Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 18

CSi Weather…

WIND ADVISORY EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 7-a.m. FRIDAY

…HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED…

.SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY NIGHT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE BELCOURT…RUGBY…HARVEY…JAMESTOWN…NAPOLEON…ASHLEY…AND OAKES.

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WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY…

CANDO…MADDOCK…LEEDS…DEVILS LAKE… NEW ROCKFORD…LAKOTA…COOPERSTOWN…VALLEY CITY…LISBON…GWINNER

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
WILL PERSIST INTO THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS SHORTLY
BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY.

Forecast…

REST OF TONIGHT…CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW
EARLY IN THE MORNING. WINDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS AROUND 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN
THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

 

The North Dakota Department of Transportation Thursday,  issued a Travel Alert  due to high wind conditions.

The strong winds may cause difficult driving conditions, especially for high-profile vehicles such as semis, trucks, busses and SUVs.

Motorists are advised to use caution when meeting and passing vehicles as well as driving through strong wind gusts.

A Travel Alert means motorists can still travel but may encounter areas of challenging driving conditions on roadways.

All travelers are encouraged to monitor road conditions, reduce traffic speeds as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Strong winds Thursday are causing problems for motorists, trees, electrical crews and even buildings in the Dakotas.

The National Weather Service has posted high wind advisories and warnings for a second day, with gusts of more than 60 and 70 mph in some areas.

North Dakota Transportation officials have issued a travel alert.

There have been reports of an overturned camper and semitrailer in South Dakota.

Scattered power outages also have occurred in the two states as

electrical lines have been blown down.

The Pennington County Courthouse in Rapid City, S.D., shut down Thursday due to a power failure.

On Wednesday, a building under construction in the North Dakota town of New England collapsed. Hess Corp. shut down some oil rig activity in the region.

 

BUCYRUS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a wind-fuelled wildfire has
all but destroyed a tiny southwestern North Dakota town, displacing
all 27 residents.
     Adams County States Attorney Aaron Roseland says Bucyrus
(byoo-SY’-ruhs) is “pretty much completely lost” after the fire
gusted through Wednesday. No major injuries have been reported.
     Roseland says all Bucyrus’ residents have been evacuated and a
shelter has been established in the nearby town of Hettinger, about
60 miles south of Dickinson.
     Scranton fire chief Ryan Schumacher says firefighters had the
blaze under control late Wednesday despite winds gusting more than
60 mph.
     Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
     Schumacher says “the town is basically gone.”
     
     
       
     BUCYRUS, N.D. (AP) – The chairman of the Adams County Commission
says the destruction of one of the county’s communities by a
wildfire is devastating.
     Chuck Christman (KRIHST’-muhn) says four of the seven or eight
homes in Bucyrus (byoo-SY’-rus) were destroyed in the Wednesday
fire. He says that’s a lifetime of memories for at least four
families.
     Christman says firefighters were able to save a church in the
town, and a privately owned elevator on the outskirts wasn’t
damaged in the town of about 30 residents. The town’s only
business, a picture-framing shop, was destroyed.

     Christman says the state fire marshal will be investigating the
cause of the fire that also destroyed an abandoned farmstead and
about 70 electrical power poles and forced the temporary shutdown
of U.S. Highway 12.
    

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — A semi trailer became unattached from the cab, about 9:30 Thursday morning (Oct 18, 2012), on Highway 281 South, near the Buffalo Mall.

Southbound traffic was directed by Jamestown Police around the rig.

No other Vehicles were involved.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 18,2012) — Jamestown Police is warning Jamestown Residents of a High Risk Sex Offender living in Jamestown.

The report says, 22 year old Brandon Scott Schafer is living at 1214 3^rd Avenue, SE, Apartment #15 in Jamestown.

Schafer has been assigned a High Risk Assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Schafer was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition, involving a 13 year old female friend.

The report says, no force was used.

The conviction date was July 18, 2012 in Ransom County District Court.

The disposition was one year, and one day, with time suspended, and five years probation.

Schafer is not wanted by police at this time, and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notice is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of Schafer’s photo and demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

 NEW ENGLAND, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say two men in ski masks
robbed a bank in the southwest North Dakota town of New England on
Thursday morning.
     Hettinger County Chief Deputy Josh Monson says  the robbery occurred at about 8:20 a.m.

