Wayne Byers Show – Morning -Dec 26

CSi Weather…

TODAY…Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

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

with a 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Lows 10 to 15.

Southwest winds around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the lower 20s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows

10 to 15.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Windy. Highs

15 to 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.

Windy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs

15 to 20.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 10.

.NEW YEARS DAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.

 

Update…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Street Crews will move into the residential areas, to clear snow, starting at 11-a.m., Thursday.

City crews will continue work Thursday night at 11-p.m.,with Downtown Jamestown being cleared.

Downtown businesses and schools are to have their sidewalks cleared by 9-p.m. Thursday.

 

..A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT TRAVEL
SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS WEEKEND…

It is too early to know who gets what from this storm, but at

this point it looks like the higher snow amounts and higher wind

speeds should be across the eastern part of North Dakota, on into

South Dakota and Minnesota. The expectation, right now, is that

the area east of a line from Bismarck to the Turtle Mountains

would be impacted the most, but that expectation could change as

we get closer to the onset of the storm. The most likely timing

for the storm is Saturday through Sunday. The most likely impacts

are significant snow and wind.

If you have weekend travel plans anywhere in the Northern Plains

you will want to keep up to date on the weather forecast, and do

not be surprised if that forecast changes.

Make sure to check the forecast often as additional information will be provided as confidence increases.

 

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.

Video on scene at CSiNewsNow.com

On Christmas Day, the City Department responded at 1:13 p.m. to an apartment fire, at 734 11th Street Northeast in apartment, No. 16.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the occupants extinguished the fire, before the city fire units arrived, most likely caused by cooking. He says firefighters extracted smoke from the building and were on the scene about a half hour.

 

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 is 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.

Public school districts and early childhood care providers may apply for a share of the money.
Application instruction workshops will be starting January 14th.

(AP)  A North Dakota man who refers to himself as Baby Chapo in reference to the infamous Mexican drug lord is facing felony drug charges along with another man arrested by Bismarck police. The Bismarck Tribune reports that 19-year-old Geovannie Tapia-Nelson, 19, of Bismarck and 20-year-old Tristen DeMarrias, of Fort Yates, are being held on $100,000 cash bail. Police say Tapia-Nelson fancies himself after Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel who’s now imprisoned in the United States. A police affidavit states that Tapia-Nelson and DeMarrias are shown in Snapchat videos displaying drugs, weapons and cash.

GLEN ULLIN, N.D. (AP) — A family nurse based in a small North Dakota town is providing medical treatment for people with opioid dependence who are unable to commute to Bismarck. Rhonda Schmidt has treated about half a dozen patients from Beach, the Dickinson and Killdeer areas, and Grant and Morton counties since March. The Glen Ullin Family Medical Clinic where Schmidt works is about an hour’s drive west of Bismarck. Schmidt is the only one in Glen Ullin who can prescribe Suboxone to curb opioid cravings. Glen Ullin has a population of 713.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota firefighters are continuing a 30-year tradition of delivering gifts to children at hospitals in Fargo on Christmas Day. It’s a tradition that began in 1990 when the 3-year-old son of a Fargo firefighter was hospitalized and worried that Santa Claus would not be able to find him. The gifts this year are given in memory of Keaton Nelson, who made his Make-a-Wish be for gifts to be delivered to other hospitalized children.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Settlements from a lawsuit over a 2013 prescribed burn that became a wildfire on the South Dakota and North Dakota border have now cost the federal government nearly $900,000. The Rapid City Journal reports that two more settlements were filed last week in federal court, bringing the number of resolved claims to nine. The deals were for $170,000 to the Diamond Acre Trust and $7,500 to Jamie Herman. More settlements are likely. The suit remains open for four plaintiffs, all of whom were not able to come to terms during a settlement conference last month.

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

 

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…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s defense ministry says that a powerful suicide car bombing has targeted an army compound in the country’s north, killing six Afghan soldiers. The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, saying also that they captured the military compound. Shortly after the bomber detonated the car laden with explosives, a group of insurgents stormed into the compound, setting off a shootout with Afghan forces. The ministry also said that three Afghan soldiers were wounded in the explosion and the ensuing “terrorist attack.” The provincial governor’s spokesman said fighting inside the compound continued for hours before the attackers were repelled.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines has left at least 20 people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Catholic country. Typhoon Phanfone stranded many people in sea and airports at the peak of holiday travel, set off landslides, engulfed low-lying villages with floods, destroyed houses, downed trees and electrical posts and knocked out power in entire provinces. A disaster response officer described one coastal area as a “ghost town” on Christmas Day. The storm weakened slightly on Thursday as it blew into the South China Sea. Most of the 20 deaths were due to drowning, falling trees and accidental electrocution.

 

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Religious services and memorial ceremonies have been held in Indonesia and Thailand to mark the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Aceh province in Indonesia, the country which suffered the most casualties with more than 170,000 people killed or missing and assumed dead. The Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island and about 230,000 people died in a dozen countries as far away as East Africa. Tens of thousands of the missing have never been accounted for.

 

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People along a swath of southern Asia have gazed at the sky in marvel at a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. The so-called annular eclipse, in which a thin outer ring of the sun is still visible, could be seen along a path stretching from India and Pakistan to Thailand and Indonesia. Authorities in Indonesia provided telescopes and hundreds of special glasses to protect viewers’ eyes. Thousands gazed at the sky and cheered and clapped as the sun transformed into a dark orb for more than two minutes, briefly plunging the sky into darkness. Hundreds of others prayed at mosques.

 

 

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa’s Gov. Denny Tamaki has renewed calls for Japan’s central government to halt construction of a U.S. Marine Corps. base being relocated to a less-crowded area of the southern Japanese island despite vehement local opposition. Tamaki was responding Thursday to a defense ministry estimate that the project will require more than twice the time and costs earlier estimated due to the instability of the seabed being reclaimed. U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be moved from densely populated Ginowan to the previously undeveloped Henoko area on Okinawa’s eastern coast. Futenma’s current base is to be closed and returned to Okinawa. Japan’s government insists the relocation as “the only solution.”