Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 12

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows zero to 5 above. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Not as cold. Lows 15 to 20. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Not as cool. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. West winds 5 to

15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.

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

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 10.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the

evening. Lows 15 to 20.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

 

Wednesday through Thursday, a combination of strong cold air

Increasing wind Thursday and Friday.

Mixed precipitation is possible before changing to all snow.

A stronger push of cold air arrives Friday-Saturday along with

another chance of snow, with a return to warmer temperatures.

 

 

Update…

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month, and making a return visit to The Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, were Sherilyn, Tara, and Braelon Geerdes.

About a year ago, Braelon was diagnosed with  the neurological disorder.

Braelon is a fifth-grader at St. John’s Academy, who was in a music class when she was 9-years old when the teacher noticed Braelon’s  face twitching and eyes rolling back.

That led to the diagnosis of epilepsy and subsequent therapy and a medication regimen.

Her mom, Tara, says Braelon continues with therapy, and regularly visits a Minnesota Clinic for tests such as EEGs, light tests, and she see a neurologist and neuropsychologist who continue to work with her, and track her progress.

Tara said that Braelon continues with twice daily medications, and has a rescue medication that can be taken when an epileptic event occurs.

She added that a seizure can also occur, not affecting Braelon’s brain, but the symptoms of body shaking are similar.

Tara said the teachers and staff and administration at St. John’s Academy are very support of Braelon, and given her assistance, in the event of a seizure.

She pointed out in addition to insurance coverage, a grant has been made, through the efforts and support of St. John’s Academy and St. James Basilica in Jamestown.

Braelon still participate in  sports, such as softball wearing head protection, and is active in other ways, playing the guitar, and the piano, and she  sings at public events.

She was recently invited to a National Epilepsy Foundation event in Denver, where she sang.

Braelon’s Grandmother, Sherilyn Geerdes said, locally events are held to raise additional funds for the Minnesota Epilepsy Foundation, which also serves eastern North Dakota.

She says more support in North Dakota is needed, pointing out that 1 in 26 individuals, children and adults, will develop epilepsy.

More information, including how to donate dollars, is on line at egmn.org, or by calling 1-800-779-0777.

 

Valley City  (VCSU)   Valley City State University has received approval from the Higher Learning Commission to offer the Bachelor of Applied Science in Management degree.

The new degree program provides a pathway for an individual holding an Associate of Applied Science degree—typically a graduate of a two-year technical program—to add knowledge and skills in business, management, leadership, communication and technology while acquiring a bachelor’s degree.

Valley City State University interim president, Margaret Dahlberg says,  “We’re excited about the opportunities our new B.A.S. program will provide for individuals to add to their viability in the workplace and for VCSU to contribute to workforce development and economic vitality in the state.”

Offered online, the program will provide an accessible, flexible means for those in the workplace to continue their studies without disrupting their existing work schedules.

By encouraging participation, regional and statewide employers can help develop management and leadership skills in their workforce, supporting internal paths for advancement within their organizations.

VCSU has already assessed interest in the program with employers and two-year colleges across the state; the program will be formally rolled out in 2019.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A woman accused of accidentally firing a gunshot into the occupied apartment below her in Minot has been sentenced to a year of probation.

Authorities say 28-year-old Jillian Eldridge, of Keller, Texas, was cleaning her boyfriend’s handgun on April 9 when it fired. She told police she did not think it was loaded.

The bullet came within a few feet of the man in the apartment below. The Minot Daily News reports he was shaken up but not injured.

If Eldridge successfully completes probation, a reckless endangerment charge will be dismissed.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A Mandan police officer who shot a man has been cleared of wrongdoing.

The Bismarck Tribune reports the Morton County State’s Attorney’s Office says it will file no charges against officer Leo Belgarde after a state crime bureau investigation into the Oct. 9 incident in which 26-year-old Jared Galusha was shot but survived.

Authorities say they were trying to arrest Galusha on warrants when he drove a vehicle in the direction of officers. Belgarde fired two shots, and one of them struck Galusha.

