Wayne Byers Show – Morning Aug 8

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY LATE IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS AROUND 60.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out Tuesday afternoon about 1:30 (Aug 7, 2012) to a grass fire.

The fire, a controlled burn, was located about one and a half miles north of the Eldridge I-94 exit.

Four units and eight firefighters were dispatch to the scene. A subsequent fire on a utility pole was put out, with a minimal amount of damage.

　

Update

　Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — A 37-year-old Valley City man – Jackson “Jack” Schnaidt–  died Monday (Aug 6, 2012) stemming from a head-on collision with his motorcycle and a pickup, on Highway 62 north of Spiritwood Lake.

Stutsman County Sheriff Office Sergeant Liz Kapp says the crash occurred about 4:30 –p.m., approximately three miles north of Spiritwood Lake.

Kapp says the crash remains under investigation.

Obituary from Lerud Schuldt Funeral Home: 

Jackson “Jack” Schnaidt, age 37, of Valley city, ND died Aug. 6, 2012 of injuries resulting from a motorcycle accident. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Friday August 10th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Valley City with Rev. Dan Forsberg officiating. Visitation will be from 4 PM until 7 PM Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church with a Prayer Service beginning at 7 PM. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Valley City, ND.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Highway Patrol office reports, a motorcycle accident on Saturday August 4, 2012 about 11-p.m., claimed the life of a 44 year old Wimbledon man.

The report says, Scott McMillan was northbound on paved Stutsman County Road #62 three miles north of Spiritwood (7 miles north east of Jamestown).

The motorcycle entered a curved portion of the roadway, drifted across the southbound lane and entered the west ditch.

McMillan lost control and was thrown from the motorcycle.

McMillan and motorcycle came to rest in the west ditch. The motorcycle suffered moderate damage.

McMillan was severely injured.

He was transported by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service to Jamestown Regional Medical Center where he died.

A helmet was not in use.

Alcohol was involved.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the accident scene.

The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the 59-year-old Ashley man who died Monday (Aug 6, 2012) in a two-vehicle crash on I-94. He was identified Tuesday as Rickey Heinrich.,

The patrol said the crash happened about 9:15 a.m., three miles east of Richardton.

65 year old Janice Etherton, of Glen Ullin, was traveling westbound on I-94 in a 2004 Kenworth, hauling corn to Richardton.

Heinrich was driving a 2004 Ford pickup westbound on I-94 also and after moving into the same lane Etherton was driving in, the driver slowed down for unexpected reasons.

Etherton applied her brakes but was unable to avoid striking the Ford pickup from behind, and subsequently both vehicles spun into a ditch.

Both vehicles rolled upon hitting the ditch and came to rest there.

Etherton was wearing her seat belt and was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dickinson, for injuries.

Heinrich was not wearing his seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both vehicles were totaled.

　

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) – Barnes County Water Resource Board Manager Duane Lettenmaier, has been dismissed as the commission decided he was using his job for personal gain.

It’s alleged that Lettenmaier was directly benefiting from a drain project, that taxpayers were partially paying for. The project was designed to clean out cat tails that blocks a drain, and backing up water onto his property.

Lettenmaier says he will not appeal the decision.

The Board earmarked some 10-thousand-dollars for the project, and was billed for more than 22-thousand dollars.

The project was been terminated.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple is asking that all

North Dakota and U.S. flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on

Friday in respect for the victims of the mass shooting in Oak

Creek, Wis.

Six people died and three were critically injured in Sunday’s

attack on worshippers at a Sikh temple.

Dalrymple’s directive is in accordance with a proclamation

signed by President Barack Obama.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is hosting a Widow’s Retreat September 14– 16, 2012, at Maryvale Retreat Center in Valley City, ND.

On Tuesday’s (Aug 7, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 our guests were JAGST members Carol Arnold, and Kathy Vandeberghe, explaining more information on the weekend.

It will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 14^{, 2012 and concludes after a brunch on Sunday, September 16th.}

The cost of the retreat is $125.00 and includes 2 nights lodging in a private room, 5 meals and all supplies.

