Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 3

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.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND
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 .TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS
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 .WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
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 .THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
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 .SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
 .SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
 AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
 .SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
 .MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session on Monday evening at City Hall. All members were present.

NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY:

ON THE REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

 Approved and authorized  the issuance of improvement warrants and exchanging them for $l,975,000.00 Refunding Improvement Bonds of 2015, Series Z, and awarding the sale of $1,975,000.00 Refunding Improvement Bonds to Raymond James of Florida, at an average annual net interest rate of 1.56 %.

　

PUBLIC HEARING was held

To receive public input relative to a five year extension of the Renaissance Zone District incentives.

The City Council approved and authorized requesting approval of a five (5) year extension to the Jamestown Renaissance Zone District incentives from the ND Department of Commerce.

A PUBLIC HEARING was held To receive public input relative to the request from the James River Valley Library System for a “Certification of Significant Community Support” concerning a USDA-Rural Development Grant to replace the 18 year old Book Mobile.

The library is filing a Community Facilities Grant application, to USDA-Rural

Development, in the amount of $41,259, for a new Book Mobile to replace the current eighteen year old vehicle. The grant would fund 15% of the cost with the other 85% coming from the library’s book mobile fund and private donations. Roger Parsons said the new vehicle will be more efficient and have features and flexibility not present in the present vehicle.

The City Council then approved a “Certification of Significant Community Support” for the James River Valley Library System.

The Stutsman County has previously approved a Certificate.

The Council approved the request from the Jamestown Bus Stop, Inc., for $5,000 to provide water, sewer and restroom fixtures in the proposed bus depot in the 100 Block on 2nd Avenue SE. Council Member and supporter, Charlie Kourajian said a lease between the organization and the church is in place for three years with options.

He said Jefferson Bus Lines has approved the location, adding that sewer and water lines will be put in place as soon as possible. Jamestown Bus Stop, Inc., will submit a report to the city on how the funds were used. Kourajian abstained from the vote which approved the request unanimously.

　

ORDINANCES:

PUBLIC HEARING:

Concerning an update of plan requirements according to Section 5.4.3 of Appendix C, for Lot 1, Block 1, Eventide Addition. The Council approved Council member Buchanan’s request to abstain from the discussion and voting as he has been retained as council by Eventide in the past.

Brian Berg of Berg Architects explained the update plan requirements including additional parking, plus assisted living structures that are planned. He said the assisted living facility will be built first in the project on the southwest corner of the building.

The skilled nursing facility will also be updated, but will be held off, until sometime later.

Parking lot access and traffic flows changes were also pointed out .

Joel Trasier, a homeowner nearby said he has not seen the updated plans, saying the parking lots plans are also a concern of the residential neighborhood, saying there will be too much parking, and concerns of egress and the nearness of the parking lot, to the neighborhood.

Planning Commission Chairman, Dave Hillerud said some of the items in the revised plan were not in the plan reviewed by the Planning Commssion, but added the changes in traffic flows, and curb cuts, and the buffer were positive.

The City Council tabled the item until the final plans are brought to the Council.

　

SECOND READING of an

Ordinance, to create and enact Article V of Section 25.5 of the City Code pertaining to a City Sales Tax for the Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) Bond Issue. The Ordinance was tabled pending verification of the Ordinance language with a City Attorneys opinion.

　

SECOND READING of an

Ordinance to amend and re-enact Section 6 of Appendix B of the City Code pertaining to filing fees for preliminary plats was approved.

PUBLIC HEARING:

Concerning an ordinance to amend and re-enact the City Code to amend the District Map to change the zoning of the proposed Lots 1-5, Block 1, and Lots 1-4, Block 2, Dakota Acres First Subdivision, from A-1 and R-1 to R-1 and for the proposed Lots 1-3, Block 3, Dakota Acres First Subdivision, from P-O-C and R-1 to R-1.

SECOND READING: was approved of an

Ordinance to amend and re-enact the City Code to amend the District Map to change the zoning of the proposed Lots 1-5, Block 1, and Lots 1-4, Block 2, Dakota Acres First Subdivision, from A-1 and R-

1 to R-1 and for the proposed Lots 1-3, Block 3, Dakota Acres First Subdivision, from P-O-C and R-1 to R-1.

SECOND READING: of an

Ordinance introduced by Council Member Kourajian, to amend and re-enact Section 15-42 pertaining to group day care facilities was approved.

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE: A resident of the Oxbow area asked for a maintenance scheduled for operating the grate, pointing out a algae backup.

Photos he supplied will be given to the street and engineering department for their attention.

APPOINTMENTS:

Approved was the appointment Paulette Ritter to serve as a member of the Planning Commission for a term to expire August 2020.

