Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 11

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS.  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE 50S
TO LOWER 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 30. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. LOWS IN
THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

 

 THROUGH THE DAKOTAS ..DECENT CHANCES FOR RAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ALONG WITH SOME STRONG WIND POTENTIAL.
 COLDER AND ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THEN LOOKS TO REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) – Friday and Saturday, troopers will conduct alcohol saturation patrols in Barnes County to remove impaired drivers from the roadways. If you choose to drink, do not drive. Arrange for a sober driver or call a taxi.

Last year, 41 percent of fatal crash victims died in alcohol-related crashes. Please make responsible decisions and join us in increasing the safety of North Dakota roadways.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Humane Society has elected new board members, at the Annual Meeting.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Matt Opsahl, the new Vice President, said he served three terms as president, and was not allowed to run again, and is now Vice President.

He pointed out that Jay Nitchke is newly appointed to the board.

He reminded viewers about the April 2nd, 2016, fundraiser, “The Voice of Elvis,” featuring an Elvis Impersonator.

Doors open at 5:30-p.m., at the Knight’s of Columbus Hall, with the show at 7-p.m. Tickets are $25 and includes the meal of sloppy joes and chips, along with entry into the raffle drawing. Tickets in advance or at the door.

On Friday’s show he said the shelter currently has 17 cats and 14 dogs available for adoption, including one puppy.

A reminder that volunteers area also welcome, at the shelter,along with donations of treats, and cleaning supplies. Those interested may inquire at the shelter, located at the I-94 Bloom Exit. Call 701-252-0747.

Open every day from 9-a.m., to noon, and 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m., or by appointment.

On line visit www.JamesRiverHumaneSociety.org with links to petfinder.com

Look for the shelter at Facebook.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi-Jamestown Area Chamber of commerce) Members of the Young Professionals of Jamestown and the Ambassadors, both Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce committees, recently presented a Business of the Month Award to the R.M. Stoudt, Inc., located at 800 23rd Street SW, in Jamestown.

Pictured is Casey Stoudt, owner, along with several of his employees, and members of the YPJ committee and the Ambassadors.

The Young Professionals of Jamestown honor businesses that provide superior customer service, exhibit community spirit and provide a positive economic impact to the community.

R. M. Stoudt, Inc., along with all of the other monthly winners, will be considered for Business of the Year to be awarded at the Chamber’s annual banquet in January of 2017.

Business of the Month award nomination forms are available at the Chamber office. Call 701-252-4830 for more information, email director@jamestownchamber.com or check out information on the website, www.jamestownchamber.com

 

 

Jamestown, ND. March 11, 2016 –  When University of Jamestown students return from spring break on Monday, they might notice some big changes on campus. The University recently selected a new partner to provide dining and catering services and the transformation of those programs is already underway.

The University has partnered with Sodexo, a world leader in on-site service solutions for schools, universities, healthcare facilities and corporate offices, to manage its retail dining, resident dining and catering programs for the next 15 years.

As enrollment at the private liberal arts university has continued to rise, administrators have looked for ways to ensure the campus evolves with the needs of the community, including striving to create one of the top dining programs in the region. The change in dining service providers came in response to the University’s desire to provide the high-quality fare, easy access to nutrition information, wide selection of healthful options and support in addressing special dietary needs that students desire.

Sodexo offers extensive health and wellness resources, including its award-winning Mindful program, which emphasizes healthy cooking techniques that maximize flavor while minimizing calories, fat and sodium. In addition, students will soon be able to scan barcodes on menus with their smartphones to quickly gain access to nutrition information. Information on most menu items can also be located using the popular MyFitnessPal mobile application. The company also provides additional support for those with special dietary needs, with a registered dietician available to answer questions or offer guidance.

“It is important to us that our students enjoy an excellent on-campus experience,” said University of Jamestown President Robert Badal. “Campus dining is an important part of that experience. We feel Sodexo will provide the quality campus dining program that our students deserve, and we welcome them to campus.”

One very important aspect of the dining program at University of Jamestown is catering. The University welcomes students, faculty, staff, as well as, off-campus businesses, organizations, members of our community and surrounding communities, to many catered events throughout the year. The University of Jamestown also hosts numerous camps and conferences on campus when classes are not in session.

One of the primary reasons for choosing Sodexo was the company’s experience in this area and its ability to elevate the University’s catering program by infusing it with culinary talent and expertise. With this new partnership, the University intends to devote far more resources to creating and maintaining an exceptional catering program.

