Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Feb 7

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY….Partly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Highs 5 to 10. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15 below. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Wind chill readings 27 below to 32 below zero.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs zero to 5 above. West winds

10 to 20 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 29 below to 34 below

zero in the morning.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 5 to 10 below.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 35 to 40.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs 30 to 35.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 20 to 25.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

 

VERY COLD AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT, AND  ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

 

Update  10-a.m.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have LIFTED the No Travel Advisory for northeastern North Dakota.

All travelers are encouraged to monitor road conditions as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling. For road information, call 511 from any type of phone or go to the website: http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/

Please be advised that road condition information on 511 and the travel map is updated daily from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. CDT. The road report is based upon the information available to the NDDOT at the time of preparation and is provided solely as a public service. Conditions may vary from those reported.

 

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session, Monday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

 

NO ITEMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY:

 

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

 

The City council considered entering into a Services Enterprise Agreement for Recycling Collection with Renaissance Recycling, LLC.  Mayor Andersen said the city will meet with Renaissance Recyling  later this week with Renaissance Recycling and their attorney to discuss changes in the language of the contract and then call a Special City Council meeting.

Council Member Phillips suggested discussing the issues at Monday’s meeting.

Council Member Buchanan said the Council is not in a position to discuss the changes at Monday’s meeting, with major changes in the agreement.

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Becky Thatcher-Keller asked for a background on the intent of the contract, noting postponements in organizing the residential recycling plan.

Council Member Brubakken said the city has gone ahead and ordered equipment.

Mayor Andersen noted the last items to come to agreement on is the length of term and the residuals, most concerning language.

Council Member Buchanan added that he hears in the community that the rates to customers seem high, and the lack of an opt-out.  Curbside at this point will not include glass.

Joan Morris of the Chamber’s City Beautification Committee spoke explained the “pay as you throw,” plan, which determines the costs.  She said she has a problem with delays in the contract agreement.

 

In January, the Public Works committee discussed the original term of contract with a five year agreement with a five year renewal, and an amended 10 year agreement and 10 year renewal, or a five year renewal. The ten year option allows for financing options by the recycler.

At Monday’s meeting it was noted the city and Renaissance Recycling will meet this Wednesday afternoon to discuss and negotiate contract changes, at 4:30-p.m. at City Hall.

 

ORDINANCES:

The FIRST READING: An ordinance to amend and re-enact Chapter 32 of the Code of the City of Jamestown pertaining to Flood Damage Prevention.

 

SECOND READING:  The Council approved an Ordinance to amend and re-enact Article III, Chapter 15, of the City Code pertaining to the Fire Protection Code.

 

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:

A question about where to find where the amendments to the City Code are available.  City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said to contact City Hall.

 

APPOINTMENTS:

Approved  appointing James Weight and Brian Kilzer to serve as members of the Board of Adjustments for three year terms to expire January 2020

 

Appointed Jon Lillejord to serve as a member of the Civil Service Commission for a five year term to expire January 2022.

 

Appointed David Barnick to serve as the City resident member of the Stutsman County Weed Board for a four year term to expire December 2020.

 

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:  No reports were given.

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

Approved  the request from the Jamestown Gymnastics Club for a gaming site

authorization at the Gladstone Inn & Suites Banquet Room on September 16, 2017.

 

Approved Change Order No. 1, to Champion Coatings, Inc., for the 1.5MG Elevated

Water Tower Rehabilitation Project, for a net decrease in the contract price of $22,000.00, due to areduction in the amount of welding that was needed on the top roof plates.

 

Jamison Veil introduced himself, as the new to the City Assessor.

 

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  There will be a Public Information Meeting on Tuesday February 7, 2017, at 7-p.m. at City Hall.

On the agenda is  the 2017 Parking Lot Improvement District.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is set to release the cause of a 2013 oil train derailment in eastern North Dakota.

The accident happened when a train carrying soybeans derailed in front of an oil tanker train near the small town of Casselton. It caused a series of explosions and the evacuation of about 1,400 residents, but no one was hurt.

NTSB investigators previously said a broken train axle from the grain train was discovered at the scene, and the agency ordered the recall of more than 40 axles.

The incident happened 30 miles from the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, metropolitan area and contributed to a national discussion about the safety of moving oil by train.

The board will release its findings during a meeting in Washington.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota House has endorsed four measures spurred by the bitter dispute between Dakota Access protesters and law enforcement.

The Republican-led chamber on Monday approved a measure that makes it a crime for adults to wear masks in most cases. The House also approved bills that increase penalties for rioting, trespassing, and causing damage to personal property.

The measures now move to the Republican-led Senate.

North Dakota has been the center of protests against the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline, in large part because of objections of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in the southern part of the state.

There have been nearly 700 protest-related arrests in North Dakota since mid-August.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers and others are opposing a bill that would allow someone to use deadly force against someone who is fleeing a crime, including misdemeanor offenses.

