Wayne Byers Show – Morning – May 9

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY SMOKE THROUGH THE DAY.
RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 50S. EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
40 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID
50S. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE JUST SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT.

AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY…WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

OVERNIGHT AND MORNING FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING MID-WEEK

AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

Valley City (CSi) City Wide Cleanup Week set in Valley City the week of May 9-13.

Valley City Crews will pick up curbside items at no charge.

The annual clean up a way help residents get rid of unwanted items.

Items included in the pickup will include, tree branches, household items, and small landscaping debris,couches, chairs, furniture, shrubs, branches and wood. Paints and liquids can be disposed of in a dry form. Cat litter or sawdust can be used to absorb the liquid. Empty can be left out with garbage.

Do not bag or box branches, place those items on the boulevard during your regular garbage pickup day.

Place the garbage into boxes, bags or cans not to exceed 32 gallons or 50 lbs.

Items NOT being picked up include: medical waste, electronics and appliances.

Leaves and grass need to be taken to the collection site or to the landfill at no charge.

Tires must be taken to the transfer station.

Batteries must be taken to Truck & Auto Salvage or Valley Recycling Center.

Scrap metal may be taken to Valley Recycling Center.

Residents can take unwanted appliances to Truck & Auto Salvage or Valley Recycling Center. There may be a fee for refrigeration or freezing units with freon.

Free disposal of grass, leaves, branches, trees and used motor oil and metal can be disposed of at the Transfer Station all year.

Valley City (CSi) CHI Mercy Health (Mercy Hospital) has announced it’s celebrating National Hospital Week May 8-14, with this year’s theme of “Health Care From the Heart.”

Marketing Director Stephanie Mayfield says each day the Hospital staff will be treated to something different. Monday will be build your own yogurt parfait day for breakfast. Tuesday will recognize the staff’s efforts in the Safety First Program this past year during a Hospital Potluck to be held in the Health Education Center from 11:00am-1:00pm.

The Hospital Staff will also participate in “Mustache Madness” all day Tuesday to have fun while raising funds for a new speaker system for the HEC audio/visual system.

Wednesday we will also be celebrating Catholic Health Initiative’s 20th Birthday with a prayer service at 10:30am in the Chapel and will serve birthday cake at 2:30pm in the Cafeteria!

Thursday will be a fun day with “Throwback Thursday” Trivia (from the year 1996—the year Catholic Health Initiatives was created) at 2:00pm in the Activities area on 2nd Floor.

Friday we will be “Spirit Day” and employees will dress in Hospital Logo Apparel! The week-long celebration will culminate at 10:00am on Friday, May 13, in the Hospital Cafeteria announcing all of the winners from games throughout the week!

Employees will have the chance to win fun gifts during the week through different contests like the “Guess the Graduate and Year” contest which we will have on display in the hallway by the cafeteria all week long, “Find the Golden Ticket”, nominate a “Healthcare from the Heart” employee, and a hospital crossword puzzle.

There’s “Diaper Drive” with proceeds going to Abused Persons Outreach Center by collecting baby essentials in a hospital crib in the lobby all week long.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says thousands of American white pelicans are returning to nest in south central North Dakota.
 
     Biologists say the nesting colony at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge is the largest in North America.
 
     Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Manager Neil Shook says some big birds began returning in late March, which is a couple of weeks earlier than normal.
 
     Shook says the pelicans should keep returning over the next few weeks.
 
     An aeroal count of the pelicans will be done in early July.
 
     A record 35,466 birds were counted in 2000.

 WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a man who drowned in the Red River in Wahpeton as a State College of Science student.
 
     Twenty-year-old David Leinen, of Selfridge, was swimming with four other people Friday night when he experienced some sort of problem and called for help. The others were unable to rescue him.
 
     Police say a rescue diver recovered Leinen’s body in about 8 feet of water. An autopsy is planned.

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police are investigating an overnight burglary at a fast food restaurant.
 
