Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jan 24

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY

HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 15 TO

20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY.  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.   HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS

AROUND 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO

15 MPH.

.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO

15 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS

18 TO 24.

.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO

20. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.

.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF

PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

 

Jamestown  (CSi )  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a pickup truck fire at 4:47-p.m., Monday atop the viaduct.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the westbound pickup’s driver saw flames coming from under the dash and pulled over.

He says the cab and engine compartment were fully involved in flames when the units arrived on the scene.  Firefighters knocked down the blaze with foam.

The 1992 Dodge Dakota was a total loss, and the cause is undetermined. The female driver was the lone occupant and was not reported injured.

Five city fire units and 30 fire fighters responded.

Photos posted on line at CSiNewsNOW.com

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The AAUW Used Bookstore will be leaving the Buffalo Mall after nearly ten years and three different locations.  Due to the space needs of a new tenant who will be opening in the Mall in a few months, the bookstore was one of many stores who has to vacate.

Bookstore Coordinator, Kelly Krein says, “We really appreciate the Mall ownership for providing us with a space all these years. We regret that there is no longer a spot for us and our future is uncertain.”

The last day in the store’s current spot is February 28, 2017.  After that, for a month or two, the store will  be able to relocate in a space across the hall  as a transitional site for the remaining inventory and a place to store fixtures, etc. It is hoped that a new location in town might be secured and AAUW leadership is open to suggestions and ideas that could keep the store open elsewhere.

A huge inventory reduction sale is now in progress with most of the books being sold at a “two for the price of one” cost.  Those who have never been in the store will be surprised at the thousands of books all separated into different categories and priced individually.  Many are arranged alphabetically by author and shoppers find it very user friendly.  Special expanded hours until the end of February are every Thursday and Saturday, 11am – 2pm.

For more information or comments you may call Kelly Krein at 252-4690 or email her at kkrein@lloydsmotors.com

 

Valley City (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Special Session Tuesday morning at 7-O’Clock at City Hall, to discuss   a Resolution creating 2017 City Owned Parking Lot Improvement District.

All members were present.

City Administrator David Schelkoph says this is a  multi-year project, with a Special Assessment District created, within the district, based on a percentage and includes square footage.  The cost with this project in the downtown area is $60,000, with 60-percent distributed over 10 years.

KLJ presented an over view of the project, and lots involved and the boundaries.

Parking lots will be in ADA compliance, and some will include a green space, and one will be in concrete.

A protest procedure will be in place for those affected, with letters sent out, and will include a public meeting.

Following the presentation, the City Commission then approved a Resolution approving preliminary engineering report and directing preparation of detailed plans, specifications and estimates of probable cost for 2017 City Owned Parking Lot Improvement District

The City commission then approved a Resolution Declaring the Necessity for 2017 City Owned Parking Lot Improvement District

The recorded meeting is now showing on CSi Cable 68.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The James River Valley Library System’s Adult Programs brings back Barb Gillis Caine, on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 6-p.m., at the Stutsman County Library, at 910 5^th Street Southeast in Jamestown.

Pre-Registration is required by calling 701-252-2217, or register on line at www.friendsofjrvl.org/programregistration. Class is limited to 15, more classes will be scheduled if demand warrants.

The Genealogy class goal is:

Identifying  credible on-line searching criteria

Using proper searching criteria

Evaluating  your search discoveries

Barb discovered her love for family history at her great-grandmother’s knee.  An education major, she is on staff at JRVLS, where she serves as a reference specialist and assists genealogy  patrons.

Barb has traced her lineage from Edward Fuller, a Mayflower passenger.

He special interest is online genealogy, as well as Canadian and Irish sources.

The program will be catered by Jonny B’s Brickhouse, in Downtown Jamestown.

 

Valley City (Prairie Public Radio)   Valley City State University is asking the Legislature for permission to issue $22.5 million in revenue bonds – to build an integrated carbon plant.