The registration deadline is September 1, 2012.

The retreat is an opportunity for widows to immerse themselves in healing with no distractions in a relaxing, supportive and positively charged atmosphere with others who have experienced the loss of a husband

Participants will learn coping skills and about resources that may help during the grieving process.

The weekend will include special guest speakers, Tracy Johnk, Social Worker at Jamestown Regional Medical Center and Grief Recovery Specialist from Wahpeton, ND.

The weekend will also include a panel of Jamestown Area Grief Support Team members who are widows; time for personal sharing and discussion; a Service of Remembrance and workshops on journaling, self-nurturing/pampering and understanding the grief journey.

There will be time for informal interaction among those attending and time for private reflection while walking the beautiful Maryvale grounds.

The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is a non-profit organization dedicated to offering support to those who have experienced losses.

To receive a brochure and registration form for the Widow’s Retreat, please contact us at PO Box 1043 * Jamestown, ND * 58403-1043 or call Brenda at 252-1198 or 952-6886; Carol at 701-320-3801 or Eileen at 701-251-1280.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Area Republicans are hosting the next luncheon on Thursday (Aug 9, 2012) at noon at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jametown.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Delores Rath said the guest speaker will be North Dakota, Lt. Governor, Drew Wrigley.

Tickets are $10 per person at the door.

RSVP Delores Rath, for a headcount, at 952-7170.

On another note, Ms. Rath added the local GOP Headquarters will open at the Buffalo Mall in Jamestown, in October.

More information on the exact location, and hours will be announced later.

The headquarters will also have a listing and explanation of the November, 2012 election ballot, measures.

　

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Texas man accused in a fatal shooting

at a crew camp in the western North Dakota oil patch has been

formally charged with murder, attempted murder and terrorizing.

Twenty-four-year-old Victor Lamont of Lufkin, Texas, is accused of killing 57-year-old Gerald Schild of Katy, Texas, and injuring 38-year-old Travis Lomax, of Fort Smith, Ark. Lomax was treated at a Minot hospital and released.

Authorities say the shooting happened late Saturday at the crew camp near Tioga. All three men were working for a Wisconsin-based pipeline company.

Williams County Chief Deputy Verlan Kvande (KWAHN’-dee) tells The Forum newspaper that Lamont also is accused of threatening two other company workers.

Court documents do not list an attorney for Lamont.

　

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – After a chase that reached 100 mph,

Grand Forks Police have arrested a man sought in earlier car

chases.

31-year-old Juan Angel Robles of Grand Forks was caught Tuesday

after his car collided with a construction vehicle on a county road and got stuck on a guard rail or a small bridge west of Merrifield.

Robles was sought for a Friday chase that ended when police

called off the pursuit because of the danger to the public.

He also is suspected of eluding police after a chase Sunday in which the suspect struck an officer with a stolen vehicle and

dragged him for a short distance.

The officer fired a shot at the man but apparently missed.

 

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – Staff at Theodore Roosevelt National

Park in western North Dakota used flashlights and horses to rescue a hiker after he became dehydrated and texted for help.

Park spokeswoman Eileen Andes says 23-year-old Andrew Sparks was well-prepared for a two-night outing in the park’s North Unit, but he lost a water bottle. The high temperature in the area on Monday was 96 degrees.

Sparks texted for help about 7:30 p.m. Monday and was brought out of the backcountry shortly after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Andes did not know where Sparks is from.

　

TURTLE LAKE, N.D. (AP) – A 10-year-old girl has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in central North Dakota.

 Heather Presler died Sunday at a hospital in Turtle Lake.

The McLean County Sheriff’s Department says she died from injuries she suffered in the accident on her family farm Sunday afternoon.

Her funeral is Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Turtle Lake.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man accused of selling

$1,400 worth of painkillers to undercover agents has pleaded guilty in federal court.

James Grant, of Fort Yates, is charged with two counts of

possession with intent to distribute morphine. He faces a maximum

sentence of 10 years in prison.

Authorities say Grant sold the morphine pills from his house in the so-called Boot Hill District in Fort Yates on two separate

occasions.

