Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 20

CSi Weather..

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MEMORIAL DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of two Idaho men who presumably drowned in a canoeing accident early Monday on Spiritwood Lake.

Sheriff Chad Kaiser says the deceased are 23 year old Damian Calzadias, whose body was initially recovered. Also presumed drowned and recovered second is 24 year old Alonso Martinez. Calzadias and Martinez have current addresses of Crosby, ND, and also have residences in Idaho, Calzadias of Idaho Falls, and Martinez of Twin Falls.

The surviving man is 32 year old Blake Roberts of Big Sky, Montana.

The victims were contractors from Idaho who were remodeling a lakeside home.

Kaiser said the bodies of the deceased men were taken to the state medical examiners office to determine the exact cause of death.

At this time, Kaiser says the deaths appear to be accidental, and no criminal charges are pending.

He thanked other agencies for their assistance in the search including the State Game and Fish Department, who provided a boat and sonar equipment, the Stutsman County Dive Team, the Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Police, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Gun and Reel Sports in Jamestown which provided a boat in the search.

 

Valley City(CSi) Valley City Police Tuesday, were still searching for a suspect in connection with a burglary at the AmericInn on Monday morning May 19, 2014.

Police, Monday, using a search warrant searched a Northeast Valley City home at 405 Second Street Northeast #1 in Valley City.

The address is the home of 26 year old Paul Jacob Myles.

Stemming from the search, an arrest warrant was issued for Myles who is charged Felony Burglary, Felony Theft of Property and Misdemeanor Possession of Narcotics Paraphernalia.

Myles was identified using surveillance video, and is a former employee at the AmericInn.

On Tuesday, police were still searching for Myles.

Anyone with information on his location is asked to contact the Valley City Police Department at 701-845-3110.

 

Omaha (CSi) The US Army Corps of Engineers will increase in water release at the Jamestown Reservoir, on Wednesday May 21, 2014.

At that time the Jamestown Reservoir release will be increased to 500 cfs.

The Pipestem Reservoir release will remain unchanged at 5 cfs.

The change will increase the James River level by about 4 inches at the Jamestown gauge.

Pipestem Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1459.1 feet which results in 17 percent of the flood pool occupied. Inflows are currently 160 cfs with a reservoir release of 5 cfs. Jamestown Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1433.4 feet which results in 3.2 percent of the flood pool occupied. Inflows are currently 400 cfs with a reservoir release of 445 cfs. The combined release is 450 cfs.

This release increase is necessary to speed the evacuation of the Jamestown Reservoir flood storage and draw the lake down to the normal summer elevation of 1431 feet. The combined release of 505 cfs is expected to continue until the Jamestown Reservoir flood storage is evacuated on or near June 1. Pipestem Reservoir flood storage will be primarily evacuated in June, July and August with a release of around 200 cfs. All flows may change depending on rain over the summer.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Council committees met Tuesday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

With Finance & Legal Committee Business:

The committee recommends approval of the request from Buffalo City Diesel to amend previous approval for a PACE interest buy down to a Flex PACE interest buy down with the City Share to be $34,400.

Recommends approving the request from Infinity Building Services to allow the installation of a communication tower (cell phone) on Lot 4, Block 4, I-94 Business Park Addition.

Recommends approval of the request from the JSDC for Economic Development Funds, in the amount of $150,000, for an addition to the Spiritwood Energy Park Association Rail Spur, with the City Share to be $120,000 and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.

Consideration was given to the letter received from the ND State Historical Society and determination of whether to sell Lot 5, Block 1, Homestead III Addition.

The Historical Society has indicated approval of the sale, if the ground is not disturbed, due to cultural resources. No action was taken.

Then, the committee considered approval of the offer(s) to purchase Lot 5, Block 1, Homestead III. The committee recommended tabling the consideration until the June committee meeting, along with authorizing placing covenants or conservation easements to prohibit any ground disturbance activities.

The committee recommends approval of the offer of Colin & Colleen Conley to purchase Lot 4, Tahran’s Addition, in the amount of $5,000.00.

