– Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 12

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LOWS IN THE
MID 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY INCREASE BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office informs motorists that, beginning Tuesday, August 12, 2014, the area of Hwy 281 & 16^th St SW will be restricted to one lane of traffic for approximately two weeks due to street repairs in the area.

Please use alternative routes if possible.

Motorists’ should use EXTREME caution in and around this area and use alternate routes.

Also, the intersection of 1^{st Ave South & 10th SE is restricted to one lane of traffic in multiple directions for approximately one week due to street repairs in the area.}

Please use alternative routes if possible.

Motorists’ should use EXTREME caution in and around this area and use alternate routes.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) will participate in the Flex Pace Affordable Housing Program.

Meeting Monday, board approved on a 9-2 vote, with Mark Klose and Chris Rathjen dissenting.

Final approval to participate in the program goes on to the Jamestown City Council and the Stutsman County Commission for review.

The JSDC will provide incentives for up to 60 affordable housing units per year in Stutsman County. Each city or township must provide a definition of what constitutes affordable housing in its community.

The city or township would provide about $10,000 in infrastructure.

The JSDC board also approved paying $33,000 in dues to South Central Dakota Regional Council, $75,000 for grants to Jamestown Tourism and $43,000 as its share of a Flex Pace interest buy down for the hangar project at Jamestown Regional Airport.

JSDC, CEO, Connie Ova told the board, that the proposed CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant construction plans include driving pilings for foundations this winter.

She adds if that work can not be started this fall, it may mean the project could be canceled.

CHS is looking for about $100 million in cost reductions for the project.

CHS announced plans to build the nitrogen fertilizer plant in September 2012, but announced a hold on the project in April.

Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown is currently accepting applications for the following:

 Fire Code Board of Appeals- One opening- 3 year term

 One opening on the Special Assessment Commission-unexpired term-3 yrs

 One opening on the Planning Commission- 5 year term

Anyone interested in serving on the above committees/boards should complete an “Application for Appointment”. The application may be obtained in person at City Hall, 102 3rd Ave SE, Jamestown, ND, by calling 701-252-5900 or online at www.jamestownnd.org and select government tab/city committees to download the form.

The application should be returned by October 10, 2014, to:

City of Jamestown

Attn: Appointments

102 3rd Avenue SE

Jamestown, ND 58401-4205

Jamestown (CSi) The “Heart, Git-R-Done Redneck Pageant and Games,” is set for Saturday September 6, 2014 at the Hitching Post Bar.

Registration: 1-3-p.m.

Happy Hour: 1-2-p.m.

Event: 3-6-p.m.

Redneck Pageant 7-p.m.

Featured will be Redneck Pageant, with male or females dressed in their favorite redneck clothing. Judged on personality, talent, poise and interview.

There will be food, music, and a bon fire.

Donations are, per person, $15 for games, $20 for games and pageant entry, and $5 for pageant entry only.

All proceeds go to locally benefit the Heart Git-R-Done program to support and one time donations to families needing heart related assistance.

Any questions, contact Rayette Brown at 701-320-2023.

Carrington (CSi) The results of the June 10, 2014 election in Foster County will stand.

On Monday the county canvassing board re-canvassed the results following last week’s recount that falsely showed 300 ballots were missing.

County Auditor Teresa Risovi says the 300 extra ballots that were electronically reported to the secretary of state’s office were due to 100 test ballots that had been run through the three ES&S M100 voting machines prior to the election, as required by law. Risovi said the machine had a display that showed the test ballots had been zeroed out, but they remained on the machines’ memory cards.

In communications between Foster County State’s Attorney Paul Murphy and Secretary of State Al Jaeger, Jaeger confirms Risovi’s theory about the test ballots.

The recount was demanded by Foster County Commission candidate Donnie Theis following an earlier re-canvassing of the June 10 election on July 28.

Six candidates ran for four spots on the November ballot with the top four vote-getters going on to race at large for the two commission seats up for grabs.

