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REST OF TODAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO WARM INTO SATURDAY…WITH
WIDESPREAD HIGHS IN THE 80S POSSIBLE SATURDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT FORECAST ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.
THEREAFTER…A RETURN TO COOLER BUT STILL NEAR
NORMAL HIGHS IN THE 60S ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.
Jamestown (CSi) The 25th Annual St. John’s Academy HOPE (Help Offer Private Education) Dinner and Auction is set for Saturday October 3, 2015 at St. John’s Zebedee Center, starting at 5-p.m.
Guests on Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jim and Carolyn Exner have been involved with the planning for a number of years, including the first 10 years of the event, which was started in 1990 by then Pricipal, Sister Dorothy Zeller. The Exner’s have returned to Publicity Committee.
Carolyn pointed out that the first dinner and auction collected $2,500 from the dinner and $4,000 from the auction that was organized by Jim Exner.
More from Orr auctioned items at the first event, and continues through the years.
She added that in 1999 the event raised over $50,000 and through the first 10, around $317,000.
Over the past three years, each year the dinner and auction raised over $100,000 with the generous support of the community, both in attendance and those contributing auction items.
Sponsorships have increased from 9-sponsors in 1990, to 55 sponsors last year.
Jim pointed out that tickets are going quickly and to call St. John’s Academy for ticket purchases and availablitiy.
He said the first year the dinner and auction attracted about 160 participants, and now the event fills, with the limit of 300 attending.
The event outgrew the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Hall, and was moved to the Jamestown Civic Center.
The dinner and auction has been held at the Zebedee Center at St. John’s Academy since it opened in 2002.
Jim said the HOPE Dinner and Auction is one of the largest events in Jamestown each year, and has grown to include community-wide support.
Dollars raised through the years go to educational support, including keeping up with technology.
St. John’s Academy recent completed improvements to the school’s playground.
Bismarck (CSi) Heather Tomlin-Rohr, a kindergarten teacher for the past 14 years at Louis L’Amour Elementary School in Jamestown, was one of four finalists for the 2016 North Dakota Teacher of the Year.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple presented the honor Wednesday to fellow finalist and kindergarten teacher Amy Neal of Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Minot.
The announcement was made during a ceremony at the school that was attended by administrators, educators, representatives from the state’s education associations, and students.
The Teacher of the Year program recognizes and honors the contributions of America’s classroom teachers. The program is the oldest and most prestigious commendation to focus public attention on excellence in teaching. The state’s Teacher of the Year program is sponsored by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction in conjunction with the Council of Chief State School Officers.
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota State Hospital Governing Board members will meet Monday, September 28, 2015 at 9 a.m., in room 227 in the hospital’s administration building, 2605 Circle Dr., in Jamestown. The public is welcome to attend.
The board will review bylaws and regulations and will discuss the quality management plan and medical staff appointments. State Hospital Superintendent Rosalie Etherington will give a report. Board members will receive a financial report, the medical director’s report, and reports on employee programming and wellness committee activities, seclusion and restraint, the hospital safety program, and quality support services. Department of Human Services Executive Director Maggie Anderson will give a department report.
The meeting agenda includes time at about 10 a.m. for comments from State Hospital employees and the public. A complete meeting agenda is online at
www.nd.gov/dhs/info/publicnotice/index.html.
Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations including auxiliary aids to participate in the meeting can contact Karla Bachmeier at 701-253-3964, ND Relay TTY 800-366-6888, or kxbachmeier@nd.gov.
The 304-bed North Dakota State Hospital provides short-term acute inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, intermediate psycho-social rehabilitation services, forensic services, and safety net services for adults. The hospital also provides residential addiction treatment services for adults referred to the Tompkins Rehabilitation and Corrections Center (TRCC) by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR). The hospital has a secure services unit that provides inpatient evaluation and treatment services for sexually dangerous individuals.
More information about the hospital is online at
www.nd.gov/dhs/locations/statehospital/.
Valley City (CSi-VCSU) North Dakota charitable food programs will benefit from the efforts of the Valley City State University freshman class, which will harvest squash and other produce for distribution by the Great Plains Food Bank.
On Thursday, Sept. 24, VCSU students in the freshman Learning to Live, Living to Learn (L2L) class will be bused to a farm northwest of Valley City owned by Dan Faust, a retired Lutheran pastor, who grows squash and other vegetables for the Great Plains Food Bank, a program of Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota.
