– Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Mar 22

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 20S. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 30.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN
THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
15 TO 20. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
30S. LOWS AROUND 20.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.

Jamestown (CSi) A watery pursuit Sunday evening, in Jamestown led to the arrest of a Jamestown man.

The chase involving 23 year old Richard Lawson, Jr. started in Southwest Jamestown.

Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says the incident started at 11:08 p.m. Sunday when a law enforcement officer with the regional drug task force allegedly saw a vehicle being driven recklessly on 25th Street Southwest at U.S. Highway 281 South.

A pursuit started when the officer saw the vehicle driving erratically, and the officer thought the driver might be impaired.

Lawson purportedly took off in his vehicle and the pursuit was joined by other law enforcement.

He drove north on 281, turned west on 17th Street Southwest, then turned north on 14th Avenue Southwest.

Lawson then drove the vehicle toward Victory Lutheran Church, and the pursuit continued into the fields north of the church. Lawson then proceeded along a dirt road down a hill toward Pipestem Creek north of the church to a camp spot, where he turned around and drove through a homeowner’s yard onto 7th Avenue Southwest.

Edinger said Lawson left the vehicle alongside 7th Avenue Southwest and crossed Pipestem Creek into Klaus Park, where he was apprehended by Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

Edinger says Lawson had not been drinking and was not under the influence of drugs. He adds that Lawson only had a temporary driver’s license. Authorities are not sure why Lawson attempted to elude police.

No one was injured during the pursuit. Some damage was noted to private property.

Lawson appeared, Monday, in Southeast District Court on a charge of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a Class B misdemeanor.

He also appeared in Jamestown Municipal Court on a charge of reckless driving, another Class B misdemeanor. He posted bond Monday afternoon after spending Sunday night in the Stutsman County Correctional Center.

Jamestown (CSi) Adam Gehlhar, an assistant principal at Cheney Middle School in West Fargo, is being offered the position of Jamestown High School Principal.

The School Board on Monday voted 8-0 to approve Superintendent Rob Lech’s recommendation. (Board member Greg Allen was not present.)

Gehlhar was one of five finalists to interview with a hiring committee of two administrators, two teachers and two Jamestown Public School Board members.

If he accepts the position, Gehlhar, would start at the beginning of the fiscal year, July 1, 2016, at a salary of $100,000 to be adjusted upon completion of negotiations, according to Lech.

Current JHS Principal Bill Nold is retiring at the end of the current school year.

Gehlhar is from Ypsilanti and attended Jamestown Public Schools. He served in the North Dakota National Guard, including two tours in Iraq, while earning a degree in social studies education and a master’s in educational leadership from North Dakota State University.

Gehlhar taught social studies in West Fargo’s STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) for three years before becoming assistant principal at West Fargo High School and then at Cheney Middle School.

In other business, the schoolboard agreed to continue working with DLR Group, that conducted a school facilities assessment for the School Board in 2015.

DLR would assist Consolidated Construction, which the School Board also approved to create a 10-year capital improvement plan for all Jamestown Public Schools by using the DLR facilities report to cut costs, Lech said.

The second phase will be a community input period to help guide the facility improvement process before considering another referendum, Lech said.

The school board approved non-teaching professionals’ salaries for the 2016-2017 school year with a $2,000 increase for 12-month employees being pro-rated, according to negotiations.

The meeting was record by CSi Cable, with replays starting on Tuesday, on CSi 10, The Replay Channel.

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System Board of Directors, Monday, unanimously approved continuing the lighting improvement project, at the Alfred Dickey Public Library.

The conference room lighting project will cost about $2,500 to replace lights, and the upstairs room will cost about $4,800 to replace lights, according to two proposals provided by Dakota Prairie Electric.

Dakota Prairie Electric replaced lighting in the children’s section of the library. Next on the list is the conference room and upstairs room.

Shelving is also being planned for replacement in the Children’s Library, at Alfred Dickey.

Lynn Krueger was appointed as a new member of the board by Stutsman County Commission. Krueger was a previous member of the board from 2014 to 2015.

Bismarck (CSi) The Monday morning Amber Alert issued for a 15 year old female from North Central North Dakota, was cancelled less than a hour after it was issued.

The Amber Alert issued at On March 20, 2016 at 11:00 PM, stated that Aimee Marie Messerly was believed to have been abducted, or was otherwise endangered

KFGO Radio reports, it started Sunday evening about 11-O’Clock when Three Affiliated Tribes Police informed the Highway Patrol that the girl may have been kidnapped and could be in danger.

Highway Patrol Sergeant Tom Iverson says he was told that the girl was found safe, with her father at Four Bears Casino in New Town.

He says the man who tribal police thought had abducted the girl from Parshall is dead and police released a picture of that man by mistake. Iverson says he doesn’t know whether the girl was ever in any danger.

(CSi) The Barnes Rural Water District has been recognized for its safe drinking water by the North Dakota Department of Health.

Earlier this year, the City of Valley City received a certificate of achievement for providing safe drinking water.

The Safe Drinking Water Act was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect and regulate the nation’s public drinking water supplies.

Jamestown (CSi) The Friend’s of the James River Valley Library System presents Alicia Harstad with “Open Pollinated Plants-What are They.”