The plant would provide power to the campus – but has the added benefit of producing “activated carbon.”

VCSU president Tisa Mason says there’s a growing demand for that by-product.

Mason says the campus will work with the Energy and Environmental Research Center at UND. She says the project could be adapted on other campuses.

 

Valley City  (CSi/VCSU)  VCSU will hold a  Blood Drive, sponsored by the Student Nurses Organization, on Thursday February 2, 2017, from 9-a.m., to 3:30 p.m., at the VCSU Skoal Room.

For an appointment call Betty Tykwinski at 490-2299, or on line visit:

www.bloodhero.com sponsor code: VCSU.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two controversial pipeline projects may be getting a big boost  from President Donald Trump. He’s expected to take executive action to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the action. Barack Obama killed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in late 2015, saying it would have undercut efforts to clinch a global climate change deal. The pipeline would run from Canada to U.S. refineries in the Gulf Coast. Plans for the Dakota pipeline ran into opposition from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which said it would threaten drinking water and Native American cultural sites.

 

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — Two people are dead after the pickup truck they were in hit a semitrailer and slid into a ditch near Watford City.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened Sunday night. A man and woman were in a Chevrolet Silverado and were heading southbound on McKenzie County Road 14 when they disregarded a stop sign and hit a semitrailer that was towing a frack tank on Highway 73.

Authorities say the pickup truck hit the frack tank then went into a ditch.

Twenty-three-year-old Morgan Foote of Parshall and 19-year-old Samantha Hurkes of New Town were ejected from the truck and died at the scene. Authorities say Foote was driving.

The driver of the semitrailer was airlifted to Minot for injuries that are not life-threatening.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Republican state senator wants potential welfare recipients to be drug tested before they could receive benefits.

Sen. Tom Campbell’s bill would develop a procedure for the Department of Human Services to test applicants for illegal drug activity. An applicant who refuses to take a drug test or doesn’t participate in a treatment plan would be ineligible for benefits for one year.

If a parent is ineligible, another appropriate adult could be designated to receive benefits on behalf of a child.

Trail County Social Services Director Kim Jacobson says she had a number of concerns about the proposal, including having the burden of proof placed on the counties. Similar legislation has failed in past sessions, most recently in 2013.

 

 

In sports…

MADISON, S.D. (PlayNorthStar.com) – Taylor Hammer has five double-doubles in her last eight games as the Jimmies have continued to roll in the North Star.

Taylor Hammer of  the University of Jamestown is a 6’0″ – Senior – Forward  from Grand Forks.  Hammer averaged a double-double in a pair of North Star Athletic Association conference road victories as No. 13-ranked Jamestown (N.D.) cruised past Dakota State (S.D.) and Mayville State (N.D.).  She scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while shooting 7-of-12 from the field in 23 minutes against Dakota State.  Hammer followed up with another double-double, scoring 17 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, shooting 8-of-13 from the floor.  She now has eight double-doubles this season, including five in her last eight games.  For the week, Hammer averaged 16.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.0 blocks.  She was 15-of-25 from the field (60 percent).

 

BISMARCK (AP) The North Star girls and Four Winds/Minnewaukan boys remain on top of the latest Class B Basketball polls, as voted on by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s record, and the number of total votes received.

Girls

1. North Star (13) 15-0 165
2. Park River-Fordville-Lankin (2) 14-0 151
3. Kindred (2) 13-0 138
4. Carrington 12-0 122
5. Shiloh Christian 11-2 93
6. Langdon-Edmore-Munich 11-2 82
7. Rugby 13-1 61
8. Bishop Ryan 11-3 60 1
9. Oak Grove 11-3 29
10. Velva-Sawyer 10-2 9
Others receiving votes: New Town (12-3), Our Redeemer’s (11-3),Bowman County (11-2), Warwick (11-3), Des Lacs-Burlington (11-3),

