Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jul 8

CSi Weather…

 REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 TUES DAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
 
 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ALONG TO EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY….
 
 THERE IS A NEAR DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session on Monday evening at City Hall. All members were present.

Consent Agenda Items considered separately included:

Item “K” was removed to be discussed later in the meeting, a Resolution to approve Payment No. 7, to Sellin Brothers, Inc., for construction on 2012 Wastewater

Lift Station Replacement & Force Main Project, Phase II, Forcemain & Gravity Sewer & Sewer Districts 13-31 & 13-32, in the amount of $347,723.14.

On the Regular Agenda:

Resolutions:

Approved amended Contingency Change Request No. 2, to Energy Services Group, in the amount of $3,427.00, on the Jamestown Civic Center Energy Services Agreement Project. A spokesperson for the business said an error did not include the charge for the removal of an air handling unit. The vote was 4-1 with Council Member Brubakken voting in opposition.

The City Council authorized the issuance and sale of $910,000.00 in Water Treatment Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, for improvements to the Water Treatment Facility, in conjunction with the Great River Energy project.

Committee Reports:

Approved awarding the bid for McElroy Addition, Phase II, Utility and Street Improvement District #14-51, to Northern Excavating the low bid, in the amount of $221,948.50.

Council Member Brubakken said he has concerns of the business having legal action taken against it, The U.S. Department of Labor is accusing the Jamestown based company of forbidding federal inspectors access to a sand and gravel mine to investigate workplace safety complaints. The document says inspectors were denied entry to the mine at least three times since May.

City Attorney Dalsted said the firm has not been convicted of the charges of violations. Mayor Andersen said the city has awarded bids to Northern Excavating in the past, and she’s uncomfortable with rebidding the entire project, if the Northern Excavating bid, the low bid is rejected.

The City Council voted to approve with Council Member Brubakken voting in opposition.

Ordinances:

The FIRST READING: Concerning an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 329 by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Lot 2, Block 1, Hammer Addition; Lots 5-11, Block 1, Homestead III Addition; Lots 1 & 2, Block 2, Homestead III and Lots 7, 8, 9, Block 6, Homestead

Addition, from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to P-O-C (Public, Open Development and Conservation District).

Public Hearing:

Concerning an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 329 by amending the

District Map to change the zoning of (the East 81 feet of Lots 2 and 4, Block 2, Hi-View Second Addition, from M-1 (Limited Industrial and Manufacturing District) to C-2 (General Commercial District) and an unplatted 18.46 acre tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 140N, Range 64W; 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 2nd Additions, from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to C-2 (General Commercial District). No one appeared at the hearing.

Following the Public Hearing

The City Council approved the SECOND READING: (Ordinance No. 1440, to amend Ordinance No. 329 by amending the District Map to change the zoning of the East 81 feet of Lots 2 and 4, Block 2, Hi-View Second Addition, from M-1 (Limited Industrial and Manufacturing District) to C-2 (General Commercial District) and an unplatted 18.46 acre tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 140N, Range 64W; 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 2nd Additions, from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to C-2 (General Commercial District).

A PUBLIC HEARING was held concerning an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 329 by amending the District Map to change the zoning of (Lots 2-12, Block 3; Lots 7-14, Block 4; Lots 7-14, Block 5; and Lots 7-10, Block 6; All 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). No one appeared at the hearing.

The City Council approved the SECOND READING: (of an Ordinance No. 1441, introduced by Council Member Gumke, to amend Ordinance No. 329 by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Lots 2-12, Block 3; Lots 7-14, Block 4; Lots 7-14, Block 5; and Lots 7-10, Block 6; All 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).

A SECOND READING: of Ordinance No. 1442, was approved to amend and re-enact Section 11-15 of the City Code by removing the position of the Fire Training Officer as an exempt employee for overtime purposes.

A SECOND READING: of Ordinance No. 1443, was approved to amend and re-enact Section 15.26, 15-26.1 and 15-26.3 of the City Code pertaining to the Fire Code.

Hearing From The Audience: Danielle Schmidt appeared and asked the City Council to consider lowering the number of days fireworks can be detonated in Jamestown, down from the present nine. She appeared on a news story on KVLY T.V. in Fargo, which she said helped get the topic open for discussion.

She also noted late-night fireworks shooting keep people up late, and that a veteran with PTSD is disturbed by the loud fireworks.

Mayor Andersen said discussion time will be at a July committee agenda.

Appointments: No appointments were made.

Mayor and Council member Reports: None were given.

