Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec 24

CSi Weather…

…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM WEDNESDAY

Forecast

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Widespread fog. Lows 15 to 20. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.CHRISTMAS DAY…Cloudy. Widespread fog in the morning. A 30 percent chance of light freezing drizzle in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area.

Highs in the lower 20s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of light freezing drizzle and

snow in the evening, then snow likely after midnight. Lows 15 to

20. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

.THURSDAY…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 15.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows 10 to 15.

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

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

 

Areas of fog through Christmas morning. Occasional visibility

under one-quarter mile is possible.

Freezing drizzle is possible Christmas afternoon and evening

across central and eastern North Dakota. A light glaze to a few

hundreths of an inch of ice is possible.

 

Update

Jamestown  (CSi)  A garage in Southwest Jamestown was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning as the Jamestown City Fire Department was called out to fight the blaze about 11:22-a.m.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, says, crews from Otter Tail Power and MDU were called to the scene to disconnect utility service.

He says, due to low water pressure in the area, a dead end street, the Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called in to provide water drop tanks to fight the fire, in the detached garage, at the alley behind the house..

The additional water was not needed, and Rural Fire was on standby at the scene.

The fire was under control, about 12:15-p.m.

The cause of the fire was not immediately determined.

Chief Reuther says there were no other structures damaged and no injuries.

Five city fire units, and 19 fire fighters were on the scene about two hours.

 

Jamestown  (JRMC)  — The Siek family got a special gift this Christmas – a dad who is done with cancer treatments.

Husband, father and grandfather Chris Siek rang the cancer center bell three times on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. He is the third cancer survivor to ring at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

“I’ve been ready for this for six months,” Siek said about his cancer journey.

Sanford Health Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Justin Rosenau, diagnosed him with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) on May 1.

The active 39-year-old was working a full-time and part-time job, in addition to caring for his family. His stay in a hospital felt like a prison, he remembers, because he couldn’t work or see his family. He wasn’t even well enough to attend his grandson’s first birthday, though he is confident he will attend the second.

Siek received about 100 arsenic infusions – three-hour treatments every day for four weeks at a time. Originally, he traveled to Fargo for those infusions. However, with the opening of the JRMC Cancer Center in July, life changed.

“It’s way easier to drive two miles compared to 200,” he said.

The day he rang the bell was a special one for his wife, Missy, and children, Mercedes, Ethan and Skyler. Also in attendance was Ashley, Skyler’s girlfriend and Easton, Siek’s 19-month-old grandson.

“Christopher has a positive attitude,” Missy said. “That helped the family quite a bit.”

JRMC opened the cancer center in July. It anticipated serving about 40 treatments each month, said Mike Delfs, JRMC President & CEO. Since October, the JRMC Cancer Center has served more than 100 each month.

“Building the JRMC Cancer Center took a decade of work. It’s humbling to see us serving the community in this way. It’s also bittersweet,” Delfs said.

Amongst the pride and excitement were feelings of sorrow.

“We know not every ending is a happy one,” Delfs said.

The same day Siek rang the bell, another patient chose to terminate service and go on hospice services instead.

The Siek family felt the same way.

Siek said he remembered a special uncle, Mike Doyle, who passed away from cancer in 2011. He was 56.

Doyle’s daughter and Siek’s cousin, Nikki Wibstad, attended the bell ringing in support of Chris.

“I’m emotional,” she said. She remembers how Siek and her dad drank coffee together and helped each other with house projects. “He was a special uncle to Chris.”

Now that treatments are complete, Siek said he’s looking forward to returning to work.

“I’m going back to full-time next week,” he said. “No matter what they say.”

For the family, they are looking forward to having their father back.

“It’s big man’s special day,” Missy said. “An extra special Christmas present.”

To learn more about the JRMC Cancer Center call (701) 952-3954 or visit www.jrmcnd.com/cancer.

Jamestown Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Sanford Health, opened the JRMC Cancer Center in 2019. The JRMC Cancer Center serves 100 people from Sanford and other healthcare organizations in the Jamestown area each month, saving more than 160,000 miles of travel each year.

Bismarck  (DPI)  The state Department of Education i

s encouraging public schools and early childhood care providers to apply for a grant aimed at strengthening the literacy skills of North Dakota students.  The dollars are coming from the federal Department of Education.

The grant will help schools and providers build on students’ reading, writing, and speaking skills, and will focus on benefiting children living in low-income homes, those with disabilities, children who are homeless or in foster care, and those who are learning English as a second language.

