Wayne Byers Show – Morning – May 12

CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the

northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain showers after

midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of precipitation

50 percent.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the mid 60s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.

 

Next week…. There is a potential for heavy precipitation amounts through Thursday.

 

 

Sanborn  (CSi)  No injuries reported Thursday morning about 6:15 in Sanborn, when a faulty valve let an anhydrous ammonia field tank to leak, near the old elevator.

Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin says two homes were evacuated as a precaution

Fire and Rescue crews contained the leak. No injuries were reported.

Jamestown  (CSi)  A 48 year-old  California man, Samuel Henry Hanna was sentenced to four years in prison.

On Wednesday, Hanna pleaded guilty to a Class A felony, drug charge, stemming from evidence gathered during a traffic stop by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office on March 28, 2017

Stutsman County Deputy Matt Thom had conducted the traffic stop, and a search of the vehicle by a K-9 unit turned up about  16 and a half pounds of marijuana in his possession.

Hanna said the marijuana was for medicinal purposes.

Stutsman County State’s Attorney, Fritz Fremgen dropped three charges of possession of controlled substance and two possessions of drug paraphernalia, in exchange for a guilty plea.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday, May 13th.

City residents are asked to place a bag of non-perishable food items next to their mailbox on that day, which will then be picked up by local mail carriers. City Carrier JoAnne Ray says the cause will help support the local community.

Fredric Rolando, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the event is in it’s 25th year.

Last year, the event collected more than 80 million pounds of food. This was then brought to local food banks and organizations.

Be sure to leave out a bag of non-perishable food items in Jamestown on May 13th for local carriers to pick up and bring to area organizations to assist with the 25th Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.

 

Jamestown Salvation Army Major, Tim Nauta says, the food drive could not come at a better time for The Salvation Army. Many families who rely on the schools to provide free meals for their kids during the school year struggle to make ends meet in the summer time.

He says, “We often see the need increase during the summer, but the donations decrease so this is a great help to us.”

Major Nauta asks that people make sure any food they donate has not expired. If the expiration date has long passed, food shelves have to throw it away.

 

NOME, N.D. (AP) — A white supremacist who bought a building in Nome only to see it destroyed by an intentionally set fire says he’s sold back the property in the small southeastern North Dakota town.

Craig Cobb says he’s taken back the $8,000 he paid for an old church and given the property back to the previous owner.

He’s also rescinding a reward he previously offered for information about who set the building on fire in March.

Authorities have said the fire was arson. There have been no arrests.

Cobb is serving four years of probation for terrorizing residents of Leith in 2013. He lives in Sherwood.

 

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A town hall meeting featuring U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer turned rowdy with two men getting ejected in Mandan.

Many in the crowd of about 80 jeered Cramer on Thursday about his vote to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act.

A man approached Cramer, accusing the Republican and other House members who voted for the bill as undermining health care law. The man took dollar bills from his wallet and tried to shove them into Cramer’s suit pocket, saying they could help pay the medical expenses of a young child whose mother had just spoken.

A Cramer supporter grabbed the man by the throat to keep him from touching the congressman. Both men were ejected, but The Bismarck Tribune reports police made no arrests.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has cleared the way to try the 10 defendants who have already been arraigned in a multimillion-dollar Jamaican lottery scam case instead of waiting for the other five suspects to be taken into U.S. custody.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clare Hochhalter asked U.S. District Judge Dan Hovland to allow the government to proceed to trial without waiting for the remaining defendants to be caught or extradited from Jamaica, saying the mostly elderly victims deserve justice in a case that has already dragged on for more than five years.

Hovland approved the request Wednesday, saying it is “in the best interest of the public and all of the defendants.”

A trial date hasn’t been set.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health is monitoring the cleanup of a tank leak that spilled more than 25,000 gallons of crude oil in McKenzie County.

The department said Thursday it was notified of the spill that happened at a transmission pipeline distribution point operated by Crestwood Midstream. The spill was discovered April 28 about 11 miles southeast of Keene and was reported to the National Response Center and the North Dakota Industrial Commission.

Officials say the spilled oil was released from the primary tank and contained within the secondary containment.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Powerball player has claimed a prize worth $150,000.

The North Dakota Lottery says the winner from New Town claimed the prize Thursday. The winner wants to remain anonymous, but the lottery says she played her favorite set of numbers which she has played for years.

The ticket matched four white balls plus the Powerball in Saturday night’s drawing to win the $50,000 third prize. The ticketholder had purchased an option that tripled the amount.

The Powerball jackpot has grown to $184 million for Saturday night’s drawing.

 

WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) — Residents of a central North Dakota city are celebrating the expansion of a local wildlife management area and flood control measures that come with it.

