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TODAY…CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN
PARTLY SUNNY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN
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60 PERCENT.
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HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. SOUTHEAST WINDS
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10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
30S. LOWS AROUND 15.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
LOWS AROUND 10.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE MID 20S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 20S.

 

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.

　

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Valley City State University, will feature another presentation this evening (Dec 3, 2012), at 7:00 pm in Froemke Auditorium of Foss Hall, with keynote speaker Dr. Elden Lawrence.

The program is part of the inaugural Lecturers & Readers series which 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.

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.

 

MINTO, N.D. (AP) – A fund has been established for the family of
three North Dakota children slain last month on the Fort Berthold
Indian Reservation.
     Thirteen-year-old Benjamin Schuster, 10-year-old Julie Schuster,
and 6-year-old Luke Schuster were shot to death Nov. 18, along with
their 64-year-old grandmother, Martha Johnson, in New Town.
     The fund, set up through KodaBank in Minto, is in the name of the children’s father, Kevin Schuster.
     A New Town man who killed himself in the nearby town of Parshall
later the day of the slayings is considered a person of interest in
the case.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Organizers of a Friday night benefit for a
Fargo skateboarder say that several thousand dollars raised at the
event is missing.
     Tom Kemmer, one of the organizers of an event held for Billy
Moyle, says he and others spent Saturday reviewing security tapes
and searching for a missing bag of money.
     Moyle was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of an
October car accident.
     Kemmer says money from Friday’s benefit would go to defray Moyle’s medical expenses.

He says the money had not been counted before it went missing, but he
estimated it was between $2,000 and $3,000.
     Kemmer says the money was stolen or lost in transit. He says
organizers filed a report with Fargo police on Saturday.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A northeastern North Dakota farmer
involved in a prolonged standoff with authorities last year is
negotiating with prosecutors to forestall a criminal trial that
could put him and family members in prison.
     Grand Forks County State’s Attorney Peter Welte (WEHL’-tee)
says  a plea agreement likely also would include Rodney Brossart’s wife and
their four adult children.
     Welte is assisting the state’s attorney in Nelson County, where
the Brossarts were involved in a summer-long standoff in 2011 that
began as a case of missing cattle.

Authorities allege the family members threatened officers with guns and ignored repeated orders to appear in court. Defense attorneys have questioned the government’s conduct, including the use of a surveillance drone.
     Charges against Brossart family members include theft and
terrorizing.

　

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature is preparing this week for the start of the 2013 session in January.
 
     It’s called the “organizational session, and it starts Monday. It ends Wednesday after Gov. Jack Dalrymple gives his budget recommendations to lawmakers.
 
     Dalrymple says his budget will have a number of sweeping proposals. He says they’ll be in line with the agenda he talked about during his election campaign.
 
     Lawmakers are taking their oaths of office Monday, and picking out the desks they’ll use for the next five months.
 
     The biggest job for legislative leaders is to choose committee members.  The Education and Judiciary committees in the House and Senate will be getting new chairmen.
 
     The regular session starts Jan. 8.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks state Sen. Mac Schneider has
been elected as the new Democratic leader in the North Dakota
Senate.
     Senate Democrats picked Schneider during a meeting Sunday night
in Bismarck. He had no opposition.
     Schneider replaces Ryan Taylor as Senate Democratic leader.
Taylor passed up a Senate re-election bid to make an unsuccessful
run for governor.
     Democrats picked up two Senate seats in last month’s election,
but Republicans still have a 33-14 edge in the Senate.
     Schneider was the assistant Democratic leader during the 2011
Legislature. Senate Democrats picked Joan Heckaman of New Rockford
as the new assistant leader. She defeated Portland Sen. Philip
Murphy for the job.
     Schneider says Senate Democrats will be working to promote good
government and represent the interests of working people.
    

  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota researchers
are studying whether injecting carbon dioxide into oil formations
can enhance the recovery of oil in the state.
     John Harju, associate director for research at UND’s Energy and
Environmental Research Center, says if the use of carbon dioxide
means just 1 percent of additional oil can be recovered, that would
amount to 1.7 billion barrels of oil from North Dakota’s oil
fields.
     Harju says  an additional 1 percent recovery would be worth $150 billion, assuming an average oil price of $88 a barrel.
     Current estimates show that producers will be able to recover
between 2 percent and 10 percent of the oil from the Bakken
formation using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which
uses water, sand and chemicals to help extract oil.
    

