Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Apr 20

CSi Weather…

TODAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy with 20 percent  chance of rain showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs around 60. Northeast winds around 5 mph

shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds

around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to

10 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain after

midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs

in the mid 50s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then

chance of rain possibly mixed with snow after midnight. Lows in

the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper

40s. Lows in the lower 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the

afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The U.S. Army Corp  of Engineers, on Friday (Apr 21, 2017) will increase the Jamestown Dam release from 450 cfs, to 650 cfs.

Bob Martin says the increase in the release will raise the James River level in Jamestown by about one foot.

He adds that adjustments may be necessary at the Oxbow gate in Jamestown, to accommodate the increased release.

He says the reason for the increase is a combination of recent rainfall, and still some snow melt in the upper basin.

He says earlier this week Woodworth reported 1.40 inches of rain.

Jamestown recorded .99 inch of rain.

He adds, Jamestown Reservoir is eight feet into the flood storage area.

Plans are to have that eliminated by June 1, 2017.

The Pipestem Reservoir is 18 feet in the flood storage area.  The Pipestem Dam release will be remain at zero cfs. When Jamestown Reservoir’s level is out of flood storage, Pipestem Dam’s release will be increased, to reach freeze up by this fall.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism reports local award winners were announced, Wednesday, during the 2017  Annual North Dakota Travel Industry Conference in Bismarck.

The Jamestown Arts Center’s, Hansen Arts Park won the Flint Starter Award for a Tourism Development Project.  Jamestown Tourism and The Jamestown Downtown Associated made the nomination.

Bobby Koepplin from Valley City was given the Legend Award for Travel and Tourism industry leadership.

The Governor’s Awards for Travel and Tourism recognize passion and dedication of North Dakotan’s who have contributed to the growth of travel and tourism, North Dakota’s third-largest industry.

Their long-term leadership in the areas of tourism development must be proven by a significant impact on a tourism business or local economic development effort.

Photos at CSiNewsNow.com courtesy Jamestown Tourism.

 

 

Valley City  (CHI)   Patients at CHI Mercy Health will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program.
Helmsley has awarded CHI Mercy Health $400,000 for a new 64-slice CT scanner. CT scanners provide essential diagnostic images of structures inside the body. A new CT scanner will allow for faster scans that produce high-quality images, allowing medical staff to quickly determine health status and course of treatment while giving patients access to up-to-date healthcare technology close to home.
CHI Mercy Health President, Keith Heuser says, “CHI Mercy Health is truly blessed to be awarded a CT Scanner Grant through the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Imaging services are used by every patient care department within our facility—from inpatient to emergency to outpatient diagnostics. Offering the only CT scanner in Barnes County, CHI Mercy Health will be able to continue to provide a local option for diagnosis and monitoring for our community.”
CHI Mercy Health is one of 41 grant recipients across the region to benefit from this round of funding to purchase CT scanners. Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program has granted over $30 million to support the purchase of new, 32-slice or higher CT scanners in a seven-state region.
Walter Panzirer, a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, adds, “Our goal is to ensure that people who live in rural America have access to quality healthcare as close to home as possible,” said “To achieve this, rural hospitals need to be viable and they need to have up-to-date equipment, so patients can receive essential healthcare services locally. This initiative is one of many that aims to improve healthcare access and health outcomes across the upper Midwest.”
The funding initiative was the result of a survey of Critical Access Hospitals in the Rural Healthcare Program’s seven-state funding region. Capital equipment, particularly CT scanners, was identified as a top need by many hospitals. In addition, a new Medicare policy went into effect January 1, 2016, that reduced reimbursement for certain studies on CT scanners that do not meet specific radiation dose requirements. Since 2015, the Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded 78 grants totaling over $30 million to outfit hospitals with new, state-of-the-art CT scanners.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The next 2nd ACT Community Theater Production  “Four Weddings and an Elvis” written by Nancy Frick, May 4 – 6, 2017 at The Jamestown Arts Center

The story line features, Sandy, the four-times-married-three-times-divorced owner of a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, who has certainly seen her fair share of matrimonies! In the hilarious Four Weddings and an Elvis, the audience witness four of her funniest: Bev and Stan, who are getting married–by the King himself–as revenge on their exes; Vanessa and Bryce, two arrogant aging stars who are tying the knot as a publicity ploy, and are vexed by an aging Elvis who doesn’t know who they are; and Martin and Fiona, a gentle postal-worker and a tough ex-con trying to get married before the police arrive! However, the final wedding is the funniest of all: Sandy’s fifth and final wedding which reveals a hilarious twist! With simple scenic requirements and memorable characters, Four Weddings and an Elvis is a comedic treat certain to please audiences!

