Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Apr 29

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH
WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY.   A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN
THE MORNING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.  LITTLE OR NO NEW SNOW ACCUMLATION…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS
IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE MID 50S.

 EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY…ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
 HOURS…WITH A NORTHWEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

From Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist

Jamestown (CSi) The week of April 28th thru May 2nd has been designated, “Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week,” for the entire state of North Dakota by Governor Jack Dalrymple. This annual event is designed to remind the public of the dangers associated with severe summer weather including: lightning, high winds, large hail, flash floods and tornadoes. All of which, can cause severe property damage, personal injury, and even death.

As part of the awareness week activities, the annual statewide tornado exercise will also be conducted. This year, the exercise has been scheduled to begin at about 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30 with a simulated tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service. In response to this simulated warning, a countywide exercise of the emergency operations plan will also take place. The plan is designed to warn the greatest number of people in the least amount of time.

As part of the exercise, sirens will be activated in area communities including the City of Jamestown. In most communities, sirens will be activated for approximately 3 minutes. In addition, the simulated warning will be broadcast over the National Weather Service all-hazards weather radio system, local AM/FM radio stations and local cable television interrupt systems.

During the summer, the most common reason a community’s warning sirens are activated is to warn the public of a possible tornado. However, the sirens could also be activated to alert the public of other types of events that could be a danger to the community. Hearing the sirens is the signal to tune into any of the local radio stations and to follow official instructions being broadcast. Cable television subscribers will also be able to turn on their TV and hear official instructions being broadcast by either the National Weather Service or officials at the Law Enforcement Center.

Jamestown (CSi) On May 4^th the American Legion Auxiliary in Jamestown will host a Tea, to commemorate members of the club that have served for 50 years or more.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2,auxiliary member, Delores Rath, said, all of these members will be honored during the event at the All Vets Club on Sunday, May 4^th, beginning a 1-p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The guest speaker will be First Lady Betsy Dalrymple. She added that auxiliary members from around the region have been invited to attend.

Also on the show, long-time Auxiliary member Merna Ronholm, said there are currently 30 members in the region that have served with the American Legion Auxiliary with 50 years of service or more, six local member including Merna.

She pointed out that the American Legion Auxiliary in Jamestown activities and service includes visiting nursing homes, providing cookies to patients waiting at the Jamestown V.A. Clinic, along with sponsorship of Girl’s State, and the Poppy Distribution program.

She added the poppies are put together by residents of the Veterans Home in Lisbon, with proceeds going to veterans programs.

Merna added that the American Legion Auxiliary is the world’s largest patriotic organization established in 1919, supporting the American Legion’s service to veterans.

She said to become a member of the auxiliary the individual must either be a veteran, or have an affiliation to a veteran.

Valley City (CSi) Visitation and Funeral services have been set for Daniel C. Buehner, in Lino Lakes, Minnesota.

Buehner was a Valley City State University business student and baseball player.

Buehner died in a rafting accident on the Sheyenne River in Valley City on April 21, 2014.

Visitation will be held 4pm to 8pm., Thursday, May 1, 2014 at Mueller-Bies Funeral Home, Lino Lakes Chapel, 7050 Lake Drive (at corner of County Road B), Lino Lakes, Minnesota 55014

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 2 at St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church, 171 Elm St., Lino Lakes, Minnesota.

Jamestown (CSi) On Thursday, May 1, 2014 there will be participation at noon, at Jamestown City Hall, in the National Day of Prayer.

Father Christian Senyoni fron Rwanda, will be speaking. He was present when the genocide was going on there.

Father Christian is the assistant Pastor from Grace Episcopal Church in Jamestown.

Local organizers are hoping that there will be many Pastors and lay people at this years National Day of Prayer.

On line… 　http://nationaldayofprayer.org/

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo man accused of attacking his neighbor with a tomahawk has been charged with attempted murder.
 
     Thirty-year-old Kokouvi Afidegnon is accused of attacking the woman on Friday while she was walking to her car.
 
     Police originally believed the woman was attacked with a hatchet, but later found a tomahawk lodged in the wall of an apartment building. The victim suffered a head injury.
 
     Afidegnon is also charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and simple assault.
 
     The defendant’s lawyer was not immediately available for comment.

　 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A judge has ordered a Williston man serve to five years in prison for hindering authorities investigating the fatal shooting of an area hobby rancher.
 
   that District Judge Paul Jacobson sentenced 31-year-old Issac Steen on Monday but gave him 300 days credit for time served. Prosecutors say Steen failed to notify police after Jack Sjol’s (shohl) body was left in a family dump near his home for three weeks after the rancher was killed.
 
     Ryan Stensaker is accused of killing Sjol and is scheduled for trial in July on a murder conspiracy charge.
 
     Three other people also face charges in the killing.
  

　BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State data show that 1 billion barrels of oil have been produced from the rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana.
 
     Drillers first targeted the Bakken in Montana in 2000 and moved into North Dakota about five years later using advanced horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques.
 
     Data show that North Dakota has tallied 852 million barrels of Bakken crude, and Montana has produced about 151 million barrels.
 
