Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Apr 6

CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN
SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. EAST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
30S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.

 MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT… 
  
 CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS.
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…
 
 A STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. 

 TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S BY THE WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION MAY RETURN TO THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

 

 

Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports an injury crash occurred Monday about 7:45-pm on a gravel road, about 4 miles West of Enderlin.

Sgt. Tom Herzig says that 17 year-old driver Sabrina Huemiller and 14 year-old Alexa Gossett were injured when Huemiller lost control of the vehicle on a gravel road, entering a ditch and rolling.

Gossett was not wearing her seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. Huemiller was able to free herself before the vehicle became consumed by fire.

Huemiller was cited with care required.

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session, Monday evening at City Hall. Council Member Buchanan was not present.

The City Council approved a Resolution to approving the following relative to a Special City Election:

The Special Election will be held on June 2, 2015, for the purpose of determining whether electors approve/disapprove the establishment of a 1% City Sales Tax for the construction and operation of the Two Rivers Activity Center.

The polling place will be at the Jamestown Civic Center with polling hours to be from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM

The polling place for early voting and absentee voting is at the Stutsman County Courthouse

Set to begin April 17, 2015.

May 18, 2015, to June 1st, 2015, is early voting dates from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, at the courthouse.

June 8, 2015, at 11:00 AM, the City Council to meet in Special Session as the Canvassing Board to certify the results of the June 2,

2015, Special Election

7) Early Voting/ Absentee Ballot personnel as follows:

o Casey Bradley Inspector/Judge/Clerk

o Linda Chadduck Inspector/Judge/Clerk

o Josh Smaage Inspector/Judge/Clerk

o Sandra Eckelberg Judge/Clerk

o Lyndsey Michel Judge/Clerk

o Jamison Veil Judge/Clerk

o Jessica Alonge Judge/Clerk

o Vanessa Grabinger Judge/Clerk

o Erin Kummer Judge/Clerk

o Cheryl McPherson Judge/Clerk

8) Vote Center personnel as follows:

o Casey Bradley Inspector/Judge/Clerk

o Linda Chadduck Inspector/Judge/Clerk

o Josh Smaage Inspector/Judge/Clerk

o Sandra Eckelberg Clerk

o Lyndsey Michel Clerk

o Sarah Van De Velde Clerk

o Cheryl McPherson Judge

o Jessica Alonge Judge

o Jamison Veil Judge

Consent Agenda items discussed separately:

Item N.was removed for a correction, Resolution to approve Payment No. 2, to Scherbenske, Inc., for the Storm Drain Cleaning Project, in the corrected amount of $87,500. The previously listed amount was $104,520.

REGULAR AGENDA:

RESOLUTIONS:

A PUBLIC HEARING was held Concerning Seal Coat, Patching, Construction and Reconstruction District #15-41 protests and the sufficiency thereof.

The protests have been found to be insufficient to bar proceeding with Seal Coat, Patching, Construction and Reconstruction District

The City Council approved and authorized awarding the bid for Seal Coat, Patching, Construction and Reconstruction of the District to Border States Paving, Inc., in the amount of $1,529,566.85.

Another PUBLIC HEARING was held concerning the special assessments on the 2014 Sidewalk, Curb & Gutter District #14-11.

Following the hearing the City Council approved the special assessments on 2014 Sidewalk, Curb & Gutter District #14-11, in the total amount of $89,849.10, with the City Share-Departments at $65,608.18, and benefited properties to be assessed in the amount of $24,240.92.

ORDINANCES:

A FIRST READING: Concerned an ordinance to amend and re-enact an Ordinance by amending the District Map to change the zoning of the proposed Lot 1, Block 1, Edgewood First Addition, within the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 2, Township 139 North, Range 64W from A-1 (Agricultural District) and C-1 (Local Commercial District) to C-1 (Local Commercial District), was approved.

A SECOND READING AND FINAL READING an Ordinance introduced by Council Member Buchanan, to enact Sections 2-88 through 2-100 of the City Code pertaining to landscaping requirements, was approved.

A SECOND READING AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE introduced by Council Member Brubakken, to amend and re-enact Section 21-04-06.1 of the City Code pertaining to alcohol related traffic offenses; ignition interlock devices and the seizure, forfeiture, and sale of motor vehicles was approved.

A PUBLIC HEARING concerning the annexation of a part of the NE portion of the SW ¼ of Section 2, Township 139 North, Range 64 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Jamestown and extraterritorial lands of the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota.

Following the Public Hearing a SECOND READING an Ordinance introduced by Council Member Kourajian, for the annexation was approved.

A SECOND READING of an Ordinance introduced by Council Member Kourajian, to grant Otter Tail Power Company a continued franchise to maintain its system within the City for a 10 year period, was tabled.

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE: No One Spoke

APPOINTMENTS:

The council re-appointed John Grabinger to serve as a member of the Special Assessment Commission for a six year term to expire April 2021.

Re-appointed Bob Martin to serve as a member of the Shade Tree Committee for a three year term to expire April 2018.

