Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 5

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows near zero. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 10. Northwest winds around 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 10 below. North

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

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 10 to 15. Southeast winds 5 to

10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above. South

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after

midnight. Lows 10 to 15.

.SATURDAY…Snow. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the

afternoon. Highs in the mid 20s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow.

Windy. Lows 15 to 20.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Snow likely in the morning, then chance of snow

in the afternoon. Areas of blowing and drifting snow through the

day. Windy. Highs in the mid 20s. Chance of snow 60 percent.

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

evening. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the evening. Lows

5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 20.

 

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy

with a 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Lows 5 to

10 above.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs in the lower 20s.

 

 

This coming weekend, the possibility for accumulating snow across most if not all of western and central North Dakota.

Blowing snow will also likely be a concern  Saturday and Sunday. Uncertainty of higher accumulations at this time.

Those with travel plans should monitor the forecast closely.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

Approval of Consent Agenda Items:

Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Building Inspector, Auditor, Municipal Judge and Public Works Accountant.

Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of  $1,344,029.17

A Raffle Permit for Valley Quilters

 

Public Comments  No one spoke.

Ordinance

City Commissioners  approved the second and final reading of, an Ordinance relating to the annexation of a tract of land located southeast of I-94 and Exit 292, (described as Parcel 1B-1 and Parcel 1B-2 in Section 28, Township 140N, Range 58W, County of Barnes, State of North Dakota (parcels #41-2840415, 41-2830335)). City Attorney Martineck there were no changes from the First Reading.

Resolution

Approved was a  Resolution Adopting Updated Hydrology for the Sheyenne River from the 2012 US Army Corps of Engineers Feasibility Study of Flood Protection.  KLJ reported that under permanent flood protection, the study is being revised.

Approved a Resolution Creating Sanitary Sewer District No. 64.

City Commissioners approved a Resolution Creating Storm Sewer District No. 52

Approved was a Resolution Creating Water Main District No. 100

City Hall has specifics on each of these areas

New Business

The City Commission Approved a NDDOT Cost Participation, Construction, and Maintenance Agreement for Project No. SU-SS-2-990(053)057 (Wintershow Road, 4^th Avenue, 8^th Avenue SW and I-94 Exit 292 NE Ramp) Storm Drain, Manholes, Inlets and Seeding.  KLJ said state dollars will go toward the project along with a local share, handled through the NDDOT, with construction slated for later this year.

Approved was the  purchase of new hooklift and hoist truck/trailer for Sanitation Department. City Administrator Schelkoph said while not being the low bid the unit is the best fit for the garbage department.

City Administrator’s Report

David Schelkoph fore went his report due to the condition of his voice, adding that a report is forthcoming at the next meeting.

City Updates & Commission Reports

City Fire Chief  Scott Magnuson praised his department during recent calls.

He added that fire fighters have been busy digging out fire hydrants from under snow banks.

City Building Inspector, Dave Andersen said to prevent water line freeze ups to let a faucet run at a trickle about the circumference of a pencil.

Mayor Carlsrud thanked the city employees who work out in the cold weather, for being out there.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 The National Buffalo Museum’s  in Jamestown  Director, Ilana Xinos updated viewers on recent developments at the Museum.

She pointed out that the Museum is in the final phase of updates including the renovated exhibit space along with programming updates.  That’s in addition to the addition of the Bison videos and video room for visitors to learn more about the history of animal.

The National Buffalo Museum is open during the winter months Monday through Saturday from 10-a.m., to 5-p.m., then seven days a week with expanded hours from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

In addition, on our show was Rachel Johnson, who recently came on board as the National Buffalo Museum’s Collection Manager.

She said she’s been working with Ilana Xinos to inventory the present museum collections, and will be planning exhibits, and programming.

Jamestown Tourism Executive Searle Swedlund on our show added that the National Buffalo Museum is an important element in enhancing the visitors experience in Jamestown.