     The Bakken encompasses some 25,000 square miles in North Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. About two-thirds of the acreage is in western North Dakota.
 
     Oklahoma-based Continental Resources is the biggest leaseholder in the Bakken. The company says two-thirds of the production from the Bakken has come in the past three years.

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Unpaved roads in two North Dakota oil-producing counties have been closed to heavy vehicles due to recent rain and snow.
 
McKenzie and Williams counties have closed all gravel roads to vehicles weighing more than 12,000 pounds. Gravel roads crisscross the state’s oil patch and are essential to the oil industry in the area.
 
     Officials say roads in McKenzie County will be re-evaluated at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Williams County officials say the roads in their county will remain closed until conditions improve.
 
     The McKenzie County Sheriff’s Department warns that willful damage to public roads is a Class B misdemeanor. The Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook page advises drivers of heavy vehicles who were on unpaved roads before the restrictions went into effect Monday to stay onsite. 
    

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Cool, wet conditions over the past week have hampered North Dakota farmers trying to get their crops in the ground.
 
     The federal Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that only about two days were suitable for field work. The department now pegs the average start of field work in North Dakota at May 1, two days later than last week’s estimate.
 
     The 10-year average start date in North Dakota is April 20. The average over the past five years is April 25.
 
     The report says only about 3 percent of the state’s staple spring wheat crop is in the ground, compared with 19 percent on average.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A spring survey has concluded that western North Dakota’s mule deer population has increased 19 percent from last year.
 
     But the state Game and Fish Department says it will once again ban hunting of antlerless mule deer this year.
 
     Big game supervisor Bruce Stillings says mule deer numbers are headed in the right direction, but the hunting restriction is needed to further the population growth. He says there are still long-term challenges facing mule deer in the badlands, such as below-normal fawn production.
 
     Stillings says the over-the-year increase in the mule deer population is due to less-severe winters the past couple of years, no hunting of antlerless deer in 2012 and 2013, and improved fawn production.

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s 2014 deer season is setting aside the fewest number of licenses since 1980.
 
     State Game and Fish Department wildlife chief Randy Kreil says 48,000 licenses will be available to hunters this fall, 11,500 fewer than last year.
 
     Kreil says harvest and survey data indicate deer numbers are still declining, especially in the eastern part of the state.
 
     He says that even after five years of reducing gun licenses, deer populations are still below management objectives in most units. Currently, only three units meet or exceed management goals. High quality deer habitat continues to be lost statewide and will limit the potential for population recovery.
 
     Hunters are able to draw one license for deer gun season and one for the muzzleloader season.
 
     Online applications will be available May 5.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Racing Commission has approved medication rules and penalty guidelines recommended by a national group seeking uniform standards for horse doping.
 
     The commission is backing a plan endorsed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, or RCI. It has regulations for 26 therapeutic medications allowed to be administered to horses in certain dosages.
 
     State racing director Gunner laCour says model medication rules are important for the industry and horsemen are worried the federal government will intervene if the industry fails to adopt uniform standards.
 
     Larry Eliason, executive director of the South Dakota Commission on Gaming, says his state generally follows the RCI guidelines for horse doping, especially when it comes to determining penalties for violations.
 
     North Dakota has live horse racing at two tracks, in Fargo and Belcourt.

NEW YORK (AP) – Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver also says he will try to force a sale of the Clippers. And he’s fining Sterling $2.5 million. Silver called Sterling’s comments and views “deeply offensive and harmful.”

In world and national news…
 
     MILWAUKEE (AP) – A federal judge in Milwaukee has struck down Wisconsin’s voter Identification law, saying it unfairly burdens poor and minority voters. Wisconsin’s law would have required voters to show a state-issued photo ID at the polls. Supporters said it would cut down on voter fraud and boost public confidence in the integrity of the election process. But the judge sided with opponents, who said it disproportionately excluded poor and minority voters because they’re less likely to have photo IDs or the documents needed to get them.
 
     LUHANSK, Ukraine (AP) – Protesters now occupy the government building in one of the largest cities in eastern Ukraine. They stormed the building in Luhansk Tuesday, armed with baseball bats, pressing their demand for more power for Ukraine’s regions. In at least ten cities and towns in eastern Ukraine, insurgents have seized city halls, police stations and other government buildings.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A long-shot effort by Senate Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage now appears to be doomed, after a moderate Republican lawmaker said she expects to oppose the measure. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine had been seen as a potential supporter of the higher minimum wage. The Senate is expected to vote on it tomorrow, but it will need some Republican votes to overcome a procedural blockade.
 
     PHOENIX (AP) – A judge in Phoenix says a pit bull that mauled a 4-year-old boy earlier this year will spend the rest of his life in an animal shelter that was set up in an old jail by the sheriff for the Phoenix area. The dog will be housed in the no-kill shelter opened 14 years ago by Sheriff Joe Arpaio (ahr-PEYE’-oh), an animal lover who offered to take in the dog. The judge had declared the dog vicious at a hearing last month, but declined to order him killed after animal-rights advocates came to his defense.