Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 17

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South

winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to

25 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest

winds around 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 20s.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain in the afternoon.

Highs in the lower 50s.

 

A very quiet and dry weather pattern will continue through

the long term.

Thursday looks to be the warmest day of the week, bringing afternoon

highs in the 60s with a few low 70s even possible.

The warm temperatures will be short lived as a

cold front associated with a Clipper dips south from

Canada on Friday.

Friday will see some gusty winds behind the cold front

Behind the front, highs will drop back down into

the 40s and 50s through Saturday before another brief warmup on

Sunday.

 

 

Jamestown  (JRMC)— Even with insurance, some women can’t afford mammograms and pap smears.

However, local community healthcare partners are working to fix that.

Guests on Wednesday’ Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, from Jamestown Regional Medical Center, JRMC Specialty Clinics, Manager, Patty Kline, and Marketing Generalist, Ally Knutson explained more.

Patty said, each year, Central Valley Health, North Dakota Women’s Way, Jamestown Regional Medical Center and the Jamestown Regional Medical Center Foundation partner to eliminate barriers for women to receive care. Again this year, those agencies will host No Excuses, which encourages women to schedule preventative screenings like mammograms and pap smears. No Excuses reduces common barriers to care like transportation, childcare, appointments during after-work hours and financial responsibility.

Ally explained that in Stutsman County, about 3 in 10 of women are not up to date on their mammograms, according to the Stutsman County Health Rankings. With the help of No Excuses, that number has improved from 4 in 10 in 2013.

In 2017, more than 20 women enrolled in the No Excuses program. Since its inception, No Excuses has helped more than 100 women receive these life-saving screenings. Because of No Excuses, women received services that some of them otherwise could not afford.

R.M. Stoudt and the summer Running of the Pink event, with funds raised allows offering No Excuses at no cost to individual patients.

In 11 years, R.M. Stoudt has raised more than $100,000 for women’s health programs.

In addition, while finances are often a concern when scheduling care, time is another. Women are often caregivers and prioritize others before themselves.

New this year, the community healthcare partners are offering a second No Excuses, specifically for educators and support staff.

The next No Excuses for educators and support staff is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 (Veterans Day). The traditional No Excuses, open to all women, is set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 and 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24. To reduce wait times, scheduling is preferred; however, walk-ins are welcome.

To learn more or to request an appointment, visit www.jrmcnd.com/no-excuses or call (701) 952-5348.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger reminds those with camper trailers, RV’s, and trailers of any type that  they must be removed from city streets by November 1, 2018.

After this date, vehicles found in violation will be tagged and impounded.

The police department appreciates everyone’s cooperation.

 

Valley City . (VCSU) – The VCSU Foundation has allocated an all-time record $1.623 million for scholarship support of VCSU students in 2018–19.

The record allocation represents a $198,000 increase (nearly 14 percent) over the 2017-18 allocation of $1.425 million.

“The foundation’s ability to fund scholarships at this level is a key factor in attracting students to campus and growing and maintaining enrollment,” said Larry Robinson, VCSU executive director of university advancement. “This large investment by the institution also helps minimize student debt load, an important consideration as our graduates enter the work world or go on to graduate school.”

The Foundation Office works closely with the VCSU Enrollment Services and Financial Aid offices in securing and distributing scholarship dollars to students.

The foundation relies on active annual giving campaigns and income from an asset base of nearly $15 million to fund its support of student scholarships.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says a staff member who helped gather names for a newspaper ad that identified some victims of sexual abuse without their permission is no longer with her campaign.Heitkamp tells KFYR-TV that she is still investigating how her campaign obtained the names. She apologized for the ad, which also listed some women who are not survivors of abuse.Heitkamp’s campaign on Wednesday declined to say whether the staffer was fired or resigned.

The ad that ran Sunday in several North Dakota newspapers was an open letter to Kevin Cramer, her Republican opponent, criticizing comments he made on Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health says the number of drug overdose deaths increased slightly in the state last year.

According to the Division of Vital Statistics, North Dakota recorded 76 drug-related deaths in 2017. That’s up from 68 deaths the previous year. The deaths include suicides and accidental overdoses.

Director Pam Sagness of the North Dakota Department of Human Services Division of Behavioral Health told The Bismarck Tribune last year was “pivotal” for North Dakota, since it was the first year state funding was appropriated to prevent drug overdoses.

The Department of Human Services is waiting for the final number of overdose deaths in 2017 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before determining how effective those efforts are, Sagness said. The CDC interprets the data differently to determine what constitutes an overdose death, she said.

In 2016, the CDC reports there were 77 overdose deaths in North Dakota.

However, preliminary overdose death numbers from the CDC show about a 5 percent increase from 2016 to 2017. Over the years, the state has seen a slowing in the increase of drug overdose deaths.

Sagness said the preliminary CDC data is “hopeful for us,” but she said the numbers could go up until the data is finalized.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says the invasive silver carp population is holding steady in the state and doesn’t appear to be growing.

The leaping fish was first detected in North Dakota in the James River in 2011, moving upstream from South Dakota when water levels were high during record summer flooding.

Invasive Species Coordinator Jessica Howell tells KFGO silver carp are surviving in North Dakota, but don’t appear to be reproducing. The carp are considered a significant threat to local aquatic species because they attack the food chain and the leaping fish have been known to injure boaters.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. is asking Turkey for audio and video relating to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi “if it exists.” The president on Wednesday called Saudi Arabia an important ally, noting it is an important customer for U.S. military exports. Turkish officials have said Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudis’ Istanbul consulate, which Saudi officials have denied.ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish crime-scene investigators have entered the residence of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul to search for evidence in the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. The search came as a pro-government newspaper published a gruesome account of the Washington Post columnist’s alleged slaying.

 

MOSCOW (AP) — Officials in Crimea say the casualty toll at a vocational school shooting in Kerch now stands at 19 dead and more than 50 wounded, many of them severely. Sergei Astrankin, the director of emergency medicine for Crimea, was cited by Russian state television as saying the death toll from Wednesday’s attack had risen to 19. One senior official said that 53 people were wounded in the Kerch attack, 12 of whom are now in serious condition.

 

MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Residents of hard-hit Mexico Beach are returning home for the first time since Hurricane Michael to see homes devastated by wind and water and pieces of their lives scattered across the Florida sand. Nancy Register sobbed uncontrollably Wednesday after finding no trace of the large camper where she’d lived with her husband Taylor. She was particularly distraught over the loss of a black-and-white photo of her mother, who died of cancer.

 

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Shifting demographics and politics in Orange County, California, have emboldened Democrats eager to flip four Republican-held U.S. House seats. The Southern California county was reliably Republican and white for decades. Now Hispanics and Asians together are the majority and more voters are registering as Democrats and independents. Decades ago, the home of Disneyland was a haven for candidates like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.