The group of more than 200 freshmen and their upper-class L2L mentors, together with a group of community volunteers organized by Faust, will pick the produce and load it into semi-trailers for distribution by the food bank, which serves community food programs such as food pantries and soup kitchens throughout the state.
This is the fifth consecutive year for the harvest event; in 2014, the volunteers harvested more than 33,000 pounds of produce for the food bank.
Courtenay (CSi) The groundbreaking for the 200 megawatt Courtenay Wind Farm is Friday September 25, 2015.
The groundbreaking event includes a lunch at 2 p.m. and a program at 3 p.m. The location of the Courtenay Wind Farm is 3 miles south of Courtenay at the southwest corner of N.D. Highway 9 and 16th Street Southeast.
Xcel Energy holds the groundbreaking with state and local officials.
Expected to be on hand: U.S. Senator John Hoeven, North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger, and Stutsman County Commission Chairman, Mark Klose.
The $300 million project will create around 200 construction jobs along with 10 full-time jobs.
The 100 wind turbines will generate enough electricity to power 105,000 homes and generate about $850,000 annually in tax revenue
The 100 wind turbines will be on nearly 25,000 acres of property leased from more than 60 landowners.
Jamestown (CSi) This Friday & Saturday the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 31 volunteers will be collecting donations and handing out “forget-me-not” flowers in front of Hugo’s Family Marketplace, Cash Wise Foods, The Depot Café and the Jamestown Post Office.
Donations collected during forget-me-not weekend that are used to provide assistance to ill or injured veterans, including free transportation for veterans who have medical appointments at the VA Medical Center in Fargo.
The funds go to support Service Dogs for America, local participants with the Honor Flight Network, DAV Auxiliary, DAV Century Fund Foundation, Jamestown All Vets Club, VA Transportation Network, VA Voluntary Service, coffee for patients at Jamestown VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic and the North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon, North Dakota.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Tourism reports that three large events will make for a busy weekend in Jamestown, September 25-27, 2015. The 44th Annual Stock Car Stampede and Rough Rider Rodeo State Finals both start on Friday night. During the day on Saturday, Wihelm Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is hosting a 5K Walk/Run for Huntington’s in memory of Dan Wilhelm.
The Annual Stock Car Stampede is the largest two day racing event in the Midwest. The first race will start at 7:00p.m. on Friday. The Jamestown Speedway will host seven classes of cars that will compete in heat, consolation, and feature races
The Jamestown Civic Center will host some of the top rodeo riders in the region to determine champions of the Roughrider Rodeo Association. This three-day event starts on Friday at 6:00p.m.
Saturday morning at 7:00a.m., registration for the 5K Walk/Run will start. The 5K Walk/Run starts at 8:00a.m. The Walk/Run will begin at Wilhelm Chevrolet, Buick, GMC. All of the proceeds will go to help fund research for the cure and the administrative needs for Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Following the run will be Wilhelm’s 5th Annual Car and Bike Show.
There are many other events going on in Jamestown. For more information on these and other events, go to
Also… The CSi Big Calendar
Listen to The Wayne Byers Show weekdays on CSi Cable 2 at 8:25 a.m., for local news, and the Community Calendar segment of the show.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say an altercation in Minot has left two men with gunshot wounds and another with stab wounds.
Minot police officers responded Wednesday to reports of gunshots at a home in the northeast section of the city.
Officers found 29-year-old Marlon Mitchell with a gunshot wound and 33-year-old Dealvis Harris with a stab wound. A 24-year-old man was also shot in the altercation.
Mitchell was treated at a local hospital and then taken the Ward County Jail. He is charged with felony aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing Harris.
Harris is charged with reckless endangerment, two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a stolen firearm. He will be taken to the Ward County Jail after he is released from the hospital.
The third man is not charged. He has been treated.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man accused of dealing large quantities of heroin in at least three states says he will plead guilty in federal court.
Tyrone Parker, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, is charged in North Dakota with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Authorities say the ring involved more than 1,000 grams of heroin that was distributed in North Dakota, Minnesota and Illinois.
Parker is currently serving a separate sentence at a federal prison in Wisconsin.
Parker’s attorney was not available for comment after business hours on Wednesday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Tax revenues in North Dakota fell $47 million short of projections in August as the number of oil drilling rigs continues to tumble down due to low crude prices.
Management and Budget Director Pam Sharp on Wednesday told a legislative group that sales tax collections came $44 million short of the forecast during the second month of the 2015-2017 biennium that began July 1. Revenues from a combination of gaming, income and other taxes were $3 million short from projections.
