– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 14

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…
THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID
50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…RAIN SHOWERS. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

EARLY NEXT WEEK… BY MONDAY MORNING

A FROST ADVISORY OR A FREEZE WARNING…MAY BE ISSUED, WITH FROST ON TUESDAY MORNING AS WELL.

All Jamestown Recreational Soccer scheduled for Thursday May 14, 2015, has been postponed due to rain, and rescheduled for Friday the 15th

Jamestown (CSi) The Youth Fun Day planned for Saturday May 16, 2015 has been cancelled due to rain. No makeup day was announced.

JHS rain postponements

Thursday’s high school baseball game between Jamestown and Bismarck Century at Jack Brown Stadium has been postponed. No makeup date has been set.

The Class A West Region track and field meet has been moved to Friday in Bismarck beause of weather.

The meet was originally planned to be held in Dickinson on Saturday.

The meet will be held at the Bismarck Community Bowl at 3:30 p.m

Valley City (CSi) Due to steady, sometimes moderate to heavy rain Thursday deteriorating gravel road surfaces, the Barnes County Highway Department has closed Barnes County Highway 32 two miles west of County road Number 7 about two and a half miles east of the Stutsman County line for one mile.

Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes and use caution while traveling on all county gravel roads during rain creating these conditions.

Jamestown (CSi) Otter Tail Power Company reports a duck was in the Southwest Jamestown substation and caused a 15 minute power outage between aboutt 7:30 and 7:45 a.m., Thursday.

Charles Krebbs says, the substation has a covering, however the duck and a squirrel on Monday morning entered the facility causing the two separate outages.

About 11:35 a.m. Thursday a momentary bump caused an outage in Southwest Jamestown in the area of the post office.

Krebbs also says a three second outage occurred about 10:30-a.m., on Wednesday, in Southeast Jamestown, with the cause not officially known, as the circuit reset itself.

BISMARCK, N.D. – In accordance with a proclamation signed by President Barack Obama, Governor Jack Dalrymple has declared Friday, May 15, Peace Officers Memorial Day in the state and has directed all state government agencies to fly the American and North Dakota flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on that day. The flags will be lowered to honor law enforcement officials who have fallen in the line of duty.

In addition, Dalrymple has declared this week, May 10-16, Police Week in the state to recognize the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to law enforcement and to keeping North Dakota’s citizens and communities safe.

“This week, we salute our men and women in law enforcement who put their lives on the line every day to keep our communities and our citizens safe,” Dalrymple said. “They have dedicated their lives to serving and protecting others and we thank them for all they do to keep North Dakota one of the safest states in the nation. On this occasion, we also remember those who have laid down their lives for ours in the name of justice and pay tribute to them for their selfless acts of heroism.”

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Board is reviewing and updating its strategic plan.

The board on Wednesday reviewed information that Searle Swedlund, Jamestown Tourism executive director, created to guide the board through the process, as it’s been five years since the plan was updated.

The document is designed to stimulate conversation for board members. Swedlund will meet with each board member individually and review the proposed goals and determine if any board members have more goals or ideas to add to the strategic plan.

The goals in the board’s proposed strategic plan are:

Promote and market the Discover Jamestown brand

Enhance and grow camping and outdoor recreation in Jamestown and the surrounding area

Expand the stories of Jamestown and the surrounding area

Promote Jamestown as a regional hub for tourism and recreation

Be a source to local/regional tourism entities for additional resources, training and operational assistance.

The board discussed growing area camping and outdoor recreation activities and mapping horse-riding trails in the area.

Board members also would like to see better signs or use of photographs to get travelers from I 94 to the Frontier Village/National Buffalo Museum area.

Valley City (CSi) The 34th annual North Dakota AMVETS Convention will be held May 15-17, 2015 at the Valley City Eagles Club.

Willis W. Weber AMVETS Post 3, Commander Gary Schlagel and Post 3 Auxiliary President Edna Elsner welcome about 90 delegates representing post and auxiliaries across the state.

