Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 29

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows 5 to 10 above. Temperatures rising into the mid teens after midnight. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy.  Alight chance of light snow in the afternoon in the Valley City area. Not as cold. Highs in the upper 30s.

South winds 15 to 25 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. West winds 15 to

25 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Colder. Highs in the lower 20s.

Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Colder. Lows around 5 below.

Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs zero to 5 above.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs around 15.

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

Lows around 5 below.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the

morning. Highs zero to 5 above.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 15 below.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 15.

Strong cold air and brisk winds carry into Wednesday/Thursday.

Wind chills to 35 below are still on track for mainly northern

North Dakota into the northern James River Valley each night Wednesday

through Friday.

 

Light snow seems likely this weekend. There is the potential for

a few inches with this event. Very cold air and dangerous wind

chills are expected Saturday through Sunday.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi-Dr. Tim Bratton)  If the sky is clear early Wednesday morning, residents will be able to view a total lunar (moon) eclipse.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Tim  Brattoen said, this will be the second full moon of the month, a “Super Moon,” with the moon at its closest to the earth in terms of miles.

H pointed out that the color of the moon may range from reddish brick-red, or grey, affected by volcanic ash, or any lingering smoke from the recent California, and Canadian wild fires.

The next total lunar eclipse in North America will be a year from now, with a lunar eclipse visible primarily from central Africa and central Asia.

Wednesday’s time line is:

4:50 a.m.: The eastern rim of the Moon, which will be then 99.98% sunlit and 30.6 degrees above the WSW-W skyline, makes contact with the penumbra (the Earth’s fainter outer shadow).  The penumbra is so faint that it will not become noticeable for a half-hour or so, when the eastern part of the Moon might display a darker grayish tint.   Wearing sunglasses (of all things!) often heightens the contrast between the penumbra and the rest of the Moon.  Meteorologist and astronomer Joe Rao also recommends projecting the lunar image through a telescope eyepiece on to a sheet of paper; this too increases the contrast, and has enabled him to detect the penumbra within 33 minutes after the start of lunar eclipses.

5:48 a.m.: The partial stage of the eclipse begins when the Moon’s eastern rim makes contact with the Earth’s umbra, or darker inner shadow.  At this time Luna will be almost 21 degrees over the western horizon and 99.99% lit.

6:51 a.m.: Total eclipse begins as the Moon, now 16 1/3 degrees above the W-WNW skyline, moves fully into the Earth’s umbra.  Because some sunlight is refracted through the Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the lunar surface, the Moon is not darkened completely; it probably will be colored orange.  The “wild card” this year might be the smoke from the California forest fires; if enough soot is thrown into the atmosphere, the light reaching the Moon will be reduced, so that it appears reddish, brick-red, or grey.  I saw a total lunar eclipse near Cleveland, Ohio, in 1963 where the Indonesian volcano Mt. Pinatubo had thrown so much ash into the sky that the Moon disappeared entirely at mid-eclipse; except for a circular gap in the star field, nobody would have realized that the Moon was there!  What will pan out during this month’s eclipse?

7:27 a.m.: Full Moon occurs technically with the Moon directly opposite the Sun (which from a lunar perspective would be a total eclipse of the Sun, with the darkened Earth surrounded by a halo of fiery light).  At this moment the Moon will be just less than 5 degrees over the WNW horizon, 33.228 arc-minutes across, and 223,816 miles away.

8:04 a.m.: The Moon sets on Jamestown’s WNW horizon, mere minutes before its eastern limb exits from the Earth’s umbra.

8:08 a.m.: The Moon begins moving out of the umbra, returning to a partial eclipse stage.

9:12 a.m.: The Moon departs entirely from the Earth’s umbra, returning to the penumbral eclipse stage.

10:10 a.m.: The eclipse ends entirely as the Moon exits the Earth’s penumbra.

On July 27 there will be another lunar eclipse, but it will be visible primarily from central Africa and central Asia.

Celebrate the New Year with this spectacular heavenly event (and pray that the weather will cooperate!).

 

Jamestown  (CSi-JPS)  The Jamestown Public  School Board will be holding their February 5th meeting in the Media Center (Library) at the High School.

Students will be presenting a report on the Maker Space, 21st Learning.

After the meeting is adjourned, there will be demonstration of the Maker Space for all who join the board members.

The public is invited  to this new exciting 21st Century learning we provide at Jamestown Public Schools.

 

Jamestown   (CSi)  The City of Jamestown is currently accepting applications for the following:

One opening on the James River Valley Library System Board—3 year term to March 2021

Anyone interested in serving on the above committees/boards should complete an “Application for Appointment”. The application may be obtained in person at City Hall, 102 3rd Ave SE, Jamestown, ND, by calling 701-252-5900 or online at jamestownnd.org and select government tab/city committees to download the form.

The application should be returned by February 20, 2018, to:

City of Jamestown

Attn: Appointments

102 3rd Avenue SE Jamestown, ND 58401

 

Jamestown, ND, (Cassie DuBray) The North Dakota Region VI Homeless Coalition is partnering alongside of the Jamestown Ministerial Association, Triumph Inc, and Edgewood Senior Living to provide bags of essential care items to people experiencing homelessness and or other hardships. The movement provides “mercy boxes” where people can donate new and unopened travel sized personal care items, small pre-packaged non-perishable snacks, socks, and small first aid supplies. Drop off sites will be located at: Stutsman County Housing Authority, Triumph Inc., Trinity Lutheran, and Edgewood Senior Living. The Jamestown Ministerial Association will also have a traveling box at each of the midday Lenten services.

The mercy boxes will be available as collection locations beginning February 14, 2018 and lasting through April 2, 2018.  On Wednesday April 11, 2018, 1:00 p.m. at Edgewood Senior Living, Jamestown, ND the donated items will be assembled into Blessing Bags. Community members are welcome to attend this event.

In 2017, the Coalition packaged nearly 300 blessing bags, and these were distributed regionally to various organizations in nine counties.

What items can be donated? Please note that all items must be new and unused. Travel sized personal care items such as facial tissue, wet wipes, nail clippers, lip balm, Listerine, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, comb, etc., nonperishable snacks such as granola bars, crackers, gum, mints, etc . athletic socks, mittens, Small first aid kits, and feminine hygiene products

The need to actively care for people experiencing homelessness is growing. Per the annual Point in Time Survey in January 2017, there were 1,089 persons documented as experiencing homelessness with 178 being under the age of 18.  There were 331 out of that total which were considered unsheltered. This number is up from the 216 unsheltered on the 2016 survey.

 

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Fargodome has upgraded security at the stadium with walk-through metal detectors.

Fargodome general manager Rob Sobolik tells KFGO that stadium staff are being trained on the equipment and guidelines and protocol on what can be brought into the indoor stadium are being finalized.

The detectors may get a test run during Monster Jam this coming weekend and the Avenged Sevenfold concert the following weekend. The total cost of the new metal detectors is around $150,000, including wand detectors.?

The stadium is on the campus of North Dakota State University, but is owned by the City of Fargo.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota will begin a new program that offers care coordination and recovery services to people who are transitioning out of prison, on probation and parole, and at risk of incarceration.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Free Through Recovery program will launch Feb. 1. The program was created through the state’s justice reinvestment initiative, which put aside $7 million for behavioral health treatment for those on parole and probation.

Officials hope the program will reduce recidivism and helps former inmates battling drug and alcohol abuse. Fifteen community vendors across the state will provide services.

The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the state Department of Human Services began care coordination training last week. Peer support training for those who struggled with addiction will be offered in Bismarck this week.

 

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