Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 30

CSi Weather….

JAMESTOWN  AND VALLEY CITY AREA….

WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT TILL
7 AM CDT SATURDAY…

Forecast…

.FRIDAY NIGHT…100 percent chance of snow. Areas of blowing an d d ifting snow. Windy. Snow may be heavy at times in the evening. Snow accumulation around 7 inches in the Jamestown area, 6-9 inches in the Valley City area.  Lows zero to 5 above.
Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph shifting to the north 25 to 30 mph
after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Highs 15 to
20. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph.  Wind Chill around 20 below in the morning.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows zero to 5 above. West winds
10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Lows 10 to 15.

.MONDAY…Cloudy with a 60 percent chance of snow. Highs in the
upper 20s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow in the
evening. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 30.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

Heavy snow is forecast from the northwest, into the central and
portions of east central North Dakota including the James River
Valley Friday  afternoon and Friday night. Snow will decrease from west
to east Friday evening and night. Expect widespread snowfall
accumulations of 3 to 7 inches, with localized amounts up to 9
inches, mainly along and north of Lake Sakakawea and east of the
Missouri River Valley. The heaviest band of snow is expected along
a line from the northwest corner of North Dakota, southeastward
to Stanley, Minot, Harvey, and Carrington.

Strong northerly winds will develop Friday night, causing some blowing and drifting snow Friday night through Saturday.

Late word…

The 5K for Mary’s place and safe shelter has been postponed till April 22 at 1:30pm.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown has released an official statement concerning the distribution of recycling carts and the start of residential recycling in Jamestown.

The City of Jamestown’s recycling contractor, Recycle North Dakota, began delivering recycling containers last week.  The recycling containers are owned by Recycle North Dakota.

Recycling will be collected by Recycle North Dakota beginning on Monday, April 2, 2018. Recycling will be collected every other week on your regular collection day. Garbage is still collected every week on your collection day. This is explained in the packet included in your recycling container.

For more information about the recycling program, go to www.recyclenorthdakota.com.

If you have any questions or concerns about the recycling program or your recycling container, please contact Recycle North Dakota at 701-320-9218 or email info@recyclenorthdakota.com. Provide your name, address and contact information.

GARBAGE

Automated garbage collection will also begin Monday, April 2, 2018, on your regular collection day.  Please have your garbage container at the collection point with the arrows on the lid facing the roadway.

All garbage must be in the new, brown garbage container with the lid closed. After April 1, 2018, waste that is outside the new, brown garbage container will not be collected.

Alley Garbage and recycling collections are suspended, till further notice, due to muddy conditions.  Place containers no farther than three feet from the curb.

Garbage containers should be no closer that four feet next to the recycling cart.

Omaha, NE   (USACE)—  The U.S Army Corps of Engineers has announced planned release changes at Jamestown and Pipestem Dams.

On Friday, Pipestem Reservoir was currently at pool elevation 1442.4 feet with approximately 20 cubic feet per second (cfs) inflow and a water quality release of about 5 cfs.  Jamestown Reservoir was at pool elevation 1429.8 feet with approximately 5 cfs inflow and no release.  All of the flood storage at Jamestown and Pipestem Reservoirs is currently available for the spring runoff.

During the spring snowmelt emphasis will be placed on evacuating Jamestown Reservoir flood storage by June 1.  Pipestem Reservoir flood storage will be primarily evacuated in June, July, and August.  Current forecasts indicate that combined releases are expected to stay below 750 cfs; however, additional snow accumulation or significant spring or summer rainfall could necessitate release levels of 1,200 cfs or higher.  An agency meeting will be held in Jamestown, N.D. in early April and a release schedule will be developed after that meeting.

The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center’s (NOHRSC) model currently shows an average of 2-3 inches of snow water equivalent (SWE) in the upper James River and Pipestem Creek basins.  These estimates are down from the peak modeled SWE values averaging between 3-4 inches.  Soils are still frozen in the upper basin, and soil moisture conditions are currently drier than normal.    River stage on the James River in Jamestown on line at: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=bis&gage=jmsn8&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, injuries  in a one vehicle rollover Friday morning, at 10:34 on I-94 at Exit 285, five miles west of Valley City.

