Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Oct 6

CSi Weather…

 REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

ISOLATED SHOWERS TODAY  MOVING  INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LINGERING PRECIPITATION
 ACTIVITY THIS EVENING WILL SHIFT EAST.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce has its new Executive Director on board.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Becky Thatcher-Keller said she started her position with the Chamber on September 16, 2014.

Becky said her previous professional experience before coming to the Chamber has been in community economic development as an economic developer, in the region, for over 20 years.

Prior to joining the Chamber, she was with the South Central Dakota Regional Council office in Jamestown, with the Small Business Development Center Office for the past two and a half years.

She was also a SCDRC board member for several years.

She was also the economic developer for Cooperstown, and the economic developer for McIntosh County.

Ms. Thatcher-Keller succeeds Lisa Hicks, who has taken a medical leave of absence.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown community is invited to help children in other countries who are affected by war, poverty, disease or disaster through the Operation Christmas Child shoebox project.

The project has volunteers filling shoeboxes with personal hygiene items, school supplies, small toys, hard candy, bars of soap, notebooks, coloring books, wash cloths, appropriate-size T-shirts and other items.

Items

NOT accepted in the shoeboxes are candy that can melt, liquids, shampoo, medications, breakable items and war-related toys.

Properly sized boxes are available at Temple Baptist Church in Northeast Jamestown. Volunteers can also use a normal shoebox, or pack items in a reusable plastic bin that is the size of a shoebox, which would also be considered a gift.

Fill a shoebox for about $15 to $20.

Volunteers will pack shoeboxes at a

packing party on Sunday Oct. 26, 2014 at Temple Baptist Church.

Volunteers can drop off packed shoeboxes

during collection week Nov. 17-24, 2014, at Temple Baptist Church, 1200 12th Ave. NE.

The shoeboxes should be marked for boys or girls ages 2-4, 5-9 and 10-14. The boxes will go to Bismarck, and from there they go to Minneapolis. In Minneapolis, the shoeboxes are inspected to make sure items are appropriate and then shipped to other countries. It costs $7 to send a box to another country, and people can include that amount with the shoebox if they choose to.

People can follow their shoeboxes online by registering at the Operation Christmas Child website Samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/follow-your-box.

If someone chooses to follow a shoebox, he or she can pay $7 online and print off a bar code to track the gift. Otherwise, people can enclose a check for $7 with the shoebox. Special shoeboxes with the Operation Christmas Child logo and brochures are available at the church or by calling David Patzer at 320-9789

The project is organized by Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and nondenominational evangelism organization.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – About 40 North Dakota Army National Guard soldiers will return to the U.S. today after a yearlong deployment in Kosovo.
 
     The soldiers are members of the Guard’s Company C, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment that is based in Bismarck. The soldiers will arrive at Fort Hood, Texas, where they will spend up to two weeks before returning to North Dakota.
 
     The Guard says the soldiers supported an international peacekeeping mission. The unit operated Black Hawk helicopters as part of a task force that conducts military peace support operations in Kosovo.
 
     The North Dakota aviators also provided air transport for U.S. and NATO Forces, including training and assistance to the Kosovo Security Forces.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Informational meetings are scheduled around North Dakota this month to educate farmers about two crop coverage programs in the new federal farm bill.
 
     The free meetings deal with the Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs. They’re being hosted by the state office of the federal Farm Service Agency and the North Dakota State University Extension Service.
 
     Meetings are scheduled Tuesday in Grand Forks and Langdon, Wednesday in Devils Lake and Minot, Thursday in Williston and Dickinson, Oct. 15 in Bismarck and Jamestown, Oct. 16 in Lisbon and Oct. 17 in Fargo.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – More than 250 Bismarck students and teachers from two public high schools will receive instruction in suicide prevention starting Monday.
 
     The training for Bismarck High School and Century High School students and teachers is being headed by a group called Sources of Strength.
 
     Organization spokesman Cody Sletten says students will participate in activities and games aimed at preventing suicide.
 
     Bismarck High School students will receive the training Tuesday. Century High School students will participate on Wednesday. Twenty teachers from each school will attend a training event on Monday.
 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s top federal prosecutor is the alumnus of the year at North Dakota State College of Science.
 
