Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept 12

CSi Weather…

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

 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. HOWEVER…NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
 
 THERE IS ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Officials will be receiving requests for proposals for an essential air service carrier for Jamestown later this year.

On Thursday’s (Sept. 12, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matt Leitner said, the RFP’s will to out in November this year, with the carrier selected to begin the new contract on March 31, 2014.

He added that the process includes public input, and other mandates in the selection process.

Jamestown has been under the Essential Air Service program since the late 1970’s as a federal subsidy is given to the airline, to enable the service to Jamestown to be profitable.

Leitner said the August 2013 boardings at Jamestown were 267, compared to 263 in August of 2012. He pointed out that August had the highest number of boardings so far this year, and the 5^th consecutive month of growth in Jamestown boardings.

He noted that Great Lake Airlines is sponsoring the 5^th Annual, Flying 4 Food program. Those bringing non-parishable food items to Jamestown Regional Airport, during the airport’s hours of operation, will be eligible for a drawing, with the winner receiving a round trip ticket for two to Minneapolis.

Food items will be distributed to the Progress Community Center, in Jamestown.

In other airport news, Leitner says the new rotating beacon will be soon installed at the airport, with the current beacon, over 70 years old, to be donated to a museum. The new beacon will be easier to maintain, while shining at about the same luminescence as the present beacon.

Jamestown, ND (Sept 12, 2013) — The Jamestown Salvation Army will sponsor a carnival for the community held Saturday September 14^, 2013, at McElroy Park’s Sertoma Shelter 11 am to 2 pm.

There will be lots of food, games with prizes, crafts and door prize drawings every half an hour and much more.

The purpose of this event is to offer a safe family friendly event for the community.

Lt. Mitch Brecto says the Salavation Army also we wanted to thank the community for their support and make them aware of what The Jamestown Salvation Army does for the Jamestown and Stutsman community, and to give back to the community, since it continues support in the time of need.

The carnival is open to everyone and there is no admission charge.

Lt. Brecto add, to feel free to bring an item for the Jamestown Salvation Amry food pantry, but it’s not required.

WASHINGTON (KCSi TV. News Sept 12, 2013) – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer have announced that North Dakota airports have been awarded grants totaling more than $2.5 million for construction and renovations to airport infrastructure.

In a news release the delegation stated, “These federal grants will help us to maintain and improve runways, taxiways and other airport infrastructure. Investing in our transportation infrastructure will help our airports continue to safely serve passengers and grow to meet increasing demands,” said the delegation.”

Grants awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration, included, Barnes County Municipal Airport, awarded $66,864 for the design phase of a new taxiway to provide access to aircraft hangars and for rehabilitation designs for the existing apron pavement.

The grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation with funds appropriated by Congress.

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – A Jamestown human services center has received a 90-day suspension for substance abuse cases.
 
North Dakota Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse director JoAnne Hoesel would not comment on the problems that lead to the suspension.
 
     Hoesel says the suspension only involves substance abuse cases and does not affect treatment for other mental health issues.
 
     Department of Human Services superintendent of institutions Alex Schweitzer says the department needs look at how the center reviews cases and documentation.
 
     Schweitzer said the substance abuse program currently serves 63 clients, and everyone who needs treatment will be served.
 
     The center serves the counties of Wells, Foster, Griggs, Stutsman, Barnes, Logan, LaMoure, McIntosh and Dickey.

 GRANVILLE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a pickup truck driver escaped with only minor injuries after he failed to yield to an Amtrak train that separated his vehicle into two pieces.
 
     The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 20-year-old man was driving seven miles east of Granville Thursday morning when he crossed the tracks. The left rear of the truck was hit by the train, and both pieces came to rest in the southwest ditch along the tracks.
 
     The train suffered just minor damage to the front of the engine and no passengers were injured.
 
     The Granville man was treated at Trinity Hospital and cited for failure to yield at a railroad crossing.

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Another suspect in the Easter Sunday robbery of a Devils Lake bowling alley has pleaded guilty.
 
     Ramsey County State’s Attorney Lonnie Olson says 18-year-old Johnson Tollefson, of St. Michael, pleaded guilty to felony robbery this week and was sentenced to serve two years in prison.
 
     Authorities say Tollefson and 19-year-old John Greywind Jr., of Fort Totten, robbed the Royal Lanes bowling alley of more than $2,800 at knifepoint. No one was hurt.
 
