Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 9

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
 5 TO 10 MPH.
 .THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
 THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH
 WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 .THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 .FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
 15 MPH.
 .FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
 10 MPH.
 .SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80.
 .SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
 .SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80.
 .SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
 .MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
 .MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
 LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
 .WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
 
 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND POSSIBLE.

A  GREATER POTENTIAL FOR  STRONG/SEVERE  STORMS WILL COME IN THE EVENING WITH  A FRONT MOVING THROUGH. 
 A FEW STORMS MAY LINGER TOWARDS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY  INTO FRIDAY MORNING GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE  SOUTHEAST.

 THERE IS A NEAR DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

 Carrington (CSi)  No serious injuries reported as a crop dusting airplane crashed while attempting to land at the Carrington airport.

The incident happened about 9-p.m., Tuesday.

The aircraft sustained damaged to its landing gear.

The pilot was taken to Carrington Health Center.  

Authorities say the official cause of the crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

A theory into the crash is that the fixed landing gear may have been damaged while the plane was in the air.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a truck and trailer fire about 1:46 p.m., Wednesday at I-94 Exit 258, coming from the east bound lane at Highway 281.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says the fire was at the truck cab’s right front, axle and the damage extended to the trailer right front area.

The estimated fire damage was about $20,000.

No injuries reported.

The cause was officially listed as an undetermined mechanical malfunction.

Four city fire units, and 26 fire fighters were on the scene about 45 minutes.

Jamestown (CSi) Funeral arrangements have been set  for Jerry Kainz.The 70 year old Kainz, a 46 year veteran of the Jamestown City Fire Department and Deputy Fire Chief, passed away early Monday at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says arrangements at The Eddy Funeral Home in Jamestown were  finalized on Wednesday.

He says a Prayer Service will be Sunday July 13, 2014 at 8-p.m., at the Basilica of St. James in Jamestown, with the funeral service on Monday July 14, 2014 at 10-a.m.,also at the Basilica of St. James.

Eddy Funeral Home reports there will be no calling hours at the funeral home.

The obituary is posted on line at CsiNewsNow.com

Jamestown (CSi) Work this week on the Jamestown Dam spillway, includes replacing the drains at the outside of the concrete on both the west and east ends.

The work does not include replacing the stilling pond or the spillway.

The current drains were installed during construction of the dam and can not be repaired.

During the special maintenance work the stairway access to the area below the dam is closed, this week.

U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Deputy of Facilities and Engineer Service for the Dakotas, Darrin Goetzfried, says the work may also require lowering river levels by opening the gates at the Ice House Dam in Jamestown.

Outflows from Jamestown Dam are expected to match inflows into the reservoir keeping the lake level at 1,431 feet. Current releases from Jamestown Dam are at 200 cubic feet per second.

Plans include work on the east slope drain starting this week, with work on the west slope scheduled for late August this year.

Valley City (CSi) Those new to the Valley City Barnes County area are invited to attend a Welcome Event to be held Monday, July 21, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7:30 pm at the Dacotah Pavilion in Chautauqua Park in Valley City.

Representatives from Valley City organizations will attend and share with people who are new to the area what is available in our area…from service organizations, social groups, health care, businesses, churches and more.

Food will be available and those on hand will be treated to music, games and prizes including many gift certificates from area businesses.

Hosting the gathering are Mercy Hospital, the Valley City-Barnes County Development Corporation, City County Health District, Valley City State University, NDSU Extension Barnes County, and the VCSU “What In The World Is Going On,” program.

For more information call the City County Health District at 845-8518.

Bismarck (CSi ) North Dakota-based engineering firm KLJ is expanding to Florida.

In a statement,  officials said KLJ is opening an office in Lake Worth, Florida, to specialize in hydrogeological services and provide comprehensive water supply, water management and well water-system consulting to the area.

It is the firm’s first office outside the Upper Midwest, headquartered in Bismarck but started in Dickinson in 1938 as Viegel Consulting Engineering.

