Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept 10

CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS UP TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS
UP TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 70 TO 75.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 70 TO 75.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 50 TO 55.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 70 TO 75.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 50 TO 55.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

McVille, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 10, 2013) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the Cooperstown man who died in and accident Monday morning, about 8:35, about three miles northwest of McVille, along 109th Avenue, Northeast.

The Patrol says, 50 year old Ernest Brager, died when the garbage truck he was a passenger in left the road and rolled.

The truck was driven by 19 year old J.J. Zaun, 19, also of Cooperstown.

Zaun was treated and released at the McVille Hospital.

Brager was ejected from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Minot, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 10, 2013) — Recoveree (Recovery) Connection is a volunteer driven, telephone support program that contacts people recovering from substance abuse to encourage them in the early days of recovery.

During a phone interview on Tuesday’s (Sept 10, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the program’s coordinator, Colman Quill in Minot said, volunteers contact participants by phone once a week to offer encouragement and support resources. There is a 12-16 week commitment.

He pointed out that an hour per month to help someone in recovery.

It’s as easy as calling and saying, “How are you doing today?”

The program is NOT a hotline… calls are outbound only.

Anyone over 18 is eligible to train as a volunteer.

The next training is Wednesday, September, 18 2013, in Jamestown at the Alfred Dickey Public Library 6:30 p.m., – 8:00 p.m.

A light lunch will be served.

The toll free number to reserve a spot in the training is 1-800-258-8132, or the Minot office number is 701-839-4240, or Colman Quill’s cell phone number is 701-721-6208.

He added that some of the clients are released from the North Dakota State Hospital, and the South Central Human Service Center in Jamestown.

Quill said statistic show that about one half of individuals in recovery return to substance abuse, most within the first 90-days of being released from treatment.

From VCSU

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 10, 2013) – Valley City State University earned the No. 2 spot among Top Public Regional Colleges in the Midwest in the 2014 edition of U.S. News Best Colleges.

This marks the fifth straight year that VCSU has been ranked either first or second in its category, the fifth consecutive year that VCSU has been North Dakota’s highest-rated Public Regional College, and the 16th year in a row that VCSU has been recognized by U.S. News as a “Best College.”

VCSU President Steven W. Shirley, says, “To be consistently ranked highly by U.S. News speaks to the quality education we offer, “and achieving recognition as a ‘Best College’ for 16 years is strong testimony to the effort that all members of the Valley City State community generate year in, year out. I’m proud of VCSU and the people behind this achievement; this is a very special place.”

In the U.S. News rankings, accredited U.S. colleges and universities are grouped according to their mission and, for some categories, by location. The institutions are then compared based on a set of up to 16 areas related to academic excellence.

Criteria in which VCSU fared well include average class size, peer assessment, student-faculty ratio, and alumni giving. The category “Regional Colleges in the Midwest” includes 99 colleges and universities—14 of which are public—across 12 states.

The rankings are available online at www.usnews.com/colleges and will be published in the 2014 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges guidebook.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Wheatland dog breeder made his first court appearance on animal neglect charges in connection with the seizure of more than 170 of the animals.
 
     Fifty-one-year-old Darcy Smith pleaded not guilty Tuesday to six counts of animal neglect in Cass County Court in Fargo. 
 
     He waived his rights to the animals, which have since been adopted.
 
     Smith was also granted a public defender and the judge ordered a personal recognizance bond.
 
     He was charged after deputies discovered at least 170 dogs on his property in poor conditions in an apparent puppy mill.
 
     Smith is charged with depriving an animal of necessary food and water.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An inmate serving life in prison for killing someone with an ax has been charged with attempted murder for an attack on a prison guard.
 
     John Bridges is also charged with another Class A felony, possession of contraband by an inmate.
 
     Court documents say Bridges stabbed corrections officer Daryl Lawson with a knife on Aug. 25 at the state penitentiary.
 
     Bridges is serving a life sentence plus 20 years without parole for the kidnapping and ax murder of Lee Clay last year.
 
     The psychologist who evaluated Bridges in that case called him the most psychotic and dangerous person he had ever evaluated.
 
     No court date has been set for Bridges to appear on the new charges. He’s being held in segregation.
 
     Lawson was back to work the next day.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Washington state man has pleaded guilty to attempted human trafficking in North Dakota.
 
32-year-old Aaron Collins admitted to a judge in Bismarck that he made arrangements with a woman over the Internet to pay $500 for an hour with the woman’s two teenage daughters.
 