Galusha earlier had said he was shot once in the back and once in the rib cage as he put his hands up.

Galusha has been charged with reckless endangerment and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. Court documents don’t list an attorney for him.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s financially troubled synthetic natural gas plant in North Dakota could break even by 2024 following staff cuts and other cost-saving measures, the utility said.

Basin Electric CEO Paul Sukut recently announced recently that the Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah “is in a much better place financially today even than it was six months ago,” the Bismarck Tribune reported.

Plant operator and Basin subsidiary Dakota Gasification Co. has been struggling to compete with cheap natural gas made available by hydraulic fracturing in the Bakken oil field. The plant has suffered about $212 million in net losses over the past three years.

The cooperative experienced a net loss of $57.3 million in the first six months of 2018, well above the company’s $30.3 million loss in the first six months of 2017, according to its latest financial statement.

Utility rate increases have helped keep the cooperative afloat.

More than 300 Basin employees took buyouts in August. The plant also switched to operating at 85 percent capacity, rather than 100 percent, which allows it to meet demand for products and run its fertilizer facilities year round.

Basin CFO Steve Johnson’s financial report predicts that losses will continue at Dakota Gasification from $30 million to $50 million annually until 2024. But the cooperative expects a $550 million improvement over the next decade.

The company said benefits have outweighed losses by $1 billion over the plant’s 30 years in operation.

 

In sports…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.  (uj.edu)–  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has officially announced the teams and Opening Round pairings for the 2018 NAIA Volleyball National Championship. The 44-team event will get underway with 12 National Championship Opening Round matches at campus locations on Nov. 17.

The University of Jamestown will return to the National Tournament for the third straight season and sixth time since 2010. The Jimmies, ranked 24th in the latest NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, earned an at-large bid and will host Haskell (Kan.) Indian Nations University Saturday, November 17 at 3 p.m.

The top 19 seeds and championship host Morningside (Iowa) automatically advance to the national championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. Action inside the Tyson Events Center starts with three days of pool play from Nov. 27 – 29. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the elimination bracket on Nov. 30, and the national champion will be crowned Dec. 1 with first serve set for 7 p.m. CST on ESPN3.

This year’s field includes 33 automatic qualifiers, 10 at-large selections and one host berth (Morningside). The automatic berths are determined by regular-season champions, conference tournament title winners or runner-ups. The remaining at-large bids were determined by the final regular season Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll announced Monday. Final site pools will be determined on Sunday, Nov. 18, and released by 5 p.m. CST

The NAIA Network – the association’s official video-streaming home – will broadcast all 63 matches (including 48 pool-play matches) live at the 2018 NAIA Volleyball National Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. The video platform, powered by Stretch Internet, allows users access to live video, statistics and social interaction on a number of devices, including mobile. Single-day passes can be purchased for $9.95, while a pool play pass is $24.95 (Nov. 28 – Dec. 1) and a championship package is available at $39.95. You can also buy an All-Championship pass and watch every championship streamed on the NAIA Network in 2018. Buy your All-Championship Pass today.

Opening Round Match-Ups

St. Xavier (Ill.) at IU Kokomo (Ind.)

IU Northwest (Ind.) at Ottawa (Kan.)

Brescia (Ky.) at Central Methodist (Mo.)

Xavier (La.) at Corban (Ore.)

Texas Wesleyan at McPherson (Kan.)

Haskell (Kan.) at Jamestown (N.D.)

Faulkner (Ala.) at Marian (Ind.)

Bellevue (Neb.) at Trinity Christian (Ill.)

St. Francis (Ind.) at Aquinas (Mich.)

Coastal Georgia at Reinhardt (Ga.)

Milligan (Tenn.) at Cornerstone (Mich.)

Wiley (Texas) at Oklahoma City

 

Jamestown  (uj.edu)    Kristin Breaux (SO/Chino, Calif.), Dianne Miranda (SR/Tustin, Calif.), and Olivia Rivas (SR/Duarte, Calif.) were named to the Great Plains Athletic Conference second team as the GPAC released its All-Conference honors Monday.

