CSi Weather…
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
80S. LOWS AROUND 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY…THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) The Month of August, 2014, is off to a good start for enplanements at Jamestown Regional Airport.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 airport manager Matt Leitner said so far this month average Jamestown boardings on United Express/SkyWest airlines are 22-23 per flight, with the early morning departure to the Denver hub, showing the largest number of boardings.
In July 2014 boardings were the highest since July of 1978, and second best number of boardings in the past 36 years. The July 2014 boardings were a 262-percent increase over July 2013 boardings, utilizing the smaller aircraft of Great Lakes Airlines.
United Express-SkyWest began Essential Air Service to Jamestown on June 5, 2014, with the 50 seat CRJ-200 50-passenger regional jet with service to the Denver hub.
He said in addition to Jamestown area passengers, others have come from Aberdeen, and Bismarck, as flyers pointed to the competitive fares from Jamestown in addition to the free parking and other amenities at Jamestown Regional airport.
More information and reservations and links on line at
www.flyjamestown.net and www.united.com or contract your local travel agent.
Leitner also pointed out that the T-hangar project at Jamestown Regional Airport has stated with the recent groundbreaking for eight hangars, six with a uniform size and two larger hangars. The hangars are scheduled for completion by the end of this year. The apron installation bids have also been awarded.
He notes that several pilots using private grass airstrips have indicated there interest in Jamestown hangars, with the airport’s maintenance for snow removal during winter months.
Contact Matt Leitner at Jamestown Regional Airport for hangar rentals.
Leitner added that new ground markings have been painted at the airport, along with a crack sealing project on surfaces.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City authorities are reminding motorists to follow detour signs with the water main replacement project.
Valley City Police Chief, Fred Thompson says motorists may travel eastbound on Main Street from 5th Avenue Northwest to Central Avenue. Westbound traffic approaching Central Avenue should follow the detour signs until further notice, as traffic cannot travel westbound on main from Central Avenue to 5th Avenue northwest.
Jamestown (CSi) – The Jamestown Public School District has announced the launch of its Jamestown Public School District App, an all-in-one information source for parents, students, staff and community. Created by ParentLink, the app was developed specifically to provide direct access to the district’s most sought after information in the most convenient format — your mobile device.
Jamestown School District App makes information accessible via mobile device for students, parents, staff and community.
Recognizing trends in social technology and the unprecedented use of smartphones and tablet devices, Jamestown Public School has elected to become part of the mobile sphere to better connect and collaborate with the majority of their stakeholders. Jamestown School District is one of the first school districts in the state of North Dakota to offer a mobile app for their parents and community.
Superintendent Robert Lech says, “Our choice to go mobile goes directly back to our mission to improve student performance. Enabling our parents and students to connect with the district in real-time, at their own convenience magnifies engagement. We know this resource will help in terms of transparency and parent interaction.”
Other app features include:
District and school news, allowing the user to select which schools and district news feeds they want to subscribe to
Push notifications for the District/School to send out instant alerts to the user’s mobile device
Sports scores, schedules, and links to sports sites
Calendar information for schools and district events, including the ability to add events from school calendars to the user’s device calendar
A tip line tool for users to provide the District with suggestions, security issues and other important information
School and district directories and maps
Contact information for teachers, administrators and other staff
Links to the School/District’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Sites
Superintendent updates with the latest communications
Jamestown (CSi) This summer Jamestown’s building progress is moving ahead.
The former Essentia Clinic, downtown is being demolished to make room for the MetroPlains development 24 housing units at the location, Jamestown Court Row Homes.
In Southwest Jamestown, trees are being cleared to make way for the new Menards construction to start soon.
Photos posted on line at www.CsiNewsNow.com
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A motorcycle crash in Minot has killed two people.
Police say the motorcycle crashed into a tree at a high rate of speed shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday, throwing both occupants.