The report says, the SUV driven by  36 year old Richard Smith of Medicine Hat Alberta, Canada, was eastbound at a reduced speed of approximately 60 miles per hour when he drove the Avalanche upon an icy stretch of roadway near Hobbart Lake.

The vehicle slid sideways into the median and rolled. Ten year old Corey Smith, was unbuckled and asleep at the time of the crash. Corey was ejected and came to rest on the left shoulder of the westbound lane. The Avalanche came to rest on its wheels along the north side of the median. Richard, 36 year old Serena Smith  and Corey Smith suffered minor injuries.

Passengers, eight year old Kaden Smith, and four year old Parker Smith were not injured.  They were riding in car seats.

All occupants were transported by Barnes County Ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Valley City. Corey was later transferred to Sanford Hospital in Fargo. The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.

Assisting at the scene were the Valley City Police Department, and the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office.

Jamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown Zonta Club announces that the Third Annual Outstanding Women Leaders (OWL) Brunch is set for  April 7^th when  several Jamestown and Stutsman County women will be recognized for their continued outstanding leadership.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from any Zonta Club of Jamestown member, Bank Forward or Riddle’s Jewelry during the month of March.

Nominations are still be accepted.

Mary Lou Urquhart has more information at 701-952-8105.   E-Mail urquhart@csicable.net.

Zonta International, was created to empower women through service and advocacy, their vision is that all women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.

The Jamestown finalists for  2018 include:

Lisa Jackson
Lisa Jackson joined Jamestown Regional Medical Center as its Foundation Director

Joan Enderle
Joan Enderle is a graduate of North Dakota State University, Fargo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics and received her MBA from University of Mary in 2009.

Joan Halvorson
Joan has been a member of the Zonta Club of Jamestown since the early 1990’s. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree from North Dakota State University in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice and began her law enforcement career as the first female patrol officer for the City of Jamestown where she was honored as the communities’ 1986 Officer of the Year.

Polly Peterson
Polly Peterson was named the 14th President of the University of Jamestown in September,2017 assuming responsibility on March 1st, 2018

Courtney VanDyke
Courtney is a Bismarck native who grew up on a family farm and participated in volleyball, basketball, and rodeo throughout high school. She later attended the University of Mary where she majored in Finance and minored in Accounting while playing college volleyball and starting a career in finance.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A natural gas company is seeking commitments to expand a pipeline that runs through North Dakota.

Alliance Pipeline’s announcement this week comes as the state’s oil and gas regulators are encouraging new infrastructure investment to handle growing volumes of natural gas production, The Bismarck Tribune reported.

“Strong customer demand is the driver for this initiative,” said Dan Sutherland, Alliance vice president for commercial operations, in a statement.

Alliance Pipeline is seeking commitments from industry to increase the amount by 25 percent.

The company receives natural gas from British Columbia, Alberta and North Dakota. It enters North Dakota in Renville County and travels southeast to Richland County.

Alliance spokesman Alan Roth says the expansion would require three additional compressor stations in North Dakota located near Maxbass, Munster and Lisbon, if approved. The company proposes putting the expanded pipeline into service by the end of 2021.

Justin Kringstad, director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority, said additional transmission pipeline capacity will help to reduce natural gas flaring, along with developing more gathering pipelines and processing plants.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Plans for a surprise Easter gathering in northwest Minnesota were cut short by an interstate crash that has left one family mourning the deaths of two young children and dealing with serious injuries to their mother and 3-year-old sibling.

Amber Eisele, 34, was en route to her mother’s house in Stephen, Minnesota with her three children Sunday when she got a call that her sister, Trista Curry, of Fargo, had been in a crash on Interstate 29 near Grand Forks. Curry and her three children were also headed to Stephen for the Easter break.

“It was supposed to be a surprise for all of us to show up at her house for the Easter weekend,” Eisele said Friday.

Eisele, 34, and her children, from Belmont, Wisconsin, had just stopped in Hudson for something to eat when the call came from her aunt and uncle.

