Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 20

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 15 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.THANKSGIVING DAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN…SNOW AND SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
BREEZY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.FRIDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15. HIGHS
15 TO 20.

 

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN AND

CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THANKSGIVING

MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE FORM IF FREEZING

RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW ALONG WITH COLDER AIR AND GUSTY

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT

THURSDAY POSSIBLY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

 

SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY ACROSS

NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA…ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. HOWEVER MUCH

UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS. HOLIDAY

TRAVELERS AND SHOPPERS WILL WANT TO CHECK IN FREQUENTLY FOR

UPDATES.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 20, 2012) — The Barnes County Commission Tuesday, learned that Valley City officials threatens Barnes County with a lawsuit for possible breach of their 9-1-1 contract with the city.

That’s if the county takes control before the existing contract expires in July of 2013.

At the Barnes County Commission meeting, Valley City Administrator, David Schelkoph said the city has concerns about pushing the transition through before the January 1, 2013, deadline.

Valley City commissioner Mary Lee Nielsen said more time is needed to ease the transition.

Barnes County State’s Attorney Lee Grossman has advised the county commission to delay the transition until the contract expires in July, 2013.

Barnes County Commissioner Jon Froehlich feels the move is ill advised and will be costly for the county.

There was no official motion to delay the January 1, 2013, transition date at Tuesday’s Barnes County Commission meeting.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 21, 2012) — The Main Street Association invites the community to the City Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 at 5:00 p.m., at the Jamestown Civic Center.

Church members from Victory Lutheran Brethern Church will be in charge of the program with Pastor Shawn Bowman speaking and musicians from Victory providing the music.

Cookies and refreshments will be provided, courtesy of the Corey Bayer familyand the Jamestown Civic Center. The tree lighting will be promptly at 5:30p.m. The public is invited to participate in the event.

　

The tree was transported last Thursday morning and placed at it’s outdoor location on the west side of the Civic Center by the Jamestown Street Department.

It’s a 73 year old tree.

It is 53 feet tall and 5 feet 6 inches around, 21.2 inches in diameter and weighs about 8,000 pounds.

When lowered in the hole, the tree stands about 43 feet high.

The lights were put on with the assistance of the Jamestown City Fire Department bucket truck.

The tree’s transportation and crane were donated by Schebenske and Sons of Jamestown.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 19, 2012) — The Jamestown Public School Board Monday, discussed proposed changes to athletics.

The cost of the initial proposal is $70,000.

Superintendent Robert Toso introduced a proposal for chain of command organizational chart among administrators and coaches while creating a system to vertically articulate athletics from the middle school to the high school.

An organizational chart was adopted by the school board in March.

With the proposed changes, the school district would move activities director Jim Roaldson to the district office, and hire another secretary for him located at the district office.

The plan would also give a current teacher additional prep periods to cover athletic direction at the high school, and establish a vertical articulation summer project.

Proposed changes includes running all athletics through the director, who would report to administration at the three education levels, the Superintendent and finally the School Board.

Toso told the school board members, that the administration doesn’t feel comfortable having Mark Stilwell, assistant principal and activities director at the middle school, report to Roaldson, as the adopted organizational chart designated.

School Board member, Gail Martin said she doesn’t feel comfortable in spending $70,000, however, pieces of the proposal, “make sense.”

Toso said he did not expect any action by the school board at Monday evening’s meeting.

He pointed out that this is a first proposal, and more input will be needed.

 

A standing committee will work with the coach’s council and bring discussion back to the board.

The meeting was recorded by CSi and is playing on CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL.

　

Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — A Public Input Meeting will be held on December 4, 2012 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown, to discuss possible wetland mitigation sites in Kidder and Stutsman Counties as well as the surrounding area.

The Public Input Meeting will utilize an open house format with a formal presentation at 6 p.m.

These projects consist of developing wetland mitigation sites to accommodate transportation projects by providing an avenue to offset wetland impacts resulting from area highway projects.

NDDOT Environmental and Transportation Services staff will be present.

The Public Input Meeting will utilize an open house format with a formal presentation at 6 p.m.

If unable to attend the Public Input Meeting, written statements or comments must be mailed by December 18, 2012 to: Sheri Lares, Environmental Section Leader; NDDOT Central Office; 608 E. Blvd. Ave., Bismarck, ND 58505-0700; or email at slares@nd.gov with “Public Input Meeting” in the e-mail subject heading.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will consider every request for reasonable accommodation to provide:

· an accessible meeting facility or other accommodation for people with disabilities,

· language interpretation for people with limited English proficiency (LEP), and

· translations of written material necessary to access NDDOT programs and information.

To request accommodations, contact E. Diane Laub, Civil Rights Division, NDDOT at 701-328-2576 or civilrights@nd.gov. TTY users may use Relay North Dakota at 711 or 1-800-366-6888.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A prosecutor says a Fargo surgeon accused of
drugging and raping his wife showed “extreme indifference to the
value of human life.”
     Dr. Jon Norberg is charged with gross sexual imposition and
reckless endangerment. He’s accused of injecting Alonna Norberg
with an anesthetic and having sex with her against her will.
     Prosecutor Gary Euren (yur-REEN’) told jurors in his closing
argument Tuesday that Alonna Norberg was unconscious and did not
have the ability to give consent.
     Said Euren, “It’s about Alonna Norberg being drugged with
propofol and Dr. Jon Norberg having sexual intercourse with her in
various forms. That’s the case.”
     Defense attorney Robert Hoy said in his closing there’s no
evidence to support allegations and Alonna Norberg is not credible.
     Said Hoy to jurors, “Do you believe Alonna Norberg?”

