wbPM4CSi Weather from staff meterologist steve root…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND

CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY EVENING TO

NOON CST TUESDAY….INCLUDING THE VALLEY CITY & JAMESTOWN AREAS.

EXPECT WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO

BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND 11 AM TUESDAY…WITH THE COLDEST

WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 3 AM TUESDAY.

THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE

AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS OF

BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY

THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER 1 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH

EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

 A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL

COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN

OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

　

Forecast….

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW IN THE MORNING. .TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER

MIDNIGHT. LOWS 10 TO 15.

.THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE

LOWER 20S.

.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT

CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. HIGHS AROUND 15.

.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND

10 BELOW. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO.

　

Jamestown (CSi)  Affordable housing will be the prime topic of Tuesday’s (Jan 12, 2016) Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Local and Regional Issues Committee.

The meeting will be held at Shady’s at noon and is open to the public.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the Chamber’s Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller said, the speaker, is from the Grand Forks Community Land Trust.

Emily Wright will pass along how the Grand Forks area built affordable housing units, utilizing the Land Trust program, and how a similar process might be able to be used for Jamestown affordable housing.

Becky pointed out that Stutsman County Housing Authority Director, David Klein Executive Director will be at the meeting answer questions about housing in the area.

 

Jamestown ND (CSi) The Arts Mean Business. That is the message being delivered today by the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) and The Jamestown Fine Arts Association, Inc (The Arts Center) who announced they have joined the Arts & Economic Prosperity® 5, a national study measuring the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences.

The research study is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s nonprofit organization advancing the arts and arts education. It is the fifth study over the past 20 years to measure the impact of arts spending on local jobs, income paid to local residents, and revenue generated to local and state governments.

While associated with nearly 300 study partners across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, NDCA and The Arts Center will collect detailed financial data about our local and state nonprofit arts and culture organizations such as theater and dance companies, museums, festivals, and arts education organizations.

The Arts Center, along with other cultural resources in Jamestown will collect surveys from attendees at arts events using a short, anonymous questionnaire that asks how much money they spent on items such as meals, parking and transportation, and retail shopping specifically as a result of attending the event. Previous studies have shown that the average attendee spends $24.60 per person, per event, beyond the cost of admission. Those studies have also shown that, on average, 32 percent of arts attendees travel from outside the county in which the arts event took place, and that those cultural tourists typically spend nearly $40 per person—generating important revenue for local businesses and demonstrating how the arts drive revenue for other businesses in the community.

Surveys will be collected throughout calendar year 2016. The results of the study will be released in June of 2017.

For a full list of the nearly 300 Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 study partners, visit www.AmericansForTheArts.org/AEP5Partners.

The Jamestown Fine Arts Association, Inc has been enriching the Jamestown area community through the arts for over 50 years.

The North Dakota Council on the Arts is the state agency responsible for the support and development of the arts throughout North Dakota, and is funded by the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) Dr. Bruce Chehroudi, chair of the mechanical engineering program at University of Jamestown, recently was an invited speaker at the 2015 R&D 100 Conference.

The conference, widely known as the “Oscars of Invention”, identifies and celebrates the top technology products of the year.

Last year’s winners include the Automotive Phased Array Radar, used to help cars “see”, and the Lunar Laser Communication System, to communicate with a moon satellite almost instantaneously.

Dr. Chehroudi spoke on Research and Development alliances at the conference. “It is increasingly difficult for any single organization to develop internally all the capabilities needed to foster new innovations,” said Dr. Chehroudi, “We observe that in industries with expanding complexities, the innovation trajectories are increasingly found in ‘networks of R&D alliances.'”

Dr. Chehroudi has a PhD in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and has done post-doctorate work at Princeton University related to characterization of the dense intact core region in diesel fuel sprays. He is also in charge of the Management of Research and Development Teams and Organizations seminar sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is currently leading the development of the Mechanical Engineering program at University of Jamestown.

Vice President of Academic Affairs, Paul Olson says, “Dr. Chehroudi’s deep understanding of how innovation happens is one of the characteristics that made us want him to develop our mechanical engineering program. He is truly an industry leader, and his being asked to present at the R&D 100 Conference is illustrative of how highly his peers in industry think of him.”