The committee recommends approval of the request from Security State Bank, Fergus Falls, MN, for the City to continue a subordinate second position to a new loan issued to Ringdahl, Inc., subject to Department of Commerce approval.

The committee reviewed and considered the salary study for employees of the City of Jamestown. The committee recommends approving the study recommendation which compares Jamestown salaries with salaries paid to city employees in comparable cities. The study recommends an increase amounting to $27,000 starting in July 2014, one half of the annual increase, starting the next year. Mayor Andersen said retaining employees is more cost effective than re-hires and re-training of new employees.

Informational: Departmental and financial reports were presented.

 

Building, Planning & Zoning Committee:

The committee considered the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the land use plan amendment for an area south of the fairgrounds bordered on the east by Fifth Northwest and Second Northwest Additions and on the west by Fourth Northwest, First Northwest, Hi-View and Hi-View Second Additions, from Low Density Residential to Commercial property. The committee recommends approval.

The committee recommends for approval the City Council introducing the First Reading of an Ordinance to change the zoning on the property from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to C-2 (General Commercial District).

The committee recommends approving the City Council introduce the First Reading of an Ordinance to amend and reenact Ordinance No. 329 to change the zoning on Lots 2-12, Block 3, Lots 7-14, Block 4, Lots 7-14, Block 5, and Lots 7-10, Block 6 of Country Side Estates Subdivision, a replat of City West Subdivision, from C-2 (General Commercial District) and R-1 (One Family Residential District) to R-2 (One to Six Family Residential District).

To committee recommends approving the Planning Commission recommendation to deny the land use plan amendment for Lots 1 through 4, Block 3, Leapaldt Addition, from High Density Residential to Commercial.

The committee recommends approving the Planning Commission recommendation to deny a zone change for Lots 1 through 4, Block 3, Leapaldt Addition, from R-3 (General Multiple Dwelling District) to C-2 (General Commercial District).

Civic Center and Promotion Committee:

The committee recommends approval of change orders to Energy Services Group on the Jamestown Civic Center Energy Services Agreement Project.

The entire meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court says six lawyers have applied for an open judgeship in the Southeast Judicial District.
 
     The vacancy is due to the retirement of Judge John Paulson.
 
     Five of the applicants are from North Dakota: Lyle Bopp of Cogswell, Troy LeFevre of Jamestown; Jordan Moe of Jamestown, Steven Simonson of Fargo and Jerod Tufte of Dawson. Cherie Clark, of Moorhead, Minnesota, also has applied.
 
     A Judicial Nominating Committee is to interview the applicants the week of June 16 in Jamestown. The group eventually will make recommendations to Gov. Jack Dalrymple, who will make the appointment.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man for allegedly running an illegal gambling operation in North Dakota.
 
     A  newly unsealed indictment says 68-year-old Gerald Greenfield, of Bloomington, Minnesota, ran an illegal sports betting business for four years, beginning in 2007. Greenfield allegedly received about $10 million each year in wagers and made an annual profit of between $500,000 and $600,000, using computer servers located in Costa Rica.
 
     Greenfield also is accused of illegally transmitting wager information and money laundering. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
 
     Greenfield previously was convicted in a mortgage fraud scheme in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. He escaped from a minimum-security federal prison in Duluth last year while serving a 50-month sentence and was captured six days later.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A week of drier weather has helped North Dakota farmers trying to get their crops in the ground, but planting of all major crops in the state remains behind the average pace due to a rainy spring.
 
     The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that one-fourth of the state’s staple spring wheat crop is in the ground, up from about one-tenth a week ago. However, normally at this time of year more than half of the crop is seeded.
 
     Only 29 percent of sugar beets are planted, compared with the average of 75 percent. About 6 percent of the potato crop is seeded, compared to 41 percent on average.
 
     Farmers are just beginning to plant sunflowers. Normally, about 10 percent of the crop is seeded by now.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State Geologist Ed Murphy says the annual expo highlighting the state’s oil patch began 22 years ago as an excuse for geologists and engineers to get together.
 
