Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 18

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 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  SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. 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.

 

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY…MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH ON FRIDAY.

 

Update…power outages, restoration….

Jamestown (CSi)  Officials with Otter Tail Power Company in Jamestown reported late Thursday afternoon that the substations that went out of service due to Thursday morning severe thunderstorms and wind gusts to 75 mph are all on line with good distribution of power.

Jeff Hoff at the Jamestown office says the power to the city was restored in sections, with the last area back on line at about 2-p.m.

Hoff says the focus now remains getting power restored to individual locations where down trees took down power lines.

He adds that Otter Tail crews are working on replacing a damaged power pole carrying transmission lines in the Spiritwood area.

He says Otter Tail Power crews from Rugby, Devils Lake, and Bottineau, came to Jamestown to assist the Jamestown crews.

He says there is generally a two week period ahead, where tree limbs that were weakened by Thursday’s wind may yet come down and cause more power line damages and outages.

 

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.

Another power line was down in Southwest Jamestown near Arby’s, with tree limbs down in the area of First Assembly of God Church in Southwest Jamestown.

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

The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office asks Jamestown residents city-wide to restrict water and  sewer usage due to power outages in the city affecting sewage lift stations operations.

Call  local Emergency Management offices with reports of damages.

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

Update…

The Jamestown city utility operations director informs  residents that they may resume normal water and sewer usage as power was restored.

Earlier the Jamestown City Engineer’s Office asked Jamestown residents to restrict water and  sewer usage due to power outages in the city affecting sewage lift stations operations.

 

Otter Tail Power Company crews have been working on the power outages on Thursday, with areas that were without power coming back on in a sectional basis.  Some outage were expected to last until sometime Thursday afternoon.

Call  local Emergency Management offices with reports of damages.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Area law enforcement reports storm related accidents on the highways.

Thursday morning on I-94 a semi rolled on to its side east of Sanborn.

Whiteout conditions from the heavy rain was reported on I-94 between Jamestown and Valley City near mile marker 278,  during the 7-a.m. hour.

Authorities report the driver received non-life Threatening injuries.

In another report, a semi hauling an anhydrous ammonia tanker flipped on to its side eastbound on I-94 near Oriska, just after 8-a.m., Thursday.

No anhydrous leak was reported, however, the diesel fuel tank ruptured, spilling the fuel, being cleaned up by Haz-Mat crews.

Two people  were extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital.  Their condition has not been released.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board met Thursday morning at the Holiday Inn Express in Jamestown,  to hear grant requests. Voting board members present were Beth Dewald, Janna Bergstedt and Matt Woods.

The board heard a grant request from Robbie Lukens, for dollars for the University of Jamestown Basketball Shootout, for event marketing and expenses in the amount of $5,000.

Lukens’ request indicates additional funding of $600 from the University of Jamestown and $600 from Northwood, North Dakota businesses.

The event on December 29, and 30, 2016, will be moved from the Jamestown Civic Center, to Jamestown High School due to scheduling conflicts, and will cost additional dollars totaling a $2,500 in the rental fee.

Some of the additional cost will be addressed by the Tourism Grant, and designating the rest of the grant money to covering marketing costs, with at least $1,500 specifically for out of town marketing efforts.  The projected total attendance is 1,792 including overnight a day trip guests over the two days.

The economic impact is estimated at $216,000, as ten boys basketball teams from three regions in North Dakota, and Minnesota are expected to compete in the Holiday Shootout.

Lukens added that the players costs will be funded.

Proceeds will go to the Northwood School Foundation, with Jamestown High School receiving proceeds from concessions sales.

The board voted unanimously to grant the full requested amount.

 

The Frontier Village Association asked for a staffing request for a manager’s position.

The Interim President, Nellie Degen said the request is for $4,537.46 to fund the manager’s position for the second half, July – December 2016.

There will be eight part time employees, consisting of adding two maintenance employees at a salary of $13.50 per hour.

Other staff members include, manager at $15 per hour, Head Greeter $10 per hour, greeter, $9 per hour.

After a lengthy discussion on the merits of the funding, a motion was made to approve the full amount, which was defeated on a 2-1 vote, with members Woods, and Dewald voting in opposition, Bergstedt voting in favor. No subsequent motion was made for any different amount of funding, than what was requested.