Re-appointed the City Council to serve as members of the Storm Water Committee for a two year term to expire April 2017.

Re-appointed the City Engineer, City Administrator, City Building Inspector, Engineering Technician II, Public Works Chairperson, Street Foreman and Street Equipment Operator III to serve as members of the Storm Water Sub-Committee for a two year term to expire April 2017.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT: No reports were given.

　

OTHER BUSINESS:

Approved recognizing the Miss ND Junior-High-High School-Collegiate America as an other public spirited organization and to authorize the issuance of a Calendar Raffle Permit for May 4 thru May 29, 2015.

Approved the sales agreement with Allen Enterprises for the purchase of Lot 1 and the Southerly 85.82 feet of Lot 2 (measured at right angles from the southerly line of Lot 2), Block 3, I-94 Business Park Addition.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) Executive Committee Monday, approved a sales agreement for one and a half lots in the I-94 Business Park to Allen Enterprises.

The JSDC Board approved the sale in January. The sale was also approved during the February City Council and Stutsman County Commission meetings.

The property transfer had been delayed while a finalized version of the sales agreement was prepared.

The document for real estate but an economic is also a development agreement.

The lots, appraised at $3.50 per square foot, are being sold at $1 per square foot. The difference of $2.50 per square foot is considered an economic development grant from the JSDC to Allen Enterprises.

The economic development portion of the agreement includes requirements that the buyer employs 10 full-time workers and sets a minimum value of the structure that must be built on the lots within two years.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board Monday received the study report from RSP & Associates of Kansas City, Kansas, with the district’s demographic information and census projections, and projected enrollment for grades K-12 from the current school year through 2019-20.

Rob Schwartz, RSP & Associates CEO, said his company’s projections are 97 percent accurate and Jamestown Public Schools will be dealing with capacity issues at the elementary school level and at the middle school level by the 2019-20 school year.

Enrollment is projected to increase to 2,384 students by 2019-20, an increase of 161 students or 7 percent.

Jamestown School Superintendent Rob Lech says the next step will be to send the demographic study information to DLR Group, an architectural firm based out of Omaha.

Lech says the firm will make a recommendation concerning which school buildings need to be expanded to handle the projected enrollment growth.

the study shows that Gussner, Lincoln, Louis L’Amour and Roosevelt elementary schools are either at capacity or will be over the next five years. Gussner Elementary School has a capacity of 260 students and currently has 264 students enrolled. RSP’s study projects Gussner’s enrollment increasing to 275 for 2015-16, then staying at or above its current capacity through 2019-20.

Lincoln Elementary has a capacity of 240 students and has an enrollment of 252 students for the current school year. The study project’s Lincoln’s enrollment increasing to 276 by 2019-20.

 

Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County State’s Attorney says there is no direct evidence of election tampering at during the January school bond vote at the Maple Valley School District.

Carl Martineck says the State Crime Bureau investigation included interviewing poll workers about individuals making improper statements to sway voters, which found most of which was hearsay.

The $10.3 million bond for the school district which includes parts of Barnes and Cass Counties, failed by just ten votes.

　

Valley City (CSi) The first street closure in connection with the first phase of permanent flood control in Valley City is on 5th Avenue Southwest between Viking Drive and 4th Street Southwest.

Updated maps for road closures will be posted on the Valley City website www.valleycity.us

Work on the first phase of the Valley City permanent flood protection project began on Monday with the first phase of the project lasting about 18 months.

KLJ and Valley City officials met last Thursday, with residents living in the project area, explaining the first phase of construction.

Anyone with questions about the project should call the KLJ office in Valley City at 845-4980.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – More counterfeit bills were discovered over the weekend in Fargo and police believe it is the work of more than one person.
 
More fake $100 bills have been found in Fargo. Lt. Joel Vettel with the Fargo Police Department says authorities have identified two types of fake bills circulating in the area.
 
     One type is a low-denomination bill that criminals are washing out and then reprinting to make them look like they’re worth $20, $50 or $100. The other bills are being produced in a laser printer.
 
     Fake bills have also been found in Moorhead, West Fargo, Wahpeton and Jamestown. http://csinewsnow.com/?p=69207

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Opponents of recent changes to North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law can begin circulating petitions to try to bring the issue to voters.
 
     Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced Monday that he approved the format of the petition. Supporters need to gather and submit at least 13,452 valid signatures by June 18 to get a proposed measure on the June 2016 ballot.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the legislation last month that exempts ailing pork and dairy operations from the state’s anti-corporate farming law.
 
     Supporters say it’s intended to revitalize dairy and swine farms after years of decline. Opponents believe the anti-corporate farming law blocks unfair competition from big, out-of-state corporations.
 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Democrats want Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple to bar discrimination against gay, lesbian or transgender state government employees.
 
     Democrats sent a letter Monday to Dalrymple asking him to issue an executive order to require state agencies to ban discrimination in hiring and employment based on sexual orientation.
 
     A Dalrymple spokesman says the governor’s office already had sent a memo to appointed agency heads Monday saying discrimination against anyone is unacceptable. It was unclear whether he intended to sign the more formal executive order.
 
