– Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Nov 20

Jamestown (CSi) – A house fire Wednesday evening extensively damaged a Northwest Jameston Home .

The Jamestown Fire Department responded to the house fire at 523 of 2nd Ave NW Weds shortly after 5pm.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says one fire fighter taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center by the Safety Officer for a medical evaluation, as he was not feeling well, but was not injured.

The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire.

The home’s resident is received assistance from the Buffalo Valley Red Cross chapter, and is staying with family and friends.

Chief Reuther says 34 fire fighters and six fire units were on the scene three hours.

The cause of the fire was not determined and remains under investigation.

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CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. PATCHY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. PATCHY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BREEZY. HIGHS AROUND 20.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. BLOWING SNOW…REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ICY ROADS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS/IMPACTS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH THE DAY.

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System Board of Directors Wednesday evening, tabled the first post-election discussion of the future of Alfred Dickey Library at its regular meeting Wednesday.

On November 4, 2014 voters defeated the sales tax measure, 4,240 to 3,055.

The board directed Library Director Joe Rector, Assistant Director Jennifer Senger and Bill Kennedy to begin developing a two-fold strategic plan that would, in the short term, look at how to best use the existing space at Alfred Dickey and the Stutsman County libraries, while simultaneously working toward a long-term goal of finding a building to support the growing library system and its needs.

Rector will begin researching consultants who can help redesign the library interior to raise efficient use of space. He will also look into reducing its book collection and weeding out “underperforming” books. Other plans include using space at the Stutsman County Library for adult programming.

Jamestown (CSi) Ave Maria Village in Jamestown has sent out its Thanksgiving Appeal in the community
Ave Maria Village, Development Director, Jan Barnes, points out, that, a matching gift of $5,000 has been met, and another $10,000 matching gift has been received, with $3,200 left toward fulfilling that match.

She says gifts sent now will be doubled.

All proceeds go toward the Ave Maria Capital Campaign to go toward paying for the new chapel, all-weather garage and the McCoy Family End-of-Life Suite.

In addition, volunteers are hosting a Holiday Bazaar, on Friday December 5, 2014, in the Barthel Room.

Items include, along with baked goods, baskets, crafts, décor and many other items including:

1) Two crocks

2) Table Runners

3) Home-made dish towels and dish clothes

4) Children’s books

5) Candles

6) Lotions

7) Scarves

8) Small Christmas tree all decorated

The proceeds will also go toward the capital campaign for the new addition that was built for Ave Maira residents.

Ms. Barnes adds, the event is a good time to enjoy Christmas goodies and pick up Christmas presents, helping Ave Maria residents.

Jamestown (CSi) The NDSU Stutsman County Extension Service office is looking to settle in a new location – The former Southeast Jamestown home to the James River Senior/Community Center.

The Extension Service is now located at 116 1/2 1st St. SE, in the Memorial Building, but needs more space.

The Stutsman County Commission has unanimously approved having Stutsman County Auditor/COO Casey Bradley, to start with modifying the building to establish an office and a reception area.

The estimated cost is $20,000 to $30,000 paid from the Extension Service budget.

Bradley says the project and new Extension Service location will not effect the Stutsman County Library, which shares the location.

The county commission sought bids to sell the building, and rejected one bid for $40,000.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A fire in a Fargo home that had been converted to six apartment units has left residents displaced.

Fire officials say no one was hurt in the late-afternoon blaze on Wednesday. Some of the residents were home at the time but got out of the building safely.

The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately determined. Damage to the building was estimated at $100,000. Officials say there was little damage to residents’ belongings.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are investigating another convenience store robbery.

Authorities say a male entered a Casey’s General Store shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, said he had a weapon and demanded money. The clerk gave him an undetermined amount of money and he fled in a car driven by another person.

The suspect did not display a weapon.

It’s the fifth unsolved robbery or attempted robbery of a convenience store in the Fargo-Moorhead area since mid-October.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A shooting at a rural Minot building sent two men to the hospital.

     Ward County Sheriff’s Capt. Bob Barnard says the incident happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. He says the 42- and 49-year-old men got into a fight at an industrial building were one of the men was staying.

