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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matthew Leitner says as the month of July nears the end, Jamestown enplanements are expected to exceed just over 600 for the month.
He adds that figure is twice the total of June 2014, as air service resumed on June 5th, and the best numbers for Jamestown enplanements for the month of July since 1978.
He says when Jamestown was served by Delta, with Minneapolis flights the July numbers were lower.
(CSi) Shares of SkyWest Inc, which operates regional flights for bigger carriers, including Jamestown for United Express, fell about 8 percent on Monday.
Almost 61 percent of SkyWest’s capacity was operated for United in the first quarter. United said last week that it plans to make changes to its regional flying that include cutting the use of 50-seat jets and replacing some of it with jets that have 70 seats or more.
The air carrier expected a second-quarter loss, and forecast a loss of $12 million to $14 million, or 23 cents to 28 cents a share, for the second quarter.
Analysts had expected a profit of 14 cents a share, on average, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The parent of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, which carry passengers on behalf of Delta Air Lines Inc, United Continental Holdings Inc and American Airlines Group Inc, said it expected lower revenues because of missed incentives, such as on-time performance under its contracts with major partners.
It also said the results would include changes in its tax provision because of the expected loss and write-downs of equipment.
SkyWest also said that U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rules requiring more rest for pilots and beefed-up qualifications for pilots to operate commercial jets were increasing its crew costs.
SkyWest shares were off 8.3 percent, or 97 cents, at $10.68 in morning trading.
Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matthew Leitner was looking into whether SkyWest’s situation would have any implications on Jamestown airline service.
Jamestown (CSi) Two teams participated in Saturday’s 4th Annual “Chef Challenge,” as part of the Jamestown Arts Center’s Art Park Festival.
The Jamestown Area chamber of Commerce’s Ag/Energy Committee sponsored and organized the event.
Rules for the Challenge included, contestants using all the local ingredients provided.
Contestants could bring additional ingredients to complement or enhance the local ingredients.
The teams were those of Pastor Martin Nussbaum, and Bernie Satrom.
Three teams had signed up, however, one had to withdraw, due to a family emergency.
The Chamber’s Assistant Communications Director, Larissa said the winning team was Bernie Satrom and family, who receives $50 in Jamestown Chamber Bucks, and a food package from the Ag/Energy Committee.
The contestants were given a roundsteak to work with, and Bernie’s team created a three course meal with a marinade for the steak, plus a fruit and a vinaigrette sauce. The farmers market veggies were part of a stew.
Bernie’s team created a tort dessert.
Pastor Nussbaum’s team created an Ethiopian style meal. He received a cutting block and potholder set from the Chamber.
Judges were: Taylor Barnes, Nancy Miller, and Diane Satrom.
Chamber Executive Lisa Hicks says the meals were sampled by over 50 individuals in attendance.
She adds that the event will become more frequent in conjunction with the Jamestown Arts Center.
This was the first year the Chef’s Challenge was held in conjunction with the Art in the Park event, previously it was held at the Stutsman County Fair.
Photos of this year’s event posted on line at
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Jamestown (CSi) The focus was kids, on Sunday, July 27, 2014, as the local Harley Owners Group riders Sunday afternoon, ride to support the Community Action Region VI Week End Back Pack for Kids program.
Sarah Oberlander directs the program at Community Action, Region VI in Jamestown, says $878 was raised for the program.
For more information about Community Action Region VI or the Week End Back Pack for Kids program, call 252-1821.
Jamestown (CSi) On September 1, 2014 the James River Family Y in Jamestown becomes James River Family Fitness.
Executive Director Frank Conlin says the name is the only change being planned.
He says the facility will still offer scholarships, the rates will stay the same and will be programs, and equipment offered. The decision will not change the organization’s group-fitness or program offerings for children, families and seniors.
The local Y has been a member of the national organization since 1980.
He says the name change relects the fact that YMCA’s are located in cities with a population 25,000 residents or more.
As James River Family Fitness, the organization will no longer be required to pay dues to the YMCA’s national office, saving resources during this time of transition.
The YMCA has rented the Larson Center from the University of Jamestown since the building was built on campus in 1980. Before that, the Y was located downtown in the former armory building, which was located behind the Center for Economic Development, and was torn down, creating a parking lot.