A flood control project is expected to be part of the expansion of the Painted Woods Wildlife Management Area in Washburn. The flood-control element is what brought local officials, farmers and ranchers out in support a little over a year ago.

Backed-up water flowing into Painted Woods Lake has been flooding adjacent farmland for about six to eight years. The flooding is due to years of silt buildup and 10- to 12-foot-tall cattails restricting drainage into the lake.

McLean County has tried to mitigate damage to neighboring lands. The acres of land were purchased by the county, and several state and wildlife advocacy group partners to build drainage infrastructure.

 

 

In Sports… Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown baseball team has received one of the 15 at-large bids into the NAIA Baseball Opening Round tournaments. The Jimmies (40-19) are the No. 4 seed in the Tabor, Kansas bracket, and plays  Concordia (Neb.) the No. 5 seed, on Monday, May 15, 2017 at 11 a.m. The winner having to come back and play Clarke, (IA) the No. 4 seed at 6pm. Missouri Baptist and Tabor College (KS) are the  two and three seeds. Meanwhile… Mayville State gets the No. 2 seed in the Oklahoma City bracket, which is played at  Tabor College. Bellevue is the host of their own opening round tournament and the top-seed. Forty-five teams will play for spots in the NAIA World Series at nine different sites around the country. Teams 1. Clarke (Iowa) 2. Missouri Baptist 3. Tabor (Kan.) 4. University of Jamestown 5. Concordia (Neb.)     Hutchinson Bracket Monday, May 15 Game 1: No. 4 Jamestown (40-19) vs. No. 5 Concordia (33-20), 11 a.m. Game 2: No. 2 Missouri Baptist (41-14) vs. No. 3 Tabor, Kan. (41-15), 2:30 p.m. Game 3: No. 1 Clarke, Iowa (45-12) vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 Game 4: 11 a.m. Game 5: 2:30 p.m. Game 6: 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 Game 7: 3 p.m. Game 8: 6 p.m. Thursday, May 18 Game 9: 1 p.m.

 

 

Jamestown  (Mark Potts)   Seri Giesler defended her championship in the javelin and Dennis Gonzalez won the 10,000 meter in the first day of The NSAA Track and Field Championships Thursday in Jamestown.

The top three finishers in each event earn All Conference at the meet, while the top six finishers earn team points. VCSU’s women are in fourth place out of six teams after scoring 20 team points on day one.

The meet wraps up today with events starting at 10 am in Jamestown.

Men’s Results

VCSU junior Dennis Gonzalez won the Men’s 10K conference title and set a new meet record Thursday as the Viking track and field team competed on day one of the North Star Athletic Association Track & Field Outdoor Championships.

 

Complete Results

Kaitlin Connor also picked up an All Conference finish on Thursday after a strong second-place finish in the triple jump. Her mark of 10.44 meters placed her second out of 11 competitors. Connor will also be in the hunt for All Conference in the long jump on Friday.

Marilyn Quintero had a Top 5 finish for the Vikings on Thursday, finishing fifth in the hammer throw with a mark of 40.79 meters.

In preliminary races on Thursday, VCSU’s Macy Dimler qualified third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.97 seconds. Finals for the event are Friday afternoon.

NSAA Outdoor Championship – Day 1
VCSU Women – Top 6 Finishers (Top 3 named All Conference)
Javelin
1. Seri Geisler, 46.28 meters (151-10)

Hammer Throw
5. Marilyn Quintero, 40.79 m (133-10)

Triple Jump
2. Kaitlin Connor, 10.44 m (34-3)

 

Men’s Results

VCSU junior Dennis Gonzalez won the Men’s 10K conference title and set a new meet record Thursday as the Viking track and field team competed on day one of the North Star Athletic Association Track & Field Outdoor Championships.

Gonzalez blew away the competition in the 10,000 meter race, winning by more than a minute as he crossed the line in a conference meet record time of 33:19.17. That shattered the previous conference meet record by more than 44 seconds, which was held by Eddie Meneses of Dickinson State.

Complete Results

The top three finishers in each event earn All Conference at the meet, while the top six finishers earn team points. VCSU is fifth out of six teams after scoring 24 team points on day one.

Garret Roemmich and Ellwood Ellenson took two of the top four spots in the men’s javelin competition. Roemmich earned All Conference by placing second with his toss of 51.77 meters. Ellenson finished fourth with a throw of 49.00 meters.

Ellenson had a busy day one of the meet as he also competed in the men’s triple jump, where he placed sixth with a mark of 12.73 meters.