　

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:  No one spoke.

OTHER BUSINESS:

The City Council established the filing fee for preliminary plats pertaining to Section 6 of Appendix B of the City Code, in the amount of $200.00.

Approved the plat of Marjo Second Addition.

Approved the concept illustration provided by Interstate Engineering, Inc., of the proposed routing of a roadway and utilities connecting the Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) roadway to the Menard’s roadway.

Mayor Andersen said the cost of the illustration will be taken on by the developer in anticipation of receiving Tax Increment Financing.

As Mayor Andersen explained on Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on Csi Cable 2, engineering details and the exact route are yet to be determined.

City Engineer, Reed Schwartzkoph said the exact location of the road will be modified from the current sketch, but in the same general location as proposed. Some of the land will need to be annexed into the city.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.

 

Valley City (CSi) The Barnes ON THE MOVE Partnership will be offering a class session this autumn. “The Stepping On Falls,” Prevention class. Paula Thomsen, RN, City-County Health District, and Teresa Garrahy will facilitate the class.

Stepping On is a program that empowers older adults to carry out health behaviors that reduce the risks of falls. It is a community-based workshop offered once a week for seven weeks using adult education and self-efficacy principles. In a small-group setting, older adults learn balance exercises and develop specific knowledge and skills to prevent falls.

Older adults who should attend the Stepping On Falls Prevention class are those who:

Are at risk of falling,

Have a fear of falling, or

Who have fallen one or more times

Call 845-6456 for more information on or to register for the Stepping On Fall Prevention class.

The seven-week course will be held in the conference room at the new City-County Health District location at 415 2nd Ave. NE on Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. starting August 20 and ending October 1. The cost is $20 and will include all the materials, a leg weight to take home and a light snack.

Falls are the leading cause of injury and death among those age 65 and older. In 2008, 2.1 million non-fatal fall injuries among older adults were treated in emergency departments resulting in more than 559,000 patients being hospitalized.

Twenty to thirty percent of people who fall suffer moderate to severe injuries such as lacerations, hip fractures or head traumas. Even if no injuries occur after a fall, many people develop fear of falling, which in turn often causes them to limit their activities. This can result in reduced mobility and loss of physical conditioning, increasing their risk of falling.

 

　 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge says the owner of a North Dakota vegetable processing plant convicted of recruiting and hiring illegal workers must serve time behind bars, despite a joint sentencing recommendation that called for no prison time.
 
     Monte Benz had pleaded guilty to one count of harboring illegal workers who were employed at his KIDCO Farms plant near Dawson. Authorities say the workers were recruited from Arizona in 2013.
 
     The negotiated agreement between Benz and the government called for him to serve six months of home confinement. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson rejected that recommendation Monday and sentenced Benz to three months in prison and three months of electronic home monitoring.
 
     Benz must pay back $100,000 in illegal proceeds.
 
     A second defendant, Richard Shearer, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in prison.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state board that licenses North Dakota teachers has dropped the case against a West Fargo teacher who was accused and then cleared of having a sexual relationship with a former student.
 
     The state Education Practices and Standards Board voted 5-3 Monday to dismiss the case against Aaron Knodel, who was found not guilty in state court on five charges of corruption or solicitation of a minor.
 
     Knodel was reinstated by the West Fargo School Board last week, although his job duties have not been established.
 
     Knodel was the state’s teacher of the year in 2014.
 
     Knodel’s trial ended abruptly in April when a juror had a medical emergency during deliberations, after which a judge ruled he should be acquitted on three charges. The other two charges were later dropped.

 

Update…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A toddler playing outside his home in Fargo was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle driven by his father.

The incident happened midday Sunday. Police Lt. Joel Vettel says 20-month-old Easton Schlicht was struck in an alley behind the family home. The boy suffered head injuries and died at the scene.

Vettel says authorities are treating the death as a “tragic accident” and that no charges are expected against the father, 28-year-old Kyle Schlicht.

　

KEENE, N.D. (AP) – The Highway Patrol has identified three people who died in a three-vehicle crash in the western North Dakota oil patch.

Authorities say a car driven by an Arizona woman tried to pass a pickup Thursday night on a McKenzie County road, then hit the truck after noticing an oncoming vehicle and trying to get back into her original lane. The truck collided head-on with the oncoming sport utility vehicle.

The SUV overturned in the ditch. Twenty-seven-year-old driver Adam Brown, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, died at the scene. Two SUV passengers also died – 22-year-old Jerold Bailey, of Watford City, at the scene; and 30-year-old Jason Shelton, of Rigby, Idaho, at a Minot hospital.

