Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 5

CSi Weather…

WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST SATURDAY…
.REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THE DAY. BREEZY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
20 TO 25 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW. WEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND
15 BELOW. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW.
LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) has updated the Travel Alert to only include areas in extreme northeastern North Dakota including the cities of Grafton, Drayton, Pembina and surrounding areas. Conditions are such that motorists can still travel, but should be cautious of winds causing blowing snow and reduced visibility along with scattered snow drifts.

 

All travelers are encouraged to monitor road conditions as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling.  For road information, call 511 from any type of phone or go to the website: www.dot.nd.gov.  

 

NDDOT releases information to inform the public about travel conditions throughout the state. The three categories are as follows:

 

TRAVEL ALERT – Motorists can still travel but may encounter areas of challenging winter weather driving conditions on roadways. Motorists should allow extra time to reach their destination and be alert to conditions that may make travel difficult, change rapidly, or cause travel delays. A TRAVEL ALERT has the potential to change to a NO TRAVEL ADVISED if conditions deteriorate.

NO TRAVEL ADVISED – Motorists should not travel due to hazardous conditions which may make it unsafe to travel. Snowplows may be pulled from the roads during severe conditions. Motorists should take NO TRAVEL ADVISED seriously as those motorists who choose to travel at their own risk may become stranded and emergency responders may not be able to reach them safely. A NO TRAVEL ADVISED has the potential to change to a ROAD CLOSED OR BLOCKED if conditions deteriorate.

ROAD CLOSED OR BLOCKED – Motorists are not allowed to travel on a closed road due to life threatening conditions. The road may be impassible or blocked. Motorists who drive past a road closure device may be fined up to $250.

Please be advised that road condition information on 511 and the travel map is updated daily from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. CDT. The road report is based upon the information available to the NDDOT at the time of preparation and is provided solely as a public service. Conditions may vary from those reported.

If you become stranded, motorists should stay with their vehicle and call 911 for emergency assistance

 

 Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown street crews yesterday were removing snow from the Energency Snow Routes and started grading residential streets.  Late last night the crews cleared snow from the downtown streets.Residential snow removal will continue until finished.

 

Jamestown (CSi) In conjunction with the Jamestown sanitary sewer project, construction crews have filled in the remaining open trench on 3rd Av SW. 3rd Av SW is open, from 2nd St SW, north to 1st St.

The intersection at 1st St & 3rd Av SW is now open. The 2nd St SW bridge remains closed, use the detour to 1st Street.

Motorists can now enter & exit Historic Franklin School parking lot and drive-up payment box normally.

　

Valley City (CSi) — The 2013 Valley City PARADE OF LIGHTS scheduled for Dec 6 has been CANCELLED due to cold temperatures.

The Christmas Tree Lighting at N.P. Park Friday, has also been cancelled

The Christmas movie will still be shown at 7-p.m., at the Vault.

Pictures with Santa, available at Dutton’s Parlor. Bring your own camera for picture taking.

Replay of previous parades recorded by CSi TV air online at CSiNewsNow.com  and on The Replay Channel this weekend.

Come back to CSiNews Now.com for other related announcements concerning other events/activities.

Valley City (CSi) — Officials with Pizza Ranch have announced a new restaurant is planned to open in Valley City.

The new Valley City Pizza Ranch is tentatively set to open in April of 2014 on the site of the current Roby’s Restaurant.

The site will have demolition planned to start in January, 2014, followed by the new Pizza Ranch building.

Bergan Enterprises CEO Bob Bergan says the owner of Roby’s Restaurant sold the property, and Director of Operations Tom Bergan says there will be a large selection of menu items.

Bergan’s Enterprises also owns the City Lights Supper Club and Taco Johns Restaurant in Valley City.

 

  JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The nonprofit Farm Rescue organization has wrapped up its year after helping 50 families.
 
     The North Dakota-based nonprofit provides planting and harvesting help free of charge to farm families in the region stricken by a major illness, injury or disaster.
 
     Since 2006, Farm Rescue has helped more than 250 farm families in the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota and Iowa. The 50 families helped this year was the organization’s highest annual total to date.

 

 OAKES, N.D. (AP) – A report by Oakes school district officials say the district’s longtime high school principal resigned after entering the home of a student on two occasions without permission.
 
     The report obtained by KFGO radio shows that Don Warren was first found by the student’s father in the kitchen of their home. Warren said he was looking for the student in connection with an unexcused absence.
 
     Warren returned to the home a week later after the student failed to appear for after-school detention. He allegedly took the backpacks of two students who were in another part of the house.
 
     The report also accuses Warren of telling one student he was going to “drop him like a bad habit.”
 
     Warren resigned last week. A message left at his home was not returned.