Other Business:

Item “A”, The City Council approved a Change Order to Sellin Brothers, Inc., on the Wastewater and Lift Station Replacement and Force Main Improvements Project, Phase II – Force Main & Gravity Sewer, Districts, balancing quantities and additional surfacing work, for an increase in the contract price of $38,910.40.

In conjunction with the approval, Consent Agenda Item “K” was that removed to be discussed later in the meeting, was voted on, a Resolution to approve Payment No. 7, to Sellin Brothers, Inc., for construction on 2012 Wastewater Lift Station Replacement & Force Main Project, Phase II, Forcemain & Gravity Sewer & Sewer Districts 13-31 & 13-32, in the amount of $347,723.14. The Council approved the Resolution.

Approved an extension to KLM Engineering proposal for Inspection Services on the New 750,000 Gallon Elevated Water Tower. The water tower is currently being painted.

Considered proposals received for construction of water service lines to Aggregate Industries, which requested a city water hookup instead of using its present water well.

City Administrator Fuchs said he has an economics concern that the city pick up one half of the costs of the financing split, dividing $44,000.00.

The business will pay for the cost of installing the water line.

The awarding of the low bid was tabled pending drawing up the agreement, at a Special Session to be held in a timely fashion.

The City Council approved an invoice to Apex Engineering Group for wastewater consulting on the CHS Project, in the amount of $2,519.00.

A correction was voted for approval on the Resolution adopted June 24, 2014, to read as follows: To accept the proposal from Midwest Testing to perform soil borings on the current Paving District #14-41 and on 5th Street NE, in the amount from $4,300.00, to $4,900.00 with the costs on the two project areas to be itemized.

The Council approved the request from the All Vets Club for a permit to conduct a street dance on 1st Street East, Saturday, July 26, 2014, from 8:00 PM to 12:00 Midnight.

Mayor Andersen said the city will release funds for Marvel Homes request of approval of a flex pace loan, at a later time, as the Stutsman County Commission has withdrawn its approval of its share. She said the city will take action on the request, when it becomes appropriate.

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

Jamestown (CSi) It’s possible a Jamestown City Council committee will possibly review the city’s fireworks Ordinance, at the July meeting.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Mayor Katie Andersen said city officials have received some complaints on people setting off fireworks this year, but the city approaches the issue with a positive response.

The nine day period that fireworks … and detonating fireworks is legal in participating North Dakota political sub-divisions including Jamestown is from June 27 to July 5. Six businesses obtained permits to sell fireworks this year.

Mayor Andersen said Jamestown Police and Fire Departments will likely have input on the issue if discussed at a city committee meeting.

Also on her first appearance on our show since being re-elected, Mayor Andersen said, during her first four year term in office, included accomplishments concerning the city’s infrastructure. She said the replacement of a large portion of the city’s sanitary sewer lines and lift stations was a major accomplishment, the large project of its kind in Jamestown.

She also pointed out the installation of the southwest Jamestown water storage tank, as the city expands, plus revisions to the city’s Municipal Code, plus progress on the revamping the city’s Land Use and Transportation Plan, which is continuing, geared to improve infrastructure above ground, including improved traffic flows, and connectivity.

Mayor Andersen added that other items that progessed during her first term included revitalizing downtown, along with economic development items such as the ethanol plant and the planned CHS fertilizer plant near Jamestown, in addtion to an agreement with Menard’s to build in Jamestown.

Over the next four years Mayor Andersen says the city needs to continue to address the housing and workforce shortages in Jamestown. She said the city will need to address city employee salaries, review job descriptions, and address the number of open staff positions.

 CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified 60 year old William J. Hazen, of Middlesex, Pennsylvania,  as the man killed Saturday in a rollover crash near Tolna.

The crash happened at 11 p.m.  on Nelson County Road 24, 1 3/4 miles west of Tolna.

The report says Hazen was driving a 1991 GMC pickup west on the gravel county road when the pickup failed to negotiate a curve entering  the north ditch. Hazen overcorrected, the vehicle came out of the ditch and he lost control of the pickup. The vehicle went into the ditch again and rolled into a slough. Hazen was ejected from the vehicle and later pronounced dead at the scene.

Hazen was not wearing his seat belt.

Nelson County Sheriff’s Department and Tolna Ambulance and Fire along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol responded to the scene.

The pickup was totaled.

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Valley City (CSi) Water main replacement projects in Valley City get underway, starting July 8, 2014.

The first phase is near the Park and Recreation Center and Marketplace Foods.

Streets affected by this construction project are Fourth Street Southwest from Central Avenue south to Second Avenue Southwest.

