. Businesses and organizations may sign up online at www.uj.edu/communityblockpartyregistration.
There is no charge for booth space.
Jamestown (CSi) The 11th annual Memorial Motorcycle Ride in remembrance of all fallen soldiers is Saturday, August 15, 2015, starting from Stutsman Harley-Davidson.
Registration is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. with kickstands up at 11 a.m.
The fee is $15 per bike and $5 per passenger.
Hosting the event is the Dakota Sonshine Riders of Jamestown and Christian Motorcyclists Association. For more information, call Rodney, 269-0449, or Mark, 320-8503.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Medical Center Hospice along with the Jamestown Area Grief support team are hosting a Memorial Service on Tuesday, August 18 at 6:30 pm. The event will be located at the large shelter at Klaus Park in Jamestown. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one, whether recently or in previous years is invited to come and share in this service honoring the memory of our loved ones in a supportive atmosphere. JRMC Hospice will also plant a tree in memory of your loved ones.
Many people who are grieving the loss of a loved one feel very alone in their grief. JRMC Hospice and the Jamestown Area Grief Support Team are committed to offering support and companioning to those who are grieving. Team members endeavor to provide a listening ear and a variety of ways for individuals to share their feelings about their loss.
JRMC Hospice and the JAGST team strive to support family and friends of former hospice patients and in the community in their grief. We will remember and honor those who died during our memorial service and tree planting ceremony. Please join us if you have experienced a loss,” said Maren Radi, hospice coordinator at JRMC.
The memorial service is free of charge and open to everyone. We encourage you to bring a lawn chair to sit on if desired. For more information please call JRMC Hospice at (701) 952-4847.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. Between JRMC, JRMC Clinic, Sanford Health Jamestown and Essentia Health Jamestown, the community is served by 30 local medical providers and a variety of visiting specialists. For more information on services at JRMC, visit
www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
Jamestown (CSi) The next presentation of the 2nd ACT Community Theater, will be “Beyond Therapy,” by Christopher Durang, with three dinner shows at the Jamestown Arts Center.
Beyond Therapy, is a quirky comedy about a lonely woman who replies to a personal ad and meets an eccentric, bisexual man who is looking for a woman to be the mother of his children. Needless to say they both need therapy—unfortunately their therapists need it more.
THREE DINNER THEATER SHOWS DATES:
Thursday, August 20;
Friday, August 21;
Saturday, August 22 at The Arts Center.
Dinner served at 6:00 pm.
Tickets in advance only: $30 or $25 for Arts Center members, available at The Arts Center.
(Show contains mature content similar to an R-rated movie)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man who walked away from a Fargo halfway house less than three weeks before his release date has been arrested in Minnesota.
Wayne Fisher is charged in federal court with escape. Authorities say he left the Centre Inc. facility between 9:15 and 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 1.
Fisher was apprehended earlier this week in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
A federal court judge in Minnesota sentenced Fisher in June 2007 to 10 years in prison on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm.
Federal court documents do not list an attorney for Fisher.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Attorneys for a man sentenced to death for killing a University of North Dakota student nearly 12 years ago are alleging jury misconduct in the case.
The complaint is one of several issues that attorneys for 62-year-old Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. have raised in his death row appeal. A status hearing on the case is scheduled next month in Fargo.
Authorities say Rodriguez, a convicted sex offender, abducted 22-year-old UND student Dru Sjodin (shuh-DEEN’) from the parking lot of a Grand Forks shopping mall in November 2003. Her body was found five months later near Crookston, Minnesota, where Rodriguez lived with his mother.
Lawyers on both sides declined to comment to KFGO radio about the alleged juror misconduct. The document on that complaint is sealed from public view.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A federal appeals court has rejected the complaints of a man sentenced to life in prison for killing his niece and nephew on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
A jury in September 2013 convicted Valentino “Tino” Bagola on two counts of felony murder for the May 2011 slayings of 9-year-old Destiny Jane Shaw-Dubois and her 6-year-old brother, Travis Lee DuBois Jr.
Authorities say Bagola stabbed the children to death after he sexually assaulted the girl because he was angry at their father but couldn’t find him.
Bagola’s lawyers argued that the jury instructions were unfair, there was insufficient evidence for a conviction, and the judge wrongly limited cross-examination of the children’s father, who initially confessed to the crime.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rebuffed all three challenges.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A man stationed at the Grand Forks Air Force Base is accused of trying to arrange a sexual encounter with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
Twenty-four-year-old Brandon Pierce is charged with luring minors by computer. He’s scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday afternoon in Grand Forks.
