Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 13

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING

SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. WEST WINDS 15 TO

20 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.

.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 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. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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

10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.

LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.

.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN SNOW

LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. CHANCE OF SNOW

60 PERCENT.

.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 ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

LOWS 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.

 

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY

NIGHT FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS TO LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF

BETWEEN 35 AND 45 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

 

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.

Photos at the scene posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com

 

 

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.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  CHI Mercy Health will sponsor a New Year’s Eve Party at the Gaukler Family Wellness Center on Saturday, December 31.  The event will be free and open to the public.

Stephanie Mayfield says the event starts at 7-p.m. with the doors staying open until 9pm and runs until 12:30a.m.  Parents and children 12 and under will have access to open swimming, basketball, and use of the indoor playground from 7-p.m.-9-p.m.  At 9:30-p.m., a family movie will be shown inside the gymnasium until 11:30pm.

Mayfield  encourages everyone to dress relaxed, in lounge clothes or pajamas for the movie.  The public is also welcome to bring pillows or blankets for their seating for the movie. Complimentary, healthy snacks (and popcorn) will be served throughout evening.

Teens seventh grade and older will be shown a teen movie upstairs in the Yoga Room from 7pm until 9pm. Then, beginning at 9:30-p.m. until 11:30-p.m. they will have access to open swimming.

Everyone will start to gather in the gym at 11:30-p.m. to get New Year’s Eve party supplies, register for Wellness Incentive items valued at $100 (including fit bits, tennis shoe certificates, kids bikes and more), and a balloon drop and countdown at midnight.

She adds the Mission of CHI Mercy Health is to build healthier communities.

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the death of a Ward County Jail inmate.

The sheriff’s office says the 24-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell early Monday during a routine check. Despite attempts to revive him, authorities say the man was pronounced dead at a Minot hospital.

Authorities say the man was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by narcotics officers on Friday. He ran away but was arrested and held on warrants that were out for his arrest.

The man gave a Minot address. His name has not been released.

 

Fargo  (CSi)  Judge Myron Bright, a champion of equal rights for minorities and women and the longest-serving working judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, passed away on Monday December 12, 2016, at Eventide in Fargo.

The 97 year old Bright had moved about a month ago to Eventide from his longtime residence at Touchmark at Harwood Groves in Fargo.

Until a couple of weeks ago, Bright was still hearing cases as a judge in senior status on the appeals court.

Chief judge for the 8th Circuit, William Jay Riley  said Bright was revered by judges and lawyers nationwide.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov.-elect Doug Burgum says he’s keeping most of North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s Cabinet positions.

Burgum announced Monday that he will retain 11 people who head unelected agency posts. Burgum takes office on Thursday.

He is currently searching to fill several Cabinet positions, including North Dakota’s health officer and the head of Human Services, which is the state’s biggest agency. Maggie Anderson, the current director, is taking another job within the agency.

Burgum also is looking to fill Cabinet posts that include commerce commissioner, chief information officer, and parks and recreation director.

Burgum also has yet to name a chief of staff.

 

In sports…

PlayNorthStar.com announces that  Kyra Dewald of Jamestown  was named North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week, announced by the conference office Monday.  It is the second straight week she has received the honor.
Kyra Dewald is a  5’5″ – Senior – Guard.  Dewald averaged 19.5 points, 7.5 steals, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in helping No. 10-ranked Jamestown  remain undefeated in North Star Athletic Association conference play.

In UJ’s 81-45 road victory at Viterbo , she scored 18 points in 22 minutes and recorded six steals.  The following night at Waldorf  Dewald scored 21 points on 9-of-12 field goal shooting in just 21 minutes and set a Jimmie single-game record of nine steals.  For the week, she shot 51.7 percent from the field (15-of-29), 4-of-11 from 3-point range and converted 5-of-7 free-throws.

 

Class B Basketball Polls

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Girls

Team W-L Pts. LW

1. North Star (8) 4-0 163 1

2. Park River-Fordville-Lankin (4) 4-0 155 2

3. Shiloh Christian (3) 3-0 147 3

4. Carrington (1) 5-0 129 4

5. Minot Our Redeemer’s 3-0 92 6

6. Kindred (2) 3-0 87 8

7. LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 4-0 74 10

8. Langdon-Edmore-Munich 3-1 53 5

9. Grant County 5-0 42 NR

10. Richland 0-1 19 9

Others receiving votes: Watford City (3-0), Bishop Ryan (3-1), Kidder County (4-1), Rugby (4-1), Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (4-1), Medina-Pingree-Buchanan (4-1), New Town (2-1).

