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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS
IN THE MID 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIOD CONTINUES TO LOOK DRY WITH
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) The 12th Annual, Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade has been moved to Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015 (The Tuesday 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. The 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.
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission has removed $33,810 from the county’s proposed 2016 budget. It would have used to pay dues to South Central Dakota Regional Council.
The decision follows the Regional Council submitting a request to increase Stutsman County’s dues to the Regional Council by 3 percent and accompanying financial information at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, as required under a new state law that went into effect on August 1st.
Commissioner Dale Marks voted against removing the Regional Council dues funding from the budget, saying he was concerned about the consequences of not paying any funds to the council.
The council asked for $34,824 from Stutsman County for its dues for 2016.
At ithe August 4 meeting, the County Commission had concerns about the management of the Regional Council and its finances.
In other business, the County Commission approved including $65,000 in the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority’s budget request to pay for a local match grant to fund wetlands mitigation work.
The commission took no action on a request from Stutsman County State’s Attorney Fritz Fremgen to add a full-time attorney position to his staff.
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman Rural Water Users will be attempting to identify a potential new industrial-water user, now that the CHS plans for the nitrogen fertilizer plant at Spiritwood have been scrapped.
The permits intended to provide enough water for the plant may still be available if a need for the permits can be established.
The two permits would have allowed Stutsman Rural Water to draw water from the Spiritwood and Jamestown aquifers and combine the water with treated wastewater at a reuse plant to meet the needs of the CHS fertilizer plant.
Potential water users could build in the Spiritwood Energy Park Association or at other locations in the area.
At that time the State Water Commission would reconsider the applications, the public would be allowed to comment, and affected water users would have the opportunity to challenge the recommendation.
Director of the water appropriations division of the North Dakota State Water Commission, John Patch, says, “This water was going to be put to a beneficial use. With CHS off the table, we’ll need to know what the new plan would be.”
The $3 billion plant called for about 3,800 gallons of water per minute for operations.
The project was canceled on August 12 the this year, when CHS announced its decision to invest in an existing nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer.
Jamestown (CSi) Tip-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.
Valley City (CSi) Two Valley City people have been sentenced, stemming from a March 1st incident in Valley City.
Andrew Michael Adams and Jennifer Ann Marie Schultz of Valley City were sentenced on a Class B Felony Robbery charge.
Judge Jerod Tufte sentenced Schultz to one year in prison all suspended except for 60 days and supervised probation for 18 months after she is released. Schultz was also ordered to pay $560 in legal fees and $56 in restitution to the victim.
Adams was sentenced to one year in the Barnes County jail all suspended except 120 days and supervised probation for one year upon his release. Adams was ordered to pay $775 in legal fees.
Barnes County State Attorney Carl Martineck says the victim informed police that two people robbed him in the Elks parking lot on March 1st and left the scene in a car.
Police said another man chased after and rear-ended the robbery suspect’s vehicle multiple times with his vehicle to stop the suspect’s car.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a boy from McLeod (mak-LOWD’) was killed when he crashed a four-wheel off-road vehicle on a construction site where his father was working. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the boy was driving the four-wheeler on the Grand Forks Air Force Base property when he lost control in a rutted grassy area. The vehicle overturned and ejected the boy before coming to rest on top of him.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – Investigators looking for answers in the homicide of a North Dakota State 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) – 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.
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.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s unmanned aircraft test site has signed a research contract with NASA.
The agency has agreed to pay the Northern Plains UAS Test Site nearly $198,000 to support a drone traffic management project. Officials say the five-year contract could include additional funding from NASA.
The North Dakota test site is one of six in the nation and the only one that has clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly at night and at higher altitudes.
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the deal validates the state’s efforts to become a national hub for unmanned aircraft research.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The University of Mary in Bismarck is developing a four-year engineering degree program in response to a growing need for engineers in the western North Dakota oil patch.
Mary students who major in engineering currently have to transfer to the University of Minnesota for their senior year. Students will now be able to study all four years in Bismarck.
Students also will take University of North Dakota classes online and spend summers at the Grand Forks campus using UND’s engineering labs. Mary hopes to have its own labs in three years.
Engineering companies say they’re struggling to find employees. Recruiting engineer Michelle Miller at Bismarck-based KLJ says that company has dozens of open positions.
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.
In sports..
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team has finalized its 2015-16 schedule. Head coach Danny NevilleEmade 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.
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.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s youth deer hunting season is getting underway.
The 9 1/2-day season runs from noon Friday through Sept. 27.