Motorists are urged to be aware of various lanes along these roads that may be closed.

Motorists should also follow detours and flag personnel  instructions.

KLJ spokesman Robert Falk says to two other water main replacement projects will also begin this summer.

One will be on Street near Fifth Avenue, Soutwest, and Northwest and later near Mercy Hospital on Sixth Avenue Northeast.

Each location will be about three weeks in duration, with the total completion date in late September 2014.

Valley City officials are meeting every week, with the contractor Robert Gibb & Sons, for updates and progress reports.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man is accused of hitting his 5-month-old son and fracturing the infant’s skull.
 
     Twenty-six-year-old Franklin Crone Jr. also is accused of beating the baby’s mother. He faces a felony child abuse charge and a misdemeanor assault count. He could be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison if convicted.
 
     Crone appeared in court on Monday. He did not enter pleas, and told Judge Cynthia Feland that he did not want a public defender. Court documents do not list an attorney for him.
 
     Feland set Crone’s bond at $20,000 cash.
 
     The child was taken to a hospital on Friday. The boy’s condition is not known.

WILLISTON, N.D. — The trial of a man accused of murder in Williams County has been delayed and moved to Ellendale.

33 year old Ryan Stensaker, is charged with the murder of Williston rancher Jack Sjol.

His trial was scheduled to start Tuesday, July 8^th , but The Associated Press reports Judge David Nelson agreed to postpone until Dec. 9 and move the trial to Ellendale, now scheduled for December.

The change of venue from Williams County is due to extensive media coverage of the killing.

Stensaker is being held on a Class AA felony charge of conspiracy to commit murder in the April 2013 killing of Sjol.

Sjol was reported missing April 24, 2013. His body was found in a private dump May 14, 2013.

Stensaker and four other people were arrested in the case but charges have been dropped against two suspects.

A third suspect, Issac Steen, was convicted on a charge of hindering law enforcement. Theresa Steen is facing the same charge.

Sjol’s body was found on Issac Steen’s property with bullet wounds to the head, face and upper arms.

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says an Oregon man was accidently killed lighting fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend.
 
     Sgt. Detective Caleb Fry says the body of 35-year-old Michael Cottrell was found early Saturday in the field where he was lighting off fireworks. Cottrel was dead when emergency workers arrived on scene.
 
     Fry says Cottrel was struck in the face by a firework he was lighting. The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death accidental.
 
     The death was the second firework related incident in the area in a week.
 
     On June 30 a man was arrested in Williston after police say he opened fire in the direction of neighbors who were setting off fireworks. Two people were injured by shotgun pellets in that incident.

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson-based judge has approved a prosecutor’s request to dismiss charges in the case of a former high school principal accused of setting fire to his school in March.
 
     Southwest District Judge William Herauf ruled to dismiss the state’s case against Thomas Sander without prejudice.
 
     Prosecutors charged Sander, 30, with arson and endangering by fire. They said he started a fire that destroyed Trinity High School on March 3 and endangered the life of a teacher who lived in an apartment at the school. Sander pleaded not guilty.
 
     Prosecuting attorney Tom Henning filed the motion to dismiss Thursday.
 
     Herauf had ruled two days earlier that Sander was not read his rights before part of a police interrogation and that some of his statements were coerced.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 20-year-old man is on trial this week in Bismarck for the murder of a man who had recently moved to the area from South Dakota.
 
     Joshua Clark is facing a murder conspiracy charge in the May 2013 death of 18-year-old John Swain. 

Swain had recently moved from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Bismarck.
 
     Authorities allege Clark and Theo Crowe lured Swain into a Bismarck home, hit him with a hammer, cut off his legs and hid his body. Swain’s body was found in June 2013 at the home of Crowe’s grandmother in Poplar, Montana.
 
     Clark had previously sought to have his case dismissed. Judge Bruce Haskell denied the request but moved Clark’s trial from August to July.
 
     Crowd pleaded guilty in October of 2013.

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources says a saltwater disposal well has released 300 barrels of saltwater in McKenzie County.
 
     The Department of Mineral Resources announced the spill in a statement Monday. They say the release was likely caused by a pipe failure and occurred 20 miles northeast of Watford City. The statement adds that the spilled liquid was contained and recovered.
 
     Belfield, North Dakota-based Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc. reported the spill to the state on Sunday.
 
     Saltwater is also called brine. It is a naturally occurring byproduct of oil production and is between 10 and 30 times saltier than sea water. It is considered an environmental hazard by the state and is disposed of in specially designated wells.

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A conference looking at violent crime and human trafficking in the Dakotas is planned in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in August.
 