Sharp says the decline is directly related to the decrease in active rigs in North Dakota. The state currently has 68 rigs operating, compared to 196 a year ago.
House Majority Leader Al Carlson says “the sky is not falling,” but officials need to keep a close eye on revenues.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Friends and family of a Minot State University student slain eight years ago want police to dedicate more time and resources to solving the crime.
Eighteen-year-old Anita Knutson, of Butte, was found stabbed to death in her apartment June 4, 2007. Knutson’s father discovered the body of his adopted daughter in her bed. Investigators were unable to solve the crime.
Friends and family delivered a petition with 1,035 signatures to the police department Tuesday, asking for “Justice for Anita.” Aunt Karen Leier says the group wants to keep the case in the public eye, in the hope that someone will come forward with evidence.
Police Chief Jason Olson says the case is still an open investigation. He says anyone with knowledge should contact authorities.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Drones aren’t quite ready to feed the world, but a college researcher who studies insects says unmanned aircraft can help grow better crops and produce more food.
Kansas State entomology professor Brian McCornack says it’s an important application because the world’s population is projected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years and there will be “the same sliver of land” to produce food.
McCornack says in addition to targeting pests and other problems with production, drones should have the robotic capabilities to collect insect samples or set traps.
McCornack spoke Wednesday during the final day of an annual unmanned aircraft summit in Grand Forks. He told the group that making an entomologist part of a drone discussion shows how far the industry has advanced.
LAWTON, N.D. (AP) – A game warden supervisor with North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department says a mountain lion was injured when hit by a vehicle in Ramsey County and was euthanized.
The Tuesday night crash west of Lawton was unusual – northeastern North Dakota is not prime mountain lion habitat. Game Warden Supervisor Paul Freeman says the lion was a young male.
The driver of the vehicle was not hurt in the crash. Game and Fish will take possession of the lion carcass for study purposes.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley and the state Board of Higher Education say a federal lawsuit filed by the former head of a UND energy research center should be dismissed.
The federal complaint filed in June by Gerald Groenewold (GROHN’-wahld) alleges that Kelley and the board violated Groenewold’s First Amendment and due process rights by firing him as director of the UND Energy and Environmental Research Center. The suit seeks at least $2.5 million in damages and a year’s salary for Groenewold.
The response filed Tuesday says that Groenewold’s termination followed both UND and board policies and was properly reviewed by the school’s director of personnel.
The defendants say public officials are immune from claims for damages and federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear the case.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Four lawyers have applied to fill an upcoming vacancy in North Dakota’s Southwest Judicial District. Judge Zane Anderson in Dickinson is retiring on November 1st. Attorneys Glen Bruhschwein of Dickinson, James Gion of Regent, Michael Hurly of Devils Lake and Gary Ramsey of Dickinson are looking to succeed him.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s largest rancher group is holding its 86th annual convention and trade show.
The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association event is Thursday through Saturday at the Ramada in Bismarck. Members will shape organization policy, take part in seminars and entertainment, elect officers and name the rancher of the year.
The trade show will feature 41 vendors.
The Stockmen’s Association represents about 3,000 ranchers in the state.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey indicates good but declining wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout much of the state.
Migratory game bird supervisor Mike Szymanski (shuh-MAN’-skee) says the northwest region once again has the highest number of wetlands holding water. But he says virtually all areas of the state are drier than last year, with the poorest conditions and most extreme declines in the southern half of the state.
Szymanski says this year’s moisture conditions have been somewhat of a roller coaster – fairly dry through April, extremely wet in May and June, and then dry again beginning in July.
Szymanski says hunters should be cautious driving off-trail to avoid soft spots and also areas like tall vegetation that could be a fire hazard.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has a new head hockey coach and the same old hunger pains. Longtime assistant coach Brad Berry is taking over a proud program that has vaulted dozens of players into professional hockey in the last decade but hasn’t won a national title since 2000. Berry is a former UND defenseman who takes over for Dave Hakstol.
COLLEGE BASEBALL…
At Jack Brown Stadium in Jamestown last evening the University of Jamestown Jimmies improved to 3-0 on the season with a 12-7 win over Valley City State
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Baltimore 4 Washington 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Phil Hughes pitched five scoreless innings in his return to the rotation as the Minnesota Twins had rare success against Corey Kluber in a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night. Hughes allowed four hits and struck out four. Brian Dozier homered and Trevor Plouffe had two doubles. Minnesota is within one game of the Astros for the second wildcard spot.
