CSi Weather…
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH
INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW
30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY.A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
BREEZY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE
OF SNOW 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 15. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 15.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR
40 MPH MID TO LATE MORNING MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME BLOWING
SNOW IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY, MONDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED WHERE
HEAVIER SNOW FELL THURSDAY NIGHT…SO BE PREPARED IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THESE AREAS.
A WET AND UNSETTLED PATTERN SETTING UP FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department responded early Saturday morning to an apartment building fire at 610 14th Street Northeast.
The call came in at about 2:30-a.m., to the four-plex.
Jamestown Police Department evacuated the building before the fire units arrived, and as many as three police officers may have been treated for smoke inhalation.
Jamestown City Fire Department Chief Jim Reuther said, the four-plex was searched three times, and no one was trapped inside, as had been feared.
Reuther says five units and 25 firefighters battled the blaze for three hours and 20 minutes. The fire spread into the walls and insulation of the building.
Reuther said the fire began in the upper level of the southeast corner of the building and spread to the attic and the apartment below it.
Lt. Sheldon Mohr says no one was hurt, but two of the apartments had extensive fire damage and the other two had smoke damage.
Otter Tail Power Company disconnected electrical service to the building, still uninhabitable on Sunday.
Buffalo Valley Red Cross volunteers and Manager, Beth Dewald were on the scene by 3 a.m.
Ten Jamestown residents were displaced.
The Red Cross then provided housing, clothing and comfort for the 10 fire-displaced residents, two were children.
Ms. Dewald siad after the initial assistance, follow up with some of thE clients, will continue over the next few days depending on needs.
Referrals can be made to Red Cross partners to provide assistance in the future.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
JAMESTOWN – Police say accidental carbon monoxide poisoning took the life of Harold Newman.
A report by Forum Communications, Emily Welker, Forum News Service, said, the 80-year-old Newman accidentally left his car running in his Jamestown home’s attached garage before he went to bed February 19, 2014.
Jamestown Police Detective Sgt. Thomas Nagel, said, Newman was found the next day in his bed, having apparently succumbed to the carbon monoxide that built up as he slept.
Nagel said,“We could still smell the gas fumes.”
Police were responding to a call made after Newman failed to show up for a dentist appointment earlier in the day.
Officers determined that Newman accidentally left the car running before going into his home the night before. The door from the garage to the home was closed, and Newman left no note or anything else to indicate the act was deliberate.
Nagel said, “In our carbon monoxide readings, it was quite high when we were there. Some family members had arrived at the home by the time police arrived.N ewman lived in the home alone, Nagel said.
Nagel said Newman appeared to have been in good health, but may have been suffering some memory lapses at the time, given his age.
Newman’s body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Bismarck, which found the preliminary cause of death to be an accident.
Nagel said the final results of the medical examiner’s autopsy are expected to take another six weeks or so.
Jamestown (CSi) Charges against the University of Jamestown, Dean of Students have been dropped.
The University of Jamestown issued a statement regarding Dean of Students, Gary Van Zinderen.
UJ Vice President of Campus Communications, Tena Lawrence said:
“The University of Jamestown has been informed that recent charges filed against Gary Van Zinderen, Dean of Students, have been dismissed. Dean Van Zinderen reported back to work as of Monday, March 10, 2014. We are happy to have Gary back on campus and wish him well as he puts this personal incident behind him.”
Van Zinderen was arrested in Jamestown on February 21, 2014, AND released on February 24th.
Simple assault charges were lodged against Van Zinderen, allegedly striking his wife.
Jamestown (CSi) — The Buffalo City Tourism Grant/Executive Board approved funding requests for Stutsman County Museum staffing, The R.M. Stoudt, Xterra Festival advertising, and the Jamestown Drag Racing Association advertising.
