Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jan 12

The person calling in the fire said the barn was engulfed in flames.

The meeting will be held at Shady’s at noon and is open to the public.

Lunch is on your own, off Shady’s menu.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the Chamber’s Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller said, the speaker, is from the Grand Forks Community Land Trust.

Emily Wright will pass along how the Grand Forks area built affordable housing units, utilizing the Land Trust program, and how a similar process might be able to be used for Jamestown affordable housing.

Becky pointed out that Stutsman County Housing Authority Director, David Klein Executive Director will be at the meeting answer questions about housing in the area.

Jamestown ND (CSi) The Arts Mean Business. That is the message being delivered today by the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) and The Jamestown Fine Arts Association, Inc (The Arts Center) who announced they have joined the Arts & Economic Prosperity^® 5, a national study measuring the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences.

The research study is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s nonprofit organization advancing the arts and arts education. It is the fifth study over the past 20 years to measure the impact of arts spending on local jobs, income paid to local residents, and revenue generated to local and state governments.

While associated with nearly 300 study partners across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, NDCA and The Arts Center will collect detailed financial data about our local and state nonprofit arts and culture organizations such as theater and dance companies, museums, festivals, and arts education organizations.

The Arts Center, along with other cultural resources in Jamestown will collect surveys from attendees at arts events using a short, anonymous questionnaire that asks how much money they spent on items such as meals, parking and transportation, and retail shopping specifically as a result of attending the event. Previous studies have shown that the average attendee spends $24.60 per person, per event, beyond the cost of admission. Those studies have also shown that, on average, 32 percent of arts attendees travel from outside the county in which the arts event took place, and that those cultural tourists typically spend nearly $40 per person—generating important revenue for local businesses and demonstrating how the arts drive revenue for other businesses in the community.

Surveys will be collected throughout calendar year 2016. The results of the study will be released in June of 2017.

For a full list of the nearly 300 Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 study partners, visit www.AmericansForTheArts.org/AEP5Partners.

The Jamestown Fine Arts Association, Inc has been enriching the Jamestown area community through the arts for over 50 years.

The North Dakota Council on the Arts is the state agency responsible for the support and development of the arts throughout North Dakota, and is funded by the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Two Rivers Performing Arts School is set to open in Jamestown.

The school will give lessons in Voice, Piano, Guitar, Drums, Music Production and Music Theory along with Composition. Mark Reeves says the school will be located in the old Red Plum building at 116 2nd Avenue South.

The idea for the school came from, Reeves, who saw the need for a musical school after finding out that most private instructors in the community had waiting lists for new students.

The school will be able to hold between 80 to 100 students and classes will be offered for students through adults.

The school is still accepting interested individuals. You can click here to learn more about the Two Rivers Performing Arts School. http://www.tworiversperformingartsschool.com/

 

Jamestown (CSi) Dr. Bruce Chehroudi, chair of the mechanical engineering program at University of Jamestown, recently was an invited speaker at the 2015 R&D 100 Conference.

The conference, widely known as the “Oscars of Invention”, identifies and celebrates the top technology products of the year.

Last year’s winners include the Automotive Phased Array Radar, used to help cars “see”, and the Lunar Laser Communication System, to communicate with a moon satellite almost instantaneously.

Dr. Chehroudi spoke on Research and Development alliances at the conference. “It is increasingly difficult for any single organization to develop internally all the capabilities needed to foster new innovations,” said Dr. Chehroudi, “We observe that in industries with expanding complexities, the innovation trajectories are increasingly found in ‘networks of R&D alliances.’”

Dr. Chehroudi has a PhD in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and has done post-doctorate work at Princeton University related to characterization of the dense intact core region in diesel fuel sprays. He is also in charge of the Management of Research and Development Teams and Organizations seminar sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is currently leading the development of the Mechanical Engineering program at University of Jamestown.

Vice President of Academic Affairs, Paul Olson says, “Dr. Chehroudi’s deep understanding of how innovation happens is one of the characteristics that made us want him to develop our mechanical engineering program. He is truly an industry leader, and his being asked to present at the R&D 100 Conference is illustrative of how highly his peers in industry think of him.”

Washington (CSi) In coordination with the state revenue departments and the tax industry, the Internal Revenue Service today released the first in a series of YouTube video tax tips designed to provide people critical information to help protect their tax and financial data.

The videos, part of the continuing Security Summit effort combating identity theft and refund fraud, is part of an ongoing effort to educate taxpayers and provide them tools to stay safe online.

