Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 16

CSi Weather…

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
.LATE THIS AFTERNOON…WINDY. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY…BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
50S. LOWS AROUND 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
LOWS AROUND 40.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

.IT WILL BE A COOL DAY ON FRIDAY WITH A WARMING TREND
 THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

 VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – The committee searching for a new president for Valley City State University has named two finalists.
 
     North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education will interview Fort Hays State vice president Tisa Mason and Nebraska-Omaha associate vice chancellor Daniel Shipp on Oct. 30 and then choose one of them to succeed Steven Shirley.
 
     Shirley took over as president of Minot State University in July.
 
     Mason and Shipp were among five semifinalists whom the search committee interviewed in person this week.
 
     Candidates no longer in the running are Wisconsin-Stevens Point provost and vice chancellor Greg Summers, Minnesota West Community and Technical College past president Richard Shrubb, and Debra Thatcher, acting president of State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill.

Jamestown (CSi) Stride for Change is a six week indoor walking and balance program designed to instill a healthy lifestyle in the community.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the University of Jamestown, Foss Wellness Center Director of Programming, Madeline Ranum said, the program is held at James River Family Fitness (Formerly the James River YMCA), at the indoor walking track in main gym, Mondays – Fridays from 1-p.m., to 1:50-p.m.

She pointed out that for adults, the Center for Disease Control recommends a MINIMUM of 150 min. of moderate intensity aerobic exercise such as brisk walking, weekly, to MAINTAIN health. That’s 30 min. 5 days a week.

Studies show that less than 30% of Americans are achieving this.

The purpose of the program is to help improve those figures by providing an opportunity to make it easier for people in our community to meet those guidelines.

Also on our show, University of Jamestown student Courthey Hammer added that there will be close supervision of participants with University of Jamestown exercise students on hand to walk and talk with participants every step of the way.

Heart rate and blood pressure monitoring will be provided throughout the sessions to make sure participants are exercising at an effective yet safe intensity.

The program offers a safe and social environment to stay motivated by meeting others with similar fitness goals

She says there is no charge to participate, and participants should wear loose comfortable clothing and a good pair of tennis shoes.

The program is currently underway and runs through Friday November 21, 2014.

Plans are in place to offer the program again during the students’ spring semester for anyone unable to join this time.

Organizers are also looking at offering more times throughout the day next semester.

More announcements will be made as the next semester gets closer.

For more information, and to sign up contact James River Family Fitness at 701-253-4101.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say two women who escaped from a correctional facility in southwestern North Dakota have been captured.
 
Justice Lange and Jessica Briggs escaped from the Dakota Women’s Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in New England on Wednesday night.
 
     Warden Rachelle Juntunen says the women were captured Thursday morning in Dickinson.

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks man convicted of raping and robbing two female University of North Dakota students has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
 
     Twenty-one-year-old Antonio Matthews was accused of breaking into the women’s apartment a year ago, and raping and robbing them at gunpoint. A jury in August convicted him on felony counts of gross sexual imposition, robbery, terrorizing and felonious restraint.
 
     Matthew’s defense attorney on Wednesday asked for a prison sentence of no more than 30 years.  Judge Sonja Clapp sided with prosecutors and gave Matthews the stiffest possible sentence.

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston State College President Raymond Nadolny is barred from his college’s campus after being placed on indefinite leave for alleged misconduct involving alcohol.
 
     North Dakota University System Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen told Nadolny he was being placed on administrative leave in a letter Wednesday. In the letter Skogen says Nadolny is barred from Williston State College’s campus unless accompanied by him or a designee. Skogen also says Nadolny’s access to the North Dakota University System email, network and digital files is terminated.
 
     Skogen says an investigation into the allegations will be conducted by a third party. Skogen says that he will likely dismiss Nadolny if evidence from the investigation supports the allegations.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police say internal and independent investigations have cleared an officer involved in the August shooting of two burglary suspects.
 
     The Police Department says its investigation concluded that Officer Brandon Schmitt did not violate any policies, and an investigation by the Burleigh County State’s Attorney’s Office concluded the shooting was justified. Schmitt has returned to duty.
 
     Authorities say Schmitt shot the two suspects Aug. 30 when they drove a vehicle toward him while attempting to flee. No officers were injured in the incident.

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Law enforcement personnel who investigated the synthetic drug deaths of two Grand Forks-area teenagers have been honored by the U.S. Department of Justice.
 
     The investigation tabbed “Operation Stolen Youth” received a national award Thursday from the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces for what was called a creative response to an emerging public threat.
 
     The case involved 15 defendants. Eighteen-year-old Christian Bjerk, of Grand Forks, and 17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, died within a week of each other in June 2012 after ingesting the hallucinogens.
 
     U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says the swift response kept the public safe, dismantled the drug trafficking organization and delivered “some measure of justice” to families.

  ENDERLIN, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Public Service Commission chairman Brian Kalk says the city of Enderlin should have tried to resolve a railroad crossing dispute through the PSC.
 
     Kalk criticized the city Thursday over a federal lawsuit by Canadian Pacific Railway that seeks to stop an ordinance that bans trains from blocking railroad crossings for more than 10 minutes.
 
     Kalk says if the city loses the case, it could lead to future problems for state laws that regulate railroads.
 
     Enderlin’s city attorney says he believes the ordinance is authorized by state statutes. Railroad crews that violate the ordinance must serve a mandatory two days in jail and pay a $500 fine.
 
     Kalk says now that the PSC knows about the lawsuit, commissioners are going to “jump in with both feet.”

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two of the three candidates for U.S. House in North Dakota say they would vote to repeal the federal health care law, while the third says he’d rather fix it.
 
Incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer, Democratic challenger George Sinner and Libertarian Party candidate Jack Seaman squared off in a debate Wednesday evening.
 
     Cramer reiterated his stance that the Affordable Care Act is a massive federal overreach and a disaster. Seaman said he also thinks the law should be repealed.
 
     Sinner said there are many parts of the law that need to be fixed, but that there are many good provisions as well.

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health officials say they still don’t know how two Dallas hospital nurses caught Ebola from a patient. They’re facing criticism from lawmakers who are asking whether the nation is prepared to stop the deadly virus from spreading. Some Republicans in Congress want to see a ban on travel from the countries in West Africa that have been stricken with the disease. But the White House says that’s not under consideration.

 
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Venezuela now has one of the coveted seats on the U.N. Security Council. It was elected Thurssday, along with New Zealand, Spain, Angola and Malaysia. But Turkey failed in its bid to join the U.N.’s most powerful body. Turkey has been under growing pressure to do more about the war in Syria that is pushing up against its border.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Brain damage from a lack of oxygen. According to New York City’s medical examiner, that’s what caused the death of comedian Joan Rivers last month. She’d been hospitalized for a week after going into cardiac arrest during a routine medical procedure at a doctor’s office. According to the medical examiner, she had been sedated during the procedure with the powerful anaesthetic propofol (PROH’-puh-fahl).
 
     WINSLOW, Ark. (AP) – Authorities say two trains have collided in rural northwest Arkansas, critically injuring about five people. A Department of Emergency Management spokesman says a passenger train collided with another train near the town of Winslow. The passenger train was carrying tourists on a sight-seeing trip.
 
     CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Amid slowing demand for tablet computers, Apple today is unveiling a thinner iPad with a faster processor and a better camera. The company says there’s also an anti-reflective coating, which it says is a first for a tablet.