Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 18

CSi Weather…

 LATE THIS AFTERNOON…BREEZY. PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENTIN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.  LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.FRIDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. 

THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS AFTER 4 PM CDT EAST OF U.S. 83.
 
 SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
 THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT…AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD ALSO BE GREATER THAN 100
 IN THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 
  
  

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library 1/4 % (percent) Sales Tax petition is now being circulated.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable the JRVLS Development Director, Bill Kennedy, and Library Director, Joe Rector were guest with the latest updates on the proposed Alfred Dickey Public Library and renovation and expansion project.

Kennedy said the petition currently in circulation needs 1,452 signatures to put the 1/4% sales tax on the November 4, 2014 ballot.

The November 4, 2014 vote on approving the sales tax is county wide, as approval by voters would amend the Stutsman County Home Rule Charter.

Kennedy added that 25 volunteers are gathering signatures that are due to the County Auditor by September 4, 2014, 60 days prior to the election.

Requirements for gathering signatures or signing the petition are the same. You must be 18 years old by the November 4th election, a US citizen, and a resident of Stutsman County for at least 30 days prior to the election.

He pointed out that the average Stutsman County family will pay $33.75 a year for the new library addition and remodel of Alfred Dickey, which is estimated to bring in $700,000, annually.

The estimated cost of the new library is $9,000,000. Pledges and donations will reduce the amount needed to finance the new library to approximately $7,500,000.

The sales tax will continue until the debt on the new library is retired.

Joe Rector added that the libraries will go from their current 14,600 sq. ft. to 27,000 sq. ft. State requirements for new libraries in counties the size of Stutsman are at least 25,000 sf for new construction.

Alfred Dickey will keep its classic facade and interior details while being renovated to today’s electronic standards. The new addition adjacent to the north of Alfred Dickey will reflect the library’s classic façade, while providing a vision to the future in its interior.

Renderings of the new library will be available for public view by the end of the summer.

Those wishing to help gather signatures, can contact Bill Kennedy at the Stutsman County Library, 701-252-2217, or by email, billkennedy0@gmail.com

Jamestown (CSi) Plans have been moving ahead on a new 108 hotel in Southwest Jamestown, and now construction may begin shortly on the new hotel.

The hotel is a joint venture of Paces Lodging Corporation of Fargo, and Clarice Liechty of Jamestown.

Paces Lodging’s Developer, Darren Trudeau says the location of the hotel is planned directly west of the Buffalo Mall, adjacent to the road leading to the planned Menard’s.

Trudeau adds the hotel will be franchised under one of the Marriott brands, saying the Marriott brand had targeted the Jamestown area for many years.

He says construction on the foundations will begin as soon as building permits are obtained in mid- to late-August, with completion estimated in May or June of 2015.

Ms. Liechty adds that the hotel is planned to include conference rooms, along with a swimming pool with water slide.

Not planned for the hotel at this time is either a restaurant or a bar.

A five-year tax exemption for the property is on the August 4, 2014, City Council meeting agenda, for the estimated $10 million, project.

　 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Investigators say the body of a woman who was raped and murdered on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation was not discovered until a month after a drunk and agitated witness told police she was lying in tall grass west of Fort Yates.
 
     Twenty-nine-year-old Lance Summers, of Fort Yates, has pleaded not guilty to murder and sexual abuse in the slaying of 38-year-old Natalie White Lightening of Cannon Ball.
 
     White Lightening was last seen on March 17. Her body was discovered on April 22 by two people walking through the heavily vegetated area.
 
     A recently unsealed affidavit says a 17-year-old boy who had been drinking with Summers that day told police there was a woman lying in the field.
 
     Officers searched the area in darkness and were unable to find anyone.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a Three Affiliated Tribes councilman has been arrested on a probation violation.
 
     Tribal prosecutor Don Bruce tells the Bismarck Tribune that Councilman Barry Benson is in jail at the tribe’s justice center in New Town, on the Fort Berthold reservation.
 
     Tribal magistrate Evan Burr says Benson was arrested July 4 for failing to appear for drug and alcohol testing as mandated in his probation on an earlier offense.
 
     Authorities say additional felony drug charges are pending.
 
     The 51-year-old Benson represents the Twin Buttes segment of the reservation.
 
