KCSi - T.V. Weather From Staff
Meteorologist Steve Root....

Includes the cities: Moorhead, Valley City, Fargo

Tonight...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...Then chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 60 to 65. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

Friday...Partly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...Then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 80 to 85. South winds up to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Friday Night...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds up to 10 mph.

Saturday...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.

Saturday Night...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

Sunday...Partly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

Sunday Night...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

Monday...Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

Monday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 65.

Tuesday...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

Tuesday Night...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 55 to 60.

Wednesday...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

Wednesday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 65.

Thursday...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) -- Buffalo City Tourism Director, Nina Sneider says, Dakota Thunder, and Frontier Village, along with the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown have been listed in tourism articles/publications.
Ms. Sneider forwared a news article to KCSi-T.V. News from the Jamestown Sun, which outlines the recent recognition.

“What does Graceland Too in Holy Springs, Miss., the Jimmy Carter Peanut State in Plains, Ga., and the World’s Largest Buffalo have in common? All have found spots on time.com’s Top 50 American Roadside Attractions list. The list is in no particular order and showcases nostalgic attractions from Texas to Alaska. It sites the National Buffalo Museum and Frontier Village as things to do when visiting the World’s Largest Buffalo, recently named Dakota Thunder. Jamestown’s most recent claim to fame is 26 feet tall, 46 feet long and weighs in at 60 tons of concrete. Other regional attractions include the Paul Bunyan Statue in Bemidji, Minn., the Dinosaur Park in Grand Rapids, S.D. and the Porter Sculpture Park in Montrose, S.D. The World’s Largest Buffalo was also recently named the third best roadside attraction by Reader’s Digest in its Best of American 2010: Readers Choice poll.”

From The Anne Carlsen Center…
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) -- A member of the Anne Carlsen Center’s senior leadership has been accepted into the inaugural class of a program that designed to identify, educate and equip the next generation of nonprofit leaders.

Chief Operating Officer Marcia Gums was named by the Impact Institute, along with 20 others from non-profit organizations in the state, to participate in the North Dakota Emerging Leaders Program. This five-month program is intended to be a local and low-cost opportunity for non-profit staff aspiring to be in executive leadership positions.

Pat Traynor, Impact Foundation Executive Director says, “Over the next several years, baby boomers will be retiring in record numbers and vacating executive leadership positions in the non-profit sector. Preparing the next generation of leaders has been identified as one of the most significant challenges in the non-profit sector. In a state with a rapidly aging population like North Dakota, it is even more critical to identify and nurture prospective leaders.”

The program members, selected through a highly-competitive application process, meet for three separate, multi-day sessions, focusing on leadership.

Ms Gums says, “When I met with the group for the first session, it was such an energizing two days. We were focusing on what is leadership, what pieces do we possess, and what work should be done to identify areas that need more honing. It was a very concentrated two days.”

Ms. Gums added, she is also excited to share many of the skills and procedures learned from the conferences with ACC staff.

“It is such an excellent, excellent program. I encourage anyone who has the opportunity to apply to do so. I’m very grateful to be a part of it.”

The five-month program will be led by La Piana Consulting of Emeryville, CA. The Impact Institute has partnered with La Piana Consulting over the last year to provide capacity-building training to nonprofit directors, staff and board members across North Dakota. La Piana Consulting is a national firm dedicated to improving leadership and management practices throughout the sector for greater social impact. Since 1998, they have provided assistance to over 600 nonprofit organizations.