     Officers were called to the McDonald’s restaurant about 4:15 a.m. Monday.
 
     Authorities say the burglar or burglars made a forced entry to the building and took an unknown amount of money.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A 54-year-old Minot business owner will serve 179 days in jail for stealing a fifth-wheel trailer in 2013.
 
    Kenneth Earl Karlson changed his plea to guilty on the felony theft of property charge.
 
     Prosecutors say Karlson and two unidentified men stole the fifth-wheel from Capital RV in Minot after it had closed.
 
     Karlson was sentenced to five years in jail with all but the 179 days suspended. He is being allowed to serve the time at the Ward County Jail and is being granted immediate work release. Karlson had no significant prior criminal record.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The deadline is approaching for specialty crop grant proposals in North Dakota.
 
     Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the state is getting $2.5 million from the federal government to promote the production, processing and use of specialty crops.
 
     Grant applications are due by 4 p.m. Central time Wednesday. Successful applications will be forwarded to the federal Agriculture Department for final approval. The grants will be awarded in late fall or early winter, and projects must be completed by Sept. 30, 2018.
 
     The federal government defines specialty crops as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops. Specialty crops grown commercially in North Dakota include dry beans and peas, lentils, potatoes, confection sunflowers, grapes, honey and various vegetables.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A firm has been hired to remodel the Burleigh County jail and courthouse.
 
      Ubl Design received the $38,920 redesign contract from the Burleigh County Commission.
 
     The firm will complete a space assessment needs study, plan a project budget and early design concepts after inmates are moved to a new combined county jail in southeast Bismarck.
 
     The project will convert the 140-bed existing jail into more space for the sheriff’s office, prosecutors, information technology, an alcohol use monitoring program, training rooms and courtroom space.
 
     The plan coincides with a special half-cent sales tax approved by voters to build a multi-county jail with neighboring Morton County.
 
     The new jail is slated to begin operation by June of 2017. It will house nearly 500 inmates.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Builders in Bismarck-Mandan expect recent years’ drop in the number of homes built to level off.
 
     The  number of homes built in Bismarck-Mandan decreased about 20 to 25 percent from 2013 to 2014. The same was true from 2014 to 2015.
 
     Statistics gathered by the Bismarck-Mandan Homebuilders Association show that 48 single family homes have been permitted in Bismarck-Mandan through March, thanks in part to a warm spring. That number is similar to the 37 permitted during the same time period in 2015.
 
     Chad Moldenhauer of K&L Homes says the area is back to 2011 or 2012 levels, in which it’s not as frenzied a pace.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week is launching a study of flood protection for the Souris River Basin, which includes Minot.

The corps will look at the cost-effectiveness and environmental impacts of various flood control alternatives. The study is expected to take about three years.

Long-term flood protection for the region is among a select group of projects the corps has chosen to study this year. U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say Congress earlier approved $200,000 for the study and is pushing for another $500,000.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the state has provided $225 million so far to help Minot and Ward County in the wake of the devastating 2011 flood.

Permanent flood protection could cost as much as $1 billion.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The State Fair Center in Minot is branching out to other events.
 
     North Dakota State Fair manager Renae Korslein says the State Fair Center has seen an increase in the types of events it can host, thanks to $5 million in updates and renovations over the past five years.
 
     The fairgrounds in 2016 are booked for more than 2,000 contracted days, which is about five-and-a-half events each day.
 
     Korslein says the goal is not just to offer entertainment, but to bring more visitors to the city of Minot. She says visitors stay overnight, eat in Minot’s restaurants, fill up with gas and go shopping.

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A 92-year-old woman who has served as a foster grandparent for the past 15 years at a Mandan school is set to retire.
 
     May 13 is Rhoberta Wegner’s last day at St. Joseph School. She’s known to the kids as “Gramma Rhoberta” or simply “Gramma,” and she has worked on spelling, math, reading and art with them. She helps with grading, gives one-on-one instruction and sews school production costumes.
 
