Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 23

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds

5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms.  Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

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

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

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

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

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

 

A marginal severe weather threat is still in place for Tuesday

afternoon/evening.

Seasonably cool temperatures for the rest of the week with highs

in the 70s.

Mostly dry after Tuesday with a slight chance of thunderstorms to return Saturday.

 

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  The Crystal Springs Rest Area located on eastbound I-94 approximately nine miles west of Medina is temporarily closed until further notice due to maintenance issues.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Ave Maria Village 4th Annual, Fun Walk will be held on Saturday August 4th starting at 9-a.m., check in by 8:45-a.m.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 volunteer, Lisa Wagner said, all proceeds go toward the Private Room, Campaign.

The Walk helps to promote a healthy lifestyle at any age.

The entire community is invited to participate, at any fitness level.

Joggers are also welcome.

The course in a one mile loop around on the north side Ave Maria Village.

Walk the loop 1-3 times, depending on fitness.

There will be prizes donated by local businesses, along with live music.

Prize drawings at 10-a.m., must be present to win.

Heritage Center residence cost is $10, Ave Maria residents and children 10 and under are free.

Early Bird Special:

Walkers registered by July 27th, $20.

Seniors age 65 and older, $15

After July 28th, All Walkers $25

Registration forms available at the Ave Maria Village front desk.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  On Tuesday July 24^th at 3-p.m., at the Vault in Valley City, Nicole Borg will read from her debut collection of poetry, “All Roads Lead Home.”  The reading is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing and Open Mic.

Nicole was born in Jamestown, and split her childhood between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.  She says, place plays an important role in her poetry.  “All Roads Lead Home,” has been described as a ‘poetry road trip,’ taking the reader through the landscapes of the Midwest, Southwest, and the California desert, as the reading ‘rides shotgun,’  through the poet’s life.

In addition to writing, Nicole is an English teacher, and editor.  She has been published in: Lost Lake Folk Opera, Eclectica Magazine, and Nodin Poetry Anthology 2015.

She was a 2014 recipient of the SEMAC Emerging Artists Grant.   “All Roads Lead Home,” was published in April this year by ‘Up on a Big Rock, Poetry Series,’ an imprint of Shipwreck Books.  She currently lives with her husband and two sons in Southeastern Minnesota.

The Vault Self-Serve Coffee Shop, Bakery and Center for the Arts is located at 233 Central Avenue, North, in Valley City. Those wishing to participated in the Open Mic should bring an original poem or short piece of writing to shares.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Public works will spray mosquitoes on Wednesday, July 25th weather permitting, starting  about 7-p.m. and Thursday, July 26^th,  during morning hours, weather permitting.

Parents are advised to keep children and pets out of the streets and away from the spray machines. Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the area of the operation.

Any questions, call Valley City Public Works at 845-0380.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Buffalo Mall announces that the annual back to school “Stuff the Bus” to provide school supplies to needy students returns this year.

Buffalo Mall Manager Bev Dawson, says a donation site will be setup at the Buffalo Mall entrance or Gate City Bank beginning July 30th.

Buffalo Mall Manager, Bev Dawson says, “We encourage everyone to donate school supplies for area children in need.Our goal is to fill the school bus with backpacks, calculators, folders, notebooks, three ring binders and all the necessities for going back to school.”

She adds, that school supply wish lists are available at the Buffalo Mall and Gate City Bank. The donation period will wrap up August 16th.

Community Action Region VI will be receiving the school supplies and distributing to children in need.

Parents and guardians are asked to call 701-252-1821 beginning August 14th to make an appointment to pick up their children’s school supplies, and  bring in the school supply list pertaining to the students grade.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota securities and insurance agent has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison for swindling about 40 people out of millions of dollars over a 15-year-period.Authorities say 56-year-old Kevin Wanner, of Bismarck, financed a lavish lifestyle with money obtained through sham investments. His attorney maintained Wanner’s gambling addiction was the root of his criminal activity.Wanner was indicted in August 2017 and pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced Monday in a courtroom packed with both victims and family members. Wanner addressed both sides, tearfully apologizing.U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland called the case “sad on multiple levels.”Two Minnesota-based brokerages for which Wanner worked agreed earlier to pay $3 million to his victims.

 

Update…

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has rejected a former Minot city attorney’s claim that she was fired in 2014 in retaliation for a whistleblower complaint over sex-based harassment.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in February 2017 dismissed Colleen Auer’s complaint for lack of evidence, and she appealed to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That court upheld Hovland’s ruling on Thursday, the Minot Daily News reported .

Auer was employed by the city from March 31, 2014, until her firing on May 2, 2015. She reported acting City Manager Cindy Hemphill for sex-based harassment about three weeks into her one-year probationary term as city attorney, according to court records. She alleged Hemphill made impossible demands regarding certain aspects of her work, prevented her from performing other key duties and frequently required her to act against her better judgment as an attorney.

Hemphill fired Auer the next day. Auer accused Hemphill of violating state and local law by firing her without first consulting City Council members, but the council voted to ratify the termination under the reason of “insubordination.”

Auer then filed a lawsuit alleging the city retaliated against her for reporting sex-based harassment and discrimination.

The appeals court concluded Auer’s allegations were “unreasonable.”

“Auer’s only articulated basis for concluding she was experiencing sex-based harassment was that Hemphill unfavorably compared her work style to the previous city attorney,” according to the court’s opinion. “We cannot infer bias from so little.”

