Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2

Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

 

THERE ARE OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THURSDAY  AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE
 WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED…A FEW STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
 BECOME SEVERE THIS  EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
 WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON FRIDAY

 SEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

 CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN   
 THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

 

Update…

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – A construction worker in North Dakota who authorities accuse of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl has been charged.

A $50,000 bond has been set for 19-year-old Joseph Chapps of Hardy, Arkansas. He is facing a gross sexual imposition charge.

Chapps had been staying at a Cooperstown motel with two relatives until he was arrested Aug. 19. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday at the Barnes County courthouse.

Chapps’ court-appointed attorney Mark Blumer declined to comment Thursday.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority will host a reception for Matt Leitner at Jamestown Regional Airport on Friday September 19, 2014, at 2-p.m.

Leitner’s resignation as manager is effective September 19, 2014, as he accepted a new position managing three airports in Crescent City, California.

Leitner’s last day at Jamestown Regional Airport is this Friday.

The authority has hired a new airport manager, Samuel Seafeldt, a flight instructor at the University of North Dakota, who will start his Jamestown position after the first week of October.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Humane Society and Prairie Paws Rescue will benefit from the 2nd Annual Jamestown Zombie Crawl, Saturday September 20, 2014 starting at 5:30-p.m., from the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown.

Come in costume or buy a t-shirt.

There will be door prizes, and food.

Registration is $10 at Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille, the Knights of Columbus Hall, and LeeAnne’s Bridal in Jamestown.

Those participating in the crawl must be 21 and older, as the crawl will stop at bars around Jamestown, including the Corner Bar, the Office Bar, Shady’s at the Gladstone Inn & Suites, the All Vets Club and ends at the Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille.

As part of the activities, from noon to 3 p.m. Prairie Paws meet and greet will be in the 100 block of 1st Street Southeast in front of Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille. The street will be blocked off between 1st Avenue South and 2nd Avenue Southeast with bouncy houses, games, prizes, face painting and food from Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille available for purchase.

At the Meet and Greet, Prairie Paws Rescue will have some of the animals it is caring for.

Volunteers are need to walk the animals in a parade from Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille to the Knights of Columbus Hall and back starting at 3 p.m.

Raffle tickets will be sold during the meet and greet Saturday at $5 each, with the grand prize a 73-inch DLP television donated by Aaron’s Sales & Lease. Tickets are also available at Aaron’s Sales & Lease, at 119 Business Loop West, through Friday.

There is over $2,500 in prizes, including the television, available during the raffle. The drawing will take place between 9 and 9:30 p.m. at the Buffalo City Rotisserie Grill.

For more information, contact Johnny Jerome at 701-269-7937.

　

Valley City (CSi CHI Mercy Health)   CHI Mercy Health (Mercy Hospital) is excited to announce it will be holding a “Community Night Out” on Sunday, October 5, 2014 from 4:00pm-6:00pm at Dacotah Pavilion in Chautauqua Park. The “Kitchen With An Attitude” will be catering a complementary meal for the community of pulled turkey sandwiches, fruit salad, and raw vegetables. The Midwest Dairy Association will be providing cartons of milk and High Plains Water will be supplying water for beverages for the meal. This meal is free and open to the public!

This will be a great event to wrap up all of the Community Block Parties that were held in Valley City this year. CHI Mercy Health will be partnering with our local Emergency Medical Service partners for the event and will include the Barnes County Ambulance, Barnes County Sheriff’s Department, Valley City Police Department, and the Valley City Fire Department. Each agency will have emergency vehicles and staff on hand to share their role in helping maintain a safe and healthy community.

Imagine better health…close to home! Mercy Hospital’s new name “CHI Mercy Health” also has a new tagline “Imagine better health”. It is truly the Hospital’s goal to serve our patients with our core values of Reverence, Integrity, Compassion, and Excellence. We want to support a healthy community by providing medical treatment and services in our community for your convenience.

Join us October 5, from 4:00pm-6:00pm for a night of great food, fun, and education! Each of our departments at the Hospital will have a booth set up to display which services they provide and we will also have Stroke education, Free Blood Pressure checks, children’s safety education, a bounce house for kid’s to play in, and free giveaways!

Please contact Stephanie Mayfield in the Mercy Healthcare Foundation office (direct #845-6557 or stephaniemayfield@catholichealth.net) with any questions you have regarding the event.

 

Jamestown (CSi)   The Daily Bread – Jamestown Program announces the expansion of its program through the location of a food freezers at Lincoln School and the Jamestown Middle School. These freezers will be located in these schools throughout the school year.

“We ran a pilot program this past summer at Washington School’s MOST (Meaningful Out-of School Time) summer program, said Deb Lee, Daily Bread – Jamestown Steering Committee member. “We had great success in the use of this program and the Jamestown School Board and Administrators agreed to the placement of freezers in the schools during the school year.”

