Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jun 9

CSi Weather….

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY.  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS
IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS SATURDAY INTO  MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.  THIS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS  AND POSSIBLE HEAVY PRECIPITATION.

 

Valley City (CSi) At Tuesday’s Valley City Public School Public School District school board election to elect the At-Large position, voters, and have elected  Valley City resident Rich Schueneman

Unofficial results show that Schueneman got 305 votes with incumbant Rick  Ross receiving 170 votes for the 3 year term.

School district Business Manager Linda Heit says 475 ballots were cast including  51  absentee. She said there were no write-in votes cast in the 2015 election.

During the 2012 school board election Rick Ross received 1,415 votes compared to incumbent Sharon Buhr who got 997 when there was a countywide election.

Incumbent Rick Ross was seeking another term on the school board. Ross is near the end of his first 4-year term.

Ross is an assistant professor at Valley City State University in the Division of Business & Information Technology Department.

He was challenged by Valley City resident Rich Schueneman is on the ballot for the At-Large position now held by Ross. Schueneman is the Bald Hill Dam Resource Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and previously served as a Valley City Commissioner  from 1996 to 2002.

 

Carrington (CSi) Bird spotters from around the country are joining local residents at the 13th Annual Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival June 10-14 in Carrington.

The festival is expecting 60 visitors to join the locals.

In Carrington there will be seminars and social events with guided bus tours to include Birds of the Drift Prairie, Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge and Hawks Nest Ridge, Horsehead Lake Kidder County, Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Stutsman County.

There will be expert guides to instruct the watchers on what to look for, and scout the best sites ahead of time, allowing birders more time to view and listen.

Birders are on the bus at 5 a.m. to make sure they are out when they can hear the birds singing their morning songs at sunrise.

The festival coordinates with the American Birding Association and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It is not a birding competition event but does attract serious birders.

The fee is $395 for full registration or $135 per day. The festival is supported by Jamestown Tourism, Carrington Community Development, Convention and Visitors Bureau. For information call (888) 921-2473, email infobirdingdrives.com mailto:infobirdingdrives.com or visit www.birdingdrivesdakota.com.

Jamestown (CSi) The Fort Seward Wagon Train’s trek this year will head out for its six day round trip June 21^st going through the 27th. A send off will be held on Monday morning June 22nd at Fort Seward.

The wagon train is accepting family members and individuals to join.

To sign up for a spot on this year’s ride, go to Fort Seward WagonTrain.com or call 701-486-3354 for more information.

It’s not required to own or ride a horse to participate.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Downtown Association has announced a brand new Event for First Avenue. ‘Rods and Hogs,’ will take place on Saturday June 27th starting at Noon.

Pending approval from the ND DOT, the streets will be blocked off at 6 am that Saturday with set up of Classic Cars, Motorcycles, Mud Runners, Go Karts, Race Cars, Drag Racers and more starting at 10:30 am.

There will be a $500 prize for Best Car, sponsored by Kleins Collision Center of Jamestown. And a $500 prize for Best Club Participation has been secured thanks to

First Community Credit Union. Another $500 prize for Best Bike is pending on a sponsor.

There will be food, a fishing game for the kids, possibly some sidewalk sales, and a street dance to Fully Loaded starting at 8 at the Corner Bar.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Park Board will hear a formal presentation from Interstate Engineering on having the Jamestown-based company provide construction management for the Two Rivers Activity Center.

Interstate Engineering’s Travis Dillman, and Daren Peterka have discussed with the Park Board, about the construction management services the company could provide if the commission chooses to hire the firm.

Parks and Recreation Director, Doug  Hogan said the Park Board, will not seek bids, but could invite different firms to give presentations.

The Park Board has reviewed information from American City Bureau Inc., of West Dundee, Illinois, on possible costs for having the company lead a capital fundraising campaign that would pay for the second phase of TRAC, which will only be built if the funds are raised in the community, and would bring the center’s total cost to $40 million. Options include the company providing staff and guidance with costs ranging from $216,000 to $312,000 paid over a two-year period.

The one percent City Sales Tax approve by voters, June 2^nd will providing funding for the first phase, costing $28.6 million. The first phase includes an indoor water recreation area, fitness center, child care area, three multisport courts, an elevated running/walking track and indoor turf field.

Jamestown  (CSi) There will be a boat safety class at the Lakeside Marina at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

The Jamestown Parks Program will be attending the 10:00 a.m. session. This class is free and open to the public. Parents are responsible for transportation to and from the Reservoir.

