– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 19

CSI Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
80S. LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

A WARM UP INTO FRIDAY IN THE 80S AND 90S BEFORE A WEEKEND COOL DOWN…AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY..SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY..

WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY…WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

THEN A RETURN TO
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

THE JAMESTOWN NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS OFF THE AIR
TODAY…WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19TH…AS EQUIPMENT IS TRANSFERED TO A
NEW BUILDING AT THE TRANSMITTER SITE. THE STATION WILL LIKELY NOT
RETURN TO SERVICE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center reports that The Dinner Theater production of Beyond Therapy (scheduled for this weekend) has been cancelled.

One of the lead actors has had a death in the family and has to travel out of state for the funeral.

The show must go on! The show is rescheduled for:
September 10 and 11, 2015 at 7:00 pm. This will be theater only, no dinner will be served. Tickets now are $15 or $10 for arts center members.
The Arts Center will be contacting people who have already purchased tickets to offer a refund or gift certificate toward the next show. If you purchased tickets and haven’t heard from us, please contact the office at 701-251-2496.

Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services is sponsoring the 2^nd Biennial North Dakota Search & Rescue Conference, October 9-10, 2015. This conference will provide valuable training & insights from Federal, State, Local, & Private Industry experts on three of the main domains of SAR – Urban, Land, & Water.

Highlights include:

Pete Bakersky, FEMA Region VIII Urban Search and Rescue Team
Dr. Heidi Lako-Adamson, Sanford Health & FM Ambulance
Lifeguard Systems Rapid Deployment Dive Team Course
Wide Area Search & Rescue course provided by Fargo and Grand Forks Fire Depts.
Reading and Interpreting SONAR
Line Search Techniques
Bank 5 & Radio Communications

The conference will be held from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm each day at the Quality Inn, 507 25^th St. SW, Jamestown, ND, (701)252-3611.

For those interested in attending, a block of rooms is being held until September 9, 2015.

ND Department of Emergency Services will reimburse appropriate candidates who travel greater than 50 miles and live or work in North Dakota, for lodging and meal per diem at current state rates.

To ensure a seat reservation, register early.

For more information, visit http://www.nd.gov/des/events/ or contact:

Brenda Vossler (701)328-8106 blvossler@nd.gov

Larry Regorrah (701)328-8264 lregorrah@nd.gov

Update…

ALICE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a Fargo man who died after losing control of an empty gravel hauler on a Cass County road.

The Highway Patrol says 58-year-old Carlos Torres died Tuesday morning in the crash about 2 miles south of the town of Alice.

Authorities say the vehicle he was driving slid sideways on a curve and overturned on the road, coming to rest upside down in the ditch. Torres was found partially ejected underneath the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

MANVEL, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks woman involved in a head-on collision on Interstate 29 in northeastern North Dakota over the weekend has died of her injuries.

     The Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Rebecca Wright was driving a Jeep north in the southbound lanes of the interstate and collided head-on with a semitrailer. The semi then crossed into the northbound lanes and struck another semitrailer.

     The Jeep caught fire after the crash that happened shortly before 12:30 a.m. Saturday north of Manvel. Wright was taken to a hospital in Grand Forks. The patrol on Wednesday said she had died.

     No one in the semis was hurt. The interstate was closed for several hours while the roadway was cleared.

STANLEY, N.D. (AP) – An 11-year-old child from Lignite is recovering in a Minneapolis hospital after losing control of a tractor in northwestern North Dakota’s Burke County.

The Highway Patrol says the child was reaching to shift the tractor into another gear and lost control Monday night. The tractor rolled into the ditch off a rural dirt road and pinned the child beneath.

The patrol says the child suffered severe injuries but is recovering. Authorities did not identify the child.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have released a description of the hat worn by a man believed to have robbed two North Dakota banks within about five hours on Friday.

     The suspect was wearing an orange-and-brown baseball cap with flames, a picture of an oil well and the word “roustabout.”

     Stanley Police Chief Kris Halvorson says he hopes releasing the description of the hat might generate some tips from the public.

     Police have not said how much money was taken from the BNC National Bank in Stanley on Friday morning and Dacotah Bank in Minot on Friday afternoon. The cities are about 55 miles apart on U.S. Highway 2.

     No injuries were reported in either robbery.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo man says he wants voters to decide if medical marijuana should be legal in North Dakota.

     Ray Morgan says he has formed a 25-member committee that will submit an initiative to the secretary of state for approval so they can collect petition signatures. Morgan says he hopes the initiative will appear on the November 2016 ballot.

     North Dakota’s Republican-led House rejected a bipartisan measure this year to legalize medical marijuana, citing concerns about public safety and the burden on law enforcement.

     North Dakota allows residents to put proposed state laws and constitutional amendments directly to a vote if the initiative’s backers can gather enough support.