“They said my sister had been in an accident and that things didn’t look good,” she said.

Curry’s SUV had slid out of control on an icy, snow-covered interstate and into the path of a semi. Camden Dean, 9, and one-year-old Maxwell Dean died in the crash that left their mother and 3-year-old sister, Avalon, seriously injured.

Curry, 30, sustained a fractured upper arm, several broken ribs, a lower back injury and liver laceration, according to her sister.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a Minot man who fled the Ward County Courthouse after a judge revoked his probation.

The Minot Daily News reports that 38-year-old John Rude was ordered immediately detained on March 15 after a judge sentenced him to six months in jail.

Court documents say Rude ran out the front door of the courthouse and deputies were unable to catch him. Authorities have filed an escape charge against him.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has set a Monday deadline for the environmental entity Earth First to explain what he says appears to be discrepancies in its argument that it can’t be sued for opposing the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Center for Constitutional Rights maintains Earth First is a social movement that can’t be sued. But Earth First has been a plaintiff in other lawsuits. The judge said that if Earth First can sue, it appears to him that it can also be sued.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — An inmate at the Stillwater state prison has been convicted of threatening law enforcement officers and witness tampering.

A district court jury in Fergus Falls found 26-year-old Ramsey Kettle guilty of threatening two Fergus Falls Police officers and an Otter Tail County deputy along with a witness in another case.

KFGO reports prosecutors say Kettle wrote letters saying that after he was released from prison he would strap explosives to his body and set them off inside the police station. Kettle has at least five previous felony convictions.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 31.

In world and national news…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has walked out of jail after she was acquitted hours earlier in federal court.

Noor Salman left the building around 1 p.m. Friday, about two hours after a jury found her not guilty of helping her husband commit the Pulse nightclub attack and lying to the FBI.

She didn’t answer questions from the media, and hung onto the arm of her attorney as they walked to a waiting car.

A jury found her not guilty of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A pathologist hired by attorneys for the family of an unarmed man killed by Sacramento police says an independent autopsy shows Stephon Clark was shot seven times from behind and took up to 10 minutes to die.

Dr. Bennet Omalu told a news conference Friday that Clark was shot in the right back side of the neck and had a cluster of wounds in the upper right side of his back.

The pathologist says any one of those wounds would have been fatal, and death would have taken three to 10 minutes.

Police have said Clark was facing and advancing toward officers who thought he had a gun when they fired, and then could not approach Clark for five minutes.

The pathologist says Clark also suffered an eighth gunshot wound to the thigh that occurred as he was falling or already on the ground.

KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Two British members of the Islamic State group thought to be members of a cell notorious for beheading hostages in northern Syria say the International Court of Justice may be “fairer” than a trial in the United States.

Alexanda Amon Kotey tells The Associated Press in an interview Friday that would be the “logical solution or the logical option.”

“Unless America wants to be the big bully and say no, no,” he said.

The AP interviewed Kotey and another member of the IS cell dubbed “The Beatles” that are believed to have captured, tortured and killed hostages including American journalist James Foley and Western aid workers.

The parents of the victims say the two, who are being held in northern Syria by a U.S.-backed force, should be brought to America to face the U.S. justice system.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says the death toll in Gaza has risen to twelve, with eleven Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire along the border with Israel and a farmer killed by pre-dawn tank fire in a separate incident.

In the deadliest day in Gaza since last fall, the ministry added that at least 1,000 Palestinians were injured Friday by tear gas, live rounds and rubber-coated steel pellets fired by Israeli forces.

The clashes erupted as thousands of Palestinians marched toward the border, including some who threw stones, drawing Israeli fire.

BEIRUT (AP) — A member of the British armed forces has been killed in a bomb blast in Syria during an operation against the Islamic State group.

A U.K. defense ministry spokesman said Friday that an improvised explosive device in Syria killed the service member who was embedded with U.S. forces on Thursday.

No details on the casualty’s service branch, unit or gender were immediately provided.

The spokesman said “the family has been notified and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.”