 

Kensal (CSi) — Spontaneous ignition, was the likely cause of a grain bin fire on Tuesday at the Kensal Farmers Elevator.

The extremely hot fire was in sunflower screeenings. The fire was called in about 8 a.m. Tuesday and was completely extinguished about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Kensal Fire Chief Dave Kramer says the fire was located inside the cribbing, consisting of two inch thick boards, forming the wall of the grain bin.

Kensal Farmers Elevator, Manager, Miles Armstrong says the damage was minimal, with no structural damage.

Firefighters from Kensal, Pingree, Carrington, the Jamestown Rural Fire department were called to the scene. Jamestown providing additional water.

The water tower serving Kensal has a 50,000-gallon capacity but contained less than 20,000 gallons at the time of the fire.

On scene, the firefighters received assistance from the Buffalo Valley Red Cross Chapter from Jamestown.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some organizations in the Dakotas are canceling holiday events as bitter cold settles over the region.

The Valley City Parade of Lights, and Christmas tree lighting set for Friday evening have been cancelled.
 
     A “Christmas at the Zoo” fundraising event in the North Dakota city of Minot and “Parade of Lights” events in the South Dakota cities of Yankton and Sturgis are among those being called off.
 
     The National Weather Service has posted advisories in the two states for wind chills as low as 40 degrees below zero. Temperatures that cold can quickly freeze exposed skin and cause hypothermia.
 
     It can lead to other problems as well, like frozen water pipes.
 
     The weather service says it’s also keeping an eye on possible rapid rises on the Missouri River caused by ice formation.
 
     The cold comes on the heels of heavy snowfall. Some cities set records Wednesday.

 BISMARCK, N.D. -The extreme cold slamming the Great Plains isn’t about to cool off North Dakota’s oil patch. Workers know they have to keep rigs operating. One way they stay safe is by taking timeouts in small heated buildings near rigs. Craig Hovet, who is working well maintenance in the middle of the patch, jokes that the prospect of subzero temperatures “keeps out the riffraff.”
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Health Department has launched a website that allows the public to monitor oil spills and other hazardous leaks reported in the state. The new website comes after a massive spill from a Tesoro Corp. pipeline that was discovered by a farmer in September. Officials say the website will provide information on spills and their potential environmental impacts.
 
     BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Regulators say a Texas company has completed cleanup of a 714,000-gallon saltwater spill on the Montana-North Dakota border. Plano, Texas-based Denbury Onshore reported the spill from a 4-inch plastic pipeline in southeast Montana on November 25th.  The North Dakota Health Department says the briny water reached the Big Gumbo Creek near Marmarth, in southwest North Dakota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A January 6th hearing has been scheduled at the Cass County Courthouse in Fargo on a proposed settlement in the case of a failed seed company.
 
     Mentor, Minnesota-based Anderson Seed shut down its sunflower processing facility in Redfield, South Dakota in 2012 without paying farmers for millions of dollars’ worth of delivered seeds.
 
     North Dakota’s Public Service Commission late last month approved a proposed settlement in which farmers with cash claims will get about 43 percent of what they are owed and those with credit sale claims will get about 80 percent.
 
     The PSC says valid claims total about $3 million.
 
     South Dakota regulators last year got a judge’s approval to use a $100,000 company bond to give partial payments to farmers in that state who lost about $2.6 million.
 
  
     FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a North Carolina man accused of breaking into her rural home more than six years ago during a journey to find abandoned farmsteads.
 
     The federal complaint by Shirley Starke (STAR’-kee) seeks $700,000 in damages from Patrick Zaun and several companies he has been affiliated with since the July 2007 break-in.
 
     Starke says it doesn’t matter if Zaun thought the house was empty. She says he broke the law and the incident has caused her emotional distress. Starke says Zaun was charged with criminal mischief.
 
     Starke’s lawyer, John Gosbee, says the suit was the result of a recent discussion with his client.
 
     The lawsuit claims that Zaun is currently working in Japan. Court documents do not list a lawyer for him.

 

In sports…

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota volleyball coach Ashley Hardee has resigned amid an investigation into an alleged hit-and-run incident at the Big Sky tournament last weekend in Portland, Ore.
 
     Hardee in a statement apologized for what he called “a serious lapse in judgment.” He didn’t elaborate.
 
     He’s been UND’s coach the past five years. He was put on paid administrative leave Monday and resigned Wednesday.
 
     Athletic Director Brian Faison says a search for a new coach will begin immediately.
 
     Portland State spokesman Scott Gallagher says officials are investigating a reported hit-and-run vehicle accident allegedly involving Hardee at the team hotel early Sunday. No one was hurt.
 
