Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept 5

CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
 10 MPH.
 .FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
 THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTH WINDS
 AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
 .FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
 AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
 10 MPH.
 .SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS
 10 TO 15 MPH.
 .SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST
 WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
 .SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
 AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
 .SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
 AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
 .MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
 THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
 .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
 HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
 .TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
 .WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
 70S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL  NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE…WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
 SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH SUNDAY EVENING.
 

Jamestown, ND (sept 5, 2013)  – As crews continue their work on Jamestown sanitary sewer project, residents and drivers are asked to be aware of the following closures and construction taking place.

Third Ave NW Closure

The closure currently in place on 3rd Ave NW from 4th St NW to 3rd St NW has been extended for a half block south of 3rd St NW. This closure is expected to be in place for about one week.

3rd Ave NW is now open from 5th St NW to 4th St NW. Motorists and residents should be aware that cleanup and other miscellaneous work is expected to take place in this area periodically during the next few weeks.

Twelfth Ave SE Closure

 12th Ave SE is closed from 3rd St SE to 5th St SE.

Work is expected to last for about two weeks.

Motorists are reminded to be aware of work currently taking place on 3rd St SE from 12th Ave SE, near the railroad tracks, to 11th Ave SE. 3rd St SE will remain open during this time. However, drivers are asked slow down, use caution and be aware of lane closures. Flaggers will be present during work hours to direct traffic. Work in this area is expected to last for about another week.

A map is online at jamestownsewerproject.com

Questions on the Jamestown sanitary sewer project can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a grass fire on Thursday (Sept 5, 2013) about 10:09 a.m., in the area behind Sanford Health in Northeast Jamestown.

City Fire Department Chief Jim Reuther said the cause was a short in an electrical transformer box at ground level, as the fire was being fought with fire extinguishers by staff at Sanford.

Reuther said a small area of grass was burned, and that the building was not threatened by the fire, and no other damages reported, to other nearby buildings.

An electrical outage was reported in the Sanford building, but other buildings did not appear to have been affected by a power outage.

The power outage cause delays in the Sanford patients appointments.

No injuries with six units and 28 fire fighters remaining on the scene until about 10:30 a.m., until Otter Tail Power crews arrived.

Jamestown,ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Buffalo City Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says, after a slow start, tourism in Jamestown picked up.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Swedlund said the car count at Frontier Village was up 10 percent, from 38,000 visitors last year to 42,000 this year.

He noted that the Frontier Village remains open this month with reduced hours of 9-a.m. to 7-p.m.

He said the National Buffalo Museum is marking its 20^th anniversary this year. The Museum is open 9-a.m., to 5-p.m., and includes the gift shop.

On our show Swedlund pointed out several upcoming events and activities planned the next few weeks in Jamestown, available on the Tourism calendar distributed around the area, and posted on line at CsiNewsNow.com in the Big Calendar.

He added that the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation is continuing to meet and discuss updates to the tourism and marketing in the future.

Swedlund also says Jeff Shell from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin will be in Jamestown the first weekend in October for a 100 mile ride.

Shell is traveling all 50 states to do a “century ride” in each state and will be doing North Dakota’s in Jamestown.

Swedlund says Shell heard about Jamestown from a social media website called “map my ride” that allows road bikers to share their rides with others.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge says North Dakota’s Public Service Commission didn’t violate federal law governing surface mining.
 
     The Dakota Resource Council had argued in a lawsuit that the PSC failed to get necessary approval for changes to state coal mining and reclamation policies.
 
     Government lawyers disputed that, and U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland this week sided with them.
 
     North Dakota is one of about two dozen coal-producing states allowed to regulate surface mining operations, provided state laws are at least as stringent as federal law.
 
     A separate lawsuit that is pending aims to stop the PSC from regulating the mining industry. The Dakota Resource Council and Sierra Club accuse Commissioner Brian Kalk and former commissioner Kevin Cramer of taking improper campaign money from coal mining officials. Kalk and Cramer dispute that.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The four-day United Tribes International Powwow is getting underway in Bismarck.
 
     The annual powwow at United Tribes Technical College draws hundreds of dancers from around the country. It also has a featured cultural group each year. This year’s group is Explendor Azteca, with dancers representing the Aztec culture of central Mexico.
 
     The powwow Thursday through Sunday is in its 44th year. It’s considered one of North Dakota’s premier cultural events, attracting thousands of people every year. Miss Indian Nations also is crowned during the event.

In sports…

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota is breaking ground on a $13 million athletic facility it hopes will help propel its football team to Division I playoff status and boost other programs as well.
 
     The UND Athletics High Performance Center is as a training facility for all sports and a competition venue for track and field. Football will be its primary tenant.
 
     The 196,500-square-foot building will have a regulation football field, separate linemen workout area and 60-foot ceiling for punting and kicking.
 
     It will have a 300-meter, eight-lane NCAA regulation track and seating for 1,500 spectators.
 
     Other highlights include a sports medicine and training center, academic center, class and meeting rooms, locker rooms and coaches offices, weight room and cardio training.
 
     Groundbreaking ceremonies were  Thursday afternoon.

In world and national news…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Google’s attorneys say their long-running practice of electronically scanning the contents of people’s Gmail accounts to help sell ads is legal, and are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to stop the practice.
 
     In court records filed in advance of a federal hearing scheduled for Thursday in San Jose, Google argues that “all users of email must necessarily expect that their emails will be subject to automated processing.”
 
     The class action lawsuit, filed in May, says Google “unlawfully opens up, reads, and acquires the content of people’s private email messages” in violation of California’s privacy laws and federal wiretapping statutes. The lawsuit notes that the company even scans messages sent to any of the 425 million active Gmail users from non-Gmail users who never agreed to the company’s terms.

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Some senators still aren’t convinced, as the administration looks for more support for a U.S. military strike on Syria. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says there are other ways to pressure Syria’s Bashar Assad, short of an American intervention. Collins said the administration still hasn’t presented a clear strategy. And Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon says it’s not clear what the effects of a military strike would be.
 
     ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) – The White House says President Barack Obama has canceled a trip to California to focus on his administration’s response to chemical weapons use in Syria. Obama had been scheduled to visit California next week. The White House said Thursday that Obama will stay in Washington to work on a resolution Congress is considering to authorize a military strike in Syria. He’s been pressing skeptical lawmakers by phone this week while traveling in Sweden and Russia.
 
     CAIRO (AP) – For the first time since the July ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, there’s been an assassination attempt on a senior government official. Egypt’s interior minister was the apparent target of a suspected car bomb that struck his convoy in a Cairo neighborhood. He was unhurt, but the blast wounded at least 22 police and civilian bystanders.

 
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Iran’s new president is scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly this month, in his debut on the world stage. Hasan Rouhani (hah-SAHN’ roh-HAH’-nee) is widely viewed as more moderate than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) — who used his U.N. speeches to question the Holocaust and the official explanation of the 9/11 attacks.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The right type of germs might be able to help fight fat. That’s the finding of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis. They say different kinds of bacteria that live inside the gut can help spur obesity or protect against it. The researchers transplanted intestinal germs from fat or skinny people into mice, and watched the rodents change. And whether or not the good germs could move in and do their job was determined by what they ate. The report raises the possibility of one day turning gut bacteria into personalized fat-fighting therapies. The research is reported in the journal Science.