     U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon says conference is Aug. 12-14 at the Washington Pavilion.
 
     The first day will focus on training sessions for health and social workers.
 
     The conference will be open to the public the last two days. Those days will feature discussions about human trafficking and violence against women in North Dakota’s oil patch, Internet predators in the two states, sexual assault in Indian country, family violence and working with child victims of physical and sexual assault.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group that funds developers of North Dakota farm products will consider grant requests totaling more than $300,000 at its quarterly meeting this month in Medora.  
 
     The Agricultural Products Utilization Commission will review 11 requests on July 22.     
 
     Among the groups making requests is North Dakota State University’s Department of Veterinary and Microbiology Sciences, which wants $76,140 to defray costs of a program to prevent illness from the transmission of bacteria to food processing equipment.
 

 MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AP) – The Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles hidden in full view across the High Plains are now more than 40 years old. That is one reason why trouble keeps finding the nuclear Air Force. The Air Force says the missile system is safe and secure. It also admits to fraying at the edges. There are time-worn command posts, corroded launch silos and an antiquated emergency-response helicopter fleet.
 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – This year’s Project Safe Send chemical collections in North Dakota are getting underway this week.
 
     The first collection is scheduled today in Forman. Collections also are being held in 11 other cities this month, ending July 25 in Hillsboro.
 
     The program gives farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies and homeowners a way to dispose of unusable herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides free of charge. It’s funded by fees that pesticide manufacturers pay to register their products in North Dakota. Collected pesticides are shipped out of state for incineration.
 
     People with more than 1,000 pounds of pesticides are asked to pre-register at least two days in advance. A maximum of 20,000 pounds of pesticides per participant will be accepted.

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi)  Three Jamestown High School Blue Jay players will play in the annual Shrine Game in Fargo next weekend. Included on the 11-man West roster are Taylor Orr, Tyler Ukestad and Marc Wagner. The seniors were part Jamestown returning to the playoffs with a 6-4 season.

It will be Orr’s second all-star game of the summer. He was a replacement for the Badlands Bowl in Dickinson a few weeks ago, but he did not play in the game.

Two games will be played at the FargoDome on Saturday with both 9-man and 11-man games. . The 11-man game starts at 4-pm, with the 9-man game following at 7-pm.

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final            Baltimore              8    Washington            2,  11  Innings
   Final            Oakland                  5    San  Francisco      0
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 SEATTLE (AP) – Hisashi Iwakuma struck out a season-high 10 in seven strong innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 last night. Iwakuma has not allowed an earned run to the Twins in five career starts. Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his American League-leading 26th save in 28 chances.
 
   Final            N-Y  Yankees          5    Cleveland              3
   Final            Chi  White  Sox      4    Boston                    0
   Final            Kansas  City          6    Tampa  Bay              0
   Final            Houston                12    Texas                      7
   Final            L.A.  Angels          5    Toronto                  2
   
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final            N-Y  Mets                4    Atlanta                  3,  11  Innings
   Final            Cincinnati            9    Chi  Cubs                3
   Final            Philadelphia        3    Milwaukee              2
   Final            St.  Louis              2    Pittsburgh            0
   Final            San  Diego              6    Colorado                1
   Final            Arizona                  9    Miami                      1

 SEATTLE (AP) – Twins right-hander Ricky Nolasco is being sent back to Minnesota because of a sore right elbow. Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said Nolasco met with manager Ron Gardenhire yesterday before the series opener against the Seattle Mariners and told him he had felt pain all season. Antony said Nolasco believed he could pitch through the soreness.
 
     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins will send top pitching prospect Alex Meyer to the Futures Game at the All-Star events at Target Field next week. Meyer will replace fellow right-hander and Triple-A Rochester teammate Trevor May at the exhibition Sunday. May has been out for more than a week with a strained right calf muscle.
 
     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins say Target Field is the first major league ball park to serve beer from a vending machine. The self-serve beer station debuted Sunday during the game against the New York Yankees. A second station is expected to be added in time for the All-Star Game next week. Buyers must prove their age at a concession stand and purchase a vending card.

 UNDATED (AP) – The Toronto Blue Jays have put All-Star first baseman Edwin Encarnacion (en-kar-nah-see-OHN’) on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right quadriceps. Encarnacion ranks among the major league leaders with 26 home runs and 70 RBIs. He was picked Sunday for the AL All-Star team, but won’t be able to play in the game July 15 at Minnesota.