The measure would expand the state’s “castle law” which allows a person to use whatever force necessary to protect their home. The bill would allow the use of deadly force outside the home, even if it is to “prevent an unlawful carrying away or damaging of property.”

Fargo Republican Sen. David Clemens told a legislative panel on Monday that he introduced the bill at the request of some of his constituents.

Bismarck defense attorney Jackson Lofgren told the panel that it’s a bad proposal that “gives power to an untrained person to shoot down anyone.”

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A student with cerebral palsy has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after she was denied admission into the pharmacy program at North Dakota State University.

Kelli Sem was given conditional acceptance into the program last spring, provided she could meet physical requirements under newly adopted technical standards for pharmacy students. She filed her complaint after NDSU denied her request for reasonable accommodations.

Citing email discussion from the NDSU pharmacy program, Sem’s attorney Scott Haider says NDSU adopted the new physical standards for admission after pharmacy faculty learned Sem would seek entrance into the program.

NDSU has declined to give a comment  on the matter.

Sem now lives with her family in Minot after leaving NDSU in May. She is currently taking classes at Minot State University.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Fargodome broke an attendance record in 2016.

Nearly 600,000 people packed the venue last year. And the record crowds produced an operating surplus of more than $528,000, which was way above the budgeted $92,000. That’s its best performance since 2000.?

Fargodome General Manager Rob Sobolik cites a strong concert line-up last year that included four Garth Brooks concerts and an AC/DC concert, each bringing in more than 19,000 people, plus a strong line-up of other entertainers, including Justin Bieber, James Taylor and Blake Sheldon.

Sobolik says a sixth consecutive year of Bison football playoff games also boosted attendance and the indoor stadium’s bottom line.?

The 2016 profits go into the Fargodome’s surplus budget to be used for capital improvements and building upgrades.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota State Fair has names the country acts for this year’s concert lineup.

Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, Little Big Town, Brothers Osborne and Lonestar headline this year’s country music artists.

Marketing Director Beth Feldner says  the country lineup for the grandstand is one of the best she’s seen.

Feldner says they have not finalized this year’s rock acts for the first and second Saturdays of the fair, but will make that announcement in the coming months.

This year’s North Dakota State Fair runs July 21st through the 29th.

Online:

North Dakota State Fair: http://www.ndstatefair.com

 

 

In sports…

 

Boys Basketball…

 

 

Class B Boys Basketball Poll…

Here are North Dakota’s top boys high school basketball as selected by a panel of Associated Press state sports writers and sportscasters. Points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis in both polls.

Class B
School	Record	Points	Last Week
1. Four Winds-Minnewaukan (13)	(15-1)	138	1
2. Northern Cass (1)	(14-1)	119	2
3. St. John	(14-0)	87	6
4. Dickinson Trinity	(12-2)	77	5
5. Thompson	(13-3)	74	4
6. Shiloh Christian	(13-2)	69	3
7. Hillsboro-Central Valley	(11-3)	61	7
8. Solen	(14-1)	57	NR
9. Linton-HMB	(14-2)	37	8
10.North Star	(13-2)	27	9

Others receiving votes: Carrington (13-2), Bishop Ryan (15-2),

Oak Grove (10-4), Kenmare (14-2), Richland (11-4).<

 

Class B Girls Basketball Poll…

Here are North Dakota’s top girls high school basketball as selected by a panel of Associated Press state sports writers and sportscasters. Points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis in both polls.

Class B
School	Record Points Last Week
1. North Star (12)	(15-0)138	1
2. Kindred (2)	(13-0)126	3
3. Park River-Ford-Lankin	(14-0)112	2
4. Langdon-Edmore-Munich	(11-2)86	5
5. Velva-Sawyer	(10-2)77	6
6. Carrington	(12-0)71	4
7. Oak Grove	(11-3)45	8
8. Bishop Ryan	(11-3)41	9
9. Shiloh Christian	(11-2)17	7
10.New Town	(13-1)15	NR
	Others receiving votes: Rugby (16-3), Watford City (14-5), Kidder
County (15-4), Thompson (12-6), Grant County (15-3), Warwick (15-4).¤         AP Top 10 Mens College Basketball Poll…

Gonzaga is No. 1 for a second straight week in The Associated Press  mens college basketball poll following a week in which all but four of the top 10 teams lost at least one game.

The Bulldogs (24-0), the only remaining unbeaten team in Division I, received 59 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. Villanova (22-2) moved from fourth to second after receiving the other six No. 1 votes.

Kansas, which saw its 51-game winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse end over the weekend, held at third while Louisville jumped from sixth to fourth.

Oregon, coming off its impressive win over Arizona, went from 13th to fifth. Baylor, which lost twice last week, dropped from second to sixth.

Wisconsin was seventh followed by North Carolina, Arizona and UCLA.