     Morgan says it gives him hope that medical marijuana is legal in about two dozen other states.

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has appointed Bismarck attorney and judicial referee John Grinsteiner to a newly created judgeship in the South Central Judicial District Court.

     Grinsteiner will start the job based in Mandan in about two weeks.

     Grinsteiner has served as a judicial referee for the South Central district since 2003, presiding over formal hearings and court cases involving juveniles. He also has managed cases involving child support, protection orders and other magistrate duties. Grinsteiner also has presided over the Bismarck Juvenile Drug Court since 2007.

     Grinsteiner is a Bismarck native. He graduated from the University of North Dakota’s law school in 1998.

     He was among four finalists chosen by a committee tasked with screening candidates for the Mandan-based judgeship.

KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) – Construction is beginning on a $30 million bypass to route truck traffic around the oil patch town of Killdeer.

     Ground was broken for the project on Tuesday and work was beginning Wednesday on the project that will move traffic around the west side of the community, connecting state Highways 200 and 22.

     Bypasses are becoming a common solution for oil patch communities to divert all but local traffic. Other cities with bypasses or planned projects include Williston, Watford City, Alexander, Dickinson and New Town.

     The Killdeer project includes two roundabouts, which are circular intersections without traffic lights or stop signs in which traffic flows in only one direction.

     State Transportation Director Grant Levi says roundabouts are a more efficient way to move traffic.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Park district officials in Fargo will be getting some advice from the Humane Society of the United States about how to handle beavers that are chopping down and killing trees along the Red River.

     Dave Pauli with the Humane Society says he has worked on similar problems for three decades and may have some options for city officials when he visits Fargo next week.

     Pauli says a solution is “always complicated.”

     The Fargo Park District caused an uproar in April when it announced its plans to trap and kill the beavers. Some residents even started an online petition to convince officials to alter their plans.

     Dave Leker with the park district says officials would be willing to test control methods at two parks to see which works best.

In sports…

Valley City (CSi) Valley City State University has announced that Michael Mook has been hired as head softball coach.

A former assistant at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., Mook replaces Elle Fracker, who recently accepted a head coaching job at Fort Lewis College in Colorado.

VCSU Athletic Director Jack Denholm says, “We’re excited to have Michael take over our softball program. He brings a wealth of college softball experience and success, and he should be a great fit at the university.”

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot parks officials early next month will open bids for a proposed third sheet of ice in Maysa Arena.

     Parks Director Ron Merritt tells the Minot Daily News that if bids are reasonable, the expansion project could begin this fall. That would mean the third rink would be available for hockey in the fall of 2016.

     The third rink would have seating for about 2,000 people and standing room for another 300. There also would be a walking area, locker rooms and concessions.

     Fundraising has been ongoing the past few years for the project. The cost is estimated at $11.2 million, with the park district paying about $2.75 million.

  NEW YORK (AP) – Rookie Greg Bird hit a pair of soaring two-run drives for his first major league homers, supporting an overpowering effort by Nathan Eovaldi and leading the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

     Eovaldi (13-2) did not allow a baserunner until Chris Hermann singled with one out in the sixth. Topping 100 mph on the scoreboard radar a handful of times, Eovaldi was touched for three runs in the inning when he lost command of his secondary pitches.

     In seven electric innings, Eovaldi gave up four hits and struck out eight. He walked three in improving to 8-0 in his last 11 starts since June 20.

     Dellin Betances pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save – first since July 1 – for the AL East leaders, winners of six of seven.

In world and national news…

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended the detention order of a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner, releasing him while he receives medical care. The court says that Mohammed Allan, on a hunger strike for 65 days, will remain hospitalized but that his shackles will be removed and his family can visit him.

     VIENNA (AP) – A secret side agreement with Iran is bound to anger critics of the main Iran nuclear deal. In an unusual arrangement, Iran will be allowed to use its own experts to inspect a site it allegedly used to develop nuclear arms instead of the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work. That’s according to the document seen by The Associated Press.

     INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The family of Jared Fogle says it’s “shocked and profoundly disappointed” by the former Subway pitchman’s behavior, but grateful that he is accepting responsibility. Fogle appeared in a federal courtroom in Indianapolis, where he agreed to plead guilty at a later date to child sex and child pornography charges. Fogle’s wife issued a separate statement saying she’s seeking a divorce.

     SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) – In Seffner, Florida, a 17-foot-wide and 20-foot-deep sinkhole has formed in exactly the same place where a sleeping man was swallowed by the earth two years ago. His body was never recovered. Officials say it’s likely the hole opened because of recent rains and that such activity isn’t uncommon.

     RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey woman has used her obituary to make a final request to friends and family: Please don’t vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. Elaine Fydrych’s husband says his wife was a registered Democrat and not “a political person,” but says she grew disenchanted with Clinton over the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi.