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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council’s Police & Fire, and Public Works Committees met Thursday evening at City Hall. All members were present.
POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE BUSINESS:
The committee reviewed approving the Second Reading of an ordinance to amend and re-enact a Section of the City Code pertaining to the definition of Group day care home or preschool facility.The number increases from 12-17 children. No action was taken, as the item will be on the April City Council meeting agenda.
The committee recommends the appointment of James Weight to serve as a member of the Fire Code Board of Appeals for a three year term to expire November 2018.
The committee addressed Attorney Joseph Larson’s complaint against Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger. The complaint was brought by Larson, himself.
Mayor Andersen stated that city has received the complaint and suggested that the complaint be handled by Deputy Auditor, through Human Resources, and Council Member Brubakken who has the Legal Committee portfolio, and bring back a recommendation following an investigation to the full city council. The committee approves the recommendation as proposed by the Mayor.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
The committee discussed the request from Troy Gunderson, from Youth for Christ, 202 4th Ave. SE, for consideration relative to drainage issues in the alley. Gunderson was not present at the meeting. Beth Dooley from the city stated that the recent addition to the building has worsened the drainage.
The committee suggested to relay options to Gunderson and denied the request for consideration.
The committee recommends approving the request from Jamestown Middle School – Omega House to implement their Storm Drain Stenciling Project on May 13, 2016, with the City providing up to $500 to cover expenses.
The committee reviewed concerns expressed by the City Beautification Committee relative to enforcement action against “unsightly, blighted or dangerous living conditions” within the city. The City has received information on the three properties, and the property owners have been served a notice.
If action is not taken, by the property owners, within a time frame, the city will address the issues. Health related issues need to be addressed to Central Valley Health District, and the Environmental Health Officer. Stutsman County Housing also inspects under rental assistance. The city council will look at ordinances in other cities on the issue, for possible consideration.
General discussion was held relative to the Storm Water Utility Feasibility Study being conducted by AE2S and scheduling a date for a presentation to the Committee regarding the project. The committee recommends April 19, 2016 at 3-p.m.,for the presentation.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) The community was treated to a glimpse of the sculptures that will be installed at the Hansen Arts Park in downtown Jamestown, at a noon luncheon and presentation at the Jamestown Arts Center on Thursday.
Arts Center Director Cyndi Wish gave a power point presentation outlining the future look of the Park, including the stage concept that was selected along with the sculpture chosen and the bench designs.
(Photos posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com)
The project resumes this spring.
Those attending were invited to share thoughts and ideas for park events.
The launch of the Hansen Arts Park completion is slated for July 21, 22, 2017.
Valley City (AP) – Valley City State University has placed on administrative leave an assistant professor who’s accused of credit card fraud.
President Tisa Mason also is recommending that people monitor their financial accounts for any suspicious activity.
Thirty-three-year-old Long Man Ram Lau is accused of unauthorized use of personal information and possession of stolen property.
Authorities say searches of his apartment and campus office this week turned up hundreds of credit cards and gift cards under various names, as well as multiple computers, electronic storage devices and suspected counterfeit merchandise.
It’s not clear if Lau has an attorney. A home telephone listing for him couldn’t be found.
The investigation began with an anonymous tip. Authorities say it will take months to complete.
Jamestown (CSi) The community is invited to upcoming New Hope Free Lutheran Church activities.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Pastor Steve Berntson said,Cross Walk on Good Friday, is March 25th at starting at 5:15.
Participants should meet at the Knights of Columbus Hall (519 1st Ave. S.) by the 10 Commandments monument.
The half-hour walk will end at New Hope Free Lutheran Church (407 4th St. SE). After a brief devotion, those who are interested are encouraged to carpool east 23 miles to Sanborn for a 7 PM Good Friday Service at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.
The mime ministry from St. James Basilica will be presenting The Stations of the Cross. The members of New Hope and Our Saviors Steve Berntson and Mark Haines invites the communities to participate in one or both Good Friday observances.
He added that their will be an Easter Breakfast Benefit for Tom Kenna, as the members of New Hope Free Lutheran Church (407 4th St. SE) invite the community to join them for pancakes, eggs, sausage and fruit from 8:45 to 9:45 AM Sunday March 27th.
Funding for the breakfast comes from Thrivent Financial, and the freewill offering will be received to help the Tom Kenna family with ongoing medical expenses for Tom’s cancer treatments. (Checks can be made out to “New Hope”, with “Tom Kenna Benefit” written on the memo line.)