     Greywind earlier was sentenced to serve four years in prison.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lowered its yield forecast for North Dakota’s corn and soybean crops.
 
     The department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says the average yield for the state’s corn crop is forecast at 111 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from the August estimate and down 11 bushels from last year.
 
     North Dakota’s corn crop is forecast at just below 400 million bushels, down about 5 percent from last year’s record high.
 
     The state’s soybean yield is forecast at 32 bushels per acre, down 3 bushels from the August forecast and down 5 bushels from last year. North Dakota soybean farmers are expected to produce 126 million bushels in 2013, down 21 percent from last year’s record high and down 9 percent from the August forecast.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has named a 12-member advisory board for a new conservation fund designed to develop fish and wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation areas.
 
     The fund was established this year by the North Dakota Legislature and will receive up to $15 million annually from oil and gas taxes.
 
     The governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner oversee the fund. The advisory board announced Thursday consists of agriculture, energy, conservation, business and recreation officials.
 
     Each member will serve a five-year term.
 
     Conservation advocates who want a bigger slice of oil revenue for the fund are circulating petitions to try to put the measure on the November 2014 general election ballot.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) says an arbitration panel has sided with the state in a dispute over payments from a multistate settlement with tobacco companies in 1998.
 
     Tobacco companies had withheld $2.6 million from North Dakota’s 2003 annual payment, saying the state hadn’t complied with terms of the settlement. Stenehjem says the arbitration panel concluded that North Dakota did indeed comply with the terms.
 
     The state Supreme Court in 2007 ruled that the dispute should be handled by an arbitration panel, not the courts. Stenehjem says the arbitration focused on 2003 and that tobacco companies can still launch challenges for other years.
 
     Thirty other states have been involved in similar disputes. Stenehjem says 16 have settled, eight have received favorable arbitration decisions and six unfavorable decisions.

 DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Construction is officially underway on a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Devils Lake.
 
A ground-breaking ceremony was held this week. The business is scheduled to open along U.S. Highway 2 next spring. The company says it will employ hundreds of people.
 
     Devils Lake also is getting a Sleep Inn hotel and an Applebee’s restaurant, along with a new manufacturing company called Ultra Green that will make biodegradable food containers from straw.
 
     Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Paula Vistad says the city that has been battling the flooding Devils Lake for two decades is doing well, and she hopes the growth will continue.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Essentia Health in Fargo has started construction on a $50 million hospital tower.
 
     The four-story, 115,000-square-foot tower is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
 
     The tower is part of a three-phase, $80 million expansion plan. Other projects in the initial phase are a 25,000-square-foot distribution and support center building, two new parking lots, and a renovation of Essentia’s South University Clinic.

In world and national news…

GENEVA (AP) – Secretary of State John Kerry is making it clear that the military option hasn’t been taken away, even as the U.S. and Russia sit down in Geneva to talk about how Syria will turn over its chemical weapons. At a news conference with the Russian foreign minister, Kerry rejected the suggestion from Syria’s Bashar Assad that he will submit data on his chemical weapons program a month after he signs an international ban on those weapons. Kerry says Assad’s words are “not enough.”
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says Russia is “isolated and alone” in blaming the Syrian opposition for the use of chemical weapons. White House spokesman Jay Carney says even countries like Iran agree that Syria’s government is responsible. Carney says the U.S. wasn’t surprised by an opinion piece in The New York Times in which Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian argues that Syria’s opposition was culpable. In that piece, Putin also says it’s dangerous for America to think of itself as exceptional. Carney says the U.S. response to bloodshed in Syria demonstrates why America is exceptional.
 
     CAIRO (AP) – The nationwide state of emergency in Egypt is going to continue for two more months. The country’s interim president issued that order Thursday, preserving the more sweeping powers for security forces amid a crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Egyptian authorities are also dealing with increasing violence by Islamic extremists.
 
     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A special prosecutor has been ordered to review the shooting death last weekend of a 107-year-old Arkansas man, who was killed by police officers after a standoff. State police had said they wouldn’t investigate the case. Authorities have said they tried using a camera, negotiating tactics and gas before shooting Monroe Isadore, who they say had already opened fire.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – NASA says the Voyager 1 spacecraft has crossed a new frontier — becoming the first spacecraft ever to leave the solar system. The space agency says Voyager 1 is now more than 11 and a half billion miles from the sun, cruising through what scientists call interstellar space — the vast, cold emptiness between the stars. The probe was launched 36 years ago on a tour of the outer planets.