Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec 17

 

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 15. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. MUCH COLDER.
HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING.
COLDER. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. HIGHS
5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND
10 BELOW. HIGHS NEAR ZERO.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
10 TO 15.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
 FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON THURSDAY.
 
 DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
 CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

 Update…

Jamestown (CSi) – A water main break that closed the All Vets Club in downtown Jamestown on Tuesday was repaired between 2:30 and 3-p.m.

The break was reported on Tuesday morning, and cancelled the

Tuesday Lunch Buffet normally from 11-a.m., to 2-p.m.

Manager Jon Beyer said the Club reopened for the regular hours for the balance of Tuesday.

Jamestown (CSi) On Tuesday morning authorities were warning of hazardous travel conditions including “black ice” on road surfaces causing traffic accidents.

Stutsman County sheriff, Chad Kaiser said the very slippery driving conditions led to most occurring in western Stutsman County, including four calls of cars in the ditch over a half hour time period.

No injuries were reported.

Kaiser says anyone traveling should slowdown and use extra caution Tuesday.

On I-94,  the North Dakota Highway Patrol reported Tuesday morning that a semi jack-knifed west of Valley City, entering the ditch near the westbound lane.

In another incident, west of Valley City a pickup truck lost control and went into the median about a half mile from the semi crash.

The Highway Patrol says a few vehicles entered the median or ditch on I-94 near Jamestown.

No injuries were reported.

 The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that on Tuesday,  at approximately 7:10 a.m., a trooper from the NDHP was assisting a motorist who had slid into the ditch on I-29 near mile marker 139. 

The trooper requested a tow truck for the individual and stayed on scene to provide traffic control.  The roadways in the area were icy due to blowing snow.  A northbound pickup lost control and slid into the rear end of the patrol car that was parked on the shoulder of the roadway with emergency lights activated.

  This impact pushed the patrol car sideways on the shoulder.  A second rear-end crash occurred on the roadway and one of those vehicles slid into the front end of the disabled patrol car. 

The trooper was treated and released from Altru Hospital.  The other drivers involved were not injured.

The crash is currently under investigation by the Grand Forks Sheriff’s Office.

 

 Jamestown (CSi) Lt. Mitch Brecto says, the Jamestown Salvation Army is $65,000  short of its Christmas campaign goal.

The Jamestown Salvation Army is hoping that the Lions Club will take a bite out of the charities fundraising deficit on Wednesday, Dec 18, when the group will match kettles up to $5,000.

Lt. Brecto says, “We appreciate not only the matching money but the fact that the Lions Club members will be putting in 16 hours of bell ringing on the 18^th to boot.”

In a typical day $1,200 is raised in Jamestown kettles. “Wednesday could make a significant difference for us but we could still use some help covering the bell ringing hours.”

According to Brecto, getting bell ringers has been even harder than raising funds.

It isn’t too late to volunteer. Kettles will be out until Christmas eve. To volunteer call (701) 252-0290.

About The Salvation Army

To volunteer with The Salvation Army or to make a donation, call 701-252-0290 . Checks made out to The Salvation Army may be sent to 320 1^st ave n Jamestown, ND 58401. For more information or to make an online donation, please visit www.salvationarmynorth.org/jamestown

 

 (CSi)Valley City State University has received a $2.5 million gift to the VCSU Foundation from the estate of Leonard and Marjorie (Dreis) Wright of Mukilteo, Wash.

The gift—the largest in VCSU history—will be applied to the scholarship fund at VCSU.

VCSU President, Steven Shirley says, “We will be forever thankful to the Wrights for their outstanding generosity and their commitment to education. Their gift is clearly a gift that will keep on giving, touching the lives of future generations of VCSU students.”

The Wrights’ gift to VCSU was facilitated in part through their connection with Phil Mueller of Valley City, a 1968 Valley City State alumnus who serves on the Valley City State Foundation Board. Mueller, the nephew of Leonard Wright, spent several of his college summers working for the Wrights in Alaska and maintained contact with them throughout their lives.

A Dazey, N.D., native, Marjorie Wright attended VCSU, then known as Valley City State Teacher’s College, and became a teacher.

Wright married Leonard Wright in 1945, and the couple moved to Alaska. Marjorie Wright taught for many years in Alaska before joining her husband’s business, Badger Construction, which prospered with work on construction projects associated with the Alaska oil pipeline.

In retirement the Wrights moved from Alaska to the U.S. mainland, traveling widely and making many return trips to the Valley City area to visit family and friends. On Leonard Wright’s death in 2007, Marjorie moved to Washington. She died at the age of 91 on April 7, 2013, in Mukilteo.

Larry Robinson, VCSU executive director of university advancement says “Leonard and Marjorie Wright were very successful business people, and the foresight they had in making the arrangements for this generous gift to Valley City State shows they did not forget their North Dakota roots.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan woman accused of taking $9,600 from a school parent-teacher organization has pleaded guilty.
 
     Court documents show that Justine Fevold faces up to five years in prison when she’s sentenced Feb. 14 on the charge of misapplication of entrusted property.
 
     Fevold was charged in September with taking the money from the Robert P. Miller Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization in Bismarck.