A memorial service honoring deceased AMVETS and Auxiliary members will be held Friday evening.

The joint opening session will start at 9a.m. Saturday followed by a noon luncheon to honor the state winners from the Americanism Poster, Essay contest.

Also to be announced will be winners from the AMVETS wrestling tournament,

The state AMVETS convention ends Sunday at noon.

Jamestown (CSi) Victory Lutheran Church in Jamestown announces that Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, of Creation Ministries International, will be speaking in Jamestown.

He will speak at the Jamestown High School Auditorium on Saturday, May 16, 2015 from 7:00 – 9:00pm and on Sunday, May 17, at 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45am at Victory Lutheran Church, 510 9th Ave. SW, Jamestown, ND.

Dr. Sarfati works full-time for CMI in Atlanta GA as author, speaker, apologist, and scientist. He has been acclaimed to present ‘the most powerful biblical and scientific defense of a straightforward view of Genesis creation!

Please find a short synopsis of his presentations below and a link to the Creation Ministries International website.

http://creation.com/

Dinosaurs and the Bible

People of all ages are captivated by dinosaurs. Unfortunately, evolutionists use dinosaurs to indoctrinate the young and the old with an earth history that includes millions of years but has no room for the Bible. This presentation will show the power of a person’s starting assumptions (or “worldview”) when interpreting past events, and will define the different types of sciences used in investigating the world around us, with a thorough exploration of these enigmatic lizards. Let’s take dinosaurs to the Bible and see what God’s word has to say about them!

Design, Deluge & Dilemma

We can tell when something shows evidence of having a human designer. So when things in nature show those same characteristics—only on a much more complex level—it makes sense to attribute that to a Designer as well. Jonathan discusses several evidences of magnificent design in nature, including DNA, molecular machines, the complexity of the cell, and more. He also demolishes arguments of ‘bad design’.

The Christian Roots of Science & Busting the Myths of Evolution

Why did science flourish in the West, and only the West? The biblical worldview provided the presuppositions that allowed science to flourish while it was stillborn in other places such as Greece and China. Evolutionists deny this biblical foundation for science by accusing Christianity of superstitions that held science back. Jonathan deftly busts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’—a time marked by many scientific advances.

Bismarck (CSi) In accordance with a proclamation signed by President Barack Obama, Governor Jack Dalrymple has declared Friday, May 15, Peace Officers Memorial Day in the state and has directed all state government agencies to fly the American and North Dakota flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on that day. The flags will be lowered to honor law enforcement officials who have fallen in the line of duty.

BENEDICT, N.D. (AP) – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a city council in north central North Dakota violated open meetings law by asking the public to leave while it discussed a contentious issue.

     Stenehjem (STEN’-juhm) says the city council in Benedict violated the law when it asked the public to leave while it consulted with the city engineer about bids for a new city lift station.

     The city says the lift station improvement project was controversial and wanted to avoid disruptive behavior.

     Stenehjem says the public must have access to meetings of a governing body of a public entity but that it does not have the right to participate or speak at a public meeting.

     The council must now create detailed minutes of the discussion that took place.

WALKER, Minn. (AP) – Authorities in northern Minnesota say two men are dead after a shooting near Walker.

     The Cass County sheriff’s office got a call for medical assistance at a home around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Medical personnel and officers arrived and found two victims with apparent gunshot wounds.

     A 57-year-old man was flown to a Fargo, North Dakota hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The other man, who was 60 years old, died at the home.

     Names of the victims were not immediately released. While the shooting is under investigation, authorities say there is no danger to the public.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A 51-year-old Baker man has pleaded guilty to illegally transporting hazardous materials from North Dakota to a recycling center in eastern Montana.

     Prosecutors alleged Kelly Steen transported natural gas condensate from Watford City, North Dakota to Wibaux, Montana on Dec. 29, 2012, without having placards warning of the contents and without proper documentation. The Billings Gazette reports Steen pleaded guilty Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters scheduled sentencing for Aug. 20.