     U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon received an associate degree in liberal arts from the Wahpeton school in 1989. He earned a president’s scholarship and was on the president’s honor roll during his tenure at NDSCS.
 
     Purdon went on to attend Minnesota State University Moorhead and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1991. He attended law school at Hamline.
 
     President Barack Obama nominated Purdon to the post of U.S. attorney on Feb. 4, 2010. Purdon was confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 5, 2010. He is North Dakota’s 18th U.S. attorney.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota elementary school is teaching its students how to prepare for entering the workforce.
 
     Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Lincoln Elementary School are able to apply and interview for age-appropriate jobs at the school.  Students have signed up for positions such as box top manager, lost and found manager, morning recess helper, morning library helper and new student tour guide.
 
     The purpose is to give students the opportunity to feel more connected to their school.
 
     Most of the participating students work morning shifts three times a week, but the school tries to be flexible with students and their schedules. Nearly 30 students currently hold jobs at the school, and many are still applying.
 
     The school’s student job project began in September.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The words ‘man camp’ infer a certain roughness of life.
 
     But top-end man camps in North Dakota’s sprawling oil patch resemble luxury overseas military bases and function almost like hotels. Guests enjoy all-you-can-eat buffets, private quarters and housekeeping services. Some even have saunas.
 
     Barry Roman is a founder of Reliant Asset Management. He says big oil companies have a lot of money and just want everything taken care of for their workers.
 
     Target Logistics camp assistant manager Nick Nelson says his company’s goal is to have everything workers need under one roof so they don’t have to leave once they get home from work for the day. Guests at Nelson’s camp have access to a 24-hour dining hall, a gym, a convenience store and recreation areas.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Roman Catholic Church in western North Dakota is being transformed by an influx of Hispanic parishioners who have moved to the area to work in the oil patch.
 
     The  great need to better serve this population – many of whom speak little or no English – has led to the relocation of a group of sisters from Mexico to Williston thanks to a five-year grant.
 
     The Rev. Russell Kovash with St. Joseph’s Catholic Church says the oil country is being considered mission territory.
 
     The sisters will spend nine weeks studying English at the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, Texas. They’ll then return to Williston to help in the church with sacramental preparation, music and lectors involved during mass, among other responsibilities.
 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota this week is opening an office where students can get a variety of services in one location.
 
     The university is holding a grand opening ceremony Tuesday for its One-Stop Student Services office in the Memorial Union on campus.
 
     Students will be able to register there for classes, review grades, accept financial aid awards, pay bills and conduct other business.
 
     The office will be staffed by workers who are cross-trained to help students resolve issues related to academic records, registration, financial aid, parking and student accounts. It’ll be open each weekday.

 

 WISHEK, N.D. (AP) – Cabbage is king in the German-Russian town of Wishek.
 
     The town about 110 miles southeast of Bismarck claims to be the world’s sauerkraut capital. And since 1925, the town of about 1,000 people has held a festival each fall celebrating the chopped fermented cabbage.
 
     This year’s annual Sauerkraut Day is slated for Wednesday at the city’s civic center. Along with sauerkraut, wieners, mashed potatoes, cheese, coffee and water will be served. 
 
     The event began in 1925 when free wieners and sauerkraut were first served by business owners who wanted to thank customers for their patronage.
 

In sports…

 WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State College of Science football team will have to forfeit four wins this season.
 
     The school late last month suspended head football coach Merle Johnson indefinitely after reporting rules violations to the National Junior College Athletic Association. Officials said in a statement that the violations had to do with ineligible players.
 
     Athletic Director Stu Engen says  the NJCAA has ruled the Wildcats must forfeit four wins but will still be eligible for postseason play.
 
     Defensive coordinator Eric Francis is serving as interim head coach.

 

Dickinson  (Dickinson Press)   The Dickinson State University Blue Hawks (3-3, 1-0 NSAA)  beat the University of  Jamestown  Jimmies 35-17 for its homecoming game on Saturday at the Biesiot Activities Center.

