Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 22

CSi Weather…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSND

 .    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARNES               BENSON              CASS               
CAVALIER             DICKEY              EDDY               
FOSTER               GRAND FORKS         GRIGGS             
KIDDER               LAMOURE             LOGAN              
MCINTOSH             NELSON              PEMBINA            
RAMSEY               RANSOM              RICHLAND           
SARGENT              STEELE              STUTSMAN           
TOWNER               TRAILL              WALSH              
WELLS

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION MONDAY EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY TWO, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR EAST OF BISMARCK. DAMAGING WINDS  IN EXCESS OF 75 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

 LARGE HAIL ALSO  LIKELY…WITH A TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE.  INTENSE RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED…

 

 Forecast….

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE EVENING…THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 

Update…

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department pursued a vehicle through a part of Southwest Jamestown starting about 1:40-p.m.. Monday.

Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says the driver of the vehicle, 30 year old John Martin Rech of Reno, Nevada, exhibited “road rage” to an unmarked police vehicle, including an obscene gesture following a “burnout” on First Avenue South.

The report says Rech went around the police vehicle and refused to stop when indicated to do so, by the police vehicle with flashing lights, and a pursuit ensued from the area Taco bell.

The pursuit continued to Highway 281 South to the State Hospital road.

Edinger said during the chase, Rech attempted to crash into police vehicles and members of the public.

Rech drove back into city limits and was apprehended behind Dakota Engine Builders.

Chief Edinger stated that officers were unaware that a five month old and a 2 year old child were in the vehicle during the chase. It wasn’t immediately known if the children are his.

Both children were turned over to Stutsman County Social Services.  Later they were released back to their mother.

Chief Edinger says, Rech has outstanding warrants currently in Reno, Nevada.

No one was injured during the chase.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for robbing a Medina bank at gunpoint.
 
     Forty-one-year-old Rendell Hardy was charged with bank robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He pleaded guilty in April.
 
     Authorities say Hardy and Satrone Boyd were wearing Halloween masks when they held up Northland Financial in Medina on Oct. 25. They were later identified by video at a truck stop near Jamestown, where authorities say they threw the masks and a set of keys into a dumpster.
 
     U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson on Monday sentenced Hardy to 12 years and six months in prison.
 
     Boyd was sentenced earlier to seven years and six months behind bars.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s office announces that spraying in the City of Jamestown for adult mosquitoes is scheduled to begin Tuesday night, July 22, 2014 and will continue throughout the week as is necessary.

All spraying is contingent upon weather conditions.

All spraying operations will take place between approximately 8:30 PM (dusk) until approximately 6:00 AM.

Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the spray machines.

Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of sprayer units

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Park Summer Arts Festival, Saturday July 26, 2014 combines with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Chef’s Challenge,” and an afternoon Farmers Market.

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive, Lisa Hicks says during the Summer Arts Park Festival that runs from 1-p.m., to 5-p.m., the Chef’s Challenge begins at 4-p.m..

She points out the event is open at 3-p.m., when individuals and teams of not more than three individuals set up.

Rules for the Challenge include, contestants using all the local ingredients provided.

Contestants may bring additional ingredients to complement or enhance the local ingredients.

Contestants need to provide their own grill, preparation equipment and cooking equipment.

Food will be judged on: taste, presentation, and use of fresh ingredients.

The winner receives $50 in Jamestown Chamber Bucks.

Contact Lisa Hicks at the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce to sign up, at 701-252-4830, or E-Mail lisa@jamestownchamber.com

The street between the Art Park and The Arts Center will be closed. Food vendors, demonstration tables, artists, and organizations to be scattered throughout the park. There will be music, crafts, food, and games.

The Farmers Market will be held later that day in The Art Park.

Anyone wishing to participate as an artist (visual or musical), or wanting to sell produce, canned goods or flowers, contact Sally Jeppson at 701-251-2496 at the Jamestown Arts Center, or email: sjeppson@jamestownarts.com.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved for the ballot an initiated measure on parental rights.
 
     Jaeger says supporters needed to submit 13,452 valid petition signatures, and they submitted 1,000 more than the required amount. He says the measure will appear on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
 
     The proposed law would give both parents equal rights and decision-making responsibilities in child custody cases. A similar measure failed in 2006.
 
     Many supporters of the initiated measure are from Walsh County, where voters passed a similar law in 2012 that has been challenged by Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem as usurping state authority.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Most crops across North Dakota were in good shape despite a week without rainfall.
 
