Wayne Byers Show – Morning – May 15

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny.

Highs 78 . East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Lows

in the mid 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation

60 percent.

.TUESDAY…Cloudy. Rain showers likely and slight chance of

thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of rain showers and

slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the

upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation

70 percent.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to

around 35 mph.

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

showers in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Patchy frost after midnight.

Lows in the upper 30s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the upper 30s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 40s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

 

There is a chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon and

Tonight and Tuesday. Some storms could be strong with gusty winds and hail.

 

Eckleson  (CSi)  The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office and North Dakota Highway Patrol investigated a semi striking and killing at 27 year old Valley City man, about 5-a.m., Saturday, May 13, 2017 near the I-94 Eckleson Exit.

Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin said Sanborn firefighters responded to a vehicle fire, during that time.  The vehicle’s driver, Justin Tangen escaped the burning vehicle and was later struck by a semi and died at the scene.

The investigation is continuing.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Board of Adjustments will meet Thursday May 18, 2017 at 8-a.m. in the City Hall conference room.

Members will address variance requests for property at 1514 Island Park Drive.

At the May 1, 2017 City Council meeting the Council heard from developer Greg Spenningsby, concerning more transparency in issuing zoning variances in the city and allow forming a building committee, to discuss issues city-wide, in notifications.

He said the discussion stems from a building being constructed in the Island Park development concerning building a garage on a lot.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County Commission and Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce are both drafting letters in cooperation with Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquiest,  to send to the North Dakota Public Service Commission concerning the April 21. 2017  Century Link fiber linethat  was  cut  disrupting phone service between Jamestown and Fargo.

The service disrupted local and long distance phone services along with  9-1-1 calls.

Bergquist says businesses had concerns from the cut that day.

Agricover’s Joan Morris says, the business estimated tens ofthousand of dollars in losses stemming from the four hour service disruption that day.

Other businesses lost the use of credit card machines, for customers that day as well.

The Stutsman County Commission will further discuss the letter at Tuesday’s  4-p.m., meeting.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is hosting a Community Service of Remembrance on Monday, May 15 at 7:00 p.m. at Ave Maria Village, 501 19^th Street NE in Jamestown.  Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one, either recently or in years past, is invited to come and share in this informal service honoring the memory of our loved ones in a supportive atmosphere.

Dr. Alan Wolfelt, internationally know expert and author in the field of grief and loss writes: “In my experience, remembering the past makes hoping for the future possible.  Your future will become open to new experiences only to the extent that you embrace the past.”  Many people who are grieving the loss of a loved one feel very alone in their grief.  The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is committed to offering support and companioning to those who are grieving.  Team members endeavor to provide a listening ear and a variety of ways for individuals to share their feelings about their loss.

The Service of Remembrance is free of charge and open to everyone.  Those attending are asked to bring a picture of their loved one to the service.  Please enter the main door at Ave Maria Village.  For more information about this service or the Jamestown Area Grief Support Team, call Diane at 320-4915.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  A second area SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training Class has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 17^th, 7:00 p.m. at the Gackle-Streeter Public School, 200 2^nd Ave East in Gackle.  An earlier class was held in Jamestown in mid-April.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist says, the class will be conducted by the Bismarck National Weather Service office.  The approximately two hour class, will focus on recognizing and understanding the different types of severe summer weather such as thunderstorms, down-burst winds, flash floods, hail, and tornadoes.  This free class, no registration necessary, is open to any individuals who want to become more familiar with how to identify severe summer weather.

Attending the class does not require an individual to become an official National Weather Service weather spotter.  If you’ve previously attended this class, attend again. It’s a great refresher that keeps you aware of the types of severe summer weather events in North Dakota.

This SKYWARN class is offered through a partnership between the National Weather Service and Stutsman, Logan and LaMoure County Emergency Management.  For more information, contact your respective Emergency Management office at: Stutsman County – 701-252-9093, Logan County – 701-751-6145, or LaMoure County – 701-883-6096.

 

(CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports an Oakes man died after rear-ending a disc plow pulled by a tractor Saturday night near Gwinner.

39 year old Oscar Castro, was  westbbound on Highway 13. A tractor driven by 63 year old Mark Wyum,  of Rutland was traveling from a field east of Gwinner to another field west.