Tickets available online or at The Arts Center.
$20 or $15 for Arts Center Members

Buy Tickets

Produced in special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The North Dakota State Fire Marshall’s Office reports that a March 18, 2017   house fire in Valley City was intentionally set..

Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath, says the fire was reported ay 4:20am in the 500 block of 3rd Avenue Northeast in Valley City.

Police Chief Phil Hatcher says the Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting in the  investigation.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Community Health Partnership thanks those who participated in the Prescription Drug Take Back awareness week.

Julie Hoeckle with Central Valley Health, the event collected 32 pounds of medications from the three locations during the four day event. She says in a release that this equates to around 25,000 pills that will be properly disposed, helping to protect the environment and keeping drugs off the street.

Unit Administrator Robin Iszler, says, “Reports from the collection sites indicate that people heard the message and brought back unused medications.  There was even a bottle returned dated 1979. We feel this was a very successful event.”

North Dakota is one of the few states that hosts a take back program, allowing residents to bring back unused medications to designated drop sites year-round.

Unused medications can always be dropped off at White Drug Pharmacy, Medicine Shoppe, and the Stutsman County Law Enforcement Center. For more information, contact Robin Iszler at 701-252-8130.

 

 

ARGUSVILLE, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted on felony charges in Montana has been arrested following a long search in North Dakota.

The  man stole a car in Fargo and eluded Cass County authorities after they responded to a report of a suspicious person in the Argusville area Wednesday afternoon.

Multiple law enforcement agencies and search dogs were used to track down the 41-year-old man. He was located following a five-hour search. No other details were released.

Officials say he’s wanted in Montana for felony burglary.

 

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Police have identified the man fatally shot by a police officer in Mandan.

Authorities say 24-year-old Ivan Wilson, of Mandan, was killed Friday by an officer responding to a domestic dispute on the city’s northeast side.

Police say the man was shot after he refused to drop a knife and made an aggressive move toward one of the officers. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The three responding officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A jury has acquitted a Bismarck man accused of felony child neglect after a toddler in his care nearly drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool.

The acquittal Tuesday for Rolland Noheart came from a jury in Burleigh County. Prosecutors alleged Noheart did not immediately come to the rescue of the 18-month-old after the child fell in the water last August. Authorities also say that when Noheart finally pulled the boy from the water, he let the limp child fall over and strike his head on concrete.

Noheart’s mother, Joyce Kitson, tells the Bismarck Tribune her son did help save the child, despite some problems moving his arms.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota plans to integrate Native American culture and history into lesson plans and curriculum at public schools statewide.

The state Department of Public Instruction’s plans are similar to programs in South Dakota and Montana. It’s part of a project that includes interviews with elders from the Fort Berthold, Turtle Mountain, Spirit Lake and Standing Rock tribes. The elders identified seven areas of study for students.

The department’s multicultural education director, Lucy Fredericks, tells the Bismarck Tribune that about 10 percent of students in North Dakota are Native American so it makes sense that a culturally relevant curriculum be developed. Fredericks says that while Native American culture has been taught periodically, this effort includes the curriculum in all content areas and at all grade levels.

 

 

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota businessman and philanthropist has donated $28 million to the private, nonprofit National University System.

The Argus Leader reports the donation made by T. Denny Sanford is the largest in the nonprofit’s history. It will be used to help further three programs that are expected to reach more than 500,000 students nationwide.

The programs are Sanford Harmony, which helps students communicate and collaborate, Sanford Inspire, which aims to help teachers inspire students, and Sanford Institute of Philanthropy, which provides education and training programs for nonprofits.

The University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Augustana University are involved with the programs.

Sanford’s donation brings the total funding for the programs to about $70 million through anonymous donors and matching funds from National University and the university system’s chancellor Michael Cunningham.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota legislators have passed a measure intended to clarify ownership of minerals under Lake Sakakawea.

The legislation limits the state’s mineral claims under the Missouri River reservoir to a smaller area than it had claimed. It is estimated to cost the state nearly $187 million it already has collected in oil-drilling royalty payments that must be returned.

The House approved the bill on Wednesday, a day after senators endorsed it. It now goes to Gov. Doug Burgum for his signature.

Opponents of the bill say the state could use the money to make up for declining tax revenues due to slumping oil and crop prices.

Backers of the measure say the mineral rights should be returned to the rightful owners, despite the financial impact to the state.

 

In sports…

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Seattle 10 Miami 5

Final Baltimore 2 Cincinnati 0

Final Kansas City 2 San Francisco 0

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have postponed their game against the Cleveland Indians because of rain.

