Wayne Byers Show Morning – May 26

Keep a watch out for more information! And please remember these plans are all subject to change or cancellation is things go awry or Arts Center measures are not respected. The communities efforts to be as safe and responsible as possible when attending is greatly appreciated and will allow this loved summer event to continue. Thank you!

MOUNTAIN, N.D. (AP) — A 10-year-old boy has died in a utility terrain vehicle crash in northeastern North Dakota. The Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 4 p.m. Monday just south of Mountain in Pembina County. The patrol says the boy was driving the side-by-side UTV on a gravel road when the left side wheels left the road and the vehicle tipped on its side. KFGO reports the boy was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. He has not been identified.

PORTLAND, N.D. (KVLY-TV) — An unborn child has died in what investigators describe as an accidental shooting in Steele County of eastern North Dakota. Steele County Sheriff Wayne Beckman said in a statement that emergency responders were dispatched to a home near Portland Sunday night on a call about a pregnant 22-year-old woman with a gunshot wound. KVLY-TV reports that the sheriff said the woman was taken by helicopter to a Fargo hospital where the baby later died from injuries suffered during the incident. The woman was recovering. Portland is about 50 miles northwest of Fargo.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot police say they are investigating a homicide that occurred at a hotel on the city’s northwest side. Officers were called to the unnamed hotel shortly before 7 a.m. Monday and found a male victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. Community Ambulance transported the 43-year-old man victim to Trinity Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police say a 56-year-old Minot man has been arrested in the death. The victim has not been identified.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck woman is in custody after police say she led three law enforcement agencies on a chase through two counties. Authorities say officers stopped the woman’s car about 5 p.m. Saturday in Bismarck because it was suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run crash earlier. Officers say that when they got two males out of the vehicle, the woman slid into the driver’s seat and took off with two female passengers, one who got out of the car at some point. The Bismarck Tribune reports the chase ended in McLean County when the woman crashed into a utility pole and the car started on fire.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Police say the victim of an accidental shooting in Minot has died of injuries suffered last week. Authorities said Monday 37-year-old Connie Elizabeth Rod died at Trinity Hospital after she was shot in northwest Minot last Thursday evening. Police say the initial report indicated a male accidentally fired a gun striking Rod. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and later died. Officers continue to investigate the shooting.

MANDAN, N.D. (Bismarck Tribune) — A sparse crowd compared with previous Memorial Days gathered at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery near Mandan. The North Dakota National Guard livestreamed the ceremony so a crowd wouldn’t gather as the state continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus. Many people paid their respects and left. About 3,000 people watched online, the Bismarck Tribune reports, close to the number that usually attend in person. About 50 of those viewers were overseas. The ceremony opened with a flyover by two helicopters. Those in attendance paused and listened to remarks from Gov. Doug Burgum and the state’s two senators.

In Sports…

Jamestown (CSi) The opening races at Jamestown Speedway for the 2020 season is on June 6 with a limited number of fans on hand for both safety and sustainability.

Ticket sales will initially be kept to about 750 fans, who will be asked to socially distance themselves in family groups throughout the grandstand. Tickets are sold at the gate.

Jamestown Speedway owners Tim and Allison Baldwin point out the track will be operating under what state and local authorities guidelines, and will amend or suspend activities if instructed to do so by the Governor’s office or the North Dakota Department of Health.

Fans will have access to hand sanitizer stations, and are encouraged to bring their own sanitizer. Self-serve condiments will not be available at the concessions area and waiting lines will be marked off in six-foot increments to observe social distancing. If you don’t live together, don’t sit together.

Due to being a week late in starting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 13 race dates comprise the reworked schedule.

It includes NOSA sprint cars on July 25 and the NLRA late models on August 22. The 49th annual Stock Car Stampede is planned for September 25-26 and the first Don Gumke Racers’ Memorial is planned for June 13.

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley, Pheasant Forever Banquet is now planned for Friday, October 2, 2020,at the Jamestown Knight’s of Columbus Hall.

All tickets and sponsorships for the March 27 banquet will be honored at the October 2 banquet.

PANDEMIC AFFECT ON SPORTS…

TORONTO (AP) — The NHL is hoping to move to Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol early next month. That includes opening practice facilities and allowing small group workouts.

Six players will be allowed in team facilities at one time for the voluntary workouts. No on-ice coaching or instruction is permitted.

