Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jun 5

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS
 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.  LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…RAIN SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

 SATURDAY…WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED.  THERE IS A MARGINAL THREAT FOR SOME LARGE HAIL
 OR DAMAGING WINDS…BUT THE MAIN ISSUE WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH  AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Little Britches has been moved from Saturday June 6th to Sunday June 7th because of the inclement weather forecast. Registration is now from 8 to 11 AM and fishing from 11 AM to 2 PM.

Valley City (CSi) The 20^th Annual Soap Box Derby activities continue on Friday.

Friday, Jun 5, 2015

5-9 PM- Inspections- Youth Sports Complex

6 PM- Picnic for drivers and families at the Youth Sports Complex

6:30 PM- Driver’s meeting- youth sports complex

Saturday, Jun 6, 2015

7:30 AM- group picture,

8-9 AM- Driver trial runs,

9:30 AM- opening ceremonies,

9:30 AM-5:30 PM, Derby Racing

Jamestown (CSi) Stutsman County Relay for Life is set for Friday June 5, 2015, starting at 2-p.m., and going until 2-a.m., on Saturday June 6^th, at the University of Jamestown’s Taylor Stadium.

Co-Chair, Pam Phillips says, opening ceremonies will be at 6-p.m., Friday.

Returning this year as a fundraiser is the “Miss Relay Contest,” where men dress up as women, and votes for favorites are donations to Relay for Life.

Luminaries will be set up along the track, along with reading of names.

This year, on Friday evening, the scheduled the North Dakota Fire Fighters Association State Convention, parade featuring “Vivian The Pink Fire Truck,” and the Aberdeen Pipes & Drum Corps, will do one lap around the stadium track to honor an Association past-president who passed away this last year from cancer, and as a tribute to fire fighters who have passed away.

The full Schedule of Events is posted with the Relay story on line at CsiNewsNow.com

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 8th Annual Running of the Pink will be held on Saturday June 6, 2015, at 9-a.m., starting & ending at R.M. Stoudt in Jamestown.

Registration is: Adults $25, Youth 12 and under, and seniors over 60, $20.

Proceeds to to help fund breast & cervical cancer screenings through the local Women’s Way Resource Fund & the Jamestown Regional Medical Center Foundation.

The printable form is available on line at

Stoudtcars.com or here. For more information contact Jason Holstad, joholstad@csicable.net, or call, 800- 279-2886, or 701-252-2270.

Early packet pick up will be available at R.M. Stoudt’s on Friday June 5, 2015 from 5-p.m., to 7-p.m.

Registration is available the morning of the run/walk at Stoudt’s.

The event offers participants the opportunity to choose from a 5K Run/Walk, and a 10K Run. Prizes will be awarded for the Largest Family, and Largest Business team participating.

Running of the Pink is a Runner’s World Race Series Event. Prizes will be awarded for those entering the competitive aspect of the event.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Benefits continue to be scheduled for Shawn Durfee who was involved in a motorcycle-car accident in Jamestown that led to a below-the-knee amputation on his left leg.

On the afternoon of April 28, 2015, 40 year-old Shawn Durfee was struck by a car while driving his motorcycle on First Avenue North in Jamestown receiving extensive injuries to his left leg and wrist.

After treatment in Jamestown, he was airlifted to a Fargo hospital where he has undergone several surgeries and many more will be required.

The Individual Motorcycle Club and Dennis Barton from the FM Crusaders Motorcycle Club have set up a benefit bike ride that will be held June 6, 2015 and begins in Jamestown. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Corner Bar. The cost for the bike ride is $20 per driver and $10 for a passenger, and will begin at noon at the Corner Bar in Jamestown.

The route will be to Courtenay, Glenfield, Hannaford, Dazey and Sanborn before returning to the Corner Bar in Jamestown. A hog roast, a pool tournament and a live and silent auction have also been planned for that day.

Donations for the bike ride can be mailed to FM Crusaders MC, PO Box 635, Jamestown, ND 58402.

For more information about the benefit bike ride, call Ry Walsh at 701-320-9267 or Dennis Barton 701-269-2556.

