\u00a0More WEATHER LINKS<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\nJamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 17, 2013) — The Buffalo City Tourism Grant\/Executive Advisory Board, Wednesday approved allocating $5,000 to the Frontier Village to expend to help bring the World Fast Draw Association Shootout to Jamestown.<\/p>\n
Representing the Frontier Village at the meeting were Charlie Tanata, and Colleen Conley.<\/p>\n
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The event is coming to the Frontier Village amphitheater August 9, 10, & 11, 2013.<\/p>\n
Ms. Conley said the total budget is $7,000 with the $5,000 to be paid to the WFDA for $2,970 in prize money and for trophies and the sanction fee.<\/p>\n
There is a participation fee, however, there will be free admission.<\/p>\n
The event will be evaluated by the number of participants and Village visitors and a random survey, with the information to determine the success of the event, and possible annual WDFA matches in Jamestown in the future.<\/p>\n
Co-sponsors of the event also includes the Quality Inn & Suites, Buffalo Inn, and Seekins\u2019 Motel.<\/p>\n
An advertising plan is in place to publicize the event.<\/p>\n
Numerous events are planned including a local celebrity event, along with participants from around the country who are in competition with each other with accumulated point totals, from the events.<\/p>\n
Single action revolvers are used, with wax bullets or blanks used, in the timed events.<\/p>\n
In other business, the board heard a presentation from Wayne Deery of Newman Signs for a new billboard contract for 2014. Deery said a total to 10 billboards will continue, with 7 paid for, over 36 months, at a cost of $2,930 per month.<\/p>\n
Buffalo City Tourism Director Searle Swedlund said the item is in the upcoming budget, which is awaiting approval.<\/p>\n
The billboards are located along I-94 near Valley City West Fargo, west of Mapleton, and Steele. Also on Higway 281 near Ellendale, and Carrington, and Highways 5 and 3 near Dunseith.<\/p>\n
The board also approved spending up to $1,000 on a locomotive train cars, and a caboose, a replica, which was built several years ago in Jamestown which is powered by a six cylinder car engineer.<\/p>\n
The train has been stored at Bonanzaville and is in need of restoration.<\/p>\n
An outside party will bid on the item on an on-line auction which ends Wednesday at 5-p.m.<\/p>\n
Issues concerning the purchase included the restoration and storage, along with trailering to Jamestown.<\/p>\n
The late Jim Carlascio of Jamestown and other B-N employees were responsible for the building of the train, which was later donated to Bonanzaville, where it has sat idle the past few years.<\/p>\n
It was suggested that the restored train could be used in parades and on display at locations in Jamestown to point to Jamestown\u2019s railroad heritage.<\/p>\n
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Xcel Energy says it plans to make a significant investment in wind power.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Minneapolis utility says it will use power from three large wind farms in North Dakota and Minnesota. It will be Xcel’s single largest increase in wind generation in the Upper Midwest and will boost its wind capacity by 33 percent.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Star Tribune says the utility plans to buy power from two wind farms near Jamestown, N.D. and Windom, Minn., which are being developed by Geronimo Energy of Edina. Xcel will also buy a wind farm planned by RES Americas Development near Austin. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Xcel is seeking approval from Minnesota and North Dakota regulators to acquire the wind energy.<\/p>\n
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ALEXANDER, N.D. (AP) – The McKenzie County Sheriff’s Department says five men have been injured in an oilfield explosion near Alexander.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 workers were believed to be removing a cover on an oil fuel tank just before 9 a.m. Tuesday when a fire was ignited by an electric drill.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sheriff’s office identified the burn victims as 54-year-old Mike Fowler, 20-year-old Frank Laverty, 27-year-old Daniel Smith, 22-year-old Stervon Joseph-Jenoir and 54-year-old Roger Kansa.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sheriff’s office says all are employed by Trustlan Oilfield Services in New Town. Fowler was airlifted to a medical facility but the release did not say which one.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The investigation has been turned over to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.<\/p>\n
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\u3000FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A fourth person has agreed to plead guilty in the heroin overdose death of a Fargo blues guitarist.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emily Lund is charged is charged in federal court with conspiracy to possess and distribute a controlled substance resulting in the June 2012 death of 30-year-old Cody Conner.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Four other people are charged in the case, three of whom have pleaded guilty.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lund faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Oct. 2.<\/p>\n