The  first of the Security Awareness YouTube videos

includes tips from four state officials reminding taxpayers to check online accounts for problems, look for secure sites when shopping online and be careful to avoid phishing scams. The videos will be released daily over the next week.

 

“These are important reminders for all of us to protect ourselves online,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “These videos reflect the continuing collaborative work between the states, the tax industry and the IRS to protect taxpayers. We are jointly implementing major new procedures to protect taxpayers, but people can help by taking some precautionary steps to help us work to prevent identity theft.”

The six videos feature the heads of several state revenue departments from across the country.The “Taxes. Security. Together.” campaign – a joint effort announced late last year between the IRS, states and the private-sector tax industry — is designed to raise public awareness that even routine actions on the Internet and personal devices can affect the safety of financial and tax data. The education campaign will complement the expanded series of important new protections the IRS, states and tax industry are putting in place for the start of the 2016 filing season to address tax-related identity theft.

To learn about additional steps you can take to protect your personal and financial data, visit www.irs.gov/taxessecuritytogether or www.irs.gov/identitytheft.

 

HATTON, N.D. (AP) – A weekend snowmobile crash in Grand Forks County killed a 10-year-old boy from Thompson and injured a 9-year-old Hatton boy.

The Highway Patrol says the two were on a snowmobile that crashed and rolled in a farm field about 4 miles northwest of Hatton Sunday afternoon. The crash killed 10-year-old Mason Moen of Thompson. Nine-year-old Brody Johnson of Hatton was flown to a Fargo hospital with what the patrol says are serious injuries.

Authorities haven’t determined which boy was driving the snowmobile.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A man accused in a slaying in Minot nearly a year and a half ago is on trial.

Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of 39-year-old Anthony Campbell. He’s accused of killing 25-year-old Shannon Brunelle, who was found dead in a garage at an apartment building on Sept. 15, 2014.

Campbell was arrested in Philadelphia after a nine-week search, and earlier pleaded not guilty.

Authorities have said Brunelle was an acquaintance of Campbell. Court documents in the case have been sealed to the public.

Campbell could face life in prison without parole if convicted. The trial is expected to take two weeks.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Police in Minot say several area businesses and banks have reported finding counterfeit $100 bills being passed in the city.

Aaron Moss of the department’s Crime Prevention Unit is asking that businesses finding suspicious bills take note of the suspect’s physical description and any other identifying information. The unit is also asking for vehicle descriptions and license plates

Merchants are asked to call Minot’s central dispatch number at (701) 852-0111 with any information.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Williston police detective says one person has died and eight others have been treated for overdosing on heroin over a six-day period beginning Jan. 4.

Detective Amy Nickoloff  says  the overdoses included eight men and one woman, ranging in age from 25 to 45. The death was a man around 30 years old. The others were treated and released.

Nickoloff says the 9 overdoses are not all connected at this point and happened in different areas of Williston.

The Williston Drug Task Force and BCI are now helping Williston police investigate.

Nickoloff says the rapid increase in heroin use is of high concern. She says the overdoses are of high priority to the department.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state-owned Bank of North Dakota had record net income of nearly $131 million last year, giving it the profits it needs to build a financial services campus in Bismarck.

The bank’s 2015 income was up nearly 18 percent over 2014, and more than $15 million higher than was budgeted. Bank President Eric Hardmeyer says it was the 12th straight year for record profits.

The Legislature last year approved investing bank assets in a $17 million campus at the bank’s site in west Bismarck, provided it made $125 million in profits. Hardmeyer says planning already is underway.

The bank bought two parcels of land next to its new location near the Missouri River in 2011 with the intention of creating the 50,000-square-foot campus.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State officials this week are deciding who gets to take part in a program this year to test whether industrial hemp could be a viable crop in North Dakota.

Seventeen producers applied and 11 of the applications were deemed eligible. An advisory committee on Monday identified its top choices. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring will make the final decisions.

North Dakota issued the nation’s first hemp-growing licenses in 2007 but efforts to establish the industry in the state were hampered by federal drug law, which doesn’t differentiate between hemp and its illegal cousin marijuana.

A provision in the 2014 federal farm bill allowed for universities and state agriculture departments to research hemp in states that permit its cultivation. A bill pending in Congress would go further, separating industrial hemp and marijuana.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A lawyer and a state chamber of commerce vice president says he is running for North Dakota insurance commissioner.

Jon Godfread says he will make a formal announcement on Wednesday.

Godfread is a Republican. He is vying for the seat being vacated by Adam Hamm, who announced in December that he will not seek re-election in 2016. Democrats do not have a declared candidate for the position.

