Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 17

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Chance of rain showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds

around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area.

.FRIDAY…Sunny.  A 20 percent chance of showers in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds

around 5 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to

15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and

slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the upper 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

 

There is a chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening

across western and central North Dakota. Severe weather is not

expected.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Sunday and Sunday night.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown informs residents that crews from Rehrig Pacific have distributed the majority of the brown garbage containers to Jamestown single family households, mobile homes and most multi-unit housing (apartment) facilities.

It was hoped that all residents with the old green containers would have received their new brown containers by this time. Rehrig Pacific has ordered additional containers and, at this time, the City of Jamestown is unsure of when the containers will be available for distribution.
In the meantime, the City will be distributing the old green containers this week to those residents who have yet to receive their new brown container. The green containers will be delivered to area residents’ front yards and can be used until the new brown containers are available.
Upon completion of delivery of the new brown containers to all residents, container size change requests will then be carried out. We continue to request the public’s patience as we work to resolve these issues and any other concerns as they arise.
If you have had your green container picked up and have yet to receive a new brown garbage container, please contact City Hall at 701-252-5900.
Any questions relative to RECYCLING, please call 701-320-9218.

 

 

Valley City (CSi)  The Valley City parking lot improvement project moves forward, on Friday August 18, 2017 as construction starts on the parking lot north of the post office and the parking lot west of the Viking Room building.

On Monday August 21st, construction will start on the Rosebud Visitor Center parking lot, being reconstructed into a concrete lot. A temporary parking lot will be designated to the west of the outdoor railroad exhibit near the Rosebud Visitor’s Center.

All of those parking lots will be closed while concrete work and the mill and overlay work is being completed.

Residents need also to be aware that the Valley City Public Works Office drop box behind the post office will be closed starting Thursday August 17th for about three weeks due to the parking lot repair work.

Valley City resident are being asked to use the drop box in the Public Works entry or in the office between 7:30am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday until the parking lot project is completed.

Updated maps for all parking lot closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s website www.valleycity.us/ when they are taking affect.

Questions may be directed to the KLJ office in Valley City at 845-4980.

Now open to the public are lots for the most part, finished.

Those  include the City Hall parking lot, the city lot north of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and the city parking lot south of the VFW Club. Friday August 18th, construction will start on the parking lot north of the post office and the parking lot west of the Viking Room building in Valley City.

Meanwhile, Crews are seal coating several Valley City streets applying oil to the paving surface and then covering the oil with rock chips.

KLJ reminds Valley City motorists to have their vehicles parked off the street in those areas allow the  contractor to complete the work.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  To supplement the projected 2018 budget shortfall,  the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority is requesting that the Stutsman County Commission grant a 3 percent increase in funding.

At Wednesday’s meeting on a  5-0  vote with members Craig Neys and Trent Sletto not present, the board requested the funding increase.

Jamestown Regional Airport Director Sam Seafeldt,  Mayor Katie Andersen and Authority member Mark Urquhart, with the  financial committee, discussed the proposed 2018 budget noting $656,440 in revenue and $727,650 in expenses, with a $71,210 deficit.

Andersen said the shortfall will be addressed either through finding additional revenue sources or by adjusting the budget’s expenditures.

The proposed 2018 budget includes a four percent increase in salary and wages, that were recommended by the Authority’s Human Resources Committee.

Also at the meeting, Seafeldt reported that Jamestown Regional Airport  in July this year, had 1,297 paid passenger boardings a new record.

So far August numbers this year area at 850 paid passenger boardings, adding that those numbers could still improve.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) – The Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center (JREC) hired Katherine Roth as its Executive Director. Ms. Roth began her new role on August 15, 2017.

Prior to her role at the University of Jamestown, Ms. Roth served in roles within the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she provided technical assistance to business owners and ensured resources were marshalled to these organizations, fostering their continued growth and sustainability.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, communication, German, and Spanish from the University of Jamestown.  Later she completed an MBA at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater.

