Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb 1

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS
AROUND 15. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 30.

A POTENTIAL STORM SYSTEM AND
 COLDER WEATHER LATE THIS WEEKEND/EARLY NEXT WEEK.

 WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAINLY IN THE FORM
 OF SNOW…THE FIRST MID-WEEK AND THE SECOND THURSDAY NIGHT. LITTLE
 IF ANY IMPACTS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD AND ABOVE
 NORMAL, 

 A MUCH STRONGER CLIPPER SYSTEM IS SHOWN MOVING THROUGH THE
 NORTHERN PLAINS SOMETIME LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. THIS
 FEATURE GENERATES A BIT MORE PRECIPITATION, THOUGH STILL LIGHT.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular session, Monday evening at City Hall.   All members were present.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY….

　

Item “H” Resolution to award the bid for the purchase of a new side scan sonar/dual frequency fish-towed scanner with sonar to Marine Sonic Technology/Atlas North America, in the amount of $40,258.00. Fire Chief Jim Reuther said after research and talks with the person who assists with underwater searches he said Marine Sonic is no longer viable, in terms of past customer service since the firm was purchased by another company.

Chief Reuther suggests the bid be awarded to EdgeTech in the amount of $34,995, which is entirely covered by at grant.

The Council voted to approve.

 

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

The item to approve or disapprove the Joint Powers Agreement between the City and Jamestown Park District was tabled until more information is received.

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:  No one spoke.

APPOINTMENTS:

Approved appointing Lisa Motacek to serve as a member of the Board of Adjustment for a term to expire January 2019.

Approved the appointment of Harold Bensch to serve as a member (alternate) of the Board of Adjustment for a term to expire January 2019.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Buchanan point out the successful Battle of the Badges blood drive, sponsored by the Jamestown Police Department and Jamestown Fire Department.

OTHER BUSINESS:

The Council approved the request from Minndak Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for a site authorization to conduct gaming at the Gladstone Inn & Suites (Ballroom) on April 9, 2016.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The “Raise the Woof,” comedy show fundraiser, for Prairie Paws Rescue, on Saturday at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown netted the largest fundraising effort to date.

Prairie Paws President, and Co-founder, Kaye John said Monday that not all the proceeds have been tabulated, however, the door ticket sales, plus the t-shirt sales and raffle proceeds brought in $5,000.

Yet to be added to the total are sponsorships, matching funds by Modern Woodman, of up to $2,500, and still to come in is ticket pre-sales.

She added, there was standing room only at the Gladstone, as nobody was turned away.

　

Jamestown (CSi) United Way of Stutsman County is roughly $30,000 short of its $210,000 fundraising goal, having so far raised in pledges $180,497.

The final four weeks of the current campaign moves into in February. Dana Wallace, secretary and publicity officer for the United Way of Stutsman County, says with a bit more time left, there is still time to donate.

After meeting or surpassing fundraising goals for the past few years, Wallace said meeting the projected fundraising goal is what makes it possible to support 18 agencies it currently serves.

Wallace said 99 percent of distributed funds remain in the local community.

Most United Way donations come from individual contributions, either directly or through payroll deduction, she said. In addition, local businesses hold fundraising events, and the United Way of Stutsman County organized summer movie nights and other events to raise money

　

Valley City (CSi) The GOP District 24 election candidates are set for the June 2016 Primary Elections.

The local Republican Party nominated former Barnes County Commissioner, Eldred Knutson to run for the District 24 Senate seat now held by State Senator Larry Robinson

House Representative Republican Dwight Kiefert was nominated to run for a second 4 year term.

Daniel Johnston of rural Fort Ransom was nominated to run for the Republican District 24 House Representative seat now held by Naomi Muscha.

District 24 includes Barnes County and a small portion of Cass County.

Incumbent State Senator Larry Robinson will seek re-election for the Democrats and incumbent House Representative Naomi Muscha will seek re-election for the Democrats.

 

Cooperstown (CSi) A December 2016 Jury Trial has been set in a civil lawsuit between Griggs County and the Griggs County Building Authority.

Southeast District Judge Jerod Tufte set the trial dates of December 12-21, 2016.

Tufte’s order requires attorneys for both parties to make at least one attempt to mediate their issues, and if it fails the case will go to trial.

The dispute is over the financial responsibility of an unfinished $3.5 million courthouse construction project.

The dispute centers on who is responsible for failure to complete construction of the $2.2 million portion of the $3.5 million Griggs County Courthouse construction project.

Griggs County in a civil suit field in September of 2015 claims breach of contract, alleging the building authority has failed and refused to complete the courthouse facility.

Griggs County is seeking a judgement of nearly $300,000, the amount it has paid to the building authority in lease payments since 2013, plus additional legal fees.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has ordered deep cuts to state government and a massive raid on state savings to make up for a more than $1 billion budget shortfall due to depressed crude prices and a drop in oil drilling.
 
     Dalrymple announced the cuts to state agency officials on Monday at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
 
     The Legislature’s record $14.4 billion budget for the two years that began July 1 was built last year on economic assumptions that have proven far too rosy.
 