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A town hall meeting for women military veterans is scheduled in Fargo.
 
     Representatives from the American Legion’s national headquarters plan to attend the event, which will focus on health care for women’s veterans. It is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday at the American Legion Post 2 in Fargo.
 
     The meeting is part of an annual evaluation by Legion officials, who also are scheduled to visit the Fargo VA Medical Center to interview patients, staff and administrators. 
 
     Women now make up about 15 percent of the country’s 1.4 million service members. About 340,000 women veterans are enrolled in the VA health care system.

 

 

In sports…

High School Wrestling…The Knight’s of Columbus Tourney, at Jamestown High School..

Team scores

1, Moorhead (Minn.) 148.

2, Minot 143.5.

3, Fargo Davies 137.

4, Carrington 132.5.

5, Jamestown 119.5.

6, Valley City 110.

7, Fargo South 86.

8, Redfield-Doland (S.D.) 37.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s statewide duck and
white-fronted goose hunting seasons closed Sunday, but bird-hunting
opportunities remain in the state.
     The Game and Fish Department says duck hunting in the High
Plains Unit reopens Saturday and continues through Dec. 30. The
unit is basically northwestern North Dakota and all areas south and
west of the Missouri River.
     The season for Canada geese closes Dec. 20, except in the
Missouri River Zone, where it ends Dec. 28. The Missouri River Zone
encompasses areas along the river south of Garrison Dam.
     Light goose hunting closes statewide Dec. 30.
     Sharp-tailed and ruffed grouse, partridge and pheasant hunting
seasons continue through Jan. 6. The fall turkey season closes Jan.
13.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo could
have up to nine days of horse racing next year.
     State Racing Director Winston Satran says  the state Racing Commission has granted nine days of racing to the track, but will not award
funding until a February meeting.
     Wes Heinert, president of Horse Race North Dakota, says the
organization can determine how many days to hold racing after it
finds out how much funding it will get.
     The track in Fargo hosted two weekends of racing last summer
after a two-year shutdown due to financial problems.

     The racing commission also has awarded North Dakota’s other
horse-racing track, Chippewa Downs in Belcourt, nine race days for
next year.

 

NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The Green Bay Packers overcame a monster day by Adrian Peterson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-14 yesterday. James Starks rushed for a Packers touchdown and Aaron Rodgers also threw a TD pass to James Jones. Peterson finished with 210 yards and a rushing touchdown. 
 
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)- Romeo Crennel (kreh-NEL’) said all along that the best thing for his Kansas City Chiefs to do to cope with the murder-suicide of teammate Jovan Belcher would be to play a football game. Crennel’s Chiefs went out and snapped their eight-game losing streak by beating Carolina 27-21 at Arrowhead Stadium, the site of Belcher’s suicide on Saturday.
 

 BALTIMORE (AP) – Third-string Pittsburgh quarterback Charlie Batch threw for 278 yards and directed the Steelers on their final drive to set up Shaun Suisham’s (SWEES’-hihmz) game-winning 42-yard field goal at the final gun of their 23-20 win in Baltimore. The 7-5 Steelers stayed in the wild-card hunt and prevented the 9-3 Ravens from clinching a playoff berth.

 

UNDATED (AP) – Four teams clinched NFL playoff berths yesterday. The New England Patriots clinched their fourth straight AFC East title by beating Miami 23-16 and 11-1 Houston set a franchise record for victories by beating Tennessee 24-10 and Denver knocked off Tampa Bay 31-23 in a victory that clinched the AFC West for the Broncos and also clinched the NFC South for Atlanta, which won last Thursday night.
 
 
   Final          N-Y  Jets              7    Arizona                  6
   Final          Indianapolis    35    Detroit                33
   Final          Buffalo              34    Jacksonville      18
   Final  OT    St.  Louis          16    San  Francisco    13
   Final  OT    Seattle              23    Chicago                17
   Final          Cincinnati        20    San  Diego            13
   Final          Cleveland          20    Oakland                17
   Final          Pittsburgh        23    Baltimore            20
   Final          Dallas                38    Philadelphia      33
 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION
 
   Final    New  York    106    Phoenix            99
   Final    Orlando      113    L-A  Lakers    103
 
 

College Basketball…

Wisconsin 81, California 56

 

College Football…

  UNDATED (AP) – Minnesota will play Texas Tech in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on December 28th. It’s the first bowl appearance for the Gophers since 2009. Texas Tech rallied from 31 points down to beat Minnesota in the 2006 Insight Bowl.