“Currently, we believe that we can only keep two freezers full with food. The school administrators believe that Lincoln and the Middle School are the most in need of a program like this, so that is where the first freezers were placed. We are hopeful that we will find more food donors and that we can expand the program to other school locations.”

“We are pleased that we could place Daily Bread – Jamestown freezers at these schools, said Rob Lech, Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent. “The summer pilot program at Washington School went very well. We are hopeful that this will be one more piece of the puzzle in solving the hunger program that unfortunately some of our students are experiencing on a daily basis.”

The Daily Bread – Jamestown program has been offering free surplus frozen meals at its first location, the Ave Maria Village for about three years. This spring, the program expanded to include delivery of food to the James River Senior Citizens Center, two locations for Community Action and the Salvation Army.

“Our Daily Bread – Jamestown steering committee wanted to target families, especially families with young children,” said Lee. “We are very grateful for the support that we have received from the Jamestown Public Schools Administration. The Daily Bread- Jamestown food is free, and there are no registration requirements. We only ask that the individuals remember that there are others that also need the food.”

The Daily Bread – Jamestown program is patterned off of the Daily Bread programs that have been operating successfully for years in Fargo and Bismarck, ND. The federal “Good Samaritan” law protects the supplier of this food. The kitchens that prepare this food must be ND Department of Health certified kitchens.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A new round of staff cuts at Microsoft could have an effect in Fargo.
 
     Senior director and Fargo site leader Don Morton says a number of positions will be eliminated in Fargo. He says employees have been made aware of the scheduled layoffs and a support program is in place.
 
     Morton in July told U.S. Sen. John Hoeven that no layoffs were planned in Fargo as part of a worldwide workforce reduction of 18,000 people that was announced at that time.
 
     The company hasn’t announced the specific number of people it plans to cut from its Fargo operation.
 
     The station reports Microsoft employed nearly 900 people in the area in 2013, and 700 others worked for vendors at the Fargo campus.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say an oil executive accused of endangering drinking water in southwest North Dakota has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
 
     Executive Drilling President Nathan Garber is slated to be sentenced on Sept. 26. The Montana man is charged with multiple felony counts of violating federal environmental laws. He faces more than 50 years in prison.
 
     Terms of the plea deal were not disclosed.
 
     The criminal charges against Garber are connected to a state case against Halek Operating, which was fined a record $1.5 million for illegally dumping more than 800,000 gallons of wastewater into a former oil well in Stark County.
 
     Authorities say Garber ordered the illegal dumping and told workers to tamper with the disposal well so it would pass a state inspection.
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The expansion coordinator for the State Historical Society of North Dakota has been named the organization’s next director.
 
     The Historical Society Board on Wednesday voted 10-0 to choose Claudia Berg over Museum Division Director Chris Johnson, the other finalist.
 
     Berg will take over for Merl Paaverud (PAH’-vur-ood), who plans to retire on Nov. 14. He has led the organization since 2001.

 

In world and national news…

 POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say they have arrested a man on suspicion of arson in a fast-growing California wildfire that has driven nearly 2,800 people from their homes. The arrest of Wayne Huntsman was announced Thursday. The 111-square-mile fire east of Sacramento is threatening about 12,000 homes around the town of Pollock Pines. It has been fueled by gusty winds, along with timber and grass that is bone dry because of the state’s ongoing drought. The fire more than doubled in size between yesterday afternoon and Thursday  morning.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Ukraine’s president has arrived at the White House for talks with President Barack Obama, but it’s already clear that the Ukrainian leader won’t be getting all of the help he’s seeking. Speaking Thursday  to a joint meeting of Congress, Petro Poroshenko thanked the United States for the non-lethal equipment it is providing to his country’s military. But he made an urgent request for lethal aid, saying, “One cannot win a war with a blanket.” Officials say the United States will provide $46 million in new security help — but still no lethal assistance. 
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. Rand Paul is warning Senate colleagues that by helping to arm and train Syrian rebels for the fight against the Islamic State group, they are intervening in a conflict “where both sides are evil” — and where it will just serve to further destabilize the Middle East. But despite the opposition from the potential presidential candidate, the Senate is expected to do what the House did yesterday, and approve President Barack Obama’s plan for dealing with Islamic State militants.

 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration says 7.3 million people have signed up for subsidized private health insurance under the health care law – down from 8 million reported earlier this year. Medicare Administrator Marilyn Tavenner (TAV’-eh-nur) updated the numbers at a House hearing today. As expected, the latest figures showed slippage. Insurers had said that about 10 percent of their new policyholders failed to seal the deal by paying their first month’s premium.
 
     LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) – Mexican federal police are vowing to crack down on lawlessness in the resort area of Los Cabos. Looters there have emptied store shelves in the aftermath of Hurricane Odile (oh-DEEL’), which did heavy damage to the area. Residents in Los Cabos lit large bonfires to try to protect their neighborhoods as they faced a fourth day without power or running water.