Boys

Team W-L Pts

1. Four Winds-Minnewaukan (14) 0-0 166

2. Dickinson Trinity (1) 1-0 148

3. Northern Cass 1-0 140

4. Hillsboro-Central Valley 1-0 110

5. Parshall 0-0 85

6. Minot Ryan 0-0 64

7. Shiloh Christian 0-1 60

8. Des Lacs-Burlington 0-0 33

9. Thompson 0-0 31

10. Ellendale 0-1 21

Others receiving votes: North Star (0-0), Central Cass (1-0), Oak Grove (0-0), Solen (0-0), Our Redeemer’s, Beulah (0-0), Larimore (0-0), Grafton (0-0), Stanley (0-0), Linton-HMB (0-0), Midway-Minto (1-0).

 

High School….

 

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Indiana 110 Charlotte 94

Final Miami 112 Washington 101

Final Toronto 122 Milwaukee 100

Final Houston 122 Brooklyn 118

Final Dallas 112 Denver 92

Final L.A. Clippers 121 Portland 120

Final Sacramento 116 L.A. Lakers 92

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 7 Arizona 0

Final OT Boston 2 Montreal 1

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Tom Brady didn’t have the services of Danny Amendola on Monday because of an ankle injury. That didn’t stop Brady from throwing for 406 yards and three touchdowns in the New England Patriots’ 30-23 win over the Baltimore Ravens.

Chris Hogan was the Pats’ top receiver in Amendola’s absence, grabbing five passes for 129 yards. The Ravens trailed just 23-20 until Hogan hauled in a 79-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter.

 

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final Seton Hall 67 (16) South Carolina 64

 

T25-COLLEGE MEN’S BKB POLL…

UNDATED (AP) – Villanova remains on top of The Associated Press college basketball poll while Southern Cal makes its first appearance this season. Florida State returned to the rankings.

The Wildcats (10-0) received 56 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel to stay No. 1 for a second straight week.

The top 11 teams remained the same from last week, with UCLA (10-0) second with three first-place votes.

Florida dropped out from 21st after losing to Duke and Florida State. Iowa State, which was 25th, lost to Iowa last week and also dropped out of the rankings. The Cyclones had been ranked for 61 consecutive polls, the third-longest active streak behind Kansas (148) and Arizona (84).

Kansas was third followed by Baylor (8-0), which got the other six first-place votes, Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Indiana, Creighton and Louisville.

 

NFL-RAMS

The Los Angeles Rams will have a new coach for Sunday’s game at Seattle.

Jeff Fisher was fired a day after the Rams suffered their eighth loss in nine games, a 42-14 drubbing by Atlanta. The Rams are just 4-9 in their first season since returning to Los Angeles.

Fisher took over the club in 2012, when it was based in St. Louis. He’s been replaced on an interim basis by special teams coordinator John Fassel (FAH’-sehl).

Fisher was unable to lead the team to the postseason, going 31-45-1 after being hired by the Rams in 2012. He has 165 regular-season losses as an NFL coach, tying Dan Reeves for the most in league history.

 

The Supreme Court has rejected challenges to the NFL’s estimated $1 billion concussion settlement. The court’s action clears the way for payouts to begin to former players who have been diagnosed with brain injuries linked to repeated concussions. The settlement covers more than 20,000 NFL retirees.

 

ROONEY AWARD…

NEW YORK (AP) — Eight veteran players, including frequent All-Pros DeMarcus Ware, Marshal Yanda and Julius Peppers, are finalists for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award.

Other finalists announced by the NFL on Monday are Greg Olsen, Joe Staley, Darren Sproles, Brian Cushing and Frank Gore. The award recognizes players who best demonstrate the qualities of on-field sportsmanship, including fair play, respect for the game and opponents, and integrity in competition. The award was created in 2014 in honor of the late founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

The winner will be announced on Feb. 4, the night before the Super Bowl, at the NFL Honors show in which The Associated Press hands out its individual player awards, including league MVP.

Each NFL team nominated one of its players for the award. A panel of former players comprised of Hall of Famer Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Karl Mecklenburg and Leonard Wheeler whittled down the nominees to eight.

From the eight finalists, each team’s players submit a consensus vote of their choice, but cannot vote for a teammate.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-AP ALL AMERICA TEAM…

Top-ranked Alabama has placed four players on The Associated Press All-American team.

The Crimson Tide players are defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, linebacker Reuben Foster, defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick and offensive tackle Cam Robinson.

Alabama and second-ranked Ohio State have each placed six players on the three Associated Press All-America teams. Clemson was next with five players.

Also named to the first team is Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Lamar Jackson of Louisville. Joining him are fellow Heisman finalists Jabrill Peppers of Michigan and Dede Westbrook of Oklahoma.

In world and national news…