Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 30

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of light rain in the evening, in the Valley City area, 30 percent in the Jamestown area. then mostly clear after midnight. Lows 30 to 35. West winds 10 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Not as cool. Highs in the upper 50s.

West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Colder. Highs in the lower 40s.

Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north in the

afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 20.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

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

the evening. Lows in the lower 20s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 30.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

 

 

COVID-19 Stats

Tues. Nov. 30, 2021

10:30 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives:  16

Total Positives: 2070

Active: 49

Recovered:  1983

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 325

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 17

Total Positives: 4851

Active: 95

Recovered: 4664

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 379

 

 

Bismarck  (NDDoH)   – On Monday, Nov. 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strengthened its recommendation for individuals 18 years and older to receive a COVID-19 booster shot due to the recent emergence of the COVID-19 B.1.1.529 variant known as Omicron.

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified Omicron as a Variant of Concern on Friday, Nov. 26. Early data from South Africa suggest the Omicron variant has an increased transmissibility. Scientists around the world are working urgently to learn more about the variant, including its transmission and vaccine effectiveness against it.

 

COVID-19 booster shots are recommended six months after an adult completes their initial Pfizer or Moderna vaccine series, or two months after their dose of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine.

 

“More than 60% of North Dakotan adults have started their COVID-19 vaccine series. I strongly encourage those who have not yet been vaccinated to get vaccinated as soon as possible,” said Dr. Nizar Wehbi, North Dakota State Health Officer. “I also encourage everyone to stay home if they are sick and to seek out COVID-19 testing. Vaccination and testing are important tools for North Dakotans to protect themselves and their communities.”

 

Everyone is encouraged to be proactive in taking actions to protect against COVID-19. Protective strategies such as vaccination, masking indoors in public spaces, maintaining social distance from others, avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces, testing to prevent spread to others, washing hands often, covering coughs and sneezes, cleaning and disinfecting and monitoring health daily. Children ages five and up remain eligible to receive their initial Pfizer vaccine series.

 

Residents of North Dakota are encouraged to speak with their health care provider or local pharmacist if they have questions about vaccines or boosters. For more information on vaccine locations, visit www.health.nd.gov/covid-vaccine-locator.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The head of North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic says the stakes have never been higher in the debate over a woman’s right to an abortion. Red River Valley Women’s Clinic Director Tammi Kromenaker is heading from Fargo to Washington, D.C., to join a group of abortion supporters outside the Supreme Court Wednesday. That’s when justices are scheduled to hear testimony on a Mississippi case that many believe could decide the fate of Roe v. Wade. Kromenaker calls the case a “grave threat to abortion.” North Dakota Republican state Sen. Janne Myrdal, who heads the anti-abortion legislative caucus, calls it “the strongest opportunity to see Roe turned back to the states.”

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A student accused of bringing a loaded handgun to a Fargo elementary school has been suspended pending further investigation by district administrators and police. School administrators say the student told classmates about the weapon at Lincoln Elementary School Monday and the classmates notified a teacher who located the gun and secured it before turning it over to police. The school was locked down for a time. Authorities say the student did not make any threats. The student was escorted to the school office and the child’s parents were contacted.

In sports…

Jimmie Women’s Volleyball

NAIA National Championship @ Sioux City, Iowa–(Nov. 30-Dec. 4)

Jamestown def Texas Wesleyan University 26-24,25-19,25-19

Box Score

SIOUX CITY, Iowa  (UJ) —  Top-ranked University of Jamestown won its opening pool play match Tuesday at the NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship at the Tyson Events Center, sweeping Texas Wesleyan University 26-24, 25-19, 25-19.

Jamestown, now 33-0 this season, wraps up pool play with a Wednesday match against No. 20 Indiana Wesleyan at 10:30 a.m.

It was a quick start for the Jimmies as they opened up with the first five points of set one, three of them coming on service aces. After the Rams got within 9-6, UJ twice built leads of nine points at 20-11 and 21-12.

An Anna Holen (SR/LaMoure, N.D.) kill put Jamestown ahead 23-17 and it appeared as if the Jimmies were ready to close out the set. Three straight TWU points cut the UJ lead in half, but Holen came back with another kill to put Jamestown at set point. Again TWU put together three straight to get within one and force a Jimmie timeout. A Jamestown attack error made it four in a row for the Rams and tied the set. Jayla Ritter (SR/Forest Lake, Minn.) answered with a kill, then a TWU attack error won the set for the Jimmies.