Boys

1. Four Winds-Minnewaukan (17) 10-1 170
2. Shiloh Christian 10-1 139
3. Northern Cass 9-1 126
4. Thompson 10-2 113
5. Carrington 11-0 102
6. Dickinson Trinity 11-2 82
7. St. John 11-0 61
8. Hillsboro-Central Valley 8-3 39
9. Bishop Ryan 10-1 37
10. Linton-HMB 9-2 23
Others receiving votes: Solen (10-1), North Star (8-2), Milnor-North Sargent (10-1), Grafton (10-2), Kenmare (11-1), Oak Grove (7-2), Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (7

 

North Star Athletic Association

Preseason baseball poll

Team Pts

1. Bellevue, Neb. (10) 100
2. Jamestown 87
3. Mayville State 83
4. Dickinson State 66
5. Waldorf, Iowa 49
6. Dakota State, S.D. 47
7. Valley City State 42
8. Viterbo, Wis. 39
9. Presentation, S.D. 27
10. U-Winnipeg 10

Preseason softball poll

Team Pts

1. Dickinson State 76
2. Valley City State 69
3. Bellevue 67
4. Jamestown 58
5. Presentation 42
6. Waldorf 37
7. Mayville State 27
8. Dakota State 15
9. Viterbo 14

 

BOYS BASKETBALL…

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Washington 109 Charlotte 99

Final Miami 105 Golden State 102

Final Sacramento 109 Detroit 104

Final San Antonio 112 Brooklyn 86

Final L.A. Clippers 115 Atlanta 105

Final Milwaukee 127 Houston 114

Final New Orleans 124 Cleveland 122

Final N-Y Knicks 109 Indiana 103

Final Oklahoma City 97 Utah 95

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Washington 6 Carolina 1

Final N-Y Rangers 3 L.A. Kings 2

Final Toronto 4 Calgary 0

Final Anaheim 3 Winnipeg 2

Final OT Arizona 3 Florida 2

Final San Jose 5 Colorado 2

 

TOP-25 MEN’S BASKETBALL

UNDATED (AP) — Third-ranked Gonzaga remains the only Division I men’s basketball team with a spotless record this season.

The Bulldogs are 20-0 overall and 8-0 in Big West play following an 83-64 romp at Portland. Zach Collins had 13 points for the Zags, while Silas Melson and Jordan Mathews each added 12.

Gonzaga led by as many as 33 points after beating Portland by 21 in Spokane two days earlier.

The other top-25 game of the night had No. 17 Duke absorbing an 84-82 home loss against N.C. State. Freshman Dennis Smith Jr. scored a season-high 32 points, while Abdul-Malik Abu added 19 to lead the Wolfpack to their first win at Durham since 1995. N.C. State reeled off a 20-5 run to erase a 68-59 deficit in the final 6 ½ minutes.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have purchased the Iowa Energy and will begin a direct affiliation with the NBA Development League team next season.

The Timberwolves announced the agreement on Monday. Owner Glen Taylor is purchasing the team, which previously had a hybrid partnership with the Memphis Grizzlies. The Wolves will become the 18th NBA team to have a direct affiliation with a D-League team.

It’s a growing trend across the league for franchises to use the minor league teams to help develop young players, coaches and executives and help players rehab injuries.

The Timberwolves were looking for a team close to the Twin Cities to allow for easy back-and-forth travel. Energy owner Jed Kaplan will remain with the team and partner with Taylor.

 

6-MAN FOOTBALL

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dwindling enrollment and geographic challenges are forcing schools such as Centerville High School to think outside the box when it comes to their sports programs.

The Argus Leader reports that the declining enrollment at rural schools is creating challenges for sports programs to sustain. During the last two-year cycle, the Centerville High School football team has had to play a junior varsity schedule.

However, Doug Schauer is proposing that six-man football might help resolve the problem.

Schauer’s idea was discussed during a football advisory committee meeting in November.

