– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 26

CSi Weather…

Valley City Area….

…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING…

* WINDS…Sustained northwest to north winds around 40 mph with
gusts to 60 mph.

SNOWFALL…Little or no additional snowfall.
* IMPACTS…Reduced visibilities in areas of falling and blowing
snow, making driving hazardous. Working on elevated structures
dangerous. Potential for property damage.

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

In addition to the High Wind Warning, there are other impacts to consider as well.

Wind chill readings are expected to dip into the single digits above zero by Friday morning. Ground temperatures will be warm initially, but as air temperatures fall Thursday night into Friday morning, and with the continued gusty north winds, roads could become slick in spots. Light snow falling with strong winds could also result in low visibilities. Stay tuned for additional information on this system over the next few days, but be prepared.

Warmer on Saturday and Sunday ahead of the next clipper system moving through our area on Sunday night/Monday, bringing gusty winds and chances of rain and snow showers.

The latest weather on CSi cable 2 and on line along with the latest road reports at CSiNews.Now.com

Forecast…

Jamestown Area…

..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING…

Valley City Area…

…HIGH WIND WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY EVENING…

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the evening in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

Windy. Lows in the lower 20s. North winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up

to 50 mph in the evening.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to

25 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20. West winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around

5 mph.

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

possibly mixed with snow after midnight. Not as cold. Lows in the

lower 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain in the

morning. Highs in the upper 40s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow possibly

mixed with rain. Highs in the upper 30s.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20. Highs

in the upper 30s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in

the evening, then chance of snow after midnight. Lows in the

upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain and snow

in the morning. Highs in the lower 40s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20.

Highs around 40.

Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol is urging all motorists to travel with care Thursday and Friday High winds are expected across the state, while winter storm conditions are possible in eastern North Dakota.

During inclement weather, high-profile, long-load type, and permitted over dimensional vehicles have restricted travel. North Dakota law restricts movement for these vehicles when wind or other conditions may cause the vehicle or attachment to swerve, whip, sway, or fail to follow in the path of the towing vehicle.

Federal regulations direct the operators of commercial motor vehicles (CMV) to reduce speeds when hazardous conditions such as snow, ice, sleet, fog, mist, rain, dust or smoke adversely affect visibility or traction. These same regulations direct CMV drivers to cease operations altogether if conditions become sufficiently dangerous, such as during a no travel advisory.

For more information, visit nd.gov/ndhp or contact the NDHP Motor Carrier Division at 701-328-5128.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council’s Police & Fire, and Public Works Committees met Thursday at City Hall. All members were present.

At the Public Works Committee meeting, Ralph Friebel, of Recycling Center of ND, Inc., (formerly Renaissance Recycling) in Jamestown provided an update of plans to commence service under the terms of the recycling agreement.

Friebel gave a background on recycling in Jamestown.

In 2008 his business approached the city to take over the recycling center, in Jamestown, and the drop off site was established in 2009.

He said the business’ ultimate goal was establish residential curbside recycling.

When the city requested establishing curbside recycling Friebel sought financing.

He said his business has spent $50,000 so far, with the contract process.

He added that financing issues are coming around to possibly being settled, with contact from the lender expected in the next two weeks.

He estimates the target date of starting residential recycling of January 1, 2018.

Council Member Phillips questioned if Friebel can get financing in place by then.

He said the recycling bins are yet to be delivered.

Used front load trucks should have the shortest lead time in the ordering process.

Mayor Andersen said next week the new automated trucks will be delivered, adding that city staff of garbage collectors are still on the payroll, until the staff is reduced when automated recycling starts.

The cost burden of financing the automated equipment stems from cost cutting of garbage collecting personnel.

She requested the city have more contact with the recycler, saying not have recent contact with Friebel led the city to consider hiring the second highest bidder.

Friebel said he has had recent contact with the city, that Jeff Fuchs confirmed.

He added that when the contract is implemented, glass will then be able to be collected curbside, stemming from a new agreement he has with a recycler.

He said a lease agreement is being negotiated with locating the recycling center, to the former Jamestown Coke bottling plant in Southeast Jamestown.

Friebel said the original contract indicated a startup date of July 1, 2017 with the stipulation of an extension over a reasonable length of time, if needed.

Council Member Brubakken suggested the city establish an agreement with the recycler of an extension and afirm startup date, and monthly updates.

The committee recommends a formal extension in writing, with penalties if the deadline is not met.

OTHER PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

The committee recommends entering into an agreement with CPS to provide the 2017 Annual Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Groundwater Monitoring Report.

The committee recommends moving to the November 6, 2017 City Council meeting the request of i3G Media (Two Rivers Broadcasting) to place a no larger than 8’ by 8’ building on a 10’ by 10’ pad at the fenced in water tower location at 1704 4th Avenue SW, also the water tower antenna site, to shelter equipment, adjacent to the CSi building there.

The broadcaster is yet to install an antenna.

POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE:

The committee consider introducing the First Reading of an Ordinance to adopt a section of the Code pertaining to prohibiting the use of a wireless communications device while operating a vehicle. (This ordinance reflects State Law NDCC 39-08-23)

Police Lt. Justin Blinsky spoke on each of the Ordinances, saying they related to the North Dakota Century Code.

The committee then:

Recommends introducing the First Reading of an Ordinance to adopt a section of the Code pertaining to prohibiting the use of a wireless communications device by a minor operating a vehicle. (This ordinance reflects State Law NDCC 39-08-24)

Recommends introducing the First Reading of an Ordinance to adopt a section of the City Code pertaining to failure to maintain control of a vehicle while the driver is distracted. (This ordinance reflects State Law NDCC 39-08-25)

Recommends introducing the First Reading of an Ordinance to amend and re-enact a section of the City Code pertaining to speed limitations. Including the 75 mph state speed limit statute.

