Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb 25

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 15 TO 20. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
LOWS AROUND 15.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
LOWS AROUND 10.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.

 WITH SUNNY SKIES FRIDAY’S HIGHS
 WILL BE WELL INTO THE 50S WEST AND CENTRAL…WITH MID TO UPPER 40S
 JAMES RIVER VALLEY NORTH TO THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS.

 RECORD HIGHS SATURDAY ARE
 AROUND 65 DEGREES FOR MOST OF THE MAJOR CITIES WITH THE RECORD AT
 JAMESTOWN OF 60 DEGREES.

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO

SUNDAY…A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA AND

BRINGS COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS.

WARMER AIRMASS ATTEMPTS TO PUSH INTO THE AREA EARLY MONDAY…THOUGH

THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY.

Jamestown (CSi) Buffalo Mall is sponsoring their 11th annual Business Leaders Soup Spectacular Cook-off contest to raise funds for the James River Senior Center Home Delivered Meal Program. The date has been set for Saturday, March 5th, 2016 from 11:00am – 1:00pm in the Buffalo Mall commons area.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 the Buffalo Mall’s Bev Dawson said, community business leaders and service clubs will enter their favorite soup.

For $5.00 the public is invited to taste the soup entries and cast their vote for

the best soup in Jamestown. Additional votes are $1 each. 100% of the proceeds benefit the Home Delivered Meal Program.

She pointed out that chili will also be available.

In conjunction with the soup cook-off, ServeYES! will host a benefit bake sale for the Home Delivered Meal Program.

Entertainment will be provided by R & C School of Rock.

Also on our show the Senior Center’s Rhonda Sahr said, in 2014 there were 21,196 home delivered meals through the program. She added that the suggested cost of $4 per meal. She said to prepare the meal it costs around $9 per meal, so fundraisers are needed to help with costs.

She added that 45 volunteers participate in the program, with seven routes Monday-Friday, and five routes on Saturdays and Sundays.

To find out more, about driver volunteering call Rhonda Sahr at the James River Community and Senior Center at 701-252-2882.

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted a man accused of hiring a hit man to kill two of his associates in a dispute over business dealings in the North Dakota oil patch.
 
     The Spokesman-Review newspaper of Spokane reports the jury returned its verdict Thursday after a day of deliberation in the case of James Henrikson, who was accused of hiring Timothy Suckow to kill Spokane businessman Doug Carlile and Kristopher Clarke, associates tied to North Dakota’s oil-field business.
 
     Henrikson’s federal trial was moved from Spokane to Richland because of extensive publicity over the 2013 shooting death of Carlile at his upscale home.  Clarke was bludgeoned at a North Dakota truck stop.
 
     Henrikson told police that Carlile, a self-employed contractor, owed him nearly $2 million, though prosecutors said there was no evidence of that.
 
     Suckow has already pleaded guilty.

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – An 82-year-old Trenton driver faces several charges after allegedly hitting a law officer who dashed into a Williston street to save a child who had wandered into traffic.
 
     Authorities allege that Milton Bergh almost ran down the girl on Feb. 18, then grazed officer Kyle Martin with his vehicle after Martin saved the preschooler.
 
     Williams County Sheriff’s Capt. Verlan Kvande (KWAWN’-dee)  says injuries to Martin’s leg and hand weren’t serious and he is back at work.
 
     Bergh is charged with felony reckless endangerment, as well as misdemeanor driving offenses. The Associated Press requested comment from his attorney.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man accused of killing his ex-wife last November has pleaded not guilty to murder.
 
29-year-old Richie Wilder Jr. waived his preliminary hearing on Thursday and entered his plea in the death of 30-year-old Angila Wilder.
 
     A pretrial conference is scheduled May 4. Wilder’s trial date was not immediately set.
 
     He could face life in prison if convicted.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Police in Minot are investigating burglaries of neighboring businesses in the southeast part of the city.
 
