Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 24

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.REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS
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.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.CHRISTMAS DAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND
5 BELOW. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. HIGHS AROUND 15.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 15 TO 20.

 

Jamestown, ND  (KCSIt.v. News Dec 23, 2012)  –  An incident Sunday evening shortly after 7- O’Clock at the Stutsman County Correctional Center, is under investigation.

 Jamestown Police and the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office were called  to assist with approximately eight inmates creating a disturbance.

According to dispatch, authorities discoverd smoke coming from  a small cell in a main cell block.

Inmates in the cell were taken to another secure portion of the correctional center.

The  Jamestown City Fire Department was called to extract  smoke.

The majority of  smoke had dissipated, when fire fighters arrived, and reviewed and surveyed the scene.

The incident remains under investigation.

 

KCSi-T.V. News – Richland Couty authroities report, a Kansas man allegedly stole a vehicle in Jamestown, and is facing charges of leading law enforcement authorities on a high speed chase in Richland County.

39-year-old Michael Owens is charged for possession of stolen property, fleeing and criminal trespass.

Authoroties say Owens was traveling 100 miles per hour on I-29, near the border of Richland and Cass County.

When Owens, failed to stop, deputies attempted to run the vehicle off the road.

When the truck got stuck in snow near Hankinson, he fled.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Dec 19, 2012) — The Jamestown Stutsman County, United Way Campaign has set a fundraiser for January.

The campaign  for 2012 is at the mid-point, and has reached about 27% of the goal, or about $53,000.

The figure is in line with last year’s donations.

The goal this is a little higher this year, based on a greater need in the community, at $200,000.

On Friday’s (Dec 21, 2012) Wayne Byers Show, on CSi Cable 2, United Way representatives Jessica Haak, and Connie Sova, talked about an upcoming fundraiser at Applebee’s Restaurant in Jamestown.

The theme is “Be An All-Star,” as patrons may purchase a star, when they donate as much as they want, and the amount is added to their bill.

The stars will be hanginf around Applebee’s for the community to view.

There are numerous other ways to still donate, with a payroll deduction through employers, or call 952-UWAY (8929) or mail a donation to PO Box 85 Jamestown ND 58402.

Find the United Way on facebook ‘United Way of Stutsman County’ and someone will get in touch with you about donating.

United Way has 22 agencies benefiting from donations, varying across a wide variety of needs. Those include SAFE Shelter, SART, he Jamestown Arts Center, the Senior Companion program, and Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and many more.

The United Way Board is comprised of volunteers. Currently there are nearly 20 people on the board, who are listed on the Facebook page.

Individuals who donate give varying amounts, which are all appreciated.

A few of the major sponsors include: UTC in Jamestown , Cavendish, North Dakota State Hospital, Unison Bank, First Community Credit Union, Newman Signs and Butler Machinery.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Dec 21, 2012) –  The Boat & Water Safety Programs for area youth, ages 5 –12 years old, will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the James River Family “Y.”

The event is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pipestem Dam and Lake Project with local cooperators….free of charge, and no registration is required.

Pipestem Dam, Manager, Bob Martin says while the course is geared for youth, anyone can attend, and learn more.

Martin said two course offerings are available at either 10-a.m., or 1-p.m.,

Both courses are the same.

Items To Be Discussed Include: Life Jackets (PFDs), Hypothermia, Boat

Safety Equipment, Ice Safety Rescue, and Boating “Rules of the Road”, and more.

Classroom instruction is first, followed by, all Participants being allowed to operate mini boats with electric trolling motors on the Y’s pool.

Participants do not need to wear swimsuits nor bring along lifejackets!

The Boat and Water Safety Course is sponsored By Corps of Engineers, Pipestem Dam and Lake Project.

Cooperators Include: Corps of Engineers, James River YMCA, Jamestown Fire Department, and North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Dec 21, 2012) — The U.S. Army Corps. Of Engineers reports, a water release from Pipestem Dam is two cubic feet of water/second (CFS), as of December 21, 2012.

On the pre-recorded Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Pipestem Dam, Manager, Bob Martin, pointed out, at Pipestem Reservoir, conservation pool, occurred in mid-September 2012.