The University of Jamestown’s catering program will be supported by a new executive chef and lead catering manager. Through Sodexo’s industry-leading Flavours Catering Program, their new expanded menus, featuring the most on-trend dishes and seasonal specials, will make it easy for clients to find the perfect items for any event. Sodexo also offers online ordering capabilities to simplify the process of placing and tracking catering orders.

To highlight the new and improved catering program, Sodexo will host an open house at the beginning of each fall and spring semester, inviting campus constituents and members of the local community to come sample the latest menu offerings and learn more about the packages and services available.

For more information on the changes happening at University of Jamestown, visit ujdining.sodexomyway.com.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Minot State University President Steven Shirley is among three candidates still in the running to be the next president of the University of North Dakota.

A committee searching for the successor to retired President Robert Kelley has narrowed the list of candidates from six to three finalists after campus visits.

The other two remaining candidates are former U.S. congressman Mark Kennedy, director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.; and Nagi Naganathan, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Toledo.

The State Board of Higher Education will interview the three finalists Tuesday and decide on who gets the job.

Kelley retired in January. Former North Dakota Gov. and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer is serving as UND’s interim president.

 

Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota State Hospital Governing Body members will meet Monday, March 14, 2016 at 9 a.m., Central Time, in the administrative conference room on the second floor of the hospital’s LRC – administration building, 2605 Circle Dr., in Jamestown. The public is welcome to attend.

The agenda includes a review of bylaws and regulations. State Hospital Superintendent Rosalie Etherington, Ph.D., will give a report. Other hospital staff will provide the human resources annual report, a financial report, the medical director’s report, and reports on wellness committee efforts, the hospital safety program, seclusion and restraint, and quality support services. Department of Human Services Executive Director Maggie Anderson will give a department report.

The meeting agenda also includes time at about 10 a.m. for comments from State Hospital employees and the public. A complete meeting agenda is online at www.nd.gov/dhs/info/publicnotice/index.html.

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations, including auxiliary aids, to participate in the meeting can contact Karla Bachmeier at 701-253-3964, Relay ND TTY 800-366-6888, or kxbachmeier@nd.gov

The North Dakota State Hospital provides short-term acute inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, intermediate psycho-social rehabilitation services, forensic services, and safety net services for adults. The hospital also provides residential addiction treatment services for adults referred to the Tompkins program by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In addition, the hospital has a Sex Offender Treatment and Assessment Program that provides inpatient evaluation and treatment services.

More information about the North Dakota State Hospital is available online at www.nd.gov/dhs/locations/statehospital/.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Police in Grand Forks say the death of a person whose body was found in a vehicle at a truck stop is being investigated as a homicide.
 
     Officers found the body at the Flying J Travel Plaza shortly after 5 a.m. Friday. Police say a suspect is in custody. Neither the victim nor the suspect has been publicly identified.
 
     Police say they don’t believe there is a threat to the general public. They say the deceased person had arranged to meet another person at the truck stop.
 
     Police would not release additional details of the investigation.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A 43-year-old man is at a hospital receiving treatment for serious injuries after he was struck by a train in downtown Grand Forks.

The Grand Forks Police Department says the train hit the pedestrian around 10:15 a.m. Friday. Police say the man’s condition and prognosis are unknown.

Authorities say the preliminary investigation shows the man was walking north and was struck when he tried to cross the tracks in front of the eastbound train.

Police say the crossing arms, flashing lights and warning bells in the area appear to have been working when the incident occurred.

The man was not immediately identified.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police say the death of a person whose body was found in a vehicle at a truck stop is suspicious.

Officers responded to the Flying J Travel Plaza shortly after 5 a.m. Friday. Authorities say there are indications that the person did not die of natural causes. They didn’t elaborate or immediately identify the person.

Police don’t immediately know if there is a threat to the general public. They say the person had arranged to meet another person at the truck stop.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State health officials say one of 11 cases of salmonella recently linked to pistachios in the U.S. was reported in North Dakota.
 
     The North Dakota Department of Health says the case in the state was one of the infections associated with the Wonderful Pistachios brand.
 
     Pistachios sold under the brands of Wonderful, Paramount Farms and Trader Joe’s are being recalled nationwide because they may be contaminated with salmonella.
 
     Health officials in nine states are investigating 11 cases of salmonella linked to pistachios from Wonderful Pistachios of Lost Hills, California. The nuts are sold nationwide and in Canada.
 
     North Dakota Health Department epidemiologist Laura Cronquist says pistachios have a long shelf life and people should either dispose of or return the recalled pistachios for a refund.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she’s among select lawmakers who will accompany President Barack Obama on his trip to Cuba this month.

The trip is the first time a sitting U.S. president will visit the island nation in nearly eight decades.

