Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 25

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of light rain in the morning Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 30s.

Northwest winds around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. A 50 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph

shifting to the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

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

showers in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 30s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers possibly mixed

with snow showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation

40 percent.

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

showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

 

 

The strongest winds shift into central North Dakota Saturday night as they begin to decrease in the west.

Widespread chances of rain to develop Saturday afternoon and continue into Saturday evening, tapering off later Saturday night.

Rain may mix with snow over eastern portions of central North Dakota late Saturday night as the precipitation begins to taper off.

A cooling trend and modest chances of rain and snow next Monday night and Tuesday.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Stormwater Committee met Thursday evening at City Hall.

The committee heard from Kevin Smith of AE2S.  All members were present.

Smith gave a scope overview and brought the committee update.

He said right now the street and engineering department is funding the current stormwater management, at about $500,000 in 2019.

A stormwater utility would be funded separately.

He said stormwater management needs have been reviewed with city officials, along with the rate structure, and  generating enough dollars in the utility fees for the proposed utility.

As an example he said the city hall building’s fee would be $10 per month.

The fee would be $3 to $4 per month for the typical single family residential property.

State Hospital and Jamestown Regional Airport rates are being studied.

More meetings will be held with the higher rate payers.

No recommendations were made from the Stormwater Subcommittee to implement a storm water utility program.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.

 

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

POLICE & FIRE COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

No agenda items at this time.

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE:

A recycling collection update was given by Recycle North Dakota’s Ralph Freibel. He said the recycling center is now located at the former Coke Plant in Southeast Jamestown. He said the equipment to separate the recyclables is still in the installation process.  He said parking will be adjusted at the east side of the building as time goes on.

Then, a Garbage collection update was given by sanitation foreman Roger Mayhew.

He presented a map out-ling alleys where collection is problematic concerning safety issues with the new larger automated garbage trucks.  He said recycling has also been notified of the map. Council Member Brubakken said the effected property owners will be notified of a meeting with garbage and recycling officials.

 

With implementing the optional walk up garbage pick up, the cost is $20 per month, collected at curb side. The service is geared for residents not able to move their garbage containers to the street or alley.  Recycling issues with walk up are yet to be determined.

 

In other business:

The committee recommend approving Change Order No. 1, to Strata Corporation, for the 2018 Safe Routes to School Sidewalk District 18-21 (PCC Sidewalk, ADA Curb Ramps, and Incidental Items), for a net increase in the contract price of $2,219.88, and extending the completion date of the project by one day for the additional work.

The committee recommends approving considered Change Order No. 2, to Strata Corporation, for the 2018 Safe Routes to School Sidewalk District 18-21 (PCC Sidewalk, ADA Curb Ramps, and Incidental Items), for a net increase in the contract price of $4,446.20, to be completed in October or November, weather permitting.

Travis Dillman from Interstate Engineering gave an update on projects.He said the river cleaning is completed, along with the Safe Street to Schools project and the 5^th Street project is completed, along with the Northwest watermain project. He added that the new wall has finished installation at Frontier Village.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Arts Center will host Open Mic Night on Thurs Oct 25 at 7:30pm with Steve Kuykendahl.   All performers are welcome to share your talent with the community at our monthly open mic night.  There will be a sign up sheet at the door.

Please limit your piece to 10 minutes. A P.A. system, bass amp, guitar amp and music stands will be provided and facilitated by local musician Steve Kuykendall. The Open Mic night event will be moved back into The Arts Center gallery starting in September.    If you haven’t yet found the courage to get up on stage, you are welcome to just sit back and enjoy the local talent.

Jamestown (Chamber) Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors & the Young Professionals of Jamestown, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Professional Eyecare Centers to celebrate a new addition to their team.

Kristin Atwood, joined the Professional Eyecare staff in August.  She is a native of Borup, MN.  She attended Concordia College in Moorhead and graduated with a degree in Biology and then went on to get her optometric degree from the University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Optometry. You can contact Professional Eyecare Centers at 701-252-5000 for more information or stop by their business to congratulate Kristin and wish her success. This business is located at 210 10^th St SE in Jamestown.

Optometrists Doug Frohlich, Kent Fronk and Kristin Atwood along with other staff members joined the chamber committee members in the ribbon cutting celebration.

For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

 

Jamestown  (Chamber) Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and the Young Professionals of Jamestown presented the Customer Service Award for October to Joey Cotton of the City of Jamestown for his outstanding customer service. The chamber honors individuals who demonstrate a consistent commitment to delivering products or services that satisfy customers by exceeding their requirements or expectations.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division says two brine spills have been reported in the western parts of the state.

Both spills were reported Wednesday. Berenergy Corp. reported that 37,800 gallons of brine were released due to a pump leak at the Martha Thompson salt water disposal well northeast of Glenburn in Renville County.

The product was contained on-site and the entire spill has been recovered. A state inspector has been to the site and will monitor any additional remediation.

A second spill of 12,600 gallons of brine was reported at the Two Shields Butte oil and gas well, east of Mandaree in Dunn County.

Rimrock Oil and Gas Williston LLC says the brine was released due to a tank leak. Product was contained on-site, and cleanup is underway.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck State College will continue its partnership with Saudi Arabia to provide energy sector training despite international condemnation of the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the school’s president said.

President Larry Skogen on Tuesday called Khashoggi’s death concerning, but said the school will maintain its agreement with the Saudi government to train youth at the National Power Academy in Dammam, the Bismarck Tribune reported.

Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi kingdom, died Oct. 2 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Saudi officials have claimed that the writer’s death was accidental, but Turkish officials allege the killing was planned.