Other members of the class include Beth Ashmore (Senior Director of Ambulatory Services, Innovis Health, Fargo); Angie Bosch (Office Coordinator, Freedom Resource Center, Fargo); Julie Christianson (Lead Coordinated Community Response Specialist, Community Violence Intervention Center, Grand Forks); Rachel Clarke (Associate Executive Director, YWCA Cass Clay, Fargo); Heather Clyde (Shelter Manager, FM Humane Society, Fargo); Debra Coalter (Care Coordinator, Community of Care, Arthur); Gretchen Dobervich (Regional Center Director, Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter, Fargo); Rachel Gustafson (Registered Dental Hygienist, Valley Community Health Centers, Northwood); Ruth Hagel (House/Volunteer Manager, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Fargo); Shaun Havis, (Vice President, United Way of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region, Grand Forks); Kristina Hein (Community Impact and Public Relations Director, United Way of Cass Clay, Fargo); Lynelle Huseby (Nursing Patient Care Manager, Family HealthCare Center, Fargo); Kay Kiefer (Project Director, FirstChoice Clinic, Fargo); Anthony Larson (Patient Financial Services Manager, West River Health Services, Hettinger); Daria Odegaard (Education Coordinator, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center, Fargo); Lori Seim (Clinical Coordinator, FirstCare Health Center, Park River); Lisa Vig (Program Director, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, Fargo); Dave Pompe (Residential Coordinator, Creative Care for Reaching Independence (CCRI), Moorhead.

To learn more about the Impact Foundation, visit them online at www.impactgiveback.org. To learn more about the services and mission of the Anne Carlsen Center, visit www.annecenter.org.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Fargo police on Thursday arrested a
20-year-old man who allegedly crashed a stolen car into gas pumps,
causing a fire.
The blaze forced authorities to temporarily close a major
thoroughfare in North Dakota's largest city.
Police say the incident began when an officer unsuccessfully
tried to stop a car traveling at a high rate of speed and the car
took off, eventually going around a turn too fast and crashing into
the gas pumps at a convenience store.
Fire Department Capt. Gary Lorenz says pumps shut off
automatically in such a situation, but the car and some gas that
spilled onto the ground caught fire. The driver fled on foot but
was later caught.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a new trial and
postponed sentencing for a Bismarck man convicted on two counts in
a major drug conspiracy case.
A jury in January found Donovan Slagg guilty of conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and aiding
and abetting in the conspiracy. He faces a mandatory life prison
sentence.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson says Slagg deserves a new
trial on the aiding and abetting charge because of an error in jury
instructions. Erickson has not ruled on a motion by prosecutors to
reconsider the decision.
Slagg's sentencing on the conspiracy conviction, originally
scheduled Wednesday, is changed to Sept. 23.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota program that enables
residents to dispose of unusable pesticides safely and for free
collected a record amount this summer.
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says more than 400 people
brought in 215,594 pounds of herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides
and fungicides. That is more than 100 tons.
The previous Project Safe Send record of 215,521 pounds was set
in 2008, the year that also had the greatest program participation,
535 people.
The program is funded by fees pesticide manufacturers pay to
register their products in North Dakota. Over the past two decades,
more than 2.5 million pounds of chemicals have been collected and
shipped out of state to be destroyed.

In sports…

From Erin Klein, Jamestown College
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. Sports) -- The Jamestown College women’s cross country team and women’s indoor track and field team had the top grade point averages among all NAIA teams in their respective sports as the 2009-10 NAIA Scholar Team of the Year standings were announced this week.

The Jimmie women’s cross country team placed fifth overall among NAIA teams of all sports in the Scholar Team of the Year standings with a GPA of 3.76. They were the top Dakota Athletic Conference team on the list.

Head Coach for both teams, Jim Clark says, “They’re all very good students and good people. Six of the 10 cross country team members and 12 of the track team members had 4.0 averages in at least one of the semesters.”

Members of the 2009 cross country team were Ashleigh Anderson, Gillette, Wyo.; Suzy Avey, Big Timber, Mont.; Cambrya Belter, Somerset, Wis.; Emmylyn Bentley, Lewistown, Mont.; Rachel Bickford, LaMoure; Alyssa Bossler, Helena, Mont.; Katie Conlon and Madey Hornung, both Jamestown; Kallie Merrill, Buffalo, Minn.; and Mallory Souder, Stephen, Minn.

