Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jul 16

CSi Weather…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT THURSDAY…

* AT 433 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
WOODWORTH AND EDMUNDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING  IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
50 PERCENT, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS AROUND 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY  AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES AREA WIDE FRIDAY. THERE IS
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH ON SATURDAY. THEREAFTER…THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES DECREASE UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism, Grant/Executive Board approved a grant request from the Jamestown Civic Center/Star Bucking Bulls for the two day “Dual in the Dirt, Bull Riding Finals,” to be held in Jamestown November 20, 21, 2015.

Event organizer, Tony Wendell requested $9,500 to promote the event in media across the state, and direct mailing.

He pointed out that the event’s events total expenses are projected to be about $78,000 which includes large pay outs in order to attract top bull riding professionals in competition from around the United States.

Other funding comes from sponsors and rider entries.

He said about 100 production people will spend two days, and three nights in local lodging, along with the bull riders and others involved with the event.

The goal of Five Star Bucking Bulls is to utilize Jamestown, annually as the host city for the event, the a rodeo held mostly recently held last weekend in Sanborn.

The Board also approved the grant request made by the Fort Seward Reconstruction organization, for the Gatling Gun event, as part of the Encampment Day, on September 12, 2015. The total amount granted was $995 with $495 for expenses, and $500 for advertising.

In other business the Executive Advisory Board approved the 2016 budget of $480,355, an increase from $456,970 in 2015, a five percent over all budget increse.

Advertising and Marketing increased by 8.6 percent, overhead and payroll increases by 6.8 percent. Included in the 2016 is dollars for a new history brochure, and digital media costs.

The Board reviewed the Site Advisory requests for a total of $68,000.

Those include $20,000 for Frontier Village to construct a new Survey Exhibit building, along with a request for $20,000 for a proposed renovation and Children’s Room and the National Buffalo Museum, and $28,000 from the Jamestown Arts Center for 20 mosaic benches for the Arts Park. No action was taken by the board.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center has been announced as a recipient of a 2015 ArtPlace America Grant to assist in their Arts Park project.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi cable 2, Arts Center, Director, Cyndi Wish said a total of $240,000 will be granted to the Arts Center for their future plans from The ArtPlace America National Grants Program.

According to ArtPlace America, the downtown business corridor of Jamestown is adjusting to the economic impact of new big box stores. In an effort to draw interest and foot traffic to the downtown area, the Arts Park will provide an area for outdoor performance and a public art plaza near the downtown art center.

She pointed out that officials visited Jamestown in January this year.

After nearly 1,300 applications were singled down to 90, researches visited the 90 finalist across the U.S. to determine which projects should receive grant money. 38 total grants were issued this year across the nation. The Arts Center was the only arts program funded in North Dakota, this time.

Since 2011, the National Grants Program has invested in 189 projects across 122 communities of all sizes in 42 states and the District of Columbia.

Donations from the public toward the project continue to be welcomed.

She added that next week landscaping will start on the refurbishing of the Arts Park, expected to be completed by this fall. Next year the artistic aspect is expected to begin.

Mosaic benches may become a part of the park, as the Jamestown Site Advisory Committee has heard a request for 20 of the benches.

In other notes, Cyndi said Nashville recording artist Jessi Veeder will perform at the Arts Center on July 24, 2015, along with an author book signing.

She added that David Dobbs has been hired as the new Artist in Residence, to work with elementary school students.

Arts Center Highlights

Friday July 24, 2015, at 7:30-p.m., Nashville recording artist Jessie Veeder will perform at the Jamestown Arts Center. Veeder has been a symbol of folk music in Western North Dakota since she released her first album at sixteen years old. Her latest album blends rootsy instruments, poignant lyrics and powerful melodies rooted in Americana, blues, folk and country.

Tickets at the door: $15 / $10 for students and arts center members

More about Jessie Veeder. http://www.jamestownarts.com/veeder

Enter the Homemade Beer Contest at OKTOBERFEST 2015

Bring your entries to OKTOBERFEST on Saturday, September 12th at the Stutsman County fair grounds, Jamestown, ND. The contest will run from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The public will sample the brews and vote for their favorites. Contestant receives FREE ADMISSION to the beer gardens from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. (a $25 value). Prizes to be awarded directly after contest closes.

READERS THEATER

Tuesday, July 28, 7:00 pm

in the Hansen Arts Studio Classroom

Do you enjoy the drama of theater, but don’t like the spotlight? Then Reader’s Theater is for you! Join us for the reading of Black Coffee by Agatha Christie in July. This is a free community event. For more information, contact: Dina Laskowski at dlaskowsjc.edu mailto:dlaskowsjc.edu or 701-269-9111

ART CLASSES

Including photography, painting, and pottery.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The 4^th Annual JunKin CuZins junkyard, Junkyard Expo and Fleamarket is set for Saturday July 18, 2015, from 9-a.m., to 4-p.m., at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.