Another SUV passenger and one of the pickup’s two occupants were injured. The car’s driver wasn’t hurt.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man accused of head-butting a police officer has entered an Alford plea in South Central District Court.
 
     Casey Kuhn is charged with simple assault on a peace officer, terrorizing and preventing arrest. The plea means that he does not admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict him.
 
     Kuhn was arrested in June after police responded to a report of an assault. Authorities say it took several officers to detain him.
 
 A  pre-sentence investigation must be completed before a sentencing date will be scheduled.
 
     Kuhn’s attorney, Kent Morrow, did not answer a phone call Monday from The Associated Press.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler has appointed a task force to study policy on student assessments used to measure the academic progress of North Dakota students.

The 33-member group includes parents, home educators, legislators, business representatives, teachers and administrators from public and nonpublic schools, higher education officials, and technology and assessment specialists.

Baesler will serve as chairwoman. She expects the group will meet monthly, and take nine months to provide recommendations. Its first meeting will be in Bismarck next month.

State and federal laws require regular testing of North Dakota students. Baesler says the task force will examine “what North Dakota needs and values” from the assessments and the testing options available.

　

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Agriculture officials say the extent of the damage to small grains from last week’s wind storms in North Dakota will not be known until fields are harvested.
 
     The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that lodging and head loss were reported in the affected areas, mostly in the northern half of the state.
 
     The report says that soil moisture conditions declined in the last week. Topsoil moisture is rated 80 percent adequate to surplus, compared to 89 percent a week ago. Subsoil moisture is 87 percent in those categories, down 6 percent.
 
     Pasture and range conditions were rated 69 percent good to excellent. Stock water supplies were 92 percent adequate to surplus.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Land Board has awarded more than $16 million in grants to schools and airports in the state’s oil-producing region.

Officials say the grants are part of a program aimed at helping communities deal with the effects of rapid energy development.

The Land Board approved funding about $15 million to schools and another $1.3 million to airports in western North Dakota.

The largest grant is $2.65 million to the Williston Public School District. The Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport received the largest airport award at more than $642,000.

The Land Board is headed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. He says the state is making great progress in addressing impacts associated with a growing economy and population.

 

　 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – President Barack Obama’s effort to cut greenhouse gases from U.S. power plants is drawing sharp criticism from North Dakota’s congressional delegation.
 
     Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer say the new Environmental Protection Agency rules will drive up the cost of electricity at the expense of ratepayers and hurt the state’s economy.
 
     Hoeven says the EPA rule requires North Dakota to reduce carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Obama’s proposed version last year called only for a 30 percent cut in emissions.
 
     North Dakota has seven coal-fueled electric power plants.
 
     Heitkamp says the new rule is an “over-reaching policy” that won’t work for North Dakota.
 
     Cramer called the plan draconian. He’s hoping that a judge will intervene and allow Congress time to respond and repeal it.

 

IN SPORTS…..

(CSi) A Valley City Special Olympics athlete, Adam Marash has brought home three Gold Metals,in this year’s World Games in California.

Adam Marash took first in the bench press, bench and dead lift. and combined weight.

His family says he’s been training for the last 18 months for the games.

　

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University freshman Payton Otterdahl won a gold medal in the discus at the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships over the weekend in Edmonton, Alberta.

The native of Rosemount, Minnesota, qualified for the event by winning the USA junior national title in the discus in Eugene, Oregon, in late June.

NDSU freshman hurdler Matt Bedard also competed in the Pan Am Juniors, finishing 11th in the 400 meter hurdles. Bedard is from Kemptville, Ontario, and had qualified for the event by winning the Canadian junior national title in the 400 meter hurdles in early July.

The Pan Am junior division is limited to athletes who do not turn 20 years old until at least 2016.

　

In world and national news…

　

PARIS (AP) – French and Malaysian investigators have met with a judge in Paris after the arrival of a wing fragment that many hope will solve the mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Experts are trying to determine whether the part comes from the plane, which disappeared 16 months ago as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The fragment was found on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion and returned to the French mainland.

 

CANTON, Miss. (AP) – There’s was a fatal shooting Monday outside a Mississippi courthouse. A law enforcement official says a man fatally shot a defendant waiting outside the courthouse this morning. A suspect is in custody. There’s no word on what prompted the shooting.

　

LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) – Cooler and wetter weather this week is helping crews make gains against a massive Northern California wildfire. And 12,000 people have fled the flames. The fires are burning in drought-stricken California.

 

LONDON (AP) – The sentence is 14 years in prison for a former Citibank and UBS trader who was found guilty in London of manipulating a key interest rate. Tom Hayes says he was made a scapegoat for a common practice among traders. And he claimed his bosses knew what he was doing.