　

Update…

 HATTON, N.D. (AP) – A weekend snowmobile crash in Grand Forks County killed a 10-year-old boy from Thompson and injured a 9-year-old Hatton boy.
 
     The Highway Patrol says the two were on a snowmobile that crashed and rolled in a farm field about 4 miles northwest of Hatton Sunday afternoon. The crash killed 10-year-old Mason Moen of Thompson. Nine-year-old Brody Johnson of Hatton was flown to a Fargo hospital with what the patrol says are serious injuries.
 
     Authorities haven’t determined which boy was driving the snowmobile.

 

PAGE, N.D. (AP) – Residents of the small Cass County town of Page are being asked to conserve water, after a large water main break.

The problem was discovered Saturday afternoon. Officials slowed the leak by adjusting some shut-off valves, and a contractor was hired to begin repairs Monday.

City Auditor Judy Johnson tells KFGO radio (http://bit.ly/1SdGkVS ) that some homes might be without water service while repairs are underway.

About 230 people live in Page, about 50 miles northwest of Fargo.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp was among eight senators who traveled to the Middle East last week

The North Dakota Democrat says the goal of the six-day trip was to learn about terrorist groups, Iran’s nuclear program, and tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The senators visited with officials in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, and Austria about regional security.

Heitkamp says how effective the U.S. is in dealing with challenges in the Middle East will determine the country’s security in the years ahead.

　

Washington (CSi) In coordination with the state revenue departments and the tax industry, the Internal Revenue Service today released the first in a series of YouTube video tax tips designed to provide people critical information to help protect their tax and financial data.

The videos, part of the continuing Security Summit effort combating identity theft and refund fraud, is part of an ongoing effort to educate taxpayers and provide them tools to stay safe online.

The first of the Security Awareness YouTube videos <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLPQTkmnEvg>includes tips from four state officials reminding taxpayers to check online accounts for problems, look for secure sites when shopping online and be careful to avoid phishing scams. The videos will be released daily over the next week.

 

“These are important reminders for all of us to protect ourselves online,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “These videos reflect the continuing collaborative work between the states, the tax industry and the IRS to protect taxpayers. We are jointly implementing major new procedures to protect taxpayers, but people can help by taking some precautionary steps to help us work to prevent identity theft.”

The six videos feature the heads of several state revenue departments from across the country.

The “Taxes. Security. Together.” campaign – a joint effort announced late last year between the IRS, states and the private-sector tax industry — is designed to raise public awareness that even routine actions on the Internet and personal devices can affect the safety of financial and tax data. The education campaign will complement the expanded series of important new protections the IRS, states and tax industry are putting in place for the start of the 2016 filing season to address tax-related identity theft.

To learn about additional steps you can take to protect your personal and financial data, visit

www.irs.gov/taxessecuritytogether <http://www.irs.gov/taxessecuritytogether> or www.irs.gov/identitytheft <http://www.irs.gov/identitytheft>.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators say they will provide written justification if fines and other sanctions are lowered against companies that violate the state’s oil and gas laws.

Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says he was directed by the state Industrial Commission on Monday to provide the documentation.

Regulators have been publicly criticized for easing penalties as much as 90 percent against companies involved in spills and other oilfield violations. Regulators say it promotes cooperation.

The Industrial Commission that includes Gov. Jack Dalrymple met behind doors with attorneys for more than 90 minutes Monday, discussing six cases against companies that are facing sanctions. No action was taken.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot’s Downtown Business and Professional Association has put a hold on a plan to use city economic development dollars to help businesses dealing with disruptions from a three-year infrastructure upgrade project.

Association President Chris Lind  says  the group wants to further discuss the plan with its members to see if any tweaks are necessary.

The Magic Fund screening committee in December endorsed using up to half a million dollars from the fund to pay down interest on debt for affected downtown businesses. But many established businesses with no outstanding loans said they would be left out and that other ideas for aid should be considered.

The City Council now won’t consider the interest buy-down plan until business association officials visit with members.

In sports…

Fargo (CSi) Eddie Beyer the legendary North Dakota high school basketball coach passed away in a Fargo hospital Sunday night. He was 77.

Beyer’s daughter, Tammy Nelson, said her father had struggled with his health in recent years.