Castro rear-ended the disc plow, suffering fatal head injuries. He died at the scene. Wyum was not injured in the crash. The tractor and plow had the lighting to legally operate on a highway at night, which were properly functioning at the time of the crash.

The Highway Patrol continues with the investigation.

 

Grand forks, N.D.  (CSi)  – Troopers in the North Dakota Highway Patrol were involve in a pursuit that ended in the City of Grand Forks Lowe’s Parking lot.  At approximately 2:00 pm, a call came out of a suspected reckless driver coming north on I-29 south of Grand Forks. Troopers attempted to stop the vehicle just south of the 32^nd Ave exit. The suspect vehicle was clocked by radar at 88 miles per hour.

The suspect vehicle slowed and pulled onto the 32^nd Ave exit and eventually into the Lowe’s parking lot in Grand forks and stopped.  The suspect was removed and arrested for DUI and Fleeing.  The pursuit reached a speed of only 30 mph.

The driver was a Jordan Ohman, 26 years of age of Arvilla ND.

 

 

 

Washington DC.  (KVRR) — It is a time to respect, honor and remember.

National Police Week events are underway in Washington, D.C. to honor fallen law enforcement heroes, including Officer Jason Moszer of Fargo.

KVRR reports Moszer’s name was among the 394 fallen United States law enforcement officers honored at the 29th Annual Candlelight Vigil.

Thousands of people filled the National Mall Saturday evening.

Chief Dave Todd of the Fargo Police Department was one of many Red River Valley officers who traveled to the nation’s capitol in honor of Jason Moszer.

“It’s our officer,” Todd said. “So to see our officer in a place that’s so special, it’s emotional. You’re proud of your officer, you miss your officer, we’ve been moving through the grief for the last year or so. We’re looking forward to not just grieving, but also remembering in a positive way the special guy that he was. I think this helps us do that, we remember the good things. He’ll always be a part of the Fargo Police Department, his family will always be a part of our family and this brings that all together.”

 

President John F. Kennedy declared the first Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 1962, as a tribute to peace officers and in honor of peace officers who, through their courageous deeds, lost their lives or became disabled in the line of duty. This day has been observed in our country annually ever since.

On this day, and every day, it is fitting to honor those peace officers who gave their lives to protect ours, and to thank the law enforcement officers who serve for their dedication and service to our communities.

In accordance with Flag Code section 7(m), the United States flag is to be displayed at half-staff for the entire day in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day, Monday, May 15, 2017. By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, as amended (76 Stat. 676), and by Public Law 103-322, as amended (36 U.S.C. 136-137), the President has been authorized and requested to designate May 15 of each year as “Peace Officers Memorial Day” and the week in which it falls as “Police Week.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Agents from North Dakota’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation have been called in to help verify the validity of signatures on a petition to recall Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary.

City spokeswoman Gloria David says in a statement that officials “have encountered discrepancies with the petitions that may involve fraudulent activity.” She says the city does not have the capability to investigate these discrepancies.

The petition came after critics accused the mayor of welcoming Dakota Access pipeline protesters to Bismarck.

The petition, which originally had about 2,500 names on it, needs 1,898 valid signatures to trigger a recall election.

Cody Schuh, one of the petition circulators, says he finds it a bit surprising that law enforcement is involved but confirmed a BCI agent questioned him about the petition.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opposition to the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline has boosted efforts to persuade banks to stop supporting projects that might harm the environment or tread on indigenous rights.

But calling the divest movement a success might be a stretch. It doesn’t appear to be keeping energy companies from getting financing, nor does it seem to concern the lending industry.

Pipeline opponents see victory in the fact that they’ve made financial institutions more aware of indigenous rights. They’re intent on keeping up the fight on projects such as Keystone XL.

Vanessa Green with the DivestInvest initiative says what once was an environmental movement now includes social justice and indigenous rights.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — State monitoring of the Ward County Jail will continue indefinitely in light of a finding that jail staff made two significant errors in health services in recent weeks.

The North Dakota Department of Corrections investigated the Ward County Jail after inmate Dustin Irwin died in 2014 after being transferred. A full-time monitor was put at the jail.

Sheriff Bob Barnard tells the Minot Daily News he’s disappointed the monitoring will continue. He says he felt jail standards were being met, and he says the incidents cited as reasons for the continued monitoring are being mischaracterized.