Police say neither was wearing a helmet. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities have identified the victims as Tanner C. Platt of LaPorte, Minnesota, and Kaitlyn T. Bacon of Minot, formerly of Granville. Both were 21 years old.
KINDRED (CSi) A woman who died when her sedan was hit by a semi northeast of Kindred on Wednesday was identified Thursday by the North Dakota Highway Patrol as 36 year old Cindy Peterson of Kindred.
Peterson, was driving south on 167th Avenue Southeast.
62 year old Marlo Morel, of Christine, was driving a semi truck with a trailer west on 52nd Street Southeast.
At the intersection, Morel’s vehicle struck Peterson’s on the driver’s side and both ended up in a ditch.
Peterson was pronounced dead at the scene, and Morel was treated for minor injuries.
The crash is still being investigated.
THOMPSON, N.D. (AP) – The Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office says it found evidence of a methamphetamine lab in a Thompson home where a 14-year-old girl was baby-sitting a 4-year-old girl.
Authorities say both children were put in the custody of social service officials on Wednesday. Deputies called home the woman who lived at the house, and Amanda Rocha was arrested and charged with felony child neglect.
The man who lived at the home was found later in the day. James Hume faces felony drug and child neglect charges.
Court documents do not list attorneys for either Rocha or Hume.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a man reportedly lost almost $9,000 as a result of a fake Internal Revenue Service call.
Stenehjem on Thursday said the caller threatened to get the victim arrested if he didn’t settle a phony debt stemming from his 2005 tax return.
The scammer directed the Wahpeton man to purchase 18 Green Dot cards totaling $8,897 and to read off the numbers on the back of each card. The scammer then emptied the money from the cards.
Stenehjem says hundreds of people are receiving these calls. He says the caller often has a foreign accent and it appears the calls were placed in Ireland.
He adds people should never agree to send money without first independently verifying whether an alleged debt is valid.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some North Dakota National Guard soldiers who have been serving in Afghanistan since January are coming home early as part of the recent drawdown of American forces there.
About one-fourth of the members of the 814th company are returning to the U.S. this week, three months earlier than scheduled. They’re to arrive at Fort Hood in Texas on Friday to go through the demobilization process. They’ll return to North Dakota within two weeks.
About 65 soldiers with the 814th deployed to Afghanistan to provide emergency trauma service and operate troop medical clinics. Another quarter of the unit is to return at the end of the month, with the rest coming back as planned at the end of October.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Job Service North Dakota report shows the state has had at least 20,000 jobs available for six straight months.
The report says North Dakota had 23,500 open jobs in July.
North Dakota Economic Development Foundation chairman Wally Goulet says the job numbers speak to the strength and growth of the state’s economy.
An oil boom in the western part of the state has driven the economy and growth in recent years. But Goulet says North Dakota is not just about oil jobs and notes that the economy is growing across the state.
Office and administrative support jobs represent the largest group of open jobs with 2,577 positions available in July. There were 2,512 transportation and material moving jobs that month.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot Air Force Base will be getting 303 more personnel through an effort to strengthen the military’s nuclear mission.
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says 69 of the new positions will be with the 5th Bomb Wing and 234 with the 91st missile wing. The Minot base oversees 150 Minuteman III missiles buried in silos across the countryside and also is home to B-52 bombers.
Many of the bombers have been based out of Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota and Anderson Air Base in Guam this summer so runway upgrades can be made at the Minot base.
The Minot Daily News reports that the $32 million project will wrap up by the end of next month.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Top U.S. energy and transportation officials are slated to be in Bismarck for a national energy policy conference on Friday.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he will question U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx about conflicting reports over the volatility of crude coming from the state’s oil patch.
U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say Moniz they will take Moniz on tours of natural gas factories in Beulah and Tioga. They also plan to tour a site where a well is being drilled using hydraulic fracturing technology.
The senators say the tours are intended to help Moniz “better understand the state’s challenges and opportunities.”
