Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 28

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

  A SLOW WARMING TREND THIS WEEK,  WITH SCATTERED TO
 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE  NEXT WEEKEND PERIOD.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matthew Leitner  says as the month of July nears the end, Jamestown enplanements are expected to exceed just over 600 for the month.

He adds that figure is twice the total of June 2014, as air service resumed on June 5th,  and the best numbers for Jamestown enplanements for the month of July since 1978.

He says when Jamestown was served by Delta, with Minneapolis flights the July numbers were lower.

(CSi) Shares of SkyWest Inc, which operates regional flights for bigger carriers, including Jamestown for United Express, fell about 8 percent on Monday.

Almost 61 percent of SkyWest’s capacity was operated for United in the first quarter. United said last week that it plans to make changes to its regional flying that include cutting the use of 50-seat jets and replacing some of it with jets that have 70 seats or more.

The air carrier expected a second-quarter loss, and forecast a loss of $12 million to $14 million, or 23 cents to 28 cents a share, for the second quarter.

Analysts had expected a profit of 14 cents a share, on average, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The parent of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, which carry passengers on behalf of Delta Air Lines Inc, United Continental Holdings Inc and American Airlines Group Inc, said it expected lower revenues because of missed incentives, such as on-time performance under its contracts with major partners.

It also said the results would include changes in its tax provision because of the expected loss and write-downs of equipment.

SkyWest also said that U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rules requiring more rest for pilots and beefed-up qualifications for pilots to operate commercial jets were increasing its crew costs.

SkyWest shares were off 8.3 percent, or 97 cents, at $10.68 in morning trading.

Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matthew Leitner was looking into whether SkyWest’s situation would have any implications on Jamestown airline service.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The focus was kids, on Sunday, July 27, 2014, as the local Harley Owners Group riders Sunday afternoon, ride to support the Community Action Region VI Week End Back Pack for Kids program.

Sarah Oberlander directs the program at Community Action, Region VI in Jamestown, says $878 was raised for the program.

For more information about Community Action Region VI or the Week End Back Pack for Kids program, call 252-1821.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Two teams participated in Saturday’s 4th Annual “Chef Challenge,” as part of the Jamestown Arts Center’s Art Park Festival.

The Jamestown Area chamber of Commerce’s Ag/Energy Committee sponsored and organized the event.

Rules for the Challenge included, contestants using all the local ingredients provided.

Contestants could bring additional ingredients to complement or enhance the local ingredients.

The teams were those of Pastor Martin Nussbaum, and Bernie Satrom.

Three teams had signed up, however, one had to withdraw, due to a family emergency.

The Chamber’s Assistant Communications Director, Larissa said the winning team was Bernie Satrom and family, who receives $50 in Jamestown Chamber Bucks, and a food package from the Ag/Energy Committee.

The contestants were given a roundsteak to work with, and Bernie’s team created a three course meal with a marinade for the steak, plus a fruit and a vinaigrette sauce. The farmers market veggies were part of a stew.

Bernie’s team created a tort dessert.

Pastor Nussbaum’s team created an Ethiopian style meal. He received a cutting block and potholder set from the Chamber.

Judges were: Taylor Barnes, Nancy Miller, and Diane Satrom.

Chamber Executive Lisa Hicks says the meals were sampled by over 50 individuals in attendance.

She adds that the event will become more frequent in conjunction with the Jamestown Arts Center.

This was the first year the Chef’s Challenge was held in conjunction with the Art in the Park event, previously it was held at the Stutsman County Fair.

Photos of this year’s event posted on line at www.CsiNewsNow.com

 

Jamestown (CSi) On September 1, 2014 the James River Family Y in Jamestown becomes James River Family Fitness.

Executive Director Frank Conlin says the name is the only change being planned.

He says the facility will still offer scholarships, the rates will stay the same and will be programs, and equipment offered. The decision will not change the organization’s group-fitness or program offerings for children, families and seniors.

The local Y has been a member of the national organization since 1980.

He says the name change relects the fact that YMCA’s are located in cities with a population 25,000 residents or more.

As James River Family Fitness, the organization will no longer be required to pay dues to the YMCA’s national office, saving resources during this time of transition.

The YMCA has rented the Larson Center from the University of Jamestown since the building was built on campus in 1980. Before that, the Y was located downtown in the former armory building, which was located behind the Center for Economic Development, and was torn down, creating a parking lot.

Over the past few months, talks have centered on a new facility for the James River Family center with employees becoming a part of the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department, and occupy the planned Two Rivers Activity Center.

Meanwhile, the University of Jamestown has hired a consultant to conduct a study of its athletic facilities.

UJ athletic facilities may include the addition of a new arena and potential renovation of the Larson Center, the current home of the Y, along withadditional outdoor practice space for football, soccer, baseball and softball.

　

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A Richland County sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries in a scuffle with a drunken driving suspect over the weekend.
 