Godfread was born in Bismarck but grew up in Grand Forks. He has a law degree from the University of North Dakota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota University System is giving out its first scholarship for a new program meant to help people in the oil patch further their educations.

Bakken U is tailored to help oilfield workers earn a degree or certificate from one of five colleges and universities in western North Dakota with energy-related and high-tech degree programs.

The $5,000 scholarship is open to recently displaced oil workers, current oil workers, or spouses of oil workers who wish to expand their knowledge and job marketability in North Dakota.

The winner was selected based on a review from a scholarship committee.

A news conference is scheduled Tuesday to announce the recipient, who is currently enrolled at Dickinson State University.
 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sunflower farmers are gathering in North Dakota for an annual conference.

The National Sunflower Association is hosting the two-day research forum Tuesday and Wednesday at the Ramada Plaza Suites and Convention Center in Fargo.

Researchers from the federal Agriculture Department and universities in North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa will present findings on sunflower studies.

Topics include diseases, insects, irrigation and blackbirds.

It’s the 38th year for the research forum.

 

In sports…

Fargo (CSi) Eddie Beyer the legendary North Dakota high school basketball coach passed away in a Fargo hospital Sunday night. He was 77.

Beyer’s daughter, Tammy Nelson, said her father had struggled with his health in recent years.

Beyer coached the Hillsboro High School boys basketball team for 37 years, retiring after the 1997 season. He had a 688-195 won-loss mark at Hillsboro, a state record for boys basketball coaching wins that only recently was broken by Dan Carr of Linton.

Beyer’s teams won Class B state basketball titles in 1973-74, 1977 and 1981, the latter team going 26-0. His Burros teams qualified for 13 Class B state tournaments and won 19 Red River Valley Conference championships.

He came to Hillsboro in 1960 after graduating from Concordia College, where he earned a total of 11 varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball.

In addition to basketball, Beyer led Hillsboro baseball teams to the 1962 North Dakota American Legion state title and the Burros to Class B state high school championships in 1967-68.

He is a member of the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, the North Dakota High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Memorial services have been scheduled  at 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, with visitation and a prayer service Friday evening.

Jamestown (CSi) The Young Professionals of Jamestown is sponsoring a Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament during Cabin Fever Days in Jamestown.

The tourney is set for Saturday February 6, 2016, starting at 10-a.m. at Jamestown Middle School’s gym.

The first eight registration forms will be accepted. There will be a waiting list if more than eight teams submit a registration.

Teams will be selected on a first come first serve basis. the team manager will be contacted within 72 hours to confirm that the registration has been received. All checks will be returned in full, if the not one of the first eight teams.

The entry fee cost will not be refunded if the team cancels within the week of the tournament. Cash or check accepted made payable to the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce which has registration forms.

The tournament will be pool play, with four teams per pool, and then seeded, single elimination tournament.

Pool Play will be two games to 25 and the tournament will be best of three.

There are a maximum of six players per team on the court, three men and three women. A team may play with no fewer than four players. If a team plays with four players then two of those four must be female. Substitutions may be made at any time. There will be 1-30 second timeout per team, per game.

A team must be ready to play at the scheduled game time. If they are not present within five minutes after the scheduled time, the game may be forfeited.

The team manager will receive an email of phone call in the event of any changes.

 

Valley City (CSi) The 2016 Barnes County Boys Basketball Tournament starts Tuesday afternoon at VCSU’s W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse.

The opening round starts at 3-p.m. when (1) Milnor/North Sargent plays(8) Barnes County North.

Game two is scheduled for 4:30-p.m with (4) Maple Valley vs. (5) Griggs County Central.

The third game starts about 6:00 p.m. as (2) Enderlin takes on (7) Sargent Central.

The concluding game of the opening round has (3) LaMoure-Litchville/Marion vs (6) Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page at 7:30 p.m.

Day two of the tournament is Friday, January 15, and the tournament concludes on Saturday, January 16.