Meeting Friday at the CSi Technology Center at Historic Franklin School, the board approved the $6,000 grant request from the Museum. Harold Sahr said the amount would pay three quarters of the salaries of the three greeters. He pointed out, the dedication of the 1883 gazebo replica, constructed on the Museum grounds will be May 17, 2014
Steven Aesoph requested $2,000 in grant dollars for the Xterra Festival, advertising, applied through the Jamestown Community Foundation. The Board approved $2,750 which includes photography that Aesoph said was excellent promotional material, and noted the event is heavily advertised on Facebook.
He said last year there were 120 participants from 27 states and three countries.
This year’s event will include five events, June 20, 21, & 22 at Pipestem Creek.
Jamestown Drag Racing Association CEO, Leon Westerhausen requested $6,000 in advertising funds, plus $100 for a lighted sign, $1,043.40 for traffic cones, and $1,222 for track timing cables.
The Board approved the $6,000 plus $1222.00 for the timing cables, for a total grant approval of $$7,222.00.
This year’s drag racing at Jamestown Regional Airport is scheduled fof July 26 & 27.
With marketing Tenea Clocksene said the roll out of the re-branding of Buffalo City Tourism in cooperation with Red Plum Advertising will be the week of May3-11, 2014 in conjunction with National Tourism, week at the Jamestown Arts Center. More information to be announced.
Buffalo City Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund said the full board will discuss any possible ideas of putting a logo on the new Southwest Jamestown water tower, after re-branding and the new logo to be unveiled.
In said the new “Jamestown Service Area, ” brochure, in cooperation with the Jamestown Sun is being distributed outside the area, and the state, with 6,000 copies sent within the state of Oklahoma.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation’s marketing/workforce developer, Holly Miller, participated in the Red River Research Corridor’s Small Business Innovation Summit on March 19 in Fargo, ND.
Miller joined Dr. David DeMuth, Great Plains STEM Education Center director, and Tifanie Gelinske, Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation VP of workforce, to present information on the ND STEM Learning Network and Growing Tomorrow’s Skilled Workforce. The Small Business Innovations Summit was co-hosted by the Red River Valley Research Corridor and North Dakota’s Congressional Delegation.
The summit offered various panel discussions where small business owners could learn about ideas to build and expand their companies, and determine how to use local, state, and federal resources. The summit included keynote speaker Matt Varilek, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration and Soo Young Kim, Head of Marketing for Google’s Get Your Business Online program. Dr. DeMuth, Miller, and Gelinske will present Growing Tomorrow’s Skilled Workforce at the ND STEM Learning Network Take Root Summit at the National Energy Center of Excellence in Bismarck, ND on April 4. “STEM is the foundation for “growing our own” workforce in Stutsman County,” Miller said. “Through STEM, we will create an innovative workforce and a link for education and industry collaboration.”
BISMARCK (CSi) The N.D. Department of Human Services’ Aging Services Division is hosting statewide public hearings to review comments received from a recent online survey addressing programs and services that help older individuals and adults with physical disabilities remain living independently in their homes and communities.
Individuals are invited to participate in these meetings.
Wed., March 26, 2014
Valley City, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Valley City Senior Center, 139 Second Ave. S.E.
Mon., March 31, 2014
Belcourt, 12:30 to 2 p.m., Turtle Mountain Retirement Home, Hwy. 5 and St. Ann’s Road.
Tues., April 1, 2014
Surrey, 12:45 to 2:15 p.m., Surrey Senior Center, 301 Second St. S.W.
Wed., April 2, 2014
Williston, Noon to 1:30 p.m., Williston Senior Center, 18 Main St.
Thurs., April 3, 2014
New Town, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Northern Lights Building, 710 Ninth Ave. N.
Mon., April 7, 2014
Dickinson, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Mountain Time), Villard Terrace, 22 Fourth Ave. E.
“The comments we gather will help us update North Dakota’s State Plan on Aging, which describes our priorities and the services we support with our federal Older Americans Act dollars,” said Jan Engan, Aging Services Division director.
