Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 18

CSi Weather….

REST OF TODAY…A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN

THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE

AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER

MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTH WINDS 5 TO

15 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. NORTH WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH.

.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.

.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

LOWS AROUND 50.

.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 

UPDATE…

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON…

WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH ON FRIDAY.

 

 

A peak wind gust of 75 MPH was reported in the thunderstorm at 7-a.m.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a power line fire, behind the Two Rivers Inn, at 7-a.m. this morning.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says the power line was likely down from high wind.

Another  power line was reported down about 7:36 a.m., in the area of the BNSF rail yard.

The city fire department cleared the scene about  8:07 a.m.

Numerous reports of tree damage and other damages  from the high wind this morning as well.

 

Valley City (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Special Session Wednesday afternoon at City Hall to review proposed settlement conditions from Scott Sandvik’s attorney and make recommendations to city staff.  All members were present. The attorney, Jennifer Braun, requested not to be present at the meeting.

In June this year Sandvik’s bar, My Bar, was found in violation of the city’s liquor ordinance, and the establishment was served a 30 day suspension.

An Administrative Hearing was set before the City for August 29, 2016.

Sandvik’s attorney requested the opportunity to present to  the City Commission prior to the hearing date, a proposal for a resolution.

At the City Commission meeting  on Wednesday, City Administrator Schelkoph said the attorney’s proposal included reducing the suspension from 30 days to two days.

City Attorney Myrhe said city officials have conferred relative to the settlement, which is being brought to the City Commission for direction for action.

Commissioner Pedersen said, a two day suspension was “light.”

Myhre said seeing the offense occurred past the one year period, from the prior offense, the case is considered a first time offense.

Commissioners discussed the number of days for the suspension this time.

Sandvik’s settlement stated that he will not be under the influence of alcohol, along with his employees while on duty at the bar.   Myhre said that had occurred in the past.

The City Commission on Wednesday reached a consensus, to suspend the license for 12 days, at one day per month, over a period of 12 months, and inform Valley City Police on the days when the suspension is being served.  Also for Sandvik not to consume alcohol.  In addition the agreement calls for Sandvik to have a chemical dependency evaluation and follow through on the recommendation.while on duty at the bar.

The City Commission passed a motion relative to the consensus of the Commissioners.

Myhre said he will contact Ms. Braun with the city’s “last best offer.”

Sandvik is a candidate in the September 15, 2016, Mayoral race, along with Dave Carlsrud and Janice Clark Klein.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68.

Jamestown  (CSi) Jamestown Public Works reports that fogging operations in the City of Jamestown for adult mosquitoes is scheduled to begin TONIGHT- Wednesday, August 17, 2016 through Thursday, August 18, 2016.

All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions. 

All fogging operations will take place between approximately 8:30 PM (dusk) until approximately 6:00 AM.

Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the fogging machines.

Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the fogging units.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Dacotah Bank of Valley City makes a commitment to Valley City State University through the V-500 Scholarship Program, Century Club, Turf Project and as the sponsor of the 23rd Annual VCSU Scholarship Auction.

Jeremy Wiebe, assistant director of annual giving at VCSU says, “Because of alumni, friends, and businesses like Dacotah Bank, we are able to award competitive scholarships and keep up with growing enrollment at VCSU.”

Dacotah Bank president Dick Gulmon adds, “Dacotah Bank has long believed in commitment and service to enhance our community, and we are certainly proud to support Valley City State University to mirror that belief.”

Gulmon says, “Scholarship support helps to make all these things possible, and Dacotah Bank is honored to support VCSU in its efforts to be a key contributor to enhancing ‘quality of place’ for Valley City and Barnes County.”

Jamestown  (CSi)   Dave and Dr. Mandy Sorlie in conjunction with Jamestown Region Medical Center (JRMC) Foundation will be hosting the first GOLF “fore” ANGELS outing at the Jamestown Country Club on August 27, 2016. The event will include nine holes of golf, luncheon, silent auction and wine pull.

In 2015 Dave and Dr. Mandy Sorlie created the Advocating for Neonatal Grief and Early Loss Support (ANGELS) fund. The fund was created to help defer the financial burden for families who have experienced the loss of an infant at JRMC.

Proceeds from the event will go towards the ANGELS fund, with a variety of ways to give which include;  Donating a silent auction item or bottle of wine,  becoming a sponsor, making a tax deductible gift directly to the fund,  bringing a team to golf or attending the luncheon only.

The CDC reports that over 23,000 fetal losses occurred in the United States in 2014. This type of loss is a sad reality for some families, and can have a devastating effect on the family.

Dr. Mandy Sorlie, says, “As a family physician I have witnessed the pain and felt the heartbreak that families experience during the loss of an infant. My husband and I could not imagine being faced with a financial burden at the same time.  My goal in creating this fund was to help families with the financial burden so they can focus on grieving their loss.”

For more information on this event contact JRMC Foundation at (701) 952-4880. To register your team or be a sponsor visit www.jrmcnd.com and click on JRMC Foundation.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A man accusing of intending to deal heroin near Minot State University and threatening to kill a woman with a gun has been sentenced to serve three years in prison.

Twenty-six-year-old Dennis Yeboah on Wednesday pleaded guilty to felony drug and terrorizing charges under a plea deal with prosecutors. He was facing the prospect of a life prison sentence.

Yeboah has a Minot address but the Minot Daily News reports he is not a U.S. citizen. Judge Gary Lee told Yeboah he might be deported after he’s finished serving his prison time.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says he has contacted the White House and met with North Dakota’s senators in an effort to halt construction of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline.