 

Ms. Roth expresses her excitement at the founding of the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center, “The formation of the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center is a direct result of the vision of Dr. Robert Badal and Tena Lawrence at the University of Jamestown.  I am very thankful that I was able to contribute to the strategic planning process they have established.  The key participation of steering committee members has provided leadership and guidance to the development of the scope and direction of the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center.  The Center’s mission is to develop and launch successful businesses in the south central counties in North Dakota.”

 

The Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center will serve as a resource to help individuals analyze and develop business ideas with partnering agencies and specialists. The JREC is set to open in September. Although the JREC is an independent entity, it will be initially housed on the University of Jamestown campus in the Unruh-Sheldon Center. The location will also allow UJ students to become involved in the center.

 

Individuals interested in participating in the JREC should visit www.JREcenter.com or contact Ms. Katherine Roth at Katherine.Roth@uj.edu for more information.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  It’s been five years since the Deutscher family of West Fargo was killed in a head-on collision with an impaired driver on I-94 near Jamestown.

As part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, law enforcement statewide is honoring the family from August 18 through September 4, 2017.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol, along with the Barnes, Eddy, Foster, and Stutsman County Sheriffs’ Offices, and the Jamestown and Valley City Police Departments will participate in the increased impaired driving enforcement, and removing impaired drivers from North Dakota roads, coupled with education to the public to reinforce the importance of driving sober.

34 year old Aaron, 36 year old Allison Mickelson and  18 month old Brielle Deutscher, and the couple’s unborn child were traveling west on I-94 to Bismarck for a family reunion in July 2012, when their vehicle was hit head-on by a pick-up truck traveling the wrong direction on the Interstate. The driver of the pick-up truck was intoxicated, killing the Deutscher family and himself on impact.

In a joint statement, the Deutscher and Mickelson families said, “We continue to share the tragic crash that killed our children and grandchildren in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of others. These were real people whose lives were cut far too short by a terrible decision that was 100 percent preventable. The shock and pain that resulted from the crash were unimaginable, but we hope to turn that pain into change for the better.”

Alcohol is a factor in about 40-50 percent of motor vehicle fatalities in North Dakota annually. However, data from the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) shows that 2016 had the lowest number of alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities in ten years at 49, yet that was still 43 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities last year.

Stutsman County Sheriff’s Deputy, Damian Hoyt says, “By honoring the Deutscher family during our Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign, we hope to shed light on the consequences that come from impaired driving.  It doesn’t matter how long or short the trip, or how fast or slow someone drives – impaired driving is deadly. Always drive sober or designate a sober driver.”

The NDDOT administers federal grant funding as part of an overall effort to prevent deaths and injuries on North Dakota roads. Learn more about these and other traffic safety initiatives at dot.nd.gov,  ndcodefortheroad.org or join the conversation on the Code for the Road Facebook or Twitter page.

The Deutscher family has memorials on the North Dakota Crash Memorial Wall. To view their memorials, visit www.ndcodefortheroad.org/memorial.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A 19-year-old Bismarck man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Morton County.

The Highway Patrol says Bray Harrison was driving a car that collided head-on with a pickup truck on state Highway 25 about 10 miles northwest of Mandan. The crash happened about 6:15 a.m. Tuesday.

Harrison was dead at the scene.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a house while traveling an estimated 90 mph on a city street.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the crash happened about 3 a.m. Sunday. The car crashed through an unoccupied bedroom and two bathrooms, coming to rest on its roof in the yard.

A witness told police the car had become airborne after hitting a curb and then rolled, with four people crawling out and fleeing after it came to a stop.

Police later tracked down two of the passengers, one of whom was taken to a hospital with rib pain.

The incident is still under investigation, and no charges were immediately filed.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s largest livestock group and its biggest corn organizations have launched initiatives to help ranchers devastated by drought.

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association and its foundation have established the Hope for the Heartland Drought Relief Fund. Donations will be distributed early next year, with applications being accepted through the end of this year. A selection committee comprised of ranchers will decide who receives money.

The North Dakota Corn Growers Association and Corn Utilization Council are urging farmers to provide free or low-cost corn grazing or corn stalk bales to ranchers. Association board members have already contributed hundreds of acres and tons of bales.

