Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb 19, 2018

CSi Weather…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY…INCLUDES THE VALLEY CITY AREA…

.TONIGHT…Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the evening. Snow accumulation around 3 inches. Lows near zero. North winds

10 to 15 mph. Wind chills around 20 below. Chance of snow 100 percent.

.TUESDAY…Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow in the

morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon, with flurries in the Valley city area. Highs around 10.

Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Lowest wind chills around 20 below

in the morning.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 5 below. West winds

around 10 mph. Lowest wind chills around 25 below after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs 15 to 20. Southwest winds around

10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 5 below. South winds

5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in

the evening. Lows zero to 5 above.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 20.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

 

 

Snowfall Monday afternoon evening and overnight from southwest to northeast with accumulations ranging from 2 to 5 inches with the most intense snowfall occurring in the midnight to 6am time frame.

Tue night through Wed, overnight temps dipping toward 10 below, zero

 

 

Valley City,  (CSi)  The Valley City Downtown Streetscape Committee Meeting is Tuesday, February 20, at 7:30 a.m. at City Hall

Agenda Items

1. Approve Minutes of January 9 Meeting
2. Main Street Conference Overview
3. New Lighting Selection for the Outlying Locations
4. Green City Update
5. Phase Two Update
6. Town-Square Proposal

 

Jamestown  (UJ)  Hunter Carpenter, a junior at University of Jamestown, won the award for Best Classical Acting Performer in the Semi-Final Round of the Irene Ryan Auditions competition at this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), Region 5.

Hunter was nominated to compete in the Irene Ryan Auditions due to his performance as the title character John Merrick in UJ’s production of The Elephant Man.

UJ Theater Director, Mike McIntyre, says, “Hunter’s versatility and intensity were the keys to advancing in the highly competitive process that is the Ryans.”

In the Irene Ryan Auditions, nominees prepare multiple scenes with partners and solo selections. 315 nominees from more than 80 colleges and universities competed in the preliminary round on Monday, January 22. Hunter, along with scene-partner ReeAnn Christianson, advanced to the semi-final round of 66 participants on Wednesday, January 24. All semi-finalists who chose to include classical work in their repertoire were eligible. Hunter and ReeAnn’s winning performance was from The Learned Ladies by Moliere.

McIntyre continues, “Receiving the classical award is a very impressive honor not only for Hunter, but for ReeAnn, too, as his scene partner.”

KCACTF Region 5 encompasses North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. Awards were presented on Friday at the festival’s recognition ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Brazilian woman has been sentenced to serve more than three years in prison for a drunken driving accident in North Dakota that killed a passenger in her vehicle.Twenty-four-year-old Bruna De Paula Cardoso pleaded guilty in federal court to involuntary manslaughter for the September 2016 incident in Parshall.Authorities say Cardoso was driving about 40 mph in a 25 mph zone. Her blood-alcohol content was .130 percent, above the legal limit of .08 percent.U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ordered Cardoso to serve three years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised probation. 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden will headline the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Convention next month.

Biden is also appearing on behalf of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, as she seeks re-election to a second six-year term. In a news release, Biden said Heitkamp has been a strong leader who gets the job done for the people she serves.

The convention in Grand Forks is scheduled for March 15-18. Biden will speak on March 17. The former vice president has said he’ll keep his options open as he considers a run for president in 2020.

A presidential candidate twice before, Biden would be 78 on Inauguration Day if elected in 2020, a concerning prospect for some Democrats, even though he’s only a few years older than Trump.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A survey of North Dakota high school students shows the use of electronic cigarettes is surging among young people.

The Youth Tobacco Survey shows the number of teens using e-cigarettes at least once in the past 30 days increased from 1.6 percent in 2011 to about 19 percent last year. The number of young people who’ve tried vaping increased from 4.5 percent in 2011 to about 39 percent in 2017.

The Minot Daily News says the Youth Risk Behavior Survey found 20.6 percent of North Dakota high school students use e-cigarettes.

The program director for Tobacco Prevention and Control with the state Health Department, Neil Charvat, says the number of youth that just try vaping is huge and increasing. He says kids who will never touch a regular cigarette will try vaping.

 

In Sports…

COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL POLL

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Virginia strengthened its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 while Duke jumped back into the top five after a pair of impressive wins.

The Cavaliers earned 42 of 65 first-place votes in the poll released Monday. That’s 12 more than last week, when they reached No. 1 for the first time since the Ralph Sampson era.

The top four remained unchanged, with No. 2 Michigan State earning 19 first-place votes after rallying from 27 down to beat Northwestern. Third-ranked Villanova got the other four first-place votes after winning at No. 4 Xavier.

Fifth-ranked Duke jumped seven spots after beating Virginia Tech and Clemson despite playing without injured top freshman Marvin Bagley III.

Middle Tennessee checked in at 24th, marking its first AP Top 25 appearance in program history.

 

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL

LSU enters poll for the first time in 4 years

NEW YORK (AP) — LSU is back in the women’s AP Top 25 for the first time in four years while UConn and Mississippi State continue to lead the poll.