The arrest followed several days of investigation and online communication.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Pierce.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Department of Health says almost 180,000 gallons of saltwater has spilled in northwestern North Dakota.
The department says Sampson Resources reported the spill and said almost 10,000 gallons have been recovered so far at the site seven miles northwest of Crosby.
No surface waters have been impacted by the spill.
Brine is an unwanted byproduct of oil production and is considered an environmental hazard by the state. It is many times saltier than sea water and can easily kill vegetation exposed to it.
Department of Health officials are responding and say they will work with the company on a remediation plan.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has slated a public hearing for a proposed $85 million ethane pipeline in Divide and Williams counties.
The meeting is slated for Thursday in Williston for the proposed 47-mile-long pipeline proposed by Vantage Pipeline US.
The pipeline would start near Williston and connecting to an existing Vantage ethane pipeline system near Stady. The Vantage pipeline supplies ethane to petrochemical facilities located in Alberta, Canada.
Ethane is colorless and odorless and extracted from raw natural gas. It’s used to make plastics and for welding, and as an anesthetic and an agent for ripening fruit.
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – Construction is underway on a new housing unit on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
The $5 million, 36-unit apartment building in New Town is part of a more than 200-acre plan that will eventually include a senior center.
Councilman Ken Hall of the Three Affiliated Tribes tells KXMC-TV (http://bit.ly/1MPJM6C) that there has been a housing shortage in New Town for a long time and the community has doubled in population since the oil boom started.
Rental rates have not been established, but Hall says the plan is to keep prices affordable for tribal members.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The golden anniversary of North Dakota’s Parks and Recreation Department is being celebrated this weekend at Turtle River State Park near Arvilla.
The Grand Forks Air Force Base Honor Guard will kick off the Saturday event by posting the colors at 12:30 p.m., followed by a short program.
The main celebration will include food, musical entertainment, games and activities. The department’s 50th Anniversary Traveling Exhibit also will be open to the public.
The event is one of 13 around the state this year celebrating the golden anniversary of Parks and Rec. Saturday also is the park’s Visitor Appreciation Day, so vehicle fees are being waived.
| In sports…Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown Head men’s basketball coach,Alan Magnani has resigned, and Assistant coach Danny Neville has been named the new Jimmies head coach.Magnani was the Jimmies Head coach for one season, posting a 20-9 record.From the University of Jamestown:University of Jamestown Athletic Director Sean Johnson announces that Alan Magnani has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach.Johnson says, “We are very grateful for Coach Magnani’s leadership of the Jimmie men’s basketball program through a very successful season which culminated in a 2015 NSAA regular season title. We respect and appreciate his dedication to his family and his desire to return home to Iowa and wish him nothing but the best. I cannot begin to thank the University of Jamestown, President Badal, and Lawrie Paulson for the confidence they had in hiring me to direct the men’s basketball program. It was my honor to be the head coach of such a tradition-rich program. I will always treasure the successes our team achieved in 2014-15, both on the court and academically. I will also cherish the relationships that have been fostered with my assistants Danny Neville and Brady Cameron, as well as our players and hope they are all ones that last a lifetime.”Magnini served as head coach since June 2014. He led the Jimmies to a 20-9 record and the North Star Athletic Association regular season championship. He was also named NSAA Coach of the Year.The University has named Danny Neville as Magnani’s successor. Neville has served as the assistant coach of the Jimmie’s men’s basketball team for the past three years. Prior to coming to Jamestown, he was the assistant men’s basketball coach at Presentation College. Neville played at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. While at Grand View, he helped Grand View go 50-17 in his last two years. The Vikings were ranked in the top 25 both years and were ranked as high as #7 in the country. Neville earned his BA in Sports Management/Business from Grand View University in 2010 and his MA in Athletic Administration from Concordia Irvine University in 2015.Neville says, “This is an exciting opportunity that I have been preparing for since I began my coaching career, and I am grateful to lead the University of Jamestown men’s basketball program and continue to build on the great tradition. I want to thank President Badal, Polly Peterson, and Sean Johnson for their belief in me to guide the Jimmie basketball program into the future.”Johnson adds, “We are fortunate to have Danny Neville step into this important leadership role. Coach Neville has the unanimous support of our coaching staff and administration, and his hard work and dedication to the University of Jamestown is reflected in this appointment. He is an outstanding communicator, recruiter, educator and is dedicated to the game of basketball. We always strive to do what is best for our student-athletes, and today’s decision reflects the dedication to this goal.” |
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown has brought back a former Jimmies football assistant coach.
