Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jun 11

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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jun 11, 2013) — There will be a meeting on the planned T-hangar construction at Jamestown Regional Airport on Wednesday June 12, 2013 at 6-p.m., at the airport’s administrative office.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matt Leitner said the meeting open to the public will update plans to construct the initial 10 T-hangars on the southwest side of the airport land, which will be owned by the airport and leased.

Leitner recently attended a meeting with the State Aeronautics Commission which has earmarked an increase in funding for the project.

He added the funding amount from the state has been increased from 75% to 90% from $390,000 to $468,000, for hangar construction including taxi lanes and apron construction.

Future plans call for constructing additional T-hangars in lots of 10.

Other projects this summer at the airport includes installing a new rotating beacon, along with a new electronic access gates, and a new guidance system.

With Jamestown boardings, Leitener pointed out that in May 2013 boardings increased to 206 from 193 in May of 2012. He anticipates the June 2012 boardings of 175 will be surpassed this year.

Leitner noted that drag races at the airport will be July 27, 28, 2013, in conjunction with Jamestown Drag Racing Association.

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jun 11, 2013) – Following a request by the State Historical Society  that the Barnes County Commission delay plans to remodel the courthouse basement, until the Historical Society had the opportunity to review plans, in accordance with state law, the Historical Society gave the go ahead this week, to proceed..

The plan was  delayed at the , request of the City Building Inspector after a recent asbestos check in the basement of the courthouse.

Commission President Eldred Knutson says the county should hear soon from the state Health Department on the results of the test, before moving forward to remodel the space for a Public Service Answering Point Center.

Knutson asked if the city did the same asbestos inspections following their clean up of lead in the basement of city owned law enforcement center.

Barnes County is moving ahead with plans to remodel the basement space for the new Public Service Answering Point Center.

Earlier this year the Barnes County Commission relocated the Sheriff’s offices from the city owned law enforcement center stemming partially because of airborne lead particles from an indoor shooting range, and because the building is in the flood plain.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jun 11, 2013) — Improvements to the McElroy Park diamond number 11 are progressing.

Joan Morris, representing a group advocating updating the diamond for fast-pitch softball, told the parkboard members that the dugouts are finished and the project is about two weeks from completion.

Still left is installing the backstop support poles and the scoreboard.

The $70,000 in project cost is paid by funds from Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown College and other donors as Ms. Morris said the project is close to budget..

Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hogan says Parks Department workers will assist at the ball diamond as time allows.

MOTT, N.D. (AP) – A 19-year-old Mott man has died in a farming accident.

Hettinger County Sheriff Sarah Warner says Mike Wehri was reportedly spraying a field about 2 miles north of Mott on Monday when he struck something electrical.

The incident caused power outages for Montana Dakota Utilities customers in Mott, Regent and New England.

Authorities are still investigating.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have recovered the body of a man who is believed to have drowned in the Missouri River near Bismarck.

A dive rescue team pulled the body of 52-year-old Ralph E. Haycock from the water Monday afternoon in the area of the Kimball Bottoms boat ramp. The man was last seen while swimming on Sunday.

Sgt. Trent Wangen says Haycock had a Bismarck address and previously lived in Texas.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A midsummer trial has been scheduled for an Idaho man accused of driving a kidnapped woman’s car to North Dakota and pulling a gun on a trucker there.

Fifty-seven-year-old Mitchell Walck has pleaded not guilty to four felonies, including terrorizing. Authorities allege he shot at an Idaho state trooper last Nov. 30, kidnapped a woman from her Rathdrum, Idaho, home a day later, released her the next day in Glendive, Mont., then drove to Bismarck and threatened  a trucker whose semitrailer sleeper cab he had entered.

Walck is to stand trial in Bismarck July 23-24 on the North Dakota charges.

Walck has undergone a mental health evaluation at the State Hospital in Jamestown at the request of his defense attorney. Results have not been disclosed.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – City leaders are considering whether to make Grand Forks the first North Dakota community to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

City Councilman Bret Weber says if the measure passes it could be the start of a statewide trend. He says Fargo, Grafton and Mandan are waiting to see the outcome of the proposed amendment to Grand Forks law defining classes protected from discrimination.

The amendment shares the intent of an antidiscrimination bill that failed in the state Senate earlier this year.

The Grand Forks City Council could give final approval to the amendment as early as Monday. Opponents worry that it would infringe on the religious and property rights of others.

In world and national news…

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) – It’s a violent scene in Turkey’s capital of Istanbul, where protesters swarmed back into a central square by the thousands, only to be met by riot police firing water cannons. Massive plumes of tear gas rose into the air. Turkey is seeing nationwide disturbances, from what began as a peaceful demonstration that was aimed at stopping developers from cutting down trees in a park. Earlier Tuesday, the country’s prime minister accused the protesters of damaging Turkey’s image.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – An attack on a police station in the center of the Syrian capital has killed 14 people. The blasts at rush hour, carried out by a pair of suicide bombers, caused extensive damage to cars and storefronts. Syrian state TV quotes a security official as saying more than 30 people were wounded. A British-based human rights group puts the death toll at 15, and says one of the explosions was carried out by a man inside the police station, while the other set off his explosives outside.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate’s top Republican says the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs that were disclosed last week are legal, and are given rigorous oversight. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky also says Edward Snowden, who has admitted disclosing details about the programs, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. He says it’s hard to understand why Snowden would let the nation’s enemies know about the programs — which involved the collection of phone records of millions of Americans, and the monitoring of Internet activity from overseas.

NEW YORK (AP) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing removable flood walls for much of lower Manhattan, a permanent 15-to-20-foot levee in part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees at a Brooklyn creek. It’s part of a nearly $20 billion plan to protect New York City from storms and global warming. The proposals stem from a study that was undertaken after Superstorm Sandy.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – The jury pool for the trial of George Zimmerman is 500, but after a day and a-half of jury selection, attorneys have interviewed just a handful of potential jurors. The neighborhood watch volunteer is pleading not guilty to a murder charge in the shooting death of an unarmed 17-year-old that could carry a life sentence if convicted. Two middle-aged men were interviewed this morning. Both acknowledged knowing about the case, one saying he didn’t like how it had been turned into a racial issue.