 

BOYS BASKETBALL
Dunseith 97, White Shield 44
Lakota/Edmore 62, Midkota 49
New Town 80, Tioga 71
Oakes 66, Napoleon 63
Rolette-Wolford 43, Rolla 36
Thief River Falls, Minn. 57, Grand Forks Central 41
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 51, Rosholt, S.D. 44
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Bottineau vs. Kenmare, ppd.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Carrington 65, Barnes County North 34
Central Cass 53, Enderlin 51
Des Lacs-Burlington 46, Surrey 27
Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 88, Griggs County Central 30
Dunseith 68, White Shield 27
Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 38, Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 24
Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah 81, Northern Cass 46
Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 52, Milnor-North Sargent 36
Fordville Lankin-Park River 51, Hillsboro/Central Valley 26
Garrison 73, Parshall 48
Grafton/St. Thomas 54, May Port CG 32
Hatton-Northwood 55, Midway-Minto 44
Hazen 65, Richardton-Taylor 39
Killdeer 53, Hettinger/Scranton 32
Lemmon, S.D. 46, Flasher 33
Lisbon 42, Sargent Central 36
Maple Valley 50, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 46
Minot Bishop Ryan 56, Lewis and Clark-Berthold 33
Minot Our Redeemer’s 93, South Prairie 24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 49, Glenburn 32
New England 53, Heart River 49
New Salem-Almont 53, Underwood 41
North Shore – Plaza 48, Tioga 37
Powers Lake 77, Burke County 39
Richland 54, Hankinson 36
Rugby 71, Drake/Anamoose 19
Thompson 65, Larimore 17
Velva 61, Towner-Granville-Upham 3
Wahpeton 65, West Fargo 63, OT
Watford City 76, New Town 28

 

CLASS B BASKETBALL POLLS..

Girls

1. Thompson (14) 10-0 149
2. Rugby (1) 10-0 133
3. LaMoure-LM 9-1 117
4. Park River-FL 10-0 96
5. Shiloh Christian 8-1 77
6. North Star 9-1 76
7. Watford City 7-1 53
8. Dickinson Trinity 8-2 40
9. Grafton 7-2 30
10. Fairmount/CT 10-1 29
Others Receiving Votes: Trenton/Trinity Christian (9-0), Sawyer (10-1), Our Redeemer’s (6-3), New Salem-Almont (8-1).

Boys

1. Four Winds-Minnewaukan (10) 8-1 136
2. Hillsboro-Central Valley (4) 7-0 127
3. Shiloh Christian (1) 7-1 119
4. Our Redeemer’s 6-1 98
5. Linton-HMB 7-1 64
6. St. John 6-1 54
7. Central Cass 5-0 53
8. Dickinson Trinity 6-3 44
9. Milnor-North Sargent 5-0 36
10. Ellendale 7-0 35
Others Receiving Votes: Strasburg/Zeeland (5-2), Enderlin (4-2), L&C-Berthold (6-1), Northern Cass (5-1), Parshall (5-2), Dunseith (5-3), Hettinger-Scranton (4-4), Larimore (7-1).

 

MEN’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL….

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME…

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry had 158 yards and three touchdowns on 36 carries to help Alabama win college football’s national championship for the fourth time in seven years, 45-40 over Clemson. O.J. Howard had five receptions for 208 yards and two touchdowns, while Jake Coker was 16 of 25 for 335 yards, two TDs and no interceptions. Alabama coach Nick Saban won his fifth national championship despite the quarterbacking of Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, who threw for 405 yards and four touchdowns.

 

NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

Final    San  Antonio      106    Brooklyn      79
Final    Washington        114    Chicago      100
Final    Golden  State    111    Miami          103

NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE

Final          N-Y  Rangers      2    Boston        1
Final          San  Jose            5    Calgary      4
Final  OT    Vancouver          3    Florida      2
Final          Los  Angeles      4    Detroit      2

 

The AP Top 25
By The Associated Press
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record  Pts   Pv
1.  Alabama  (61)                   14-1   1,525   2
2.  Clemson                             14-1   1,464   1
3.  Stanford                           12-2   1,360   5
4.  Ohio  St.                           12-1   1,342   7
5.  Oklahoma                           11-2   1,270   4
6.  Michigan  St.                   12-2   1,227   3
7.  TCU                                     11-2   1,098  11
8.  Houston                             13-1   1,050  14
9.  Iowa                                   12-2     981   6
10.  Mississippi                     10-3     975  16
11.  Notre  Dame                       10-3     953   8
12.  Michigan                           10-3     911  17
13.  Baylor                               10-3     820  18
14.  Florida  St.                     10-3     630   9
15.  North  Carolina               11-3     563  10
16.  LSU                                      9-3     546  22
17.  Utah                                   10-3     499  20
18.  Navy                                   11-2     465  21
19.  Oregon                                9-4     391  15
20.  Oklahoma  St.                   10-3     372  13
21.  Wisconsin                         10-3     332  23
22.  Tennessee                          9-4     260  NR
23.  Northwestern                   10-3     203  12
24.  W.  Kentucky                     12-2     128  25
25.  Florida                             10-4     126  19
Others receiving votes: Georgia 109, Washington St. 51, Mississippi St. 47, San Diego St. 44, Arkansas 28, Toledo 28, Southern Cal 10, Appalachian St. 7, Boise St. 4, Duke 3, Temple 2, BYU 1.

