Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 31

CSi Weather…

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.

 

A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING IN ORTH DAKOTA, NORTH AND EAST TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK CLIPPER CLIPS THE STATE. THE PRECIP TYPE SHOULD BE EITHER RAIN OR SNOW…WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE

 

Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown’s next production is Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol,” the classic tale of redemption and Christmas, November 6-8, 2014 at the Reiland Fine Arts Center.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 the director Mike McIntyre said the cast of 50 people, along with 25 or so in the orchestra, is one of the largest productions ever staged at the University.

There are 20 roles played by children from the community, from elementary school to high school.

The Musical Director is Richard Walentine, with Rena Haatvedt the Director of Choreography.

Featured songs are by Alan Menken, who wrote the music for many successful Disney animated movies in the 1990s like “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin.””

UJ senior,Jacoby Holte was also on the show, he plays Ebenezer Scrooge, the stingy old man who is transformed into a kinder soul after being visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.

Also joining us was junior, Sydney Johnson who plays The Ghost of Christmas Past.

Chris Koppinger, another UJ student, is playing Bob Crachit, Scrooge’s clerk and father of the Crachit family, including Tiny Tim, played by Jackson Walters.

Holte said he hasn’t done a lot of theater work in the past and was a bit surprised he got one of the lead roles. Holte was the lead in the university’s production of “Carousel” last year.

Holte said the biggest challenge he has faced is consistency. He said playing an older man with an accent and trying to convey more than just the surface emotions of what Scrooge is going through has been tough.

McIntyre added that Holte has a dynamic voice, which makes it possible for him to cover different demands as to what certain roles he might ask for.

Performance are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, November 6-8/

Tickets may be purchased at the Reiland Fire Arts Center box office, room 130, from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday by calling (701) 252-3467, ext. 5435, or by email at tickets@uj.edu.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Street Department Crews along with the City Forester will be conducting annual tree branch clearing in the Northeast section of the city (beginning November 3, weather permitting.)

Once the Northeast is finished Street Dept. Crews will then move to the Southeast section of the city. Tree and shrub branches that are overhanging streets and alleys in these areas will be removed to prevent interference with traffic and City maintenance equipment in accordance with City Ordinances.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Forester, Doug Wiles says,it is the homeowner’s responsibility to maintain trees and shrubbery. When this responsibility is neglected, it becomes the duty of the City to clear overgrowth that threatens public safety. In some cases, the only answer is removal of the tree or shrub. This is a clearance procedure and should not be mistaken for a complete pruning of the tree. If a complete pruning is needed, have your trees pruned by a City licensed local tree service.

If citizens of Jamestown have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Doug Wiles, City Forester, at City Hall by phone at 252-5900. If the Forester is unavailable, please leave a detailed message with your contact information.

The section of the city code pertaining to trees is on line at

www.jamestownnd.org/government/municipal-code

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Planning and Zoning committee is in the process of re-writing the zoning ordinance for Valley City.

KLJ’s Project Manager Carron Day says public input is important during this process as the community updates its ordinance to match the wants and needs of residents and businesses in Valley City.

Those may include proposed changes the public may want concerning the residential housing and commercial zoning ordinance. Other issues addressed recently were parking issues, temporary storage units, sidewalks and others.

Day says more meetings will be held but residents and business owners can make their opinions known online at www.valleycitytomorrow.com

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A judge has reduced bond for a woman accused of hindering authorities in a Williston homicide case.

Bond for 29-year-old Amber Rae Jensen was set at $5,000.

Her bond was originally set at $5,000 when she was charged with hindering law enforcement in July 2013. That figure increased to $100,000 when she failed to appear at a pretrial hearing in August. She was arrested in September.

Jensen’s case is tied to the death of Jack Sjol (shohl). The body of the 58-year-old hobby rancher was found in a garbage dump in May 2013, after his family reported him missing.

Sjol had bullet wounds to his head, face and upper left arm.

Ryan Stensaker is accused of killing Sjol. Stensaker’s trial is slated in December.

 

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A Sidney police officer shot and injured a 59-year-old North Dakota man who officers say pulled a handgun during a traffic stop.

