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Jamestown (CSi) The 12th Annual, Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade has been moved to TuesdayNov. 24, 2015 (The Tues before Thanksgiving) — 7 p.m. in Downtown Jamestown
This year awarding trophies and $100 cash for the best floats in the following categories:
Best Dazzle, Most Original Theme, Most Outstanding Amateur Built
and Most Outstanding Civic or Non-Profit
The public is invited to the after-parade party at Shady’s Dining Room at the Gladstone Select Inn, featuring the Jamestown Choralaires.
Hot Chocolate, Hot Cider and Cookies will be served
For additional information or to get an entry blank, please call 701-320-3015 or on line at www.jamestowndowntown.com or email mainstreet@csicable.net
Jamestown (CSi) Work continues on the redesign of the Jamestown Arts Park, into this fall, and continues next spring.
On Thursday Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish said, now until freeze-up activity includes the hard landscaping including pouring sidewalks, and foundations, and then grass seeding. In the spring, work continues through the summer including installing the stage, and sculptures and planting flowers.
Jamestown’s Charles Stewart has submitted a stage design.
She added that 24 applications have been received for the sculptures.
She pointed out that when spring comes more volunteers will be welcome to help plant flowers.
She said a fall 2016 Grand Opening is anticipated.
Upcoming at the Jamestown Arts Center is a musical performance of the works of Franz List, on October 8th at 7- p.m. On October 17th a performance at 3-p.m., by pianist Geraldine Ong, from Valley City State University.
Arts After School has started for the new school year, with a full slate of 17 students enrolled.
The Second Saturday activities for students in second grade and younger, continues.
The Jamestown Arts Center is open M-F from 9-a.m. to 5-p.m., and Saturdays from 10-a.m. to 2-p.m.
Call the Arts Center for more information at 701-251-2496. For a list of classes and activities on line, go to www.jamestownarts.com
Jamestown (CSi) The 3rd Annual Jamestown Zombie Crawl has been scheduled for September 19, 2015, with a format change. Th event changes from a Pub Crawl into more of a family event.
More 2014 photos by Matt Sheppard
Co-Host of the event Johnny Jerome stated that the change came in order to allow more people to attend the event, making it more inclusive this year and not just a pub crawl.
The event will encourage participants to dress up as zombies and will raise money to be donated to the James River Humane Society.
He says, participants need not dress up if they prefer not to.
The event will begin at 5:00 PM at the REALTRUCK parking lot at 1307 12th Ave NE, Jamestown.
In place of a registration fee, donation jars for the James River Humane Society will be located around the RealTruck.com parking lot.
This year there will be a bouncy house and other inflatable games from Jamestown Inflatables. Food and refreshments will be available from Firehouse Ribs and Plantation Coffee Bar. James River Humane Society will have some of the animals the volunteers care for, on display. Participants are encouraged to bring their pets along, dressed as zombies or not, and at 5:30 p.m. there will be a walk to Polar King for a group photo.
In addition to the walk, there will be a raffle. Prizes include a 40-inch flat-screen television, two $100 gift certificates from Firehouse Ribs and a family pass to the Mall of America in Minnesota.
Raffle tickets are $4 each or three for $10 and may be purchased at Nicole’s Unique Bridal & Prom Boutique, 201 1st Ave. N., or during the day of the event.
Jerome adds there is also a costume contest with a grand prize of a one-night stay at Quality Inn & Suites, two tickets to Bison 6 Cinema and a $50 gift certificate to Grizzly’s Grill N’ Saloon.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has named aviation pioneer John D. Odegard as the 42nd recipient of the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.
Odegard died in 1998. The state’s highest honor will be presented to his family at a ceremony in Grand Forks on Oct. 15
Dalrymple announced the award on Thursday.
Odegard was the founder of the University of North Dakota aerospace school that bears his name. The school started with a pair of donated aircraft and 12 students. It grew to become a respected aerospace education program.
A native of Minot, Odegard learned to fly in high school. After he arrived at the University of North Dakota, he became convinced of the need to train a new generation of pilots.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Three men have pleaded guilty in federal court to the murder-for-hire slaying of a Spokane businessman that arose from business dealings in the North Dakota oil patch.