 

(AP)  A prison inmate who walked away from a halfway house in Fargo is back in custody. KFGO radio reports that Timothy Beaulieu Jr., 37, was arrested without incident Monday afternoon by tribal police in Red Lake, Minnesota, on a charge of public nuisance. A warrant charging Beaulieu with felony escape was issued after he failed to return to Centre Inc. after signing out on Dec. 5 to attend church. He was reported missing later that evening.

CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — The lone grocery store in a small town close to North Dakota’s largest city had planned to close it doors for good on Christmas. Instead the holiday just got brighter for the 2,500 or so residents of Casselton, located 30 miles west of Fargo. Store owner Fred Wrangler tells KFGO radio he decided to hire a new manager to help keep the business afloat while he looks for a buyer. Like other full-service rural grocery stores, Wrangler Foods is struggling to compete with larger stores in urban areas. Lawmakers are studying ways to keep rural grocery stores from closing.

 

In sports..

Jamestown  (uj.edu) University of Jamestown head baseball coach Tom Hager has announced two winter camps conducted by the Jimmie baseball team this winter.

On Friday, December 27, the Jimmies will hold their annual hitting camp at The Ball Yard in Fargo, N.D., for players in grades 1-12.

Grades 1-6 will be from 3:00-5:00 p.m. and the cost is $40. Grades 7-12 will be from 6:00-8:30 p.m. and the cost is $50.

The camp will include hitting fundamentals and instruction, bunting fundamentals and instructiion, mental approach to hitting, video analysis/evaluation, and drills and routines for improvement.

To register, please visit https://www.fmballyard.com/uofjamestowncamp

Also

The Jimmies will hold their annual skills camp on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Larson Center.

Camp for those in grades 7-12 will be from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. while grades 1-6 will be from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Cost for the camp is $50.

The camp will include hitting instruction, pitching/catching instruction, infield/outfield play instruction, base running, skills games, and strength training/agility.

Head coach Tom Hager and his staff, along with the Jimmie baseball team, will conduct the camp. Players are asked to bring their glove and/or bat.

Space is limited to the first 50 registered players in each age group.

To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/JimmieBaseballCamp

In world and national news…

(AP)  Major US stock indexes ended nearly flat Tuesday after an abbreviated trading session ahead of Christmas Day. The Nasdaq composite eked out a tiny gain, extending the index’s winning streak to 10 days and nudging it to a record high for the seventh day in a row. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with tiny losses. Industrial, health care and communication services stocks were the biggest losers. Those losses outweigh broad gains for retailers and homebuilders. The market’s modest pullback follows a strong winning streak for stocks that has propelled the major indexes to record highs this month.

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out as his Senate impeachment trial remains at an impasse, with Republican and Democratic leaders at odds over its format and whether witnesses should be called. Trump on Tuesday singled out Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is indefinitely holding up sending the articles of impeachment the House passed last week. He says Pelosi “hates the Republican Party.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has not ruled out calling witnesses but also indicated that he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either. Meanwhile, the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, says any trial without witnesses would be a “sham.”

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him “a nice present” such as a “beautiful vase” for Christmas rather than a missile launch. The president was asked Tuesday what he will do if North Korea does conduct a long-range missile test. The North has threatened to take unspecified action if sanctions are not eased by the end of the year, and speculation has centered on the possibility of a new missile test, possibly of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. North Korea has warned that its “Christmas gift” for the U.S. will depend on what action Washington takes.

 

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament has approved a new election law aimed at giving political independents a better chance of winning seats in parliament. That’s been a key demand for the hundreds of thousands of protesters who’ve taken to the streets for almost three months. Iraqi security forces have frequently responded with lethal force, killing at least 400 people. The new law enacted Tuesday changes each of the country’s 18 provinces into several electoral districts, with one legislator elected per 100,000 people. It also prevents parties from running on unified lists, which in the past have helped them easily sweep all the seats in a specific province.

 

HONG KONG (AP) — Clashes are continuing in Hong Kong between police and anti-government protesters, some of them donned in Santa Claus hats as the more than six-month-long demonstrations look set to move into the new year. Black-clad protesters smashed shop windows and police responded with tear gas and the arrests of a still indeterminate number of protesters. The protests demanding greater democratic rights show no sign of ending despite the overwhelming victory by anti-establishment candidates in elections for district representatives earlier this month.