Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Nov 16

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS

AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS

5 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY…CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN…POSSIBLY

MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS 35 TO 40. BREEZY. NORTH

WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…SNOW LIKELY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF SNOW

70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA, 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE

MORNING IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA, 20 PERCENT IN THE  JAMESTOWN AREA.  WINDY.  HIGHS 30 TO 35.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 30 TO 35.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 30 TO 35.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.

.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.

.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 35 TO 40.

 

SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…MAINLY SOUTH

AND EAST OF BISMARCK.

THE WEATHER WILL TURN MUCH COLDER THURSDAY…WITH WIND CHILLS IN

THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

 

…WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LAMOURE…DICKEY AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES

FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON…NOV 17,18, 2016

.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL

NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY

EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL IMPACTS

ARE FORECAST OVER LAMOURE…DICKEY AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAMOURE…EDGELEY…KULM…WISHEK…

ASHLEY…OAKES…ELLENDALE

SNOW IS LIKELY FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE.

PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW…SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown announces with deep sadness, the passing of White Cloud, the rare albino buffalo who lived with the museum’s herd for almost two decades. White Cloud died peacefully of old age on Monday, November 14, 2016.

White Cloud was born on the Shirek (Shree’-ock) Buffalo Ranch near Michigan, North Dakota, in 1996 and came to live with the herd at the National Buffalo Museum in 1997.  She gave birth to 11 calves during her time in Jamestown, including Dakota Miracle, a rare white bull.  She returned home to the Shirek Buffalo Ranch in May of 2016.

White Cloud was beloved by local residents and attracted an estimated 3 million visitors to Jamestown. White bison are exceedingly rare and are considered sacred to indigenous peoples of North America.

President of the National Buffalo Museum, Board, Don Williams of Jamestown says, “To me, White Cloud was more than a tourist attraction. She drew many, many people to the community, but more than that, she brought the community together with White Cloud Days, parades, and special Native American events.  She will be missed by the Museum, our city, and by all the travelers that could look to the North and view her as they drove along the I-94 interstate pasture.”

There will not be a formal memorial service for White Cloud, but the museum encourages those who wish to share their memories, stories and photos on social media using #WhiteCloud.

Plans are being made to bring White Cloud back to the museum as a full body mount display. With your support, she will be preserved for future generations. Please send donations to the White Cloud Preservation and Memorial Fund, c/o National Buffalo Museum, 500 17th St. SE, Jamestown, ND, 58401.

 

Valley City (CSi)  The Valley city Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDED:

Approved a Raffle Permit for Sharp Shooter Showdown, Relay for Life

 

PUBLIC FORUM:  No one spoke

 

ORDINANCES

Approved the Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance amending Title 9, Zoning for Valley City.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Approved  a  Special Alcohol Beverage Event for CHI Mercy Health Holiday Party

Approved the  2017 Scheduled Board Meetings, as explained by Finance Director Richter.

Approved the three year Employee Assistance Program Full Service Contract with the Village Business Institute.  City Administrator Schelkoph said assistance is through the Employee Assistance Program, with a toll free phone number, including counseling, and other assistance including training sessions.  He said the cost is $30 per full time employee, $300 per year, including members of the fire department.

 

Approved a Temporary Construction Easement to the NDDOT for the purpose of constructing the  Main Street Mill & Overlay.   City Engineer KLJ’s Chad Peterson said  the work will be in 2017, with bids this Friday.

 

Approved the purchase of 348 9th Avenue Northeast for the appraised value of $175,000.  Commission Pedersen said the dollars for purchase come in part from a grant.  The city also has the option of moving the structure to another location.

 

CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT:

David Schelkoph said the valve replacement project at the Master Lift Station is nearly completed.

 

CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS

Mayor Carlsrud thanked city commissioners and employees for their time spent on city business.

 

The meeting was shown live on CSi 68, followed by replays.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Central Valley Health District has created a Downtown Jamestown Health Walk.

It utilizes the new Jamestown Tourism, Talking Trail project to encourage more residents to participate in regular exercise, and at the same time learn more about local history.

Get Fit & Explore is a 1.5-mile downtown walking route, consisting of a circular route that connects eight Talking Trail points.

The area is from 2nd Street Northeast to 6th Street Southeast and 4th Avenue Southwest to 3rd Avenue Southeast,  starting with the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in the Jamestown Civic Center, then moving to Hansen Arts Park, Historic Franklin School, Klaus Park, St. James Basilica, the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse, Stutsman County Museum and concludes at Zonta Park.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   High Plains Fair Housing will be hosting a FREE PUBLIC training on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 from 1-3 p.m. at The Hampton Inn and Suites in Jamestown.

Registration is not required to attend. This training is free and open to the public. The training will cover information about fair housing and signs of discrimination and will be open to answering questions from attendees.

 

Hampton Inn and Suites at  2700 8th Ave SW Jamestown, ND.

 

What is Fair Housing?

• The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status or disability
• North Dakota also protects against discrimination based on age, marital status or receipt of public assistance

 

Signs of Discrimination:

• Requiring additional rent deposits, fees, or insurance from a tenant with a disability who needs an assistance animal.
• Pretending a home has already been sold or rented rather than negotiate with home-seekers because of their race, religion, nationality, disability, or other protected class.
• Treating a tenant differently than other tenants on the basis of their disability or status in a protected class.
• Requiring persons from certain races, religions and nationalities to pay for background checks or higher security deposits, but failing to do so for other persons not within a protected class.