You can donate online at

Shawn Durfee’s Recovery Fund at GoFundMe.com

A benefit fund has also been set up at Unison Bank in Jamestown.

　

Jamestown (CSi) Activity is stepping up for the Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) after voters Tuesday approved the one percent sales tax to fund construction of the first phase.

The one percent sales tax will also likely go into effect on Jan. 1, 2016.

The city tax requires a change to Jamestown ordinances that needs two readings at City Council meetings.

The North Dakota Office of Tax Commissioner also requires three months lead time to implement a local tax.

Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department Director, Doug Hogan says,

the first move toward construction starts at the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Commission’s meeting on Monday, with a presentation from Interstate Engineering concerning the construction management process, putting together the specs for the project.

Hogan said no decisions on contractors or construction managers have been made, although he hoped they could work with local companies.

Converting the conceptual plan for TRAC to a detailed floor plan is one of the next steps.

The tax was approved by voters Tuesday with an unofficial 1,771 votes in favor to 1,178 opposed. The Jamestown City Council will serve as a canvassing board Monday to review the election and declare the results official.

 

Meanwhile, James River Family Fitness continues to operate. JRFF operations will transfer to TRAC when the facility is complete.

JRFF Executive Director, Frank Conlon says the facility may offer additional programing in the fall to make up for the lack of swimming programs. This may include youth weight training and possibly dodgeball, based on public interest.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County Commission approved officially notifying the Road Weight Enforcement Board that Stutsman County will terminate its involvement in the board either by the end of this year or sooner, depending on what board members want to do.

Tim Gillespie has served as the Road Weight Enforcement Board’s truck regulation enforcement officer.

Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser told the Stutsman County Commission that Gillespie was involved in a felony stop on U.S. Highway 281 south of Jamestown on May 20. Kaiser said he and Gillespie had a difference of opinion in how Gillespie conducted himself during the stop. After reading Gillespie’s report about the incident, Kaiser said he decided to terminate Gillespie’s authority in Stutsman County.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says hunter education classes are set for 2015.

North Dakota law requires anyone born after Dec. 31, 1961, to pass a certified hunter education course to hunt in the state.

Hunter education is mandatory for youth who are turning 12 years old. Children can take the class at age 11.

In Valley City, classes will be held June 15, 16, 18, 23 & 25 from 6pm to 9:30pm inside the Rhoades Science Center on the Valley City State University campus.

For more information call 845-3211 or 490-3211 or the North Dakota Game & Fish Department at 701-328-6615.

The Hunter Safety classes are sponsored by the Barnes County Wildlife Club.

Interested hunters can also sign up online at www.gf.nd.gov under the online services tab.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An Iowa man accused in an armed robbery at a downtown Fargo motel is facing two felony charges.
 
     Authorities on Friday identified the suspect as 30-year-old Eric Lee Webb of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is charged with robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon.
 
     Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd says Webb demanded money and fired a shot into the front desk of the Howard Johnson motel before he fled on foot. Webb was later injured when he exchanged gunfire with police.
 
     A preliminary investigation shows that officer Matthew Niemeyer fired two rounds at Webb, who remains in a Fargo hospital. Webb’s condition is not known. Niemeyer was not hurt.
 
     Todd says the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation will investigate the officer involved shooting.

 

 WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in West Fargo say head trauma is the likely cause of death for a six-month-old baby boy who was airlifted to Minneapolis this week after being found unresponsive at a home daycare.
 
     Owen Skodje (SKOE’-gee) of Fargo died at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis after he was on life support.
 
     Detective Tim Runcorn tells KFGO-AM that authorities don’t yet know the circumstances surrounding the boy’s injuries.
 
     The home daycare where the boy was found is run by Darcy Anderson, who doesn’t care for enough children to be licensed.
 
     Police were called to Anderson’s West Fargo daycare on Monday after receiving a report of a baby who wasn’t breathing. The daycare provider was performing CPR on the infant when officers arrived.
 