The Aging Services Division funds a variety of programs and services including a toll-free information phone line and website, home-delivered meals, meals at senior meal sites, senior legal assistance, assistive safety devices like grab bars and seat lifts, blood pressure screenings, foot care, medication set-up, options counseling, and the senior companion program. The division also funds the Family Caregiver Support Program, senior employment and training, dementia care, long-term care ombudsman services, and protective services to vulnerable adults at-risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Public hearing sites are accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals who need auxiliary aids to participate in the meetings or who have questions should call the department’s Aging and Disability Resource LINK toll free 855-GO2-LINK (855-462-5465) or ND Relay TTY 800-366-6888.
Individuals unable to attend the public hearings can submit written comments by May 7, 2014, to the N.D. Department of Human Services’ Aging Services Division at 1237 W. Divide Ave., Suite 6, Bismarck, ND 58501.
Additional public hearings are scheduled in late April and early May for Bismarck, Ft. Yates, St. Michael, Devils Lake, Grand Forks, and Fargo. Following the completion of the 12 public meetings, the draft state plan will be finalized in June and then submitted to the federal Administration on Aging for approval.
Engan said in federal fiscal year 2013, about 23,300 North Dakotans age 60 and older were served by programs funded under the Older Americans Act.
(CSi) A coalition of six labor groups has been formed to fill employment positions in the Dakotas.
Open houses are being held in North Dakota where attendees can learn about careers and training opportunities. Some positions include bricklayers, cement masons, iron workers, heavy equipment operators, painters and laborers.
An open house in Jamestown is set for Friday April 25, 4-p.m., to 8-p.m., and Saturday April 26, 2014 10-a.m., to 5-p.m., at the University of Jamestown’s, Raugust Library.
A benefit to construction work includes training and development relevant to careers, without having to pay for tuition or take out loans to do so.
Workers can make up to $50 dollars an hour in wages and benefits in several construction careers.
12 locations have been planned around North and South Dakota for open houses including Bismarck, Fargo, Jamestown, Devils Lake and Grand Forks.
click here for a detailed list of times and locations of these open houses.
The Coalition of Construction Professionals is comprised of:
– Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers
– Cement Masons & Plasters Local 633
– Iron Workers Local 512
– Laborers Local 563
– Operating Engineers Local 49
– Painters and Allied Trades
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Cities and towns throughout North Dakota are feeling the sting of rising federal flood insurance premiums.
In 2012, Congress passed a law that made some policyholders’ rates to skyrocket. Washington revisited the law to scale back some of the increases, but the premium hikes are still coming.
Rates for primary homeowners could climb as high as 18 percent annually, while business owners and those with second home will see a mandatory 25 percent annual increase.
Statewide, 14 percent of the nearly 14,000 policyholders will see increases.
Many worry that high premiums could drive residents out of the flood plains and hurt housing prices.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota could lose about 210 soldiers under proposed budget cuts to the National Guard.
The officials initially believed the cuts would be reducing the ranks by 300 soldiers.
The proposed budget for the U.S. Department of Defense for the fiscal year that begins in October calls for a reduction of about 20,000 soldiers.
Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk with the National Guard in North Dakota says his office has been working on figuring out what the proposed cuts will mean for the state particularly in terms of personnel.
Sprynczynatyk says if personnel cuts do become necessary, he hopes early retirements can be offered to qualifying members.
The state’s National Guard force stands at roughly 4,400 soldiers. About 1,000 of them are in the Air National Guard.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has slated a public hearing for a proposed electric transmission line in the southeastern part of the state.
The commission says the meeting is slated for April 1 in Ellendale.
The transmission line would be owned jointly by Otter Tail Power and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
The more than 150-mile line would run from the Big Stone South Substation near Big Stone City, S.D., to a proposed substation near Ellendale.
Only about nine miles of line would be located in North Dakota.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A Colorado man’s bid to avoid trial and a potential death sentence in the killing of an eastern Montana teacher goes before a state judge Monday to decide if the defendant is incompetent due to mental disability.
His attorneys say 24-year-old Michael Keith Spell has the mental capacities of a first-grader and is unfit for trial.
If Judge Richard Simonton agrees, Spell could be sent to a state institution indefinitely.
