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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown College Look Beyond Committee will host “Gateway to China” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in Level Two of the Nafus Student Center, Westminster Hall.

On Friday’s (nov 30, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, spokesperson Kate Stevenson said, the event is free and open to the public.

She said, hands-on activities led by Zhu Shuyi, (Tina) guest professor from Huizou (Wee’-zhoo) University, Guangdong Province, will include calligraphy, games and knot tying while guests enjoy music, photos, film and more.

Tina has been in Jamestown since the start of the academic year instructing Chinese at Jamestown College, and is involved with the Jamestown Arts Center’s, Arts After School program, and the Jamestown Public School’s Talented and Gifted Program.

The Look Beyond Committee at Jamestown College plans activities which encourage students and community members to look beyond to learn about other people and cultures.

　

Jamestown, ND, (KCSi-T.V. News November 30, 2012) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) is excited to announce their new service, pulmonary rehabilitation. Pulmonary rehabilitation allows patients to make the most of limited lung function.

“Pulmonary rehab aims to reduce symptoms, decrease disability and increase participation in physical and social activities while improving the overall quality of life for patients with chronic respiratory disease,” said Emily Kjelland, JRMC registered clinical exercise physiologist and cardiopulmonary rehab manager.

This new service is designed for adults who are increasingly limited in their everyday activities due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Sarcoidosis and other lung conditions. Pulmonary rehab can improve a patient’s ability to function and increase their quality of life.

Some benefits that pulmonary rehab can provide are: reduce and control breathing difficulties, increase functionality for daily activity, reduce dependence on medical resources and much more.

A signed referral from your doctor is required for participation in the pulmonary rehab program at JRMC.

The referral and other information regarding your physical condition links the pulmonary rehab team to the patients physician, allowing them to work together to provide the best possible care. For more information on pulmonary rehab at JRMC call (701) 952-4839.

 

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VALLEY CITY, ND, (KCSi-T.V. News)  –  November 30, 2012 – A commemoration of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 will be held December 2, 2012 at 2:00 pm in Froemke Auditorium in Foss Hall on the campus of Valley City State University, and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Elden Lawrence.

 

The hanging of 38 Dakota men in 1862 is the largest one-day execution in U.S. History. The Dakota people of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota live in the shadow of this historical event.  In April of 1863, U.S. Congress declared all U.S.-Dakota treaties null and void, and all Minnesota reservations were abolished. The Dakota were banished from Minnesota, and bounties were placed on Dakota scalps. Many Dakota people fled to what is now North Dakota.

 

The sesquicentennial commemoration will include Circle of Nations School Singers and Dancers from Wahpeton, ND.   Red Eagle Drums of Henning, MN will lead a drum circle following the commemoration.  The keynote speaker is Dr. Elden Lawrence, President Emeritus of Sisseton Wahpeton College.  Dr. Lawrence’s address will highlight his expertise about the conflict based on his book titled The Peace Seekers:  Indian Christians and the Dakota Conflict.

 

Dr. Lawrence is a former tribal college president and professor of sociology.  He served two terms as a tribal council member and was appointed to a partial term as Tribal Secretary of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe.  He has served as a Professor of Ethnic Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato.  His personal mission is bridging the gap between mainstream American and American Indian cultures.

 

Dr. Lawrence will remain a guest at VCSU on Monday, December 3, 2012, at 7:00 pm in Froemke Auditorium of Foss Hall, as the inaugural Lecturers & Readers scholar.  Lecturers & Readers endeavors to invite one author per semester in-residence to present in VCSU classes and to speak at an evening event open to the public. The title of his presentation is Caught Between Two Worlds.

 

Valley City State University lecture series What In The World Is Going On? and students of COMM 216: Intercultural Communication and COMM 360: Group Dynamics are collaborating to commemorate the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.  VCSU’s Division of Communication Arts & Social Sciences, the Office of the President, and the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs are sponsoring this event.