The Saudi narrative of what happened to Khashoggi shifted on Thursday, as Saudi prosecutors said that Turkish evidence shows the slaying was premeditated.

“We just have to watch carefully as these things unfold and whatever lead the United States and federal government, who’s in charge of foreign policy, whatever they’re doing,” Skogen said.

The college launched the program in September after months of negotiations. Bismarck State signed a five-year contract to provide curriculum and training to male high school graduates in Saudi Arabia, which is estimated to generate about $20 million for the school.

Skogen said the college received a $500,000 prepayment this fall and will receive its first quarterly payment in December.

The college aims to enroll about 200 students at the National Power Academy this year.

“We’re focused on educating the youth that we’ve been contracted to educate,” Skogen said.

 

In sports…

Seeking a fresh voice for their underachieving young players, the Minnesota Twins have made Rocco Baldelli the youngest manager in the major leagues.The Twins hired the 37-year-old Baldelli on Thursday, bringing the former Tampa Bay player, assistant and coach to Minnesota for his first job as a manager. He replaces Paul Molitor, who was fired after four seasons with a 305-343 record . Baldelli will be the first major league manager born in the 1980s.Baldelli spent the last four years on the staff of Rays manager Kevin Cash, the first three as first base coach. His role for 2018 was a newly created position called major league field coordinator, helping Cash and bench coach Charlie Montoyo with in-game strategy, working with the outfielders and focusing on the continued development of the team’s young players.Those were the magic words in Baldelli’s bio for Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey and general manager Thad Levine. They were effusive with their praise of Molitor for his acumen, character and flexibility, but the closest Falvey and Levine came to articulating a specific reason for Molitor’s dismissal when they announced it a little more than three weeks ago was a desire for deeper connections with millennial players in hopes of more productivity on the field.”Today’s player is increasingly demanding on coaches and managers relative to relationships and motivation and those sorts of things,” Levine said then. “We need to continue to try to put the resources around them that can service them, in this new generation of player.”Whether or not the 62-year-old Molitor could have done more, the 2018 season was a mess for center fielder Byron Buxton and third baseman Miguel Sano, the two players long groomed to be the franchise cornerstones. The Twins finished 78-84 after making the AL wild card game in 2017.The 24-year-old Buxton was again affected by injuries and struggled anew at the plate, so much that he spent the last four months in Triple-A. Though Buxton won a Gold Glove award in 2017 and has 46 steals in 51 career attempts, his on-base-plus-slugging percentage is just .672 in 306 major league games.The 25-year-old Sano also had a career-worst season in 2018 after making the All-Star team the year before. He spent six weeks in the minor leagues for a midseason reconditioning of his work habits and hitting approach and struck out 115 times in 299 plate appearances with the Twins.Prior to joining the coaching staff with the Rays, Baldelli was a special assistant in the front office of the team that drafted him sixth overall in 2000 out of high school in Rhode Island. Baldelli debuted with the Rays at age 21 in 2003, finishing third in the American League Rookie of the Year award voting after batting .289 with 51 extra-base hits and 27 stolen bases. He picked up the nickname “Woonsocket Rocket” for his birthplace city and his speed on the field.The only year as a professional he spent apart from the Rays was 2009, when he played in 62 games for Boston. In 2008, he drove in the go-ahead run for the Rays in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series against the Red Sox and homered for the Rays in Game 5 of the World Series the following week. Injuries hounded him for most of his career, however, and a rare disorder that caused muscle fatigue ultimately forced him to retire after the 2010 season.

Baldelli will be the 14th manager for the Twins since the franchise relocated from Washington in 1961, only their fourth manager since 36-year-old Tom Kelly took over in 1986 and their first manager hire outside the organization since Ray Miller in 1985.

Cash, who is 40, is the next-youngest manager behind Baldelli. The Twins under Falvey and Levine over the last two years have dived much more deeply into the data-driven era of the grand old game, with a particular admiration for what the Rays have pioneered. They hired Rays pitching analytics expert Josh Kalk as a senior analyst before the 2018 season, during which the Twins began copying Tampa Bay’s experiment of starting games with relief pitchers to maximize matchup advantages.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is hailing the “quick-witted work” of a security guard who alerted authorities to a suspicious device at Robert De Niro’s Manhattan office. Two officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that a person working at the building with a law-enforcement background called police after seeing images of a package bomb sent to CNN and recalling a similar package addressed to De Niro. De Blasio said: “Thank God there were no injuries.”

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blamed the media Thursday for a “very big part of the Anger we see today in our society.” Trump’s comments on Twitter come as law enforcement scrambled to find those responsible for sending pipe bombs and other suspicious packages to a list of prominent Democrats including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and to CNN. Authorities were intercepted more suspicious packages Thursday addressed to actor Robert De Niro and former Vice President Joe Biden.

 

 

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Associated Press has found that hospitals around the world are serving as makeshift prisons. First, they heal patients. Then, if they can’t pay, they detain them. The practice is generally illegal, but it is astonishingly common, occurring in at least 30 countries, in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. One expert calls it ‘the dirty underbelly of global health that nobody wants to talk about.’

 

ISTANBUL (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country is prepared to take “appropriate measures” with international partners following the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Merkel’s office didn’t elaborate on the warning Thursday following a call between her and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. In it, Merkel condemned Khashoggi’s killing at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul “in the sharpest possible manner” and urged the Saudis to “ensure a swift, transparent and credible investigation.”MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — The sprawling caravan of migrants hoping to make their way to the United States has set off again, forming a column more than a mile long as the group treks out of the town of Mapastepec in southern Mexico before dawn. Most had spent the rainy night on the town square where the municipality of some 45,000 people joined churches and volunteers in setting up portable tents offering some medicines and donated baby bottles, clothing and showers.