He added, this month the Tourism Grant Board will review requests for Capital Improvement Grants. Requests will be made by Jamestown Parks and Recreation for new Jack Brown Stadium bleacher seating along the first base line.  Another request will be from Jamestown Soccer for updated equipment.

Those requests submitted are heard twice a year, and due for submission by March 1, and October 1.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Public School Board  on an 8-0 vote, has approved the salary schedule for support staff, for the 2019-20 school year recommended by the Finance Committee.

Board Member Heidi Larson was not present.

Superintendent, Robert Lech said, recruitment and retention of quality support staff warrant the salary increase.

Starting salaries for cashiers, dishwashers, paraeducators and some secretarial positions will jump from $11.98 to $12.83 per hour.

Assistant custodians and assistant cooks increased from $12.74 to $13.74 per hour starting, while head custodians, groundskeepers, head cook and cashier manager positions increased from $14.21 to $15.22 per hour.

Three other higher support staff had similar wage increases. All wages have a step increase.

In other business Superintendent Lech said he along with the capital construction committee along  with Consolidated Construction put together a priority list for annual projects if the building fund were expanded by an additional 10 mills, or about $684,000 of the school district valuation.

Plans for the first year of the project includes a roof and two elementary school boilers, with the Gussner Elementary School boiler taking the entire second year budget with additional asbestos abatement.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) – Polar King in Jamestown will close its doors for the final time on March 24, with the close of business at 8-p.m.  The building and property have been sold.

The business has been owned by Tom and Deb Stroh since 1991 when they took over from her mom and dad, who just before that owned the store starting in 1984.

Prior to that, the business that began as Tastee Freeze, became the first Polar King location between 1964 and 1969, where Northwest Tire is now located on Business Loop West, before moving to the present Northeast Jamestown location.

Concurrently they owned and operated The Blue Jay Inn, that was located on 10^th Street Southeast, now the location of China Garden.

Deb says this building and property were recently sold with the building to house a non-restaurant business.

Deb will be a guest on an upcoming Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 at 8:25 a.m.

Be watching for the show date.

 

Jamestown (Cassue DuBray)   The North Dakota Region VI Homeless Coalition is partnering with regional businesses and organizations to provide bags of essential care items to people experiencing homelessness and or other hardships. The drive collections sites will be open March 6-April 21,

The Homeless Coalition is asking for donations of travel sized personal care items such as facial tissue, wet wipes, nail clippers, lip balm, Listerine, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, comb, etc., nonperishable snacks such as granola bars, crackers, gum, mints, etc . athletic socks, mittens, Small first aid kits, and feminine hygiene products.  Financial donations can be made on the Facebook online fundraiser page located at https://www.facebook.com/donate/371891753625967/.

Drop off sites will be located at:

Jamestown: Great Plains Housing Authority, Edgewood Senior Living, Triumph Inc., Trinity Lutheran, and Atonement Lutheran, Freedom Resource Center. The Jamestown Ministerial Association will also have a traveling box at each of the midday Lenten services.

Litchville-Marion Schools

Ellendale: Dickey County Social Services

In 2018, the Coalition packaged over 400 blessing bags, and these were distributed regionally to various organizations in nine counties.

For more information contact Pastor Susan Haukaas at Trinity Lutheran Church at 701-252-2841.

 

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a 15-year-old boy has died and four others have been injured in a crash involving a semi and SUV.The patrol says the driver of a GMC Yukon was heading east on Highway 23 near Watford City late Monday afternoon when it struck the back of a semi that had slowed down to make a turn.The boy who died was in the SUV as where the people who were injured. They include a 7-year-old boy, 11- and 14-year–old girls and an 18-year-old man, all from Mandaree.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s House has passed a resolution that would remove the names of universities and colleges from the state constitution.Representatives approved the resolution 56-32 on Tuesday.GOP Rep. Rick Becker of Bismarck sponsored the resolution, which now goes to the Senate for consideration.Opponents have long argued that removing universities and colleges from the state constitution is a thinly veiled attempt to close some of them.The Legislature passed a similar resolution in 1997 but state voters the following year resoundingly defeated it, with two-thirds of voters rejecting it.Another attempted resolution failed to make it out of the Legislature in 2013.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Food pantry operators in the Fargo area say there is an increase in the number of people seeking help with groceries.