 

 NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – A man who killed himself with a knife in
front of law enforcement officers and has been called a “person of
interest” in the slayings of a New Town woman and three of her
grandchildren has been identified.
     Mountrail County Sheriff Ken Halvorson identified the man as
21-year-old Kalcie Eagle of New Town. Halvorson says Eagle killed
himself in front of a deputy and a highway patrolman on Sunday
night in Parshall.
     Halvorson says authorities are still trying to determine what
role – if any- Eagle played in the shooting deaths Sunday of
64-year-old Martha Johnson and three of her grandchildren.
     FBI spokesman Kyle Loven declined comment, citing the ongoing
investigation.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The director of the North Dakota
Department of Transportation is retiring at the end of the month.

     Francis Ziegler has worked for the department for 42 years. He
was appointed director of the agency in 2006.
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple has appointed Deputy Director Grant Levi to
serve as interim director when Ziegler steps down. Levi will serve
in the role through the 2013 Legislature.
     The DOT employs more than 1,000 people and has a two-year budget
of about $1.7 billion.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol plans
stepped-up traffic enforcement and a radio safety campaign over the
holidays.
     Patrol Col. James Prochniak (PRAWK’-nee-ak) says the radio
campaign will focus safety messages on the slogan, “The Choice is
Yours.” The Bismarck Tribune reports the North Dakota Safety
Council also is launching a program called “A Slippery Slope” to
teach people how to drive in winter conditions. The booming western
oil patch is drawing people from across the country.
The Patrol on Wednesday plans to have all of its units out on the roads – nearly 150 vehicles.

The day before Thanksgiving is a heavy travel day.
     As of Monday, 146 people had died on North Dakota roads this
year – just two fewer than 2011’s final tally.

 

 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire’s insurance commissioner says
the state is one of six that’s entered into a settlement with John
Hancock Life and Health Insurance Co. over unpaid life insurance
benefits, the latest in a string of settlements with state
regulators.
     Roger Sevigny said New Hampshire, California, Illinois,
Michigan, North Dakota and Pennsylvania investigated John Hancock’s
retention of benefits that should’ve been paid to beneficiaries. He
said it’s expected that “many millions of dollars more per year”
will go to consumers.
     Sevigny said John Hancock selectively used the Social Security
Administration’s Death Master File database to end benefits
payments, but didn’t use it to find deceased policyholders or their
beneficiaries.
     The company also agreed to pay $13.3 million to the six states.
     AIG, Prudential, MetLife, Nationwide reached have reached
similar settlements.
     
     
In sports..

     
     FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State head football coach Craig
Bohl is among 20 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, given to
the national coach of the year in the NCAA’s Football Championship
Subdivision.
     Bohl’s Bison are the defending national champions and the
top-ranked team heading into this year’s playoffs.
     The winner of the award will be announced Dec. 17 at the FCS
Awards Banquet in Philadelphia.
    

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Danica Patrick said Tuesday she and her husband are divorcing after seven years of marriage.
     Patrick announced the split with Paul Hospenthal on her Facebook page. She said the two have amicably decided to end their marriage.
     Hospenthal is a physical therapist who met Patrick while
treating her for a non-racing injury. The two were married in 2005,
and he is 17 years older than the 30-year-old NASCAR driver.
     Patrick just completed her first full season in NASCAR, running
the full Nationwide schedule and 10 Sprint Cup Series races.
     She finished 10th in Nationwide points, becoming the
highest-finishing female driver in the history of NASCAR’s three
national series.

The previous record was held by Sara Christian, who finished 13th in 1949 in the Cup series.

 

In world and national news…

 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Although a senior Hamas official
says a cease-fire deal could come  Tuesday night, Israel is saying only
that “intensive efforts” are under way to end the fighting with
militants in Gaza. Israeli media are quoting the country’s defense
minister as saying Israel wants a 24-hour test period of no rocket
fire, to see if Hamas is able to enforce a truce.
     
     GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel is intensifying its attacks
on the Gaza Strip in what may be a last burst of fire ahead of a
cease-fire ending its weeklong offensive in the Palestinian
territory. Heavy bursts of fire from tanks in southern Israel and
gunboats off Gaza’s coast could be heard late Tuesday. Since last
Wednesday, more than 130 Palestinians have been killed, including
more than 50 civilians. Four Israelis have died, including a
soldiers who was struck by rocket fire Tuesday.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – A warning from Ben Bernanke about the “fiscal
cliff” was  helping to keep stocks lower Tuesday. In a speech to the
Economic Club of New York, the Fed chairman urged Congress to take
action to avoid the steep spending cuts and tax increases scheduled
to take effect on the first of the year. He said the economic
damage could be something the Fed couldn’t remedy.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – A 24-year-old college student is accusing the
puppeteer for “Elmo” on “Sesame Street” of sexually abusing him
when he was 15. A lawsuit filed in New York accuses Kevin Clash of
the abuse over a two-week period. Clash resigned Tuesday,
from “Sesame Street” after 28 years. He’d earlier faced another
allegation that he h ad sex with an underage boy — but that
accuser recanted. The attorney for the latest accuser says he’s
been contacted by two other potential victims.
     
     HOUSTON (AP) – The great-grandmother of a child who died in a
Houston day care fire is taking no satisfaction from the 80-year
prison sentence handed down Tuesday for the day care operator. Patty
Sparks says, “Nobody wins in this situation.” She says her
“heart goes out to” the family of Jessica Tata (TAH’-tah), the
woman who was sentenced today, and also to the parents of the four
children who died in the fire.