Debbie Clemens said there is no gate admission for the public.

She pointed out that JunKin CuZins is six local, talented ladies who like to re-purpose, upscale, and re-do unique items and furniture.

She said there will be lots of finished items as well as raw materials for others to re-finish.

The Fleamarket consists of 60 vendors, offering a variety of merchandise and goods. Vendors are local and come from as far away as Bemidji, Minnesota.

Last year between 500 and 700 people attended, and each year the attendance has been growing.

 

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – Sanford Health is set to open a new 1,900-square-foot clinic in the western North Dakota oil patch community of Watford City offering specialty care.

The Sanford Health Watford City Clinic with cardiology, podiatry and orthopedic specialists will begin seeing patients Aug. 11.

Physicians will travel from clinics in Bismarck and Dickinson to Watford City each month to care for patients.

The health system recently became the sports medical provider for the school district in Watford City, and as a result, a licensed athletic trainer will provide free sports injury screenings at the new facility.

Sanford Health last year promised a $1 million donation over the next decade to help fund a new hospital in the community. McKenzie County Healthcare Systems broke ground for the $60 million facility in June 2014.

 

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Renewable energy supporters say a proposed fee for Montana-Dakota Utilities customers who use their own wind or solar power is an attempt to stifle small-scale electricity generation.

The fee is built into a 21 percent rate increase that’s proposed for about 26,000 eastern Montana customers of the North Dakota-based utility.

MDU customer and Forsyth rancher Jean Dahlman said she’s considering solar power to offset the rate increase and doesn’t want to be unfairly penalized by the fee on renewable energy users.

MDU spokesman Mark Hanson says the fee is needed to cover the costs of providing on-demand service to customers when their self-generated power is insufficient.

State Public Service Commissioners have pledged a close review of the rate hike. A decision is due early next year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the state has been awarded $2.9 million to help residents with chronic conditions and disabilities transition from institutions back into their communities and homes.

The money comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and it’s part of the Medicaid Money Follows the Person program.

The program helps states rebalance Medicaid long-term care systems while also working to increase the use of home and community-based services.
 

STANLEY, N.D. (AP) – Officials have broken ground for a $27 million addition to the Mountrail County Courthouse in Stanley.

The ceremony was Tuesday – the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the courthouse.

The addition will have courtroom space and more office space for prosecutors, clerks, judges and law officers. Jail space also is being expanded from 12 cells to 40. The project also will include security upgrades.

Construction is expected to take a year and eight months.

 

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota hunters will be able to go after pronghorn in the Badlands for the second year in a row, after five years of not being allowed to hunt the animals commonly referred to as antelope.

They’ll also be allowed to bag more of the animals, in a wider area.

Pronghorn have been slowing rebounding after being decimated by three straight severe winters starting in 2008. Game and Fish Department Wildlife Chief Jeb Williams says recent mild winters have helped.

The state is making 410 licenses available in three hunting units this fall, up from 250 licenses in only one unit last year. Last year’s limited season was the first since 2009.

Only North Dakota residents can apply for a pronghorn license. The application deadline is Aug. 5.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. official says four Marines are dead after a shooting attack at two military facilities Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The official says the lone gunman involved in the attack was also killed.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – An Army recruiter in Chattanooga says he was at his office when someone opened fire Thursday, and he heard 30 to 50 shots. Sgt. 1st Class Robert Dodge works at the recruiting center where there are also offices for the Air Force, Navy and Marines. He says there was a single shot — and then, a few seconds later, additional rounds. Dodge says the personnel in the office put their “active shooter drill” into effect, and “waited until everything seemed to be clear.”

EL RENO, Okla. (AP) – President Barack Obama says the criminal justice system needs to distinguish between young people who make mistakes and those who are truly dangerous. Obama was speaking at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison for male offenders near Oklahoma City. It’s the first visit by a sitting president to a federal prison. Obama says some of the young prisoners he met with made mistakes that were not that different from those he made in his youth. He says the difference is they did not have the resources and support “to survive those mistakes.”

DOVER, N.H. (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing new incentives to encourage corporations to share profits with workers. Her plan is to give businesses that offer employees a share of profits a two-year tax credit equal to at least 15 percent of their profit-sharing payments. The plan would exclude high-income workers and firms where only a small percentage of employees benefit. Clinton’s campaign says it would cost tens of billions of dollars over 10 years, paid for through other savings.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senior Democrats are pushing back against an undercover government probe of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Investigators signed up bogus beneficiaries, then got their coverage renewed – with bigger taxpayer subsidies. Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden says the probe did not uncover any real-world fraud. But the audits chief for the Government Accountability Office says the investigation exposed real concerns.