Wayne Byers Show – Evening – June 7

CSi Weather…

.SATURDAY…Showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe.  Not as warm. Highs in the upper 70s. Temperatures falling into the lower 60s in the afternoon. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest in  the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph.  Chance of precipitation 90 percent.

SATURDAY NIGHT …Cloudy. Chance of rain showers and

slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance

of rain showers after midnight. Cooler. Lows in the upper 40s.

Northwest winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.

Chance of precipitation 40 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.

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

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

with a 20 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows

around 50.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.

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

Thunderstorms are expected through Friday night.
Some storms may be severe, especially from southwest into central
North Dakota. The main threats will be large hail up to golf ball
size and damaging winds up to 70 mph.

Thunderstorms are possible across all but northwest North Dakota
Saturday morning and afternoon. Severe weather is not anticipated.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) The James River Humane Society in Jamestown is participating in  “June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month.”

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Board Member, Jay Nitchke said a reduction in the cat adopt fee of $25 is available reducing the fee this month to $125 for an adult cat, or kitten.

The Shelter has more information, by calling 701-252-0747.

Jay added that the humane rescuing  of feral cats in Jamestown continues, pointing out that recently nine cats were captured in the humane traps, in the University of Jamestown area, four of which were kittens.  The cats will be spayed or neutered, and given shots, and checked for fleas, before being available to farmers as barn cats.

The Humane Society will have a fundraiser at Aaron’s on Business Loop West on Saturday June 15, from noon to 3-p.m. with a couple of shelter dogs and possibly a cat on hand.

On July 13 The James River Humane Society will hold a Rummage Sale and Grill Out at the Shelter located off the I-94 Bloom Exit from 9-a.m., to 1-p.m.

The Shelter will also have a float in the Buffalo Days Parade.

Upcoming Shelter improvements include…a floor seal for th Birthing/Puppy Room, replacing the railroad ties in the southwest kennels, plus tarps to be provided to shade the outdoor kennels.

Jay added that the shelter welcomes additional volunteers to care for cats and dogs from 5-p.m., to 7-p.m., weekdays and weekends.

Shelter supplies in need include cleaning supplies, litter, treats, paper towels, liquid bleach, rawhide chews, dog and cat toys, 39 gallon garbage bags, and postage stamps for mailings.

She said cash for aluminum cans, brought to Gerdau Ameristeel in Jamestown can be designated to be donated to the James River Humane Society.

The Shelter, located off the I-94 Bloom Exit is open everyday from 9-a.m., to11:30-a.m., and 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m., or by appointment.

Call 701-252-0747.. on line visit www.jamesriverhumanesocity.org

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County Planning and Zoning Board has approved a conditional use permit to locate a hot mix asphalt plant in Stutsman County.

The plant is 12 miles south and four miles west of Jamestown, and  will produce asphalt for area roadways.

The board on Friday also approved a zoning change process for new gravel pits that are used for public road projects, enabling  staff to approve the requests without needing to hold a hearing.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County  Personnel Committee will meet on Monday June 10, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Courthouse Commission Room/Committee.

Members will be discussing the County Salary Survey that was conducted.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police say a boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a home in Fargo.

First responders were called to the home about 11 p.m. Thursday where they attempted to revive the child. Police say the 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital.

No other details were released.

 

CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve recovered the body of a girl from a car submerged in the Red Lake River in Crookston.

The car was spotted floating in the river Wednesday afternoon before it sank. The Crookston Fire Department put a boat in the river and Polk County sheriff’s deputies located the car using a drone.

KFGO reports divers with the Grand Forks County Water Rescue Unit recovered the girl’s body, which was taken to the University of North Dakota Medical Examiner’s Office in Grand Forks.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong isn’t sold on President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexican imports aimed at cracking down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.

Armstrong, the state’s lone congressman and an ardent Trump supporter, is one of a growing number of Republicans opposing the tariff threat they believe could harm American consumers and manufacturers.

Trump has threatened to impose a 5% tax on all Mexican goods beginning Monday. The taxes eventually would increase to 25% and remain there “until Mexico substantially stops the illegal inflow of aliens coming through its territory,” the White House said.

Armstrong said he has not seen a concrete plan that would prove the tariffs would do anything to curb illegal immigration.

 

 

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An appeals court has lifted a judge’s injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S., but the developer has said it’s too late to begin work this year and environmental groups vowed to keep fighting it.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered dismissal of the lawsuit by environmental and Native American groups, saying President Donald Trump had revoked a 2017 permit allowing the $8 billion pipeline to be built.

Trump later issued a new permit, and the appellate judges agreed with Justice Department attorneys who say that nullifies the legal challenge involving environmental impacts.

The pipeline would ship up to 830,000 barrels (35 million gallons) of crude oil daily from the tar sands of Alberta through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska, where it would tie in to existing pipelines to carry the crude to U.S. refineries.

The ruling Thursday was a victory for TC Energy, a Calgary, Alberta-based company that wants to build the line, though company officials have said it already missed the 2019 construction season because of court delays.