T25-MEN’S BASKETBALL POLL…

Top teams remain the same

 

UNDATED (AP) – Last Monday Kansas and Oklahoma were tagged as 1 and 2 in The Associated Press Top-25 poll. They then hooked up in a classic triple overtime game which the top-ranked Jayhawks won. In the new poll, the teams have remained in the same spots with Kansas getting all but two first-place votes from the 65-member media panel.

The Jayhawks, who are 14-1, are followed by the Sooners, who got one first place vote, while Maryland is third and Michigan State fourth. The Spartans got the remaining first place nod. North Carolina is fifth followed by Villanova, Xavier, Miami, Duke and SMU.

SMU is in the top 10 for the first time since February 1985. The Mustangs and No. 19 South Carolina are each 15-0 on the season. SMU is ineligible for the postseason because of NCAA rules violations.

T25-WOMEN’S POLL

Huskies are still No. 1

UNDATED (AP) – After winning three games last week, all by double-digits, Connecticut remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s poll. The Huskies beat Tulsa, Houston and South Florida to remain undefeated. They are followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, Texas and Ohio State in the new poll.

 

NFL…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – Blair Walsh is taking determination and belief in the goodness of people into the offseason along with the bitter disappointment of that missed kick. Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal try Sunday and cost Minnesota a win over Seattle in the wild-card playoff game. Walsh says he’s been appreciative of the supportive words shared with him from family, friends, teammates and Vikings fans.

NEW YORK (AP) – The Vikings-Seahawks playoff matchup is the most-watched early Sunday NFL wild-card game on record. NBC says the game averaged 35.3 million viewers, up 25 percent from last year’s matchup between Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The records go back to 1988.

 

CINCINNATI (AP) – Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict (vahn-TEHZ’ BUR’-fihct) has been suspended for the first three games of next season for repeated violations of the NFL’s rules against dangerous hits on opposing players.

The punishment has been doled out two days after he drilled Steelers receiver Antonio Brown after an incompletion during Pittsburgh’s 18-16 playoff win. Brown suffered a concussion on the play, and Burfict was penalized for targeting a defenseless receiver.

The NFL said it’s also reviewing the conduct of other players and coaches during the acrimonious game.

 

UNDATED (AP) – NFL owners are poised to start two days of meetings Tuesday in Houston to consider relocation to Los Angeles.

The Raiders, Rams and Chargers have petitioned the league to leave their current homes for the nation’s second largest market, which has been without an NFL team since 1994.

Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) has indicated the stadiums in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego are all inadequate.

Twenty-four of 32 owners must approve any move.

UNDATED (AP) – Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith has announced that he will skip his final year of eligibility and enter the NFL draft. He was projected by some to be a possible top 10 pick before suffering a serious injury to his left knee in the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – With ambitious proposals largely off the table in the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address is expected to be an optimistic and broad vision of a future America. But Obama still faces pessimism on the part of Americans, most of whom disagree with the country’s direction amid worries over terrorism and what they see as rapid social change.

ISTANBUL (AP) – The European Union is rallying behind Turkey following an explosion in the heart of Istanbul that killed at least 10 people and wounded 15. Turkey’s president says a Syrian-based suicide bomber is responsible for the attack in a historic district popular with tourists. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (feh-deh-REE’-kah moh-gehr-EE’-nee) says both sides “must step up our efforts to counter extremist violence.”

LONDON (AP) – As concern mounts over radicalized youth traveling to Syria to connect with militant organizations like the Islamic State group, British counter-terrorism police say they are even more worried over the increasing number of girls and women making the trip. Authorities say many have no clue that they will likely never be able to return home. Police released a short film featuring three female Syrian refugees urging British mothers to keep their daughters out of the war zone.

LONDON (AP) – The falling price of crude oil is having an impact on BP. The oil company is cutting some 4,000 jobs in exploration and production over the next two years. The cost-cutting announced today comes as the price of oil dropped to a 12 year-low. Part of the decline is due to concern over a drop in demand in China, which is depressing commodity prices worldwide.

NORTHFIELD, Ohio (AP) – A family dog is the only survivor of a house explosion that shook a northeast Ohio neighborhood, killing a family of four, including two girls, aged 8 and12. The blast and subsequent fire happened last night in Northfield Center Township, near the village of Northfield in Summit County, about 15 miles southeast of Cleveland.