Licensed residents ages 12 and 13, and 11-year-olds who turn 12 this year, are allowed to hunt statewide, but only for antlerless white-tailed deer.
Resident deer gun hunters age 14 or 15, and 13-year-olds who turn 14 this year, can hunt statewide for any deer, except antlerless mule deer in certain units. A special license is required to hunt antlered mule deer in those same units.
Each youth deer hunter must be under the direct supervision of an adult while in the field.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The St. Paul chapter of Black Lives Matter plans to shut down a light-rail line to protest excessive police force before Sunday’s Minnesota Vikings home opener.
The group said on Facebook the protest will be held near a light-rail station in St. Paul. The group is protesting how Metro Transit officers treated a 17-year-old boy with autism at that station on Aug. 31.
Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla says the two officers saw the teen standing on the tracks and told him to get off. After the boy got back on the platform, Padilla says the teen suffered a cut lip while the officers took him into custody. The boy was taken to a hospital and released to his mother.
Padilla says the incident remains under investigation.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Valley City def. Wahpeton, 25-13, 25-10, 25-23
Benson County def. Drake/Anamoose, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 26-24
Beulah def. Mott-Regent, 25-16, 28-26, 25-13
Bismarck Century def. Bismarck Legacy, 25-16, 25-11, 24-26, 25-22
Bismarck High def. Minot, 25-5, 25-18, 25-15
Carrington def. New Rockford-Sheyenne, 13-25, 25-23, 29-27, 25-14
Cavalier def. Larimore, 25-15, 27-25, 25-21
Center-Stanton def. Garrison-Max, 25-17, 25-17, 25-20
Des Lacs-Burlington def. Surrey, 3-0
Ellendale def. Strasburg-Zeeland, 25-6, 25-9, 25-14
Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah def. Milnor-North Sargent, 25-20, 24-26, 11-25, 25-8, 15-9
Fargo Davies def. Fargo Shanley, 25-23, 22-25, 25-16, 25-23
Fargo North def. Grand Forks Central, 25-14, 20-25, 25-22, 25-5
Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran def. Richland, 25-16, 25-18, 25-15
Fargo South def. Devils Lake, 25-17, 25-14, 27-25
Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page def. Hillsboro/Central Valley, 3-1
Grafton/St. Thomas def. Minto, 25-9, 25-16, 25-21
Grand Forks Red River def. West Fargo, 25-12, 24-26, 25-15, 25-20
Griggs County Central def. May Port CG, 16-25, 25-17, 25-21, 18-25, 16-14
Hankinson def. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood, 25-18, 25-12, 25-23
Hazen def. Beach, 25-10, 25-17, 25-6
Heart River def. Hettinger/Scranton, 25-20, 25-13, 25-21
Kenmare def. Divide County, 25-15, 25-19, 25-20
Kidder County def. Washburn, 19-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21
Killdeer def. Bowman County, 18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23
Kindred def. Central Cass, 26-28, 9-25, 25-12, 25-19, 16-14
Lakota/Edmore def. St. John, 25-10, 25-11, 25-16
Langdon-Munich def. North Border, 25-13, 25-13, 25-12
Lewis and Clark def. Minot Bishop Ryan, 21-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-14, 18-16
Lisbon def. Enderlin, 25-17, 25-21, 25-16, 25-20
Mandan def. Dickinson, 25-15, 22-25, 26-24, 23-25, 15-9
Midkota-Kensal def. Harvey-Wells County, 25-9, 25-19, 25-9
Minot Our Redeemer’s def. Glenburn, 25-4, 25-5, 25-13
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood def. North Star, 25-8, 25-10, 25-15
Moorhead, Minn. def. Sheyenne, 25-22, 25-18, 25-12
Napoleon def. Linton-HMB, 25-15, 25-23, 25-19
New England def. Richardton-Taylor, 25-15, 25-18, 25-18
New Salem-Almont def. Underwood, 25-10, 25-21, 25-16
Northern Cass def. Sargent Central, 25-16, 25-19, 25-23
Oakes def. Edgeley-Kulm, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19
Park River/Fordville Lankin def. Midway, 25-6, 25-9, 25-13
Ray def. Powers Lake, 25-20, 25-20, 19-25, 24-26, 15-11
Rolette-Wolford def. Rugby, 3-0
Sawyer def. Velva, 25-16, 21-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-5
South Border def. Litchville-Marion/Montpelier, 3-0
Trenton def. Trinity Christian, 25-21, 25-18, 25-18
Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky def. Towner-Granville-Upham, 25-18, 18-25, 25-22, 14-25, 15-12
INTERLEAGUE
Final Toronto 5 Atlanta 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Mike Trout hit a grand slam and a solo shot as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 11-8 on Thursday night. The reigning AL MVP’s grand slam in the second inning erased most of an early 5-0 deficit. He led off the fourth with his second homer of the game.