A 22-page memo detailing the plan stresses there’s no exact date for the start of Phase 2 or a timetable for how long it will last.

The NHL season was paused March 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

JAPAN-BASEBALL RESUMES

Japanese baseball season to start on June 19 without fans

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s professional baseball season will open on June 19 under a plan that excludes fans.

League commissioner Atsushi Saito made the announcement Monday after an online meeting with representatives of the league’s 12 teams.

He said, “I hope we can provide some guidance for sports other than professional baseball.

The announcement came as the state of emergency was lifted in Tokyo and on the northern island of Hokkaido by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The state of emergency was lifted earlier this month for other parts of the country. Teams can being practice games on June 2.

The season was to have begun on March 20 but the start was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan has reported about 850 deaths from COVID-19.

Japan joins South Korea and Taiwan whose leagues are open and playing largely without fans.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-GEORGETOWN-EWING

Patrick Ewing released from hospital

UNDATED (AP) — Patrick Ewing’s son says the Georgetown basketball coach and former NBA great has been released from the hospital and is recovering from COVID-19 at home.

The 57-year-old Hall of Famer who played for the Hoyas in college and the New York Knicks for 15 seasons announced Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus and was being treated at a hospital.

Patrick Ewing Jr. said three days later on Twitter that his father was getting better and thanked the doctors and nurses who looked after him during his hospital stay. He also thanked fans for their thoughts and prayers.

The elder Ewing became Georgetown’s coach in 2017.

Here are other stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic:

— The National Women’s Soccer League says players may start training in small groups, provided it is done under league protocols and meets the requirements of local authorities. Teams will be able to progress to full team training on May 30 once they complete five days of small group training. The NWSL season was originally scheduled to start April 18. The league allowed voluntary individual outdoor workouts on May 6.

— Spanish league clubs are now allowed to train with groups of up to 14 players as the league stays on track to restart in less than three weeks. Only 10 players had been allowed in group training last week because of confinement restrictions that are gradually being lifted across the hard-hit southern European nation. Nearly 30,000 people have died with COVID-19 in Spain.

— Europe’s top basketball league has canceled the remainder of its season because of the coronavirus pandemic. It says health concerns had to be paramount despite numerous attempts to find ways to resume play. The EuroLeague is composed of 18 teams across 10 European nations. It had been suspended since March 12. League officials say they “explored every possible option” in trying to find a way to resume the season.

— The French tennis federation will set aside $9.8 million for its players who financially struggle as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The money will come from a larger $38.1 million support plan for French tennis as a whole. It will go to the players ranked outside the Top 100 who won’t receive any compensation from tennis’ international governing bodies.

— The Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) is making a formal request to postpone next year’s Alpine skiing world championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo until March 2022. Moving the worlds to March, 2022 would put the event one month after the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

— Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the swift development of vaccines and effective treatments for COVID-19 are priorities towards achieving the Tokyo Olympics next year. Abe says recovery from the coronavirus pandemic only in Japan would not be enough to hold the Games because it involves spectators and athletes from around the world. Japan and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to postpone the Games by one year to July 2021. Experts say developing an effective and safe vaccine by the Games next year will be difficult.

GOLF-CHARITY MATCH RATINGS

PGA, NFL stars attract nearly 6 million viewers in TV match

ATLANTA (AP) — Two of the biggest names from the PGA Tour and the NFL proved to be must-see TV.

Turner Sports said the Sunday telecast of “The Match: Champions for Charity” attracted an average of 5.8 million viewers across four of its networks. Turner says it was the most-watched golf telecast in cable TV history.

It said the previous record was 4.9 million viewers on ESPN at the 2010 Masters, the year Tiger Woods returned to golf for the first time since the scandal in his personal life.

Woods and Peyton Manning scored a 1-up victory over Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady at Medalist Golf Club, a match that featured high entertainment with shots and with words, along with raising $20 million for COVID-19 relief funds.

The peak was 6.3 million average viewers from 5:45 to 6 p.m. EDT. That was about the time Brady, who had been lampooned on social media for his golf skills, silenced analyst Charles Barkley by holing out from the fairway for birdie.

The Champions for Charity match was shown on TNT, TBS, truTV and HLN.

The PGA Tour is set to return in two weeks at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Charles Schwab Challenge.

