Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 5

CSi Weather…

..FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…THURSDAY A.M. –  EARLY EVENING.

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.Critical fire weather conditions will be possible from late
Thursday morning through early Thursday evening across portions of
western North Dakota and all of central North Dakota. By the
afternoon hours expect a mostly sunny to partly cloudy sky with
highs in 60s and humidity values as low as 14 percent.
Additionally, northwest winds will become breezy with sustained
values up to 25 mph and gusts to 35 mph. Winds will be strongest
east and diminish towards the western edge of the watch. These
factors, combined with dry vegetation will likely lead to critical
fire weather conditions. Thus, a Fire Weather Watch has been
issued.

WINDS…Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 36 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 14 percent.

* AFFECTED AREA…Portions of western and all of central North
Dakota

* IMPACTS…Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become
difficult to control or suppress.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

Fire Danger Rating 

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to

10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Northeast winds

5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 30s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers possibly mixed

with snow showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation

40 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in

the evening, then slight chance of rain showers and snow showers

after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation

20 percent.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the mid 30s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.

 

Jamestown  (City Of Jamestown)  On May 6, 2021; there will be a road closure and a temporary water outage on 8th Ave SE (between 12th St SE & 13th St SE) & also on 13th St SE (from 8th Ave SE & 9th SE). This will take place from 8:30 AM until approximately 2:00 PM for utility work.
Questions regarding the water outage, please call the City Water Plant at 701-252-5131.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes, if possible.

 

NDDOH

Covid-19 Dashboard Update,  Following the end of the statewide COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30, all COVID-19 daily updates will be published through the NDDoH COVID-19 Dashboard.

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

11:00 a.m.

Wed. May 5,  2021

Barnes

New Positives  6

Total Positives: 1411

Active: 12

Recovered 1362

 

Stutsman:

New Positives: 4

Total Positives: 3498

Active:  24

Recovered: 3382

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  Central Valley Health has set more vaccination clinics.  Appointments are required and are first come, first serve. Once the clinics are full, they will be closed for registration.

Thursday May 6, 2021

9-a.m. to 3:30-p.m.

At Central Valley Health District

Vaccine Type: MODERNA (2nd dose only)

 

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Vaccine Type: MODERNA

Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Vaccine Type: MODERNA

Event Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Review the due date on the back of your CDC COVID vaccination record card prior to registering.

Appointments are required and are first come, first serve. Once the clinics are full, they will be closed for registration.
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. To register for an appointment, visit our website www.centralvalleyhealth.org and click the “COVID-19” tab.

 

Valley City   A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will take place:

Friday May 7

8-a.m. to 10-a.m.

HAC  Lobby

Pfizer 1st and 2nd Doses

16 and older

 

Monday May 10

10-a.m. to 11-a.m.

Barnes County North School

Pfizer 1st and 2nd Doses

16 and older

Also Monday May 10

1-p.m. to 4-p.m.

CCHD Location

Pfizer 1st and 2nd Doses

16 and older

 

Appointments are REQUIRED and can be made at https://www.ndvax.org//reg/0146051292 (link will not open in Internet Explorer).

City-County Health District now has COVID-19 vaccines available for all Barnes County residents over the age of 16.

Administrator Theresa Will said if you are 16 or older you may receive the Pfizer vaccine. She said for those 18 and older, the Moderna is a viable option.

Walk in Clinics at CCHD for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Vaccines for those 16 and older.

Valley City  (CSi)  On Friday, May 7,   Valley City Parks and Rec will be planting a number of trees at 9am in City Park. The community is invited to attend and celebrate the joy and benefits of trees.

The Valley City  Beautification Committee invites anyone to donate a tree to beautify the parks and the entire city. For more details contact the committee chairperson, Sharon Buhr, at 840-0973.

Valley City has been recognized as a Tree City USA for a number of years. The Tree City USA program is a national program that provides the framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across America.  The communities that achieve this status meet four core standards of sound urban forestry management:  maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.

One tree, an Autumn Splendor Buckeye, was donated by Jeff Moe, to remember his uncle, a long time resident, Lloyd Miller. Lloyd was very active member of the town, being involved in numerous organizations and on the Valley City Public School Board for 12 years.

In sports…

Valley City  (VCSU)  – Valley City State baseball swept the final edition of the North Star Athletic Association Baseball Players of the Week. Reed Butz was selected as the Pitcher of the Week and Jorun Hamre was chosen as the Player of the Week.

North Star Athletic Association Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
Reed Butz – Valley City State (N.D.) – 6’2″ – Junior – pitcher – Rockford, Ill. – Butz tossed eight shutout innings as Valley City State (N.D.) went 4-1 record for the week.  He pitched two shutout innings with two strikeouts, despite a 5-3 extra-innings setback at NCAA Division I North Dakota State.  He followed up with a victory over Presentation (S.D.) after pitching six scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts.  For the week, Butz limited its opponents to .148 batting average (4 hits allowed) and tallied 13 strikeouts.  He did not allow a run.

North Star Athletic Association Baseball Player-of-the-Week
Jorun Hamre – Valley City State (N.D.) – 6’4″ – Senior – first baseman – Leonard, N.D. – Hamre set a new single-season home record as Valley City State (N.D.) went 4-1 record for the week.  He blasted four home runs for the week, leading the North Star Athletic Association with 15 home runs this season.  Hamre recorded a batting average of .444 (8-of-18 at the plate) and scored eight times.  He slugged 1.167 (four home runs, three singles, and a double) and registered an on-base percentage of .500 for the week.

 

Valley City  (VCSU)   Valley City State swept the final edition of the North Star Athletic Association’s Softball Players of the Week. Emily Smith was named Pitcher of the Week and Jessica Husband was chosen as Player of the Week. It is the fifth time this season that the Vikings have swept the weekly honor.