     Capt. John Klug says the first was reported just after 6 a.m. Wednesday at Hensen’s Fur & Leather. A door to the business was found forced open and the business was entered.
 
     While investigating this burglary, officers discovered that suspects pried open the windows of Gaffaney’s and entered the office supply business.
 
     Klug says the investigation of both break-ins is ongoing.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A program aimed at helping North Dakota communities deal with the effects of energy development has been suspended due to slumping oil activity.
 
     North Dakota’s Board of University and School Lands also voted Thursday to put on hold millions of dollars of projects that have receive grants but work hasn’t started.
 
     Trust Lands Commissioner Lance Gaebe (GAY’-bee) says the Oil and Gas Impact Grant Fund earlier was projected to collect $140 million for the current two-year budget cycle. He says it’s only projected to collect $28.6 million now due to low oil prices and a drop in oil production tax revenues.
 
     He says the board has already obligated about $42 million in projects so the fund is “upside down.”

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Nearly five years after historic Souris River flooding in northern North Dakota, there are still no concrete proposals for changes to river management to prevent a similar flood.
 
     The International Souris River Board that manages the river that flows in and out of North Dakota from Canada says it has been unsuccessful in getting money from either the Canada or U.S. government to study potential changes.
 
     Board Canadian Co-Chairman Russel Boals says officials are discouraged. U.S. Co-Chairman Todd Sando says the state of North Dakota has ponied up some money for studies, but any management changes are years away.
 
     The June 2011 flood damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 homes and other structures in Minot and caused additional damage in rural areas, resulting in more than $1 billion in damage.

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Civic Center hosts the 2016 District 5 boys basketball tourney this Friday, Saturday and Monday February 26th, 27th and 29^th.

There will be three games each day.

3:30pm on Friday

4:30pm on Saturday and Monday.

The earlier start on Friday is so a University of Jamestown Women playoff basketball game can start at 9pm.

Friday’s schedule:

3:30pm – #4 Carrington vs. #5 Oakes

5pm – #2 Ellendale vs. #7 Midkota/Kensal

6:30pm – #3 LaMoure-LM vs. #6 Barnes County North

No. 1 Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier will have a first round bye and will play the winner of the Oakes/Carrington game on Saturday at 6pm.

In world and national news…

  LAS VEGAS (AP) – A Republican who has been mentioned as a potential nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he’s not interested. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says he is “incredibly grateful to have been mentioned,” but he has told the White House that he doesn’t want to be considered for a seat on the high court at this time. In his statement, Sandoval didn’t give any reason.
 
     UNDATED (AP) – People in many parts of the country are cleaning up after an outbreak of severe weather. Strong winds and tornadoes claimed half a dozen lives and left tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power from the Carolinas to New England. In the Midwest, a powerful storm brought heavy snow and biting winds, leading to mass flight cancellations at Chicago airports and school closings in several states. A 6-year-old girl died following a three-vehicle crash in southern Michigan.
 
     FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A naval air station in Fort Worth has closed its front gate because of a suspicious package. Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base released a statement saying the package was identified by a Naval Security Force member at the main gate Thursday  morning. The base initially went on lockdown, but officials are now allowing outbound traffic through another gate. The air station says Naval Security Forces and both military and Fort Worth police explosives disposal teams are responding to the incident.
 
     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – After nearly a year in space, Scott Kelly is just a few days away from returning to Earth – and he can’t wait. He says he feels as if he’s been camping in the woods for a year. But he says he could go another 100 days or even another year if he had to. In his final news conference from the International Space Station Thursday, Kelly said the toughest thing is being isolated from loved ones. He says he can’t wait to jump in his pool and dine at a real table with friends and family.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Three federal judges will hear the NFL’s appeal of the lifting of New England quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension in “Deflategate” next week. Arguments before a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are scheduled for March 3 in New York City. The judges will decide whether a lower-court judge was correct to negate Brady’s suspension over a ball-deflation scandal last year.