     Runcorn says police and Cass County Social Services are investigating.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks-based air ambulance company has filed a lawsuit to block a new North Dakota law that imposes more rules for operators.
 
     Valley Med Flight says in court documents that the law illegally “regulates the prices, routes and services” provided by air ambulance services.
 
     The lawsuit filed was filed Thursday against the state Health Department and North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency. The agencies had not responded to the lawsuit on Friday.
 
     The legislation says only air ambulance services that are listed with certain health care providers can qualify to be on a primary call list.
 
     The new law also requires that a hospital “make a reasonable effort” to inform a patient or their legal guardian of the fees for air ambulance services.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man is accused of illegally transporting two people from Wyoming to western North Dakota for purposes of engaging in prostitution.
 
     Garrell James is facing five federal charges, including coercion and enticement. Authorities say one of the counts involves a minor.
 
     James is also facing an illegal weapons charge because authorities say he possessed a gun while he was a fugitive.
 
     Court documents show that James was apprehended at a Dickinson motel on March 25.
 
     A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The city of Williston has taken another step toward building a new $250 million airport.
 
     The Williston Herald reports that the city has completed an environmental study and forwarded the report to the Federal Aviation Administration, which could approve it by August.
 
     The city wants to sell the existing 80-acre Sloulin Field International Airport and buy 1,500 acres northwest of the city for the Williston Basin International Airport, with hopes of opening it in 2017.
 
     With the oil boom in western North Dakota, traffic at Williston’s current airport is 10 times what it was built to handle. Regional jet service is now available from Williston to Minneapolis, Denver and Houston.

 

 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Authorities in Minnesota are filing criminal charges against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis over its handling of clergy sex abuse claims.
 
     Prosecutors in Ramsey County announced the charges Friday at a news conference in St. Paul. The charges name the archdiocese as a whole, and the six counts allege the archdiocese failed to protect children.
 
     The charges stem from the archdiocese’s handling of a case involving the Rev. Curtis Wehmeyer (WAY’-my-er). Church leaders were accused of failing to immediately report allegations of abuse by Wehmeyer, who pleaded guilty in 2012 to molesting two brothers and was sentenced to five years in prison.
 
     A spokesman for the archdiocese didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment on the charges.

 

In world and national news…

 NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal jury has found a former BP executive not guilty of making false statements to investigators in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Prosecutors said David Rainey, in the early days of the spill, manipulated calculations to match a far-too-low government estimate of the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf. Defense attorneys said Rainey’s figures were made honestly and he had no reason to lie about it when he first saw the government figures.
 
     LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – The Southern California port city of Long Beach has reopened a 4-mile stretch of beach that had been closed since midweek, when tar balls from an unknown source washed ashore. Cleanup crews scooped up about 55 gallons of the stuff from the beach and took samples for study. Possible sources include last month’s spill of thousands gallons of crude oil more than 100 miles to the northwest on the Santa Barbara County coast.
 
     SHERIDAN, Colo. (AP) – A police SUV that was swallowed by a big sinkhole near Denver has been removed. The hole opened up after a stormwater pipe broke under the road. The driver wasn’t seriously hurt. A storm system dropped so much hail on a Denver neighborhood that residents had to dig out the ice with shovels. The system also brought hail and tornadoes to other areas of northern Colorado. And the threat of severe weather continues.
 
     MARSEILLE, France (AP) – Families of the people who died in the crash of a Germanwings airliner into the French Alps are being told that they will start receiving bodies of the victims next week. Meanwhile, a state prosecutor says the co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately crashed the plane had been reaching out to dozens of doctors ahead of the disaster. It suggests that he was desperate to find an explanation for some mental or physical ailment, even as he researched ways of killing himself and others. 
 
     TORONTO (AP) – Canada is going to deport a Pakistani man who is accused of plotting to bomb the U.S. Consulate and other buildings in Toronto. Canada’s immigration board says the man (Jahanzeb Malik) can’t remain in Canada because he’s a security threat. Authorities say he’s a supporter of the Islamic State group. His lawyer says the Pakistani won’t challenge the deportation order.