There will be no supervised Parks Program activities at Meidinger Park, Nickeus Park, McElroy Park, or Leapaldt Park that morning.

The parks will re-open at 1:00. For more information, contact the Jamestown Parks and Recreation office at 252-3982.

 

BLANCHARD, N.D. (AP) – Four people are dead in what authorities believe is a case of carbon monoxide poisoning in a rural home in Traill County.

The Sheriff’s Office says emergency responders rescued four other people from the home near Blanchard late Sunday.

Capt. Tony Ernst says local and state investigators believe that a propane-fueled water heater being used with a swimming pool was improperly vented and caused the deadly carbon monoxide gas to build up inside the home. No foul play is suspected.

Dead are 53-year-old homeowner Ross Matejcek, 27-year-old Ricky Fisher of Blanchard, 24-year-old Margaret Fisher of Portland, and 6-year-old Jabin Newmes of Portland.

Forty-five year-old Bonnie Fisher of Blanchard and three children were rescued from the home and taken to hospitals in Hillsboro and Fargo. Fisher is listed in good condition.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A woman accused of leaving her two young daughters to die in an unheated car during a frigid winter day on an American Indian reservation in North Dakota is admitting guilt.

Twenty-five-year-old Michelle Wounded Face has signed a plea deal with prosecutors that will put her in prison for up to 10 years. She’s to be sentenced Sept. 2.

Wounded Face is accused of abandoning her daughters in a car for more than three hours on Jan. 3, in bitter cold. They survived.

Wounded Face told an FBI agent she’d left the children to die, and authorities said she exhibited odd behavior, including claiming to be the daughter of gods. She’d planned to rely on an insanity defense, but a mental health examination concluded she was competent to stand trial.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The former Dickinson Trinity High School principal who was blamed for setting fire to the school until a judge threw out the charges has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of bullying and intimidation.

Thomas Sander is suing the city of Dickinson, three police detectives and unnamed law enforcement officials. Sander says he was coerced into making a confession after he was denied food, water and sleep. He says he was not allowed to use the bathroom during his interrogation.

In addition, Sander says police worked for five months to prosecute and convict him even though evidence showed that someone else started the fire.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

Matthew Kolling, the city attorney for Dickinson, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley is retiring effective Jan. 14.

Kelley has led the Grand Forks university since July 2008. He’s only the 11th president in UND history, which dates to 1884.

Kelley says he’s been contemplating retirement for “some time” and feels now is the right time. He didn’t elaborate.

Interim University System Chancellor Larry Skogen says Kelley has overseen growth in areas such as enrollment, research, and both the medical school and law school. He also is overseeing the transition to a new nickname, after the abolition of “Fighting Sioux.”

The Student Senate earlier this year weighed a vote of no-confidence in Kelley and three other top administrators, accusing them of not being open about tuition proposals. Administrators and student leaders eventually pledged to strengthen communication.
In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Reporters have returned to the White House briefing room, which had been evacuated for about 20 minutes amid security concerns. Secret Service officers interrupted a live, televised press briefing with the White House press secretary Tuesday and evacuated the room. The White House says there had been a telephoned bomb threat. Reporters were escorted to a driveway separating the West Wing from the neighboring office building.

WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) – State and federal law enforcement officers are conducting a ground and aerial search in a rural area 30 miles southeast of the northern New York prison where two murderers escaped. A town supervisor in Willsboro says residents reported seeing a couple of men walking in the town Monday night during a driving rainstorm. He said the men headed off into farm fields and the residents called police.

CHICAGO (AP) – Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is at a federal court in Chicago for his first appearance in a hush-money case. Hastert, accompanied by at least one of his lawyers, was seen walking into an elevator more than an hour before the hearing. A judge will hear Hastert’s plea and is expected to set bail. An indictment accuses him of paying $3.5 million to keep someone from revealing a secret about past misconduct.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says his family is now on board if he decides to run for president in 2016. Christie spoke Tuesday morning at a New Hampshire college. He says his wife and kids are now completely supportive if he chooses to run for the Republican nomination and the decision is now down to whether he really wants to do it. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is expected to jump into the race Monday and many others already have. Christie says he’ll make up his mind later this month and announce his decision shortly after that.

HONOLULU (AP) – NASA says a parachute inflated during a test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft on Mars, but it then disintegrated immediately afterward. A NASA official says the parachute appeared to rupture after it deployed. He says the agency will study why that happened and make changes to develop a parachute that won’t fail. Monday’s test off the Hawaiian island of Kauai was investigating technology designed to slow down a large landing vehicle falling through the atmosphere at supersonic speeds.