Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 8

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS.  . HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST

WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND

5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.

EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN

THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE

AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.

.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.

HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS

MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH

THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi)   Several emergency response agencies will be participating today in a full-scale emergency exercise at Jamestown Regional Airport.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist says, the exercise will start at about 6:30 p.m. and take place primarily on Airport property.

Bergquist points out  the public will need to take some precautions during this exercise.

For safety reasons and to avoid traffic congestion, law enforcement officials will be restricting airport access to only emergency response vehicles and personnel as well as those having a specific need to be on airport property. Airport access restrictions will be in place for the length of the exercise which is scheduled to end at about 8:30 p.m.

The exercise has been designed to test the airport’s emergency operations plan and resource capabilities as well as the response capabilities of local response agencies in the event of an aviation-related accident. Some of the “victims” will be transported to the JRMC where a secondary emergency exercise will take place.

Organizations participating include: Jamestown Regional Airport, Sky West Airlines, Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, ND Highway Patrol, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Rural Fire Department, Jamestown Area Ambulance, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Central Valley Health District, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Freedom Resource Center, Stutsman County Communications, and Stutsman County Emergency Management.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  In Jamestown Saturday evening  Senator John Hoeven emphasized the economic and cultural significance of bison at the 25th anniversary banquet of the North Dakota Buffalo Association (NDBA) in Jamestown. In April, Congress approved legislation Hoeven sponsored which designated the bison as the national mammal.

Hoeven Says, “A symbol of strength and dignity, the bison reflects the pioneering spirit exemplified by Americans throughout our history.  The bison has long been regarded as sacred by many Native American tribes, and were harvested using every part of the animal. Bison were hunted to near extinction, but the nationwide efforts of groups like NDBA have successfully established them again. Today, the bison is once again prized and thriving in America. The bison industry, a $340 million enterprise, is making the animal known across the country for its healthy meat, valuable hides and other byproducts. We worked to designate the bison as our national mammal to continue to focus attention on this majestic animal and its incredible story and to honor its economic, historic and cultural significance for our country.”

The story of the North American bison is remarkable.   By the late 1800s, fewer than a thousand bison remained alive in North America. They had once numbered more than 40 million. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt and the American Bison Society established a captive breeding program at the Bronx Zoo to save the bison. This and other conservation efforts have saved the bison, and public or private bison herds now roam all 50 states. In addition to a multimillion dollar bison ranching and production industry, bison create recreation opportunities for wildlife viewers in parks, refuges and zoos.

NDBA is a non-profit organization that works to advance issues related to bison. The banquet is a culmination of a weekend of educational tours and social gatherings. Hoeven is a member of the Congressional Friends of the National Park Service Centennial.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, on Friday, at approximately 2:48 pm, ND Highway Patrol and Barnes County Sheriff’s Office officers responded to a report of a plane crash one mile south of I-94 exit 283, approximately 8 miles west of Valley City.

A 1974 Thrush cropduster was flying in the Sanborn area when the pilot experienced difficulties with the aircraft and attempted to set the plane down in an open field. While doing so, the plane clipped a corn field and came to rest in a slough, upside down, one mile south of I-94 Exit 283.

The pilot, 45 year old Brian Welken, of  Valley City, was able to extricate himself from the aircraft and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City for non-life threatening injuries.

In addition to the Highway Patrol and the sheriff’s office, the Sanborn Fire Department, Valley City Fire Department, and the Barnes County Ambulance Service responded to the crash scene.

The crash is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Highway Patrol  will not be releasing any other details about the crash.

More story and pictures at ValleyNewsLive

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The annual Rock The Block party in downtown Jamestown coming up in September so far has 20 news participants.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director, Beckey Thatcher-Keller said, last year over 100 booths has displays.

The University of Jamestown hosts the “block party” where local businesses and organizations setup booths along the street downtown and have games, giant inflatables, food, givaways, and more.

This year’s block party is September 1st from 5:00 – 8:00 pm, and there is no registration or admission cost to attend.

For more information contact the University of Jamestown,  Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, or Jamestown Downtown Association.

The booths have something for everyone, and the entire family is invited.

