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BCTF approves grants Wednesday

May 23, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

The Buffalo City Tourism Foundation Executive Board approved three grant requests Wednesday, including one that will help guide bird watchers to prime viewing spots around Stutsman and Foster counties.
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Memory still burns: The 12-4 Jays say they won’t settle for 0-2 this time

May 23, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Jake Stilwell didn’t like the way his junior baseball season ended.
The Jamestown High School senior made his feelings known at the beginning of this season, according to coach Kelley Kessler.
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Jimmies ready for nationals

May 23, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Seven Jamestown College track and field athletes are in Marion, Ind., for the NAIA national meet.
The number is one less than had qualified. Marathoner Katie Blais developed knee problems and will not compete.
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On the same page

May 23, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Carrington senior still going strong, holds top times in 100 and 200 despite torn ACLNegative thoughts poured through Josey Page’s head after tearing her ACL at the end of the basketball regular season. It’s not that she’s a negative person; she just had so many plans. Continue Reading

Crane studies go the distance: Northern Prairie’s work on Sandhill cranes has far-reaching impact

May 23, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Flying vast migration circuits, the midcontinent population of Sandhill cranes travels from wintering grounds in the American southwest and northern Mexico to breeding grounds from Quebec to northeastern Russia.
The cranes spend time in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota, where they are hunted.
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Resident speaks against building low-water crossing on road

May 22, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

A man accused the county of building a “death trap” and a “disaster” at the Tuesday meeting of the Stutsman County Commission.
“You’re building a death trap, is what you’re building,” Richard Klose told commission members. “Who’s going to protect the people that don’t know the area?”
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Former senior center may become LEC storage space

May 22, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

The old James River Senior and Community Center building may be converted into storage space for the Law Enforcement Center.
The Stutsman County Commission decided to further investigate the possibility of using the space for cold storage at its meeting Tuesday. Continue Reading

School Board, JEA inch closer on salaries

May 22, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Both sides moved their salary offers slightly in Tuesday’s teacher salary negotiations between the Jamestown Public School Board and the Jamestown Education Association.
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Water meeting: City invites parties to discuss dispute

May 22, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

A joint meeting between the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman Rural Water District might be skipped by the members of the Rural Water Board of Directors. The idea for the meeting was voiced by Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen at the end of an executive session of the City Council Monday.
“What good is another meeting,” Geneva Kaiser, manager of Stutsman Rural Water, said in an interview Tuesday. “The board sees it as a public bickering session.” Continue Reading

Eslick gets JHS job: New wrestling coach excited to get started

May 21, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Larry Eslick set his career goals “six or seven years ago” and on Monday night, he knocked another out.
The Great Falls, Mont., native was named head wrestling coach at Jamestown High School at a school board meeting at the Jamestown Middle School. He’s been an assistant to longtime coach Greg White for the past 13 years.
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