The first sale was for $500 for five pills on April 21.

The second sale was for $900 for 10 pills on May 22.

Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 17 in Bismarck.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Law enforcement officers say three people

arrested for theft of copper wire from a Bismarck business may have been

involved in similar crimes in North Dakota and other states.

38-year-old Soran Kareen Kaka of West Fargo, 31-year-old Jerry

Eugene Dean of Fargo, and 27-year-old Joel Lumbreras of Carrizo

Spring, Texas, were charged with felony burglary and felony theft

of property for a break-in last week at RK Electric in Bismarck.

According to an affidavit filed by a North Dakota Bureau of

Criminal Investigation special agent, the burglary in Bismarck is

similar to an earlier one in Fargo and others in South Dakota and

Iowa. However, none of the three suspects has been charged in any

burglaries or thefts other than the one in Bismarck.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has its first confirmed human case of West Nile virus this year.

The state Health Department says the Dickey County man in his 50s needed hospital care.

Agency program manager Michelle Feist (fyst) says it’s a reminder how serious the mosquito-borne illness can be, especially for older people and those with weakened immune systems.

Last year, the state had four human cases of West Nile.

The virus was first confirmed in North Dakota in 2002. The highest human case total in the state was 617 in 2003.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farm groups say they’ll oppose an anti-animal cruelty measure if it gets on the ballot.

The initiative would make it a felony crime to commit aggravated cruelty against a cat, dog or horse — such as burning, suffocating and beating to death. The punishment could be up to five years in prison.

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, the Farm Bureau and the Farmers Union are among the organizations that don’t like the idea.

Farmers Union President Woody Barth says the measure uses “inflammatory language” and doesn’t talk about the most common forms of animal mistreatment in North Dakota.

Supporters of the measure turned in more than 25,000 signatures to Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Tuesday. They only need about 13,500 names to qualify for the November election.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some of North Dakota’s new group of voter

initiatives had to pay people to circulate their petitions.

A consulting firm was paid $145,000 to run the

signature-gathering effort for a proposal to put some of North

Dakota’s oil tax collections into a conservation fund.

A campaign to put a medical marijuana initiative on the November ballot spent about $45,000 on petition carriers.

Secretary of State Al Jaeger says it’s uncommon for initiative campaigns to use paid petition circulators. He says the $145,000 spent by the conservation fund backers is surprising.

North Dakota law restricts how petition carriers may be paid.

They can’t be paid by the signature.

Jaeger says he believes the law helps cut down incentives for abuse.

 

In sports…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Supporters of the University of North Dakota’s retired Fighting Sioux nickname say they will wait until December to submit petitions for an initiated measure.

The petitioners faced a midnight deadline on Wednesday to turn in signatures to Secretary of State Al Jaeger in order for the issue to be placed on the November ballot.

The Spirit Lake Committee for Understanding and Respect, and the Fighting Sioux Ballot Measures Committee is proposing a constitutional amendment that says UND’s sports teams must always be known as the Fighting Sioux.

Sean Johnson, spokesman for the two groups, says the nickname supporters did not want their issue to be lumped in with other ballot measures in November.

Nickname backers have until Dec. 12 to submit 27,000 signatures in order to make the next ballot.

 

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…

Tuesday’s Games

St. Paul 8, Fargo-Moorhead 2

　

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE…

　

CLEVELAND (AP) – Tsuyoshi Nishioka drove in the go-ahead run in

the top of the ninth last night as the Minnesota Twins rallied to

beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5. The Twins scored three times off

All-Star closer Chris Perez, who blew his second save opportunity

in three days. Minnesota’s Ben Revere extended his hitting streak

to 21 games.

　

Final Minnesota 7 Cleveland 5

Final Detroit 6 N-Y Yankees 5

Final Baltimore 8 Seattle 7, 14 Innings

Final Texas 6 Boston 3

Final Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 1

Final Kansas City 5 Chi White Sox 2

Final Oakland 10 L.A. Angels 4

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Arizona 10 Pittsburgh 4

Final Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 0

Final Miami 4 N-Y Mets 2

Final Washington 3 Houston 2, 12 Innings

Final Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 1

Final San Francisco 4 St. Louis 2

Final San Diego 7 Chi Cubs 4

Final Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 1

　

OLYMPICS…

TRACK AND FIELD

LONDON (AP) – Usain (yoo-SAYN’) Bolt opened defense of his

Olympic 200-meter title with a comfortable win in the opening round to finish in 20.39 seconds.