More information posted on line at www.CSiNewsNow.com

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota education officials say the number of standardized tests and the amount of time spent on those has become excessive.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler says  students across the state spend an average of less than 1 percent of their classroom time on testing, but that “there’s been a lot of piling on over the last 15 years.”

Bismarck kindergartners are tested seven times a year. In Mandan, they take five exams.

Baesler said that many schools administer more tests than required under federal and state law, adding new and better tests without doing away with old ones.

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction would like to cut back on the amount of standardized tests that districts are administering on their own.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Construction on Fargo’s new city hall will begin in about a week.

Work at the site of the $22.5 million project will begin Aug. 15. The building is expected to be completed by mid-2018.

The Fargo City Commission approved the bids for the project’s general, mechanical and electrical work in June, months after city officials rejected the first design for the building when bids for that plan came in at more than $30 million.

City Administrator Bruce Grubb says the new building will be located to the east of the existing city hall, which will be demolished once construction is complete.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — The numbers of births and student enrollment haven’t stopped rising in Williston, where unprecedented crude oil prices once made the fastest growing economy in the nation.

Although that growth has slowed and transient workers have moved on, many families have stayed, causing birth and student enrollment to double in under a decade.

Since 2007, births in the region have increased 50 percent and the Williston Public School District’s growth in kindergarten enrollment has surpassed 48 percent.

Educators have been creative with limited classroom space, but the nearly 900 births recorded in 2015 has them concerned about whether schools have the capacity to handle the next wave of students.

CHI St. Alexius Medical Center reported that there were more than 400 births at the hospital from January to June 2016.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Pennsylvania steel company named in a lawsuit over a fiery oil tanker train derailment near Casselton more than two years ago says it should not be held liable for the accident.

Standard Steel is named along with BNSF in a complaint filed by Bryan Thompson, the engineer who was at the helm of the train when it derailed. Thompson says Standard Steel produced a defective axle that contributed to the crash. Thompson says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and can’t work.

The steel company says the axles were not improperly designed or manufactured and is asking that the suit be dismissed.

The accident near Casselton in December 2013 happened when a train carrying soybeans derailed in front of Thompson’s train, causing the oil tanker train to also derail.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has upheld a judge’s decision to throw out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a South Dakota man who died in an accident in the North Dakota oil patch five years ago.

Fifty-two-year-old Joseph Kronberg, of Bison, South Dakota, was electrocuted when he stepped onto a metal grate that had come in contact with a punctured electrical cord and puddle of water. His family’s lawsuit accused Oasis Petroleum, RPM Consulting and others of negligence.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ruled that Oasis and RPM were not liable under North Dakota law. The family said in their appeal that the companies owed Kronberg “a duty of care.”

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says there’s no evidence the companies had control over the property.

 

WESTPORT, S.D. (AP) — A weekend fire destroyed a warehouse business in northern South Dakota that sells baling supplies. The Saturday afternoon blaze at Haywire LLC & Haywire Feed Mill LLC west of Westport destroyed the building, as well as supplies and equipment inside. No one was hurt. The cause was not immediately determined but there’s nothing to indicate it was suspicious. Fire departments from Columbia, Frederick, Aberdeen Rural and Ellendale, North Dakota, responded to the fire.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says an expansion has been dedicated at a food processing plant in Minot.

Hoeven says the $30 million expansion at AGT Good Foods and Ingredients adds 33,000 square feet of space and 20 more jobs.

The facility processes crops such as peas, beans and lentils.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The Grand Forks Police Department has a new mobile application to help residents find information on police matters.

The tip411 app is designed to help residents view alerts and submit anonymous tips to police. The program’s technology removes all identifying information before tips are relayed to law enforcement.

The system also allows for two-way conversation to give police a chance to ask follow-up questions.

The app is available as a free download at Google Play Store, iTunes App Store, or on the department’s website at www.grandforksgov.com/police .

 

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Mint is honoring the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora with a new quarter.

The park in western North Dakota named after the 26th president of the United States will be honored later this month through a program in which national parks are depicted on the back of quarters.

The Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program is a years-old initiative designed to honor 56 national parks and other national sites.

The Mint and the National Park Service will launch the Theodore Roosevelt National Park quarter during a ceremony on Aug. 25 at park.

The more than 70,000-acre park sees nearly 600,000 visitors every year.