     Court documents list Collins’ home as Kelso, Wash, though the Tribune reports he has been living in the western oil patch city of Tioga. He faces up to 20 years in prison. A sentencing date was not immediate set.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Three North Dakota Army National Guard soldiers who served about nine months overseas in Qatar and Afghanistan are being reunited with their families.
 
     The soldiers with the 1919th Contingency Contracting Team were flying into Bismarck on Tuesday afternoon, after spending several days at Camp Shelby in Mississippi going through the demobilization process.
 
     The unit specializes in planning, coordinating and issuing contracts for supplies and services needed to support troops in the field. It has four members. The unit commander, Maj. Mike Lowe, returned to Bismarck last month.
   A formal welcome-home event is scheduled Dec. 7 in Bismarck.

 BELFIELD, N.D. (AP) – The southwestern North Dakota city of Belfield has shut down one of its oldest businesses.
 
     The City Council has voted to suspend indefinitely the liquor license of Mike’s Bar owner Randy Wolfgram after incidents that council members say have endangered the community and strained city resources.
 
     The city last month gave Wolfgram one month to make changes after incidents involving extreme drunkenness and fights. In that time, a woman was hospitalized after drinking too much and Wolfgram himself was arrested on a domestic assault charge.
 
     Wolfgram’s lawyer, Sean Foss, says Wolfgram is selling the bar and leaving the community.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A pest that feeds on fresh fruit has been found in South Dakota for the first time.
 
     South Dakota State University entomologist Buyung Hadi says the spotted-wing drosophila was caught in a trap in southeastern South Dakota late last month.
 
     The insect is about 3 millimeters long, yellowish brown in color with prominent red eyes. Males have dark spots on their wing tips. The pest is native to Asia. It was first found in the U.S. in 2008 in California, and has since spread to other parts of the country. It was first detected in Minnesota last summer, and in North Dakota earlier this summer.
 
     Hadi says the fly is a concern for not only commercial fruit growers but also for home gardeners.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 25-year-old Idaho State University student is the new Miss Indian Nations.
 
     Alexandria Alvarez, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was crowned over the weekend during the United Tribes International Powwow, which draws thousands of people each year to the North Dakota capital of Bismarck.
 
     The Miss Indian Nations scholarship pageant is open to all Native American women who are at least one-fourth Indian and are between the ages of 18 and 26. The winner serves as an ambassador for all Indian nations.
 
     Alvarez is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe and a journalist with the Sho-Ban News. She holds bachelor’s degrees in liberal arts and American Indian studies from Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas and hopes to eventually attend law school.

In world and national news…

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says a plan for Syria to turn over its chemical weapons stockpile will only work if the United States agrees not to use force. President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind a French resolution to the U.N. Security Council even as he pushes the idea of U.S. airstrikes against Assad’s regime if that effort fails. The resolution would demand that Syria open its chemical weapons program to inspection, place it under international control, and ultimately dismantle it.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Syria’s foreign minister says President Bashar Assad’s regime will declare its chemical weapons arsenal and sign the chemical weapons convention. He says Syria is ready to cooperate fully to implement a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons arsenal under international control, and that it will stop producing chemical weapons. The foreign minister told a TV station (Al-Mayadeen) that Syria will place chemical weapons locations in the hands of representatives of Russia, “other countries” and the United Nations.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Edward Snowden’s surveillance leaks may be having an effect on American attitudes. According to a new poll, a solid majority now feels the government does a poor job of protecting privacy rights. The poll by The Associated Press and the N-O-R-C Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that close to 60 percent of Americans either strongly or moderately oppose the NSA’s collection of telephone and Internet usage data. The American public is still anxious as the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches. Most of the people surveyed feel it’s sometimes necessary to sacrifice some rights to confront terrorism.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Thousands of volunteers will honor Sept. 11 victims Wednesday  with good deeds performed around the globe. The anniversary of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people was designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009. This year, a constellation of volunteer networks around the world will spread goodwill through volunteerism to honor those who died. Among other things, people have pledged to give blood, donate books, pass out blankets at homeless shelters and volunteer at soup kitchens.
 
     CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Apple says it will release two new iPhone designs later this year — one that comes in five colors and one that can read a fingerprint. Apple unveiled the new designs at an event at its California headquarters. The move comes as rival phones from Samsung and other manufacturers are challenging Apple’s hold on the smartphone market. Apple also announced that its next mobile operating system, iOS 7, will be available as a free download on Sept 18.