Though Saturday’s game was nonconference, it was the first time DSU and Jamestown (1-4, 1-1 NSAA)  met as North Star Athletic Association opponents. It was also the 76th meeting between the two teams. The Blue Hawks leads the series 42-32-2

On the final drive of the half with 25 seconds left, DSU senior wide receiver JT Keith had a sliding catch into the endzone for a four-yard TD. The Blue Hawks took a 14-3 lead into halftime. That was the momentum changer for DSU.

DSU enters its bye week on a high note as it’s the first time since the 2010 season the team is at the .500 mark.

The Blue Hawks  travel to face top conference team Valley City State (5-1, 2-0 NSAA) in a NSAA game at 2 p.m. Oct. 18.

 The Jimmies are back on the road Saturday, traveling to Madison, S.D., to face Dakota State.

 

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – The Valley City State University football team overcame a
sloppy start on Homecoming Saturday to roll over Waldorf College, 58-26, for their
fourth straight win.

The Vikings improve to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play after the Homecoming
victory in Valley City. VCSU sits alone in first place atop the North Star Athletic
Association.

A pair of Viking seniors had the best days of their careers Saturday to lead the
Viking offense. Senior tight end Jake Miller set career highs with nine catches for
120 yards and two touchdowns. Senior running back Ian Keller had 12 carries for 136
yards and a score.

The Vikings led 10-0 before Waldorf rallied to tie at 10-10 at the end of the first
quarter. VCSU scored the next two touchdowns and led 24-13 at halftime. Waldorf got
to within 24-19 after Jamaar Crayton returned a fumble for a touchdown early in the
third quarter. From there it was all Vikings as they scored the next 34 points to
rout the Warriors.

Viking quarterback Kurtis Walls passed for 288 yards and five touchdowns. Junior
quarterback Josh Hansana rushed for 59 yards on eight carries. he also completed 5
of 9 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. Antoine Griffin, Zach Johnson, Danny
Hangaard, DeJhon Edwards and Trevor Goerts all added touchdowns for VCSU.

The Vikings racked up 643 yards of total offense compared to 298 for Waldorf
College. VCSU had 279 yards rushing and 364 yards passing.

Quarterback Isaac Sanchez rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown for Waldorf College.
He also completed 13 of 23 passes fro 85 yards.

VCSU lost three fumbles and threw one interception. Waldorf lost four fumbles and
also threw one interception.

Up next: Valley City State University hosts Mayville State University on Saturday,
Oct. 11 at 1 p.m.

From: Mark Potts
Sports Information Director/Media Communications Specialist
Valley City State University

 

AMERICAN  LEAGUE PLAYOFFS…

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Gordon hit a three-run double before Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer homered in Kansas City’s 8-3 rout of the Los Angeles Angels. The Royals swept the three-game series to reach the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1985, when they captured their lone championship.  

 
     DETROIT (AP) – The Baltimore Orioles have completed a three-game sweep in the American League Division Series by downing the Tigers 2-1 in Detroit. Tigers starter David Price was working on a shutout until Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer in the sixth. Bud Norris blanked the Tigers on two hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings to help the Birds earn the right to host the first two games of the AL Championship Series against the Royals, beginning Friday
 
 
 
       NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE

 DENVER (AP) – Peyton Manning reached a milestone and Demaryius (deh-MAR’-ee-uhs) Thomas set a team record while the Denver Broncos’ passing game led to a 41-20 rout of the Arizona Cardinals. Manning threw for four touchdowns to join Bret Favre (fahrv) as the only players in NFL history with 500 scoring passes in his career. Thomas grabbed two of the scoring passes and had eight receptions for a club-record 226 yards.

Carolina trailed 21-7 before Cam Newton tossed two scoring passes to Greg Olson and Chris Ogbonnaya had a scoring touchdown run in the Panthers’ 31-24 triumph at Chicago.
 
   Final          N-Y  Giants          30    Atlanta              20
   Final          Indianapolis      20    Baltimore          13
   Final          Buffalo                17    Detroit              14
   Final          Cleveland            29    Tennessee          28
   Final  OT    Dallas                  20    Houston              17
   Final          Pittsburgh          17    Jacksonville      9
   Final          Philadelphia      34    St.  Louis          28
   Final  OT    New  Orleans        37    Tampa  Bay          31
   Final          San  Francisco    22    Kansas  City      17
   Final          San  Diego            31    N-Y  Jets              0
   Final          New  England        43    Cincinnati        17
 
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Vikings defensive tackle Tom Johnson has been arrested for disorderly conduct. Johnson was arrested by Minneapolis police early yesterday and released on bail. He was charged with one count of disorderly conduct and one count of trespassing. This is Johnson’s first season with the Vikings after three years with New Orleans.