Corrections Director Leann Bertsch says in one of those incidents, a jail staff member failed to provide inmates with medication.

Commissioners are anxious to end the monitoring, which costs the county about $7,500 monthly.

 

 

STANLEY, N.D. (AP) — A redesigned North Dakota county courthouse is modernizing court and criminal justice functions while preserving the beauty of a historic building.

The  Justice Center in Mountrail County opened in January with the exception of the jail that is still waiting for certification. Construction began on July 14, 2015, exactly 100 years after the dedication of the original courthouse.

The Justice Center now houses the jail, dispatch center and law enforcement center.

Chief Deputy Corey Bristol says evidence that was once stored in an old vault now has its own room with improved security and storage conditions. He says the dispatch center also has new equipment.

The expansion also included the installation of new technology that allows video visitation within the jail and three courtrooms.

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown’s baseball and softball teams enter the NAIA national tournaments today.

Jimmie baseball 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.

The Jimmie softball team is in Sioux City, Iowa, for the Sioux City Bracket of the 2017 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round, beginning May 15, 2017 at the Elizabeth and Irving F. Jensen Softball Complex.

Joining Jamestown will be Reinhardt (Ga.) University, Ottawa (Kan.) University, and tournament host Morningside College.

UJ won the North Star Athletic Association conference tournament and enter the bracket as the No. 3 seed with a record of 41-19. They face Reinhardt, the 13th-ranked team in the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll in the first game at 2:00 p.m. Monday.

Morningside (39-10) is the number one seed and is ranked 10th overall. The Mustangs won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season title and match up against No. 4 seed Ottawa (37-17) at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Jamestown will be making its first NAIA National Softball Championship appearance since 1992.

The winner of the Sioux City Bracket moves on to the 2017 NAIA Softball World Series May 26-June 1 in Clermont, Fla.

NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round
Sioux City Bracket
May 15-17
Jensen Softball Complex, Sioux City, IA
Monday, May 15
Game 1- #2 Reinhardt (41-14-1) vs. #3 Jamestown (41-19), 2 p.m.

Game 2- #1 Morningside (39-10) vs. #4 Ottawa (37-17), 4:30 p.m.

 

Friday

High School Baseball…

Grand Forks Red River 3 Valley City 0

Grand Forks Red River 6 Valley City 1

Jamestown 12 Bismarck Legacy 1

Bismarck Legacy 3 Jamestown 2

 

High School Softball…

Jamestown 21 Turtle Mountail 4

Jamestown 23 Turtle Mountain 3

 

Saturday

High School Softball…

Valley City 7 Jamestown 6

Valley City 10 Jamestown 0  (5 innings)

 

High School Baseball…

Jamestown 6 Minot 4  6 innings

Minot 5 Jamestown 4  8 innings

 

Abby Kallenbach and Meghan Ford picked up  wins in helping the Blue Jays to the team title of the Al Cassell track and field meet in Jamestown on Saturday.

 

(VCSUVikings.com)- Valley City State University closed out The NSAA Track and Field Championships Saturday in Jamestown. The women finished 4th overall and the men 6th. The Vikings will have several athletes move on to the national meet which begins May 25th in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Confiscated hunting and fishing equipment in North Dakota will be auctioned off this weekend in Minot.

The North Dakota Wildlife Federation’s Report All Poachers auction in Minot is scheduled for noon Saturday at the North Dakota State Fair Center’s 4-H hall.

Items being auctioned include guns, fishing equipment, bows, knives, spotlights and coolers.

Proceeds from the auction fund the RAP program, which offers money rewards for information that leads to the conviction of fish and wildlife law violators.

 

MLB…

 

INTERLEAGUE

Final Chi White Sox 9 San Diego 3

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jason Kipnis, moved to the leadoff spot for the first time this season, was 4 for 5 with two homers and four RBIs, and the Cleveland Indians woke up from an offensive slumber in an 8-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.

Carlos Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall also homered for Cleveland, which had scored one run in 24 innings going into the game.

Trevor Bauer (3-4) allowed three runs in six-plus innings as the Indians broke a three-game losing streak.

Minnesota’s four-game winning streak ended, but Jorge Polanco hit a solo homer in the seventh, giving the Twins a home run in 15 straight games, one short of the club record.

Kipnis, who had been batting sixth, homered off Hector Santiago (4-2) to start the game and hit a three-run homer in the third off Adam Wilk.

