Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Feb 10

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND
25 BELOW LATE IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. NOT AS
COLD. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. LOWEST
WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
20S. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SOME BLUSTERY CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND

EVENING HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS NOT

ANTICIPATED.

 

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND

NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY

MORNING. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2.

 

AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS A

SERIES OF CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE SOME SNOW…BRISK TO

WINDY CONDITIONS…AND ALTERNATING MILD AND COLD TEMPERATURE

SWINGS.

 

   BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Arctic air that has enveloped the Northern Plains for a week and half is on its way out, with a warm-up in store for the rest of the week.
 
     Temperatures Monday morning in the Dakotas were in the single digits and teens below zero – with wind chills dropping into the minus 20s.
 
     But National Weather Service meteorologist Nathan Heinert (HY’-nurt) says the jet stream will be moving to the north and pushing the Arctic air out, allowing some warmer weather in. The forecast calls for highs Tuesday from the teens to the mid-30s in North Dakota, and from the 20s to the lower 40s in South Dakota.
 
     Heinert says the balmier weather also could bring strong winds as well as a mix of precipitation. Major storms are unlikely, though.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team will present “Soup for the Soul” on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the Women’s Club Room, 210 3^rd Street SW in Jamestown (the back entrance of the Ottmar and Ottmar Building). The subject of the evening’s program is “Supporting Grieving Children”. Special guest speaker, Diane Crowston, is a former Counselor with the Jamestown Public Schools. She will share her expertise and experience working with children who have experienced the death of someone important in their lives.

Children’s grief is often very misunderstood. In fact, many people don’t realize that children actually do grieve when they have lost someone they love. But anyone who is old enough to love is old enough to grieve.

A child is often unable to articulate his or her feelings of grief, which may lead the adults in their live to believe that they have not been affected by the death. Changes in the child’s behavior may be misinterpreted as something other than an expression of grief. In addition, children may not feel that they have anyone to talk to about their feelings of grief. They don’t think that anyone can understand how they are feeling because most of their friends and classmates have not experienced the death of someone close to them. This evening will be an opportunity to learn how to support children who have lost a loved one.

Everyone is welcome to share in this informal evening that includes a meal of soup and sandwiches. The program is free and open to all. Any adult – parents, grandparents, teachers, clergy – who knows a child who has lost a loved one is especially encouraged to attend.

 

Jamestown (CSI) The JSDC Board of Directors welcomed new member Bill Lytle and returning member Dennis Ellefson to the JSDC Board. Dennis Ellefson was also nominated to serve a one year term on the JSDC Executive Committee. JSDC acknowledged Chris Rathjen and Robert Toso on their appointment to a second term on the Executive Committee and JSDC Board of Directors. The JSDC Board of Directors also reappointed City member Ramone Gumke and County member Dale Marks as City and County representation on the JSDC Board. Thank you for your service and dedication!

The news releases says JSDC had a very exciting 2013 and is looking forward to an even better 2014. Visit the website at www.growingjamestown.com <http://www.growingjamestown.com> to learn about the JSDC projects.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man and former business associate of a Washington state man killed in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme is scheduled to be arraigned on a weapons charge.
 
     Thirty-four-year-old James Henrikson, of Watford City, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was arrested in Mandan last Monday.
 
     Court documents show Henrikson had business dealings in the North Dakota oil patch with Doug Carlile, who was shot and killed by an intruder Dec. 15 at his Spokane, Wash., home.
 
     Fifty-year-old Timothy Suckow, of Spokane, is charged with Carlile’s murder.
 
     Documents indicate Henrikson is under investigation for allegedly defrauding a company owned by Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall. 
 
     Henrikson is scheduled to appear in federal court in Bismarck at 11 a.m. Monday.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – BNSF Railway Co. is using an area in northeastern Minot to stage crude oil tankers.
 
     BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth says the railroad added two tracks last year to the rail yard.
 
     The area has six tracks now that are being used primarily to stage crude oil trains.
 
     The average train count in Minot has risen in the past years. The average train count in Minot at present is about 40 trains in a 24-hour period. In 2009, there were about 33 trains.
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has expanded veterans’ education program to help more earn college degrees and certifications.
 
The federally funded Veterans Upward Bound program has been replaced by the state-funded Veterans Educational Training.
 
     Project Coordinator Jeri Vaudrin says with state funding, the program has gone from being limited to low-income, first-generation college students to helping almost all veterans who want to attend college.
 
     Vaudrin says only eligibility requirements are that they have served for 180 days or have been deployed if they are in the National Guard.
 
     The state Legislature gave the program $274,000 over the next two years.
 
     The program has hubs at North Dakota State University, the University of North Dakota, Minot State University and the University of Mary.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group that funds developers of North Dakota farm products will consider grant requests totaling nearly $546,000 at its quarterly meeting this month in Grafton. 
 