Easter services at New Hope Free Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday are at 7:30 and 10:30 AM, with a children’s Easter Egg Hunt at 10 AM.
Jamestown (CSi) A spring Dance sponsored by the DAV Chapter 31 and DAVA Unit 31 will be at the All Vets Club in Jamestown on May 7, 2016.
The dance starts at 8-p.m.
Dinner is available at the All Vets Club.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man faces five felony charges after allegedly invading a home, assaulting three people including a toddler and threatening a woman with a handgun.
Thirty-three-year-old Antwan Baker allegedly entered a mobile home on Tuesday evening and assaulted a man, woman, and toddler inside before leaving and going to his own mobile home. Later, he emerged and allegedly pointed a handgun at the woman.
Baker was arrested later after a vehicle and foot chase.
He’s charged with felony assault, terrorizing, burglary and fleeing and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Court documents do not list an attorney for him, and a home telephone listing could not be found. He could enter pleas at an April 28 court hearing.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says the first presidential visit to Cuba in nearly a century provides “great momentum” for normalizing relations with the communist nation and boosting agricultural trade.
The Democrat from North Dakota accompanied President Barack Obama on his trip to Cuba this month. She says one of the highlights was the announcement by the U.S. Agriculture Department that it will allow the use of producer checkoff dollars to promote trade with Cuba.
North Dakota has long looked at Cuba as a potentially big market for farm goods. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring also have visited the country in recent years.
Heitkamp says there are still barriers to trade, and an effort by Cuba to improve human rights would help soften opposition in Congress.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The courtyard at the new Ward County administrative building is being named for the family that sold the land to the county.
The County Commission recently approved constructing a monument bearing the “Chumas Plaza” designation.
The county bought the land from the family of George Chumas in 2005. Chumas was a native of Greece who came to operate several businesses in Minot. He was known as a big supporter of various city schools, clubs, groups and teams. In 1996, the Minot Visitor’s Bureau declared June 26 as “George Chumas Day.”
The monument will be constructed with bricks from the former county poor farm. It also will have the traditional plaque to memorialize the date of the construction and the names of the commissioners.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is getting federal money for early childhood education.
The delegation says the tribe is getting nearly $3.3 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The money goes toward supporting Head Start programs that aim to provide affordable early childhood education.
The Standing Rock Reservation straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border. It has roughly 18,000 members, and about half of them live on the reservation.
In world and national news…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – The Islamic State group is facing new assaults both in Iraq and Syria. Government forces in Syria have pushed into the ancient town of Palmyra, where Islamic State militants appear to be on the verge of collapse. In Iraq, meanwhile, a military spokesman has announced the start of an operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from the militants.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Dutch justice minister has confirmed that one of the Brussels suicide bombers was flown from Turkey to Amsterdam in July, but says authorities weren’t told why. Turkey says Dutch and Belgian officials were warned that the man, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, was a “foreign terrorist fighter.” But the Dutch justice minister says he had a valid Belgian passport when he arrived in Amsterdam and his name wasn’t flagged in any Dutch law enforcement databases. It’s not clear what he did after arriving in the Netherlands.
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy (AP) – Pope Francis has washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, Hindu and Catholic refugees in a gesture of welcome and brotherhood. Several of the migrants wept as Francis knelt before them during a Holy Thursday Mass with asylum-seekers at a refugee shelter outside Rome. Francis also denounced the Brussels attacks as a “gesture of war” carried out by bloodthirsty people beholden to arms traffickers.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden says it was President Barack Obama’s “responsibility” to name a moderate to the Supreme Court in an effort to appeal to the Republican-led Senate. Now, he says it’s the Senate turn to do its part. In a speech at Georgetown Law School, Biden said he and Obama took care to consult with the Senate in choosing Merrick Garland. Biden’s speech was in part an attempt to defend his record on judicial nominations. Republicans are holding up Biden’s past remarks on the subject to bolster their case for ignoring Garland’s nomination.
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio (AP) – Police say a kitchen worker at an assisted living facility in Ohio has shot and killed two housekeepers. The shooting occurred Thursday morning at Hamlet Village in Chagrin Falls, an upscale community 20 miles from Cleveland. Police say the gunman is hospitalized with injuries but haven’t said whether he shot himself. A police spokeswoman says she has no information on what prompted the shooting.
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