Team President Dave St. Peter said Wednesday’s game will be rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on June 17, when the Indians return to Minnesota. Rain was falling by mid-afternoon, and the evening forecast for Minneapolis showed no sign of a letup that could create a dry window in which to play.

The Indians beat the Twins 3-1 and 11-4 in the first two games of the series.

They’ll play again Thursday afternoon, and the Twins announced Ervin Santana would pitch that game opposite Trevor Bauer for the Indians. Bauer was pushed back, and Santana skipped rookie Aldalberto Mejia in the rotation.

 

Final Oakland 9 Texas 1

Final N-Y Yankees 9 Chi White Sox 1

Final Toronto 3 Boston 0

Final Tampa Bay 8 Detroit 7

Final Houston 5 L.A. Angels 1

 

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1

Final Chi Cubs 7 Milwaukee 4

Final N-Y Mets 5 Philadelphia 4

Final Washington 14 Atlanta 4

Final San Diego 1 Arizona 0

Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Colorado 2

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

UNDATED (AP) — The Golden State Warriors were without forward Kevin Durant because of a calf injury, but Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry carried the offense with 19 points as they ripped Portland, 110-81. The Oklahoma City Thunder wasted Russell Westbrook’s triple-double of 51 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds by allowing James Harden to score 35 points in the Rockets’ 115-111 victory at Houston. John Wall scored 32 points and Bradley Beal had 31 as Washington beat Atlanta, 109-101 to join the Rockets and Warriors with two-games-to-none leads in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cavaliers starting guard J.R. Smith is questionable for Game 3 against Indiana Thursday because of a left hamstring injury. Smith didn’t play in the second half of Game 2 because Cleveland’s medical staff decided it was better for him to rest than risk making his injury worse. Smith says he hasn’t asked yet if he’ll play in Indianapolis as the Cavaliers try to take a 3-0 series lead.

 

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves, Charlie Coyle scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination with a 2-0 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the first-round playoff series on Wednesday night.

Dubnyk’s second playoff shutout came almost two years to the day of his first, also against the Blues on April 20, 2015. Martin Hanzal also scored for Minnesota in the second.

Blues goalie Jake Allen made 26 saves. He entered having stopping 114 of the Wild’s first 117 shots in the series.

St. Louis still leads the best-of-seven series 3-1 heading into Game 5 at Minnesota on Saturday.

UNDATED (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have swept their way into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs as Patrick Eaves and Nate Thompson scored 68 seconds apart in the first period of a 3-1 win at Calgary.   T.J. Oshie (OH’-shee) and Tom Wilson each scored twice as Washington beat Toronto, 5-4 to tie that series at two games apiece, and Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots to help Ottawa earn a 1-0 win and a three-games-to-one series lead over Boston.

 

OBIT-ANDERSON

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bill Anderson, who played on two NFL championship teams with the Green Bay Packers as part of an eight-year NFL career, has died. He was 80.

Adam Starkey, funeral director at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, said Wednesday that Anderson died Tuesday at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Anderson played for the Washington Redskins from 1958-63 and Green Bay from 1965-66. He caught 178 passes for 3,048 yards and 15 touchdowns. The 1965 Green Bay team won an NFL title and the 1966 squad won the first Super Bowl.

Anderson was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1959 and 1960.

After his NFL career, Anderson spent three decades as part of Tennessee football’s radio broadcast team. Anderson played for Tennessee from 1955-57 and was a co-captain in 1957.

 

JETER, BUSH TEAM UP…

UNDATED (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says former Yankees star Derek Jeter and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush have joined forces in their attempt to buy the Miami Marlins after having competing interests in pursuit of the team. Jeter ended his 20-year playing career in 2014 and has long talked about owning a team. Bush is the brother of former President George W. Bush, who was an owner of the Texas Rangers from 1989 to 1998.

 

NFL…

UNDATED (AP) — President Donald Trump has congratulated the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots at the White House.

Not surprisingly, the president drew some parallels to the team’s 25-point comeback against the Atlanta Falcons in February and his own political upset win.

Trump saluted a number of individual players but did not mention superstar quarterback Tom Brady, whose friendship he repeatedly touted during his campaign. Brady notified the White House that he was dealing with a “personal family matter” and did not attend the ceremony.

More than two dozen players did not attend the ceremony. Several had said beforehand that would not show for political reasons.

 

T.V. SPORTS…

Phil Simms is heading to the studio as part of “NFL Today” on CBS. Simms was recently replaced in the broadcast booth by Tony Romo when the Cowboys quarterback retired from playing.

 

 

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