Beyer coached the Hillsboro High School boys basketball team for 37 years, retiring after the 1997 season. He had a 688-195 won-loss mark at Hillsboro, a state record for boys basketball coaching wins that only recently was broken by Dan Carr of Linton.

Beyer’s teams won Class B state basketball titles in 1973-74, 1977 and 1981, the latter team going 26-0. His Burros teams qualified for 13 Class B state tournaments and won 19 Red River Valley Conference championships.

He came to Hillsboro in 1960 after graduating from Concordia College, where he earned a total of 11 varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball.

In addition to basketball, Beyer led Hillsboro baseball teams to the 1962 North Dakota American Legion state title and the Burros to Class B state high school championships in 1967-68.

He is a member of the, North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame http://discoverjamestownnd.com/what-to-see/north-dakota-sports-hall-of-fame/  the North Dakota High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Young Professionals of Jamestown is sponsoring a Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament during Cabin Fever Days in Jamestown.

The tourney is set for Saturday February 6, 2016, starting at 10-a.m. at Jamestown Middle School’s gym.

The first eight registration forms will be accepted. There will be a waiting list if more than eight teams submit a registration

Teams will be selected on a first come first serve basis. the team manager will be contacted within 72 hours to confirm that the registration has been received. All checks will be returned in full, if the not one of the first eight teams.

The entry fee cost will not be refunded if the team cancels within the week of the tournament. Cash or check accepted made payable to the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce which has registration forms

The tournament will be pool play, with four teams per pool, and then seeded, single elimination tournament.

Pool Play will be two games to 25 and the tournament will be best of three.

There are a maximum of six players per team on the court, three men and three women. A team may play with no fewer than four players. If a team plays with four players then two of those four must be female. Substitutions may be made at any time. There will be 1-30 second timeout per team, per game.

A team must be ready to play at the scheduled game time. If they are not present within five minutes after the scheduled time, the game may be forfeited.

The team manager will receive an email of phone call in the event of any changes.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fans of the North Dakota State University football team didn’t waste any time getting their new national championship gear.

The Bison on Saturday beat Jacksonville State 37-10 for their fifth straight FCS championship. A day later, fans were flocking to the Scheels store in Fargo to get the latest championship merchandise.

WDAY-TV reports that one of the more popular items is the “One for the Thumb” design, with the five championship rings. Another design shows the five championship trophies.

Shopper Jeremy Holter says having new gear enables fans to “show your pride and show the five-peat.”

　

In world and national news…

MEXICO CITY (AP) – It’s another indication that U.S. authorities won’t be getting their hands on “El Chapo” anytime soon. A Mexican official says it will probably take at least a year to extradite Joaquin Guzman to the United States. The drug kingpin was recaptured Friday, six months after breaking out of a Mexican prison. Mexican authorities were apparently tracking actor Sean Penn as he visited the country in October to meet with Guzman. But Penn says he has no regrets about that visit.

 

BALTIMORE (AP) – Jury selection was supposed to start Monday in Baltimore in the trial of the police officer who was driving the van carrying Freddie Gray on the day he was injured last year. But the trial is on hold, as an appeals court considers whether another officer who is facing charges in the case should be forced to testify against the driver. Gray died in April, a week after his neck was broken during a van ride.

 

ATLANTA (AP) – The suspect in a series of jewelry store robberies across the South has made her first court appearance in the case, and wept as she was led from the courtroom. A criminal complaint accuses 24-year-old Abigail Kemp of conspiring with others to rob stores in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The FBI says she was apprehended in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, Georgia, along with a person who was with her at the time. Authorities haven’t identified that person.

 

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – Hillary Clinton is escalating her attacks on Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders, criticizing his opposition to a 2005 gun control bill and saying his health care plan will raise costs for American taxpayers and families. Her attacks come as polls show the race for the Democratic nomination tightening in Iowa. Voters in the state will be the first to make their choices in the nominating race, on February 1st.

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Prosecutors in Nevada say they won’t charge Lamar Odom after the former NBA star was found unconscious at a brothel with cocaine in his system. The district attorney in Nye County says the evidence didn’t prove that Odom used the drug during his three days in the county, so he could not be charged there. The Odom family said he left a Los Angeles hospital last week for a private facility.