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  University of Jamestown head men’s basketball coach Danny Neville has announced the signings of Daymeann Stewart and Robert Baltruns, who will join the Jimmies in the 2016-2017 season.

Stewart, a 5’10” junior guard, attended Joliet College in Illinois the previous two seasons. As a freshman, Stewart averaged 16.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. In 2015-16, he averaged 14.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per contest. In his two seasons at Joliet, Stewart connected on 144 three-point shots. He is from Milwaukee, Wis.

Coach Neville says, “Daymeann is a guy who can score in bunches. He has a very quick release and we expect him to be our three-point specialist. We are very excited to get a quality shooter like Daymeann.”

Baltruns, a 6’ 8” senior forward, attended Faulkner University last season and also played at William Penn University. He helped Faulkner reach the NAIA Division I national tournament in 2015-16. At William Penn, Baltruns earned Midwest Collegiate Conference honorable mention All-Conference honors, averaging 9.6 points, and 4.1 rebounds per game. He made 73 three-pointers, finishing the season at 43%. Robert is from Riga, Latvia.

Coach Neville says, “Robert is a guy who can really stretch the floor with his shooting abilities. He has the potential to be one of the best shooters in the conference. It is very hard to guard someone who is 6′ 8″ and can shoot like Rob does. He will be a great asset to the Jimmie program.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s 2016 small game and furbearer regulations are set, and the Game and Fish Department says most season structures are similar to last year.

Notable changes include a reduction on the overall harvest limit for mountain lions, from 21 to 15. The early season limit is reduced from 14 to eight.

If the early season ends before the season limit is reached, the season could reopen if the late season limit is reached before March 25. The late season limit is seven total lions, or three female lions.

Trappers are no longer required to register with Game and Fish.

Prairie chicken and sage grouse seasons will remain closed due to low populations.

Hunters can refer to the North Dakota 2016-17 Small Game and Furbearer guides for more information.

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final N-Y Mets 3 Detroit 1

Final Chi Cubs 3 Oakland 1

Final L.A. Dodgers 8 Boston 5

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Miguel Sano homered twice and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins took two of three in a series between the teams with the AL’s worst records by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Sunday.

Sano put the Twins up 3-1 on a three-run shot off Matt Andriese in the third and added a solo drive during the ninth against Ryan Garton. He also became the first player to hit a ball off the roof at Tropicana Field, which opened in 1998, in the first when his pop fly hit 210 feet above the playing surface before being caught by third baseman Evan Longoria.

Kyle Gibson (4-6) gave up two runs, six hits and walked four over five innings. Brandon Kintzler, the Twins fourth reliever, pitched the ninth for his ninth save.

Nick Franklin and Longoria homered for the Rays. Longoria has seven homers in seven games against Minnesota this season.

Andriese (6-3) allowed three runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings.

 

Final N-Y Yankees 3 Cleveland 2

Final Baltimore 10 Chi White Sox 2

Final Texas 5 Houston 3, 11 Innings

Final Kansas City 7 Toronto 1

Final Seattle 3 L.A. Angels 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 3

Final Washington 1 San Francisco 0

Final Atlanta 6 St. Louis 3

Final Arizona 9 Milwaukee 3

Final Miami 10 Colorado 7

Final Philadelphia 6 San Diego 5

 

OLYMPICS…

RIO DE JANIERO (AP) — The U.S. picked up its first individual swimming gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Sunday. Fittingly, it was Katie Ledecky (leh-DEH’-kee) doing it in world record time.

Ledecky posted an easy victory in the women’s 400 free, finishing in 3 minutes, 56.46 seconds. The 19-year-old from Maryland crushed the mark of 3:58.37 that she set nearly two years ago. She finished almost five seconds ahead of her nearest opponent.

Ledecky has dominated the longer freestyle events since winning gold in the 800 free at the London Olympics as a 15-year-old.

Ledecky’s performance was followed by Michael Phelps’ 19th Olympic gold medal. Phelps was part of the American 4×100 relay team that beat France.

Ryan Held, Phelps, Caeleb Dressel and Nathan Adrian finished in 3 minutes, 9.92 seconds, more than a half-second ahead of the French team.

