Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 13

CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY.  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

BARNES COUNTY…

 A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN
 PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND
 STORMS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY…AND A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY
 SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL
 AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS.
 WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THOUGH…WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR ANY STRONG STORM AS WELL.

STUTSMAN COUNTY…

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG.
 
 THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…WHEN THE MAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

 

Update…

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says 42 year old Mary Jo Baker of Jamestown the subject of a search was located, Wednesday morning about 11:30, seen in a vehicle by police officers in Southeast Jamestown. He assumes the vehicle was the car previously described as being a maroon Chevrolet Equinox SUV

He says Baker offered no resistance.

She was taken into custody. Police charged her with methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine each is a  Class “C” Felony.

Formal charges are pending.

Baker remained in custody at the LEC jail, with her court appearance pending.

At that time a judge could set bond.

Authorities began the search for her about 9-a.m., Tuesday, as a welfare check.

 More details are expected.

　

Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown has begun the 2015 city budget process.

The City Council meetting Wednesday morning from 8-a.m. to 11-a.m.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs says, as of June 30 this year, the city has deficit spent $533,000 steming in large part from one time expenditures.

The 2015 city mill levy is put at 2.87 mills, and will levy in 2015 the same figure as 2014, at 84.97 mills.

The projected revenues for 2015 show a $30,000 deficit.

Revenues for 2015 are projected to be higher based on increased state aid.

He pointed out that the water and sewer utilities will increase by five percent for domestic use, and three percent for Cavendish use.

With the sewer utility, Fuchs says the operating revenue is $3.3million with expenditures of $1.6 million. Revenues are $1.7 million, with $327,000 in the replacement and depreciation fund.

With the lift station replacement and force main replacement projects, the debt service is $2 million per year.

The new operating loss of $619,000 requires a transfer of $664,00 from the city’s share of Special Assessments over a two year period.

Fuchs questioned with the debt service replacement, the ability to fund any upcoming projects.

That budget will be further adjusted in the budgeting process.

With the Sanitation budget a 5 percent rate increase in proposed, with a 2014 deficit at $25,000 and projected to be in the red at the end of 2015 with a five percent rate increase at $100,000.

With the Solid Waste fund at the end of 2014 the deficit is projected at $16,000, with the construction fund project to be in the red at a half million dollars by the end of 2015.

Mayor Andersen said with those funds, the city needs to look at more efficiencies for the utility rates to cover the expenses.

The Mayor said the next set of budget meetings will be next week or the week after, allowing time for officials with JSDC, Tourism, and Engineering to put together presentations.

The budget meetings are being shown live on CSi 67.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Friday is the deadline to contribute to the Jamestown Buffalo Mall’s annual Back to School “Stuff the Bus” program.

A bus is placed inside the main entrance of the mall and will remain

there until August 15th.

Community Action Region VI will be receiving the school supplies and distributing them to children in need this fall.

Donations for the bus can also be delivered to Gate City Bank. School supplies are encouraged to be donated for area children in need. The mall’s goal is to fill the bus with backpacks, folders, notebooks and everything a child needs for going back to school.

Families do not have to qualify to receive the donations.

Interested parents in the nine-county region can call Community Action Region VI at 252-1821 to schedule an appointment to pick up the items their child will need for their grade level.

Appointments begin next week, and usually only last about 15 minutes.

The program, donates back-to-school supplies to students in need in Barnes, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman and Wells counties.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Dairy Queen in Jamestown will be hosting their Miracle Treat Day August 14, 2014, to help raise funds for The Children’s Miracle Network, as it celebrates 30 years and over $100 million raised for local kids.

With Children’s Miracle Network is a National Platform for the Miss America Organization, and as such, Miss James River Valley 2015 Paige Meyer will be present to answer questions and to greet the community.

Miracle Treat Day is August 14, 2014, from 5:30 to 8:00 PM, at the Jamestown DQ.

Dairy Queen’s nationwide will be donating $1 to CMN for every blizzard treat purchased.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are investigating vandalism to the Cass County Courthouse in Fargo.
 
     The sheriff’s office says rocks were thrown through windows on the main entrance doors just after midnight Tuesday. The rocks were wrapped in paper with the words “Nazism” and “fascism” written on them, though misspelled.
 