Heitkamp says she was invited because of her efforts to expand U.S. farm exports to Cuba. The North Dakota Democrat was among a handful of U.S. lawmakers who met with Cuban President Raul Castro at the United Nations in New York last September.

Obama and Castro moved more than a year ago to begin normalizing ties between their formerly estranged countries.

The trip will be Heitkamp’s second to Cuba as a U.S. senator. She also went there in 2014.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources says the state’s oil production decreased by about 30,600 barrels a day in January.

The agency says the state produced an average of 1.12 million barrels of oil daily in January. The January production was about 105,380 barrels per day less than the record set in December 2014.

North Dakota also produced 1.63 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in January, down from 1.67 billion cubic feet daily in December.

The January tally is the latest figure available because oil production numbers typically lag at least two months.

There were 33 drill rigs operating in North Dakota’s oil patch on Friday – the lowest number since March 2007.

 

WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) – A group that advises North Dakota’s governor on land purchases by nonprofits is mulling a proposed land buy in McLean County.

The county is trying to find a solution to floodwaters from Painted Wood Lake inundating adjacent farmland. It’s been a problem for years.

The county and several state and wildlife advocacy group partners want to buy 255 acres of nearby land to build drainage infrastructure. The land would then be turned over to the state to be part of the Painted Woods Wildlife Management Area.

Neighboring landowners have expressed support. The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association says something needs to be done but wonders if this is the right solution.

The Natural Areas Acquisition Advisory Committee will make its recommendation on March 18.

In sports…

Point Lookout, MO – The VCSU Vikings men’s basketball season ended Friday afternoon, when they were defeated by the number 7 seed Indiana University East in the 2nd round of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship.

The final score was I.U. East 81 VCSU 69.

The Vikings men end the season with a 22-11 record.

The Red Wolves are 21-13 and  move on to play either Bethel or BriarCliff at 3-p.m., on Saturday.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Hunting- and fishing-related violations dropped in North Dakota last year for only the second time since the western energy boom began in earnest.

State wildlife officials say the exodus of nonresident workers from the slumping oil patch is a likely factor, though not the only one.

Citations issued by game wardens in 2015 dropped 10 percent from the 2014 record of 2,712. In the heart of the oil patch, citations plummeted 31 percent.

Chief game warden Robert Timian says it’s logical that if a lot of people are leaving the oil patch, outdoors violations will drop.

But he says there are likely other factors, too – game wardens might be doing a better job, more people might be calling in tips, or more people might just be following the law.

 

In world an national news…

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Mourners at the funeral of Nancy Reagan have heard former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney read an adoring letter written by Ronald Reagan to his wife on their first Christmas in the White House in 1981. The letter said she filled his entire life with “warmth and love.” A thousand guests were invited to the funeral at the hilltop library northwest of Los Angeles where the former first lady will be buried next to her husband.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Protesters have been making themselves heard at a Donald Trump rally in St. Louis, repeatedly interrupting Trump as he tried to speak ahead of Tuesday’s elections in Missouri and four other states. Trump responded that “these are not the people who made our country great.” He complimented the police and security officers who escorted the protesters out of the rally at the city’s Peabody Opera House. Trump says the media is focusing too much on the protests that interrupt his rallies, and not enough on what he calls “the love that’s in these rooms.”

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A young Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, months after authorities say he and his fiancee were trying to go to Syria to join the Islamic State. Court papers show Muhammad Dakhlalla pleaded guilty today to providing material support to terrorism. He faces up to 20 years in prison. His fiancee is also accused of attempting to join the Islamic State. Her trial is set for June. The couple was arrested in August before boarding a flight from Columbus, Mississippi, with tickets for Istanbul.

LAWRENCE, N.Y. (AP) -Sen. Charles Schumer says an alleged Iranian cyberattack on a small dam in the suburbs outside of New York City was a “shot across the bow” of the United States. In 2013, hackers accessed the control system at the Bowman Avenue Dam, a small flood-control structure in Rye Brook, about 20 miles north of New York City. The intrusion prompted a federal investigation. Schumer said Friday that it “looks clear that the Iranians did it.” He confirmed that an indictment is expected to be handed down as soon as next month.

WILKINSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Community members are leaving balloons and saying prayers in front of the Pennsylvania house where an ambush at a backyard cookout killed six, including a pregnant woman and her fetus. Flowers, stuffed animals and candles adorned the home’s front porch Friday in Wilkinsburg. One woman dropped to her knees in prayer as her school-age daughter stood by. Pittsburgh police say they have no new information to release in their investigation into Wednesday night’s deadly ambush attack.