     Barnard says the men exchanged gunfire, with one man suffering a shotgun wound and the other being shot multiple times with a handgun.

     The men were taken to a Minot hospital for treatment. Their conditions were not available.

     No arrests were immediately made. Barnard said the investigation was continuing.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in North Dakota have arrested a man who they accuse of firing a handgun multiple times in a trailer park in Williston.

23-year-old Robert Mulac is facing initial charges of reckless endangerment and discharge of a firearm within city limits. Williston Police officers located Mulac after receiving five 911 calls.

Officers found Mulac shirtless with a Glock semi-automatic pistol tucked into the back of his pants. Authorities say the gun had five hollow point rounds and a sixth casing was found in the snow.

The station reports Mulac admitted to police that he had shot at a man and fired the gun four or five times.

He is in custody on a $10,000 bond. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says residents across the state are receiving scam recorded messages that appear to come from their own phone number.

Stenehjem says residents who have received the calls are worried that their phones may have been hacked. He says this is just the latest effort by con artists to try to trick people into answering the phone.

The Consumer Protection Division says the robocalls are variations of the credit card interest rate reduction scams that have been circulating in North Dakota.

Parrell Grossman is the division’s director. He is urging residents to not pick up the phone if the caller ID displays their own phone number. He adds residents should never provide or confirm any personal or banking information to an unsolicited call.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in North Dakota has dropped below $3 for the first time in nearly four years.

     AAA says the statewide average is about $2.99 per gallon, down 8 cents from last week and down 18 cents from the same time last year. The last time the statewide average was below $3 per gallon was in December 2010.

     The current national average is $2.86 per gallon. It has been below $3 since Nov. 1.

     AAA cites falling global oil prices as the primary reason for the drop in the price of gas at the pump. The downward pressure on prices is expected to continue through the Thanksgiving holiday.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A new federal definition of rape has resulted in a big increase in the number of crimes in North Dakota recorded under that category in 2013.

The old definition considered only sexual assaults on females. Attorney General Eric Holder in 2012 changed the official definition so it was not gender-specific.

The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report shows 330 rapes in North Dakota in 2013. Under the old definition, only 230 of the cases would have qualified for that category.

The 43 percent jump in recorded rapes in North Dakota under the new definition is in line with the increase nationally.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A worker in the North Dakota oil patch says his employer illegally classified him and other employees as independent contractors to avoid paying taxes and employee benefits. Matthew Ross is seeking class action status for his lawsuit against Williston-based Baha Petroleum Consulting Corporation. Ross says he did not receive overtime pay despite regularly working more than 40 hours per week.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge has refused to dismiss charges against a Minnesota man accused of running an illegal gambling operation in North Gerald Greenfield of Bloomington, Minnesota is charged in federal court with three counts.

Sports Related News….

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A judge has ordered that a man charged in the killing of the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in South Dakota last fall must have no unsupervised contact with children and no contact with the victim’s family.

The judge imposed additional bond conditions Wednesday for 28-year-old Joseph Patterson. He was released on a $2 million bond in September and faces charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault in the October 2013 death of Tyrese Ruffin. His trial has been indefinitely delayed from its planned October start date.

The judge declined a Lincoln County state’s attorney’s request to subject Patterson to GPS monitoring. Patterson signed an extradition hearing waiver to ensure he would be returned to South Dakota if he were captured elsewhere.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The former sports director of a Fargo television station has been cleared of a felony aggravated assault charge.

Jim Nelson had been charged as the result of a fight at a Fargo residence in August. He had earlier pleaded guilty to obstructing Fargo police who came to investigate the incident.

Nelson’s attorney, Charles Sheeley, says a private investigator interviewed other witnesses who were not cited in the police report and they said Nelson had intervened when someone else was getting beat up.

Nelson says he was fired from his job at KVRR-TV Fox after the assault charge was filed. He says he wishes the station had waited for due process to be carried out, but wants to put the incident behind him.

KVRR news director Lezlie Johnson had no comment.

In sports…

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – The Valley City State University women’s softball team began to build its 2015-16 recruiting class this week.