Following the meeting Executive Director Searle Swedlund informed the board members that the installation of the directional sign near the Tourism Office and Frontier Village  is  being done.

The sign is part of the Jamestown Tourism rebranding process.

He says, the spot for the first sign was selected after watching so many cars turn around in front of the Tourism office.

He points out that  after traveling a couple miles off of interstate, visitors see the towers that say Frontier Village and those looking for the World’s Largest Buffalo or the National Buffalo Museum turn around.

He believes the signage will give the visitor better definition of the area.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Arts Center, reports that  this year’s Artist-In-Residents, Leo Winstead has moved to town, from Minneapolis.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish said, over the last nine years, Winstead has worked as a freelance illustrator and animator.  His published work includes art for games, medical and editorial illustrations as well as designs for holiday-themed merchandise. Leo recently completed an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. In 2003, he won an Artist’s Choice award for the painting, St. Jerome at the third Annual Juried Religious Art Show in northeast Minneapolis. In 2009, he illustrated the picture book Weaver of Song about the Christmas carol, “Silent Night.”  View his portfolio and more at: www.lswinstead.com.

Painting classes with Leo are:
Acrylic Landscape Painting, Saturday, August 20th
Watercolor Floral Portraits, Saturday, August 27th

More details and registration: jamestownarts.com

This year’s Oktoberfest is set for Saturday September 17, 2016, starting at 5:30-p.m., at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.

In addition to the food, there will be beer, music, costumes, along with the Weiner Dog Races.

Tickets are $30 and available at Cork & Barrel, The Jamestown Arts Center, Arts Center Board Members, and at the gate.

Purchasing an Oktoberfest raffle ticket for $75 is the opportunity to win $4,000 (Oktoberfest entry included.

Cyndi again pointed out that sculpture  Owen William Frits from Flagstaff Arizona is working on his Hansen Arts Park sculptures and the next few months he’s installing the “Prairie Grass Ballet,” aluminum “blades of grass,” in addition to  installing and moving in to place, 65 tons of granite boulders.

She added the work is expected to be finished by the fall.

The grand opening of the Hansen Arts Park, including additional items such as the stage, is coming up in July of 2017.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp kicked off a two-day Farm Bill tour of North Dakota Thursday, touting provisions boosting North Dakota agriculture that she secured in the 2014 Farm Bill and hearing directly from farmers and other leaders about what she can do to fight for an even stronger Farm Bill in 2018.

Heitkamp stopped at a farm near Cleveland to survey wetlands with producers and meet with representatives from Delta Waterfowl, a nonprofit that supports wetland conservation. On the visit, Heitkamp learned about a Delta Waterfowl pilot project that incentivizes farmers not to drain wetlands while continuing to farm the land, hearing specifically from farmers who have found the program to work for their operations.

She then visited Jamestown at the North Dakota Farmers Union  discussing at a roundtable with framers the importance of maintaining a strong farm safety net and crop insurance programs. Heitkamp discussed the 2014 Farm Bill, its implementation successes and challenges, as well as the work needed to protect crop insurance programs as Congress prepares for the next Farm Bill.

Heitkamp’s tour is making several stops, from Mandan to Buxton and beyond, to tackle a range of priorities that North Dakotans have in the Farm Bill – including protecting crop insurance, supporting research, promoting exports, and supporting the sugar program.

Heitkamp’s agriculture tour continues on Friday, with stops in Buxton and Arthur to meet with producers and industry leaders about promoting U.S. agriculture exports, defending the sugar program, and supporting new and beginning farmers.

 

Valley City (CSi)  Due to weather the tree planting scheduled for Thursday in Valley City has been postponed to Friday and Monday.

Volunteers are needed to plant trees, install tree protectors and put down mulch in the new Prairie Gardens Orchard Park in Valley City.

The new dates are  Friday, August 19th and Monday, August 22nd.

Co-event coordinator Madeline Luke says  volunteers should report to the site at 5th Avenue Northeast and 9th Street Northeast in Valley City on Friday at 2-pm and on Monday at 3-pm. Bring garden rakes, shovels, gloves, insect spray and sunblock.

Water and snacks will be served both days and pizza will be served to volunteers only on Monday night.