     Wegner moved to Mandan 15 years ago, and she saw an ad for the foster grandparent program, which is now under the helm of a North Dakota volunteer organization.
 
     Wegner’s retirement follows her son asking her to live in Arizona with his family. She says she’ll miss children who wave at her.

In sports…

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s paddlefish season is being closed early to protect the resource.
 
     The season runs through the month of May, but it’s not unusual for state wildlife officials to close it early if it appears too many fish will be caught.
 
     The State Game and Fish Department says the season will close at 9 p.m. Central time Monday. Fisheries Chief Greg Power says anglers have been “extremely successful” and that a high proportion of this year’s harvest has been females, further necessitating an early closure.
 
     Snagging is legal in all areas of the Yellowstone River in northwestern North Dakota, and in most of the Missouri River west of the U.S. Highway 85 bridge to the Montana border.
 
     An additional four-day snag-and-release season will begin Tuesday and run through Friday.

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota hockey standout Drake Caggiula has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.
 
     The senior forward was never drafted but had a stellar career at UND that culminated with his being named the most outstanding player at the NCAA Frozen Four, which UND won to claim its eighth national hockey title.
 
     Caggiula tied for eighth in the national scoring race last season with a career-high 51 points despite missing five games. In 162 career games at North Dakota, the Whitby, Ontario, native had 62 goals and 65 assists. Sixteen of his goals were game-winners, tied for third-most in school history.
 
     Caggiula is the fifth member of UND’s national championship team to sign an NHL contract since the end of the season.

Softball…

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final    L.A.  Dodgers      4    Toronto      2
 
 
             AMERICAN  LEAGUE…

 CHICAGO (AP) – Jose Quintana pitched seven innings of one-run ball and Austin Jackson hit a go-ahead double in the fifth to lead the White Sox over the Minnesota Twins 3-1 Sunday for Chicago’s fourth series sweep this season.
 
     Quintana (5-1) gave up six hits, struck out five and lowered his ERA to 1.38. David Robertson pitched a hitless ninth for his 10th save in 11 tries as the White Sox (22-10) completed a three-game sweep and moved 12 games above .500 for the first time since September 2012.
 
     Tyler Duffey became the first Twins pitcher in nearly four years to strike out four batters in an inning, but Avisail Garcia reached on a wild pitch during the seventh and scored on Dioner Navarro’s double.
 
   Final    Cleveland              5    Kansas  City      4
   Final    Texas                      8    Detroit              3
   Final    Baltimore            11    Oakland              3
   Final    Houston                  5    Seattle              1
   Final    Tampa  Bay              3    L.A.  Angels      1
   Final    Boston                    5    N-Y  Yankees      1
 
 
             NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Philadelphia      6    Miami                      5
   Final    Milwaukee            5    Cincinnati            4
   Final    Arizona                5    Atlanta                  3,  11  Innings
   Final    Pittsburgh        10    St.  Louis              5
   Final    Chi  Cubs              4    Washington            3,  13  Innings
   Final    Colorado              2    San  Francisco      0
   Final    N-Y  Mets              4    San  Diego              3
 
 
             NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION  PLAYOFFS

 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma City Thunder have evened their Western Conference semifinal series at two games apiece by outscoring San Antonio 66-44 in the second half of a 111-97 triumph over the Spurs. Kevin Durant scored 29 of his 41 points in the second half to help the Thunder overcome an eight-point deficit. Steven Adams finished with 16 points and 11 boards for Oklahoma City.

 Game 5 is Tuesday at San Antonio.
 
     ATLANTA (AP) – Kevin Love had team highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed their second consecutive series sweep, downing the Hawks 100-99 in Atlanta. LeBron James chipped in 21 points, grabbed 10 boards and hit consecutive jumpers to put Cleveland ahead by three in the final minute. Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving also had 21 points for the Cavs.