During preliminary races on Thursday, VCSU’s Isaiah Tivis and Brady Morden both qualified for the finals of the 100 Meter Dash, which will be run Friday afternoon. Tivis qualified fourth with a time of 11.27 seconds. Morden qualified eighth with a time of 11.50.

NSAA Outdoor Championship – Day 1
VCSU Men – Top 6 Finishers (Top 3 named All Conference)
10,000 Meters
1. Dennis Gonzalez, 33:19.17 (meet record)

4×800 Relay
6. 9:38.10 (Mena, Brawley, Tuya, Machado)

Triple Jump
6. Ellwood Ellenson, 12.73 m (41-9 1/4)

Javelin
2. Garret Roemmich, 51.77 m (169-10)
4. Ellwood Ellenson, 49.00 m (160-9)

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State wildlife officials have stocked a fresh supply of trout in almost 40 North Dakota fisheries.

Jerry Weigel with the state Game and Fish Department says the effort puts catchable fish in waters that are more accessible to young people, older adults and disabled anglers. Many of the fisheries have piers.

Weigel says trout bite aggressively in the spring and are easier for kids to catch.

More than 20,000 11-inch rainbow trout were stocked, along with 800 1- to 2-pound cutthroat trout.

 

Girls Soccer…

Jamestown 2 Bismarck Century 1

 

Girls Tennis…

Williston 7, Jamestown 2

 

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Boston 4 Milwaukee 1

Final Texas 5 San Diego 2

Baltimore at Washington 7:05 p.m., postponed

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CHICAGO (AP) — Eduardo Escobar hit a three-run homer then added a fourth RBI with a double as the Minnesota Twins outlasted the struggling Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Thursday night.

Brian Dozier and Miguel Sano crushed solo shots and Joe Mauer singled in a run for Minnesota, which hung on to deal the White Sox a season-high fifth straight loss after jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the second inning.

Melky Cabrera launched a three-run homer off Twins starter Phil Hughes in the fifth. Chicago’s Matt Davidson drove in two runs, on a solo homer and a groundout.

Ryan Pressley (1-2), the third of five Twins relievers, pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the win.

Brandon Kintzler pitched the final five outs for his eighth save in nine chances. He struck out Omar Narvaez and Leury Garcia in the eighth with the tying run on third and go-ahead run on second.

Chicago starter Derek Holland (3-3) permitted seven runs, but just three earned, and six hits in five innings in taking the loss. Four White Sox relievers followed with four hitless innings.

 

Final Kansas City 6 Tampa Bay 0

Final Houston 3 N-Y Yankees 2

Final Toronto 7 Seattle 2

Final Detroit 7 L.A. Angels 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Colorado 10 L.A. Dodgers 7

Final Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 1

Final Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 2

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

HOUSTON (AP) — It will be the San Antonio Spurs taking on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA’s Western Conference finals.

LaMarcus Aldridge had team highs of 34 points and 12 rebounds as the Spurs ripped the Rockets, 114-75 in Houston to win the conference semifinal series in six games. San Antonio carried a 19-point lead into the second half and removed all doubt by outscoring the Rockets 27-11 in the final period.

Jonathan Simmons had 18 points while starting in place of All-Star forward Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard, who sat out because of a sprained ankle suffered in Game 5.

Rockets guard James Harden had a miserable night, scoring just 10 points on 2 of 11 shooting. Trevor Ariza (ah-REE’-zah) was Houston’s top scorer with 20 points.

The Western Conference finals begin Sunday in Oakland.

 

 

WNBA-PRESEASON POLL

Lynx picked to win WNBA title, Delle Donne MVP favorite

NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx are the favorite to win the WNBA championship in a survey of the league’s 12 general managers.

Washington’s Elena Delle Donne, who was traded to the Mystics from the Chicago Sky during the offseason, is the top choice to win the league’s Most Valuable Player.

Five of the league’s 12 general managers picked the Lynx to win their fourth title since 2011. The Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Lynx in the finals last season. Three GMs picked the Sparks to repeat.

The Mystics, largely thanks to the addition of Delle Donne, were selected as the league’s most improved team. San Antonio’s Kelsey Plum, who was the league’s No. 1 overall draft pick, is the Rookie of the Year favorite.

The WNBA begins its season on Saturday.

 

PGA-PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — William McGirt and Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes share the lead after one round of the PGA’s Players Championship in Florida.

Hughes played bogey-free in a 5-under 67 that puts him one stroke ahead of four players. McGirt’s 67 included a pair of eagles on the back nine.

J.B. Holmes, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren and Chez Reavie share second. Phil Mickelson is three shots back and one ahead of Dustin Johnson, who hasn’t finished lower than second in his last four starts.

 

 

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