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.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID
20S. HIGHS AROUND 40.

A WEAK COLD
 FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON
 SATURDAY. THEREAFTER…ABOVE NORMAL
 TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S…AND MINIMAL
 CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.

 

Valley City (CSi) Valley City Administrator David Schlelkoph says the search to hire a new Valley City Police Chief is on hold.

He says the search has been stopped because of the unknown outcome of a proposed city petition and possible vote by the people in the future.

Under the proposal the administrative control of the city police department would move to the Barnes County Sheriff’s office if the proposed measure was passed by the voters of Valley City.

According to City Auditor Avis Richter as of Wednesday a petition has not been submitted to the city for approval.

Current Police Chief, Fred Thompson, tendered his resignation earlier this year and will step down in mid-January.

　

Jamestown (CSi) The planning phase of the Two Rivers Activity Center is taking longer than anticipated. The process is currently in the schematic design phase, where a general design of the structure is planned

Jamestown Parks & Recreation Direcotr Doug Hogan says under a cost control effort, the end result may result in a smaller than planned building.

The revised size of the building has not been finally determined.

During the first review of the costs, the estimates from McGough Construction exceeded the architect’s estimates by $8 million and were more than the available funding for the project. The cost differences have been reduced by design changes, but the process is not complete.

Hogan points out that the new plan calls for items moved to the upper level and squaring some of the corners.

The design change would move portions of the cardio exercise area to the mezzanine level of the building.

Hogan says, there will be no changes in the function of the facility.

The voters approved a $28.6 million bond issue in June, 2015, to be repaid by a one percent sales tax in Jamestown, which begins on January 1, 2016. After bond issuance costs, Jamestown Parks and Recreation will have about $28.1 million to cover the cost of land acquisition and the construction of phase 1 of the building. A private fundraising campaign is underway for phase 2 of the project.

 

Jamestown (CSi) A meeting is set for Monday December 7, 2015, at 7-p.m., at the Bismarck National Guard Armory to discuss the lighting project at the Veterans Cemetery in Mandan.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County Veterans Service Office David Bratton said the project entails lighting the roadways inside the cemetery.

He also noted changes in the Veterans Choice Program, that allows veterans the opportunity to access health care at public clinics, when VA Clinic health care providers are not available.

He said program changes that may effect local veterans, are in the works.

His office in the lower level of the Law Enforcement Center in Jamestown has more information.

The office is open Monday-Friday from 8-a.m., to 5-p.m.

Call 252-9043.

The office will be closed December 24th and 25th for the Christmas holiday.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System Presents the 2nd Annual Mitten Tree, 2015. Items sought are new or gently used mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves.

The Mitten Tree is in the Adult Section of the Alfred Dickey Library. Help decorate the Mitten Tree by donating new or gently used hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves for all ages. All donations will be given to the Salvation Army, which will give these items to those who need them.

Last year the first annual Mitten Tree, received an outstanding amount of donations from the community.

This year the library wants to make it an even bigger success.

Stop by the library December 2, 2015, through January 4, 2016, to help decorate theMitten Tree again.

　

Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Department of Human Services has selected clinical psychologist Daniel Cramer as director of its South Central Regional Human Service Center (SCHSC) in Jamestown.

As center director, Cramer will provide leadership and be responsible for programs, services, operations, and personnel at the regional center, which provides behavioral health and other human services to residents of Barnes, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman, and Wells counties.

Cramer has served as clinical director at the center since 2010. He joined SCHSC in September 2007 as a psychology resident after completing the psychological internship program at the department’s Southeast Human Service Center in Fargo.

Cramer earned his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Indiana State University in 2007. He completed a bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology from St. Cloud State University, and a master’s degree in counseling from the University of North Dakota.

His hometown is Plymouth, Minn.

SCHSC employs about 80 individuals and provides behavioral health services to about 2,500 individuals per year through its main office at 520 Third St. N.W., in Jamestown, and satellite locations including Valley City, Oakes, Carrington, Cooperstown, Wishek. and Fessenden. Staff members also provide program management services to individuals with developmental disabilities, and provide other direct services and supervision of human service programs in the region.

The center participates in the James River Addiction Training Consortium, Jamestown Housing Coalition, Mental Health Access Coalition in Valley City, the community Health and Safety Coalition, and other collaborative efforts to improve the coordination and delivery of services and to enhance the quality of life of center clients.

More information about SCHSC is available on the Web atwww.nd.gov/dhs/locations/regionalhsc/southcentral/index.html or by contacting the center at 701-253-6300, toll-free 800-260-1310, ND Relay TTY at 800-366-6888, or dhsschsc@nd.gov.

 

Valley City (CSi) Changes in some positions in Barnes County have been noted.

