Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 19

 

CSi Weather..

REST OF TODAY…PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS. MUCH COLDER. NEW SNOW
ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. STORM TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. HIGHS ZERO
TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND
20 BELOW.  CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN
THE EVENING. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. HIGHS 10 TO 15.

THURS., BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES POSSIBLY DOWN TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN FOR EXTRA TRAVELING TIME IN REACHING THEIR DESTINATION  THROUGH THURSDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System Board of Directors has retained Dardis Realty it the search for property to locate a new library building.

The Library Board voted unanimously voted to hire Michael J. Swartz as a broker, for 5 percent of the purchase price of whatever property is bought, at a minimum of $3,000.

The Library Board wantedto purchase the site of the former Essentia clinic, then the site was sold to another party.

Librarian Joe Rector says the priority list for the new library building, includes: safety, a downtown location, parking, sufficient size to accommodate a 28,000-square-foot library, bookmobile storage, and a reasonable price.

The library board is open to all options. Some possible locations for the new library, are were the Eagles building, the Elks building, the C.H. Carpenter Lumber property and near Jamestown High School, possibly near or as part of the proposed Two Rivers Activity Center.

The Library Board also discussed when it should begin working with the Stutsman County Commission and the Jamestown City Council for approval.

The Stutsman County Commission is open to allowing JRVLS to rent the entire building that houses the Stutsman County Library, but no decision was made.

The board also is looking at possible alternatives for eventually replacing the bookmobile.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The South Central Dakota Regional Council Executive Committee is reviewing space needs at the downtown JamestownCenter for Economic Development building.

A possibility is selling the building and relocating to a larger building in Jamestown.

SCDRC Executive Committee President Joe Neis said the committee wants to meet with representatives of the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. and the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce to discuss immediate and future space needs for all three entities in the Center for Economic Development.

All three entities own the building, with the JSDC owning 50 percent, SCDRC 32 percent and the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 18 percent.

Other options include all three entities, and others such as the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation, relocate to a larger building in Jamestown and sell the Center for Economic Development.

JSDC CEO, Connie Ova has asked a local appraiser to do an appraisal on the Center for Economic Develoment in case the three entities decide to do any renovation, or sell the building.

After the discussion with Chamber and JSDC officials, the SCDRC Executive Committee met in closed session to review attorney information concerning options for remodeling the Center for Economic Development or buying its own building.

 

Jamestown (CSi) A reminder from Buffalo City Tourism, that surveys need to be returned to the tourism office by Thursday December 19, 2013.

Executive Director, Searle Swedlund says as tourism re-brands and plans the next 10 years of work, the tourism board is looking for evaluation of past efforts and feedback for tourism’s future.

The survey is geared to share feedback.

Swedlund says, the survey was developed by a Tourism Board sub-committee and Red Plum Media, and is being distributed to hotels, restaurants, business people, and Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce groups.

The results from Red Plum Media will be given to the Tourism Board after the first of the year for possible action in the re-branding process.

An online version is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BuffaloCityTourism

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s office reminds residents that due to the Christmas and New Year’s Holiday, there will be NO garbage pick-up on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 OR

Wednesday, January 1, 2014.

Wednesday’s & Thursday’s routes will be picked up on Thursday with normal garbage pick-up on each Monday, Tuesday and Friday during the Holiday weeks.

The City Baling Facility will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 & Wednesday, January 1, 2014.

The Baling Facility will be open Saturdays’, December 28th & January 4, 2014.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an ag disaster in 31 North Dakota counties for major crop losses.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple says farmers there and in another 15 counties are also eligible for supplemental disaster help and other federal programs.
 
     Heavy snowpack, flooding, frost and freeze damage kept farmers from planting more than 4 million acres this year.
 
     The agricultural disaster is for the counties of Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Cavalier, Divide, Emmons, Grand Forks, Grant, Kidder, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce,  Ramsey, Renville, Rolette, Sioux, Stutsman, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward and Wells.
 
     The declaration also makes help available to farmers and ranchers in 15 contiguous counties: Adams, Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Dunn, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Hettinger, LaMoure, McKenzie, Sheridan, Stark, Steele and Williams.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck woman is accused of using her six children to help her try to shoplift more than $600 in merchandise from a Wal-Mart store in Bismarck.
 
     Police say a 5-year-old made it out of the store with a full shopping cart but other children were stopped from leaving with another full cart. Twenty-six-year-old Chiquita Jordan was arrested on misdemeanor charges of theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
 
     The children ranged in age from 2 to 11.
 