Theis had finished in fifth place behind the current Commission Chairman Paul Straley by 15 votes. The canvassing board threw out two ballots it had previously accepted, which shortened Straley’s lead to 13 votes and made the difference in the race exactly 2 percent, entitling Theis to demand a recount at his own expense.

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo man responsible for the deaths of more than 100 horses in western North Dakota is accused of violating probation terms by allegedly buying a horse.

     Sixty-four-year-old William Kiefer appeared in Morton County Monday on a bench warrant after prosecutors submitted a petition to revoke his probation.

     The petition says Kiefer bought a horse from a Powell, Wyoming, woman for $2,000. Kiefer is also accused of failing to follow through with court-ordered mental health services.

Kiefer’s bond was set at $700.

     Kiefer pleaded guilty last year to five counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and four counts of overworking, mistreating or abandoning animals. He was sentenced to six months in custody and two years of probation.

     Court documents to not list a defense attorney.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say two people sought in relation to a beating in Williston, North Dakota have been arrested in South Dakota.

     Butte County Sheriff Fred Lamphere says Kyle Siler and Jessica Gibson were apprehended near Belle Fourche, South Dakota late Friday night. In an affidavit, Williston police say Siler beat Dean Neiderklopfer in the early hours of Friday in the oil boomtown. Police say Neiderklopfer was expected to be declared brain-dead.

     Siler faces an aggravated assault charge. Gibson was wanted on a hindering law enforcement charge for filming the incident and fleeing with Siler. Police say they are a couple.

     Lamphere says the two are approximately 30 years old. He added that they are being held at the Meade County Jail in Sturgis and are awaiting extradition to North Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health is giving Dakotas-based Sanford Health more than $7.1 million over five years for cancer research.

     Sanford says the money will be used to recruit participants for clinical trials, qualify-of-life studies and research on the delivery of cancer care.

     The grant was among 53 awarded nationwide through the institute’s $93 million Community Oncology Research Program. Sanford Health is the only program participant in the Dakotas and Nebraska.

     Sanford Health bills itself as the nation’s largest, rural not-for-profit health care system, with locations in 126 communities in nine states.

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven are asking the head of Canadian Pacific Railway to improve agriculture shipping delays before harvest.

     The senators met Monday in Minot with company CEO E. Hunter Harrison and agriculture producers to discuss a backlog in railcars entering the upcoming harvest.

     Hoeven says the meeting was productive and it was important for Harrison to hear first-hand from farmers and ranchers.

     Heitkamp says the railway must commit to decreasing the backlog and wait times. She says the wait times for CP cars increased between June and August and the company has been reluctant to give information about the delays.

     The senators met last week with BNSF Railway executive director Matt Rose.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot officials say they’re cracking down on campers that are being used as temporary housing in city limits.

Officials say they’ve received numerous complaints about the number of people living in recreational vehicles, tents and unauthorized FEMA trailers, which are not allowed within the city or a 2-mile jurisdiction around the city unless approved by city council.

The city currently has apartment vacancies, camper spots available and homes for sale within and around Minot.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers say persistent dry weather in the major row crop producing areas of the state was starting to impact development. They say significant rain is needed.

     The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that topsoil moisture supplies were rated 15 percent short and 85 percent adequate or surplus. Most of the state received little to no precipitation for the week.

     The report says most crops were progressing near or behind the five-year average. Durum wheat headed was rated 93 percent, behind the average of 98, and spring wheat turning color was 72 percent, equal to average.

     Pasture and range conditions were rated 4 percent poor, 13 percent fair, 61 percent good and 22 percent excellent.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Organizers of a unique business incubator in Fargo are deciding on applicants who will work together under the same roof for six months.

     The Fargo Startup House will be home to six people who will live rent-free and have access to high-speed Internet, investors, professional services and nationally recognized mentors. The participants will not be charged a fee nor asked to give up stake in their companies.

     The project is being financed by Fargo native Miguel Danielson, an intellectual property attorney who says he wants to contribute to Fargo’s emerging tech community.