North Star Athletic Association Softball Pitcher-of-the-Week
Emily Smith – Valley City State (N.D.) – 5’7″ – Senior – pitcher – Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada – Smith earned three victories on the week, including two shutouts as Valley City State (N.D.) went 6-0 record for the week.  The Vikings claimed the North Star Athletic Association regular-season title as Smith tossed a complete game with 11 strikeouts and allowed one run on four hits in 9-1 victory at Mayville State (N.D.).  For the week, Smith gave up just one run and finished all three games in five innings.  She struck out 25 batters and held its opponents to a .113 batting average.

North Star Athletic Association Softball Player-of-the-Week
Jessica Husband – Valley City State (N.D.) – 5’5″ – Junior – outfielder – Kingwood Park, Texas – Husband recorded a .765 batting average and a 1.353 slugging percentage after going 13-of-17 at the plate with three home runs, fueling Valley City State (N.D.) to a 6-0 record for the week.  She drove in 11 runs and scored eight runs for the week.  Husband also had a double and recorded at least two hits in each of the six games.

Valley City  (VCSU)   Valley City State University defensive lineman Marshaun Jones has been named to the AFCA NAIA Coaches’ All-America Teams announced Wednesday by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA).

Jones was named 2nd Team All-American with Wednesday’s release. He was one of eight defensive lineman to receive All-American honors.

VCSU linebacker Sal Avila was named Honorable Mention All-American on Wednesday.

View the complete All-America Team

A native of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Jones received the 2nd Team honor after recording 51 tackles in VCSU’s seven games this season. He also had four sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss. Jones is a two-time First Team All-Conference selection in the North Star Athletic Association. He plans to return next year for his final season of eligibility.

Avila, a junior from El Paso, Texas, was the NSAA Defensive Player of the Year after recording 70 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss over VCSU’s seven games.

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams for all five divisions of college football. The AFCA All-America teams are the only teams chosen exclusively by the coaches themselves.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota will issue more deer hunting licenses this year than it has in the past 10 years. The Game and Fish Department will make 72,000 licenses available to hunters, the sixth consecutive year the number has increased and up 3,150 from last year. The department has been moving toward a goal of issuing at least 75,000 licenses annually. The number issued this year might have been higher, but drought conditions persist across the state, affecting reproduction. The deadline to apply for a license is June 2. North Dakota’s 2021 deer gun season opens Nov. 5 at noon and continues through Nov. 21.

In world and national news…

ATLANTA (AP) — The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks has been reversed. Garrett Rolfe was fired in June, a day after he shot Brooks in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. The Atlanta Civil Service Board on Wednesday released its decision on Rolfe’s appeal of his firing. Based on the city’s failure to comply with some provisions of its code and on witness testimony, the board says it concluded Rolfe wasn’t given due process before he was fired.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney is clinging to her post as party leaders are lining up behind an heir apparent for her job. Former President Donald Trump became the latest to do that. He issued a statement Wednesday giving his “COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement” to New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik. No. 2 House GOP leader Steve Scalise is also backing Stefanik. Their endorsements signal that the fallout over Cheney’s repeated clashes with Trump were becoming too much for her to overcome. A secret ballot vote by House Republicans on replacing Cheney could come as early as next week.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general says the military must do more to improve career opportunities for Black Americans. They remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among Air Force pilots and in the top ranks of the military. Army Gen. Mark Milley is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told a Howard University ROTC commissioning ceremony on Wednesday that diversity is an important strength of the military. But, he added, “We must get better.” He said only two of 41 four-star generals are Black, even though the overall military is 20 percent Black.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City public school system has designated Oct. 11 as Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day. The renaming of Columbus Day is an effort to please both Italian Americans who celebrate Christopher Columbus and racial justice advocates who accuse him of genocide. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that turning Columbus Day into a day to honor both Italian American heritage and Indigenous peoples is “a good way forward.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo disagreed, saying it was insulting to force the two groups to share a holiday.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales in the coming days to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Great White Way at full capacity. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Broadway theaters can reopen Sept. 14 and will be allowed to decide their own entry requirements, like whether people must prove they’ve been vaccinated to attend a show. Selling tickets will allow theaters to gauge interest before stages open, said Robert Mujica, Cuomo’s budget director. The Broadway that reopens will look different, with “Frozen” and “Mean Girls” deciding not to restart.

 

(AP) Spain’s health minister says the European country has detected 11 cases of the new strain of the coronavirus first identified in India. Minister Carolina Darias says the cases were two separate outbreaks discovered by health officials in recent days. She added a plane carrying medical supplies, including oxygen and breathing machines, for hard-hit India will leave on Thursday. Last week, Spain’s government approved a shipment of seven tons of medical supplies to help India combat it surging wave of infections.

 

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s health regulators say they’ve become the first to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people as young as 12. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also is expected to authorize Pfizer’s vaccine for young by next week, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year. Wednesday”s announcement comes barely a month after the company found that its shot provided protection for the younger group. Preliminary results from that study of 2,260 U.S. volunteers ages 12 to 15 showing there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared with 18 among those given dummy shots.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration nullified a Trump-era rule Wednesday that would have made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors. The Labor Department’s decision came just two days before the Trump-era rule was supposed to take effect. The move means the Labor Department will continue to use existing rules under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act to determine whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor. Under the existing system, app-based companies such as Uber, DoorDash and Instacart had already been able to classify their gig workers as independent contractors. But those companies had applauded the Trump administration rule, arguing that the Depression-era law was outdated and did not provide the flexibility demanded by the digital era.