He’s charged with murder in the death of Sherry Arnold on January 7th, 2012, after attempting to abduct her as she was jogging in Sidney, Montana. An accomplice pleaded guilty.
The case has highlighted the social costs of a Northern Plains oil boom that drew the men to the region looking for work. Crime rates spiked in Montana and neighboring North Dakota over the past several years.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The head of North Dakota security and emergency management is in Fargo to talk about disaster response in the state’s oil patch.
State Homeland Security Division director Greg Wilz is scheduled to speak this afternoon in an event sponsored by the North Dakota State University department of emergency management.
NDSU assistant professor of emergency management Carol Cwiak (SEE’-wack) says that while oil has brought many positive economic benefits, it has created or exacerbated emergency management issues at the local and state level.
Cwiak says demands on infrastructure and the introduction of new oil-related hazards make emergency management even more important for businesses, government and private entities.
The presentation is slated for 3 p.m. at the Plains room in the NDSU Memorial Union.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s lottery is turning 10 years old.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and lottery officials will be hosting a 10-year anniversary celebration Monday at a supermarket in Bismarck.
The attorney general’s office is in charge of lottery regulation.
Stenehjem says a “new, fresh look” of the lottery will be unveiled, along with new equipment that has been installed at lottery locations across North Dakota.
In sports…
Associated Press — Third time was a charm for Jamestown High School and senior center Paige Peterson. Peterson, the third Jamestown girl to be named a Miss Basketball finalist, was a runaway winner of the award presented annually to the best senior in the state in voting by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Peterson, a traditional 6-foot-1 center whose strength was her inside play, received 12 first-place votes and 80 points in the voting. Previous Jamestown finalists were Morgan Dale in 2009 and Kyra Dewald in 2013. Jamestown also has one Mr. Basketball winner, Brian Flam in 1987.
Peterson will play college basketball at Augustana in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. “It’s been my goal since fifth grade, that I wanted (Miss Basketball) in my senior year,” Peterson said. “There’s a lot of good players, I was just excited when I heard I was a finalist.”
Jamestown coach Andy Skunberg said Peterson was a throwback to the dominating inside post. “She commanded a lot of attention inside,” Skunberg said. “Whenever she touched the ball there was always a couple of girls on her. She did a good job finding other girls and posted up big inside.”
She came up biggest against Mandan when she notched a career-high 34 points and 20 rebounds. ”I usually go down low end to end getting rebounds and doing the dirty work,” Peterson said. “I like playing outside, I just don’t get the opportunity to do that much.”
Peterson had 18 double-doubles in 24 games while leading the Blue Jays to their second straight state Class A tournament.
“My major goal was getting to state,” Peterson added. “After state was over, if came across my mind, that it would be nice if I won it.” Peterson averaged 18.7 points per game and 13.5 rebounds per contest. She was the senior athlete of the year in Class A girls basketball.
Other finalists were Central Cass center Faith Dooley, Thompson post Shannon Galegher, Bismarck forward Keisha Engelhardt and West Fargo guard-forward Cassidy Thorson. Dooley, a 6-3 center, averaged 21 points, 12.3 rebounds and 6.1 blocked shots. She received four first-place votes and 46 points. Galegher, a 5-10 post, averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds. She received 25 points. Engelhardt, a 5-9 forward, averaged 17.9 points and 10.8 rebounds. She received one first-place vote and 21 points.
Thorson, a 5-11, forward, averaged 14.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists. She received five points in the voting.
This is Jamestown High School’s first Miss Basketball. The award was given after the Class B girls title game at the FargoDome on Saturday night.
In 1987 Blue Jay Brian Flam was named Mr. Basketball in North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reminding anglers that new fishing licenses are required starting April 1.
Fishing licenses can be purchased online at the Game and Fish Department website, www.gf.nd.gov. A new state law requires residents age 18 and older to prove residency on the application by submitting a valid North Dakota driver’s license number or a North Dakota identification number.
Licenses also will be more expensive this year, because of fee increases approved by the 2013 Legislature.