Viking head coach Elle Fracker announced that Kadie Anderson, a 5-foot-5 second baseman from Jamestown, N.D., signed a letter of intent to attend VCSU and play for the Vikings next fall. Anderson is in the middle of her senior year at Jamestown High School. She is the daughter of Cory and Kristi Anderson. Her brother Brady currently plays baseball at VCSU.

Fracker says, “Kadie is a great fit for our team and program. Not only does she excel on the field, but in the classroom as well. We are very excited to see what she will add to our team next fall.”

Anderson has started for the Jamestown Blue Jays as a pitcher or infielder since 8^th grade and had a .356 batting average last season. She also plays volleyball and basketball for the Blue Jays.

Outside of sports, Anderson is a part of the National Honor Society and carries a 4.0 GPA. Her education plans at VCSU are to major in Health Sciences.

Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and a conference member of the North Star Athletic Association. Last season, in Fracker’s first year as head coach, the Vikings went 22-21 overall and 10-2 in conference play. With that record, the Vikings were conference champs for the first time since 1990.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Game and Fish Department says some national wildlife refuges in North Dakota will be open to late-season upland game bird hunting the day after the deer gun season closes.

The deer season ends on Sunday. The Arrowwood, Audubon, Des Lacs, J. Clark Salyer, Lake Alice, Lake Zahl, Long Lake, Lostwood, Tewaukon and Upper Souris refuges open the next day. The hunting at Tewaukon is pheasants only.

Portions of each refuge will remain closed to hunting. Hunters should contact refuge headquarters for maps designating the closed areas and other restrictions.

Hunters also are reminded that use of nontoxic shot is required on all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands.

Seasons for pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge and ruffed grouse close statewide on Jan. 4.

Women’s Basketball, exhibition game:

VCSU 54 Mary 52

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Martin shook off an illness to score 37 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New York Knicks 115-99 last night. Martin tied a career high with seven 3-pointers. The Wolves were missing Ricky Rubio, Thaddeus Young and Nikola Pekovic. Rubio and Pekovic were out because of injuries and Young was away because of the death of his mother.

CLEVELAND (AP) – Tim Duncan and Boris Diaw (DEE’-ow) scored 19 points apiece as the San Antonio Spurs downed the Cavaliers 92-90 in Cleveland. Manu Ginobili (jih-NOH’-blee) scored on a layup with 18 seconds left, made a free throw with 9.1 to go and harassed LeBron James into a turnover with 1.9 seconds remaining. LeBron James had just 15 points on 6 of 17 shooting in his first game against the Spurs since San Antonio overpowered the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals last June.

Kobe Bryant scored five of his 29 points while the Los Angeles Lakers were closing on a 12-1 run to beat the Rockets 98-92 in Houston.

Final            Boston                101    Philadelphia        90
Final            Indiana                88    Charlotte              86
Final            Dallas                105    Washington          102
Final            L-A Clippers    114    Orlando                  90
Final            Toronto                96    Memphis                  92
Final 3OT    Milwaukee          122    Brooklyn              118
Final            Phoenix                88    Detroit                  86
Final            Denver                107    Oklahoma City    100

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final N-Y Rangers 2 Philadelphia 0
Final Vancouver 5 Edmonton 4

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UNDATED (AP) – Second-ranked Arizona and No. 3 Wisconsin cruised to relatively easy victories on Wednesday. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson finished with 19 points and the Wildcats began a 15-0 run late in the first half to beat Cal-Irvine 71-54. The Badgers hammered Wisconsin-Green Bay 84-60 behind Nigel Hayes’ career-high 25 points and 11 rebounds.

