Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec 12, 2016

CSi Weather…

Jamestown….Valley City…

WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM

MST/ TUESDAY…

* EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW

ZERO BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND NOON TUESDAY…WITH THE

COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY.

* THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30

MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL

COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN

OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND

GLOVES.

 

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS AROUND

15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE

AFTERNOON. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH

GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW IN THE

MORNING.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. WEST

WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW AFTER

MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO

20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS

10 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.

LOWS NEAR ZERO.

.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 5 TO

10 ABOVE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE

EVENING. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10 BELOW.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW.

.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. LOWS

5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.

 

 

Edgeley (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a crash between a car and semi, on Highway 281, five miles north of Edgeley, Sunday at about 11:04 a.m.

Sgt. Tom Herzig says, a 2010 Toyota  Camry driven by 48 year old Michelle Steinwand of Kulm was southbound, while a 2015 Volvo semi pulling an enclosed trailer operated by 43 year old Charles Carlisle of Theodore, Alabama was northbound.

Snow on the roadway created fog and reduced visibility.  The Toyota drifted into the north bound land and struck the semi head-on.

Carlisle was not injured.

Steinwand sustained serious injuries and was transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center in Jamestown and then flown to Sanford Hospital in Fargo.

Steinwand was wearing a seat belt, and the airbag was deployed.

The crash remains under investigation.

The Highway Patrol was assisted on the scene by the LaMoure County Sheriff’s Office, and Edgeley Fire and rescue.

 

Washington (CSi)  U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate to pass a water resources bill, which contains provisions she worked with Senator John Hoeven to include that benefit trailer home owners along Lake Tschida and permit holders along three North Dakota reservoirs.

Hoeven says  the U.S. Senate and House have reconciled their versions of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and it has now passed both chambers.

The provisions benefiting North Dakota were included in a bipartisan compromise negotiated between the House and the Senate, and were based on provisions Heitkamp and Hoeven successfully pushed for when the Senate first passed its version of the bill in September.

 

Heitkamp says, “Working with Senator Hoeven, we were able to make sure folks on Lake Patterson, Lake Tschida, and Jamestown Reservoir can keep swimming, fishing, and boating on these lakes.  Outdoor recreation on our lakes is one of many reasons North Dakota is such a great place to live and raise a family, and Senator Hoeven and I were able to fight together to keep those recreation opportunities affordable for folks along these reservoirs.”

 

Earlier this year, the Bureau of Reclamation announced permit fee changes for those who have permits for cabins and trailers around the reservoirs, with fees set to increase between 90 and 157 percent. Heitkamp was concerned about the steep increase in permitting fees, which was scheduled to take effect in January 2017.

 

The provisions will limit a planned increase in permit costs for lots on Jamestown Reservoir, Lake Tschida, and Patterson Lake. Capping the rent that the Bureau of Reclamation can charge will help make sure those lots remain affordable over the next five years.

 

Additionally, the bill will allow trailers at Lake Tschida to remain on their lots if anchored so that trailer-owners who have invested in those properties can remain and enjoy the lake as they have for years.

 

BISMARCK, ND)   U.S. House editor and quantitative election analyst for the non-partisan Cook Political Report, David Wasserman, shared his analysis of the recent presidential election with more than 500 North Dakota Farmers Union members at the organization’s 90^th state convention in Bismarck.

He said, Donald Trump had more in common with rural America than previously thought.  Democrats ceded the election nationally by focusing their resources on urban cities and adopting a mentality that “They didn’t need to campaign where there were a lot of votes.”

Another key factor that played a role in the election, according to Wasserman, was the electorate’s desire for a major change, which Trump embodied as a non-politician, and an anti-dynasty sentiment for president, whether Democrat or Republican.

Wasserman said the president-elect has unique bipartisan potential on topics such as simplifying the U.S. tax code, spending new money on infrastructure, and finding fair solutions to the Affordable Care Act. He felt a farm bill would also pass more quickly through Congress under Trump’s presidency.

NDFU President Mark Watne talked about the need for a farm bill that addresses food security. He says, “Structurally, our current farm bill is good… but it doesn’t cover the cost of production. We need to try and enhance it.”  Watne proposed a new title in the farm bill that ensures food production through family farm and ranch agriculture in the interest of national security, renewable wealth for the nation, and rural communities.

Watne also praised members for their work in defeating Measure 1 on the June ballot, which would have allowed corporate farming in North Dakota. While the state’s anti-corporate farming law is now being challenged in the courts, Watne said, “We are going to fight this as hard as we can.”

 

Valley City (CSi)  VCSU will hold its second winter commencement exercises with a ceremony at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15, in Vangstad Auditorium.

Remarks will be presented by VCSU President Tisa Mason and Greg Stemen, VCSU alumnus and member of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education.

VCSU student Richard Langdeaux will provide the undergraduate reflection. A biology education major from Rosebud, S.D. Langdeaux ran cross country and track for the VCSU Vikings. He also served as an R.A., a Viking Ambassador, a New Student Orientation leader and a member of Student Senate.

Andre DeLorme—professor and chair of the VCSU Department of Science and director of the Prairie Waters Education and Research Center—will give the winter commencement address. DeLorme received the 2016 Teacher Excellence Award for Senior Faculty.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama to send federal officers to help control protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.

In a letter released Monday, the officers ask Obama to send 100 Border Patrol agents and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group. They say the federal help would help defray the costs and help relieve fatigue among state and local law enforcement officers

Nearly 575 pipeline opponents have been arrested since August in and around the state capital Bismarck and a demonstrator encampment along the pipeline route.

The pipeline is stalled while developer Energy Transfer Partners and the Army battle in court over permission to cross under the Missouri River. But law officers say the situation is still volatile.

Obama has said his administration is monitoring the situation.

 

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Activists who joined the Dakota Access pipeline protest in southern North Dakota say they’ll take what they learned to their fights back home.

Activists says  the protest is giving the environmental movement a new method of fighting and that it has fomented opposition to other projects.

Washington resident Rob Lewis says he was drawn to the Native Americans’ argument that nature is sacred as its case for preserving the environment. He says environmentalists’ scientific approach has turned off others in the past.

North Carolina resident Tara Cook joined a veterans group who came to the main camp last weekend. She’s involved with the Black Lives Matter movement back home and says her community could learn from the protests, which she thought were peaceful, prayerful and disciplined.

 

Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials estimate more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from a pipeline into a North Dakota creek.

State environmental scientist Bill Suess (sees) says a landowner discovered the spill on Dec. 5 near Belfield.

Suess says the oil has migrated more than 5 miles from the spill site along Ash Coulee Creek. The creek feeds into the Little Missouri River, but Suess said the oil didn’t make it there. He says the spill appears to be contained and no drinking water sources were affected.

Suess says about 37,000 gallons of oil has been recovered.

Wyoming-based Belle Fourche (foosh) Pipeline operates the pipeline. Spokeswoman Wendy Owen says it was equipped with monitoring equipment that failed to detect the leak.

The cause of the rupture is under investigation.