     The Agricultural Products Utilization Commission will review seven requests on Feb. 20.    
 
     Among the groups making requests is Bio-Sunn of Garrison, which wants $132,000 to defray costs studying a facility that would manufacture ethanol, methane, flax composites and treeless paper products.
 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Three rural cooperatives and one city in the Dakotas are getting money through a federal Agriculture Department effort to invest in rural businesses and spur economic development.
 
     Nearly $17.6 million in loans and grants is going to projects in 15 states and the Northern Mariana Islands.
 
     In North Dakota, Dakota Valley Electric Co-op is getting a $1 million loan for a manufacturing building, and Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op is getting a $1 million loan to buy equipment to process molasses byproducts.
 
     In South Dakota, Lake Region Electric Association is getting a $300,000 grant for an economic development loan fund, and the city of McLaughlin is getting a $42,455 grant for equipment for a local youth organization.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Agencies including the Salvation Army and several Williston-area churches have organized a program for area homeless people who don’t have shelter from this winter’s bitter cold.
 
     It’s dubbed Project Heat, and it involves 10 beds reserved at an area oil patch crew camp.  The location isn’t being disclosed.
 
     The effort launched Monday will run through March.
 
     Nearly 1,000 people are classified as homeless in Williams County, in the heart of the western oil patch, though a survey by the North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People finds that most have some form of shelter.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A company known for its crew camps in the western North Dakota oil patch has completed another facility west of Williston.
 
   Target Logistics’ Judson Lodge has 100 rooms. Officials say Denver-based Liberty Oilfield Services will be contracting all 100 rooms.
 
     Boston-based Target Logistics has 12 facilities in North Dakota that have a total of more than 4,000 rooms.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The number of sheep and lambs in North Dakota is at a record low. The Agriculture Department says in its latest report that the number of sheep and lambs in North Dakota on January 1st totaled 66,000 head, down 8,000 from last year.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Army National Guard’s state surgeon is retiring after serving more than 30 years in various roles with the Guard.
 
     Colonel Craig Lambrecht of Bismarck joined the Guard in 1983 as a second lieutenant. He has served as a physician, flight surgeon, deputy commander, and commander. The Wishek native was appointed as the Guard’s state surgeon in 1995, a position held until his retirement.
 
     Lambrecht is president of Sanford Health’s West Region in Bismarck.
 
     A retirement ceremony for Lambrecht was scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

 

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The ice fishing in northeast North Dakota is the best it’s been in two decades. But some anglers can’t make it because trains handling freight and crude from the state’s oil patch are displacing Amtrak passenger service.
 
     The federally funded rail corporation uses BNSF Railway Co. lines and says the “severe freight train interference” is causing long delays along its Chicago-to-Pacific Northwest Empire Builder route.
 
     In North Dakota, Amtrak trains are bypassing Grand Forks, Devils Lake and Rugby. Passengers in those cities are being bused to either Minot or to Fargo to reconnect to westbound or eastbound trains.
 
     BNSF says in a statement that it has been “disappointed” in its service. The railroad says it’s investing records amounts of cash to expand capacity to help alleviate the problem.

 

NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Kirk Hinrich scored 19 points, Joakim Noah had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls held off the stubborn Los Angeles Lakers 92-86 on Sunday after nearly blowing a 19-point lead.

UNDATED (AP) – Just six percentage points separate the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers as they battle for the NBA’s best record.
 
     Kevin Durant had 41 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in the Thunder’s 112-100 win over New York. Durant entered the game averaging a league-best 31 points before hitting 12 of his 22 shots, including 4-for-7 from 3-point range.

   Final          Orlando                  93    Indiana                92
 
   Final          Dallas                  102    Boston                  91
 Final  OT    Cleveland              91    Memphis                83
   Final          Brooklyn                93    New  Orleans        81
   Final          Washington            93    Sacramento          84
   Final          L-A  Clippers      123    Philadelphia      78
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

 MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Traevon Jackson hit a pull-up jumper with 2.1 seconds left for Wisconsin, 10 seconds after Michigan State’s Adreian Payne tied it with a 3, and the Badgers beat the ninth-ranked Spartans 60-58 on Sunday. The Badgers (19-5, 6-5 Big Ten) committed 14 turnovers, six more than their NCAA-leading 8.3 per game, but gutted out a win over the Spartans (20-4, 9-2). A desperation 3 by Michigan State from midcourt banged off the rim as time expired, and the Wisconsin faithful erupted with applause. The victory snapped a three-game losing skid at home.
 
   Final    (  1)  Syracuse          57              Clemson                44
   Final    (  2)  Arizona            76              Oregon  St.          54
   Final              St.  John’s      70    (12)  Creighton            65
   Final    (22)  UConn                75              UCF                        55
 
 
       TOP-25  WOMEN’S  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final          (  1)  UConn                        81    (  4)  Louisville              64
   Final          (  2)  Notre  Dame            101              Syracuse                  64
   Final                    Washington              87    (  3)  Stanford                  82
   Final          (  6)  South  Carolina      67              Arkansas                  49
   Final          (  7)  Baylor                      81    (12)  Oklahoma  St.          64
   Final          (  9)  Penn  St.                  74              Ohio  St.                  54
   Final          (10)  Maryland                  95              Clemson                    43
   Final                    Arizona                    68    (11)  Arizona  St.            49
   Final  OT    (14)  NC  State                  72              Virginia  Tech        71
   Final                    Florida                    86    (15)  Kentucky                  80
   Final          (19)  Texas  A&M                72    (16)  LSU                            67
   Final          (23)  California              87              Washington  St.      70
   Final          (25)  Purdue                      65              Michigan                  56

 

NBA…

 DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Pistons have fired coach Maurice Cheeks after going 21-29 in a little more than a half-season at the post. The team has employed nine head coaches since the 1999-2000 season and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2009.  A person with knowledge of Detroit’s plans says assistant John Loyer will take over as interim coach.

 

GOLF…

 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Jimmy Walker managed to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am after blowing most of a six-stroke lead. He rolled in a five-footer for par on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Dustin Johnson and Jim Renner. Walker closed with a 2-over 74 for an 11-under total in becoming the fourth player in the last 20 years to win three of his first eight starts to a season.

 

 OLYMPICS…

     SOCHI, Russia (AP) – Americans J.R. Celski and Eddy Alvarez are among competitors advancing to the semifinals of the 1,500-meter short track speed skating competition at the Sochi Olympics.  Chris Creveling of the U.S. lost a photo finish for third in his heat and failed to advance.
 
     Julia Mancuso showed yet again she’s a big-game player, racing into the lead of the downhill portion of the Olympic super-combined on Monday and setting herself up for yet another medal.
 
     The American skier sped down the 2.7-kilometer (1.69-mile) Rosa Khutor course in 1 minute, 42.68 seconds, 0.47 faster than second-place Lara Gut of Switzerland.
 
     The winner will be decided after a slalom run on an adjoining course.
 
     Team U.S.A. has four medals so far, two gold and two bronze.

 

 COLLEGE BASKETBALL-SMART…
  
     STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – Oklahoma State star Marcus Smart won’t be allowed to play again until Feb. 22 against Texas Tech.
 
     Smart has been suspended three games by the Big 12 for shoving a fan in the closing seconds of the 19th-ranked Cowboys’ loss at Texas Tech on Saturday. Smart apologized to the fan, his family and team for his actions before coach Travis Ford expressed support for the sophomore without dismissing the severity of the player’s actions.
 
     Smart will miss games against Texas, Oklahoma and Baylor but will be allowed to practice during his suspension. He is averaging 17.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists this season.

 

 CHAMPIONS TOUR-ALLIANZ CHAMPIONSHIP…
 
     BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) – Michael Allen has won the Allianz Championship on the Champions Tour, beating Duffy Waldorf with a two-putt birdie on the second hole of a playoff. The win is Allen’s sixth on the Champions Tour.
 
     Allen closed with a 3-under 69 to match Waldorf at 18-under 198.

 

In world and national news…

 ATLANTA (AP) – With another round of winter weather heading in, officials in Atlanta and north Georgia aren’t forgetting the lessons learned a couple of weeks ago. Gov. Nathan Deal, who was criticized for the paralysis that left motorists stranded in vehicles overnight, says he’s put emergency response agencies on alert and begun significant preparations.  The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather watch for tonight through tomorrow.
 
     GRANVILLE, Ohio (AP) – An official at a central Ohio college says hypothermia is the apparent cause of death of a student who apparently fell asleep outdoors.  Denison University student David Hallman III was last seen leaving a downtown Granville restaurant early Saturday and had been the subject of intensive search over the weekend.
 
     NEW ORLEANS (AP) – It’s the last chance for attorneys from both sides to present their arguments to a jury in the federal corruption trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. Closing arguments are scheduled today. Charges include bribery, fraud and money laundering. The Democrat left office after eight years that included the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
 
     LONDON (AP) – The River Thames (tehmz) has burst its banks after reaching its highest level in years, flooding riverside towns upstream of London. Residents and British troops had piled up sandbags in a bid to protect properties from the latest bout of flooding to hit Britain. But the floods overwhelmed their defenses today. England has had its wettest January since 1766. 
 
     SEATTLE (AP) – Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are number one in charitable giving. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports today they were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a Silicon Valley nonprofit in December.