     The case came to light when Steen was transferring the gas into the main bay at Custom Carbon Processing. Prosecutors say flammable vapors filled the building and an unknown source ignited it, causing an explosion and fire that injured three workers. The building was destroyed.

     Prosecutors say the fact that there were no placards on the truck hindered responding firefighters’ ability to safely fight the fire.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A ride-hailing service that has operations in about 300 cities around the world received something unusual when it arrived in Fargo: a welcome mat.

     Uber is a mobile application that connects people seeking rides with drivers. The company continues to grow despite numerous legal troubles over regulations, insurance and unfair competition.

     Uber spokesman Sagar Shah says Fargo is unique because North Dakota is the only state that passed regulations clearing the way for the service before it came to town.

     State Sen. Jon Casper, of Fargo, who worked on the ridesharing services bill, says the legislation ensures that consumers will receive safe, reliable rides.

     The first North Dakota ride on Uber was taken Thursday morning by Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, who was picked up at the Fargo Theater

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan High School student is building an obstacle course for canines at a dog park in the city.

Cara Weigel is building the obstacle course for dogs as part of a Girl Scout project.

     Weigel says the course at the Mandan Dog Town Dog Park will have jumps, hoops, tunnels and weave poles for the pooches.

     City and county park groups and a local automobile dealer are donating funds to make the obstacle course possible.

     Weigel says this canine course should be complete by August.

In world and national news…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – School officials say two students have been shot on a school bus in Florida.

     Duval County Public Schools spokeswoman Tia Ford says the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon on the west side of Jacksonville about 140 miles north of Orlando.

     Both victims were taken to the hospital, and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the injuries are not life-threatening

     Ford says two people fired shots at the school bus. She says it is not clear if the people who fired the shots were students or adults.

     Ford says the bus serves three alternative educational schools in the area of the shooting.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal law enforcement official says a man has been arrested after trying to launch a drone outside the White House fence. The official says it’s not clear if the person intended to fly the aircraft at the executive mansion or whether he was trying to take aerial photos. The incident comes nearly four months after a quadcopter drone piloted by an off-duty U.S. intelligence employee landed on the White House lawn. The Secret Service said at the time that the landing appeared to be accidental and not a security threat.

     PHILADELPHIA (AP) – It turns out that the mangled rail cars from Tuesday night’s derailment in Philadelphia contained the body of another victim — the eighth person to die in the crash. The body was found Thursday by a cadaver dog. Officials believe all of the passengers and crew have been accounted for. Amtrak, meanwhile, says limited train service between Philadelphia and New York should resume on Monday.

     TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Jeb Bush says it was a mistake to invade Iraq. The Republican White House prospect Thursday ended several days of confusion and clarified his position on the war his brother authorized. Campaigning in Arizona, Jeb Bush said that given the benefit of hindsight, he “would not have gone into Iraq.” In interviews earlier in the week, Bush refused to say whether he would have launched the 2003 invasion if he’d been in President George W. Bush’s shoes. He said he was reluctant to say the invasion was the wrong decision because he didn’t want to dishonor the lives of American troops killed there.

     WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. is urging Southeast Asian countries to work together to save the lives of Rohingya (ROH’-hin-GAH’) and Bangladeshi migrants who are stranded at sea. The State Department says U.S. ambassadors are raising the issue with governments in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Malaysia today turned away two crammed migrant boats, and Thailand kept at bay a large vessel with hundreds of hungry people. As for whether the United States will provide direct help, a State Department spokesman says, “This is a regional issue. It needs a regional solution.”

     BOSTON (AP) – The jury considering life or death for the Boston Marathon bomber has already had a couple of questions for the judge, on the first full day of deliberations. The first question referred to the concepts of “aiding and abetting” and “conspiracy.” The judge says whatever intentions Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) had is a question of fact to be determined by jurors. The other question dealt with how to fill out a portion of the jury verdict slip.