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Jamestown Area…
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY…
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDY.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 45 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 40S. HIGHS NEAR 70.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
LOWS NEAR 50.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT….WITH WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS FORECAST SATURDAY.
A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE AREA.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Northern Plains are once again in for some smoky skies.
National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Abeling tells KQDJ radio that forest fires in the Pacific Northwest are producing a tremendous amount of smoke, and it’s blowing east. He says air quality will be affected in Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas beginning late Friday.
Abeling says the smoke will cause the sky to look hazy, will create red sunsets and can create health problems for people who are sensitive, such as those who have asthma or allergies,
Smoke from forest fires in Canada blanketed the region earlier this summer.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory, at Friday’s meeting at Historic Franklin School, tabled action on setting a meeting between Tourism and the Frontier Village Association Board.
At the Tourism meeting, members decided to set a potential meeting date with the FVA board, to be agreed upon by the full tourism board, at their board meeting set for this Monday (August 24, 2015).
Tourism Executive Director Searle Swedlund said a meeting between tourism and the Frontier Village should address concerns expressed by the FVA board at their meeting on August 13th, that specifically concerned Pioneer Days event flyers were not poster size, and said he wanted to withhold funding for them, along with other concerns.
At Friday’s meeting, Swedlund told the tourism board that he has concerns of whether to “invest” in the Frontier Village, with grant dollars that amounts to 35% of tourism’s annual grant funding, adding that the “historical approach,” with the Frontier Village will no longer work.
The Tourism Executive Advisory Board, Friday, also decided to bring to the full Tourism Board meeting, discussion concerning setting the date for the 2016 community fireworks display, that tourism in recent years has funding the majority of the costs.
Swedlund also said that JSDC has approved the Tourism request for $75,000 to for renewal of matching funds for Tourism Grant funding for 2016.
In other business, the Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board approved the request from the Jamestown Fine Arts Association (Jamestown Arts Center) in the amount of $2,750, or half the amount, for a study of the economic impact of the arts and culture on Jamestown.
The balance of the funds will come from the Americans for the Arts program.
Arts Center Director Cyndi Wish said the North Dakota Council on the Arts is working with Americans for the Arts to do an economic Impact Study for North Dakota, which Jamestown’s will be a part of, separately. She said the Jamestown Arts Center will be cooperating the organizations on the Jamestown Study.
Materials she supplied to tourism, said the study will assist the Jamestown Arts Center, with accurate data when making a case to local and state legislators in understanding how the arts drive tourism, support economic development, help attract and retain new residents, and provide jobs.
She added that understanding the impact of the arts in Jamestown could be very helpful in lobbying to get the Jamestown Arts Center’s City budget allocation increased, allowing for expanded programming which will continue to support Jamestown’s tourism.
Americans for the Arts will facilitate an evaluation process for the study.
The last study was done in 2007, and she said is outdated.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A recent notification in the early morning hours about a missing child who eventually was found safe irritated some residents of Richland and Wilkin counties enough that they’ve opted out of the CodeRed emergency alert system.
That’s concerning to emergency officials. Richland County 911 Director Jill Breuer tells says it could put some people in danger if there’s an emergency and they don’t know what’s going on.
The service is voluntary. It enables residents to learn quickly via telephone, text message, email or social media when there’s a public emergency.
Breuer says the early morning alert about the missing girl might have been at an inconvenient time, but it worked. She says the system also was successfully used recently to warn Fairmount residents about a water emergency.
BURLINGTON, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges are pending against an Alabama woman who was stopped by authorities in North Dakota driving a pickup truck with four young children in the truck’s box.
Ward County Chief Deputy Bob Barnard says the pickup was stopped Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 2 near Burlington. He says deputies found children ages 6, 7, 8 and 8 in the box, which had a fiberglass cover.
Three adults and children ages 1, 2 and 10 were in the cab of the pickup. Barnard says the 1-year-old was the only child restrained in a car seat.
The 32-year-old woman driving the truck was arrested on child restraint violations and a felony charge of reckless endangerment. The children were turned over to other family members after arrangements were made to safely transport them.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has finished its environmental review of the long-delayed Northwest Area Water Supply project in North Dakota.
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the bureau on Friday signed its record of decision. The step comes four months after the agency released its final environmental study, which called for more stringent water treatment, increasing the project cost from $207 million to $244 million.
NAWS is designed to bring Missouri River water to residents of northwestern North Dakota. It was first authorized by Congress nearly three decades ago, but the state of Missouri and the Canadian province of Manitoba have fought it in court because of water quality and depletion concerns.
The bureau’s record of decision will be submitted to the federal judge overseeing the case.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot is among 10 cities across the nation getting a $25,000 grant and volunteers to improve their ability to handle risks related to climate change, including extreme weather.
The help is through the Resilience AmeriCorps initiative that President Barack Obama announced in July. Selected cities are said to face risk from climate change, have shown efforts to improve resilience and have the ability to host volunteers.
The White House said in announcing the 10 cities that Minot “experiences a number of challenges, ranging from flooding to fires and more.” Volunteers will help with everything from improving communication networks to developing a program for evacuation volunteers and raising money for parks and greenways.
Among other selected cities are Pittsburgh, Phoenix, New Orleans and Chicago.
In sports…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings, already bound for a glitzy new stadium, could have another move in store.
The football team’s ownership announced Friday the signing of a purchase agreement for an Eagan property that could become its headquarters and training facility. The 185-acre parcel was once home to Northwest Airlines’ corporate headquarters.
The Vikings main off-the-field presence has been in Eden Prairie for more than 30 years. But chief operating officer Kevin Warren says the team has outgrown Winter Park and faces restraints on expansion there.
A move is not a done deal and the team will have time to evaluate the Eagan land before locking it in.
Of course, the Vikings bigger upcoming move will be into the $1 billion-plus stadium in Minneapolis due to open in 2016.
In world and national news…
NEW YORK (AP) – As the price of U.S. crude oil continues to fall, can gasoline prices be far behind? A barrel of U.S. crude has fallen below $40 per barrel for the first time since the end of the global economic crisis. Prices have fallen almost 60 percent since this time last year. Analysts say gas prices could drop below $2 a gallon in many areas of the country later this year.
TWISP, Wash. (AP) – A sign of how chaotic the situation is in Washington state, the scene of out-of-control wildfires: Authorities say they have “no idea” how many homes may have been lost. The complex of fires that killed three firefighters earlier this week has blown up, growing more than 100 square miles in a day to 252 square miles.
MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Danny is now a Category 3 storm as it moves across the Atlantic, far from land. The hurricane’s top sustained winds have increased to near 115 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the hurricane is not expected to intensify. Danny is centered about 900 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and so far does not pose a threat to land.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Associated Press has found that U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs have been among hundreds of federal workers using government networks to access the cheating-spouse website Ashley Madison. They include employees in national security or law enforcement.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says America’s annual military exercise with South Korea has resumed after being stopped as a result of escalating tensions and threats of war from the North. A spokesman says the exercise was temporarily halted so that the U.S. and South Korea could talk and coordinate over the recent exchange of artillery fire across the border.
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