 

Both of the events, on Sunday, December 2 at 2 pm, and on Monday, December 3 at 7 pm, will be held in Froemke auditorium and are free and open to the public.

 

For more information, email Rob Walsh at rob.walsh@vcsu.edu or contact Rhonda Fairfield at 701-845-7102.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 30, 2012) —A total of $366,737 in scholarships has been awarded to 135 medical students at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences for the 2012–2013 academic year.

Funds for the scholarships are given from various private sources, endowments and scholarship funds.

Those receiving scholaships in the area include:

Second-year student Thomas Johnson of Jamestown, N.D., received the Robert W. Tuttle Scholarship.

Second-year student Amanda Peterson of Valley City, N.D., received the Dr. Paul C. Quistgard Scholarship; and Dr. & Mrs. W. J. Orchard Scholarship.

Third-year student Steve Inglish of Medina, N.D., received the Karen & Elvira Lynner Memorial Medical Scholarship.

Third-year student Tara Mertz-Hack of Ellendale, N.D., received the Axel & Agnes Kongslie Memorial Medical Scholarship.

Fourth-year student Justin Rosenau of Carrington, N.D., received the Dr. A. Leonard Asmundson Scholarship.

 

LaMoure, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 29, 2012)  —   Numerous charges have been filed against a Dickey man, after he led authorities on a high speed chase, on Wednesday.

The events started about 7-am, with a report  to LaMoure Police, of a reckless driver in LaMoure. 

The North Dakota Highway Patrol and LaMoure County Sheriff’s Office  were also called upon in the pursuit.

LaMoure Police Chief Ian Mattice says a county squad car was totaled

when 30 year old Joshua McCleary attempted to smash through a roadblock.

McCleary was shot with a “TASER” and arrested. 

The deputy suffered non life threatening injuries, and was transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

 

BISMARCK, N.D.  KCSi-T.V. News Nov 30, 2012) -– Gov. Jack Dalrymple Friday appointed Julie Fedorchak to the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC). Fedorchak, who has more than 20 years of experience in the state’s public and private sectors, will complete the term of Commissioner Kevin Cramer who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and will leave the commission at the end of next month.

“Julie’s 20-plus years of experience with state and federal policy, as well as her knowledge of energy-related issues, will make her an outstanding addition to the Public Service Commission,” Dalrymple said. “She will be an effective advocate for North Dakota consumers and will work tirelessly to continue to grow our economy and protect the interests of our people.”

Fedorchak has served as state director for Sen. John Hoeven since December 2011 and prior to that served as the Senator’s deputy state director. While working for Hoeven, she was involved in a variety of energy-related issues, including federal oil, gas and pipeline permitting, and air quality regulations.

For 10 years, Fedorchak served as president of Liffrig Communications and worked with a variety of public and private sector clients. One of the key projects she managed was writing the first two Empower ND comprehensive energy plans in conjunction with the Empower ND Committee. Prior to that, she served as director of communications and senior policy advisor for former Gov. Ed Schafer.

“The PSC plays a key role in facilitating the significant new investments in public utilities and pipelines needed to meet the demands of our state’s growth,” Fedorchak said. “I’m honored to be able to serve during this historic time in our state. I will work diligently to be a fair, thoughtful, well-informed Public Service Commissioner.”

A native of Williston, Fedorchak earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Dakota and graduated cum laude in 1990.

The PSC is a constitutional agency with varying degrees of statutory authority over electric and gas utilities, telecommunications companies, power plants, transmission line and pipeline siting, railroads, grain elevators, auctioneers and auction clerks, weighing and measuring devices, pipeline safety and coal mine reclamation.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Tax Department says a record number of North Dakotans reported seven-figure incomes last year, many of whom are benefiting from the state’s oil bonanza.
 
     Figures released to The Associated Press show a record 634 people reported incomes of more than $1 million on their 2011 individual tax returns. That’s up from 532 in 2010.
 