Over the past few months, talks have centered on a new facility for the James River Family center with employees becoming a part of the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department, and occupy the planned Two Rivers Activity Center.
Meanwhile, the University of Jamestown has hired a consultant to conduct a study of its athletic facilities.
UJ athletic facilities may include the addition of a new arena and potential renovation of the Larson Center, the current home of the Y, along withadditional outdoor practice space for football, soccer, baseball and softball.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A woman arrested in Fargo last week after allegedly causing a disturbance on an Allegiant Airlines flight has been arrested again.
35-year-old Allison Johnson was arrested Monday for criminal trespass and taken to detox after twice being asked to leave Hector International Airport.
Johnson is a Fargo native who now lives in Arizona. She does not have an attorney listed in court documents. She pleaded guilty last Thursday to resisting a police officer and was released from jail on Monday.
Johnson said in court that she is an alcoholic and does not remember what happened in the plane incident on July 23. Authorities say Johnson slapped two flight attendants and kicked a police officer after being taken off the plane.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A Richland County sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries in a scuffle with a drunken driving suspect over the weekend.
The sheriff’s office says 49-year-old Darrel Loeb, of Breckenridge, Minnesota, fought with deputies while being handcuffed during a traffic stop on Interstate 29 in southeastern North Dakota on Saturday evening.
The deputy who was injured was treated at a hospital in Breckenridge and released. The sheriff’s office didn’t name him.
Loeb faces several charges including drunken driving, simple assault on a law officer and trying to disarm a law officer. Court documents do not list an attorney for him.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A jury has been seated in the trial of a Michigan man accused of fatally stabbing his friend at an oil field crew camp in North Dakota.
Ryan Anderson, of Iron River, Michigan, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the March 2013 stabbing death of Christopher King during what authorities said was an alcohol-fueled dispute at a crew camp between Ray and Tioga, northeast of Williston.
Anderson’s trial earlier was moved to the eastern North Dakota city of Grand Forks after his attorney successfully argued he couldn’t get a fair trial in Williams County because of extensive news coverage of the case.
Opening statements in the case are scheduled today.
Anderson could face life in prison without parole if convicted.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Belcourt man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for assaulting a woman on the Fourth of July two years ago.
Thirty-year-old Robert DeLong Jr. pleaded guilty in April to assault with a dangerous weapon.
Authorities say DeLong struck the victim in the face and caused a torn retina. The injury required surgery to repair.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced DeLong to two years and nine months in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Police in Bismarck say a man is facing a terrorizing charge after threatening family members with a butcher knife. Police say 39-year-old Craig Yazzie made stabbing motions with the knife toward relatives, which included three children. The man is in custody at the Burleigh County Detention Center.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – The former manager of the state Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle office in Wahpeton has been sentenced for financial misconduct. Seventy-two-year-old Catherine Muehler pleaded guilty to felony misapplication of entrusted property and was sentenced to three year of probation and $109,000 in restitution.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man accused of making illegal contact with minors on the Internet has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges.
20-year-old Nicholas Thiel entered his plea on Monday. Thiel is facing 14 felony charges and two misdemeanors.
Authorities have accused Thiel of making a majority of contacts on Facebook using an alias and providing sexually provocative pictures of himself to several underage girls.
Authorities say Thiel also tried to get underage girls to send him sexually provocative pictures and made threats to an underage child.
Thiel is in custody in the Ward County Jail.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a special enforcement effort during the State Fair in Minot led to 166 citations.
The agency says 13 of the citations were for drunken driving, and four were for other alcohol violations. There was one fatality traffic crash that was alcohol-related.
The patrol used extra troopers and overtime pay for the enforcement effort during the nine-day State Fair, which ended over the weekend.
Washington (AP) North Dakota is getting more than $7 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to bolster safety and emergency preparedness programs.
The state’s congressional delegation says the FEMA grants are for local, state and tribal government and law enforcement agencies.
The goal is to help them better address threats to public safety ranging from terrorism to weather events.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The office of the attorney general in North Dakota will receive more than $30,000 in federal funding for the implementation of sex offender registry programs.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer on Monday announced that the U.S. Department of Justice will grant the funds.
The money is meant to help the state develop and improve programs mandated by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006.
