– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 13

CSi Weather….

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
IN THE EVENING. IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 20 PERCENT IN THE VALEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS AROUND 80. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO COME FROM SHOWERS.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY…WITH MORE UNCERTAINTY THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

Jamestown (CSi) Last weekend’s strong thunderstorm’s accompanied by high wind led to damages to structures and trees in Jamestown.
A mobile home at Northland Estates in Northeast Jamestown had a section of the roof peeled off.

Sunday evening the storm led to other damages including trees felled, and, in Northwest Jamestown a tree downed by wind cause nearly a five hour power outage when it took down power lines.
Recent storms that have dropped heavy rain and hail across North Dakota have caused headaches for motorists, farmers and homeowners.

Weekend storms caused widespread crop and building damage in the Killdeer area, where hail piled up like snowbanks. Wahpeton got about 5 inches of rain in 90 minutes, leading to street flooding and trapping at least one motorist.

Bismarck insurance agent Shane Splonskowski says his office has more than 1,300 hail damage claims this year, with many resulting from storms this month.

Heavy rainfall in northern North Dakota has put some pea and bean crops in jeopardy – either washing them out or preventing farmers from spraying for weeds. Renville County Extension Agent LoAyne Voigt (voyt) says all the water also might lead to “phenomenal” crop disease problems.

Jamestown (CSi) The Annual JunKin CuZins, Junkyard Expo and Fleamarket is set for Saturday July 16, 2016, from 9-a.m., to 2-p.m., at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSI Cable 2, Debbie Clemens said there is no gate admission for the public.
Enter the fairgrounds at the south gate.
She adds that this year those attending may bring a non-parishable food item to drop off at the fleamarket, which will be donated to the Community Action, Region Six Food Pantry.
She pointed out that JunKin CuZins is six local, talented ladies who like to re-purpose, upscale, and re-do unique items and furniture.
She said there will be lots of finished items as well as raw materials for others to re-finish.
The Fleamarket consists of 60 vendors, offering a variety of merchandise and goods.
This year there will be a bakery from the individual that provides baked goods to the JBROS fleamarket in Jamestown.
Also, food vendors will offer doughnuts, grilled foods, and a vendor offering smoothies.
Vendors are local and come from as far away as Bemidji, Langdon, North Dakota, Bemidji, and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
She adds, that each year the attendance has been growing.

Debbie pointed out that the annual Carrington Junkfest is set for September 10, 2016.

BISMARCK, N.D. – To increase access to behavioral health services and engage people in treatment earlier, the North Dakota Department of Human Services has expanded the number of regional human service centers that offer mental health and substance use assessments without appointments.

South Central Human Service Center (SCHSC) in Jamestown is the third center to change how it provides mental health and addiction assessments. Residents of the nine-county service region can come in for unscheduled assessments on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 to 2:30 p.m., and Wednesdays from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

In February, North Central Human Service Center in Minot began offering Open Access behavioral health assessments Mondays through Thursdays, between 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Central Time. Northwest Human Service Center in Williston launched open access assessments last fall.

“Our goal is prompt access to behavioral health assessments and follow-up services,” said the department’s Chief Clinics Officer, clinical psychologist Rosalie Etherington. “We started addressing access issues last year when all regional human service centers began providing walk-in substance addiction assessments on designated weekdays.”

Etherington said the department hopes to expand open access behavioral health assessments statewide at its remaining five regional human service centers by June 30, 2017.

An assessment at a participating regional human service center can take about an hour, she said, and individuals who have the highest need, such as a pregnant woman seeking an addiction evaluation, receive priority.

“We hope we can prevent crises and significantly reduce no-shows. This will also allow us to serve new clients more quickly and manage staffing more efficiently,” SCHSC Regional Director and clinical psychologist Dan Cramer said.

People seeking assessment services at SCHSC can go to the center at 520 Third Street N.W., in Jamestown during Open Access hours, or they can call the center at 701-253-6300, toll-free 800-260-1310, ND Relay TTY at 800-366-6888, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to schedule an assessment.

Cramer said a triage specialist meets with individuals to assess their current situation. There may be a wait time before a clinician is able to see a person depending on individual needs.

Walk-in assessments benefit individuals whose work schedules vary, and those who have limited access to transportation or child care or who experience challenges that may prevent them from following through with assessments scheduled too far in advance.

“We are reshaping how we provide services,” Etherington said. “Once fully implemented, Open Access will include not only daily access to behavioral health assessments, but also eventually interventions, including urgent care, and other behavioral health services.”

The department operates regional human service centers in Bismarck, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot, and Williston. Some centers also have rural outreach offices.

Centers provide an array of community-based behavioral health services, aging services, developmental disability program management, and other human services to North Dakotans either directly or through contracts with other service providers.

As publicly-funded behavioral health treatment providers, the centers serve those individuals with the greatest treatment needs. These include adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, adults and children with both substance use disorders and serious mental illness, pregnant women with substance use disorders, and I.V. drug users.