South Dakota High School Activities Association staff will be assessing interest for six-man football at a statewide athletic convention in March through a confidential survey. A formal proposal for six-man football in 2019 could reach the board of directors by next spring If the survey results show interest.

 

 

T25 MEN’S BASKETBALL-POLL/SCHEDULE

UNDATED (AP) — Villanova and Kansas remain 1-2 in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll.

The Wildcats picked up 35 of 65 first-place votes, seven more than the Jayhawks. Gonzaga claimed the two remaining first-place votes after climbing up one spot to third.

Kentucky and Baylor round out the top five and are followed by Florida State, Arizona, UCLA, North Carolina and Oregon. The Bruins fell five spots to eighth following their home loss to Arizona on Saturday, which also moved the Wildcats up seven places.

 

T25 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POLL

NEW YORK (AP) — UConn remains the No. 1 in this week’s Associated Press women’s basketball after extending its winning streak to 93 games with two victories last week.

The 18-0 Huskies lead a top five that is unchanged from last week.

Baylor is second, followed by Maryland, Mississippi State and South Carolina.

 

NASCAR-FORMAT OVERHAUL

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR is about to become triple the fun.

The circuit’s governing body is placing more importance on the early portions of races by dividing them into three stages, with the top 10 drivers receiving bonus points on a 10-through-1 scale following the first two stages. The third stage will be for the overall victory, with traditional point scoring allocated. The race winner will earn 40 points, and the rest of the top 35 finishers will be scored on a 35-to-2 scale. Positions 36th to 40 will receive one point each.

All bonus points accumulated through the 26-race regular season can be used in the 10-race playoff, which will no longer be called “The Chase.”

Among other changes:

— The winner of the first two stages of each race will receive one playoff point, and the race winner will receive five playoff points

— All playoff points will carry through to the end of the third round of the playoffs. The four title contenders will race straight-up in the season finale for the title.

— The exhibition duels during Speedweeks at Daytona next month will now be worth 10 points to the two race winners.

 

TENNIS-AUSTRALIAN OPEN

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Venus Williams has become the oldest woman of the Open era to advance to the Australian Open semifinals.

The 36-year-old Williams won the last six points of a tiebreaker to complete a 6-4, 7-6 win over No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (pav-luh-CHEHN’-koh-vah).

The 13th-seeded Williams was behind a service break in the opening set but broke the Russian’s serve twice in three games. She hadn’t reached the semifinals in Australia since 2003, the year she lost the final to her sister, Serena.

Williams’ victory was followed by Coco Vandeweghe’s (VAN’-deh-wayz) convincing 6-4, 6-0 rout of seventh seed Garbine Muguruza (gahr-BEEN’-yuh moo-guh-ROO’-thuh). Vandeweghe dominated the match, giving up just 10 points in the second set after saving the only break point she faced in the first.

The 35th-ranked Vandeweghe is in her first major semifinal after beating Grand Slam winners in back-to-back rounds, including top seed Angelique Kerber in the fourth round.

The men’s quarterfinals have opened with fourth seed and reigning U.S. Open champ Stan Wawrinka (vah-RIHN’-kuh) coasting at Rod Laver Arena. Wawrinka was a 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 winner over No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Returning from a six-month injury layoff, 35-year-old Roger Federer lifted his game in a 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 win over Mischa Zverev, the player who eliminated top-seeded Andy Murray from the tournament two nights earlier. That sets up an all-Swiss semifinal.

 

TENNIS-HALL OF FAME

 

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Former No. 1 players Kim Clijsters (KLY’-sturz) and Andy Roddick are among five people elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Monday.

Clijsters won three U.S. Open titles and an Australian Open championship from 2005-11. Roddick is the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles crown, taking the 2003 U.S. Open.

The Hall of Fame Class of 2017 also includes wheelchair tennis player Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch, tennis historian and journalist Steve Flink, and the late instructor Vic Braden.

The induction ceremony is scheduled for July 22.

 

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