Bolt’s teammate, 100-meter silver medalist Yohan Blake, won his heat easily in 20.38 as well.

American Wallace Spearmon also qualifed with a time of 20.47.

 

LONDON (AP)- As we enter Day 12 of the London Olympics, gymnast Aly Raisman (RAYS’-mihn) has become the most decorated medal winner on the U.S. women’s squad.

Raisman won the gold medal in floor exercise – her second London gold – and a bronze on the balance beam.

 

LONDON (AP) – Diana Taurasi scored 15 points and Candace Parker added 12 to lead the Americans to a 91-48 rout of Canada and advance to the semifinals in women’s basketball for the eighth straight time. On Thursday, the U.S. will face Australia, which beat China 75-60.

　

LONDON (AP) – It’s an all-American final in beach volleyball when April Ross and Jennifer Kessy, in their first Olympics, plays against two-time Olympic champions Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor (TRAY’-nur).

The Jennings-May-Treanor team has won 20 straight matches and is aiming for its third straight Olympic gold medal.

　

MEDALS

LONDON (AP) – China continues to lead the medals race in

London.The 2008 Olympic hosts have 73 of them, including 34 gold.

The U.S. is next with 70 medals, including 30 gold.

After a slow start, this year’s hosts sit tied for third with Russia in the overall count with 48.

Great Britain won three gold on Tuesday to raise its total to 22. That’s the most the Brits have collected at any Summer Games in 104 years.

Russia has 10 gold medals.

　

NBA…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Portland Trail Blazers have hired Terry Stotts as head coach to replace Kaleb Canales, who was the interim coach after the Blazers fired Nate McMillan midway through last season.

The 54-year-old Stotts had a 115-168 record as coach of the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks before spending the past four seasons as an assistant with Dallas.

　

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Former NBA All-Star Dan Roundfield

has drowned while swimming off the Caribbean island of Aruba.

Aruba police says Roundfield had helped his his wife to safety from a strong current but then the 59-year-old former player was swept away.

　

NASCAR-DODGE…

UNDATED (AP) – Dodge has decided to withdraw from NASCAR

competition at the end of this season.

The decision announced Tuesday impacts Dodge’s involvement in both the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series.

Penske Racing currently fields two Dodge Chargers in Sprint Cup and two Dodge Challengers in Nationwide, but Penske announced in February that it was switching to Fords for the 2013 season, leaving Dodge in the lurch.

　

In world and national news…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – President Barack Obama is expected to emphasize women’s health themes as he campaigns today in Colorado. Mitt Romney is set to be in Iowa.

Both candidates are raising the volume on their criticism to fire up the party base and cast the other as an extremist.

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) – U.S. homeowners are getting better about keeping up with their mortgage payments.

The percentage of borrowers who have fallen 60-days or more behind is at a three-year low, but still much higher than before the housing bust.

But the positive second-quarter trend reported by TransUnion coincided with an improving outlook for the U.S. housing market.

 

CHETUMAL, Mexico (AP) – Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to cross the Yucatan Peninsula by this evening and enter the southern Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.

The area is dotted with offshore oil platforms owned by the Mexican state oil company.

In the Yucatan, fishermen and tourists evacuated low-lying areas.

 

GAUHATI, India (AP) – At least 31 people died today when a crowded passenger bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a gorge in India’s remote northeast.

Officials say another 34 passengers were injured. India has the world’s highest road death total.

　

 

NEW YORK (AP) – Another airline ticket glitch. At least 5,000 tickets were purchased yesterday after El Al posted fares for less than $400, down from an average of $1,600 for round-trip airfare between New York and Israel.

The New York Post says news of the bargain fare quickly spread through New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities. El Al says it will decide this week whether to honor the tickets.