     Court documents do not list an attorney for Jordan, and a telephone listing for her could not immediately be found. She could face up to two years in prison if convicted.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities allege a man arrested more than a year ago for sending threatening letters to a federal judge mailed similar letters to district court officials in North Dakota and Minnesota after he was indicted.
 
     Carlos Kidd was originally charged in November 2012 with two counts of mailing threatening communications. Authorities say he mailed two separate letters threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck. 
 
     An updated indictment filed in federal court Wednesday includes six new charges on accusations he sent letters threatening to kill five district court clerks and one state judge.
 
     U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson ruled after a competency hearing Monday that Kidd is fit to stand trial.
 
     Kidd is currently serving two prison sentences, including 10 years for escape and five years for harassment.

 

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is criticizing an Obama administration proposal to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply.
 
     Heitkamp met Wednesday with Gina McCarthy, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator.
 
     Heitkamp says she told McCarthy that the EPA’s proposal to change the Renewable Fuel Standard would be a bad decision and that North Dakota is a good example of a state where biofuels have created jobs and supported the state economy.
 
     Heitkamp also gave McCarthy a more detailed letter outlining her concerns.
 
     The EPA announced in November that it was proposing changes that would no longer require nearly 3 billion gallons of gasoline to be blended with ethanol and other biofuels by 2014.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s lone abortion clinic is on pace to end the year with the fewest number of pregnancy-ending procedures the state has recorded in more than a decade.
 
     Red River Women’s Clinic director Tammi Kromenaker says the drop in the number of abortions is due in part to new legislation that has confused some women into thinking abortion in the state is now outlawed.
 
     Kromenaker says some women are seeking abortions in other states.
 
     Representative Bette Grande, an ardent abortion opponent, says the decline is a positive thing and comes as more women become educated on the issue.
 
     Governor Jack Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul) signed four anti-abortion measures into law this year with overwhelming support by the state Legislature.
 
     Abortion rights advocates call the new laws the most restrictive in the country.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Michigan man charged with murder in North Dakota has been arrested in Wisconsin for violating bond conditions.
 
     Ryan Anderson, of Iron River, is accused of fatally stabbing his friend, Christopher King, in a March dispute at an oil field crew camp in northwestern North Dakota. He’s scheduled for trial in mid-February.
 
     Williams County Sheriff’s Detective Caleb Fry says Anderson was arrested Sunday in Wisconsin’s Vilas County on suspicion of drunken driving. He was arrested on a North Dakota warrant Wednesday. Authorities were arranging to bring him back to the state.
 
     Fry says it’s the second time Anderson has violated his bond conditions. His attorney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
 
     Anderson’s bond initially was set at $1 million but later reduced to $500,000 and then to $50,000.
 
  

 
     MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – A Moorhead, Minnesota woman has reached a plea deal over charges that she was drunk while caring for children at her home day care.
 
   Jayne Cote agreed to plead guilty to child neglect or endangerment.
 
     Defense attorney Jade Rosenfeldt says in return, prosecutors will recommend a suspended jail sentence. That means Cote would only serve the time if she violates terms of probation.
 
     Prosecutors say police arrived at her day care on October 2nd and found her blood-alcohol level was 0.18 percent. That’s more than twice the legal limit for driving.
 
     Rosenfeldt says her client is looking forward to rebuilding her life and doesn’t plan to go back into child care.
 
     A judge will have to approve the plea agreement.

WOLF POINT, Mont. (AP) – It’s tough to miss the increasing numbers of trains hauling crude out of the Northern Plains. But interviews with officials in dozens of towns and cities where oil trains travel reveals widespread concern that some communities aren’t adequately prepared for a major derailment, spill or explosion. Oil train traffic has grown roughly forty-fold since 2009. The trains now pass regularly through rural communities far from any hazmat team and with scarce resources to handle a spill.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Land Board has awarded $9.6 million in grants to school districts and colleges in western North Dakota’s oil-producing region.
 
     Officials say the grants are part of a program aimed at helping communities deal with the effects of rapid energy development.
 
     Officials say $5.6 million has been awarded to 24 K-12 schools and $4 million is slated for colleges in Williston, Minot and Dickinson.
 
     The Land Board will award a total of $240 million in impact grants through 2015 to counties experiencing rapid growth from the state’s oil boom. 
 