UNDATED (AP) – The Toronto Blue Jays have regained a 3 1/2-game lead in the American League East by blanking the New York Yankees in the finale of the season series.
Marcus Stroman scattered five hits in seven innings as the Jays shut out the Yanks, 4-0.
Kansas City beat Seattle 4-3 in 10 innings, reducing the Royals’ magic number to two for winning the AL Central.
Final Detroit 7 Chi White Sox 4
Final L.A. Angels 6 Houston 5
Final Tampa Bay 6 Boston 2
Final Texas 10 Oakland 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh has become the second team to wrap up a National League playoff berth, claiming at least a wild-card spot with a 13-7 pounding of Colorado.
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Arizona 1
Final San Diego 5 San Francisco 4
The Dodgers victory, coupled with the Giants’ loss at San Diego, drops the Dodgers’ magic number to five for winning the NL West.
– The Mets’ magic number is down to five after Manny Machado belted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning of Baltimore’s 4-3 triumph over the Nationals in Washington.
Final Miami 4 Philadelphia 3, 11 Innings
Final Milwaukee 4 Chi Cubs 1
Final St. Louis 10 Cincinnati 2
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Final N-Y Islanders 2 New Jersey 1
Final Ottawa 5 Buffalo 2
Final Detroit 4 Chicago 1
Final Nashville 5 Tampa Bay 2
Final Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 2
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that the Minnesota Timberwolves have reached agreement on terms on a $3.65-million buyout with Anthony Bennett, who was chosen by Cleveland in 2013. The Wolves will be on the hook for the buyout money unless Philadelphia or Portland claims him. They are the only teams currently with salary cap space to withstand Bennett’s contract.
UNDATED (AP) – Kevin Durant has been cleared to return to basketball activities. The NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 2013-14 played just 27 games for the Thunder last season because of a broken bone in his right foot. Thunder general manager Sam Presti says that Durant is ready to go after undergoing three procedures. Training camp begins next week.
REF HIT…
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas high school principal says the school’s football coach has acknowledged he directed two of his players to hit a referee during a game earlier this month. In an internal school district statement first reported by ESPN, John Jay High School principal Robert Harris said that assistant coach Mack Breed told him he directed the students to hit the referee because the ref had used racial slurs and had missed calls. The referee has denied using any slurs.
NASCAR-BOYER PENALIZED…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Clint Bowyer’s (BOY’-urs) slim shot at winning the Sprint Cup championship has taken a huge hit when NASCAR penalized his team for an infraction in the opening playoff race.
NASCAR said the No. 15 team had parts not properly installed on its Toyota in the opening inspection Friday at Chicagoland Speedway. Bowyer was docked 25 points, dropping him to last in the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Pope Francis says he hopes to offer words of encouragement to guide the nation’s political future when he addresses a joint meeting of Congress this morning. Francis is the first pontiff to address Congress. He was invited by House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur), who will be sitting behind Francis with Vice President Joe Biden. Both Biden and Boehner are Roman Catholic.
SEATTLE (AP) – From one Washington to another. That’s how China’s president Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) is traveling today, just hours after Pope Francis departs for New York. Xi and President Barack Obama are scheduled to have a private dinner before Obama formally welcomes Xi and his wife at the White House for the official state visit tomorrow. Among the difficult topics of discussion are cybersecurity, intellectual property protections and human rights.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – The flood of migrants streaming through the Balkan nations has ramped up tensions between longtime foes Croatia and Serbia. Serbia has banned imports of Croatian goods to protest the closure of the border to cargo traffic. Croatia has retaliated by barring vehicles with Serbian license plates from entering the country. It’s the lowest point in the relations between the two countries since the end of the Balkan Wars in the 1990s.
BERLIN (AP) – A day after Volkswagen’s CEO resigned following a scandal over rigged U.S. emissions tests, a member of the company’s supervisory board predicts more resignations. VW has filed a criminal complaint with German prosecutors. They’re interested in identifying those responsible for any illegal actions in connection with the scandal. VW acknowledged last week that “defeat devices” exist in 11 million diesel cars worldwide. The devices are actually computer software that makes the cars run cleaner during emissions tests than in actual driving.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A London-based research center finds little to suggest that al-Shabab extremists are heavily involved in the illegal ivory trade. The report by the Royal United Services Institute says any involvement by the Somalia-based extremist group has probably been small-scale and opportunistic.
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