 

  WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to a conviction in an armed robbery at a West Fargo pawn shop.
 
     It happened Nov. 12 at Mister Money Pawn Shop at 1613 East Main Avenue.
 
     The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says two people pointed semi-automatic handguns at the two store clerks and demanded money. 
 
     ATF says no one was hurt and the pair left with an unknown amount of cash. They both wore dark-colored clothing and had accents, possibly from Eastern Africa.
 
     Anyone with information is asked to contact ATF or West Fargo police.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The small North Dakota town of Leith is moving to condemn and demolish the home of a white supremacist who has tried to take over the town but has instead ended up jailed on felony terrorizing charges.
 
     Mayor Ryan Schock says Leith is condemning Craig Cobb’s home because Cobb has missed a 30-day deadline to install water and sewer service. Schock says City Attorney Thomas Kelsch is putting the paperwork together. Kelsch didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
 
     The girlfriend of a man who’s jailed with Cobb still lives in the home, with three children. Schock says she’ll be evicted – just like anyone else would be in a similar situation.
 
     A telephone listing for the woman couldn’t be found, and no one has been answering Cobb’s cellphone.

 

 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Dakotas-based Sanford Health has announced an alliance with Montana-based Benefis Health System.
 
     Officials say the alliance will maintain the independence of both health networks while enabling them to collaborate in many areas, including clinical services and programs, research and doctor recruitment.
 
     Both Sanford and Benefis are not-for-profit health care systems. Sanford bills itself as the nation’s largest not-for-profit rural health care provider, with locations in 126 communities in nine states. Benefis serves a 15-county area in rural Montana.
 
     The alliance will not impact the governance or financial structure of either organization.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The Dickinson State University Foundation is trying to work through several issues including the resignations of some board members and a dispute with a project manager.
 
     Three board members recently left, citing philosophical differences. Separately, the Edgewood Management Group has severed ties with the foundation because of a disagreement over how to run the Hawks Point senior living facility.
 
     The foundation also is trying to resolve design issues and cost overruns with a developer surrounding the Blue Hawk Square student housing project. And the foundation also has hired consultants to solve bookkeeping issues raised in a recent audit. Board President David Schultz says no money is missing.

 

 KARLSTAD, Minn. (AP) – To tighten security at the northern border, the U.S. Border Patrol is getting out of border stations and into local communities.
 
     The strategy is part of a greater emphasis on cooperation with local law enforcement in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Minnesota Public Radio reports some agents now spend half of their time assisting sheriffs and police. More now live and work in towns that can be miles from the border.
 
     Austin Skero is chief of the Border Patrol’s Grand Forks, N.D., office, which covers 861 miles of border from Montana to Michigan with about 200 agents. That’s up from 30 before 9/11. He says getting agents out of border stations and into local communities has been critical for building relationships with local law enforcement and residents.

 

In sports…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Outgoing North Dakota State University head football coach Craig Bohl has been honored as the national coach of the year in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision for the second straight season.
 
     Bohl was presented with the Eddie Robinson Award Monday night during an awards banquet in Philadelphia. He is the first FCS coach to win the honor in consecutive seasons, and only the second coach to win it twice. Former James Madison coach Mickey Matthews won it in 1999 and again in 2008.
 
     Bohl has led the Bison to back-to-back FCS titles, and NDSU is a favorite to win a third straight championship this year.
 
     Bohl announced earlier this month that he was taking the head coaching job at Wyoming, though he will coach NDSU through the team’s playoff run.

 

In world and national news…

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Even people who acknowledge that there’s “absolutely no way” they’re going to win are buying tickets for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing. Tanya Joosten, an educator at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says it’s hard to “not take the chance.” With tickets selling well, the jackpot for tonight’s drawing is now at $636 million — the second-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history. 
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Economists who are watching the richest Americans get richer, while the rest are holding steady, at best, are worried about the impact it will have on the economy. The concerns were voiced by a majority of more than three dozen economists surveyed by The Associated Press. For one thing, they point out that the higher pay and the biggest stock market gains are flowing mainly to affluent Americans — but that those households spend less of their money than the low-and-middle-income Americans do.
 
     GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) – A prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, charged with aiding the 9/11 attack, has twice been ejected from a pre-trial hearing today at the naval base. Ramzi Binalshibh (RAM’-zee bin-al-SHEEB’) ignored warnings and kept trying to address the court about alleged mistreatment inside his high-security prison cell. He’s one of five Guantanamo prisoners facing a war crimes tribunal for alleged roles in the terrorist attack.
 
     BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) – Firefighters are making gains against an unusual fall wildfire that’s destroyed 15 homes in the scenic Big Sur region of California, overlooking the Pacific. The flames forced about 100 people from their homes. A Forest Service spokeswoman says the flames grew by only 50 acres overnight, and the fire is now 5 percent contained.
 
     DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A Florida Wal-Mart employee faces charges after officials say he shot a co-worker’s car window because she won an employee-of-the-month award. The co-worker told sheriff’s deputies that Willie Mitchell became angry after she received the award and started harassing her, saying he deserved the recognition. According to an arrest report, a surveillance video then showed Mitchell pulling alongside her car, shooting out a window and driving away. She wasn’t in the car at the time.