     The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that subsoil moisture is 94 percent adequate or surplus because of abundant precipitation in the spring. Topsoil moisture was rated 86 percent adequate or surplus.
 
     Conditions for durum, spring wheat, barley, oats and canola were all reported to be at least 80 percent good or excellent.
 
     Pasture and range conditions were rated 25 percent excellent, 60 percent good, 12 percent fair, 2 percent poor and 1 percent very poor. 

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A tribal official says the cleanup of a 1 million gallon saltwater spill on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation could take years.
 
     Three Affiliated Tribes natural resources director Claryca Mandan says a precise timeline has yet to be determined. She says secondary contamination is continuing to kill trees as toxic brine finds its way into root systems.
 
     Crestwood Midstream Partners LP says a pipeline near Mandaree spewed 1 million gallons of saltwater into the North Dakota Badlands around the Fourth of July weekend. Crestwood subsidiary Arrow Pipeline LLC owns the pipeline.
 
     Saltwater is a byproduct of oil production that is up to 30 times saltier than seawater. It is considered an environmental hazard by the state.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Companies from around North Dakota are displaying, sampling and selling their products at the State Fair in Minot.
 
     The Agriculture Department on Monday was holding its 26th annual Pride of Dakota Day. The event also features a kuchen (KOO’-kuhn) contest and a snack stick contest.
 
     More than 500 companies are part of the Pride of Dakota branding program administered by the Agriculture Department.

 

In sports…

Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Game and Fish Department report, it has partnered with the Fish and Wildlife Service to make improvements to the 50-year-old Valley City hatchery, which resulted in a hatchery record 2.5 million walleye fingerlings produced this year.

Meanwhile, Game and Fish reports record numbers of Lakes Stocked with Walleye. Personnel recently wrapped up stocking walleye in a record 133 lakes across the state. Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development supervisor, said thanks to the excellent walleye fingerling production from the Garrison Dam and Valley City national fish hatcheries, these waters received nearly 10 million fingerlings.

Weigel adds, that stocking conditions were optimal this year, with cooler weather and increasing water levels at many lakes, adding “Later this fall fisheries personal will sample walleye lakes to access the success of this year’s walleye stocking, as well as what Mother Nature provides.”

Upcoming Events: July 18-26: Conservation and Outdoors Skills Park, State Fair Complete List of Schedule of Events<http://gf.nd.gov/calendar>

 

From VCSU Newsletter…..

The VCSU Alumni Association is offering the opportunity to alumni and friends at Newman Outdoor Field for an F-M RedHawks game on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.

Cost is $15 per person and includes reserved seating, Hi-Ho burger, chips and pop. The pre-game picnic runs from 6–7 p.m., with game time at 7:05 pm.

Reserve your tickets by calling 701-845-7203 by August 1, 2014

 

In world and national news…

 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel’s army says it appears that anti-tank missiles were stored near the hospital in central Gaza that was hit by Israeli tank shells Monday. The Palestinians say the attack killed at least four people and wounded 60 others. Israel says civilian casualties are a “tragic inevitability” because Hamas hides weapons and fighters in and around homes, hospitals and mosques.
 
     HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) – It’s a step toward easing the agony of the grieving families of those who died in Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. A refrigerated train carrying bodies of those on board pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine Monday. The bodies are expected to go to a city in northeastern Ukraine, before being flown to Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is coming under increasing pressure to make rebels in eastern Ukraine allow a full-scale inspection of the downing of the plane.
 
     SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Calmer winds and cooler temperatures are allowing firefighters to go on the offensive against a giant wildfire burning in Washington State. The complex of fires in north-central Washington has grown to 379 square miles. A fire spokesman says there is optimism that fire crews can start containing the flames.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The midterm election primary season is drawing record-low voter turnout in some states, a sign perhaps, of widespread apathy in both parties ahead of November’s elections. Campaign spending is poised to make history, but that hasn’t drawn voters to the polls. Fifteen of the 25 states that have had statewide primary elections so far in 2014 each have reported record-low percentages of voters who participated. The Center for the Study of the American Electorate says only 18 million of the almost 123 million voters eligible to cast ballots in primaries have done so this year.
 
     DETROIT (AP) – Detroit is suspending its policy of cutting off water to customers with unpaid bills. It’s the latest response to a controversy that has prompted large protests, and caught the attention of the judge overseeing the city’s bankruptcy. Detroit officials say there will be no shutoffs for the next 15 days.