Wisconsin believes its third straight trip to the Rose Bowl
could be the charm when it plays Stanford.

 

NEW YORK (AP) – The official BCS standings were released and to no one’s surprise, it’s top-ranked and undefeated Notre Dame playing SEC champion and defending national champ Alabama in the Jan. 7 national championship. That game will be played Jan. 7 in Miami.
 
     MIAMI (AP) – Northern Illinois out of the Mid-American Conference has busted the BCS, and is heading to the Orange Bowl to play ACC champion Florida State. Dave Doeren will not coach the Huskies in the Orange Bowl after being hired Saturday as the new coach at North Carolina State.

 

 COLLEGE FOOTBALL-AP POLL
       UNDATED (AP) – Notre Dame ends the regular season as the No. 1
team in the AP college football poll. It’s the first time the
Fighting Irish have done that since their national championship
season in 1988.
     Notre Dame finished up a perfect 12-0 regular season last week
and will play Alabama in the BCS championship game in Miami on Jan.
7.
     The one-loss Crimson Tide remains No. 2 after slipping past
Georgia in Saturday’s SEC championship game.
     Undefeated Ohio State, which is banned from the postseason
because of NCAA sanctions, moves up a spot to No. 3. Florida is No.
4, Oregon is fifth and Georgia falls to sixth.
     The rest of the top 10 remains the same with Kansas State,
Stanford, LSU and Texas A&M at seven through 10.

 

 NHL-TALKS
     NEW YORK (AP)- Nothing else has worked to end the 78-day hockey
lockout, so it’s time for the non-traditional approach.
     A crew of six owners will meet with a handful of players on
Tuesday in New York – one day before the league’s board of
governors meeting – without Commissioner Gary Bettman and union
executive director Donald Fehr (feer).
     Ron Burkle (Pittsburgh Penguins), Mark Chipman (Winnipeg Jets),
Murray Edwards (Calgary Flames), Jeremy Jacobs (Boston Bruins),
Larry Tanenbaum (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Jeff Vinik (Tampa Bay
Lightning) will take part in the talks from the owners’ side. The
players’ association didn’t immediately announce who will attend
from its side.
    
     GOLF-WORLD CHALLENGE
 

     THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) – Graeme McDowell could think of no
better way to head home for a 10-week holiday that to win for the
first time in two years.
     McDowell closed with a 4-under 68 and held off Keegan Bradley
for a three-shot win in the World Challenge.
     It was the 10th time in 12 rounds at Sherwood Country Club that
McDowell has shot in the 60s
     
     GOLF-NEDBANK CHALLENGE
           SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) – Martin Kaymer of Germany shot a
3-under 69 to earn his first title of 2012, holding on for a
two-shot victory in rainy conditions at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
     Kaymer finished at 8-under 280, two ahead of South African Charl
Schwartzel (SHAR’-uhl SHWORTS’-uhl) , who carded a 69 of his own.
Bill Haas of the United States shot a 71 to finish third.

 

In world and national news…

PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) – More than 100 residents near a southern New Jersey train derailment face the prospect of being out of their homes until Saturday while workers clear a hazardous gas from a ruptured tank car. Officials must remove the vinyl chloride before they can clear the track and examine what caused Friday’s derailment.
 
     MANILA, Philippines (AP) – A strong typhoon approaching the southern Philippines has prompted government action. Thousands of villagers have been told to move to safer ground. Authorities suspended sea travel in high-risk areas and halted gold-mining in a mountain town notorious for deadly landslides. The storm has top winds of 109 mph.
 
     PRAGUE (AP) – The Obama administration isn’t saying if it has evidence that Syria may deploy chemical weapons in its ongoing civil war, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated the U.S. “red line” warning today against their use. Syria’s suspected arsenal is a particular threat to American allies Turkey and Israel.
 
     PARIS (AP) – Europe is directing its ire at Israel today for its decision to approve 3,000 new homes on occupied territory. The plan — in retaliation for Palestinians getting recognized as a state at the U.N. — drew sharp condemnation. At least three European governments summoned Israeli ambassadors to express disapproval.
 
     BRUSSELS (AP) – Details of a plan for Greece to reduce its heavy debt by buying some of it back at bargain prices are being presented today to finance ministers from the 17 European Union countries that use the euro. The ministers will also examine a draft of the conditions that might accompany a bailout for the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus.