Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 15

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 A PERIOD OF LIKELY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
 THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
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SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE REGION
FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

Jamestown (CSi) Plans are set for the dedication of the gazebo replica at the Stutsman County Memorial Museum in Jamestown.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Museum Treasurer, Alden Kollman who conceived the idea, and a major worker on the project said, the dedication will be on Saturday May 17, 2014, beginning at 1-p.m.

The event will feature a historical presentation by Keith Norman, with the Jamestown Middle School Band, performing and the high school band on hand, along with bleachers to be set up for those in attendance, with refreshments available.

Other speakers include Dave Smette from the Jamestown Rotary Club, a major financial contributor to the project, Casey Stoudt from the Jamestown Community Foundation both of whom Kollman said were “instrumental” in the gazebo project speaking about their respective organizations.

Then, Donald Cavalier from Rotary International will follow with a formal dedication of the peace pole that was installed at the Gazebo site, leading into the champagne bath.

School students will be invited to visit the gazebo on field trips, as Kollman added that the gazebo may be used for weddings, and family reunions, or other gatherings.

Reservations may be made after the Stutsman County Memorial Museum opens later this month at 252-6741, or before that by calling Alden Kollman.

Kollman pointed out that the gazebo is a larger replica of the original gazebo that was built in 1883 and located along the railroad tracks in Jamestown across from what is now the Memorial Building.

The original gazebo was visited by Union, Civil War General, and later President U.S. Grant.

Also on our show, was Charlie Kourajian who assisted in the building of the new gazebo. The new gazebo was planned and in large part built by Alden Kollman, with a big assist from Alden’s wife Landa, and other volunteers.

Kollman was responsible for the planning of the gazebo, the logistics

and most of the actual work. About 12-13 volunteer workers assisted in the building, and a number of businesses also provided in-kind services.

Financial help came from the Rotary Club, the Jamestown Community Foundation and the Gazebo Fund from the 2000 Millennium All-Class Reunion.

After the dedication and the Stutsman County Museum will be open for visitors that day to start the 2014 season.

The museum is open Monday thru Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. starting May 17 through September.

Jamestown (CSi)  An Arbor Day Celebration will be held rain or shine on May 19^th, 2014 at 3:30 pm at the block directly east of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company between 10^th St & 11^th St SE and 11^th Ave & 12^th Ave SE.

The celebration will consist of local Boy Scouts planting 10 trees along the right of way along 10^th St & 12^th Ave SE.

Councilman Dan Buchanan will make the proclamation declaring May 19^th, 2014, ARBOR DAY for the City of Jamestown. Roy Sheppard will also be honored for his 30 years of service on the City Shade Tree Committee.

The public is invited  to stop by to observe or participate in this years’ celebration!

Any questions, may be directed to Jamestown City Forester,Doug Wiles,   at City Hall, 252-5900.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bond has been set at $3,000 cash for a Bismarck woman accused in state court of punching a store employee who confronted her about shoplifting.
 
     Thirty-six-year-old Leah Hatzenbuhler faces a felony robbery charge that carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. A telephone listing for her was not in service Thursday. Court documents indicate she’s applied for a public defender.
 
  Hatzenbuhler is accused of making a fist while holding a set of keys and punching a J.C. Penney Co. employee who spotted her allegedly stealing clothes and other items on Tuesday.
 
     Court documents indicate Hatzenbuhler pleaded guilty in municipal court in February to shoplifting from Scheels last December and was fined $500. She’s been banned from Kirkwood Mall, where both stores are located.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Two North Dakota teenagers face numerous charges after a crime spree that authorities say started in the North Dakota city of Fargo and ended in the South Dakota city of Sioux Falls, where they were arrested.
 
     Sioux Falls police say the 15-year-old boys allegedly stole a car in Fargo and drove to Sioux Falls, where they held up a convenience store last week. The teens then allegedly stole another vehicle after pointing a gun at a man on Monday. That evening, a 12-year-old girl reported that two men knocked on her apartment door, threatened her with a gun and took her cellphone.
 
     The teens were arrested after pointing a gun at a police officer and unsuccessfully trying to flee. Authorities later determined that the weapon was a BB gun.

 STANTON, N.D. (AP) – One of three men charged in a March shootout with a rural Golden Valley homeowner has been sentenced to serve 90 days in jail.
 
Judge Sonna Anderson on Wednesday accepted a plea deal in which 19-year-old Benjamin Schultz pleaded guilty to being the accomplice driver in a plan to steal power tools from Jeffrey Gegelman. Schultz was given credit for the 43 days he already had spent behind bars.
 
     Co-defendants Brett Knudson and Bryson Snell pleaded not guilty to felony charges at the same hearing in Stanton.
 
     Schultz told Anderson he waited in the car while Knudson and Snell went into Gegelman’s house. Authorities allege Knudson took multiple shots at Gegelman and that Gegelman returned fire. Both Knudson and Gegelman were treated for gunshot wounds.

 WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – Officials are starting work on two highway bypass projects in North Dakota’s western oil patch.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the bypasses at New Town and Watford City will provide much-needed traffic relief to the communities.
 
     State Transportation Director Grant Levi says almost 3,900 trucks pass through Watford City daily. Another 3,500 trucks travel through New Town every day.
 
     The state is spending $409 million to cover the construction costs of truck bypass routes for the oil patch cities of Williston, Watford City, Dickinson, New Town and Alexander.
 
     The $50.3 million bypass to cut southeast of Watford City will be six miles long and is set to be completed this fall.
 
     New Town’s $25 million, 3.2-mile bypass also be completed this year.

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson child care center will be expanding its facility using a $300,000 federal loan meant to ease the area’s day care shortage.
 
     The loan was awarded to Roughrider Electric Cooperative, which will use the money toward renovating KinderKidz Learning Center.
 
     Thousands of people have flocked to the region in recent years searching for jobs associated with the oil boom. Many of the workers have children and need day care services, but the number of facilities cannot support the demand.
 
     The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the loan. The agency says KinderKidz had an average of 50 children on its waiting list at any given time. The expansion is expected to allow the business to commute 45 more children and will lead to the hiring of 10 employees.

  WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – City leaders in Williston plan to seek an attorney general’s opinion on how they can help residents at two mobile home courts where lot rents are being increased as much as 180 percent.
 
     The new owners of FM Trailer Court have told residents lot rent will increase from $300 to $850 on June 1. At Elm Estates, new owners last year raised rent from $350 to $750.
 
  More than a dozen residents have asked for help. The Williston City Commission on Tuesday voted to seek the opinion of Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.
 
     Williston is the hub of the booming western North Dakota oil patch. A national study from an apartment renting guide recently found that Williston had the highest average rent in the U.S.

  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota lawmakers have a deal on a medical marijuana bill that would set up eight distribution sites and allow qualified patients to access the drug in oil, pill and vapor form.
 
     The agreement announced Thursday was crafted to suit concerns of Gov. Mark Dayton, who backs it.
 
     The compromise bridges differences between a restrictive House bill and a relatively expansive Senate bill. Under the agreement, two manufacturers would be able to grow the drugs and run a total of eight distribution centers.
 
     Leaf or plant form of marijuana wouldn’t be accessible. Smoking the drug wouldn’t be permitted.
 
     It represents the culmination of a years-long effort by advocates to make the medical use of marijuana legal in Minnesota. Twenty-one other states and the District of Columbia allow medical marijuana.
 

In world and national news…

SAN DIEGO (AP) – The San Diego County sheriff says arson will be among the many possibilities investigators will look at in trying to determine what caused nine fires to break out during a two-day heat wave. Sheriff Bill Gore says it could take months to find the causes of the blazes concentrated in the northwestern area of the county, from the coast to areas 10 to 15 miles inland. He also noted that sparks from vehicles can easily ignite brush in the hot, dry and windy conditions. The fires have caused more than $22 million in damage so far.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian opposition activists say that the death toll in a car bombing near a rebel-held border crossing with Turkey has risen to 43. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the number includes Syrians who were wounded in the blast and were taken to hospitals in Turkey, where they later died.
 
     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas judge says he will strike down a state law barring clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, expanding his ruling against the state’s ban on gay marriage. Wednesday, the state Supreme Court refused to stay the judge’s ruling that the gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, but noted the prohibition on gay marriage licenses still stood. And that effectively halted gay marriages in the state, with the two counties that had been issuing licenses to same-sex couples saying they’d stop.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – It won’t be open to the public until next week — but Thursday, the new September 11th museum at the World Trade Center site in New York has been dedicated by President Barack Obama and others, including survivors of the attack and people who lost loved ones. Kayla Bergeron remembered walking down 68 flights of stairs in the north tower, amid confusion and fear that there was no way out. Her final steps to safety were on an outdoor stairway — which is now in the museum.
 
     NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Retired tennis star James Blake says he had never met any members of the family who died last week in the Florida home they were renting from him. Police say the man who rented the home, Darrin Campbell, shot his wife, Kimberly, 19-year-old son and teenage daughter each in the head with a handgun before setting the house on fire and shooting himself in the head.