 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The wife of Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr says he’s recovering from two strokes and a mild heart attack and is making progress in rehabilitation. Cherry Starr says Starr’s doctors confirmed that the 80-year-old suffered two strokes in early September. Cherry Starr says her husband’s progress has been slowed by seizures.

 

NASCAR…

 KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Joey Logano has grabbed the first berth into the next round of NASCAR’s championship chase with a victory Sunday at Kansas Speedway.
 
     Logano’s win advanced him into the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, which begins after stops at Charlotte and Talladega. Four drivers will be cut from the 12-driver field after Talladega.
 
     It was Logano’s career-best fifth win of the season and ties with him Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski for most in the Sprint Cup Series this year.
 
     Kyle Larson was second, followed by Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Carl Edwards.
 
     It was a tough day for a couple of Sprint Cup contenders. Jimmie Johnson finished 40th after he was hit by Greg Biffle just 85 laps into the race. Brad Keselowski (kehs-LOWS’-kee) had tire trouble that led him to slam into the wall and finish 36th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading when a flat tire caused him to hit the wall. He finished 39th after leading 45 laps into the race.

 

 LPGA
 
     South Korean wins in China
 
     BEIJING (AP) – South Korea’s Mirim Lee has won the second title of her rookie LPGA Tour season, shooting a 5-under 69 in the final round to capture the Reignwood Classic in China by two strokes.
 
     Top-ranked Stacy Lewis and Caroline Hedwall, the co-overnight leaders, both fell short on a windy final day of play, with Hedwall finishing second at 13-under.
 
     WOMEN’S BASKETBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  
     ISTANBUL (AP) – Maya Moore scored 18 points and the U.S. beat Spain 77-64 to win its second straight gold medal at the women’s world championship. Lindsay Whalen added 12 points for the United States, which hasn’t lost in a gold medal game in the world championship since 1983.
 
     The Americans turned the game quickly into a laugher, jumping out to a 13-point lead in the game’s first 4 1/2 minutes. Spain could only get within seven the rest of the way.

 

 T25-AP POLL…
 
     FSU remains No. 1
 
     STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi and Mississippi State are tied for third in the new Associated Press college football poll. The top team remains Florida State, with Auburn No. 2. Baylor completes the top-5.
 
     The Florida State Seminoles received 35 first-place votes while Auburn got 23 and Mississippi State two.

 

In world  and national news…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – NBC News says an American photojournalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia is in the United States now with one more leg to go on his journey to a Nebraska treatment center. The network says the specially-equipped plane carrying 33-year-old freelancer Ashoka Mukpo (ah-SHOH’-kuh MOOK’-poh), landed in Bangor, Maine, this morning to refuel.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is scheduled to get an update on the Ebola outbreak today, as federal officials mull possible actions to increase the safety of Americans. Federal health officials say the U.S. is weighing extra screening at U.S. airports where travelers from Ebola-stricken African nations may be arriving.
 
     STOCKHOLM (AP) – Nobel Prize season is under way and the medicine prize goes to three scientists who figured out that the brain gets help navigating through the world from a sort of “inner GPS.” The winners are U.S.-British scientist John O’Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser. The Nobel Assembly says it represents a “paradigm shift” in the study of cognitive function that could someday fight Alzheimer’s disease.

 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The first case of the new Supreme Court term tests whether there’s a double standard when it comes to the police and ignorance of the law being no excuse. A North Carolina man appealed his cocaine conviction which stemmed from being mistakenly pulled over for a broken brake light. The term is hotly anticipated for the possibility the court may settle the same-sex marriage issue once and for all.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Islamic State group fighters are trying to dislodge Kurdish forces defending a Syrian town near the Turkish border today. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Kurdish force known as the People’s Protection Units say more than 45 fighters on both sides were killed in a battle yesterday near the town of Kobani. Turkish army tanks have taken up defensive positions on their side of the border.