Auer later alleged Hemphill engaged in sex stereotyping by suggesting she should be more approachable, more open to feedback and less aggressive. But the court wrote that Auer never made a sex stereotyping report, so that could not have been the reason the city fired her.

 

Update….

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A Pelican Rapids man accused of abducting a woman from her home at gunpoint is being held in the Otter Tail County jail on a possible kidnapping charge and other felonies.Sheriff’s officials said Monday the 34-year-old woman was abducted from her home near Fergus Falls Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the man forced the woman to leave with him in his pickup truck. One of the four young children in the home called the father, who alerted authorities.The pickup was later spotted near Erhard where officers attempted to pull it over, but began a pursuit when the suspect fled. The pickup eventually got stuck in a field. Officials say gunshots were fired during the end of the pursuit, but they don’t say who fired them.The 39-year-old suspect is expected in court Tuesday.

 

Update…

PARK CITY, Mont. (AP) — Officials in south-central Montana have released the name of a 39-year-old woman who died in a rollover crash on Interstate 90 near Park City.

Stillwater County Coroner Terry Nuystul tells The Billings Gazette that Lorenda Lee Jenkins of Columbus, North Dakota, died Sunday morning.

The Montana Highway Patrol says a 39-year-old man driving the SUV overcorrected when it drifted off the road, causing it to roll.

Nuystul says the driver and three girls, ages 11, 15, and 16, were injured. The girls were ejected from the vehicle. All four were hospitalized and Nystrom says two remained in “very critical” condition on Monday morning.

The man’s most recent address was Crosby, North Dakota. One of the teenage girls was from Columbus while the other was from Crosby. Officials had not yet determined the hometown of the 11-year-old.

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (uj.edu)  University of Jamestown will now offer a Trapshooting Club to its students starting fall of 2018. The Club is co-ed, with male and female students competing together.

Trapshooting, also referred to as clay-pigeon shooting, is making a huge resurgence across the country.

Dean of Engagement & Student Affairs, Dustin Jensen says, “Both North Dakota and Minnesota have huge high school programs, so we believe it is important to provide what potential students enjoy and desire.”

 

UJ Director of Campus Safety, Liz Kapp, will be the Trapshooting Club advisor. Liz was born and raised in Jamestown, ND and has been involved in various capacities of law enforcement for more than 26 years. She is the President and founder of the North Dakota Women’s Law Enforcement Association. She is also on the Safe Shelter Board of Directors and is a member of SART (Sexual Assault Response Team), VFW Women’s Auxiliary, Jamestown Karate Association, and North Dakota Fraternal Oder of Police, as well as a past member of the North Dakota Peace Officers Association.

(She’s also running for Stutsman County Sheriff in the November election, against incumbent sheriff, Chad Kaiser.)

The Club will practice twice a week in September, October and April at the Buffalo City Gun Club. During the first year, UJ will host frequent inter-squad competitions, as well as web-based competitions against other programs in the region.  As the team grows, the University plans to incorporate travel into the team’s schedule.

 

Established in 1883, the University of Jamestown is a private, liberal arts university granting Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Science in Nursing degrees, as well as Master’s Degrees in Education, Leadership, Clinical Counseling, and a Fargo-based Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. With the Jamestown Journey to Success, emphasis is placed not only on preparing students academically in their chosen areas of study, but also on preparing them through a student-centered experience.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of a half dozen former Obama administration officials and critics of his presidency.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president is “exploring the mechanisms” to strip clearance from former CIA director John Brennan, along with former FBI director Jim Comey, former national intelligence director James Clapper and others.

Sanders is accusing the officials of having “politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances” as well as “making baseless accusations” against the president.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky tweeted earlier Monday that he was planning to raise the issue of revoking Brennan’s clearance at a meeting with Trump.

Brennan last week described Trump’s press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “nothing short of treasonous.”

 

 

Update…

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police spokeswoman Meaghan Gray says victims of Sunday’s mass shooting include eight women and girls, and seven men. Two victims and the gunman died.

Police chief Mark Saunders says a 10 year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were killed in the rampage in the city’s Greektown neighborhood. The 29-year-old attacker died after an exchange of gunfire with police.

He walked along a street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes. Saunders declined to release his name and said authorities don’t yet know his motive.

Saunders said 13 other victims have injuries ranging from minor to serious. They range in age from 10 to 59.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is echoing the combative warning to Iran against deploying any more threatening language toward the U.S.

Ambassador John Bolton says he’s spoken with Trump over the last several days and, “President Trump told me that if Iran does anything at all to the negative, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid before.”

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declines to say whether Trump had consulted with national security aides before sending his all-caps Sunday night tweet that warned Iran might “SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.”

She says: “The president consults with his national security team on a daily basis.”

 

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — An investigation of a tourist boat accident on a Missouri lake that claimed 17 lives will look at whether operators of the boat violated Coast Guard-issued limitations by venturing into the water as thunderstorms threatened and struck the region.

The Ride the Ducks in Branson tour on Thursday occurred as the area was under a severe thunderstorm warning. A storm that moved through the area generated near-hurricane strength winds.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Tasha Sadowicz says the boat that sank passed an annual inspection in February. But Sadowicz says the “certificate of inspection” places limitations on when boats can enter the water, based on wind speed and the height of waves.

Sadowicz says investigators want to know whether the boat violated the limitations, and whether operators were adequately monitoring the weather.