     The remodeled house in the city’s Cathedral District includes custom furniture and Internet service that is 100 times faster than typical residential packages and usually reserved for corporations.

     The house is expected to open Sept. 1.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Information Technology Department has moved into a $17 million building in north Bismarck, putting its staff under one roof.

     Employees had been spread among five Bismarck locations, including the state Capitol. The move to the new 85,000-square-foot facility frees up about 10,000 square feet of space inside the Capitol that will be used by other agencies.

     Department Chief Information Officer Mike Ressler says it took about three weeks to move the more than 300 staff from the five locations. The effort wrapped up late last week.

     Ressler says having all of the workers in one facility should make operations more efficient.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Department of Veteran Affairs is giving $900,000 to the North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People to provide housing services for low-income veterans.

     U.S. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven announced the federal grant in statements Monday. The coalition can help veterans with temporary financial assistance for rent, utility bills and other costs associated with housing.

     Heitkamp says the grant will help give a little back to veterans who have given up so much for the country.

     The North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People and volunteers from more than 70 agencies counted 1,258 homeless in the state in a January survey. That number is down from 2,069 counted in January 2013.

　 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The chancellor of the tribal college in Bismarck has been named as a representative of a scholarship program that is part of a $3.4 billion government settlement with Native American landowners.

     United Tribes Technical College Chancellor David Gipp, who is Sioux, was appointed by the Denver-based American Indian College Fund to serve as its representative on the Cobell Board of Trustees.

     The settlement is named for Blackfeet Tribal citizen Elouise Cobell of Browning, Montana. She filed the lawsuit in 1996

     The settlement was finalized in 2012 and resolved historic claims of government mismanagement of royalties on Indian lands.

     Besides paying hundreds of thousands of landowners, the settlement sets aside up to $60 million for scholarships for Native American students.

In sports…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – An iconic sports trophy is making a public appearance at the University of North Dakota.

     Los Angeles Kings defenseman and former UND captain Matt Greene was scheduled to bring the NHL championship trophy to Ralph Engelstad Arena on Tuesday.

     The Kings beat the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup in June. Team members traditionally each get a day to spend with the trophy, and do whatever they want with it.

     Former UND defenseman Mike Commodore brought the Cup to Grand Forks in 2006 after winning it with the Carolina Hurricanes.

MLB..

INTERLEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 11 Detroit 6

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOUSTON (AP) – Joe Mauer had two hits in his return from the disabled list to help the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros last night. Mauer extended his hitting streak to 13 games in his first game since missing 34 with a strained muscle on his right side. Brian Duensing got the last two outs of the eighth inning for the win.

   Final    Baltimore          11    N-Y Yankees        3
   Final    Tampa Bay            7    Texas                    0
   Final    Kansas City        3    Oakland                2
   Final    Seattle              11    Toronto                1

       NATIONAL LEAGUE

   Final    N-Y Mets              5    Philadelphia      3
   Final    L.A. Dodgers      6    Atlanta                2
   Final    Miami                    6    St. Louis            5
   Final    Milwaukee            3    Chi Cubs              1
   Final    San Diego            4    Colorado              3

MLB..

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Royals have acquired outfielder Josh Willingham from the Twins for minor league pitcher Jason Adam in an attempt to bolster their offense for the stretch run. Willingham was hitting just .210 for the Twins this season. His 12 homers in limited at-bats were appealing for a Royals club that has struggled to find power.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Tigers say pitcher Justin Verlander is scheduled to undergo an MRI in Detroit today. The 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner pitched only one inning of last night’s 11-6 loss in Pittsburgh because of soreness in his right shoulder, surrendering four earned runs on four hits and two walks. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he took him out as a precautionary measure.

BALTIMORE (AP) – Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado had to be helped off the field after spraining his right knee in last night’s 11-3 rout of the New York Yankees. Machado twisted his knee while hitting a broken-bat grounder to shortstop in the third inning. The Orioles said Machado would be examined again today.