Richland County Sheriff Brad Baisch tells The Billings Gazette that a motorist called dispatchers early Friday to report a vehicle parked in the northbound driving lane on Highway 16 without its lights on.

Deputies were on another call, so Sidney police responded.

Baisch says the driver didn’t comply with the officer’s instructions and the officer suspected he was under the influence of alcohol.

The officer warned the man to show his hands several times before the man pulled a handgun. Baisch says the officer fired several shots at the driver, who was then taken to the hospital in Sidney. His name hasn’t been released.

Baisch said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakotans will have their chance to reverse a half-century-old state law that requires pharmacists to have majority ownership of pharmacies.

The state’s pharmacy ownership restriction is the only one of its kind in the nation. The law has put local druggists at odds with repeal advocates who want access to prescription drugs offered by large retailers.

Opponents fear overturning the 1963 law will force locally owned pharmacies out of business, especially those in rural areas.

North Dakota’s law survived a legal challenge that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. And the Legislature has rebuffed several attempts to repeal it.

Backers of the measure this year collected enough signatures to bypass the Legislature and for the first time put the issue directly to a statewide vote.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota government officials are submitting formal comments to the federal Environmental Protection Agency opposing proposed rules over navigable waters.

The state officials will urge the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the Waters of the U.S. rule.

The EPA says the rule will clarify which streams and waterways are shielded from development under the Clean Water Act. Opponents worry it will let the federal government dictate what people can do with their own land, and strip away state authority.

EPA administrators have said the proposal does not include new restrictions and merely clarifies what bodies of water already are under federal jurisdiction.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple calls the proposed rule “a clear example of government overreach.”

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Ward County Sheriff Steve Kukowski says meeting a state directive to reduce the inmate population at the county jail could be costly.

The sheriff says the county budgeted $160,000 for boarding inmates at other facilities next year – but the tab now could surpass $700,000.

The state Corrections Department this week told the county to address the jail’s overcrowding problem. The facility has 104 beds but was housing more than 150 inmates. The jail population is growing in the region, which is on the fringe of the booming oil patch.

Inmates are being moved to lockups in Bismarck, Rugby and Fargo. The jail also has been releasing inmates accused of the lowest class of misdemeanor crimes on their promise to appear in court.
In world and national news…

MOJAVE, California (AP) – There’s been an accident involving the space tourism rocket known as “SpaceShip Two.” Virgin Galactic is reporting the loss of the rocket during a test flight over Southern California, and it says the status of the pilots isn’t known. It’s typically flown by a crew of two pilots. Police and fire officials had said they were responding to a crash in the Mojave Desert.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Heavy equipment is expected to arrive  at a heavily-damaged airport building in Wichita, Kansas. Parts of the building will be demolished, to allow firefighters to safely recover the remains of the four people who died when a small plane crashed into the flight training facility yesterday. The victims included the pilot and three people whose bodies were found inside a flight simulator.

FORT KENT, Maine (AP) – State officials in Maine have been defeated in their effort to limit the movements of a nurse who had treated Ebola patients in Africa. A judge Friday gave Kaci Hickox the go-ahead to go wherever she wants — in a case that has come to define the clash between personal freedom and fear of disease. The judge thanked Hickox for her service in Africa. And he wrote that “people are acting out of fear,” and that the fear “is not entirely rational.” Maine’s governor says he disagrees with the decision, but that the state will follow the law.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department and New Mexico’s largest city have reached a deal to overhaul Albuquerque’s police department amid several accusations of excessive force. The city is agreeing to reforms that include new training and protocols for investigating officer shootings. The deal also orders the force to be independently monitored and calls for the changes to be in place within four years.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Some U.S. servicemen and women say they’re offended by explicit questions on the military’s new sexual-assault survey, which hundreds of thousands were asked to complete. The survey is conducted every two years, but this year’s version is unusually detailed, including questions on numerous sexual acts. The Defense Department said it made the survey more explicit in order to get more accurate results, as the military struggles to reduce the number of sexual assaults while also encouraging victims to come forward to get help.