David Archambault II says he met Wednesday with North Dakota Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp to “express concerns” about the Dakota Access pipeline that will cross the Missouri River just north of the Standing Rock reservation and also travel through South Dakota and Iowa to Illinois.

Archambault says he is calling for peaceful protests of the pipeline. Archambault and others have been arrested in the past week for interfering with construction in southern North Dakota.

North Dakota transportation officials on Wednesday closed a several-mile stretch of Highway 1806 because of the protest along the road.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Cigarette makers are helping fund an effort to snuff out a measure seeking to increase North Dakota’s tobacco tax.

Campaign finance reports filed with the state show Marlboro-maker Altria Group Inc. and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. have contributed more than $860,000 to fight the tobacco tax increase that will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.

The Raise It For Health North Dakota coalition wants to raise the state’s 44-cent cigarette tax another $1.76 per pack, to $2.20. Tax on other tobacco products, including liquid nicotine for electronic cigarettes, would increase 28 percent to 56 percent.

North Dakota ranks 47th among states in tax paid by smokers. Retailers have successfully fought off several attempts to raise the state’s tobacco tax in the past two decades.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a transgender employee at a Fargo hospital who says she was discriminated in the workplace.

Faye Seidler, who was born as a male and identifies herself as a female, filed the complaint against Sanford Medical Center. She says she was not treated fairly and was wrongly denied access to the women’s locker room.

Sanford’s attorneys said in court documents that the hospital made a good-faith effort to address Seidler’s complaints and were working on the locker room issue when she quit. She resigned from her job as a technician in March 2015.

Seidler’s attorney, Joshua Newville, says the agreement resolves the matter “to the mutual satisfaction of the parties.” He would not disclose terms of the settlement.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Airline passenger numbers in North Dakota are on pace for about a 14 percent drop this year.

State Aeronautics Commission data show that boardings at the eight commercial service airports in July were down about 13 percent from the previous year. The biggest declines were 64 percent in Dickinson and 36 percent in Williston, two cities in the state’s oil patch.

The Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot airports also saw drops in boardings, while Bismarck, Devils Lake and Jamestown had increases.

A total of 609,111 passengers have flown commercially from the eight cities this year, compared to 705,880 through July last year.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A convicted sex offender in Minot who was arrested after getting a job as a mall Easter bunny is scheduled to change his not guilty plea.

Twenty-four-year-old Daniel Sanderson is accused of failing to register as a sex offender. The felony counts carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Sanderson pleaded not guilty earlier this month, but court documents show a change-of-plea hearing is now scheduled for Sept. 16.

Sanderson is barred from working with children as a condition of probation he received after pleading guilty last year to exposing himself to a girl at a hotel. Authorities allege he got the Easter bunny job last March.

 

 

In Sports…

AA…

Sioux City 6, Fargo-Moorhead 1

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Gibson pitched his first nine-inning complete game and the Minnesota Twins overcame two hits from hyped prospect Dansby Swanson in his big league debut to beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Wednesday night.

Juan Centeno drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth, and Minnesota swept the two-game series of the major leagues’ two worst teams.

The Braves showed why they’re five games worse than the Twins, dropping to 18-41 at home despite Swanson’s strong debut in his hometown.

Gibson (5-7) began the night with a 7.98 ERA in three starts this month, but he had little trouble dominating the majors’ weakest offense.

Eric O’Flaherty (1-4) gave up three runs over one inning for Atlanta.

 

Final Tampa Bay 2 San Diego 0

Final St. Louis 8 Houston 2

 

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Toronto 7 N-Y Yankees 4

Final Boston 8 Baltimore 1, 6 Innings

Final Kansas City 4 Detroit 1

Final Chi White Sox 10 Cleveland 7

Final Texas 6 Oakland 2

Final Seattle 4 L.A. Angels 3

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Colorado 12 Washington 10

Final Pittsburgh 6 San Francisco 5

Final L.A. Dodgers 7 Philadelphia 2

Final Cincinnati 3 Miami 2

Final Chi Cubs 6 Milwaukee 1

Final Arizona 13 N-Y Mets 5

 

Olympics…

Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst have won the beach volleyball gold medal, handing the host nation its second straight medal-round setback on the Copacabana sand.

The 21-18, 21-14 victory gave Germany its first medal in women’s beach volleyball, just four years after the German men took the top spot on the Olympic podium in London. Brazil’s Agatha and Barbara, the reigning world champions, took silver.

The game followed a bronze medal match in which Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross beat Brazil’s other women’s team, Larissa and Talita.

The hosts still have a chance for a gold medal when Alison and Bruno play Italy in the men’s championship on Thursday.

Twenty-five gold medals are waiting to be won at the Rio Olympics today, with the marque event featuring Usain Bolt in his favorite race, the 200 meter sprint.

The Jamaican superstar is aiming for his 8th gold medal.

Other top track events include the women’s 800 meters and 400 meter hurdles and the men’s 400 meter hurdles, the decathlon and shot put.

On the sand, two-time Olympians Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo of Italy face Brazilian favorites Alison and Bruno in the men’s beach volleyball final.

Four golds each are being awarded in sailing and canoe sprint and Chinese divers are expected to go 1-2 in the women’s 10-meter platform. Belgium also takes on Argentina in the men’s field hockey final.

In semifinals, the U.S. women face Serbia in volleyball and France in basketball.

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities want to know more about claims by U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates that they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Lochte is back in the U.S. after competing in the Olympic Games, but teammates Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were removed from their plane last night, so that they could talk with local authorities. Brazilian authorities say U.S. swimmer James Feigan is also expected to speak with them today.

 

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