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The executive chairman of BNSF Railway says his company is making progress on clearing out a backlog of grain cars in advance of the harvest.
Matt Rose told a group of agriculture producers and shippers Thursday that the number of past due cars should be down to 1,000 in a week, from 4,000 in mid-July. Rose says if predictions of a later-than-normal harvest pan out and farmers aren’t selling, the railway should be completely caught up.
Rose told the group that complaints about the railway failing one industry over another are unfounded. He says the backlog for the private tank fleet is the same as the ag fleet.
Members of North Dakota’s congressional delegation, which sponsored the meeting with Rose, plan to meet with Canadian Pacific officials next week.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Representatives of the Italian milling industry are visiting North Dakota to learn more about hard red spring wheat, the state’s staple crop.
The North Dakota Wheat Commission says the Italian team includes a representative of the largest spring wheat broker in Italy and also officials with medium-size, family owned milling companies in that country.
Friday’s schedule included visits to North Dakota State University and the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo and to an area grain elevator.
Italy imported nearly 10 million bushels of U.S. hard red spring wheat in the 2013 marketing year, up from the five-year average of 7.3 million bushels. The country typically accounts for about half of the spring wheat demand in the European Union.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Russian ban on food imports from the West isn’t likely to have an immediate impact on North Dakota’s large legume crop and wheat industries. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring traveled to Moscow in December 2012. Goehring says Russia could be a prime market for dry peas, dry beans and lentils. But he also says political tensions over the past year and half have basically ground business to a halt anyway.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and successful businesswoman Linda Pancratz will be honored at the University of North Dakota’s summer commencement.
Nyberg graduated from UND with a degree in mechanical engineering. She went on to become the 50th woman in space.
Pancratz graduated from UND with a degree in business administration. She is chairman and chief executive officer of the investment company Mountain Capital LLC.
School officials say 515 students are eligible to participate in the ceremony, which is scheduled 3 p.m. Friday at the Chester Fritz Auditorium.
In sport…
AA..
Fargo-Moorhead 4, Gary 1
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 6 Houston 5
Final Cincinnati 4 Cleveland 0
Final St. Louis 5 Boston 2
Final Kansas City 6 Arizona 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 7 L.A. Angels 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Jon Lester pitched a three-hitter for his fourth career shutout as Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0 last night. The All-Star left-hander struck out eight, walked two and only allowed two runners past first base in the 11th complete game of his career. He pitched out of two-out, bases-loaded jam in the sixth but was otherwise stellar.
Final N-Y Yankees 1 Detroit 0
Final Baltimore 2 Toronto 1
Final Seattle 13 Chi White Sox 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 5 N-Y Mets 3, 13 Innings
Final Milwaukee 3 San Francisco 1
Final Chi Cubs 6 Colorado 2
Final Pittsburgh 7 Miami 2
Miami Marlins pitcher Dan Jennings was hospitalized in Pittsburgh after being hit in the head by a line drive. Marlins manager Mike Redmond said Jennings’ eyes were open and he was responding to questions from the medical staff while on the mound. Jennings was diagnosed with a concussion and was kept in a hospital overnight for observation.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
Final N-Y Jets 13 Indianapolis 10
Final Washington 23 New England 6
Final Baltimore 23 San Francisco 3
Final Kansas City 41 Cincinnati 39
Final Denver 21 Seattle 16
Final San Diego 27 Dallas 7
WNBA BASKETBALL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Maya Moore scored 17 points as the Minnesota Lynx closed with an 11-0 run to beat the Chicago Sky 74-64 last night. Lindsay Whalen added 14 points for Minnesota. Allie Quigley led the Sky with 20 points. They opened the second half on a 9-0 run to take their first lead.