     Tax Department analyst Kathy Strombeck says the increase in the number of North Dakotans with million-dollar income comes largely from royalties paid to mineral owners by oil companies.
 
     Tax Department records show the average adjusted gross income in the state increased from about $53,000 in 2010 to almost $61,000 last year.

 

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota judge has dismissed child
pornography charges against a college football head coach accused
of making pornographic videos of his children.
     Blue Earth County District Court Judge Krista Jass ruled Friday
that the case against Todd Hoffner is dismissed for lack of
probable cause.
     Hoffner is the head coach at Minnesota State, Mankato. He was
charged in August with two felonies. Prosecutors said he made
videos of his children performing suggestive acts while naked.
     Hoffner and his wife insisted all along that the videos were not
inappropriate, and were merely images of children acting silly and
dancing after taking a bath.
     A search of Hoffner’s home found no evidence of child porn, and
social workers found no evidence of abuse.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A program established in Fargo-Moorhead last
year is expanding to shelter more of the homeless in community
churches during the coldest winter months.
     The FM Sheltering Churches Project is aimed at helping the five
local emergency shelters, which have room for about 330 people.

Nine churches helped serve as overflow shelters in January, February and March.
     Coordinator Sue Koesterman says the project will begin offering
overflow shelter at 13 churches beginning Sunday and continuing
through next March.
     The head of the FM Coalition for Homeless Persons says the
project is a short-term “Band-Aid.” Laurie Baker says permanent
solutions involve “community will to address the conditions of
poverty and disability” that contribute to homelessness.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s fisher trapping season has been closed after just five days.
 
     The state Game and Fish Department says the 15th fisher was trapped Friday, filling the predetermined quota.
 
     Fishers are members of the weasel family and are trapped for their fur.

 

In world and national news…

 HATFIELD, Pa. (AP) – He says it won’t be easy — but President
Barack Obama says he thinks both sides can work together toward an
agreement that gets deficits under control — “in a way that’s
balanced and is fair.” He visited a toy factory near Philadelphia
Friday to call for an extension of tax cuts for households making
$250,000 or less, while letting increases kick in for wealthier
Americans. Back in Washington, House Speaker John Boehner
(BAY’-nur) said he’d keep working with the White House to avoid
automatic spending cuts and tax hikes, but added, “Right now,
we’re almost nowhere.”
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is scrambling to
salvage hopes for Mideast peace talks, after the United Nations
overwhelmingly voted to recognize a Palestinian state over the
objections of the U.S. and Israel. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton is meeting senior Israeli and Palestinian officials
today to try to plot a path forward. The White House is rejecting
any talk of cutting U.S. aid to the Palestinians after they
garnered overwhelming global support to join the U.N. as a
nonmember observer state.
     
     PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) – Officials in New Jersey are backing away
from an earlier claim that a bridge buckled and caused a freight
train carrying hazardous chemicals to derail. They’re not sure
whether the derailment or the partial collapse happened first. At
least two tanker cars toppled into a creek in Paulsboro, causing a
leak of hazardous vinyl chloride into the air. Dozens of people
went to a hospital complaining of breathing problems.
     
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – A strike in the ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach is in its fourth day, despite efforts to end the walkout. It
has idled most of the cargo complex that is the busiest in the
nation. Seven of eight terminals in Los Angeles and three more in
Long Beach are closed to cargo container traffic, as dockworkers
refuse to cross picket lines set up by clerical workers — who say
shippers are outsourcing their jobs.
     
     INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The sentence is 50 years behind bars for an
Indiana financier who was convicted of swindling investors out of
about $200 million. A judge in Indianapolis today handed down that
sentence to Timothy Durham, who was once the chief executive of
National Lampoon. The government accused him and two others of
stripping an Ohio company of its assets, and using the money partly
to buy mansions, classic cars and other luxury items.