Some noteworthy changes to the state’s fishing regulations this year include expanded bowfishing and open water spearfishing seasons, a reduction of the statewide daily and possession limits for crappie, and the opening of the Red and Bois de Sioux rivers to darkhouse spearfishing.
Regional Sports….weekend…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Both of the college basketball teams from North Dakota that made the NCAA Tournaments have been knocked out.
The North Dakota State University men lost to San Diego State 63-44 on Saturday, after upsetting Oklahoma in overtime last Thursday.
The University of North Dakota women didn’t make it past their first game, losing to Texas A&M on Sunday 70-55.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The University of South Dakota women’s basketball team has been knocked out of the NCAA Tournament, but the South Dakota State University team is playing on in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
USD lost to Stanford 81-62 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, at the Stanford Regional in Ames, Iowa.
SDSU beat Creighton 62-51 on Sunday in the second round of the WNIT and advances to a third-round matchup Thursday against Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Top-seeded Minnesota spotted St. Mary’s a big early lead before surging to a 63-55 win in the second round of the NIT yesterday. Minnesota hosts either Southern Mississippi tomorrow. DeAndre Mattieu scored 14 while Austin Hollins added 10 for Minnesota.
Men’s NCAA Tournament…
UNDATED (AP) – Top seed Wichita State, second seed Kansas and No. 3 Creighton were upset during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament yesterday. Twins Andrew and Aaron Harrison combined for 39 points and No. 8 Kentucky erased a nine-point, second-half deficit before handing the Shockers their only loss of the season, 78-76. The win sets up an all-Kentucky matchup in the Midwest Regional at Indianapolis. The Wildcats will take on fourth seed Louisville.
Top seed Arizona hammered Gonzaga 84-61 to coast into a regional semifinal meeting with San Diego State.
No. 3 Iowa State beat North Carolina 85-83 on DeAndre Kane’s layup with 1.6 seconds left
Fourth seed UCLA advanced to the Sweet 16 by thumping Stephen F. Austin 77-60.
Sixth seed Baylor blew out No. 3 Creighton 85-55
No. 10 Stanford rallied in the second half to beat the Jayhawks 60-57, and Creighton absorbed an 85-55 beating by Baylor.
Eleventh seed Tennessee cruised into the regional semis and will take on No. 2 Michigan at Indianapolis.
College Hockey…
UNDATED (AP) – Minnesota is the top overall seed in the NCAA hockey tournament. Boston College, Union and Wisconsin also received No. 1 seeds. The top-ranked Golden Gophers will stay home to play in the West Regional. They face Atlantic Hockey champion Robert Morris on Saturday in a region that also pits Notre Dame against St. Cloud State.
UND and Wisconsin will play in the first round of the NCAA tournament at 7 p.m. Friday in the Midwest Regional in Cincinnati. The other game in the Midwest Regional is Ferris State against Colgate.
This will be UND’s 12th straight NCAA tournament appearance, the longest streak in the country. Denver has the second-longest streak at seven years, followed by Boston College with five years.
In the St. Paul Regional, Minnesota takes on Robert Morris and St. Cloud State plays Notre Dame. In the Worcester, Mass., Regional, Boston College takes on NCHC postseason champion Denver and UMass-Lowell plays Minnesota State-Mankato. In the Bridgeport, Conn., Regional, Union and Vermont will play in one game and Quinnipiac and Providence play in the other game.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Markieff Morris scored 25 points off the bench to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 127-120 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday. Phoenix trailed by 22 in the first half but shot a season-high 57 percent from the floor to overcome Kevin Love’s 36 points and 14 rebounds. Love fell an assist short of a triple double and committed a crucial turnover in the final minute.
Final Toronto 96 Atlanta 86
Final Denver 105 Washington 102
Final Sacramento 124 Milwaukee 107
Final OT Brooklyn 107 Dallas 104
Final Cleveland 106 New York 100
Final L-A Lakers 103 Orlando 94
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
DETROIT (AP) – Matt Moulson’s goal at 2:15 of overtime gave the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Detroit Red Wings last night. Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist and Jason Pominville and Zach Parise also scored for Minnesota. Ryan Suter had two assists and Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 13 shots.