Final Minnesota 74 Chicago 64
Final OT Phoenix 78 San Antonio 73
Final Seattle 88 Atlanta 68
NBA…
UNDATED (AP) – Two people with knowledge of the deal say Minnesota and Cleveland have agreed to a trade that will send All-Star forward Kevin Love to the Cavaliers for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a future first-round draft pick. The deal will unite Love, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in a new-look Big 3 in Cleveland. Love is a three-time All-Star.
UNDATED (AP) – Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant has withdrawn from the U.S. national team, dealing yet another blow to the weakening American team. The NBA’s MVP has informed USA Basketball that he is mentally and physically drained from the season.
His withdrawal comes less than a week after Indiana’s Paul George was lost to a broken right leg.
GOLF…
Update..
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Ben Crane has withdrawn from the PGA Championship because of a back problem.
Crane opened with a 3-over 74 at Valhalla on Thursday before withdrawing Friday. He has a long history of back trouble. This is the second straight tournament he had to withdraw because of back pain. Last week at Firestone, he stopped after opening with rounds of 73-70.
Crane is No. 56 in the FedEx Cup standings and won the St. Jude Classic in June for his fifth career victory.
LOUISIVLLE, Ky. (AP) – Ryan Palmer, Lee Westwood and Kevin Chappell are the first-round co-leaders at the PGA Championship, the final major of the PGA Tour season. All shot 6-under 65s. British Open champ Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk (FYOOR’-ihk), Henrik Stenson and Edoardo Molinari are lurking just one off the lead.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – Germany’s Sandra Gal shot a 6-under 65 to take the lead after the opening round of the Meijer (MAY’-ur) LPGA Classic. That gives her a one-shot lead over Inbee Park, and two shots up on Katherine Kirk.
Michelle Wie (wee), the U.S. Women’s Open champ, had to withdraw after nine holes due to a wrist injury. She was five over after nine holes.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – For the first time in 32 years, the Minnesota Vikings will play an entire season outdoors.
That era begins Friday night at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus when the Vikings play their preseason opener against the Oakland Raiders. ‘The Bank’ will be the Vikings home for the next two seasons while their new stadium is being built in downtown Minneapolis.
University associate athletic director Scott Ellison says $2.5 million in improvements have been made to accommodate the Vikings, including new goal posts, bleachers on the West Plaza and 38 miles of tubing to heat the turf.
The playing field will undergo changes between Vikings and Gopher games. Hash marks and numbers will be repainted and the end zone colors will change from Vikings purple to Gophers gold.
In world and national news…
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi and Kurdish officials are welcoming the U.S. decision to authorize airdrops of humanitarian aid and airstrikes in northern Iraq to counter advancing Sunni radical militants. A string of victories across the north of the country by the radical group Islamic State and their allies have sent Iraq’s minorities fleeing for their lives, exacerbating the country’s already-dire humanitarian crisis with another 200,000 people displaced.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Palestinian officials say one of Israel’s airstrikes this morning hit the backyard of a mosque, killing a 10-year-old boy. Cross-border attacks resumed today following a three-day truce, beginning with rockets from Gaza fired at Israel. The Israeli army says by midday, militants had fired some 33 rockets. It’s not clear if the renewed fighting will derail talks in Cairo aimed at ending the violence.
LONDON (AP) – The largest and longest outbreak ever recorded of the Ebola virus has prompted the World Health Organization to declare an international public health emergency. The outbreak in several West African countries has killed more than 930 people.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The aid group Doctors Without Borders says residents in South Sudan living in a U.N. camp because of the fear of violence are enduring conditions that “are an affront to human dignity.” The group says residents are knee-deep in sewage-contaminated floodwater and some residents sleep standing up to hold children out of the water. The residents can’t leave the camp because of fear they could be killed outside.
SEATTLE (AP) – A formal identification is expected today on a body found in woods in Kitsap County, Washington state. Authorities believe the body found yesterday is that of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, who was last seen in her home Saturday night before she went to bed. The girl’s parents waited a day before notifying police because they say their daughter had wandered around their mobile home park before.