Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2

Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. HIGHS IN THE 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

 

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

EVENING… INTO WEDNESDAY THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME TO BE SEVERE.

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Special Olympics North Dakota will host the “Play Unified to Live Unified” community party from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday August 18, 2015, at McElroy Park, Sertoma Shelter, in Jamestown.

The community party will provide an opportunity to celebrate with Special Olympics North Dakota, meet local Special Olympics champions, and learn more about the opportunities people have to become involved as an athlete or volunteer.

The evening includes a celebration of Special Olympics Unified Sports with a unified soccer experience, combining Special Olympics athletes and members of the University of Jamestown men’s and women’s soccer teams, as they lead a soccer circuit training. This training will be completely inclusive and is open to all members of the community to participate.

In addition to the soccer circuit training, Special Olympics athletes and volunteers will be at the Sertoma Shelter in McElroy Park to visit with people about Special Olympics. The public is invited to attend.

For more information about Special Olympics North Dakota or how to be a part of this event, call (701) 746-0331 or visit www.specialolympicsnorthdakota.org.

 

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City commission approved OpenGov.com will be available this week. City Commissioner Madeline Luke explained that the program keeps track of expenses in nearly every city department, as the company provides a software program that posts city expenses online.

The city commission unanimously approved purchasing software and implementing the program at the August 4th City Commission meetin.

The cost of OpenGov.com is $9,000 annually for the first two years. City Auditor Avis Richter says the city commission has the option of renewing or dropping the program annually or with a 30 day notice.

 

Jamestown (CSi) For the fifth time since 2011, Kiwanis is coordinating a Kids Against Hunger event in Jamestown.

Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor as well as many community contributions, Kiwanis will again work with the Aberdeen, S.D., branch of Kids Against Hunger to package the meals at James River Valley Fitness (former YMCA) in Jamestown. More than 400 volunteers are needed to help package meals, or about 200 for each shift. 

The meal-packaging event set for November 14, 2015  at UJ’s Larson Center.

Marketing Manager for First Community Credit Union and past-president of Jamestown Kiwanis, Janna Bergstedt, says “With the help of our generous donors, our goal is to raise $50,000. Last year, we raised $40,000. Extra money means extra meals for hungry children at home and abroad.”

The two shifts are: 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. At prior events, volunteers attended in groups from churches, schools, service clubs and families including but not limited to Litchville-Marion, Devils Lake, Medina and Steele youth groups, church groups from St. Paul’s United Methodist, Atonement Lutheran, Church of Latter Day Saints, Immanuel Lutheran and St. James Basilica as well as sports teams from the University of Jamestown.

Kids Against Hunger packages and sends meals consisting of vegetables, vitamins, rice and soy for starving children in the U.S. and abroad. Meal recipients need only to add water and boil the dried ingredients for 20 minutes. Meals are distributed internationally as well as locally through Great Plains Food Bank.

Jamestown raised $23,000 for its first Kids Against Hunger event in April 2011, packaging 100,000 meals. It again raised $25,000 in October 2011, matching a $25,000 gift from the anonymous donor. With the help of multiple anonymous donors, Kiwanis raised $30,000 in 2013 and $40,000 in 2014.

For more information about Jamestown’s Kids Against Hunger event, to donate to the cause or to volunteer email JamestownKiwanis@gmail.com, call 701-251-2237, or visit the  Facebook page 　

 

UNDERWOOD, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says charges are pending against a 14-year-old girl who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that rolled and caused the death of a woman.
 
     Authorities on Monday said the girl lost control of a sport utility vehicle Tuesday while traveling on a gravel road four miles west of Underwood. Authorities say the Underwood girl was driving too fast when she caused the vehicle to enter the ditch and roll.
 
     The Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old girl and 33-year-old Randi Backer, both of Underwood, were not wearing seatbelts and were ejected from the vehicle during the incident.  Authorities say Backer died Wednesday at a Fargo hospital from injuries sustained in the crash.
 
     The Highway Patrol says alcohol was found at the scene of the incident.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Minot-based Central Power Electric Cooperative is getting a $46 million federal loan for infrastructure improvements.
 
     The money is through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service. The Minot-based co-op will use it to build 51 miles of transmission line and make improvements to its distribution system.
 
     Central Power serves more than 56,000 customers in 25 counties. The co-op last year got a loan guarantee of more than $29 million through USDA for work to improve rural electric service.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel was back in his native state over the weekend shooting a North Dakota tourism video.
 
     The Minot native was in Fargo on Sunday night, shooting part of the video outside the historic Fargo Theater. Cheerleaders from North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota also were part of the shoot.
 
     State tourism officials say the promotional campaign will be rolled out early next year.
 
     Duhamel is perhaps best known for his work in the “Transformers” movies.

 

In sports…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Vikings right tackle Phil Loadholt’s season is over because of a torn left Achilles tendon.
 
     Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner confirmed on Monday the fears the team had after Saturday night’s preseason game. Loadholt was injured early in the first quarter game against Tampa Bay and an MRI exam showed the extent of the damage.
 
     It’s a big loss for the Vikings, who enter the season with hopes of making a playoff run. Loadholt has been the starter for all six of his seasons in Minnesota, though a pectoral injury ended his season early last year.
 
     Turner says the team will turn to rookie T.J. Clemmings, a fourth-round draft pick out of Pittsburgh.

 

 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The NFL and University of Minnesota have won the latest round in a legal fight over the ability of off-duty officers to carry handguns at Minnesota Vikings games.
 
     The state Court of Appeals on Monday overturned a ruling giving all officers the right to be armed despite objections of the league and university, where the Vikings are playing until a new stadium opens. NFL policy bans guns for all but working officers and security personnel.
 
     A Hennepin County district judge decided previously that Minnesota’s Personal Protection Act limited the power of private establishments to prohibit handguns for off-duty officers.
 
     The new ruling is confined to which laws apply in the dispute, not whether guns should be allowed at TCF Bank stadium. The decision sends the case back to district court.

 

  CHICAGO (AP) – The National Labor Relations Board has blocked Northwestern University football players from forming the nation’s first college athletes’ union. In a unanimous decision, the NLRB said the prospect of having both union and nonunion teams could lead to different standards at different schools and create competitive imbalances.

 

In world and national news….

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – For the first time in more than two decades, Royal Dutch Shell will be allowed to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast. The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement approved the permit to drill below the ocean floor after the oil giant brought in a required piece of equipment to stop a possible well blowout.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – It turns out a computer breach at the IRS in which thieves stole tax information from thousands of taxpayers is much bigger than originally disclosed. The IRS says an additional 220,000 potential victims had information stolen from a website as part of a scheme to claim fraudulent tax refunds. The revelation more than doubles the total number of potential victims to 334,000.
 
 
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A short, sharp earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday, breaking picture frames and cracking plaster. No reports of injuries or major damage. The magnitude-4.0 quake was centered just north of Piedmont, near Berkeley. The shallow quake produced a sharp jolt followed by gentle rolls.
 
     HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – Authorities say a man known for visiting hospitalized children dressed as Batman died in a crash on a Maryland highway after his Batmobile had engine trouble. Police say 51-year-old Leonard Robinson was checking the engine while standing in the fast lane of an Interstate Sunday night when the car was hit by a Toyota Camry. The other driver wasn’t hurt.