Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Feb 3

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Dept has released additional information concerning an alleged stabbing that occurred Thursday evening, (Jan 30, 2014) shortly before 6-p.m., at the Wonder Bar at the corner of 2nd St  and 2nd Ave SE, in Jamestown.Sgt. Tom Nagel says 42 year old Eureka “Lefty” Mims of Jamestown is alleged to have  stabbed  34 year old Marlin Decoteau, Jr., of Jamestown, with a knife.Nagel says Decoteau on Friday afternoon was in the intensive care unit of a Fargo Hospital where he was airlifted to Thursday evening.  He was reportedly stabbed several times in his neck and chest.Mims, as of Friday afternoon, was in custody at the Law Enforcement Center, Correctional Center, Charged with Aggravated Assault. Mims made his initial appearance in Southeast District Court Friday on the charge of aggravated assault. He is in Stutsman County Correctional Center on a $25,000 cash surety bond. Nagel said the crime scene at the Wonder Bar was released Thursday night, after the area was contained, gathering evidence, and interviewing bar patrons, and the bar was open on Friday.  The investigation is continuing. Nagel asks that anyone that was at the Wonder Bar at the time of the incident with any information, contact Jamestown Police at 701-252-2414. Jamestown, ND (CSi) The Buffalo City Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board meeting was held Friday (Jan 31, 2014, at Historic Franklin School.Grant Application presentations were made for:Frontier Village, Staffing; $40,558

Frontier Village, Horse Care $11,700

Frontier Village, Events; $7500
Jamestown Park and Rec, Kitefest; $2000

Frontier Village Board President, Charlie Tanata said the request, an increase of $7,000 from the 2013 funding.

$40,558 was divided into $16,000 for maintenance, and $14,000 for the greeters salaries, and $10,000 for the Manager’s salary.

After discussion, the Grant/Executive Advisory board voted unanimously to grant funding of $35,000 a three percent increase from the 2013 budget.

The Board approved the Frontier Village Horse Care Request of $11,700 the same amount granted in 2013. The dollars are toward horses that are used for the stagecoach, and pony rides, and horse boarding.

With Front Village events the board approved the request of $7,500, an increase of $2,500 over the 2013 budget, which includes $2,500 for advertising.

Frontier Village Manager, Colleen Conley pointed out that Pioneer Days and the return of the World Fast Draw Association events will be combined with the dates set for August 8,9, & 10, 2014.

Jamestown Parks and Recreation Director, Doug Hogan gave a presentation for the $2,000 funding for Kitefest, 2014.

He said the event will be expanded to include a Friday evening meet and greet with the kite flyers and continue that Saturday and Sunday, at Meidinger Park in Jamestown. The funding request goes toward the participants hotel accommodations, meals, and advertising of the event.

The Board approved granting the request, the same amount as in 2013.

　

Jamestown (CSi) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple Friday congratulated the North Dakota State Hospital, which is part of the N.D. Department of Human Services, on being nationally recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures. The award was given by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health organizations in America, for exemplary performance in providing evidence-based clinical measures that are shown to improve patient care for hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services.

Dalrymple said,”Congratulations to the entire staff at the North Dakota State Hospital for being named a national Top Performer. The services provided here help individuals with mental health needs that require a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise. We are proud of the work done by the State Hospital and proud these mental health services are readily available for North Dakotans who need them.”

As a Top Performer, the State Hospital achieved a performance rating of 95 percent or more for each accountability measure including appropriate admission screenings, patient safety practices, creating and implementing patient care plans, and appropriate usage of multiple anti-psychotic medications. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice and is reported annually to The Joint Commission.

The State Hospital is the primary provider of inpatient mental health and addiction treatment services for a 26-county area in the state.

Maggie Anderson, executive director of the N.D. Department of Human Services, said, “This national recognition validates the quality services and care provided at the North Dakota State Hospital in coordination with the regional human service centers and other behavioral health service providers.”

For the current biennium, the state invested more resources through the Department of Human Services to enhance behavioral health services across North Dakota. This includes additional funding for acute care and rehabilitation needs due to traumatic brain injuries, residential treatment services at the Robinson Recovery Center, transitional living programs and long-term residential programs for individuals with mental illness and/or substance addiction issues, mental health case management services, medical detox services, and community-based high-risk sex offender treatment in coordination with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

State Hospital Superintendent, Alex Schweitzer said, “We understand that what matters most to State Hospital patients and their families is safe, effective care, which contributes to better outcomes and supports recovery. The credit goes to our staff who work hard to provide positive patient outcomes every day, and that is why this recognition means a tremendous amount to staff and the entire organization.”

As part of its award, the State Hospital was recognized in The Joint Commission’s Improving America’s Hospital’s annual report, and on The Joint Commission’s Quality Check website at www.qualitycheck.org.

The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. They evaluate and accredit more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.

For information about the North Dakota State Hospital call 701-253-3964, ND Relay TTY 800-366-6888, or visit

www.nd.gov/dhs/locations/statehospital/index.html.

　

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police arrested a suspect in the armed robbery of a payday loan store and pawn shop after a standoff at an apartment in the city.
 
     A SWAT team was called to the residence about 5 a.m. Monday. The apartment building was evacuated and streets in the area were blocked off. The standoff ended peacefully about four hours later.
 
     The 22-year-old suspect is wanted in connection with the Jan. 7 robbery of a Mister Money store.

 

 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new survey of business leaders suggests the economy will continue growing in nine Midwestern and Plains states in the months ahead.
 
     The monthly Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 57.7 last month, compared with 53.2 in December.
 
     Looking six months ahead, the business confidence index dropped to a still strong 62.2 from 66.5 in December.
 
     The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth, while a score below that suggests decline.
 
     The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The two sides in a lawsuit filed by a prominent North Dakota businessman against his insurance company over defense costs in an alleged potato price fixing scheme are asking a judge to rule without the case going to trial.
 
     Ron Offutt Jr., of Fargo, is among the defendants in a lawsuit filed in June by Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. against United Potato Growers of America, its affiliate United Potato Growers of Idaho and other parties. The suit accuses potato growers of driving up prices while limiting production.
 
     Offutt filed a separate complaint accusing Twin City Fire Insurance Co. of breach of contract for failing to cover defense costs in the suit.
 
     Both Offutt and the insurance company filed motions last week stating that the case should not go any further.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – MDU Resources Group Inc. says proposed $650 million pipeline to move natural gas from western North Dakota’s booming oil patch is the biggest and most expensive project in the company’s history.
 
     The Bismarck-based energy, mining and construction company says the proposed 375-mile pipeline route would begin in McKenzie County and connect to existing natural gas pipelines in northwestern Minnesota.
 
     The company’s subsidiary, WBI Energy Inc., began seeking shipping comments for the project last week.
 
     The project could initially move 400 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. That’s about four times what the city of Fargo uses in a day.
 
     WBI says construction could begin in 2016 and be completed in a year.

 

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Small farms have been off-limits to the federal agency that oversees workplace safety for decades. But lawmakers in North Dakota and other states are warning the Obama administration to keep regulators away from family farms and preserve years of precedent.
 
     In recent days, members of Congress from both parties have signed on to separate letters directed to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.
 
     The letters express concern that small farms are becoming the subject of new federal scrutiny. They warn that only Congress can authorize the Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspecting small farms.
 
     Since 1976, Congress has banned OSHA from regulating farm operations with 10 or fewer employees. But concern has been growing since a 2011 memo asserted the agency can regulate so-called “post-harvest activities.”

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The number of cattle in North Dakota is down slightly from a year ago.
 
     The federal Agriculture Department says in its latest report that the state’s cattle and calf inventory on Jan. 1 totaled 1.77 million head, down 1 percent over the year. There were 943,000 beef cows and 17,000 milk cows.
 
     Cattle on feed for slaughter in North Dakota feedlots totaled 35,000 head, down 22 percent.
 
     The 2013 calf crop totaled 920,000 head, up 6 percent from 2012.

 

 NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – The Four Bears Casino near New Town is planning to break ground on a 4,000-plus seat multipurpose events center this year.
 
     General Manager Patrick Packineau says the casino owned by the Three Affiliated Tribes has outgrown its 2,300-seat events center, which was built in 2000.
 
     The  casino hosts conferences, weddings, parties and two oil and gas shows in its facility, along with concerts. It amounts to at least 50 events a year.
 
     Packineau says the size of the events center limits what acts are willing to put on shows and limits seating for other types of events.
 
     The new center will be connected to the north side of the casino. The current event center will be renovated and will remain in use.

 

In sports…
Super Bowl…

 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Russell Wilson methodically tossed a pair of touchdown passes and the Seattle Seahawks captured their first NFL championship with a dominating 43-8 victory over mistake-prone Denver in Super Bowl 48. It was the most lopsided Super Bowl since Dallas beat Buffalo 52-17 in 1993.
 
     EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)- Linebacker Malcolm Smith said he never thought he would be named Super Bowl MVP. But after recovering a fumble and returning a Peyton Manning interception 69 yards for a touchdown, the Seattle Seahawks star became the third linebacker to win Super Bowl MVP.
 
  SEATTLE (AP) – With shouts, cheers and fireworks, Seattle residents celebrated a dominant victory in the Super Bowl – the city’s first major sports championship in more than 30 years.
 
     Scores of people took to the streets in the city’s Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Seattle police planned an increased presence throughout the city Sunday night.
 
     Back in New Jersey, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said, “We’re not sleeping. We’re staying up all night. The party’s just starting.”
 
     The last time a major Seattle sports franchise won a championship was in 1979 when the old SuperSonics took the NBA title. The WNBA’s Seattle Storm have won two championships, in 2004 and 2010.
 