The federal law established a comprehensive national system for the registration of sex offenders to prevent children and adults from sexual exploitation and violent crime, prevent child abuse and promote internet safety.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Sunflower harvest is underway in the Dakotas. The National Sunflower Association says 1 percent of North Dakota’s crop is blooming. The average for the state last year is 5 percent. The group says 18 percent of South Dakota’s crop is blooming. That’s ahead of last year’s 10 percent average and a five-year 14 percent average.
Sports…
VELVA, N.D. (AP) – A 9-year-old Velva boy has landed a state-record fish.
Brayden Selzler reeled in a 4-pound, 12-ounce goldeye from Lake Audubon on Friday. The state Game and Fish Department says it shattered a record that had stood for 16 years.
The previous record of 3 pounds, 13 ounces was set in 1998 by Craig Unser, a Mandan angler who was fishing at New John’s Lake.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 2 Milwaukee 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Toronto 14 Boston 1
Final Texas 4 N-Y Yankees 2
Final Houston 7 Oakland 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Atlanta 2 San Diego 0
Final Arizona 2 Cincinnati 1, 15 Innings
Final N-Y Mets 7 Philadelphia 1
Final Miami 7 Washington 6
Final Chi Cubs 4 Colorado 1
Final Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 0
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Los Angeles 77 Indiana 73
MLB…
UNDATED (AP) – The Cubs have shipped second baseman Darwin Barney and cash to the Dodgers for a player to be named. The move comes six days after he was designated for assignment by the Cubbies. And the Toronto Blue Jays have traded right-hander Liam Hendriks and catcher Erik Kratz to Kansas City for infielder Danny Valencia.
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Timberwolves and free-agent guard Mo Williams have agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.75 million. Williams is coming off an up-and-down season with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Timberwolves see the veteran combo guard as an ideal pairing with rookie Zach LaVine on the team’s second unit.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has cleared the way for the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer by ruling against team owner Donald Sterling’s attempt to block the transaction. Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas sided with Sterling’s estranged wife Shelly Sterling, who burst into tears when the ruling was announced. Shelly Sterling negotiated the sale of the team after the 80-year-old billionaire was banned by the NBA for making offensive remarks about blacks.
NFL…
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) – Kyle Rudolph has a new contract to match the significant value the Minnesota Vikings have considered him to be for their offense. Rudolph has 1,055 yards and 15 touchdowns over his three-year NFL career. The Vikings believe Rudolph can not only be an integral part of their system but perform like the elite tight end he’ll be getting paid to be this season and beyond.
In world and national news…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli warplanes have carried out dozens of attacks on Gaza today, including the home of the top Hamas leader in Gaza. Gaza’s power plant also was struck, forcing it to shut down. Red Crescent says at least 26 Palestinians were killed early today in airstrikes and tank shelling on four homes, including the home of the mayor of Bureij in central Gaza. Red Crescent says five bodies were pulled from the rubble, including the mayor.
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – The center of the main rebel city in eastern Ukraine has been hit by shells, killing one person. The shells struck an apartment block in Donetsk today. Authorities in two other cities in eastern Ukraine say shelling today has killed at least 22 civilians. They say five people in a home for the elderly were killed in the rebel-controlled city of Luhansk and 17 died in Horlivka, a city besieged by government troops.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Two men accused of carjacking a woman in north Philadelphia and plowing into a family killing three children, have been ordered held without bail. Twenty-three-year-old Cornelius Crawford and 19-year-old Johnathan Rosa were arraigned early today on charges including murder and kidnapping. Police believe the two forced a real estate agent into her SUV and sped off, crashing about 15 minutes later. The children and their mother had been selling fruit for a church fundraiser. The mother was injured.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is scheduled to take up legislation today to keep federal highway money flowing to states. There are just three days left before the government plans to start slowing down payments. The House passed a $10.8 billion bill last week that would pay for highway and transit aid through the end of May 2015 if transportation spending is maintained at current levels.
BOSTON (AP) – It was supposed to be a three-hour tour, but it turned into a long night at sea off the Massachusetts coast. A whale watch vessel that got its propellers entangled in lobster trap rope was finally freed early today and is undergoing a final inspection before being allowed to return to shore with its 157 passengers. One passenger on the Boston Harbor Cruise vessel said the trip was supposed to be over around 4:30 p.m. yesterday.