Final (13) Gonzaga 94 Saint Joseph’s 42
Final Creighton 65 (18) Oklahoma 63

TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final            ( 3) Notre Dame              71    (15) Michigan St.          63
Final            ( 5) Texas A&M                76              Rice                          55
Final            ( 9) Maryland                  85              South Florida        67
Final            (11) North Carolina      79    (21) Oklahoma St.          77
Final            (13) Kentucky                  91              Morehead St.          62
Final            (16) Nebraska                  82              Washington St.      61
Final            (23) Syracuse                  90              Duquesne                  84
Final 2OT              Green Bay                81    (24) Purdue                      78
Final            (24) Georgia                    67              Ohio St.                  59

NFL…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings are adding $647,000 to their share of their new stadium thanks to several design changes. The biggest share is almost $235,000 to change finishes and food service capabilities in one section of the stadium. There’s an additional $116,000 to redesign the Vikings’ locker room and $146,000 to redesign end zone seating. The stadium’s price tag is around $1 billion.

The NFL has fined Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch $50,000 for violations of the league’s media policy. Lynch actually is being docked $100,000. Along with the $50,000 for violating the NFL Media Policy this year, the league is collecting the $50,000 fine that was imposed against Lynch for violations last season. The fine from 2013 was held in anticipation of future cooperation from Lynch.

The Buffalo Bills aren’t sure they will be able to clear 4 feet of snow at Ralph Wilson Stadium in time to host the New York Jets on Sunday. Bills Vice President of Operations Andy Major told reporters it’s hard to tell whether the field will be cleared, saying it usually takes three days to clear a 1-foot snowfall. Snow removal already has begun, but forecasters say another 1-2 feet of snow could fall by Thursday night.

GOLF…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and Scotland’s Richie Ramsay shot 5-under 67s to share the early clubhouse lead on the first day of the DP World Tour Championship.

Olesen capped his round with four successive birdies starting on the seventh hole in ideal scoring conditions on the Greg Norman-designed Jumeriah Estates Earth course on Thursday.

Ramsay kick-started his round with three straight birdies and was unlucky not to birdie the last when his putt lipped out.

Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo, with an eagle on the seventh, shot a 68 to sit third on 4 under.

Top-ranked Rory McIlroy, who wrapped up the Race to Dubai title before teeing off, made the biggest move of the late starters when he reached 4 under after eight holes.

MLB…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The Oakland Athletics have worked out a three-year, $30 million contract with free agent Billy Butler.

The designated hitter and first baseman helped the Kansas City Royals reach the World Series last month after a 29-year playoff drought. The 28-year-old Butler is coming off a down season, batting .271 with nine home runs and 66 RBIs in 151 games.

NASCAR-KAHNE/CREW CHIEF…

Kahne crew changing

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) – Kasey Kahne (kayn) will have a new crew chief in 2015, ending the second-longest active pairing in the Sprint Cup Series.

Hendrick Mostorsports selected Keith Rodden as crew chief of the No. 5 Chevrolet and Kenny Francis moved into the new position of vehicle technical director.

Kahne and Francis had been paired since the 2005 season finale.
In world and national news…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A shooting overnight at Florida State University has left three students wounded. Authorities say the gunman walked into a crowded school library and opened fire. The gunman was killed when authorities say police told him to put down his weapon and he fired a shot.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities say round one of a massive lake-effect snowstorm is now being blamed for an eighth death in western New York. The man in his 60s died while using a snow blower. Now round two of the major pounding has begun, and forecasters say later today, there could be an accumulation of some 8 feet of snow on the ground in some areas. Emergency officials are concerned about where all the snow will go when temperatures are expected to warm up considerably this weekend.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Tonight, President Barack Obama announces to the nation the steps he’s taking on his own to ensure that millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally will not be deported. Some of those immigrants are the spouses and parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Obama says eligible immigrants will also be able to get work permits.

NEW YORK (AP) – Director Mike Nichols has died at age 83. Nichols brought his talents to film, TV and stage hits such as “The Graduate,” “Angels in America” and “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” Nichols, who was married to TV journalist Diane Sawyer, died last night. A small, private service is being held this week.

NEW YORK (AP) – Next month’s toll increase for New York and New Jersey’s bridges and tunnels will go ahead as planned. A federal judge in Manhattan has denied a request by the American Automobile Associations of New York and North Jersey to block the increase that’s part of a four-year phased-in plan approved by Port Authority commissioners in 2011. Beginning Dec. 7, tolls for bridge and tunnel cash customers will increase by $1 to $14. The increase for E-ZPass motorists will be 75 cents.