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Barlow is the leading spring wheat variety in North Dakota with more than 1 million acres planted statewide.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, barlow accounts for 18 percent of 5.7 million acres of spring wheat planted in 2013.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Glenn ranks second with 10.1 percent, while SY Soren ranks third with 9.2 percent.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota continues to rank first in acres devoted to spring wheat planting in the United States. The state accounts for 46.3 percent of the nation’s 12.3 million acres plants.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An Oklahoma company is still cleaning up a massive saltwater spill that happened nearly eight years ago in northwestern North Dakota.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Authorities estimate a million gallons of saltwater leaked when an underground pipe broke near Alexander in January 2006. The briny water is a byproduct of oil production.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State water quality director Dennis Fewless says the Zenergy company has been working to clean up the spill but there is no end in sight.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Critics believe the state hasn’t gone far enough to ensure such catastrophic spills are avoided.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Willow City Republican Rep. Dick Anderson unsuccessfully pushed a bill this year to mandate flow meters and cutoff switches on saltwater pipelines. Anderson says it’s “hard to get a bill through that could impact oil production.”<\/p>\n
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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson-based North Dakota National Guard company is helping to expand the useable space at Bismarck’s Fairview Cemetery.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 816th Engineer Company this week will use its heavy excavation equipment to level a hill as part of its annual training exercise.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soldiers are using scrapers, graders, skid steers and bulldozers to remove rocks, cut into the hill, and then level it off to make useable terrain. This project covers approximately 6 acres which will allow for three new sections in the cemetery.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Guard’s Innovative Readiness Training program enhances the training of soldiers through real-world opportunities while meeting community needs.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Civilian employers of the National Guard soldiers’ full-time jobs will be visiting the site on Thursday to observe their employees’ training.<\/p>\n
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\u3000FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (AP) – A Spirit Lake Nation official says Roger Yankton Sr. is back as the tribe’s chairman after winning an appeal at tribal court,
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tribal Secretary Nancy Green Robertson tells the Grand Forks Herald that Yankton is expected to be sworn in Wednesday in Fort Totten.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leander “Russ” McDonald, the man tribal members picked to replace Yankton, will be sworn in as a member of the Tribal Council representing the Fort Totten District.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earlier this month, tribal members voted 284-145 to recall Yankton in a vote prompted by recall petitions accusing him of corruption, intimidation and ineffective leadership.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 McDonald, vice president for academic affairs at Candeska Cikana Community College, was sworn in as the new chairman.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The tribe has gone through years of upheaval, particularly with its child protection system.<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A Federal Reserve survey says the U.S. economy grew in most parts of the country from late May through early July, bolstered by the housing recovery, consumers and more factory output. Eleven of the Fed’s 12 banking districts reported “modest to moderate” growth. The report says hiring held steady or increased in most districts, but employers in some districts were reluctant to hire permanent or full-time workers.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – A heated hearing on domestic spying today is casting doubt on President Barack Obama’s assurances that Congress fully understood and approved the dramatic expansion of government power over the past six years. One of the authors of the Patriot Act, Wisconsin Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner, says Congress only meant to authorize seizures of information directly relevant to national security investigations. He says it never expected the government to snatch everybody’s records and store them in a huge database.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan group of senators is pressing forward with a reporter shield bill that includes new Justice Department guidelines for investigations that involve the media. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, and Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., say they hope to have the legislation to a Senate committee as early as this week. Graham says the law would make it much harder for political appointees to stop reporters from doing their job.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) – A doctor suspected in four Nebraska slayings will return to Omaha to face murder charges after waiving extradition in southern Illinois. Anthony Garcia appeared in court Wednesday for a 15-minute hearing after he was arrested during a traffic stop. Garcia is being held without bond on suspicion of involvement in the killings of three adults and an 11-year-old boy. All four victims had ties to an Omaha medical school that fired Garcia.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PELICAN BAY, Texas (AP) – A 62-year-old widow has been charged with murder after her missing husband was found buried in the front yard of their rural North Texas home. Ervin Robinson was reported missing by his employer in May 2010. State officials say they’ve exhumed his remains and Texas Rangers arrested Neola Robinson over the weekend.
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