 

High Plains Fair Housing Center is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that works to eliminate housing discrimination and to ensure equal housing opportunities for all. The Center assists people who believe they have experienced discrimination while attempting to rent or purchase housing, provides community education to promote fair housing, and conducts preliminary investigations of potential housing discrimination. The mission of High Plains Fair Housing Center is to strengthen communities and ensure equal access to fair housing in the region through training, education, enforcement, and advocacy.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

High Plains Fair Housing Center | 1405 1st Ave N, Grand Forks ND 58203 | (701) 203-1077 high.plains.housing.intake@gmail.com | http://www.highplainsfhc.org/

 

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s governor is criticizing a potential delay in completion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Tuesday that an additional delay “does nothing but prolong and intensify the public safety issues imposed on Morton County and the state of North Dakota since the beginning of August,” when protests against the pipeline broke out.

On Monday, the Army Corps of Engineers called for more study and input from the Standing Rock Sioux before it decides whether to allow the pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe. The tribe says the pipeline threatens drinking water and cultural sites.

In his statement, Dalrymple says a decision on the project easement “is long overdue.” He says the pipeline would be safe.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the results of last week’s election may mean the end for the controversial Environmental Protection Agency rule on what waterways fall under the Clean Water Act.

A prominent environmental group appears to be ready to fight back against any attempts to repeal the regulation.

Hoeven says there are at least three ways to repeal the rule, which critics have called an example of federal overreach. He says Congress could rescind it legislatively next year, the new administration could rescind it through the rulemaking process or the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals could strike it down.

Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney Jon Devine says a president can’t simply repeal a rule his or herself and that doing so requires a “full public process.”

 

In sports…

Men’s College Basketball…

Minot State 82, University of Jamestown 73

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Quinton Hooker scored 30 points for the fifth time in his career and North Dakota cruised to a 94-66 victory over NAIA Mayville State Tuesday night.

Hooker knocked down 11 of 14 shots from the field and was 5 of 7 from beyond the arc and led four Fighting Hawks into double-figure scoring.

The Comets trailed by just eight points at intermission, 43-35. But North Dakota hit another gear in the second half, outscoring Mayville State by 20 points over the final 20 minutes.

Carson Shanks and Geno Crandall each added 11 points for North Dakota (2-0), with the former coming off the Fighting Hawks bench. Drick Bernstine contributed another 10 points.

North Dakota shot 53.8 percent from floor (35 of 65) and knocked down 10 of 21 from long range.

Mayville State was 24 of 60 from the field (40 percent) and 8 of 18 from distance.

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 30 points and the Charlotte Hornets blitzed the Minnesota Timberwolves in the third quarter on their way to a 115-108 victory on Tuesday night.

Frank Kaminsky scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter for the Hornets (7-3), who snapped a two-game skid. Nicolas Batum had 16 points and seven assists, and Charlotte outscored Minnesota 36-17 in the third quarter to wipe out a 12-point halftime deficit.

Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Timberwolves, who fell to 1-2 on their four-game homestand. Minnesota turned the ball over 18 times, which led to 20 points for Charlotte.

 

Final Cleveland 121 Toronto 117

Final Atlanta 93 Miami 90

Final Chicago 113 Portland 88

Final L.A. Lakers 125 Brooklyn 118

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau’s goal early in the first period held up and Chad Johnson stopped 27 shots for Calgary’s first shutout of the season, fueling a 1-0 victory for the Flames over the Minnesota Wild that ended their four-game losing streak on Tuesday night.

Outscored 17-4 over the skid, with two of those goals from Gaudreau, Johnson and the Flames gave their NHL-worst goals against average a big boost. Their scoring differential, now at minus-19, is last in the league.

Flames goalie Brian Elliott, formerly of the St. Louis Blues, has an 8-2 record with a 2.18 goals against average in 12 career games against the Wild, but Johnson got the call from coach Glen Gulutzan instead.

Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves for the Wild and has given up only nine goals in his last eight games, stopping 245 of 254 shots.

 

Final 2OT Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 2

Final Columbus 2 Washington 1

Final Carolina 1 San Jose 0

Final Toronto 6 Nashville 2

Final Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 3

Final Florida 4 Montreal 3

Final St. Louis 4 Buffalo 1

Final Winnipeg 4 Chicago 0

Final New Jersey 2 Dallas 1

Final Colorado 4 L.A. Kings 1

Final N-Y Rangers 7 Vancouver 2

Final Anaheim 4 Edmonton 1

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (14) Gonzaga 69 San Diego St. 48

Final Baylor 66 (4) Oregon 49

Final (2) Kentucky 69 (13) Michigan St. 48

Final (8) Virginia 72 St. Francis (BKN) 32

Final (18) Syracuse 90 Holy Cross 46

Final (5) North Carolina 93 Long Beach St. 67

Final (22) Creighton 79 (9) Wisconsin 67

Final (7) Kansas 77 (1) Duke 75

Final (10) Arizona 78 Cal State Bakersfield 66

 

NFL…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have cut struggling kicker Blair Walsh, two days after he missed his league-leading fourth extra point in a 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins.

The Vikings announced the move on Tuesday. Walsh was 12 of 16 on field goals and 15 of 19 on extra points in nine games this season. The Vikings started the season 5-0, but have lost four straight games.

After Walsh missed an extra point, had a field goal blocked and misplaced a kickoff in a loss to Detroit two weeks ago, the Vikings brought in six kickers for a tryout. They ultimately decided to give Walsh one more chance, but his miss just before halftime against the Redskins sealed his fate.

 

In world and national news…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —  Flights are operating normally at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport, where a Southwest Airlines employee was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon.

Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney says air traffic control implemented a ground stop after the shooting of 52-year-old Michael Winchester. The ground stop was lifted at about 6 p.m. Tuesday and flight operations resumed, though 25 flights were canceled because of the incident.

Fifteen of the canceled flights were operated by Southwest Airlines. The company’s CEO, Gary Kelly, said on Twitter that the airline “will do everything we can to support Mike’s family.”