     Hardee has a driving offense on his record. The Grand Forks Herald reports he pleaded guilty to drunken driving in June 2012

 

  NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 MEXICO CITY (AP) – The NBA says the Wednesday night game between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves has been postponed because of smoky conditions inside the Mexico City arena. The game will be made up in Minnesota at a later date. The arena was evacuated about 45 minutes before tipoff when a generator malfunction sent smoke pouring into the building.
 
   Final    Cleveland      98    Denver                    88
   Final    Atlanta        107    L-A  Clippers        97
   Final    Dallas          100    New  Orleans          97
   Final    Detroit        105    Milwaukee              98
   Final    Phoenix          97    Houston                  88
   Final    Indiana          95    Utah                        86
   Final    Portland      111    Oklahoma  City    104
 
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final  2OT    Montreal              4    New  Jersey      3  (SO  Montreal  2-1)
   Final            Philadelphia      6    Detroit            3
   Final            Calgary                4    Phoenix            1
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

     EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – North Carolina has knocked off the top-ranked team in men’s basketball as J.P. Tokoto had 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in the Tar Heels’ 79-65 win at Michigan State.
 

   Final    (  5)  Ohio  St.                  76              Maryland              60
   Final    (  7)  Louisville              90              UMKC                      62
   Final    (  8)  Wisconsin                48              Virginia              38
   Final    (14)  Villanova                77              Penn                      54
   Final    (25)  Dayton                      56              Delaware  St.      46
 
 

NFL…

 EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – Matt Cassel is on track to start this week at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, with Christian Ponder recovering from a concussion. Coach Leslie Frazier said Wednesday that Cassel “more than likely” will start when the Vikings play at Baltimore on Sunday. Cassel took over when Ponder was hit in the head during Sunday’s game against the Bears.
 
     OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) – The Baltimore Ravens most formidable offensive threat is kicker Justin Tucker. Baltimore won its last two games because Tucker kicked nine field goals – four in a win over the New York Jets and five more on Thanksgiving in a victory over Pittsburgh. Tucker hopes to extend his streak on Sunday, when the Ravens take on Minnesota.
   

 PITTSBURGH (AP) – The NFL has fined Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 for interfering with a play against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. The league said it would consider docking Pittsburgh a draft pick “because the conduct affected a play on the field.” The NFL also said Tomlin should have been flagged 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct for nearly colliding with Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones during a kickoff return midway through the third quarter of a 22-20 Ravens victory.

 

MLB…
 
     DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Tigers have agreed to terms with free-agent closer former Twin, Joe Nathan on a two-year contract with a club option for 2016. Nathan went 9-7 with 80 saves and a 2.09 ERA in two seasons with the Rangers before becoming a free agent last month. He addresses a pressing need for the Tigers, who won the AL Central at 93-69 but finished just 11th in the American League with 39 saves.
 The World Series-champion Boston Red Sox have signed free-agent catcher another former Twin, A.J. Pierzynski (peer-ZIHN’-skee) to a one-year contract. He replaces the departed Jarrod Saltalamacchia (sahl-tah-lah-MAH’-kee-ah) in the Boston lineup.

 The Chicago White Sox and Paul Konerko (kuh-NER’-koh) have agreed on a one-year, $2.5 million contract. The 36-year old is a six-time American League All-Star who ranks second on the franchise list to Frank Thomas in homers and RBIs.

 

In world and national news…

 ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) – A top al-Qaida leader and four associates speeding through the Algerian desert have been killed by army helicopters as they tried to make a meeting in the north of the country. An Algerian official says the dead include a man known as Abu Bassen, the number three of al-Qaida’s North Africa branch.
 
     SANAA, Yemen (AP) – A suicide car bombing at the Defense Ministry in Yemen has killed 18 soldiers along with as many as a dozen gunmen who showed up in another car after the explosion. Officials say at least 40 people were wounded in an attack underlining the persistent threat to the stability and security of the impoverished Arab nation.
 
     JERUSALEM (AP) -Secretary of State John Kerry calls Middle East peace negotiations a process making some progress. Kerry met today in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was headed for similar talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD’ ah-BAHS’). Kerry says Israel’s security is a necessary part of its ongoing peace negotiations with Palestinians.
 
     BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Temperatures have been falling in Montana on their way to predicted readings well below zero as arctic weather sweeps across the Northern Plains. The National Weather Service forecasts a foot or more of snow in some areas of the Upper Midwest while Oklahoma and Arkansas are looking at a possible ice storm this evening. The Red Cross is advising people to stay inside or bundle up.
 
     LONDON (AP) – High winds in Scotland flipped a truck onto several cars, killing the truck driver today as brutal weather began pounding much of northwestern Europe. In Scotland, all trains were halted and thousands of homes were without electricity. Winds in the Scottish Highlands gusted to 142 mph.