     The Land Board is headed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association will lobby the 2015 Legislature to double the $1-per-head checkoff ranchers pay when they sell cattle. The national beef checkoff hasn’t changed for three decades, prompting seven states to increase the checkoff on the state level.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Lake Sakakawea is officially frozen.
The Army Corps of Engineers declared the big lake frozen on Saturday morning.
 
     The Dec. 14 freeze-date for the big lake is the earliest since 1985 when it froze over on Nov. 30.

 

In sports…

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Derek Elliott’s record-breaking season earned the Valley City State senior an early Christmas present Wednesday from the American Football Coaches Association.

After breaking or tying at least 13 school records, and finishing second in the NAIA in regular-season rushing yards, Elliott was named an AFCA-NAIA First Team All American by the nation’s coaches Wednesday.

The 25-person team selected by the AFCA is the official NAIA All American Team. Elliott is the first Viking to earn the honor since wide receiver Chauncey Calhoun was named an All American in 2008.

Valley City State head coach Dennis McCulloch,says “This is a tremendous honor for Derek and our program. Only two running backs in the nation receive this prestigious award, and for him to be named All American is a great recognition of the record-breaking season he had.”

A native of Valley City and graduate of Valley City High School, Elliott broke records left and right this season with his rare combination of power and speed out of the backfield. The senior running back finished with 1,873 rushing yards and 23 total touchdowns in 10 games. He averaged 7 yards per carry and 187 rushing yards per game.

Elliott led the NAIA in all purpose yards per game (232), rushing yards per game (187) and scoring per game (14.1). He was second in the nation in all-purpose yards (2,318) and regular season rushing yards.

Elliott set new school records in 11 categories, including single season rushing yards (1,873), career rushing yards (3,489), career rushing touchdowns (36), single season rushing touchdowns (20) and single season total touchdowns (23) – a mark that was previously held by Calhoun and wide receiver Steve Battle.

He also set new records in single season all-purpose (2,318) and career all-purpose yards (5,958). Elliott recorded the longest rush from scrimmage in school history (95 yards), set the mark for most rushing touchdowns in a single game (5), and broke a school record when he scored 31 points in a single game.

His season average of 187.3 rushing yards per game shattered the old record of 139.9, and he tied two more school records with 286 rushing yards in a single game and five total touchdowns in a game.

Elliott topped 100 yards rushing in all 10 games, and three times he rushed for at least 260 yards –including Sept. 7 when he rushed for 266 yards and two touchdowns against then No. 1-ranked Morningside College. On Nov. 9, Elliott rose to the occasion as VCSU clinched a share of the North Star Athletic Association championship with a 37-12 victory over Mayville State. In that game, Elliott went for 286 yards and two touchdowns. He capped off the season a week later with 260 rushing yards and three touchdowns at Menlo College.

McCulloch adds, “Derek is a rare type of player. Week in, week out, what he gave us on the field was something special.”

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Players from North Dakota State and New Hampshire say the two teams set to square off in a Football Championship Subdivision semifinal game are identical in many respects.

The top-seeded Bison bring a 13-0 record into Friday night’s game against the 10-4 Wildcats, who are making their first appearance in the FCS semifinals. NDSU is seeking its third straight FCS title.

Bison offensive lineman Billy Turner says New Hampshire will be the best team NDSU has faced in the playoffs. Turner says the Wildcats mirror the Bison because they play hard and “try to get the job done.”

New Hampshire defensive back Manny Asam (ah-SAHM’) says the Bison and Wildcats “rely on the same kind of elements” to be successful.

The championship game is scheduled Jan. 4 in Frisco, Texas.

 

 BOYS BASKETBALL
 NDSCS Shootout
     Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, Minn. 63, Wyndmere 54
     Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah 75, Underwood, Minn. 63
     Wheaton/Herman-Norcross, Minn. 57, Hankinson 47

 

 NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Love had 29 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 120-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers last night. Nikola Pekovic had 30 points and nine rebounds and Kevin Martin scored 22 for the Timberwolves, who led by 32 in the second quarter and held off a charge in the second half from the Blazers.
  The Indiana Pacers have their first losing streak of the season after blowing a 15-point lead in the second half of a 97-94 loss at Miami.
   Final  OT      Charlotte          104    Toronto            102
   Final            Utah                      86    Orlando              82
   Final            Detroit              107    Boston              106
   Final            Atlanta              124    Sacramento      107
   Final            Washington        113    Brooklyn          107
   Final  2OT    New  York            107    Milwaukee        101
   Final            Dallas                105    Memphis              91
   Final            San  Antonio      108    Phoenix            101
   Final            Houston              109    Chicago              94
   Final            L-A  Clippers    108    New  Orleans      95
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final            New  Jersey      5    Ottawa                2
   Final  2OT    Pittsburgh      4    N-Y  Rangers      3  (SO  Pittsburgh  1-0)
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

 Unranked Stanford has handed No. 10 Connecticut its first loss of the men’s basketball season.
     Chasson Randle poured in 22 points and the Cardinal turned a 38-28 halftime deficit into a 53-51 victory over the Huskies in Hartford.
 