Members of the 2009-10 indoor track and field team were the 10 cross country runners plus Bernie Bachel, Annandale, Minn.; Ashley Cooper, Laurel, Mont.; Marissa Curry, Gillette, Wyo.; Stephanie Erlandson, Breckenridge, Minn.; AnnaLiesa Fauth, Opheim, Mont.; Mallory Johannes, Sartell, Minn.; Jayma Odermann, Parshall; Courtney Oliver, Mankato, Minn.; Kayla Roemmich, Bottineau; Danielle Roeske and Jill Schlenker, both Jamestown; Beth Segerholm, Northwood; Sarah Skipper, Lewistown, Mont.; Megan Vote, Cando; and Katie Zent, Lefor.

The Jimmie women’s outdoor track and field team and volleyball team were also named NAIA Scholar Teams for 2009-10.

For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar Team award, it must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade point average must include all varsity student-athletes certified as eligible. A total of 857 teams received the award in 2009-10.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota State University has
permission to go ahead with a $32 million fundraising campaign to
renovate and expand the Bison Sports Arena.
The state Board of Higher Education approved the request
Thursday.
The renovation project includes a new basketball court,
bleachers and practice gym, an indoor track, a new athlete weight
training area and expanded locker rooms.
Two new building entrances will be built. The arena's roof will
be replaced and new heating and air conditioning equipment
installed.
The project is split into three construction phases, and NDSU
says once it's started, it will take about two years to finish. The
Bison Sports Arena is 40 years old.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference has scheduled visits to two schools in the Dakotas that
have expressed interest in becoming members.
Commissioner Butch Raymond says teams will visit Minot State
University in North Dakota on Oct. 19-20 and the University of
Sioux Falls in South Dakota on Sept. 28-29. They will include
officials ranging from Raymond to a senior woman administrator from
an NSIC school.
The NSIC is a 14-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II conference
with teams in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South
Dakota. The board is considering an expansion.
Minot State and Sioux Falls are moving their athletic programs
from NAIA to NCAA Division II, and both have expressed interest in
the Northern Sun.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Independence Party gubernatorial candidate
Tom Horner is sketching out a plan for a new Vikings stadium that
would have the team paying 40 percent of an estimated $900 million
project.
Horner tells The Associated Press that the state would pay the
rest through a penny-per-drink liquor tax statewide, plus revenue
from a racino and a tax on game tickets.
Horner would have the team sign a 40-year lease so that bonds
could be spread out over 40 years too. And he says he'd address the
issue during next year's legislative session.
The Vikings didn't immediately comment on the plan. Their
Metrodome lease expires after the 2011 season.
Democrats and Republicans in the race haven't offered stadium
plans.

In world and national news...

PHOENIX (AP) - Dozens of people have been arrested in Phoenix as
they protested Arizona's immigration crackdown. It's a crackdown
that, for the most part, didn't go into effect as scheduled Thursday
because of a judge's order. But organizers went ahead with
protests, and many of them were arrested after peacefully
confronting officers in riot gear.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House investigatory panel is alleging 13
violations of congressional ethics and federal law statutes by
veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel. It came despite efforts by
Rangel's attorneys to negotiate a last-minute deal. The charges
include allegations that Rangel failed to report rental income on
vacation property in the Dominican Republic and over the course of
nearly a decade failed to report more than $600,000 on his
financial disclosure statements.

NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama says the uproar that led
to the resignation of Agriculture Department official Shirley
Sherrod (shuh-RAHD') was a "phony controversy" generated by the
media. But in an interview on ABC's "The View," he also said his
administration overreacted by forcing her out. Sherrod, meanwhile,
says she'll sue the blogger who posted an edited video in which she
appeared to be making racially-charged comments.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - Oil from a pipeline that poured
hundreds of thousands of gallons into a major Michigan river has
now traveled at least 35 miles downstream -- killing fish and
coating other wildlife. If it reaches Lake Michigan, about 80 miles
away, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is warning of a "tragedy of epic
proportions."

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - There's another upbeat update on the efforts
to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The
government's point man says preparations for an attempt to plug the
gusher from above are going well enough that the timeline for the
"static kill" may be moved up. Next, workers will put in place the casing for the relief well.

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