     No suspects were immediately identified.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo man accused of violating probation in an animal mistreatment case has posted $700 bond.
 
     Sixty-four-year-old William Kiefer appeared in court in Burleigh County on Tuesday, a day after appearing in Morton County. He’s accused of violating probation in both counties and   his $700 bond covers both counties.
 
     Kiefer could face up to a year in jail if he’s found to have violated terms of probation by buying a horse and also failing to follow through with court-ordered mental health services.
 
     Kiefer pleaded guilty last year to 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 in the case that involved the deaths of more than 100 horses.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Williston city commission has filled an open seat created when Howard Klug was elected mayor.
 
    Deanette Piesik was selected from a pool of 16 candidates. Her term will run until June 2016.
 
     Piesik worked for 15 years at Williston State College for a work force training program known as TrainND. The program has served thousands of workers in the oil patch.
 
     The board earlier voted to accept applications from residents to fill the position rather than hold a special election or appoint the commission candidate who finished third in in the June election.

 

In sports…

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston State College has hired a new head coach for its hockey program, which has won back-to-back national junior championships.
 
     John Bowkus has been working as hockey director and head coach at the Mid-Michigan Youth Hockey Association. He also owns Superior Skills Stickhandling Hockey Schools.
 
     Bowkus will start his new duties Monday. He succeeds Seamus (SHAY’-muhs) Gregory, who resigned from Williston State in early June to take the head coaching position at Northland, an NCAA Division III school in Wisconsin. Williston State competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – New North Dakota State University women’s basketball head coach Maren Walseth has filled out her staff with the addition of a director of operations for the program.
 
     Arianne Johnson will fill the role. She most recently served as head varsity girls’ basketball coach at Hope Academy in Minneapolis. Before that she coached at high schools in Minnesota. She also spent the past two summers as head coach of an AAU team in Minnesota.
 
     Johnson is a Minneapolis native. She played two seasons at Concordia St. Paul, from 2009-11.
 
     NDSU earlier this year named Walseth to replace Carolyn DeHoff, who resigned after six seasons. Walseth is a former pro player and Penn State assistant.

 

In world and national news….

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – The police department in a St. Louis suburb where a man was shot and killed by a police officer is asking protesters to gather only during daylight. Ferguson has been the site of nightly protests and unrest since 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed during a confrontation with an officer on Saturday. In a news release Wednesday, the department asked that all people who assemble to pray or protest do so in “an organized and respectful” manner and disperse well before evening to ensure the safety of participants and the community.
 
     EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) – A decision is expected within days on how the U.S. will help the thousands of Iraqi refugees who are trapped on a mountain. The White House says among the options President Barack Obama is considering are airflifts and creating safe passages for the refugees. A rescue mission led by the U.S. military could involve putting U.S. troops on the ground. But the White House says the mission would be strictly a humanitarian one. 
 
     PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A teen carjacking suspect says he hopes for forgiveness from the family of the victims, for the July crash that killed a Philadelphia woman and her three children. Nineteen-year-old Johnathan Rosa, appearing in court Wednesday, waived his right to a preliminary hearing and blurted out the statement as he left court. His lawyer says Rosa learned only minutes earlier that the 34-year-old mother had died of her injuries last week. Her young children died the day of the crash. Rosa and a co-defendant allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle into the family on a busy street corner.
 
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco Bay Area residents are remembering Robin Williams as a man who did his kindest acts offstage in the community he called home. Dr. Carrie Chen says the comedian used to visit the children’s ward at the University of California-San Francisco hospital every Christmas. She says Williams would come quietly, greet newborns, cheer up sick kids and thank medical staffers for working on a holiday. The director of the San Francisco Zoo says Williams came for years to visit a parrot he donated. He says Williams raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the zoo — where a howler monkey was named after the comedian.
 
     CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a western Michigan church to say goodbye to a 9-year-old boy fatally stabbed at a playground. Family and friends remembered Connor Verkerke (vur-KUR’-kee) as big-hearted and fun-loving.  A 12-year-old boy is accused of repeatedly stabbing Connor last week near Grand Rapids. He’s charged with murder.