Also in the pool, Cody Miller of the U.S. took bronze in the men’s 100 breaststroke. Britain’s Adam Peaty won the event in world record time.

Dana Vollmer captured bronze in the women’s 100 butterfly, 17 months after having her first child.

In other results:

— Led by three-time world champion Simone Biles, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team breezed to the top of the leaderboard in preliminaries. Their total score of 185.238 was nearly 10 better than second-place China through four subdivisions. Biles’ all-around total of 62.366 was more than two points clear of teammate Aly Raisman.

— The five-time defending-champion U.S. women’s basketball opened its Olympic schedule with a 121-56 blowout over Senegal. Diane Taurasi (tohr-AH’-see) led the way with 15 points in the largest team offensive output in U.S. team history. The Americans’ 42nd straight Olympic win also set marks for the largest margin of victory and assists with 36.

— Top-ranked American Alexander Massialas (mah-see-AH’-lihs) was upset in the men’s foil fencing final by Italy’s Daniele Garozzo 15-11. Massialas settled for silver after attempting to become the first American man to win at the Olympics in the modern version of the sport. He becomes the first individual Olympic medalist the U.S. has produced in men’s fencing since 1984.

— Shooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein has delivered a bronze medal for the United States in women’s trap. The 2008 bronze medalist topped Spain’s Fatima Galvez in a shoot-out. Cogdell-Unrein lost her semifinal match in a shootout.

— The United States men’s 4×100 meter relay team posted the second-fastest time of the preliminaries and will be a gold medal threat in tonight’s final. Eighteen-time gold medalist Michael Phelps is expected to be part of the relay team in the final.

— Serena Williams won her singles match and dropped her doubles match with her sister, Venus. Serena Williams opened her Olympic schedule with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Australia’s Daria Gavrilova. But the Williams sisters were 6-3, 6-4 losers to Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova after entering the tournament with a 15-0 record in Olympic competition.

— Top-ranked Novak Djokovic lost his first-round match to 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro (POH’-troh), 7-6, 7-6.

— The American tandem of Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat lost their opening beach volleyball match in three sets to a duo from Poland, marking the first loss by a U.S. women’s team in Olympics beach volleyball play.

— The U.S. men’s volleyball team got off to a rough start by losing to Canada 25-23, 25-17, 25-23.

— The Americans now have three gold medals and 12 overall. They lead the overall medal count and are tied with China and Australia for the most gold medals.

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The entire Russia team has been banned from competing in the upcoming Paralympic Games as punishment for the country running a doping operation.

The International Paralympic Committee’s blanket ban on Russia is in sharp contrast to the earlier decision by the IOC to allow individual sports to decide whether Russians could compete in the Olympics.

The Paralympics organization directly condemned the Russian state’s involvement, while stopping short of blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

GOLF…

 

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Jim Furyk (FYOOR’-ihk) broke the record for lowest round in golf history on Sunday, but it wasn’t enough to win the PGA’s Travelers Championship near Hartford. The 46-year old former U.S. Open champ turned in a PGA Tour record 58 that included a course-record 27 on the front nine. However, Furyk’s 11-under total was three shots behind winner Russell Knox, who closed with a 2-under 68 for a 14 under total that left him one stroke ahead of Jerry Kelly.

 

MLB…

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez is ending his lengthy major league career Friday in the Yankees’ game against Tampa Bay.

It’s been a career of great accomplishments and much controversy. The 41-year-old Rodriguez is a three-time American League MVP and a 14-time All-Star whose 696 homers rank fourth all-time.

But Rodriguez has been a polarizing figure, sitting out a full season in 2014 in the longest doping suspension in baseball history.

A-Rod has struggled this season, hitting just .204 with nine homers and 29 RBIs. He’s only had one start and seven at-bats in 14 games since July 22.

Rodriguez will become a special adviser and instructor for the Yankees starting in spring training.

 

NFL-HALL OF FAME GAME…

 

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Hall of Fame game between Green Bay and Indianapolis has been canceled because of poor field conditions.

Hall President David Baker made the announcement after discussing the artificial turf’s problems with both teams, saying it was a safety issue. Most noticeable were bare spots around midfield, and several players said painted areas were too hard.

Baker added that all fans would be fully refunded for ticket purchases, which will cost the hall several million dollars.

 

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