   Final          (  3)  Ohio  St.                76              Delaware                      64
   Final  OT    (12)  Baylor                    91              Northwestern  St.      84
   Final                    Texas                      86    (14)  North  Carolina          83
   Final          (22)  UMass                      83              Ohio                              71
   Final          (24)  San  Diego  St.      76              S.  Utah                        39
 
 
       TOP-25  WOMEN’S  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  9)  Baylor                      87              Mississippi            80
   Final    (14)  North  Carolina      74    (10)  South  Carolina      66
   Final    (18)  Purdue                      49              Green  Bay                45
   Final    (20)  Oklahoma                  79              Fairfield                51

 

NHL…

  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Wild have placed goalie Josh Harding on injured reserve to allow him to make adjustments to the medication he takes to treat multiple sclerosis. Harding will miss at least a week while on injured reserve. That means he will be out at least three games. Harding leads the NHL with a 1.51 goals-against average and .939 save percentage.

 

MLB…

The Atlanta Braves have acquired Ryan Doumit (DOH’-mit) from the Minnesota Twins for left-handed pitching prospect Sean Gilmartin. Doumit hit .247 with 14 homers and 55 RBIs this year. Gilmartin was 3-8 with a 5.74 ERA at Triple-A Gwinnett last season.

 SAN DIEGO (AP) – A person familiar with the situation says former Detroit closer Joaquin Benoit (BEHN’-wah) has accepted a two-year, $15.5 million contract with the Padres, pending a physical. Benoit had 24 saves in 26 chances last season after becoming the closer. He is expected to replace setup man Luke Gregerson, who was traded to Oakland for outfielder Seth Smith.
 
     UNDATED (AP) – The Colorado Rockies have reacquired left-hander Franklin Morales from the Boston Red Sox, along with minor league reliever Chris Martin for versatile infielder Jonathan Herrera. The Rockies also sent reliever Josh Outman to Cleveland for outfielder Drew Stubbs. And the Atlanta Braves have acquired Ryan Doumit (DOH’-mit) from the Minnesota Twins for left-handed pitching prospect Sean Gilmartin.
 

 In world and national news..

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Target shoppers need to be on alert. The retail chain says about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been exposed in a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season got underway. Target says it happened between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 and advises customers who suspect there has been unauthorized activity on their cards to call them at 866-852-8680. The company says it immediately told authorities and financial institutions once it became aware of the breach.
 
     LONDON (AP) – A British jury has found two self-styled “soldiers of Allah” guilty of murdering a serviceman on a London street. Soldier Lee Rigby was run down with a car and then stabbed to death in the May attack. Michael Adebolajo (ah-DAY’-boh-lah-joh) and Michael Adebowale (ah-DAY’-boh-wah-lay) had pleaded not guilty, though neither denied taking part in the attack.
 
     KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych (yah-noo-KOH’-vich) says the government may partially commit to a Russian economic union that protesters have been denouncing in mass demonstrations. In a televised interview, Yanukovych also says Western government should “not meddle” as his Cabinet analyzes which parts of the Moscow-led customs union Ukraine should join. Top Western diplomats, including the European Union’s policy chief, have appeared at the demonstrations in Kiev and expressed strong support.
 
     NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Nine people are in the hospital after a taxi collided with a New Jersey Transit bus in Newark early this morning, sending the bus crashing into a building. NJ Transit says the impact carried both vehicles about 90 feet across a median and the bus ended up in a storefront. The bus driver and seven passengers, along with the cab driver, were taken to a hospital.
 
     NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Hundreds of Tennessee residents who live near a federal Superfund site about 45 miles southwest of Nashville remain under evacuation orders this morning as a large industrial fire continues to burn. Firefighters are waiting for the blaze at Industrial Plastics Recycle to burn itself out. They halted efforts to extinguish it yesterday, partly because of fears that two 1,000-gallon propane tanks could explode.