Final Oakland 4 Chi White Sox 2
Final Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 3
Final Kansas City 8 Cleveland 4
Final Texas 8 Houston 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 9 Pittsburgh 6
Final Miami 6 Washington 4
Final St. Louis 6 Milwaukee 3
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)- Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos have pulled off their first fourth-quarter magic act of the 2015 NFL season.
The Broncos improbably scored two touchdowns in a nine-second span of the final minute to stun their arch-rival Kansas City Chiefs 31-24 that left KC fans in disbelief at Arrowhead Stadium.
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes, Wayne Gallman ran for 139 yards and No. 11 Clemson held off Louisville 20-17 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both schools.
WNBA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Final Chicago 77 Indiana 72
Final Phoenix 88 Tulsa 55
Vikings Stadium…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings are celebrating another milestone in the construction of their new $1.08 billion stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The team and stadium contractor Mortenson Construction held a “topping out” ceremony Thursday. That’s when the highest or last steel beam is placed in a building under construction.
PGA-BMW CHAMPIONSHIP…
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) – The opening round of the BMW Championship ended early due to threatening weather. They’ll get an early start Friday before the start of the regularly scheduled second round.
Jason Day is tearing up the course in the third of four FedEx Cup playoff tournaments with a 10-under total through 17 holes. His tee shot on the ninth hole, which is his final one, is 44 yards from the pin. If he holes out, he’ll shoot a 59.
Day is currently four shots ahead of clubhouse leader Daniel Berger who shot a 65. Brendon Todd shot 66.
Jordan Spieth (SPEETH) aced the 196-yard, par 3 second hole and is five shots back of Day through 17 holes.
Former champ honored in hometown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Former heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali has been honored at the University of Louisville. School President James Ramsey presented Ali the first-ever Grawemeyer Spirit Award winner for his role in inspiring others.
The 73-year-old Ali, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, appeared on stage during the event.
OBIT-HAMILTON…
HOUSTON (AP) – Milo Hamilton, a Hall of Fame broadcaster who called Hank Aaron’s historic 715th home run in 1974, has died at the age of 88. No cause of death was released by the Astros, the team he had worked with since 1985. He retired from the Astros broadcast booth in 2012.
Prior to joining Houston, Hamilton called the Atlanta Braves’ games and years after calling the Aaron home run, called it the highlight of his career.
CARTERS…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves’ “Kiss Cam” entertainment at Turner Field featured a famous couple Thursday night: former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn.
The two were in their usual seats near the Braves dugout during a 5-0 loss to Toronto, and they received a loud cheer when shown on the video board. Carter kissed his wife and then gave a big smile as the cheers continued.
The Carters stayed around for all nine innings of the game.
The 90-year-old former president announced last month he has cancer that spread to his brain.
In world and national news…
GENEVA (AP) – UNICEF says Boko Haram (BOH’-koh hah-RAHM’) extremists have sent half a million children to flight in the last five months and that nearly 1.5 million overall are “on the run” in Nigeria and neighboring countries. The group says more than half of the 1.2 million children who have fled northern Nigeria alone are under 5 years old. A spokesman says the agency has received less than one-third of the $50 million funding it has sought for the Lake Chad region.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic says Croatia has reached its capacity and can no longer register fleeing migrants according to European Union rules. He also says Croatia cannot and will not close its borders, but will redirect people toward Hungary and Slovenia and further toward Western Europe. Both Hungary and Slovenia are taking steps to keep migrants out.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The debate over women in combat may put the Marine Corps at odds with the other three military services. The Corps is expected to ask that women not be allowed to compete for several front-line combat jobs. That’s triggered a debate over whether the Navy secretary can veto such a request. Also, the Marine Corps commandant is about to become joint chiefs chairman, where he may have to pass judgment on his own request.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) – Firefighters are working to extend containment lines on two major Northern California wildfires before the weekend brings hotter weather. It’s been cooler and wetter in recent days and the fires have diminished significantly, but not before killing five people and destroying more than 800 homes.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Members of Congress are working to find common ground that will avoid another food fight over school nutrition standards. So far, however, negotiations have failed to produce a bill in either the House or the Senate that would represent bipartisan compromise on the rules and also dollars for the nation’s child nutrition programs before the law expires Sept. 30.
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