The case involves the shooting death of Doug Carlile in his Spokane home nearly two years ago.
On Wednesday, Timothy Suckow, Robert Delao and Lazaro Pesina pleaded guilty to various charges in the case. Suckow admitted to being the gunman who shot Carlile, and accepted a 30-year-sentence in exchange for testifying.
The three will be sentenced on December 8.
James Henrikson, the man accused of masterminding the slaying, has asked that his trial be moved out of Spokane because of extensive publicity. He faces charges of ordering the killings of Carlile and one of his former trucking company employees.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – Investigators looking for answers in the homicide of a North Dakota University student have taken the case to experts at the FBI Training Center in West Virginia.
It’s been nearly a year since the body of freshman Tom Bearson was found in a commercial lot in Moorhead. Bearson was last seen in Fargo, North Dakota several days earlier. The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office said the 18-year-old student from Sartell died as the “result of homicidal violence.” No details were released.
The St. Cloud Times reports Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson says an FBI agent from Fargo, a Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent, two investigators from the Moorhead Police Department and two investigators from the Fargo Police Department recently reviewed the case with experts at the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota lawmakers are working to standardize registration requirements for convicted sex offenders, whose numbers have nearly doubled in the past decade.
North Dakota has about 1,700 convicted sex offenders, including more than 340 who are incarcerated.
Sex offenders are required to register with local law enforcement within three days after release. They must list home and work addresses and keep them up to date. But officials say the time frames to register that information with law enforcement varies.
Attorneys and law enforcement officials told the Legislature’s interim Judiciary Committee on Thursday that lawmakers should consider standardizing the reporting requirements to avoid confusion.
Some attorneys also suggested that sex offenders and those who commit non-sexual crimes against children should be differentiated under the law for purposes of registration.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers will provide a large share of the $544 million worth of U.S. wheat that Taiwan has committed to buy over the next two years.
U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say Taiwan will buy about 60 million bushels of U.S. wheat in 2016 and 2017. The country also will buy soybeans and corn from the U.S.
The deal agreed to this week is similar to one struck two years ago.
Taiwan already is a big buyer of U.S. hard red spring wheat. North Dakota leads the nation in the production of that type of wheat.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new survey suggests that the economy will slow down in rural parts of 10 Western and Plains states in the months ahead.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says weak crop and energy prices are hurting profits across the region.
The Rural Mainstreet Index dipped into negative territory at 49 in September from August’s 50. Any score below 50 suggests that factor will decline.
Farmers are delaying big purchases if they can because of the environment. The farm equipment sales index remained at 14.2 in September.
Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.
In sports..
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City State University Vikings, Barnes County Sheriff’s Deputies benefit football game is Sept 17, 2015, at 7-p.m., at Shelly Ellig Field,at Lokken Stadium on Campus.
Proceeds from the 4th Annual game and Silent auction goes to training and equipment for the Barnes County Deputies program. The public invited to attend.
Jamestown (CSi) Tips-A-Cop returns to Support North Dakota Special Olympics.
On September 22 and 23 , over 100 personnel will volunteer their time hosting at Applebee’s across the state to raise awareness and money for Special Olympics.
It’s the ninth year of the event for the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Local Applebee’s will be full of law enforcement from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. All tips given will go on to support their cause.
Sarena Ebel of the James River Corrections Center, says, “There is a lot of excitement for this year’s event. We have deputies, police officers, security squad folks, and highway patrol officers ready to pitch in. We hope to earn even bigger tips this year, so we can really make a nice contribution to Special Olympics.”
Applebee’s locations include Jamestown, Bismarck, West Fargo, Williston, and Dickinson.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota is adding two video display boards to the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
The facility on the Grand Forks campus hosts basketball and volleyball. Officials say the LED video boards will provide replays and other displays.
UND Athletics and Ralph Engelstad Arena are financing the $600,000 project. South Dakota-based Daktronics Inc. is providing the boards. Daktronics makes and services video display systems for customers around the world, including several professional sports teams in the U.S.