The Barnes County Commission has unanimously approve the appointment of

Sue Lloyd as the Barnes County Emergency Manager, replacing Kim Franklin who resigned earlier this year.

The commissioners also approved of Lloyd to be the 9-1-1 coordinator. Lloyd will officially become the new Barnes County Emergency Manager on January 1, 2016.

County Commission also unanimously approved of hiring Angela Hunt as the Barnes County Veteran Services Officer, replacing Chad Clement who resigned earlier this year.

Hunt served as the Veteran Services Officer for counties surrounding the Dickinson, North Dakota area. She will begin working on Monday, December 7, 2015.

The Barnes County Commission has selected Mike Metcalf to become the President of the Board of Commissioners. Bill Carlblom was chosen as the County Commission Vice-Chairman.

 

 MAPLETON, N.D. (AP) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a female worker at a Mapleton convenience store.
 
     Authorities say the 25-year-old man accosted the worker at Gordy’s Travel Plaza about 6 a.m. Wednesday, and patrons called 911. Deputies who responded forced their way into a locked room and found the man and the worker.
 
     The woman was taken to a hospital with unspecified, non-life threatening injuries.
 
     The man was arrested on several charges including aggravated assault, terrorizing, felonious restraint and gross sexual imposition. Formal charges were pending.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A transgender employee who quit her job at Sanford Health in Fargo is suing the hospital for discrimination.
 
     Faye Seidler was born as a male and identifies herself as a female. She says she began hormone therapy as part of her gender transition in 2013. She began working for Sanford in spring 2014.
 
     The lawsuit says Seidler asked for access to the women’s locker rooms in November 2014, but the hospital refused to accommodate her request. She says managers did not treat her equally in other aspects and felt forced to quit her job.
 
     The suit seeks unspecified damages and asks a judge to order the hospital from discriminating against employees who have undergone or are undergoing a gender transition.
 
     Lawyers for Sanford were not immediately available for comment.

 

 In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown football coaching staff has announced the signing of Allen Jevning of Brainerd, Minn., who will join the Jimmies in the 2016 season.

Jevning, a 5’11″, 180 pound running back, was a first-team All-District and All-Section choice at Brainerd High School. He was also his team’s Offensive Player of the Year and team Most Valuable Player.

“Allen is exactly the type of student athlete that we want to add to our program,” said coach Randy Elenberger. “He excels in the classroom and on the field and comes from a very good program up in Brainerd, MN. He’s a hard-nosed player that never left the field and can play multiple positions as well as return kicks on special teams.

He’s a very good football player that plays physical and has an extremely high motor. We really like what he can do with the ball in his hands and we think he can be a very good running back for us in the future.

He’s very excited to be a Jimmie and proud to carry on the Jimmie tradition as his mother, Suzette, graduated from Jamestown College in 1989 with a degree in Elementary Education. We are very excited to welcome Allen and his family back to Jimmie Nation!”

Jevning plans to major in Business while at the University of Jamestown.

 

In world and national news….

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – Police say they are searching for one or more gunmen after a shooting at a social services facility in Southern California.
 
     Police say multiple people were shot at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, a facility that serves individuals with developmental disabilities in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
 
     Several law enforcement agencies have converged on the scene, and triage units have been being set up in the area. Some people were seen being wheeled away on gurneys, and others filed out of a building with their hands up.
 
     No arrests have been made.
 
     San Bernardino is about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
 
     The head of the Inland Regional Center says “the incident is in the conference area” that an outside group had been renting, but people served by the center also would have been in the building.
 
     The White House says President Barack Obama has been briefed on the situation.

 

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Parliament appears set to join the international campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria. Britain is already part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS but has restricted its actions to Iraq. Prime Minister David Cameron describes the militants as “medieval monsters” and says Britain needs to go after them in their heartland, rather than wait for them to carry out an attack in the U.K.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. official says an American civilian is being held by a Taliban-linked militant group in Afghanistan. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter, says the man is being held by the Haqqani network, a militant group that operates along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The official would not discuss the man’s identity or the circumstances of his capture.
 
     LONDON (AP) – The Islamic State group is claiming to have killed a Russian spy. The extremist group has released a video in which a Russian-speaking man confesses to spying for Russia’s security service and then is shown apparently being beheaded with a knife by another Russian-speaking man. The authenticity of the video or the claims could not immediately be confirmed and there’s been no comment from Russia’s Foreign Ministry or its FSB security service.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy grew at a modest pace this fall, lifted by higher consumer spending, more home sales and increased construction. In its latest snapshot of business conditions, the Fed says nine of its 12 regional banks reported modest or moderate growth from early October through mid-November. The New York Fed said growth leveled off, while it slowed in Boston and was mixed in Kansas City.