However, after freeze up the level crept up a bit, to need the release of 2 cfs.

Jamestown Reservoir inflows stopped in mid June, 2012, and there is no release presently being made, but Jamestown Reservoir also rose about 2-3 inches since October, 2012.

The rise stems from ground water going into the reservoirs, after freeze-up.

A landowner, south of Jamestown told Martin that his stock water pond dried up last fall, and then refilled, due to ground water, running into James River Tributaries after freeze-up.

Martin pointed out that it can take 50-years for ground water supplies to return to normal after either years of drought, or years of excess moisture added.

He reminds residents that due to springs and pressure ridges, local bodies of water have varying thickness of ice cover.

He said Jamestown Reservoir completely froze over about two weeks ago.

Martin added that the Corps of Engineers will periodically measure moisture supplies in the snowpack over the next few months to determine the likelihood of spring flooding.

The amount of moisture in the snowpack, along with the amount of spring rain will be closely monitored by the Corps and the National Weather service, with periodic reports issued.

　

Jamestown, ND (Dec 21, 2012) — The 2013 American Cancer Society Daffodil Days have been set, to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Community Relations Manager, Mary Dahl, of Fargo says, the Cancer Society’s Flower of Hope, is a sign of renewed life.

She says Daffodil Days comes at a time of year when a sign of spring is a welcome sight.

She adds, once again the Jamestown High School National Honor Society, under the supervision of Tammy Mullowney, along with Community Representatives, Bill & Nellie Degen and Jim & Linda Bender, will be hosting the event in Jamestown and neighboring communities of Stutsman County.

Pre-Sale orders of daffodils will be January 7-February 15, 2013, with the fresh, cut daffodils being delivered the week of March 18th.

More information will be released later, on the pick up dates, and location.

The products being sold remain the same as in the past: a bunch of 10 daffodils for $10; bunch and a vase for $15; 3 bunches for $25; commemorative Boyd Bear & bunch for $25; Gift of Hope for a Cancer Patient for $25.

For more information, please contact Bill and Nellie Degen at 320-5440 or Jim and Linda Bender at 763-6277.

A NHS student may soon be approaching you regarding an order.

Orders and payments may be made to Mary Dahl, 4646 Amber Valley Parkway, Fargo, ND 58104. Orders may also be faxed to 701-232-1109. Brighten someone’s day while helping to support the mission of the American Cancer Society.

The Society would like to share that every bouquet of daffodils purchased is appreciated, and that the dollars raised by the event will be used to help the American Cancer Society continue its funding of cancer research, its state and national legislative advocacy, and its many educational and patient service programs.

She points out,this year alone, there will be approximately $120 million invested

in cancer research nationwide; $3.2 billion has been invested since the research program began in 1946.

A portion of the money raised by past Daffodil Days in Stutsman County is presently being used to support Look Good … Feel Better, Reach to Recovery, Patient Lodging Program, and Transportation Assistance, which are very successful and well-utilized programs here in the area.

The money raised locally is also helping to fund the Society’s Cancer Resource Centers. Patients and their families from Jamestown and throughout North Dakota have been visiting these Centers for information and assistance following their diagnosis of cancer.

The Society’s research program is the largest, private, not-for-profit source of funding for cancer research in the United States, second only to the federal government.

46 of the researchers we have financially supported have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. The Society’s funding has also helped play a part in every major research break-through in the past 50 years, including: the Pap Test, mammography, Gleevex, Tamoxifen, Herceptin, Gardacil, the first successful chemotherapy treatment for cancer, and the bone marrow transplant technique.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man is accused of threatening to kill a federal judge in North Dakota and faces arraignment set for Feb. 11. Carlos Kidd is charged with mailing threatening communications. Authorities say he mailed a letter from Texas to U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A former Minot fire chief has been convicted of gross sexual imposition against a minor in a case involving a 12-year-old girl.
 
77-year-old Duwayne Daniel Ward was sentenced to five years in prison, with most suspended in favor of probation. Ward will serve a total of six months in prison and is ordered to register as a sex offender and have no contact with the victim.
 