The panel discussed introducing the First Reading of an Ordinance to amend and re-enact a section of the City Code concerning the expansion of entities permitted to obtain temporary special alcoholic permits within the City.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said amendments to the Ordinances were addressed, as related to State law.

He suggests the committee delay action until next month’s committee meeting.

City Attorney Leo Ryan asked that a subcommittee be formed to assist in drafting an Ordinance.

The committee voted to table and form the subcommittee.

The committee considered increasing the hourly rate for security fees to $50.00 per hour per officer and to increase the hourly pay to off-duty officers providing security to $44.00 per hour.

Mayor Andersen said the rates are double the current rate.

Council Member Phillips said she made the suggestion to increase the hourly rate, as officers use off time on duty to provide the security such as events at the Civic Center.

Lt. Blinsky said summer months have more events going on, at a time when it’s more difficult to find security officers, at required functions.

Fuchs pointed out if the county’s rate remains at half the city fee, if it would put more of a strain on the Sheriff’s office to supply security.

Civic Center Manager Pam Fosse said an event may not book the Civic Center if the security fees are too great.

Council Member Gumke suggested the city and county look at coming up with a standardized rate.

The committee recommends tabling and assign discussion to a combined discussion concerning special permits for alcohol permits.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum and some lawmakers are criticizing compensation for employees of a tobacco prevention agency that was shut down this year.

The Republican-led Legislature decided the Tobacco Prevention and Control Policy, or BreatheND, duplicated anti-tobacco efforts by the Health Department.

The agency closed June 20 and its nine employees were each given six months of salary and a cash payout equal to the cost of six months of health insurance. The severance package was a much sweeter deal than that given to state employees under a voluntary buyout program this year.

Eric Johnson, a Grand Forks physician who served on BreatheND’s executive committee and approved the payouts, defended them. He said they were “well within the limits of the law.”

They cost the state about $400,000 total.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Regulators say Enbridge Energy must publicly disclose its projections for potential oil spills from its proposed Line 3 replacement pipeline across northern Minnesota.

The data involves the probability of large spills at seven water crossings. Enbridge submitted it to the state Department of Commerce for the project’s environmental impact statement. But Enbridge had the agency redact the data from the public version, citing trade secrets and security reasons.

The PUC on Thursday agreed with an administrative law judge who determined that the data should be public, saying it’s not likely to cause a security threat.

Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge is seeking the PUC’s permission to replace the portion of its aging Line 3 pipeline that crosses northern Minnesota.

Environmentalists and tribal groups are fighting the project.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force nearly stole Christmas when it got involved in a friendly Twitter feud between the Minot Air Force Base and Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri about which air fleet was better.

KFGO radio reports that tweets from the official Air Force account said that if the two bases couldn’t get along, Santa Claus will “bring you nothing this year because he isn’t real!”

When the tweet received numerous responses on social media, the Air Force backed off its claim with a follow-up tweet. It said NORAD tracks Santa’s sleigh ride every Christmas Eve with its satellites, radar and fighter jets and it was only bluffing to get the Whiteman and Minot air bases “in line.”

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man and a Rhode Island woman are the first people to be sent to jail for protesting the Dakota Access pipeline.

Sixty-four-year-old Mary Redway and 27-year-old Alexander Simon were convicted Oct. 19 of misdemeanor disorderly conduct during the protests in North Dakota.

Redway, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced to four days in jail and Simon to 18 days. Simon comes from Fort Yates, North Dakota, but The Bismarck Tribune reports he’s teaching in New Mexico.

The Water Protector Legal Collective says the sentences show the judge’s bias because similar protest-related cases tried by other judges have resulted in suspended jail sentences or jail time offset by time served. The judge disputes that.

Protests against the pipeline resulted in 761 arrests from August 2016 to February 2017.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota city says it has regained its title of the center of North America.

Hanson’s Bar in Robinson snatched the title from the nearby city of Rugby last year because the city allowed its trademark to lapse.

Rugby officials say in a statement that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has returned the trademark to the city.

The debate over North America’s geographical center began almost 90 years ago when a respected federal mathematician stuck a pin in a cardboard map of the continent and recorded the coordinates of where it balanced on his finger.

Zealous leaders in Rugby saw the commercial potential and began promoting the town as the geographic center of North America, and in 1932 built a 21-foot-tall rock obelisk marking the supposed spot.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says her reaction to President Donald Trump’s declaration of an opioids emergency is: “Show me the money.” The California Democrat told reporters Thursday that Trump has proposed cuts in programs aimed at opioids abuse like Medicaid. She says everyone agrees Congress must pay attention to the problem, but adds that the president’s statements are “words without the money.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is praising the House passage of a budget as a necessary step for a tax overhaul. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement the vote “sets the stage” to give economic relief to Americans in the form of tax cuts and tax reform.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scholars and sleuths are waiting to leap on the release of the John F. Kennedy assassination files. The National Archives is due to spill remaining secrets from the files on Thursday, unless President Donald Trump has been persuaded by intelligence agencies to hold some back.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to a “very substantial” payout and is apologizing to tea party groups. It’s part of proposed settlements to lawsuits over the extra, often burdensome IRS scrutiny that the groups received when applying for tax-exempt status during the 2012 election. The settlements would close a chapter in a political scandal that dogged the Obama administration and remains a source of outrage for Republicans.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan says people aren’t interested in a Republican senator’s scathing criticisms of President Donald Trump. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake gave a blistering speech about Trump this week accusing the president of dishonesty and undermining democratic principles. A reporter asked Ryan Thursday if he shared Flake’s concerns, and Ryan said he thinks Americans don’t care about that.