He says the suspects got away with an undisclosed amount
of money.
 No one was hurt.

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency says TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after
tests showed “possible safety issues.”
 The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says TransCanada reported shutting down the approximately 2,100-mile pipeline, which can move about 500,000 barrels of crude a day from Alberta, Canada, to facilities in Illinois and Oklahoma.

     Jeannie Layson, spokeswoman for PHMSA, says the possible safety
issues were found on part of the pipeline that extends between
Missouri and Illinois.

Layson says in an email that an agency inspector has been sent to review the test results, observe repairs and follow any necessary safety activities.
     She says TransCanada hasn’t reported any leaks on the system.

     TransCanada spokesman Grady Semmens says the pipeline was shut
down Wednesday and is expected to restart Saturday.

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The east-end floodwater diversion
outlet on Devils Lake has been shut down for repairs.

     The problem was first reported by the Devils Lake Journal. State
Water Commission Engineer Bruce Engelhardt tells The Associated
Press that a pipeline leak earlier this month led to some ground
erosion and pipe settling.

He doesn’t have a cost estimate but says most of the repairs are the responsibility of a contractor.
     Engelhardt says he hopes the problem will be fixed in a matter
of days.
     The lake’s west-end outlet is still pumping excess Devils Lake
water into the Sheyenne River.

 But with the east-end outlet shut down, the amount of water being moved off the lake is less than half what it was.
     The east-end outlet came online in early summer.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A national peanut butter recall is affecting
some North Dakota charities.

Community Action agencies distributed some of the Sunland Inc. peanut butter to clients in August.

Postcards with disposal instructions have been mailed to about 800 clients served in Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh, and Pembina counties.
Terry Stanke with the Red River Valley Community Action Agency
in Grand Forks says that agency already has disposed of 740 pounds
of the peanut butter in storage.
The recall is because of the risk of salmonella identified at a
New Mexico manufacturing facility.
Thirty-five illnesses in 19 states have been linked to a Sunland
product. No illnesses have been reported in North Dakota.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man who pleaded guilty to
stealing a police car has been arrested for failing to show up at
his sentencing hearing earlier this week.
     Eli Drags Wolf is charged in federal court with theft from an
Indian tribal organization. It carries a maximum penalty of five
years in prison.
     Drags Wolf is accused of stealing the squad car when an officer
came to remove him from a residence in New Town. The incident
happened in July 2011.
     Drags Wolf failed to appear for sentencing on Monday. A new
sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 29 in Minot.

 

 WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The remains of a Fargo Air Force pilot
who died in Vietnam will be laid to rest Friday6 in Arlington
National Cemetery.

Wendell Keller was shot down over Vietnam in 1969.

His remains and those of his co-pilot were recently identified.

 

In world and national news…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Boy Scouts have released nearly 15,000
pages from the organization’s so-called “perversion files” on men
suspected of being pedophiles.

And the documents show that on numerous occasions, local officials helped cover up abuse allegations.

They also show that in many cases, the pedophiles were kept out of Scouting — but other times, they were not.

This is the first time that the earliest of the files — from 1959 to 1971 —
have been made public.
     
     AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas judge is ruling in favor of high
school cheerleaders who were kept from quoting biblical scripture
on banners during football games.

The judge says the policy appears to violate their free speech rights. The judge has issued an injunction allowing the cheerleaders to keep displaying the banners, pending an outcome of a lawsuit.
    
     MANCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – The presidential candidates are putting
aside the finger-pointing long enough for a charity dinner tonight
in New York — a required stop for politicians since the end of
World War II.

Both candidates have prepared light-hearted material
for the event.

Mitt Romney hasn’t made any other appearances today, but his wife Ann told ABC’s “The View” that if her husband doesn’t win next month, his political career will be over.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – A Gallup survey, touted as the largest of its
kind, estimates that 3.4 percent of American adults identify as
lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

The findings were based more than 121,000 interviews conducted from June through September.
Gallup said it is the largest study ever aimed at calculating the nation’s LGBT population.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – A conservative scholar who directed an
anti-Obama film has resigned as head of an evangelical college.

The King’s College in New York today announced the resignation of
Dinesh D’Souza. Its board had been meeting about D’Souza’s
relationship with a woman who is not his wife.

D’Souza has denied any wrongdoing, and has said he and his wife separated two years ago.