     Diana Tomlin, the secretary of the Twin Buttes’ Elder Organization, says Benson has not resigned from his tribal council position and conducts tribal business from jail.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Soldiers with the North Dakota Army National Guard will conduct training exercises at Kimball Bottoms south of Bismarck.
 
     The Guard says Kimball Bottoms will be closed on Saturday during the 957th Engineer Company’s training. 
 
     More than 120 Soldiers will be at the site on the Missouri River. The recreational area, including the off-highway vehicle trails, will be closed.
 
     The Missouri River in the area will remain open, but boaters are urged to use caution.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Passenger numbers in June at North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports were up more than 6 percent over the same month a year ago.
 
     The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission says there were nearly 100,000 boardings in the month, an increase of about 6,000 from June 2013.
 
     The month marked the first time that all eight airports have been able to offer jet service. Devils Lake and Jamestown added jets to Denver on June 5.
 
     Aeronautics Commission director Kyle Wanner says air service has never been better in North Dakota.

On a recent Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matt Leitner pointed out that the 334 boardings in Jamestown  in June 2014  was the best number since March of 2012, with the carrier at that time Delta, which offered a comparable aircraft.

The June 5-30, 2014 boardings compare to Great Lakes Airline numbers of 218 boardings in 2013 and 175 in June of 2012.

Leitner said Jamestown may be looking at  600 boardings for July, that would make it the best July for boardings since 1978.

TAYLOR, N.D. (AP) – Many cities have their Octoberfest but only Taylor has a Horsefest.
 
     The southwestern North Dakota community of about 150 people is preparing for its 21st celebration of the horse, scheduled for July 26.
 
     The Horsefest features horse-drawn machinery and a parade of horse-drawn vehicles. Motorized vehicles are prohibited from the parade.
 
     Horsefest is popular with North Dakota politicians but some have had problems at the event.
 
     In 2006, former Congressman Earl Pomeroy was able to finish the horseback parade ride with a skinned lip and swollen nose after he fell off his mount.
 
     In 2000, when former Gov. John Hoeven was making his first run for the office, he suffered a gash and black eye when a horse rammed a metal piece of its bridle into Hoeven’s forehead.

In world and national news…

 ROZSPYNE, Ukraine (AP) – Investigators are already finding that they have their work cut out for them, as they try to find out what brought down a Malaysian jetliner in eastern Ukraine Thursday — in territory controlled by pro-Russia rebels. The first international monitors to arrive on the scene Friday met with resistance from armed militiamen. The 30-member delegation, mostly from the Organization from Security and Cooperation in Europe, was only allowed to perform a partial and superficial inspection of the wreckage. One member of the team says he was shocked to see that bodies of victims were still lying in the open.
 
     THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – One Australian family has now been affected by tragedy twice this year on Malaysia Airlines flights. Kaylene Mann’s brother and sister-in-law were on the flight that disappeared in March. It still hasn’t been found, and it’s believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean. Frday, she learned that her stepdaughter was on the plane that went down in Ukraine.
 
     OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma’s governor says it’s an example of “federal courts ignoring the will of the people.” Mary Fallin is reacting to a ruling from a federal appeals court Friday that Oklahoma must allow gay couples to marry. The appeals court upheld a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s gay marriage ban. The court put its ruling on hold pending an appeal, meaning same-sex couples won’t be allowed to marry in Oklahoma for now.
 
     ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH (AP) – A decision by the Obama administration is going to be welcomed by the oil industry, but not by environmentalists. The administration is reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration. It gave final approval Friday to the use of sonic cannons that can find energy deposits deep beneath the ocean floor. It will mean plenty of new jobs — but environmentalists are worried about the short-term and long-term impacts.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – A black actor who accused Macy’s of racially profiling shoppers is settling a civil rights lawsuit he filed after he was stopped and detained at the flagship New York store. Macy’s says in a statement Friday the suit from actor Rob Brown has been “settled in principle,” as a judge indicated in a filing Wednesday. Macy’s wouldn’t discuss the terms. Brown said he was falsely accused of credit card fraud, held for almost an hour and grilled about a $1,300 watch he’d bought for his mother in June 2013. He wasn’t charged with any crime. The suit was among several that spotlighted similar allegations.