The second set got off to a similar start as Jamestown took leads of 5-1 and 9-2. Texas Wesleyan closed the gap to 14-12 after a Bailey Foy kill, then made it a one-point game at 16-15 after Foy and Arianna Alvarado combined for a block. Unfazed, the Jimmies took the next four points, capped off by a Ram attack error, to go ahead 20-16. A pair of Corina Huff (SR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) kills accounted for the final UJ points and a 2-0 match lead.

Texas Wesleyan held a slim 4-3 lead in the third before Jamestown turned the tide. A 13-5 run gave the Jimmies a 16-9 lead and an overwhelming shift in momentum. The Rams got no closer than five points down the stretch, and another stellar hitting performance rounded out the win. Five of the final six Jimmie points came via kills, and the team hit .412 on 34 attempts in the set.

Huff led the way with 13 kills and hit. 407 for the match, while Ritter had 10 kills. Holen ended with eight kills, four aces, and 13 digs.

Jackie Meiklejohn (SR/Dickey, N.D.) passed out 22 assists and Megan Gaffaney (SR/Jamestown, N.D.) 18. Ellie Holen (SO/LaMoure, N.D.) finished with a team-high 20 digs. Huff had three blocks and Taylor Sabinash (SR/Kensal, N.D.) added two.

Wednesday Dec, 1 Jametown vs. #20 Indiana Wesleyan University

NAIA National Championship @ Sioux City, Iowa

 

Tuesday

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=

Carrington 55, Velva 52

Central Cass 65, Enderlin 14

Central McLean 47, Hazen 24

Garrison 55, Surrey 43

Grant County 38, Wilton-Wing 34

Hankinson 47, Richland 33

Kenmare 57, Glenburn 27

Lakota/Adams-Edmore/Dakota Prairie 39, May Port CG 31

Linton/HMB 57, Strasburg-Zeeland 29

Maple Valley 52, Lisbon 50

Mott-Regent 58, New Salem-Almont 23

Napoleon/G-S 55, Ellendale 49

New Rockford-Sheyenne 44, Rolette 32

Northern Cass 69, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 37

Oak Grove Lutheran 62, Hillsboro/Central Valley 39

Shiloh Christian 52, Kidder County 40

Stanley 59, Killdeer 46

Tioga 48, Ray 37

Westhope/Newburg 48, Bishop Ryan 39

In world and national news…

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students and wounding six other people, including a teacher. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that he didn’t know what the assailant’s motives were for the attack Tuesday afternoon at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a community of about 22,000 people roughly 30 miles north of Detroit. Authorities arrested the suspect at the school and recovered a handgun. They didn’t immediately release the names of the suspect or victims.

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld California’s ban on high-capacity magazines in a split decision that may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. The San Francisco-based panel acted Tuesday after two appellate judges last year ruled the state’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms. But in the 7-4 decision, the 9th Circuit reasoned that the law doesn’t outlaw any weapon and interferes only minimally with the right of self defense.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Alice Sebold has apologized to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky.” Sebold said Tuesday she was struggling with the role she unwittingly played in a system that sent an innocent man to jail. Anthony Broadwater was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University. His conviction was overturned on Nov. 22 after authorities determined that there were serious flaws in the prosecution. An attorney for Broadwater said he had no comment on Sebold’s statement.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman testified on Tuesday that she had repeated sexual contact with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein when she 14 and that Ghislaine Maxwell was there when it happened. The witness, using the pseudonym “Jane,” was the first of four alleged victims to testify against Maxwell at a New York City trial where she facing charges she recruited and groomed girls for Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to at least 2004. The 59-year-old Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges. Epstein killed himself at a federal jail in Manhattan in August 2019.

 

CHICAGO (AP) — The lead investigator of an alleged attack on Jussie Smollett says two brothers arrested for the reported crime recounted for Chicago police how the ex-“Empire” actor orchestrated the elaborate hoax. Former Chicago police detective Michael Theis testified Tuesday at Smollett’s trial that the actor sent the men a text message about meeting “on the low,” paid for supplies they used in the staged attack and held a “dry run” near his downtown Chicago home. Jurors also were shown video of the brothers buying supplies, including a clothes line that was later fashioned into a noose. Smollett is charged with filing a false police report. Defense attorney Nenye Uche said Monday that Smollett is a “real victim” of a January 2019 attack.