The Tigers came back into poll today at No. 24. LSU has won six of its past seven games to move into third in a very competitive SEC. That includes wins over Tennessee, Georgia and Texas A&M, who are all ranked.

While LSU returned to the poll, UConn remains the unanimous No. 1 team. The Huskies (26-0) received all 32 first-place votes from a national media panel. They were followed by Mississippi State, Baylor, Louisville and Notre Dame. The Cardinals lost to UConn by 11 points last Monday night.

 

 

In world and national news…

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students who escaped the deadly school shooting in Florida are focusing their anger at President Donald Trump, contending that his response to the attack has been needlessly divisive. David Hogg, a 17-year-old student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said: ‘You’re the president. You’re supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us.’

Hogg on “Meet the Press” Sunday was responding to Trump’s tweet Saturday that Democrats hadn’t passed any gun control measures during the brief time they controlled Congress with a supermajority in the Senate. Trump also alluded to the FBI’s failure to act on tips that the suspect was dangerous, while bemoaning the bureau’s focus on Russia’s role in the 2016 election.

After more than a day of criticism from the students, the White House says the president would hold a “listening session” with unspecified students on Wednesday and meet with state and local security officials Thursday.

 

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The suspect in the Florida school shooting appeared in court Monday for a procedural hearing about how legal paperwork would be handled in the case.

Nikolas Cruz said nothing when he made his first in-person appearance in Broward County Circuit Court. A previous appearance had been by a video connection from jail.

Cruz, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, kept his head down and did not appear to make eye contact with the judge or others in the courtroom, though he responded briefly to someone on the defense team.

The hearing concerned rules that will govern how documents are sealed. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said she was in favor of openness whenever possible.

Cruz is charged with killing 17 people and wounding many others in Wednesday’s attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which he once attended.

His lawyers have said he will plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to pursue the death penalty. No decision has been made on that.

 

 

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Canada’s women curlers are fighting their way back from a shocking string of losses at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

The Canadians nabbed an 8-3 win over Japan on Monday in the women’s round robin. Japan conceded the game early after a strong performance from the Canadians left them with little chance of catching up.

Canada’s women curlers are the defending world champions and came into the games as the favorite to win gold. But they fell to last place in the standings after losing their first three games. Monday’s game marks their third straight win, putting them fourth place in the rankings.

Korea and Sweden are now tied for first place in the women’s rankings, followed by Japan.

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate.

Instead, Trump has been raging at the FBI for what he perceives to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack.

From the privacy of his South Florida estate, Trump has vented about the investigation in a marathon series of tweets over the weekend.

Trump was last seen publicly Friday night when he visited the Florida community reeling from a school shooting that left 17 dead and gave rise to a student-led push for more gun control.

The White House said Sunday the president will host a “listening session” with students and teachers this week. No details were offered on who would attend.

 

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say four people who survived when a sightseeing helicopter crashed at the Grand Canyon earlier this month are still hospitalized in critical condition.

Three British tourists were killed on Feb. 10 when the helicopter from Las Vegas went down on tribal land outside Grand Canyon National Park.

The pilot and three other Britons were injured and taken to a Las Vegas trauma center.

A spokesman for University Medical Center of Southern Nevada says the four survivors are still listed in critical condition as of Sunday.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.

Preliminary findings are expected before the end of the month, though a full report won’t be done for more than a year.

 

 

QAIM, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington have helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremists’ rise remain.

The U.S.-led coalition, which launched the anti-IS fight in August 2014, is now reducing the numbers of American troops in Iraq, after Baghdad declared victory over IS in December. Both Iraqi and U.S. officials say the size of the drawdown hasn’t yet been decided.

Iraq’s regular military remains dependent on U.S. support. Many within Iraq’s minority communities view U.S. presence as a buffer against the Shiite-dominated central government. Still, Iranian-backed militias with strong voices in Baghdad are pushing for a complete U.S. withdrawal, and some Iraqis liken any American presence to a form of occupation.

 

 

LONDON (AP) — “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” has capped a winning evening at the British Academy Film Awards by taking the trophy for best picture.

The tragicomic tale of a bereaved mother in search of justice beat rivals including “The Shape of Water” and “Darkest Hour.”

Writer-director Martin McDonagh said a film about an angry woman who decides to act is appropriate in an awards season dominated by the campaign against sexual misconduct and bullying.

He said at Sunday’s awards ceremony in London that “our film is a hopeful one in lots of ways, but it’s also an angry one. As we’ve seen this year, sometimes anger is the only way to get people to listen and to change.”

The British Academy Film Awards are Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars.

 

 

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook will soon rely on centuries-old technology to try to prevent foreign meddling in U.S. elections: the post office.

Baffled in 2016 by Russian agents who bought ads to sway the U.S. presidential campaign, Facebook’s global politics and government outreach director, Katie Harbath, told the National Association of Secretaries of State on Saturday that the company would send postcards to potential buyers of political ads to confirm they reside in the U.S.

The recipient would then have to enter a code in Facebook to continue buying the ad. The method will first apply to ads that name candidates ahead of the midterm elections in November, says Facebook spokesman Andy Stone.

The plan was unveiled a day after special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians with interfering in the presidential election.