The firm changed its name to Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson in 1984.

It has 23 office locations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and Wyoming.

In 2014, KLJ was recognized as one of the Top 500 Design Firms by Engineering News Record for its 2013 performance, and the firm has won regional and national engineering awards.

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A jury has found a Bismarck man guilty on murder conspiracy charges for death of an 18-year-old South Dakota man who had recently moved to the area. 
 
     A jury found 20-year-old Joshua Clark guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, a class AA Felony. 
 
     Authorities allege that Clark and 26-year-old Theo Crowe conspired to kill John Swain, who had recently moved to Bismarck from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when he was killed and dismembered last year.
 
     Crowe pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge in the case last October and was sentenced in January to life in prison. On Tuesday he refused to testify against Clark.
 
     A pre-sentence investigation will take place before he is sentenced. Clark could face life in prison if convicted.

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The White House has singled out the oil patch of northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana as part of its 2014 national drug control strategy.
 
     The report released Wednesday says dramatic increases in crime in the Bakken oil-producing region has overwhelmed state, local and tribal agencies working with limited resources.
 
     The document says the FBI and other federal agencies will continue to work with state and local police on “law enforcement, quality of life, women’s safety and tribal issues” in oil country.
 
     North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) says it’s appropriate to be listed in the report because drug crimes in the state increased nearly 20 percent in the last year.
 
     Stenehjem says he’s preparing a budget for the next Legislature that includes a “robust oil patch crime initiative.”

  MANDAREE, N.D. (AP) – Tribal officials say they’ve switched to an alternative source of water for one North Dakota town following a substantial leak from a saltwater pipeline.
 
     Officials with the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation say they closed the water intake to Mandaree as a precaution but didn’t elaborate on the change in water supply.
 
     Kris Roberts, an environmental geologist, says the state health department doesn’t yet have any information on volumes or if the brine has reached Bear Den Bay, a tributary to Lake Sakakawea. The lake provides drinking water to several communities on the reservation.
 
     Roberts says there are dead trees, grasses and bushes near the leak area. Saltwater is a byproduct of oil production and can be many times saltier than ocean water.
 
     Crestwood Midstream Services says cleanup is underway.

In world and national news…

 JERUSALEM (AP) – With thousands of Israeli troops stationed near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials are talking as if a ground invasion of Gaza will happen soon. But Israeli security officials are still hesitant to order that move — partly because it could lead to heavy civilian casualties on the Palestinian side while putting Israeli troops in danger. And it’s not clear whether the international community would support it, or how Israel would end it. For now, Israel is continuing its strikes into Gaza from the air and sea, hitting about 200 Hamas targets today.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Top Obama administration officials are telling senators that they’ve been struggling to keep up with the surge of immigrants at the nation’s southern border. The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency testified Wednesday that authorities haven’t yet been able to make sure that children arriving at the border without their parents are being processed by the Border Patrol as quickly as required. Republicans at the hearing blamed the Obama administration for trying to relax some deportation rules. They said it contributes to the belief in Central America that once they are in the U.S., migrant kids will be allowed to stay.
 
     DALLAS (AP) – President Barack Obama’s two-day fundraising trip to Texas, won’t include a visit to the border area where tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America have arrived in recent months. But Obama is holding a meeting hundreds of miles away, in Dallas, to discuss the crisis with faith leaders and Texas officials, including Republican Gov. Rick Perry.
 
     DENVER (AP) – Before flying to Texas, Wednesday,  President Barack Obama has been in Colorado, urging Democrats to throw their support and their money behind Sen. Mark Udall, who is locked in a tight re-election bid. But missing from that event was Udall himself, who decided at the last minute to stay in Washington rather than appear alongside the president. Republicans have been quick to point to Udall’s absence from the fundraiser. His Republican challenger says Udall decided to “hide” in Washington, after being accused of being a “rubber stamp” for Obama’s agenda.