Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Apr 22

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. EAST WINDS AROUND
15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. EAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT, 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY.   A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN
IN THE EVENING IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
60S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.

FOR THURSDAY WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 2O AND 30 MPH ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

 BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD MOISTURE
 STILL APPEARS TO BE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT

Jamestown (CSi) The Two Rivers Activity Center’s committee, voted Tuesday to approve changes to its bylaws removing the committee seat assigned to the Jamestown Gymnastics Club and reduced the overall size of the committee from 11 to nine.

The committee also heard from representatives of American City Bureau, a fundraising consulting company, who said one strength of the proposed Two Rivers Activity Center project would be its positive impact on the quality of life in Jamestown.

Senior consultant for American City Bureau, Maureen Egan said, interviewed some Jamestown residents in March to prepare a report on fundraising possibilities for the project.

Egan said the biggest challenge for getting voter approval for the activity center is educating the public about the project.

Amy Walters, chairwoman of the TRAC Board of Directors,says  the board will continue to use community forums to educate the public about the project.

The first public meeting was held on April 21.

The second community forum is Monday April 27, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Jamestown Middle School’s Thompson Community Room.

The third and final public meeting is set for May 15, 2015, at 7 p.m. at the North Dakota Farmers Union’s community room.

Jamestown city voters will vote on June 2, 2015, on a $28.6 million bond issue on a special election ballot. The ballot will ask voters if they want to approve a 1 percent sales tax to repay bonds used to finance the construction and operation of the first phase of the $28.6 million project.

The second phase, would be paid for by a separate capital fundraising campaign, bring the total cost for the project to about $40 million.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State regulators are giving an oil company some temporary relief from North Dakota’s gas flaring rate requirements.
 
     XTO Energy argued it had nowhere to take gas from 143 oil wells in Dunn and McKenzie counties because gas-processing company OneOK couldn’t secure an easement agreement from the Three Affiliated Tribes and build a 20-mile pipeline expansion.
 
     The  state Industrial Commission on Tuesday granted six-month exemptions for 89 of the wells.
 
     XTO has been complying with the state flaring rules by restricting production or by installing gas units at individual wells.
 
     XTO is a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A longtime North Dakota lawmaker who missed two days of the session after suffering what was believed to be a mild stroke returned to a rousing reception in the House.
 
     Democratic Rep. Eliot Glassheim, of Grand Forks, received a standing ovation from all 92 representatives in attendance Wednesday morning while he walked to his desk on the House floor. He says the response was overwhelming.
 
     The 77-year-old Glassheim was hospitalized in Bismarck Sunday after he complained he wasn’t feeling well and was having trouble talking. He says he feels better but still gets tired when he walks.
 
     Fellow Democratic Rep. Corey Mock, also of Grand Forks, acted as Glassheim’s wheelchair escort around the halls of the Capitol.
 
     Glassheim has been a permanent fixture in the House since 1993.

 Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature has passed a resolution that would require state lawmakers to live in their districts.
 
     Legislative leaders from both parties have been pushing the resolution that would amend the state constitution, should voters agree.
 
     Current law only requires legislators to live in their districts 30 days prior to an election.
 
     The resolution would have required the lawmaker to live in the district on the day he or she takes office, and for at least one year prior.
 
     North Dakota’s House passed the resolution 75-17 on Wednesday. The Senate had endorsed it on Tuesday.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Administrators and student leaders at the University of North Dakota have signed a memorandum of understanding pledging to strengthen communication and cooperation.
 
     The move comes in the wake of the Student Senate weighing a vote of no-confidence in President Robert Kelley and three other top administrators.
 
     Student leaders have accused Kelley and his administration of not being open enough about tuition proposals presented to students last month. Kelley has said school leaders have not hidden any information from students, and that student leaders aren’t effectively representing the student body.
 
     The agreement signed Tuesday night includes four key actions, including the creation of a Tuition Model Task Force made up of students and administrators.

In world and national news…

 CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) – Officials say a SkyWest Airlines flight from Chicago has made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, and at least one passenger lost consciousness. The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane’s crew reported a possible pressurization problem. But SkyWest Airlines says the plane didn’t appear to have such a problem. A SkyWest spokeswoman says the pilots rapidly descended “out of an abundance of caution.”
 
     ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s leader is criticizing European countries’ efforts to stop migrants reaching their borders.  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH’-jehp TY’-ihp UR’-doh-wahn) says Turkey is currently hosting 1.7 million refugees from Syria and another 300,000 from Iraq because it considers it to be its “humanitarian duty.” European Union leaders are scheduled to hold an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss ways of stemming migrant trafficking, after a boat carrying hundreds of people capsized off Libya. Authorities believe 800 may have been killed.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Activists say Syrian government aircraft have been bombing rebel-held areas in the capital’s suburbs as well as a northern town and surrounding villages controlled by the Islamic State group today. At least 32 people have been killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says airstrikes in the northern province of Aleppo hit a hospital, killing at least 15 people, including medical staff, women and children, and wounding at least 40.
 
     CLEVELAND (AP) – Prosecutors have called their last witness in the trial of a Cleveland police officer charged in the deaths of two unarmed people in a 137-shot barrage after a high-speed chase. Patrolman Michael Brelo’s (BREE’-lohz) trial is in its third week. The 31-year-old is charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter. Defense attorneys have argued Brelo’s final shots were lawful because the pair still posed a threat.
 
     FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A 66-year-old fugitive who spent four decades on the run has turned himself in to Kentucky authorities this week. The Franklin County Sheriff says Clarence David Moore escaped from police custody three times during the 1970s and eventually settled into a quiet life, living in Kentucky since at least 2009. His health is poor from a stroke and he has difficulty speaking. Without a legitimate ID or Social Security number, he had apparently struggled to get medical care.