NASCAR-HAMLIN CREW SUSPENSIONS

Hamlin crew members suspended 4 races over tungsten drop

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR on Monday suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin’s team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600.

The tungsten is required to meet minimum weight requirements on the car and the NASCAR rule book states if it is separated at any point it is an automatic four-race suspension for the crew chief, car chief and engineer.

Chris Gabehart, the crew chief, was suspended through June 10 along with car chief Brandon Griffeth and engineer Scott Simmons.

The piece of ballast added to the car weighs 35 pounds and costs $1,877 from the supplier. It fell off the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota before the start of Sunday’s race and Hamlin went to pit road for additional weight to be added back to the car. He didn’t join the race until eight laps had been completed.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Korean Baseball Organization has suspended ex-Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang for a year and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service over a series of historical drunk driving cases.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports the suspension for Kang will come into effect when he joins a KBO team. He applied to come off the voluntarily retired list last week in a bid to return to the Korean league. Yonhap said the 33-year-old Kang was in the U.S. and didn’t attend Monday’s KBO disciplinary committee hearing. Kang was the first position player to jump directly from the KBO to the majors when he signed with Pittsburgh in 2015.

HAITI-SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS

FIFA bans Haiti soccer official for sexual abuse allegations

ZURICH (AP) — The president of Haiti’s soccer federation has been suspended from the sport while under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of young women players at the national training center.

FIFA says its ethics committee investigators removed Yves Jean-Bart (eev zhan bahr) from duty for 90 days. That interim ban can be extended.

Jean-Bart, who has led the federation for 20.

In world and national news..

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. biotechnology company has begun injecting a coronavirus vaccine candidate into people in Australia with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year. A Novavax official says 131 volunteers will get an injection in the first phase of the trial testing the safety of the vaccine and looking for signs of its effectiveness. About a dozen experimental vaccines are in early stages of testing or poised to start. It’s not clear that any will prove safe and effective. But they use different methods and technologies, increasing the odds one might succeed. Novovax expects the results of the Australian trial to be known in July and it’s making more doses in anticipation the vaccine will work.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A coronavirus cluster has been detected on a freight ship berthed in the Australian west coast port of Fremantle, raising questions about why local authorities weren’t alerted to the danger. Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan says six of 48 crew members from the Al Kuwait tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, four days after the livestock carrier arrived from the United Arab Emirates. He says the six infected crew were transferred to hotel quarantine while health officials consider what to do with the remaining 42 on board. The ship’s cargo of 56,000 sheep is being held at a feedlot near the port.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem’s storied Church of the Nativity has reopened to visitors after a nearly three-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The church is built over the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born. It was closed on March 5 as the first cases of the virus were reported in the West Bank. The church is one of Christianity’s most sacred shrines and the closure came ahead of the busy Easter holiday season that typically draws tens of thousands of visitors and worshipers. The Palestinian Authority has reported some 400 cases of the coronavirus in the West Bank, with two deaths.

BANGKOK (AP) — Latam Airlines, South America’s biggest carrier, is seeking U.S. bankruptcy protection as it grapples with a sharp downturn in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. The Santiago, Chile-based airline said Tuesday that passenger and cargo flights will continue to operate during the reorganization, and employees will still be paid. Travelers with existing tickets and vouchers can still use them. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing underscores the severity of the financial challenges facing the travel industry as a result of the lockdowns, quarantines and other measures taken by governments the world over to stem the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan says Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when an Airbus A320 went down in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in the port city of Karachi. Initial reports have said the Pakistan International Airlines jet crashed after an apparent engine failure. Pakistani aviation authorities say they have shared their initial findings with the visiting 11-member team from the European plane maker. The Airbus experts and engineers are also to visit the crash site. Only two people survived the crash. The plane took off from the eastern city of Lahore and crashed while trying to land at the Karachi airport.

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are rising as hopes for economic recovery overshadow worries over the coronavirus pandemic. Benchmarks in Paris, London and Tokyo gained on Tuesday. Investors are shifting their focus to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. Asian shares were boosted by Japan’s lifting of its state-of-emergency, with some businesses reopening following government guidelines on social distancing. Reassuring comments by the head of China’s central bank also helped spur buying. Consumer confidence data for May will come with the reopening Tuesday of U.S. markets from the Memorial Day holiday.