Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 8

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. TEMPERATURES
RISING INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW IN THE EVENING.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. NOT AS COLD. LOWS 10 TO 15.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 30S. LOWS 10 TO 15.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. BREEZY.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. WINDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

 WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY EVENING…MAINLY FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM CST. TEMPERATURES WILL
 INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AFTER 10 PM CST.

  A CLIPPER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON
 MONDAY…AND COULD BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL
 NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Administrator, Jeff Fuchs is informing interested residents of open positions on various city committees and or boards.　

The City of Jamestown is currently accepting applications for the following:

• One opening on the Planning Commission-5 year term
• One opening on the Special Assessment Commission-unexpired term-4 yrs
• One opening on the Board of Adjustments-3 year term
• One opening on the James River Valley Library System Board-3 year term
• One opening on the Shade Tree Committee -3 year term-at large member

Anyone interested in serving on the above committees/boards should complete an “Application for Appointment”. The application may be obtained in person at City Hall, 102 3^rd Ave SE, Jamestown, ND, by calling 701-252-5900 or online at jamestownnd.org and select government tab/city committees to download the form.

The application should be returned by February 10, 2014, to:

City of Jamestown

Attn: Appointments

102 3^rd Avenue SE

Jamestown, ND 58401-4205

 JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The city of Devils Lake, its airport authority and Ramsey County are recommending that SkyWest Airlines provide service to the city under the federal Essential Air Service program.
 
     Great Lakes Airlines’ contract to provide service to Devils Lake expires at the end of March. Great Lakes provides service on turboprop planes, while SkyWest flies jets.
 
    Local officials are recommending SkyWest take over. The federal Transportation Department has the final say.
 
     Jamestown also is endorsing a switch from Great Lakes to SkyWest.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty to stabbing and killing his brother during an altercation on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
 
     Orlen Smith Jr., of Bismarck, is charged in federal court with voluntary manslaughter, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and assault with a dangerous weapon. He faces a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison.
 
     The incident happened on Feb. 25, 2013, in St. Michael. Authorities say the 26-year-old Smith swung a switchblade knife at Daniel Smith, striking his chest and piercing his heart. Daniel Smith died at the scene.
 
     Orlen Smith proceeded to attack two others in the home, puncturing one person in the forearm with the knife. Another individual suffered a laceration on the forehead.
 
     Sentencing is scheduled for April 7.

 MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Former North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman is scheduled for surgery Friday after being injured in a traffic crash in Mandan.
 
     Wife Nancy Poolman tells says  her 43-year-old husband suffered a broken pelvis and a concussion in Monday’s crash.
 
     The Highway Patrol says Jim Poolman was driving a sport utility vehicle that was struck by a pickup truck that crossed a concrete lane divider on Mandan’s Main Street. The driver of the pickup, 68-year-old Thomas Joblinski of Mandan, died. The patrol says he might have suffered a medical problem leading to the crash.
 
     Poolman was a state representative from Grand Forks from 1992 to 2000 and served as state insurance commissioner from 2001 to 2007. He’s now vice chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck business was heavily damaged when discarded ashes started a can of garbage on fire.
 
     Fire officials say it happened sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
 
     The fire burned up a wall into the ceiling and burst a water pipe that sprayed water on the flames and put them out.
 
     The building was used for private meat processing.
 
     Damage is estimated at $70,000.

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Former North Dakota governor and Casselton native George Sinner wants new regulations placed upon railroads that transport crude oil from the state.
 
     Sinner says the derailment of tanker cars and ensuing fire outside Casselton last week shows what he calls a “ridiculous threat” to communities across the United States.
 
     The fire burned for more than 24 hours and set off a series of massive explosions. Casselton residents were told to evacuate. There were no injuries.
 
     Sinner says speed limits for trains should be lowered and the railroad must take older, less reliable tankers out of service.
 
     Another derailment involving some crude oil tankers was reported Wednesday in a sparsely populated area of New Brunswick, Canada. No injuries were reported.
 
     Sinner, a Democrat, was governor from 1985-92

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. John Hoeven is joining a push to restore cuts to U.S. military retirees’ pensions that were part of last month’s budget agreement.
 
     The Republican believes the payments should be restored in a bill extending long-term unemployment benefits the Senate is currently considering.
 
     Hoeven said Wednesday that North Dakota’s military retirees shouldn’t have to deal with the cuts, which were a part of the budget agreement Congress passed late last year.
 
     Lawmakers in both parties, including Democratic Leader Harry Reid, have said they want to look at how the money for pensions can be restored. Democrats have resisted efforts to amend the unemployment bill.
 
     Hoeven says it’s logical to include the restored payments in the unemployment legislation. He’s also calling for cuts to offset the cost of extending unemployment benefits.

ROSS, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s top oil regulator says he takes full responsibility for a mix-up that resulted in an oil drilling waste pit potentially threatening a small town’s water supply.
 
     State officials shut down the pit in mid-December when Ross Mayor Wyatt Seibel said it was within half a mile of the town’s water well.
 
    State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms attended a Tuesday meeting in Stanley to answer questions about what happened, and said he takes full responsibility for the error. He said he has made sure his field inspectors have correct map information so the situation won’t happen again.
 
     Oasis Petroleum is closing the pit permanently and hauling the waste to a landfill. Local officials say they worry damage has already been done.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – When a student gets in trouble at school, federal officials say, he or she may face more serious punishment if the student is African-American. They say they’ve found cases in which those students are “disciplined more harshly and more frequently.” The administration Wednesday called on schools to get rid of disciplinary policies that it says are overly zealous, and sometimes discriminatory. Attorney General Eric Holder says the policies too often send students into the criminal justice system, instead of the principal’s office.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles judge has ruled that the driver of a car that plowed through crowds of tourists at Venice Beach last summer will stand trial on charges of murder, assault and leaving the scene. A lawyer for Nathan Campbell says it was an accident. But victims testified that the driver seemed to intentionally aim at tourists and vendors at the famous Southern California tourist spot. A woman from Italy who was on her honeymoon was killed and 16 other people were injured.
 
     VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) – The Navy says one of four crew members rescued when a military helicopter went down in the Atlantic off Virginia, Wednesday morning  has died. Three other crew members are being evaluated at a hospital in Norfolk. The search continues for a fifth crew member in the 42-degree seas.
 
     TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – There’s evidence  that the traffic jams that affected drivers in a New Jersey town in September were engineered at the suggestion of an aide to Gov. Chris Christie, as political payback against the town’s mayor. Emails and text messages include one from the Christie aide, written to one of the governor’s appointees to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It says, “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.” About a month later, the appointee ordered two of three traffic lanes connecting Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge to be closed. Christie has said denied the action was punitive, and has said his staff wasn’t involved.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine (GLA’-vihn) and Frank Thomas have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, while Craig Biggio (BIH’-zhee-oh) fell just short. The trio will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27 along with managers Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Tony La Russa, elected last month.