Fees for some services are adjusted for income, ability to pay, and the number of household members. Insurance is accepted if available.

Regional human service center information is online at www.nd.gov/dhs/locations/regionalhsc/.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has called a special session of the North Dakota Legislature to address shortfalls in the state treasury.

Dalrymple made the announcement Wednesday after a new revenue forecast on the same day showed tax collections continuing to decline due to depressed oil and farm commodity prices.

The session is slated to begin Aug. 2 and will run for at least three days.

Dalrymple in February ordered state agencies to make immediate cuts and raided the state’s rainy day fund to make up for about $1.1 billion in shortfalls for the current two-year budget cycle. Tax collections since then are down an additional $100 million.

North Dakota’s Constitution allows the governor to call a special session for “extraordinary occasions.” The governor’s action is the fifteenth time a special session has been called since statehood.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota health officials say a woman who traveled to Jamaica has tested positive for Zika virus. The woman is not pregnant and was not hospitalized.

Officials say the case is a reminder that travelers who visit areas with Zika virus need to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites. Zika can cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect in which babies are born with abnormally small heads.

It’s the second case reported by the North Dakota Department of Health, which announced in April that a woman who traveled to Puerto Rico while pregnant tested positive for Zika.

The Health Department says no Zika-related problems have been identified in the woman’s baby. The agency plans to monitor the infant for a year.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man who told investigators he was the largest powdered fentanyl dealer in the United States has been sentenced to life in prison. Brandon Hubbard, of Portland, Oregon, was tried in federal court in North Dakota because investigators said the drugs he sold over the internet resulted in two overdose deaths in the Grand Forks area. Hubbard was ordered to pay more than $17,000 to families of the victims.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Proposed changes to the Bismarck metro area’s bus routes and paratransit system will be reworked after drawing complaints.

Bis-Man Transit Director Roy Rickert’s plan was to cut fixed routes from 12 to six, eliminate 24-hour paratransit curbside service and ban healthy seniors from the paratransit service. The goal is to save money and keep the program viable.

The people opposed to the plan testified before city commissioners for nearly three hours on Tuesday. The commissioners decided that the plan needed to be redone.

Mayor Mike Seminary said there still will have to be changes made to the service.

In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown head men’s track and field coach Ed Crawford announces the signing of Andrew Hornung, who will join the Jimmies in the fall of 2016.

Hornung, a 2016 graduate of Jamestown High School, is the son of Deb and Dan Hornung. He plans to major in business.

Crawford says, “I’m really excited to have Andrew choose UJ to continue his education,” said Crawford. “In high school, he was a fantastic student with excellent grades, which is the type of young man I want in my program. Andrew will run the 400 meters with the possibility of the 800. He has untapped potential, as in high school he competed in football, baseball, baseball and track and field. Now that he will just do track I know he will reach his potential and become a great 400 runner for us.”

In world and national news…

LONDON (AP) – Newly appointed British Prime Minister Theresa May has begun assembling her new government, appointing Philip Hammond as Treasury chief. Hammond, the former foreign secretary, replaces George Osborne, who had held the job for six years. Osborne has resigned from the government. May is expected to shuffle several top jobs and appoint a new “Brexit minister” in charge of negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union. Leading anti-EU campaigner Boris Johnson was among politicians seen entering 10 Downing St. soon after May took over today.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Data analyzed by The Associated Press suggests that a suburban St. Paul police department whose officer killed a black driver last week has been disproportionately arresting African-Americans. The AP and other media requested arrest data from the St. Anthony Police Department after the death of Philando Castile. He was shot after being pulled over in nearby Falcon Heights in a killing that has fueled protests nationwide. Just 7 percent of residents in St. Anthony and neighboring towns are black. But nearly half of those arrested in the first half of 2016 were black. A 2001 study of 65 other Minnesota jurisdictions found officers stopped and searched minority drivers at greater rates than whites.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve says the economy and hiring continued to expand modestly across most of the United States from mid-May through June, leaving some firms struggling to find skilled workers. The Fed’s latest survey of business conditions found modest growth in 11 of 12 regions. The report will be discussed at the Fed’s upcoming meeting later this month as policymakers weigh whether and when to raise short-term U.S. interest rates.

NEW YORK (AP) – Government researchers are predicting that the upcoming Olympics are unlikely to have a major impact on the spread of Zika virus. But four developing countries in the Middle East and Africa could face a substantially higher risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 19 countries that currently do not have Zika have the right conditions for outbreaks if it is imported by people returning from the Olympics. But in only four of the 19 countries is the issue considered substantial.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) – Voters in Palm Beach County, Florida are assigned to polling stations in about 80 Christian churches and five synagogues or Jewish centers this year, along with schools, government buildings and other locations. Until last week, a single mosque was part of this mix. The county elections supervisor had invited the Islamic Center of Boca Raton to host a polling site. But the mosque was disinvited after an anti-Islamic backlash. According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, officials say they received about 50 complaints, including threats of violence, from people who don’t want to vote in a mosque.