World Cup…

 BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) – Germany coach Joachim Loew is worried about Brazil’s “brutal” tackling in recent games, and has appealed to the referee of their World Cup semifinal to be on the lookout for such tactics. Germany and Brazil play this afternoon (3 p.m. Eastern time) with the winner advancing to Sunday’s World Cup final against the Netherlands-Argentina winner.

NHL…

 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Wild say digital ticketing will replace paper tickets for season ticket holders  starting in the upcoming season.
 
     Wild chief operating officer Matt Majka says the time is right to make the move. Majka says fans have become accustomed to using online and mobile technology.
 
     Season ticket holders will receive a smart card, the size of a credit card, that contains all of their account information. The card will be scanned when the fan enters Xcel Energy Center.

NFL…

 UNDATED (AP)- A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a landmark deal that would compensate thousands of former NFL players for concussion-related claims.
 
     The ruling by U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia came about two weeks after the NFL agreed to remove a $675 million cap on damages. Brody had previously questioned whether that would be enough money to pay all claims.
 
     More than 4,500 former players have filed suit, some accusing the league of fraud for its handling of concussions. They include former Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett (dor-SEHT’) and Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who suffers from dementia.
 
     The settlement is designed to last at least 65 years and give $1 million or more to retirees who develop Lou Gehrig’s disease and other profound neurological problems.
 

NBA…

 NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Knicks are taking on a familiar look, if you are a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Knicks have announced the hiring of Kurt Rambis as associate head coach where he is reunited former L.A. teammate and now New York head coach Derek Fisher. They join Phil Jackson, who worked with both men in L.A. and is now in charge of running the Knicks.
 
     Fisher played eight seasons for the Lakers while Rambis spent 12 seasons with the team, including seven under Jackson when he was L.A.’s coach.
 

 The Miami Heat have announced they intend to sign forwards Danny Granger and Josh McRoberts when the NBA’s moratorium on deals being formally struck ends later this week. Granger has agreed to sign a two-year deal, while McRoberts has agreed to a four-year contract that could be worth about $23 million.

A person familiar with the deal says veteran forward Channing Frye has agreed to a four-year, $32 million deal with the Orlando Magic. The 31-year-old Frye opted out of the final year of his contract with Phoenix to become an unrestricted free agent. NBA players can’t be signed until July 10 under NBA free agency rules.

 TOUR DE FRANCE
 
     Race continues in England
 
     LONDON (AP) – The Tour de France is set to hit France. In the third stage, held in England, Germany’s Marcel Kittel finished first for his second win of the competition. Rain in the City of London doused riders at the end of the 96-mile ride from the university town of Cambridge to a dramatic finish past landmarks like Big Ben and Westminster.
 
     Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey with a 2-second lead on the most likely contenders to win the three-week race in Paris on July 27.

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says President Obama has no plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border when he travels to Texas this week. Today, Obama plans to ask Congress for more than $2 billion to deal with the crisis of unaccompanied migrant kids entering the U.S. illegally. In prepared remarks for the Senate floor, Texas Republican John Cornyn says, “President Obama needs a wakeup call – and visiting the border and seeing firsthand the severity of this ongoing crisis is that wakeup call.”     
 
     SEATTLE (AP) – Russia is calling the U.S. arrest of an alleged Russian hacker “yet another unfriendly gesture” of the United States. The U.S. Secret Service has arrested 30-year-old Roman Valerevich Seleznev, who’s scheduled for a July 22 hearing. Prosecutors say Seleznev installed malicious software to steal credit numbers, using computer servers all over the world. He’s charged with bank fraud, obtaining information from a protected computer, possessing stolen credit cards and identity theft.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Police in New York are questioning a woman accused of abandoning her baby girl at a Manhattan subway station. Police say the 20-year-old woman was taken into custody early this morning. No charges have yet been filed. Police say the woman pushed the baby’s stroller onto the platform at the Columbus Circle station and got onto a train, leaving the child behind. The baby was examined and appears to be OK.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Police in New York City have arrested two people for operating a drone over the George Washington Bridge that came within 800 feet of a police helicopter. Police say the Aviation Unit helicopter spotted the small unmanned aircraft early Monday morning as it circled the bridge, forcing the chopper to change course to avoid it. Two men were arrested after the drone landed on a parked vehicle.      
 
     SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) – This is not a good way to maintain a squeaky, clean reputation. Police in suburban Atlanta say three men walked into a CVS pharmacy and stole $2,000 in soap and other personal care items. Police in Sandy Springs tell WSB-TV that the men were filmed by surveillance cameras walking into the store on July 1, and casually grabbing the items, then walking out of the store past cashiers. Police are still looking for the suspects.