“We are pleased with the ruling,” TC Energy spokesman Matthew John said. “We look forward to advancing the project.”

John did not respond to questions on whether the ruling would change the construction schedule.

In sports…

Valley City  (VCSU)  The annual Viking Scramble Golf Tournament is set to be played Saturday, June 8, in Valley City.

The 18-hole, 4-person scramble is open to the public and will be played at both golf courses in Valley City. Registration is $90 per person and includes 18 holes of golf, dinner, door prizes, hole prizes and an Under Armour entry gift.

Online registration is available at secure.vcsu.edu/vikingscramble/vp.htm?p=1452.

The event tees off with registration and a social hour from 8–9 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, at the Valley City Town and Country Club. A shotgun start is set for 9:15 a.m. at both the Country Club and Bjornson Park Public Golf Course.

In world and national news…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fiance of an unarmed woman shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer says every time he sees the alley where she died walking toward the police car he relives the moment.

An emotional Don Damond made the comments at Friday’s sentencing hearing for Mohamed Noor. Noor was convicted in April of murder and manslaughter in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The judge sentenced Noor to 12½ years in prison.

Don Damond says his “heart aches every day” and when he sees where she died approaching the police car. “In my mind I begged you to turn around.”

Justine’s father, in a statement read in court, asked for Noor to receive the maximum sentence. He says her death has left him incomplete, “as if I have lost a limb or a leg.”

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring slowed in May as employers added just 75,000 jobs, a sign that businesses may have become more cautious in the face of slowing global growth, trade fights and the fading stimulus from tax cuts and greater government spending.

The Labor Department says the modest increase follows a healthier gain of 224,000 in April. Hiring in the previous two months was revised lower by a combined 75,000. The unemployment rate remained at a nearly 50-year low of 3.6%. The job gains in May were the fewest since February.

In the first five months of this year, hiring has averaged 164,000 a month, a solid pace that is enough to lower the unemployment rate over time. Still, that’s below last year’s pace of 225,000.

Wages rose 3.1% from a year earlier, down slightly from last month’s gain of 3.2%.

 

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upstart Brexit Party has failed in its first attempt to win a seat in Britain’s Parliament, narrowly losing to the left-of-center Labour Party in a special election.

Labour candidate Lisa Forbes won the Peterborough constituency in eastern England by 683 votes over the Brexit Party’s Mike Greene.

The result, announced Friday, is a blow to the momentum of the months-old Brexit Party led by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage.

The party wants Britain to leave the European Union, with or without a divorce deal. That message has resonated with Brexit-backing voters angry at the country’s political deadlock. The party won almost a third of U.K. votes in last month’s European Parliament election.

The election was called after Peterborough’s previous Labour lawmaker was jailed for lying about a speeding offense.

 

 

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A top donor to the University of Alabama says he believes the school is punishing him after he called on students to boycott enrolling at the university in response to the state’s new abortion ban.

The university’s board of trustees voted Friday to return a $26.5 million gift to Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. and remove his name from the school of law. They say he made “numerous demands” regarding the operation of the school and that the decision had nothing to do with his call for a boycott.

Culverhouse, a 70-year-old Florida businessman, says he thinks the trustees reasoning is a “convenient lie,” adding that he believes they knew exactly what his expectations were when he made the gift in September.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials claim to be making progress in their effort to avoid import tariffs. But President Donald Trump is still threatening to impose them as he tries to pressure Mexico into stemming the flow of Central American migrants across America’s southern border.

Vice President Mike Pence, monitoring the talks from his travels in Pennsylvania, said Thursday the U.S. was “encouraged” by Mexico’s latest proposals but that, so far, tariffs still were set to take effect on Monday.

He added that it would be “for the president to decide” whether Mexican was doing enough to head off the tariffs. Trump has threatened to impose a 5% tax on all Mexican goods beginning Monday as part of an escalating tariff regime opposed by many in his own Republican Party.

 

 

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says a monitoring team should be deployed quickly to Sudan to examine alleged violations during this week’s military crackdown.

A spokesman said Friday that the U.N. rights office is seeking the cooperation of Sudan’s government to deploy the monitoring mission.

The spokesman in Geneva said the U.N. is “gravely concerned” about the situation in Sudan after more than 100 people were killed this week.

The office is urging authorities to investigate the use of “excessive force” against protest camps, including the alleged involvement of the Rapid Support Forces and members linked to atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region.

The office says that “accountability is crucial to avoid further bloodshed.”

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are targeting four vaping companies for inappropriately pushing their flavored nicotine products through so-called influencers on Facebook, Twitter and other websites

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday sent warning letters to companies that used paid social media specialists to pitch their fruity and candy nicotine formulas to their online followers.

The posts didn’t include a mandatory federal warning that the liquids contain nicotine, which is addictive.

The action comes as the FDA and other government agencies struggle to reverse what they call an epidemic of underage use of e-cigarettes. Researchers have tied the trend to a surge in social media posts about vaping, including company-funded promotions.