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter has become the 22nd player to have his number retired by the New York Yankees, who held the ceremony before last night’s game against Houston. Wearing No. 2, Jeter captained the Yankees during much of a 20-year career that ended in 2014 and included five World Series titles and a team-record 3,465 hits. The Yankees also unveiled a plaque in his honor that will be placed in Monument Park behind center field.

Before the festivities, Chase Headley was in a 1-for-24 slide before supplying a bases-loaded triple in a six-run seventh that carried the Yankees past the Astros, 11-6 in Game 1. The Yanks trailed 3-1 until Starlin Castro’s two-run blast in the fourth and Aaron Judge’s major league-leading 14th home run. New York ended a three-game skid and handed the Astros their first loss in six games.

Game 2…

Final Houston 10 N-Y Yankees 7

 

Final Toronto 3 Seattle 2

Final Tampa Bay 11 Boston 2

Final Kansas City 9 Baltimore 8

Final Texas 6 Oakland 4

Final L.A. Angels 4 Detroit 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Miami 3 Atlanta 1

Final Philadelphia 4 Washington 3

Final Milwaukee 11 N-Y Mets 9

Final St. Louis 5 Chi Cubs 0

Final Colorado 9 L.A. Dodgers 6

Final San Francisco 8 Cincinnati 3

Final Pittsburgh 6 Arizona 4, 10 Innings

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

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry and Kevin Durant fueled Golden State’s huge comeback from a 25-point deficit in Game 1 of the NBA’s Western Conference finals, a 113-111 win over San Antonio. Curry scored 19 of his game-high 40 points in the third quarter, and Kevin Durant added 10 of his 34 points while the Warriors were staging a run in the final period. The Spurs finished without Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard, who had 26 points and eight rebounds before re-injuring his left ankle in the third quarter.

 

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have evened the NHL’s Western Conference finals at a game apiece by erasing deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 in a 5-3 verdict over the visiting Nashville Predators. Nick Ritchie broke a 3-3 tie late in the second period on an assist from Ryan Getzlaf (GETS’-laf), who set up three goals. The Ducks stormed back after Ryan Johansen registered a goal and an assist to help the Predators take a 2-0 lead 8 ½ minutes into the opening period.

 

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sylvia Fowles had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 70-61 on Sunday night in the season opener for both teams.

Fowles had seven points in the fourth quarter, scoring each time after the Sky twice pulled within three points. Rebekkah Brunson scored four straight to give Minnesota a 69-59 lead with 2:20 remaining.

Maya Moore added 11 points, but was 1 of 11 from 3-point range, for the Lynx, who lost in the WNBA finals last year and are ranked second in the AP preseason poll. Fowles, who began her career with Chicago, also had four steals and three blocks.

Tamara Young scored 14 points, and Jessica Breland had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Sky, ranked 10th in the poll. They never led.

Amber Stocks was short-handed in her coaching debut. Chicago, which traded leading scorer Elena Delle Donne, was without veterans Courtney Vandersloot, the starting point guard, and Allie Quigley, who are fulfilling obligations overseas. The Sky had 22 turnovers.

 

Final Washington 89 San Antonio 74

Final Dallas 68 Phoenix 58

Final Seattle 87 Indiana 82

 

MLB…

UNDATED (AP) — The Yankees say closer Aroldis Chapman will miss at least a month due to rotator cuff inflammation in his left shoulder. Chapman underwent an MRI Saturday after allowing a run while recording just two outs in the ninth inning of Friday’s loss to Houston. He told manager Joe Girardi that he was fine after he left the game, but he admitted to a trainer that his shoulder was sore.

 

Former big league umpire Steve Palermo has died at age 67 after being in poor health. Palermo broke into the majors late in 1976 and was still calling balls and strikes until 1991, when he was shot trying to break up a robbery in Dallas. The shooting left him paralyzed from the waist down, but he remained in baseball as an umpire supervisor for MLB.

 

 

GOLF…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — South Korea’s Si Woo Kim has become the youngest winner of The Players Championship. The 21-year-old Kim was nearly flawless in his final round at TPC Sawgrass, closing with a 3-under 69 with no bogeys for a three-shot victory over Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST’-hy-zehn). Kim gets $1.89 million for his second PGA Tour victory, and a three-year exemption to the Masters.

 

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