Xavier and SMU are the week’s newcomers, replacing Notre Dame and Northwestern.

 

AP Top 10 Womens College Basketball Poll…

NEW YORK (AP) — UConn remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll while Tennessee re-enters the Top 25.

The Huskies (22-0) continue to run through opponents as their record winning streak is at 97 and counting. UConn is followed by Baylor, Maryland, Mississippi State and Florida State on Monday. South Carolina fell to sixth after losing to the Lady Vols last Monday night.

At No. 24, Tennessee is ranked for the first time since Dec. 5. Over the past two seasons, Tennessee has been unranked for 13 weeks. That’s one less than the Lady Vols had under Pat Summitt in her illustrious career.

Michigan entered at No. 21 and Kansas State came in No. 25. It’s the Wolverines first ranking since 2013.

West Virginia, Kentucky and Green Bay all dropped out.

 

Jimmie Baseball Camp…

The 18th Annual Jimmie Baseball Camp is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Larson Sports Center.

Camp for grades 7-12 will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Camp for grades 1-6 will be held from 1-5 p.m.

For more information contact University of Jamestown head baseball coach Tom Hager at 252-3467 ext. 5407 or go to jimmieathletics.com.

 

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 33 points and hit a career-high seven 3-pointers to lead the Miami Heat to their 11th straight victory, 115-113 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

Hassan Whiteside had 19 points and 13 rebounds, and the Heat shot 53.6 percent (15 for 28) from 3-point range. Miami made 10 more 3s than Minnesota and held on late after a furious comeback attempt by the Wolves.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 35 points and eight rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have lost four straight games. Andrew Wiggins added 27 points, but missed two shots with chances to win the game in the final 8.5 seconds.

 

Final Indiana 93 Oklahoma City 90

Final L.A. Lakers 121 N-Y Knicks 107

Final OT Cleveland 140 Washington 135

Final Utah 120 Atlanta 95

Final Toronto 118 L.A. Clippers 109

Final Detroit 113 Philadelphia 96

Final New Orleans 111 Phoenix 106

Final Denver 110 Dallas 87

Final Memphis 89 San Antonio 74

Final Chicago 112 Sacramento 107

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 0

Final OT N-Y Islanders 6 Toronto 5

Final New Jersey 2 Buffalo 1

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (3) Kansas 74 Kansas St. 71

Final (12) Virginia 71 (4) Louisville 55

 

 

MLB…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Pitcher Chase Anderson has gone to salary arbitration with the Milwaukee Brewers, asking a panel to choose his $2.85 million request over the team’s $2.45 million offer.

The sides appeared Monday before arbitrators Howard Edelman, Elizabeth Neumeier and Mark Burstein, who are expected to rule Tuesday.

A 29-year-old right-hander obtained from Arizona in January 2016, Anderson was 9-11 with a 4.39 ERA last year in 30 starts and one relief appearance. His ERA dropped from 5.44 in the first half of the season to 3.02 in the second half.

Anderson had a $520,200 salary last season and was eligible for arbitration for the first time.

 

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Associated Press reports that the Royals and right-hander Jason Hammel have agreed to a two-year, $16 million contract. The person with direct knowledge negotiations told the AP about the deal on condition of anonymity because the results of a physical are needed.

Hammel pitched for the World Series champion Cubs last season and went 15-10 with a 3.83 ERA.

The Royals haves been searching for another starter since the recent death of Yordano Ventura, who was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.

 

 

MLB-INDIANS

CLEVELAND (AP) — Veteran Wily Mo Pena (WIL’-ee MOH PAYN’-yuh) is getting a chance to revive his major league career with Cleveland. The 35-year old outfielder has been out of the big leagues since 2011. He was last in the majors with Arizona and Seattle six years ago then went to Japan.

A close friend of new Indians slugger Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kar-nah-see-OHN’), Pena has a .250 career batting average with 84 homers and 240 RBIs in eight seasons with Cincinnati, Boston, Washington, Arizona and Seattle.

 

 

SUPER BOWL-TV RATINGS

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox drew an audience of 111.3 million viewers for New England’s historic overtime win over Atlanta in Super Bowl 51.

That was a smaller audience than the game has had in the last two years but still ranking among the biggest for a television program in the United States.

Viewership for the Patriots’ come-from-behind had a relatively modest start when the Atlanta built a 25-point lead. People returned as the Patriots came alive. During overtime, the game had its biggest audience of 117.7 million.

 

NBA-WARRIORS-KERR FINED…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Warriors coach has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for his profanity-laced outburst at game official Bill Spooner in the loss at Sacramento on Saturday night.

Kerr says he deserves the fine and has apologized to Spooner through league executive vice president of basketball operations KiKi VanDeWeghe (VAN’-deh-way)

He also plans to apologize to Spooner in person the next time the officials is assigned to work a Warriors’ game.

Kerr went off on Spooner after being ejected.

 

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