The Emergency Food Pantry says the number of people needing help usually drops after December, but the last few months have been busy.

KVRR-TV reports the program’s executive director, Stacie Loegering, says more than 100 families came in to get food on three separate days in February.

The Great Plains Food Bank says it served a million more meals last year than it did in 2017, and that demand continues to increase.

Becker County’s Food Pantry says they’ve seen a surge in the number of people requesting its services. Officials say the program provides food for 1 out of 11 families in the county.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature are crafting a proposal that clarifies oil tax distributions but doesn’t reimburse a pair of school funds that some lawmakers say were shortchanged.

Land Commissioner Jodi Smith, who has been on the job since late 2017, believes that more than $120 million in state revenue from the oil-rich Fort Berthold reservation should have been deposited over the past decade in two constitutional funds that benefit schools. Instead, the money was spent elsewhere, she said.

Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner and House counterpart Chet Pollert, along with state Treasurer Kelly Smith, believe the state’s share of taxes from the reservation were correctly distributed based on guidance from the attorney general’s office in 2012.

Wardner and Pollert said North Dakota’s schools were not shorted money in the past, and blamed any problems with “ambiguous” language in the law that distributes the state’s share of taxes from oil production on the reservation

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man convicted in 2012 of stealing the identities of 38,000 people in a massive credit card scheme has been sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison on a separate charge of obstruction of justice.A federal jury in North Dakota in October found Michael Adeyemo guilty of lying about his name, date of birth and other parts of his background.Adeyemo was previously sentenced in 2012 to 18 years in prison for what authorities called high-tech bank robbery that cost banks millions of dollars. The case wound up in North Dakota because U.S. Bank, one of the victims, is based in Fargo.Prosecutors say they later discovered Adeyemo created a fictional version of himself under a different name and used that to successfully argue for a lesser sentence.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A former northwestern North Dakota law officer convicted of having sex with a teenage boy will not serve prison time if he stays out of trouble over the next three years.Bryton Dahl was accused of having sex with the boy while employed as a Williston police officer and as a McKenzie County Sheriff’s deputy. The boy was 16 and Dahl 22 at the time.Dahl was convicted last November of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor and faced up to five years in prison. Judge Benjamen Johnson on Monday gave him credit for about four months he spent behind bars and sentenced him to three years of probation.

 

EDMORE, N.D. (AP) — A pastor in Ramsey County has pleaded guilty to stealing from his congregation.

Donald Reynolds is accused of taking nearly $35,000 from High Plains Ministry over a period of 14 years. Reynolds has been sentenced to spend a month behind bars or complete 300 hours of community service.

Reynolds faced a maximum of 10 years in prison for felony theft. He was ordered to pay restitution and was placed on probation for three years.

The Bismarck Tribune reports Reynolds submitted false charges and received reimbursements from the Edmore church.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Another American Indian tribe in North Dakota is challenging the state’s voter identification requirements, which many Native Americans allege discriminate against them and suppress their vote.

The Standing Rock Sioux has signed on to a lawsuit that the Spirit Lake Sioux filed just days before last November’s general election, challenging the state requirement that a voter ID include a provable street address. Tribes allege that disenfranchises members who live on high-poverty reservations where street addresses are uncommon or unknown and where post office boxes are the primary addresses.

Spirit Lake sued in the wake of an October U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a similar lawsuit members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa filed in 2016. Justices allowed the state to continue requiring street addresses on voter IDs, though Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in a dissent that “the risk of voter confusion appears severe here.”