     The sheriff’s office says 49-year-old Darrel Loeb, of Breckenridge, Minnesota, fought with deputies while being handcuffed during a traffic stop on Interstate 29 in southeastern North Dakota on Saturday evening.
 
     The deputy who was injured was treated at a hospital in Breckenridge and released. The sheriff’s office didn’t name him.
 
     Loeb faces several charges including drunken driving, simple assault on a law officer and trying to disarm a law officer. Court documents do not list an attorney for him.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Police in Bismarck say a man is facing a terrorizing charge after threatening family members with a butcher knife.
 
     Police say 39-year-old Craig Yazzie made stabbing motions with the knife toward relatives, which included three children.
 
     News outlets report the family ran out of a mobile home and called police.
 
     The man is in custody at the Burleigh County Detention Center. It is unclear whether he has an attorney.
 
     The terrorizing charge is a class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston police say they can’t confirm that a gunshot was fired at a girl on a bicycle last week but the investigation is continuing.
 
     Police received a report that two men fired a single shot from a vehicle at the 7-year-old girl on Thursday night. Detective David Peterson says neither a bullet nor a bullet casing has been found, and authorities can’t confirm a gunshot was fired.
 
     Peterson says there is damage to the bike but he’s unable to confirm if it is from a bullet or another projectile. He says forensic testing is being done to determine what caused the damage.
 
     Police say responding officers noticed minor injuries on one of the girl’s knees. Peterson says authorities don’t know what caused them.

 

　WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – The former manager of the state Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle office in Wahpeton has been sentenced for financial misconduct.
 
72-year-old Catherine Muehler pleaded guilty Monday to felony misapplication of entrusted property and was sentenced to three year of probation and $109,000 in restitution.
 
     Muehler ran the DMV branch for several years as an independent contractor. The office was closed last May and then taken over by the Wahpeton-Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce.
 
     Catherine Muehler is the wife of Harlan Muehler, who had served as Richland County’s sheriff for 14 years when then-Gov. John Hoeven removed him from office in August 2001 in part due to illegal spending.

 

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a special enforcement effort during the State Fair in Minot led to 166 citations.
 
     The agency says 13 of the citations were for drunken driving, and four were for other alcohol violations. There was one fatality traffic crash that was alcohol-related.
 
     The patrol used extra troopers and overtime pay for the enforcement effort during the nine-day State Fair, which ended over the weekend.

 

In world and national news…

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and cleared the way for the $2 billion sale of the team to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
 
     Judge Michael Levanas sided Monday with Sterling’s estranged wife in the case that arose after the 80-year-old billionaire was banned by the NBA for making offensive remarks about blacks.
 
     Shelly Sterling sought the court’s approval for the deal she negotiated after taking control of a family trust and removing her husband as a trustee after two doctors found he had Alzheimer’s disease and couldn’t manage his affairs.

 

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel’s prime minister says Israelis must be “ready for a prolonged campaign” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Benjamin Netanyahu also said in a televised speech that a demilitarization of Gaza must be part of any future solution in the territory. Meanwhile, a strike on a Gaza park killed 10 people, nine of them children. Israeli and Palestinian authorities traded blame over the attack as fighting in the Gaza war raged on despite a major Muslim holiday.
 
     RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A federal appeals court has struck down Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled today that provisions barring gay marriage and denying recognition of such unions performed in other states violate the U.S. Constitution. The Virginia gay marriage case is one of several that could go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
 
     PHOENIX (AP) – A medical examiner says the intravenous lines had been placed correctly during the execution last week of an Arizona inmate. The death with lethal drugs took more than 90 minutes, during which Joseph Wood gasped and snorted hundreds of times before he was pronounced dead. Incorrect placement of lines can inject drugs into soft tissue instead of the bloodstream. Bug Gregory Hess says the drugs that were used to kill Wood went into the veins of his arms.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s a battle pitting the nation’s airlines against their passengers, and the first round has gone to the industry. The House used a voice vote Monday to approve a bipartisan bill letting airline advertising emphasize the base price of the airfares. That’s before taxes and fees are added. For the past couple of years, airlines have been required to most prominently feature the full price in their advertising – including those fees. But airlines say that hurts business and hides from consumers the extra costs that government imposes on air travel. So far there is no Senate version of the bill.
 
     TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Michigan state Rep. Wayne Schmidt has picked up support from an unlikely source in a closely watched battle for an open state Senate seat in northern Michigan: his opponent’s mom. Schmidt is facing an Aug. 5 primary challenge from fellow Republican Rep. Greg MacMaster in the 37th District. MacMaster’s mother Michele tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle that Schmidt is “the better candidate,” citing his background and community activities. Greg MacMaster says he hasn’t spoken to his mom in 21 years and says she left him to live with his alcoholic father as a boy. He also says it’s “unfortunate some people choose to take politics to a personal level.”