 
 
           NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE  PLAYOFFS

 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Ben Bishop turned back 28 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning closed out their NHL second-round series by blanking the New York Islanders, 4-0 in Game 5. Victor Hedman scored twice and Nikita Kucherov (KOO’-cheh-rahv) netted his playoff league-high ninth goal to cap the scoring in the Lightning’s fourth consecutive victory. Tampa Bay next faces Washington or Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference finals.
 
    

NASCAR-JOE GIBBS RACING …
  
     KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – At the season-opening Daytona 500, Joe Gibbs Racing proved it was unquestionably the fastest, from Denny Hamlin taking the checkered flag to its quartet of cars leading more than three-quarters of the race. It turned out to be a harbinger of things to come.
 
     After watching Kyle Busch drive away from Kevin Harvick to win Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway, Gibbs drivers have won six times in the first 11 races. Everybody on the team has a win except Matt Kenseth, and the former series champion finished a season-best fourth at Kansas.
 
     “The hardest thing in pro sports is to stay up there every week and right now it’s been a thrill,” Gibbs said after celebrating Busch’s first Sprint Cup win at a track that’s caused him so much trouble.
 
     In fact, things have been so good for Gibbs that Martin Truex Junior, whose Furniture Row team has a technical alliance with JGR, may have been the fastest of anybody at Kansas. If it wasn’t for a fluke tire-change issue, he might have been the one celebrating the end of his misfortune there.
 
     That was just about the only lament Gibbs had Saturday night.

PGA-WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP
 
 
     CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – James Hahn won the PGA’s Wells Fargo Championship in a one-hole playoff with Roberto Castro.
 
     Hahn bogeyed the 18th in regulation for a 2-under 70 that left him minus-9 for the tournament. He had missed the cut in his previous eight tournaments before earning his second PGA victory.
 
     LPGA…
 
     PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn has her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 1-under 71 at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. Jutanugarn finished 14-under-par and one stroke in front of Stacy Lewis, Morgan Pressel and Amy Yang.
 
     Lewis had her 10th runner-up finish in 49 events.
 
     CHAMPIONS TOUR-INSPERITY INVITATIONAL…
 
     THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) – Jesper Parnevik closed with a 5-under 67 to win the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands Country Club near Houston.
 
     Parnevik was 12-under in the Champions Tour event, four strokes ahead of David Frost, Mike Goodes and Jeff Maggert.

In world and national news…

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) – Officials are expressing confidence now about turning the tide against a massive wildfire that sent tens of thousands of residents fleeing the oil sands town of Fort McMurray in Alberta province. Chad Morrison of Alberta Wildfire says a forecast for cooler temperatures and light rain makes for better firefighting weather, and he says, “we can really get in there and really get a handle on this fire.”
 
     MANILA, Philippines (AP) – A brash mayor known for his rape jokes, pledges to kill criminals and a promise to end corruption is the front-runner as millions of Filipinos cast ballots in today’s presidential election. Ex-prosecutor Rodrigo Duterte has peppered his campaign speeches with boasts about his Viagra-fueled sexual prowess and jokes about rape. But he also successfully tapped into discontent over poverty, crime, and corruption.
 
     PARIS (AP) – The latest effort to relaunch the Syrian peace process is taking place today in Paris. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is on hand for the talks and a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (zhawn mahrk eh-ROH’). Representatives of Britain, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar (GUH’-tur), Jordan, Turkey and the EU have also been invited for a meeting in the presence of the head of the Western-backed Syrian opposition coalition.
 
     TOKYO (AP) – Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp., embroiled in a massive airbag recall over exploding inflators, says it’s projecting big losses instead of profit for the fiscal year that ended in March. Takata, which reports earnings Wednesday, predicts an annual net loss of 13 billion yen ($120 million). The company, which also makes seat belts, had earlier forecast a profit of 5 billion yen ($46 million). 
 
     DRIPPING SPRING, Texas (AP) – A head-on Mother’s Day crash on a rainy Texas highway has killed five people. Officials say one person in each of the two cars survived the crash about 20 miles southwest of Austin. Authorities haven’t said what caused the accident.