Most of North Dakota is in some stage of drought. Many ranchers are selling off cattle they can’t feed or searching for affordable hay.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Tom Campbell, who cites Donald Trump’s popularity in North Dakota as a selling point for his U.S. Senate bid, says Trump didn’t intend to “be cold” in his handling of a deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia.

Campbell announced his Senate bid Wednesday for the seat held by Democrat Heidi Heitkamp. He says Trump would have been criticized no matter what he said about the demonstration that left three dead. Campbell says it was a “horrible incident” that was “an act of terrorism.”

Campbell, of Grafton, says he wants to partner with Trump, who won the state by 36 percentage points. Campbell says Heitkamp is “against just about everything Trump’s trying to do.”

Heitkamp hasn’t officially announced her re-election plans. A spokeswoman for Heitkamp declined to comment about Campbell’s announcement.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A former Democratic state lawmaker is running for North Dakota’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ben Hanson, a commercial real estate broker from Fargo, announced Wednesday that he is seeking the position that Republican Kevin Cramer has held since 2012. Hanson served in the state House from 2013 to 2016.

A spokesman for Cramer, who has not announced his political plans, did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment.

Hanson says Cramer has lost focus on issues that matter to North Dakotans and “instead has become part of the mess that is Washington D.C.”

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Natural gas flaring at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota has increased for the third consecutive month, raising concerns with state officials.

Lynn Helms is the director of the state Department of Mineral Resources. Helms tells The Bismarck Tribune that the capture of natural gas at well sites statewide was at 91 percent. But he says it was only at 79 percent on trust lands, and 81 percent on fee lands.

Restrictions on statewide flaring will go into effect Nov. 1. The current rate of flaring would be nearing the maximum limit.

Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mike Fox says the tribe has attempted to end flaring on its lands with policies. He says tribal law gives companies a year to flare, to provide time to connect to a pipeline.

 

In sports…

AA…

Fargo-Moorhead 13, Sioux City 2

Fargo-Moorhead 6, Sioux City 5Thursday’s Games

 

MLB…

 

INTERLEAGUE

Final L.A. Angels 3 Washington 2

Final N-Y Yankees 5 N-Y Mets 3

Final Boston 5 St. Louis 4

Final Houston 9 Arizona 5

Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Chi White Sox 4

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland at Minnesota 8:10 p.m., postponed

The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader today.

 

Final Kansas City 7 Oakland 6

Final Seattle 7 Baltimore 6

Final Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 2

Final Texas 12 Detroit 6

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Miami 8 San Francisco 1

Final Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 6

Final San Diego 3 Philadelphia 0

Final Chi Cubs 7 Cincinnati 6

Final Colorado 17 Atlanta 2

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

SEATTLE (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 16 points and Crystal Langhorne made a go-ahead basket with 11.1 seconds left, helping the Seattle Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx 62-61 Wednesday night. Loyd had a shot blocked on a drive but it fell to Langhorne in the lane for a layup to give Seattle the lead. After a timeout, Maya Moore missed a baseline jumper and Sylvia Fowles’ putback hit the bottom of the rim.

Final L.A. Sparks 95 Washington 62

 

College Basketball..

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota men’s basketball team faces a daunting five-game finish to Big Ten play, with trips to Indiana, Wisconsin and Purdue and home games against Michigan State and Iowa. The Big Ten revealed Wednesday the 2017-18 schedule, which was condensed by one week because the conference tournament in New York is earlier than usual: Feb. 28 through March 4.

 

Wild…

OBIT-TOMMY HAWKINS…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Hawkins, the first black athlete to earn All-America honors in basketball at Notre Dame and who played for the Los Angeles Lakers during a 10-year NBA career, has died. He was 80.

Hawkins died Wednesday in Malibu, according to the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom he once worked as director of communications.

He graduated from Notre Dame in 1959. Hawkins was inducted into the school’s Ring of Honor and his 1,318 career rebounds remain the oldest record on the books in Fighting Irish basketball history.

Hawkins was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the first round of the 1959 NBA draft. He played for them as well as the Cincinnati Royals, and notched 6,672 career points and 4,607 rebounds.

 

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