     To balance the current two-year budget, Dalrymple ordered agencies to cut their budgets by 4.05 percent. The governor also will take more than $497 million from the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund.
 
     That rainy day fund will now have a balance of about $75 million.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota legislative leaders are split over how the state should have made up a $1 billion shortfall due to depressed crude prices and a drop in oil drilling.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Monday ordered agencies to cut their budgets by 4.05 percent. The governor also will take more than $497 million from a rainy day fund to balance the two-year-budget.
 
     Republican House Majority Leader Al Carlson says he would have preferred across-the-board cuts of at least 5 percent for state agencies, instead of taking more from the savings account.
 
     Senate Minority Leader Mac Schneider says the GOP-led Legislature should have set aside time for lawmakers to return so that the shortfall could be addressed by elected officials. The Legislature used 79 of the maximum 80 days allowed.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Retail gasoline prices in North Dakota continue to slide.
 
     GasBuddy.com reports the average price of a gallon of gas in the state has fallen to $1.66. The national average is $1.80 – the lowest level in seven years.
 
     AAA’s estimate for North Dakota’s average price is slightly higher, at about $1.68 per gallon. AAA spokesman Gene LaDoucer says the last time the average was lower was March 1, 2004,
 
     GasBuddy.com petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan says gas prices might continue to drift lower for a while yet, but they’re likely to begin rising in a few weeks because the price of crude oil has rebounded above $30 per barrel.
 
     LaDoucer says he still expects North Dakota’s annual average for this year to be the lowest in more than a decade.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A 20-year-old Grand Forks man who pleaded guilty to his role in a case involving numerous overdoses centered on the powerful synthetic drug powdered fentanyl has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
 
     Ryan Jensen was sentenced Monday morning to 240 months. He pleaded guilty last year to five counts that included distributing a controlled substance resulting in injury and death, and money laundering.
 
     Authorities say two people died and three others became sick from drugs obtained by Jensen and other defendants.
 
     U.S. Attorney Chris Meyers says it’s a “tragic case” but says his office is pleased with the sentence.
 
     Last month, a federal judge gave two other men involved with the case sentences of more than three years for their roles.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy suffered a dislocated shoulder making an arrest.
 
     Deputy Thomas Behm was treated at a hospital and released Friday night.
 
     Authorities say the suspect had reported to the jail for court-ordered sobriety testing, and Behm discovered there was an active arrest warrant for the man from the city of Fargo. The man resisted arrested before being subdued by assisting deputies.
 
     The man was arrested for assaulting a peace officer, preventing arrest and the outstanding warrant. Formal charges are pending.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court in a Fargo restaurant robbery and shooting.
 
     Investigators say 27-year-old Rico Brown was the lookout and 25-year-old Calvin Brown drove the getaway car in the September robbery that left a Taco John’s employee injured from a gunshot wound.
 
     The cousins initially were charged in state court but their cases were moved to federal court. The Hobbs Act allows for that if the crime involves interstate commerce. The restaurant gets food from Minnesota and uses payroll services from South Dakota.
 
     U.S. Attorney Christopher Myers says the Browns pleaded guilty to charges related to robbery and interfering with commerce by threats and violence. Sentencing is scheduled April 21.
 
     The cases of three other suspects in the incident also are being moved to federal court.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The committee searching for the next president of the University of North Dakota won’t consider the president of the tribal college on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
 
     Last month, the committee narrowed the field from 41 candidates to 15, then last week decided to also include Minot State University President Steven Shirley. He applied after the application deadline with the blessing of the search committee.
 
     The committee decided against interviewing late applicant Cynthia Lindquist, president of Cankdeska Cikana (kahnk-DEHS’-kuh sih-KAWN’-uh) Community College in Fort Totten.
 
     North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott asked the committee to reconsider, but a motion to do so Monday failed for lack of a second.
 
     Robert Kelley retired as UND president last month after nearly seven years at the Grand Forks school.

 

In world and national news…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are making frantic, last-minute appeals to Iowa voters in the final hours before tonight’s caucuses. Sanders told supporters in Des Moines that he and Clinton are in a “tie ballgame.” Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who trails both of them by a wide margin, is only expected to affect the outcome in a tight race.
 
     DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – On the Republican side, Iowa voters will get to decide whether they prefer Donald Trump’s aggressive populist politics or Ted Cruz’s fiery conservativism in Monday night’s caucuses. As Trump and Cruz eye first place, Marco Rubio is working to emerge as the clear favorite in his party’s mainstream wing.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak of E. coli illness linked to Chipotle restaurants that sickened 60 people appears to be over. Although the CDC has closed its investigation, the source of the illness is still unknown.
 
     GENEVA (AP) – The World Health Organization has declared an international emergency over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne Zika (ZEE’-kuh) virus. The outbreak has been linked to birth defects in the Americas.
 
     GENEVA (AP) – The U.N. special envoy for Syria has announced the official start of peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. Staffan di Mistura made the comments after hosting envoys from the main Syrian opposition group at the U.N. offices in Geneva.