A federal judge refused Spirit Lake’s request to block the street address law for the November election. But tribes, with the help of advocacy groups, had already mounted an intense effort to get Native Americans to the polls with proper identification. It was largely successful, though an amended lawsuit complaint filed by the Spirit Lake and Standing Rock tribes last Thursday indicates it also was expensive, costing the two tribes a combined $14,000.

 

In world and national news…

BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — An expert says the deadly tornado that struck Beauregard, Alabama, apparently rumbled about 70 miles (110 kilometers) across two states, ending in neighboring Georgia. That would make it among the longest-lived tornado to touch down in Alabama.

That distance approaches the 81-mile (130-kilometer) track of a twister that killed more than 60 people and demolished much of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a “super outbreak” of several long-lasting tornadoes across the South on April 27, 2011.

Chris Darden, a meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service in Birmingham, said Tuesday that the tornado that struck Beauregard last weekend continued into Georgia. His colleagues were surveying damage from Sunday’s tornado, adding the final track would likely be around 70 miles (110 kilometers).

 

 

SEATTLE (AP) — Researchers say a London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant. It’s the second such success including “Berlin patient” Timothy Ray Brown.

Such transplants are dangerous and have failed in other patients. The new findings were published online Monday by the journal Nature.

The London patient has not been identified. He was diagnosed with HIV in 2003. He developed cancer and agreed to a stem cell transplant to treat the cancer in 2016.

His doctors found a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to HIV.

The transplant changed the London patient’s immune system, giving him the donor’s HIV resistance.

 

 

(AP)  The American Medical Association and Planned Parenthood have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule for family-planning grants which had been sought by anti-abortion activists.

The rule would bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals.

Clinics that receive Title X federal grants also would be barred from sharing office space with abortion providers.

Planned Parenthood provides abortions and other services at its health centers.

Title X was enacted in 1970 and makes family-planning services available to low-income individuals for free or at low cost.

Planned Parenthood says it will leave the program if the rule is implemented, forgoing $60 million in annual funding rather than obey the new restrictions.

Planned Parenthood serves 1.6 million of the 4 million women who get care through Title X.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio teen defied his mother’s anti-vaccine beliefs and sought his shots when he turned 18. Now he’s telling Congress it’s crucial to counter fraudulent claims on social media that scare parents.

Ethan Lindenberger of Norwalk, Ohio, says his mother loves her family but was manipulated by online conspiracies that left him vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. The teen drew national attention recently after going online himself to ask how he could get his shots.

Tuesday’s hearing, before a Senate health committee, comes as the U.S. is facing a large measles outbreak. While most children are immunized, health officials say pockets of unvaccinated families are vulnerable — and can spread infection to people who can’t be vaccinated, such as newborns and those with weak immune systems.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is building a new facility in El Paso, Texas, to help manage the ever-growing number of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Commissioner Kevin McAleenan says the facility will be a centralized location where migrants can get proper medical screenings and care. But he says it is a temporary measure and the system can’t support the increase in families, because they require specialized care and cannot be easily returned over the border.

Since January, nearly 100,000 families have been apprehended between ports of entry. From October through September 2018, about the same number of families was apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. There were about 400,000 arrests overall in the 2018 budget year.

McAleenan says families are crossing the border in dangerously rural locations at great risk to their health. Two children died in Border Patrol custody in the past few months.

 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Can the memory of Michael Jackson survive “Leaving Neverland?”

The documentary that aired for two nights on HBO gave the public graphic details of alleged sexual abuse from two men who say Jackson molested them as children.

Jackson’s estate and family say those claims are utterly false. But the film could bring a new reckoning of Jackson at a #MeToo moment when old allegations are ending careers.

So far, there has been no evidence of major damage to Jackson’s music or lucrative estate.

Oprah Winfrey interviewed the accusers in a special that aired after the documentary. She didn’t directly condemn Jackson, but she praised “Leaving Neverland” and treated it as truth.

Publicist Danny Deraney says it’s unlikely that a devoted, global base of fans will abandon Jackson.