     He says the event has grown each year. Organizers are expecting more than 4,000 people at this year’s Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo in Bismarck over the next three days.
 
     Murphy says the conference has expanded to include all facets of the oil industry, but the goal is the same – to find the best method to drill for crude in the oil patch.
 
     Cliff Wahlstrom, from Edmonton, is at the expo for the first time and expects it to be big. He says the first sign was how hard it was for him to find a hotel room.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck State College is starting construction on a $13 million Communications and Creative Arts Center.
 
     The school scheduled a Tuesday afternoon ground-breaking ceremony for the facility on campus.
 
     The 40,000-square-foot center will bring BSC’s English and visual arts departments together into a modern facility, and also will replace the library with a new learning commons.
 
     The Legislature earlier this year approved $12.7 million for construction and another $600,000 for humanities programming and support. The BSC Foundation is trying to raise $6 million for a theater addition.
 
 

 
     BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University in Fargo and Cankdeska Cikana (sih-KAHN’-uh) Community College in Fort Totten are hosting a two-day conference in Bismarck focused on recruiting American Indian students into the nursing profession and retaining them.
 
     It’s the third year for the annual conference, which runs Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s geared toward health care professionals and administrators, and nursing program faculty and administrators.
 
     This year’s keynote speaker is Devils Lake native Mary Wakefield. She is administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
 

 ATLANTA (AP) – Minneapolis has been awarded the 2018 Super Bowl by NFL owners.
 
     The owners rewarded the Vikings for arranging to build a new stadium on the site of the old Metrodome by choosing Minneapolis over New Orleans and Indianapolis.
 
     The big game will be staged in the Twin Cities for the second time. It was there in 1992, when Washington beat Buffalo.
 
     Minneapolis’ new $1 billion stadium is scheduled to open in 2016.
 
     New Orleans has staged the Super Bowl 10 times, tied with South Florida for the most, but its bid might have been damaged by the blackout that interrupted the 2013 title game. Indianapolis  had it in 2012.
 
     Next year’s game is in Glendale, Arizona, followed by Santa Clara, California, for the 50th Super Bowl, then Houston.

 

In world and national news…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Same-sex marriage is now legal across the northeastern United States. A federal judge in Pennsylvania Tuesday overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage. It’s the latest rejection by a court of a state ban on same-sex marriages. Pennsylvania was the last northeastern state to outlaw gay marriage. Gov. Tom Corbett’s office had defended the law after the state’s attorney general called it unconstitutional and refused to defend it.
 
     JOS, Nigeria (AP) – Police say at least 46 people are dead after two car bombs exploded at a busy bus terminal and market in central Nigeria Tuesday.  The attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram (BOH’-koh hah-RAHM’). The second blast came a half-hour after the first one, killing some of the rescue workers who had rushed to the scene.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police say they’re investigating marital and financial difficulties as possible motives in the case of actor Michael Jace, who is accused of killing his wife. A detective says Jace, who played a police officer on the hit TV show “The Shield,” spoke to a 911 operator after the shooting death last night. According to police, April Jace was shot multiple times in the couple’s home.  They say detectives are looking into what sparked a fight that led to the shooting. Jace filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A top U.S. drug official says the United States is facing a “nationwide heroin crisis.” Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield told a House panel Tuesday that heroin addicts and abusers have increased 75 percent in the last four years. He says the amount of pure heroin entering the U.S. has doubled. Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are warning the drug is making a comeback. Once mainly a city phenomenon, it has spread to rural villages and middle-class suburbs.
 
     MOORE, Okla. (AP) – Across an Oklahoma community devastated by a monster tornado a year ago, people are marking the anniversary with low-key gatherings remembering what was lost and looking toward the future. After the storm in Moore that killed two dozen people – including seven children at a school – residents and first responders watched the groundbreaking Tuesday on a hospital to replace one destroyed by the storm. Children walked to a new elementary school building for a picnic on the site where their school once stood.