The display boards in the UND arena will be 20 feet wide and 10 feet tall. They’ll replace existing scoreboards. Installation is to begin in May and finish before the start of the 2016-17 seasons.
BISMARCK (AP) The following is the list of the top five teams in Class 9-Man, A, AA and AAA football for the week of September 14, as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s record and the number of total votes received.
Class AAA
1. Minot (14) 3-0 70
2. Dickinson 3-0 52
3. Bismarck 2-1 39
4. West Fargo 1-2 18
5. Mandan 2-1 17
Others receiving votes: Century (2-1) 10, Fargo South (2-1) 4.
Class AA
1. Beulah (8) 3-0 67
2. Valley City (4) 2-1 56
3. Dickinson Trinity (4) 3-0 55
4. Bismarck St. Mary’s 2-1 40
5. Fargo Shanley 2-1 22
Class A
1. Park River-Fordville-Lakin (16) 3-0 80
2. Carrington 3-0 63
3. Larimore 3-0 49
4. Hazen 2-1 29
5. Velva-Sawyer 3-0 16
Others receiving votes: Northern Cass (3-0), Killdeer 1 (2-1).
Class 9-Man
1. Thompson (16) 4-0 80
T-2. Cavalier 3-1 52
T-2. Richland 4-0 52
4. Shiloh Christian 4-0 30
5. Linton-HMB 4-0 13
Others receiving votes: Hankinson (4-0) 6, North Prairie (4-0) 6, TGU (4-0) 1.
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team has finalized its 2015-16 schedule. Head coach Danny Neville made the announced Thursday.
The Jimmies will open the 2015-16 season on Friday, Oct. 30 with a home game against Crossroads College. It is the first of six straight home games to open the season.
The 2015-16 schedule includes 13 conference games this season in the North Star Athletic Association. The Jimmies will also play a very tough non-conference schedule. Though the University of Jamestown will be tested early, the team has 7 returners along with 4 starters. Jamestown also returns All-American Brequan Tucker, who is one of 4 seniors.
“We are excited to be playing a very competitive schedule this year,” Neville said. “We will definitely be tested early. The month of November we have 12 games against some great teams. This non-conference schedule will prepare us for the competitive league play of the NSAA.”
UJ finished 20-9 last season, with a regular season conference championship. The Jimmies unofficially tipoff the season Oct. 9 with the annual Alumni Game at 7 p.m.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Interest rates won’t be going up just yet. The Federal Reserve has decided to keep the rates at record lows — amid threats from a weak global economy, low inflation and unstable financial markets. Fed officials say while the U.S. job market is solid, recent developments elsewhere may “restrain economic activity” and further drag down inflation. Signs of a sharp slowdown in China have intensified fear among investors about the U.S. and global economy.
DETROIT (AP) – General Motors is taking a couple of big steps to try to get past the scandal involving faulty ignition switches in small cars. The company is going to pay $575 million to settle hundreds of civil lawsuits filed against it. And federal prosecutors in New York say GM has agreed to a settlement of a criminal investigation of the company. GM is expected to pay a $900 million fine to avoid prosecution on wire fraud charges.
DALLAS (AP) – American Airlines says it has fixed a technology problem that was grounding flights to and from Dallas, Chicago and Miami Thursday. A spokesman says the airline doesn’t yet know the cause of the outage, which began at around noon, Eastern time, and lasted nearly two hours. Flights on both American and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, were halted.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats have turned back the latest GOP effort to undermine the Iran nuclear deal. Democrats Thursday blocked a measure aimed at maintaining sanctions unless Iran recognizes Israel and releases American hostages. The vote was 53 in favor and 45 against, short of the 60 votes needed to advance to a final vote. Two previous votes against the Iran deal have resulted in similar outcomes.
SEATTLE (AP) – Thousands of schoolchildren have started the school year in Seattle — delayed by a teachers’ strike. The walkout is on hold pending a vote by the full union membership on a tentative contract agreement Sunday. It includes a 9.5 percent pay raise over three years, and more teacher input over standardized tests.
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