New York Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda (pih-NAY’-dah) will come off the disabled list Wednesday and make his first start since his suspension for using pine tar on the mound. Pineda has been on the DL since May 6 with a right shoulder muscle injury, and hasn’t pitched since he was ejected from a game against Boston on April 23. He received a 10-game suspension from Major League Baseball for “possessing a foreign substance on his person.”

NBA…

TORONTO (AP) – No.1 NBA draft pick Andrew Wiggins deflected questions yesterday about precisely where he’ll be playing once training camp begins. Cleveland reportedly reached an agreement in principle to send Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a first-round pick to Minnesota for All-Star forward Kevin Love last week. That deal would leave the rookie swingman playing for a rebuilding squad in the Western Conference.

NASCAR…

     CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) – Officials continue to investigate the accident Saturday night that claimed the life of a young dirt track driver.

     Kevin Ward Jr. made the fatal mistake of getting out of his car during the race and walking on the track after hitting the wall. He was apparently trying to confront the man who he had made contact with before hitting the wall, NASCAR veteran Tony Stewart.

     Ward was wearing all black on a dimly lit track. After one car moved to avoid hitting him, Stewart wasn’t able to avoid the 20-year old and Ward was hit. According to video and witness accounts, Ward’s body was sucked underneath the car and hurtled through the air before landing on his back as fans looked on in horror.

     Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero said that criminal charges have not been ruled out, but that investigators don’t have any evidence at this point in the investigation to support criminal intent. Povero said Ward died of blunt force trauma when he was hit by the car.

     He said Monday that there were no plans “at this time” to talk to Stewart again and that there is no timetable as to when the investigation will conclude.

NFL…

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) – Brady Quinn has signed with the Miami Dolphins.

The deal was agreed to Monday and announced Tuesday by the team. Quinn, who joins his seventh NFL club, is expected to compete with Matt Moore for the backup job behind Ryan Tannehill.

Also Tuesday, the Dolphins placed quarterback Pat Devlin on the waived/injured list.

Quinn last played Dec. 30, 2012, with Kansas City.

In world and national news…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Tributes are pouring in as the entertainment industry remembers actor and comedian Robin Williams, who died yesterday of an apparent suicide. Chevy Chase says Williams was “a tremendous talent in the most important art of any time – comedy!” “Mrs. Doubtfire” co-star Harvey Fierstein (FY’-ur-steen) tweeted that “Robin was friend, boss, brother, inspiration.” Ben Stiller, who co-starred with Williams in “Night at the Museum,” says “His kindness and generosity is what I think of.”

     FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – It was a second night of unrest in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, following the weekend shooting death of an unarmed black teen. Monday night, police in riot gear fired tear gas into a crowd of protesters and made several arrests. The night before, dozens of people were arrested as some people began looting and vandalizing businesses. At a forum in the city last night, national NAACP President Cornell William Brooks told those involved in the unrest, “to steal, to loot, to burn down your neighborhood – this does not require courage.”

     CAIRO (AP) – A temporary Israel-Hamas truce is holding for a second day today as marathon, indirect negotiations on a lasting cease-fire and a long-term solution for the battered Gaza Strip resume in Cairo. There could be marathon discussions today. Yesterday, a senior Israeli official suggested that the first day of talks had not gone well saying, “The gaps between the sides are big and there is no progress in the negotiations.”

     CAIRO (AP) – Human Rights Watch says last summer’s mass killings in Egypt that left hundreds dead likely amount to crimes against humanity. Today’s report by the New York-based group calls for an inquiry into what role top military officials played in breaking up protests that followed the ouster of elected President Mohammed Morsi. Former military chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (AHB’-del fat-AH’ el-SEE’-see), is now Egypt’s president. Yesterday, Human Rights Watch was prevented from entering Egypt to launch the report.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish official says up to nine people are trapped in a collapsed mine in the northern part of the country. The official says the rescue operation was delayed because authorities weren’t told about the collapse for several hours. But he says the miners are alive and are trapped in an area close to the exit. Today’s accident happened just months after more than 300 miners were killed in Turkey’s worst mining disaster.