     According to police records, Ward was alone with the girl, who was known to him, in his southwest Minot home in October when the incident occurred.
 
     Ward was the Minot fire chief for more than 16 years, beginning his tenure as chief in 1981 after spending more than two decades with the department. He retired in 1998.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An anonymous donor has made a $3,000 contribution to someone’s layaway account at a Fargo Kmart.
 
Several generous “layaway angels” made discreet appearances to pay for toys and children’s clothes on layaway lists.
 
     Several anonymous contributions made in amounts of $200 or $500 have been dropped off as cash or cashier’s checks bearing no name. Thursday’s gift of $3,000 ranks as the largest so far.
 
     Manager Nick Bosh says the act of kindness is huge.
 
     Bosh says the response is often emotional when customers come into the store after learning that some anonymous, kind-hearted person paid for their child’s layaway gift.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University has received a federal grant for a program that focuses on preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
 
     The program is meant for youth ages 14 to 19 in the Fargo area. It will target those greatest at risk for unplanned pregnancies, including homeless and runaway teens and teens in foster care or juvenile detention.
 
     Officials say a recent youth risk behavior survey showed that about 45 percent of North Dakota students are sexually active. Thirteen percent have had more than four partners.
 
     NDSU nursing professor Molly Secor-Turner says that while pregnancy rates in North Dakota are lower than the national average, the state’s most vulnerable teens are experiencing abnormally high rates of early pregnancy and childbirth.
 
     The grant is for $1.2 million over three years.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some western North Dakota communities have begun benefiting from a project aimed at bringing treated drinking water from the Missouri River.
 
     The  Western Area Water Supply Project is designed to supply water to residents of Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams counties.
 
     The Legislature created the Western Area Water Supply Authority, which is made up of several western North Dakota water districts. The project was funded with $110 million in loans that will be repaid through the sale of water to the oil industry.
 
     Officials say the project is anticipated to serve more than 80,000 people in five counties by 2025.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen.-elect Heidi Heitkamp has been putting together her legislative staff ahead of taking office in January.
 
     Heitkamp has named Tracee Sutton as her legislative director, responsible for managing all policy initiatives.
 
     Sutton has more than 16 years of legislative experience, serving on the staff of members of the North Dakota congressional delegation in both the House of Representatives and Senate.
 
     Heitkamp has also tapped Shirley Meyer to serve as her western area director. Meyer has been a farmer and rancher, a small business owner and a long-time North Dakota state representative.
 
     Heitkamp says Meyer will be a strong resource in the most rapidly expanding part of the state.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston officials say the amount of uncollected bills is soaring in the oil boom town city.
 
     The Williston Herald reports that the city has about $434,000 in bad debt this year, with the bulk of it coming from unpaid ambulance bills.
 
     The amount of bad debt has tripled in the city since 2008.
 
     Uncollected municipal court fines and fees totaled more than $60,000 this year, while water, sewer and garbage bad debt is just more than $5,500.
 
     
   
     LARIMORE, N.D. (AP) – The northeastern North Dakota city of Larimore is getting a community wellness center.
 
     The 1,700-square-foot addition to the Good Samaritan Society nursing home will have exercise, cardiovascular and rehabilitation equipment.
 
     The Grand Forks Herald reports that the idea grew out of a 2010 survey in the community of 1,300 people west of Grand Forks. The community has raised more than $300,000 for the project.
 
     The center could open as early as next September.
 
In sports… 

     BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved looking into a plan to send 80 female sage grouse to North Dakota to bolster dwindling populations.
 
     The Billings Gazette reports that the commission on Thursday gave the OK for biologists to look into sending 40 female sage grouse to North Dakota in 2014 and another 40 in 2015.
 
     North Dakota Department of Game and Fish officials made the request because the state’s population of sage grouse has plummeted since an outbreak of West Nile virus in 2007.
 
     North Dakota biologist Aaron Robinson says the population could be so low that natural reproduction might not be covering natural mortality. Montana biologists say it’s unclear if they can help because sage grouse in Montana also face problems.

  NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE

 HOUSTON (AP) – Adrian Peterson rushed for 86 yards yesterday in the Minnesota Vikings’ 23-6 victory over the Houston Texans. Peterson has 1,898 yards rushing this season and needs 208 more to break the NFL single-season rushing record held by Eric Dickerson. The Texans failed to score a touchdown for the first time since 2006.
 

The Chicago Bears kept their playoff hopes alive by handing the Arizona Cardinals their 10th loss in 11 games, 28-13. The Bears defense scored two touchdowns to give them eight on the year, one shy of the NFL record.

 

Green Bay scored more than 50 points for the first time in seven years as Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in the Packers’ 55-7 laugher against Tennessee.
   Final          Miami                  24    Buffalo                10
   Final          Cincinnati        13    Pittsburgh          10
   Final          Indianapolis    20    Kansas  City        13
    Final          New  England      23    Jacksonville      16
   Final  OT    New  Orleans      34    Dallas                  31
   Final          Carolina            17    Oakland                  6
   Final          San  Diego          27    N-Y  Jets              17
   Final          St.  Louis          28    Tampa  Bay            13
   Final          Washington        27    Philadelphia      20
   Final          Denver                34    Cleveland            12
    Final          Baltimore          33    N-Y  Giants          14
   

 The Seattle Seahawks clinched a playoff berth by routing the San Francisco 49ers 42-13 last night.
 UNDATED (AP) – Indianapolis and Cincinnati also clinched playoff berths with victories yesterday. They join division champs Baltimore, New England, Houston and Denver as the six-team field for the AFC playoffs is set, though the matchups are yet to be determined.
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 NEW YORK (AP) – Carmelo Anthony scored 33 points last night as the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-91. New York trailed from the opening minutes of the game until Anthony netted eight points down the stretch. Nikola Pekovic had 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who played without All-Star Kevin Love.
 
   Final    Brooklyn              95    Philadelphia      92
   Final    Utah                      97    Orlando                93
   Final    San  Antonio      129    Dallas                  91
   Final    L-A  Clippers    103    Phoenix                77
   Final    Sacramento        108    Portland              96
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  4)  Arizona                  69    Miami                  50
   Final    (18)  San  Diego  St.      62    Indiana  St.      55

 

NFL…

  HOUSTON (AP) – Vikings rookie kicker Blair Walsh has set an NFL record with nine field goals of 50 yards or longer this season. Walsh kicked a 56-yard field goal against Houston yesterday to set the mark. The record-setting kick also tied a team record for longest field goal.

 
 MLB…

 CLEVELAND (AP) -Cleveland Indians fans got an early Christmas present as the Tribe landed free agent outfielder Nick Swisher to a four-year deal worth a reported $56 million. The 32-year-old Swisher spent four seasons with the New York Yankees and hit .272 with 24 homers and 93 RBIs this year.

 

In world and national news…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – An Afghan policewoman is in custody, after officials say she shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Afghanistan’s capital. Kabul’s governor says the woman had entered a strategic compound in the heart of the capital, and shot the adviser with a pistol as he came out of a shop with articles he had just bought.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – There are no signs of progress toward a negotiated solution in Syria, after a meeting today between President Bashar Assad and international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. The envoy for the U.N. and the Arab League says he and Assad discussed possible steps forward, but he gave no details. Both sides have adamantly refused to talk to each other.

 
     LONDON (AP) – Financial markets around the world have been mostly steady today in thin pre-holiday trading. There are continuing concerns over the progress of U.S. budget discussions, and the future of Italy’s economic reform program. On Wall Street, stocks futures are lower in very light trading. The market closes early today for Christmas.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Many lawmakers say they’re willing to pursue some changes to the nation’s gun laws, but adamant opposition from the National Rifle Association is making it than any such effort will have difficulties. Since the massacre in Connecticut, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has been promising to push for a renewal of a ban on some types of weapons. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, said yesterday that Congress should look at “where the real danger is, like those large clips.” But NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre dismissed the assault weapons ban as a “phony piece of legislation.”
 
     INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Three people charged in a gas explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood, killing a couple, are set to appear before a judge this morning. The three were arrested Friday on charges of murder, arson and other counts following the Nov. 10 blast that killed a couple living next door to one of the people charged.