Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec 26

CSi Weather…

.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. FLURRIES THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. FLURRIES…COLDER. LOWS AROUND
10 BELOW. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. HIGHS AROUND 20.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
5 TO 10 ABOVE.

Clear and cold conditions beginning Sunday with opvernight lows of 10 below Sunday night and 14 below Monday night, with wind chills 25 below Sunday and 35 below on Monday.

Monday’s high forecast at about 1 below  and 3 above on Tuesday.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce in 2015, takes on a key project.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Chamber Executive Director, Becky Thatcher-Keller said, in March of 2015, the Chamber will complete the updated Strategic Plan.

She noted the completed plan will set the stage for the Chamber over the next few years.

She pointed out that the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to becoming an even better organization that seeks ways to assist members, and continue to be a key voice and take a lead role in the community for positive change.

Valley City  (CSi)  The annual Community Christmas Eve dinner at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Valley City was once again well attended.

The meal and other activities are provided for those who otherwise would have been alone on Christmas.

Priot to dinner being served   the children of St. Catherine’s Church presented a short play on the birth of Jesus.

The Christmas Eve Mass was celebrated including  a  live Nativity scene on the alter.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been arrested after he used a shovel to break some windows and was involved in a domestic dispute.

The 26-year-old Daniel Habiger, of Fargo, is facing charges of aggravated assault and criminal mischief.

Fargo Police Lt. Joel Vettel says officers responded to a report of a man breaking windows, and upon arrival, they found Habiger without shoes and with cuts to his feet that appeared to have been caused by glass.

Vettel says officers then discovered that he had been involved in a domestic dispute in which the victim reportedly suffered injuries to the head after being hit several times and choked.

Vettel says police believe alcohol was a factor in the incident.

Habiger’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
WYNDMERE, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says officials with the city of Wyndmere violated the state’s open meetings law when they had a series of conversations about the employment of the city auditor.

Stenehjem on Friday ordered the officials to provide written testimony about the conversations.

Records show Mayor Nathan Brandt on Oct. 8 contacted each city council member after he was informed that the city auditor had a job offer. Brandt and council members during those conversations determined to match the salary offer to entice the auditor to stay.

Stenehjem says the conversations constitute a “meeting.”

Stenehjem has ordered the mayor and each council member to provide a written, signed statement of the conversations they had with each other. The statements should be provided to anyone who requests them.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston early next year will ask developers about their interest in the city airport site, as officials look toward a possible new airport in a different location.

The  city in January will weigh the interest among developers in the 800 acres of land on which Sloulin Field International Airport sits.

Traffic and passenger boardings have boomed at the airport along with oil development in the region in recent years. Officials are considering a $250 million airport at a site 11 miles northwest of the oil patch hub.

Mayor Howard Klug says there’s been a lot of discussion about the airport plans and “it’s time to move forward.”

In sports…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota freshman forward Nick Schmaltz has made the final roster of the U.S. National Junior Team that is competing at the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships in Canada.

Schmaltz is the 37th UND player to participate in the World Junior Championships through the years. This year’s tournament in Toronto and Montreal began Friday and runs through Jan. 5.

Schmaltz is a native of Verona, Wisconsin. He has three goals and 12 assists in 15 games for UND this season.

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) – The wife and two sons of a New York City policeman who was gunned down along with his partner have been joined by hundreds of uniformed officers at his wake. The family of Officer Rafael Ramos and officers streamed into the Christ Tabernacle Church in the Glendale section of Queens Friday, less than a week after the killings. The wake began soon after Ramos’ flag-draped casket was carried into the church on the shoulders of six uniformed officers. Fellow officers saluted as the casket passed.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio (AP) – Relatives of an Ohio woman and her three grandchildren are learning that the four were killed early Friday in what a sheriff calls a “tragic, tragic fire.” The sheriff says the three grandchildren lived nearby, and were spending the night with their grandmother so that she wouldn’t be alone on Christmas. The grandmother’s body was found near the door of the burned-out home, with the children nearby.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans are closing out 2014 on an optimistic note, according to a new Associated Press-Times Square Alliance poll. Nearly half predict that 2015 will be a better year for them than 2014 was, while only 1 in 10 think it will be worse. About half of Americans plan to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home this year, while 2 in 10 say they’ll do so at a friend or family member’s home.

MIAMI (AP) – Jeb Bush is stepping down from the board of directors of Tenet Healthcare. The company says the former Florida governor will resign his seat at the end of the year. Bush has been a director since 2007. The move comes as Bush actively explores a presidential run and unwinds some of his business commitments.

CINCINNATI (AP) – The Cincinnati Zoo says a baby gorilla raised by human keepers wearing hairy vests is ready to be placed with other gorillas and will move to the Columbus Zoo. The young female gorilla named Kamina was born in August at the zoo in Oklahoma City but was shunned by her mother, so she was sent to Cincinnati in September. The human surrogates taught her to act like a gorilla, and then placed her with two female gorillas. That didn’t work out — so now they’ll try another zoo.