Final N-Y Islanders 2 Columbus 0
Final St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 0
Final Nashville 2 Chicago 0
Final New Jersey 3 Toronto 2
Final Vancouver 4 Buffalo 2
Final Anaheim 6 Florida 2
MLB-DODGERS/DIAMONDBACKS
Dodgers sweep two-game set in Sydney
UNDATED (AP) – The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading back to the United States after completing a Sydney sweep. Hyun-Jin Ryu (hee-YUHN’-jihn YOO) allowed just two hits while striking out five over five shutout innings of the Dodgers’ 7-5 win over the Diamondbacks in second and final game in Australia. Yasiel Puig (YAH’-see-ul pweeg) drove in two runs while collecting three of the Dodgers’ 13 hits.
The Dodgers opened the major league regular season with a 3-1 victory before leaving Sydney with a 2-0 record.
NASCAR…
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) – Kyle Busch won at Fontana for the second straight year, holding off Kyle Larson, Tony Stewart and his older brother Kurt on a frantic two-lap sprint to the finish. Kyle Busch capably blocked Larson and outlasted Stewart and Kurt Busch to become NASCAR’s fifth winner in five races already this season. Jimmie Johnson was comfortably in front when he blew a tire with seven laps left, precipitating the wild finish.
GOLF…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Matt Every won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, shooting a final round 2-under-70 to finish 13 shots under par, one in front of Keegan Bradley. Adam Scott ended play two shots off the lead to finish third after a 4-over 76. Hunter Mahan (MAY’-han) had to withdraw from the tournament because of soreness in his lower back.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SAUCIER, Miss. (AP) – A four-under 68 in the final round gave Jeff Maggert the win in the Champions Tour event in Mississippi. He finished play 11-under, two shots in front of Billy Andrade (AN’-drayd) and three in front of Bernhard Langer.
NFL-MEETINGS
League meetings this week
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – NFL owners could be making plenty of news this week at their spring meetings in Orlando. They will consider 13 playing rules proposals and seven bylaws. They will also discuss expanding the playoff field from 12 to 14 teams, although a vote on such a move is uncertain.
Some changes seem to be sure things: extending the height of the goal posts 5 feet to help determine if kicks are good; eliminating overtime in preseason games; placing fixed TV cameras on the goal lines, end lines and sidelines to help replay reviews.
In world and national news…
PERTH, Australia (AP) – Ships are heading to two areas of the Indian Ocean where search aircraft from China and Australia spotted several objects in an area identified by multiple satellite images as containing possible debris from a missing Malaysian airliner. The ships are expected to reach the areas by Tuesday, local time.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – President Barack Obama has begun a week of international travel amid the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis. He arrived in the Netherlands today for a summit scheduled to discuss nuclear terrorism, though Russia’s annexation of Crimea is expected to overshadow that topic thanks to international worries that Moscow could decide to expand farther into Ukraine.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine is ordering its troops out of Crimea as Russian troops consolidate control over the annexed peninsula. Russian forces have been systematically seizing Ukrainian ships and military installations including a naval base near the eastern Crimean port of Feodosia, where two wounded servicemen were taken captive today.
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) – Despite the darkness, rescue crews have continued working at the site of a massive mudslide in Washington state that killed at least eight people. Some people are still listed as missing amid waning hope that survivors might be found. Officials call the number of missing “fluid.” Several people were critically injured and about 30 houses were destroyed.
GENEVA (AP) – The U.N. weather agency blames human impact on the global climate for much of last year’s extreme weather that wreaked havoc in Asia and the Pacific region and in Europe. The World Meteorological Organization’s annual assessment says 2013 was the sixth-warmest year on record. Thirteen of the 14 warmest years have occurred in the 21st century. Typhoon Haiyan (HY’-ahn) killed at least 6,100 while Australia had its hottest year on record.