Jason Challeen, was with the Jimmies from 2007-09 as an assistant coach, and is back, recently hired, to run the UJ offense.
For the past four years, the Osseo, Minnesota native, has been on the East Coast, including coaching in Vermont, the past year at Mount Ida College in Boston, where he served as the football team’s offensive coordinator.
Challeen has 22 years of coaching experience, replacing Josh Kittell, who resigned in July. Kittell was hired as the offensive quality control coach at NDSU.
AA….
Sioux City 4, Fargo-Moorhead 2
MLB…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TORONTO (AP) – Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the struggling Minnesota Twins 9-3 Thursday night to complete a four-game sweep. Encarnacion went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and scored twice. The surging Blue Jays won their fifth straight and swept a four-game series from the Twins for the first time.
Final Detroit 8 Kansas City 6
Final N-Y Yankees 2 Boston 1
Final Houston 5 Oakland 4, 10 Innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 10 Philadelphia 8
Final Milwaukee 10 San Diego 1
Final Washington 8 Arizona 3
Final Atlanta 9 Miami 8
Final Chi Cubs 5 San Francisco 4
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Los Angeles 84 Tulsa 57
Peterson….
CONROE, Texas (AP) – A Texas prosecutor has criticized the judge who cut short the probation of Minnesota Viking Adrian Peterson in a child abuse case.
State District Judge Kelly Case on Thursday reduced the 2012 NFL most valuable player’s probation from two years to nine months already served. Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said Case seemed “enamored with an elite athlete.”
Requirements also have been waived for the Vikings’ star running back to complete a public service announcement about child abuse, check in monthly with a probation officer and undergo mandatory drug tests.
Peterson pleaded no contest last year to a misdemeanor charge of reckless assault for using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son.
Peterson’s attorney told the Houston Chronicle his client didn’t receive special treatment. Case declined to comment.
GOLF…
AKRON, Ohio (AP) – Danny Lee has a one-stroke lead over Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk (FYOOR’-ihk) heading into the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron. Lee was one of just 21 players in the 77-man field go break par carding seven birdies for a 5-under 65. The major championship pairing of Jordan Spieth (speeth) and Zach Johnson produced two rounds of even-par 70 as the two prepare for next week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
RENO, Nev. (AP) – Patrick Rodgers has the lead in the opening round of the Barracuda Championship. He accumulated 15 points under the modified Stableford method of scoring that awards points for under par scores on a hole and subtracts them for over par scores.
Rickie Barnes is a point behind, while David Toms trails by two.
In world and national news…
TROY, Ala. (AP) – Shoppers in a Wal-Mart in Troy, Alabama say they ran for shelter when part of the roof collapsed last night. A possible tornado ripped through the southeastern part of the state, injuring five people. Local media say a strong storm cell passed through Troy, about 50 miles southeast of Montgomery. But emergency officials say none of the injuries were serious. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for Pike County.
CLEVELAND (AP) -Donald Trump is signaling that he might run as an independent if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination. At last night’s Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, Trump said he couldn’t rule out a third-party run and couldn’t promise that he’d back the Republican president nominee if were anyone but him.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government on Friday releases July unemployment figures shortly, and they’re expected to show another month of solid gains. Economists surveyed by FactSet believe that employers added 225,000 jobs in July and that the jobless rate remained at a seven-year low of 5.3 percent. This morning’s report will provide a key piece of evidence for the Federal Reserve to weigh in deciding whether the U.S. economy is ready for it to raise interest rates from record lows as soon as September.
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) – Virginia has revoked specialty license plates with the Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved a 2001 injunction that allowed the flag. Virginia’s attorney general says the Department of Motor Vehicles will begin replacing about 1,600 existing plates. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in a Texas case that specialty license plates represent the state’s speech, and not the driver’s speech. Virginia’s plates honor the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
LONDON (AP) – Representatives for Formula One driver Jenson Button say burglars may have pumped anesthetic gas through the air conditioning vents of his French Riviera villa before he and his wife were robbed. The Buttons were on vacation with friends in St. Tropez when on Monday, thieves broke in as they slept. Among the items stolen was Jessica Button’s engagement ring. The Buttons’ representatives say police have told them that such thefts have become a growing problem, and that thieves have been pumping gas into the places they’ve robbed so they can have free rein.
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