     Mayor Ed Murray said a Seahawks victory parade would happen Wednesday.
 

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Fox analyst Terry Bradshaw did not take part in the network’s Super Bowl coverage after the death of his father.
 
     Fox said Bill Bradshaw died Thursday after a long illness. He was 86. Terry Bradshaw, the former great who won four Super Bowl as Steelers quarterback, was with his family in Louisiana.
 
     Fox Sports dedicated the broadcast to the Bradshaws.
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION
 
   Final    Boston      96    Orlando      89
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final  OT    Washington      6    Detroit        5
   Final          Winnipeg          2    Montreal      1
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

   
   Final              Indiana            63    (10)  Michigan                52
   Final    (13)  Cincinnati      50              South  Florida      45
   Final              Virginia          48    (18)  Pittsburgh            45
 UNDATED (AP) – Arizona lost a game, most likely its No. 1 ranking and perhaps one of its best players over the weekend. The top-ranked team in college basketball the past eight weeks, Arizona will probably fall out of the top spot when the Associated Press rankings come out today and could be without forward Brandon Ashley for the rest of the season with a foot injury suffered in the Wildcats’ 60-58 loss to California on Saturday night.
 
       TOP-25  WOMEN’S  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  2)  Notre  Dame              88    (  3)  Duke                          67
   Final    (  4)  Stanford                  79    (21)  California              64
   Final    (  5)  Louisville              79              South  Florida        59
   Final              Miami                        83    (  6)  North  Carolina      80
   Final    (  7)  South  Carolina      78              Missouri                  62
   Final    (  8)  Maryland                  89              Syracuse                  64
   Final    (10)  Tennessee                64              Alabama                    54
   Final    (12)  Penn  St.                  79              Northwestern          75
   Final    (13)  Kentucky                  63    (14)  LSU                            56
   Final    (15)  Arizona  St.            97              Oregon                      94
   Final    (16)  Vanderbilt              71    (17)  Texas  A&M                69
   Final              Michigan  St.          89    (19)  Purdue                      73
   Final              Wake  Forest            78    (23)  Florida  St.            54

Dome Demo…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – It’s another milestone in the demolition of the Metrodome. On Sunday, the cables that supported the facility’s famous roof were severed as construction crews set off about a dozen explosive charges. The Metrodome is being torn down to make way for a new $1 billion Vikings stadium. Steel installation for the new stadium is expected to begin in August.
 

Golf…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Kevin Stadler’s one-shot victory over Bubba Watson and Graham DeLaet (deh-LEHT’) in the Phoenix Open was his first on the PGA Tour. Stadler’s victory make him and his father, former Masters champ Craig, the ninth father-son winners in tour history.

 

Tennis…
 
     SAN DIEGO (AP)- Britain has advanced to the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals for the first time since 1986. Wimbledon champion Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 to clinch Britain’s opening-round Davis Cup victory against the United States yesterday at Petco Park.

 
Alpine Skiing…

 
     ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) – Ted Ligety (LIHG’-eh-tee) of the United States has won his last race before the start of the Winter Olympics. He put together two nearly flawless runs in difficult conditions to win a World Cup giant slalom in Switzerland. A two-time world champion in the event, Ligety overcame poor visibility to finish a massive 1.51 seconds faster than Marcel Hirscher of Austria in the combined time.

 

In world and national news…

BERLIN (AP) – Snooping by the National Security Agency has triggered legal action in Germany. A group of German computer hackers and human rights campaigners say they are suing their government for allegedly breaking the law by aiding foreign spies. They submitted a criminal complaint to federal prosecutors, who have been considering for months whether to open an investigation of alleged NSA activities.
 
     IONIA, Mich. (AP) – A convicted murderer from Michigan is on the loose after escaping from prison and may be in Indiana. Authorities say Michael David Elliot also apparently abducted a woman before she got away in Indiana. Officials say Elliot is serving life sentences for first-degree murder. He also has convictions for arson and armed robbery.
 
     BRUSSELS (AP) – Corruption is costing European Union nations plenty. An EU report says corruption affects all 28 member countries and costs their economies around 120 billion euros ($162.19 billion) a year. It’s the first EU report on corruption and concludes that while many steps have been taken to counter the problem, results have been mixed.
 
     LONDON (AP) – The World Health Organization’s cancer agency says the disease is poised to take an even greater toll. A report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates there will be 22 million new cases of cancer every year within the next two decades as the global population ages and the disease spreads in developing nations.
 
     RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – Israeli police say they’re investigating accusations from a Palestinian official that Jewish settlers in the West Bank attacked olive groves belonging to Palestinians and uprooted some 1,700 seedlings. In recent years, extremist settlers have carried out acts of vandalism in retaliation for Palestinian attacks and to protest what they perceive as the Israeli government’s pro-Palestinian policies.