Breaux was second on the team with five goals and finished the year with one assist and 11 total points.

Miranda was third with four goals and tied for second on the team with three assists.

Rivas scored one goal this season and capped off her collegiate career with her fourth all-conference selection, having received North Star Athletic Association honors the previous three seasons.

Earning honorable mention honors were Jaelyn Lowery (SR/Haleiwa, Hawaii) and Lauren Sayler (SR/Bismarck, ND).

Lowery started every game at defense this season and tallied one goal. Sayler posted an 11-5-3 record in goal, with a save percentage of 80.5 and a goals-against average of 0.84.

Jamestown finished the season with a record of 11-5-3 and were 8-2-2 in its first season of the GPAC.

2018 GPAC Women’s Soccer All-Conference Teams

 

Ruben Zepeda (SO/Puebla, Mexico) was named to the Great Plains Athletic Conference second team as the GPAC released its All-Conference honors Monday.

Zepeda led the Jimmies this fall with seven goals and 18 points from the midfield position. His four assists were second on the team.

Four Jimmies also earned honorable mention honors–defenders Kyle Fenske (SR/Savage, Minn.) and Hamish Mills (SR/Adelaide, Australia), and midfielders Jacob Grosvenor (SO/Christchurch, New Zealand) and Ben Prochniak (SR/West Fargo, N.D.).

Fenske scored two goals from his backline position while starting in all 15 of his appearances. Mills, the Jimmie captain, scored a goal and helped solidify the UJ defense which conceded just 11 goals over its final 10 matches.

Prochiak led Jamestown with five assists and tied for second with four goals, both career highs. Grosvenor started all 17 matches this season and was recognized for his value as a holding midfielder.

Jamestown finished the 2018 season 7-8-2 overall and 6-4-1 in its first season in the GPAC.

2018 GPAC All-Conference Honors

 

In world and national news…

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby says he expects further damage assessments to show that hundreds more homes have been lost on top of the 370 already counted as lost in Southern California’s huge wildfires.

Osby also emphasized Monday that about 57,000 homes have been saved from the so-called Woolsey fire, which burned along a path about 20 miles (32 kilometers) long and 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) wide.

Residents have been allowed to return home in some areas, but Osby says at least 200,000 people remain evacuated.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Osby says nothing has been ruled out.

 

 

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations says it is working with Egypt to broker an end to the latest round of fighting in Gaza.

The office of the U.N.’s Mideast envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, said Monday that efforts were underway “to ensure that Gaza steps back from the brink.”

It called for an end to rocket fire, and for restraint “by all.”

Palestinians militants fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel on Monday, as the Israeli military responded with a wave of airstrikes. The violence was triggered by a botched Israeli military raid in Gaza on Sunday in which seven Palestinian militants and an Israeli officer were killed.

 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comic book genius Stan Lee, the architect of the contemporary comic book, has died. He was 95.

The creative dynamo who revolutionized the comics by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk, was declared dead Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Kirk Schenck, an attorney for Lee’s daughter, J.C. Lee.

As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as its publisher, he revived the industry in the 1960s by offering the costumes and action craved by younger readers while insisting on sophisticated plots, college-level dialogue, satire, science fiction, even philosophy.

Spider-Man, the Hulk and X-Men were among the Lee creations that went on to become stars of blockbuster films.

 

 

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi says she won’t answer questions about a “public hanging” comment she made at a campaign event.

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said in response to repeated questions Monday that she issued a statement Sunday and has nothing to add.

A video published online Sunday shows Hyde-Smith at a Nov. 2 campaign stop in Tupelo praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.”

Hyde-Smith said Sunday it was an “exaggerated expression of regard” for a rancher who invited her to speak and “any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous.”

Mississippi has a history of racially motivated lynchings of African-Americans.

Hyde-Smith faces Democrat Mike Espy, who is black, in a Nov. 27 runoff.