     Dalrymple said last week that state lawmakers missed an opportunity to protect all gays and lesbians in the state from discrimination when they failed for the third time in six years to pass a measure that would prohibit bias based on sexual orientation.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler has chosen the first members of a student cabinet.
 
     The group will provide ideas and opinions about how to improve education in the state. Twenty students from public and private school students were selected to be part of the cabinet.
 
     More than 80 students in grades 4 through 12 from across the state submitted an application.
 
     The group will meet for the first time April 22 at the State Capitol. The students are expected to observe the legislative process during the cabinet’s if the Legislature is still in session.
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Army Corps of Engineers is holding public meetings on Missouri River conditions and operations in the two state capitals in the Dakotas on Tuesday.
 
     The meeting in Pierre is at 11 a.m. in the Capitol Lake Visitor Center. The meeting in Bismarck is at 6 p.m. in the Bismarck Event Center.
 
     The meetings are among five being held this week throughout the Missouri River basin. Corps officials will detail plans for managing the river system this year, and answer questions from the public.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Dakota Zoo is welcoming its latest addition after the surprise birth of a camel last month.
 
  Sadie the camel celebrated her 17th birthday on Friday, just 10 days after giving birth to a girl.
 
     Katie Lind of the Dakota Zoo says a passerby alerted staff members that something seemed to be happening with Sadie, and the zoo’s assistant director discovered the camel was giving birth after checking on her.
 
     She says the baby has been staying close to her mother and getting used to her father, TJ, also being around.
 
     Lind says the baby only is drinking milk but eventually will graduate to hay, alfalfa and grains.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials say the deaths of hundreds of geese at Nelson Lake in March were likely caused by a disease that spreads in areas where waterfowl congregate in last numbers.
 
     Wildlife veterinarian Dan Grove says the 600 waterfowl, primarily mallards and Canada geese, died as the result of avian cholera.
 
     Grove says the birds were tested for multiple diseases and came back negative for avian influenza.
 
     A midwinter survey had counted about 23,000 mallards and nearly 31,000 geese on Nelson Lake, which serves as the outflow for the Minnkota Power Plant and has open water all year.
 
     Grove says dead birds on the lake have been reported at some degree over the last several years.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Bismarck Public Library is celebrating 100 years.
 Bismarck Historical Society Director Walt Bailey says the library has evolved over the years to become as much an entertainment center as it is an information center. In addition to the traditional books, newspapers and magazines to check out, Bailey says the library also offers classes in multi-media as well as CDs and temporary art pieces.
  The historical society is sponsoring a presentation on the history of the library Tuesday night.

 

In sports…

Blue Jay Softball @ Devils Lake (Monday) has been POSTPONED.

No Makeup Date Has Been Announced.

The following Blue Jay Athletics have been POSTPONED for Tuesday, April 7^th:

Girls Fastpitch Softball vs. TMCHS – POSTPONED (Make-up TBD)

Girls Soccer vs. Minot – POSTPONED (Make-up TBD)

 

In world and national news…

 BOSTON (AP) – A defense lawyer says if it hadn’t been for Tamerlan Tsarnaev (TAM’-ehr-luhn tsahr-NEYE’-ehv), the Boston Marathon bombing “would not have happened.” The lawyer for Tsarnaev’s brother, Dzhokhar (joh-HAHR’), has been delivering closing arguments Monday at his trial in Boston. She says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) took part in the attack, but only because of the influence of his older brother, who died four days after the bombings. 
 
     FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The defense has rested its case in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez after calling just three witnesses. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. His lawyers rested after witnesses testified about DNA evidence and the drug PCP. Hernandez’s two co-defendants were seen smoking PCP the weekend of the crime. Closing arguments are expected Tuesday or Wednesday.
 
     BERLIN (AP) – Lufthansa is indicating that it was under no legal obligation to report to Germany’s national aviation authority the fact that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz suffered from depression several years ago. A German newspaper (Welt am Sonntag) quotes the Federal Aviation Office as saying that it wasn’t informed about Lubitz’s depression before the crash two weeks ago that killed 150 people. Lubitz had told Lufthansa’s flight school about it in 2009.
 
     DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – A judge in North Carolina has ruled the man accused of killing three Muslim college students can face a death penalty trial. The ruling came at a hearing where a prosecutor described some of the evidence against Craig Hicks. Police say Hicks appears to have been motivated by a long-running dispute over parking spaces at a Chapel Hill condominium complex. But the victims’ families are adamant that they were targeted because they were Muslims. They’ve pushed for hate-crime charges.
 
     CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The man who was rescued from a disabled sailboat off the North Carolina coast last week is responding to skeptics — explaining that he avoided sunburn and blisters by staying in the vessel’s cabin and that he survived by rationing food and water. Louis Jordan says he stayed inside the cabin to keep dry and avoid sun, wind, waves and sea spray. Jordan was spotted by a German-flagged boat Thursday, more than two months after leaving from South Carolina. Coast Guard crew members who retrieved him said they were surprised by his appearance and overall health.