The presentation will be on Tuesday March 29, 2016, at 6-p.m., at the Stutsman County Library in Jamestown.

Alicia’s class will benefit anyone who is interested in gardening. She will discuss different plant pollination methods, the importance of open pollinated plants and the seeds that they spring from. She will also talk about the new seed library that will be housed at the Stutsman County Library. The seed library is a collaborative project between Jamestown Community Gardens, Stutsman County Branch of the James River Valley Library, Alpha Opportunities and Master Gardeners, to provide free vegetable seeds to the public.

Alicia is from Hoople, North Dakota, she grew up on a potato farm, attended NDSU and earned a B.S. degree in Crop and Weed Science and an M.S. degree in Plant Science with an emphasis on Weed Science.

She was the Steele County Extension agent for 2 ½ years before coming to Stutsman County. She has been the Stutsman County Extension agent for the last year. She and her husband Brian live in Rogers.

Contact Bill Kennedy with any questions Tel: 701-252-2217 Cell: 701-269-3333 Email: billkennedy0@gmail.com

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge has set bond at $1 million for a Minnesota man accused of firing shots at police officers from inside a hotel room across the North Dakota border in West Fargo.

     Thirty-seven-year-old Jan-Michael Wangstad, of Breckenridge, Minnesota, faces six felony charges including attempted murder. He could face up to 50 years in prison if convicted.

     No injuries were reported in the Friday afternoon incident at the Rodeway Inn that ended with Wangstad surrendering after a 5-hour standoff.

     Wangstad had his initial court appearance on Monday but did not enter pleas to the charges. He’s due back in court on April 27. The Associated Press requested comment from his attorney Tuesday.

TOWNER, N.D. (AP) – A child care operator charged in the drowning death of a 5-year-old Velva girl will serve no prison time.

     Forty-five-year-old Heather Tudor pleaded guilty Monday to operating without a day care license and child neglect in exchange for prosecutors dropping a negligent homicide charge.

     Judge Laurie Fontaine accepted the deal and gave Tudor a suspended jail sentence and three years of unsupervised probation. Tudor also must pay $5,000 restitution, complete 300 hours of community service and never again operate a day care.

     Tudor was operating a day care last June when Gracelyn Aschenbrenner was found unresponsive in Velva’s city pool. The girl later died.

     Five current and former officials with the state Department of Human Services also face charges related to the case, along with a McHenry County social worker.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man accused of federal drug and weapons charges say he will plead guilty to one count. A plea agreement calls for Joseph Keener to plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Authorities say two men traveled from Minnesota to Minot last year and bought meth from Keener.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Deposits into North Dakota’s oil tax savings account have dropped to their lowest level since the fund was created. State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt says the Legacy Fund deposit for March was $22.9 million, down from $31.7 million in February. North Dakota voters approved the fund in 2010. It received its first deposit of $34.3 million in September 2011.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota Legislative committee is slated to continue a debate whether to change the state constitution and update state law to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s declaration that same-sex couples have the right to marry.

The Legislature’s interim Judiciary Committee is to meet Tuesday to mull whether changes should be adopted or the law left alone as a statement.

There are some 70 references in North Dakota law at present that define marriage as between a man and a woman. The laws cover everything from divorces to frog licenses.

The Supreme Court last June declared same-sex couples have the right to marry nationwide. A federal judge shortly after ruled North Dakota’s decade-old ban on gay marriage unconstitutional and invalid.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen by about a quarter over the past three weeks and are approaching $2 per gallon.

     GasBuddy.com reports the average retail price of a gallon of gas in the state rose about 3 cents in the past week, to $1.97 per gallon. The increase follows 11-cent rises in each of the previous two weeks.

     The national average increased 5 cents per gallon in the past week, to $1.98.

     Senior Petroleum Analyst Greg Laskoski calls the 25-cents-per-gallon rise in the past few weeks a “stark increase.” But he adds that current gas prices are still almost 50 cents a gallon lower than last year at this time.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A seventh-grader from a Minot middle school has won the North Dakota spelling bee, advancing to a national competition in May.

  Chloe Carlson correctly spelled the word “presentiment” Monday to win the competition in Bismarck. She moves on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in May in Washington, D.C.

     Chloe scored well enough in January to advance to the county spelling bee in February. Chloe and her dad went over word lists from the Scripps spelling bee website, and she also used a subscription that let her hear a word and then type it to see if she spelled it correctly.

     Chloe goes to Erik Ramstad Middle School in Minot, which produced the 2014 and 2015 winner of the state spelling bee.

In sports….

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Draymond Green scored 24 points Monday night as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-104. Klay Thompson added 17 points for the Warriors, who improved their record to 63-7. Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Ricky Rubio added 20 points for the Timberwolves.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are NBA Central Division champions for the second straight year. LeBron James recorded his 41st career triple-double — 33 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists — as the Cavaliers walloped Denver 124-91.

   Final    Indiana                91    Philadelphia      75
   Final    Charlotte            91    San Antonio        88
   Final    Detroit                92    Milwaukee            91
   Final    Boston                107    Orlando                96

   Final    Chicago              109    Sacramento        102
   Final    Washington        117    Atlanta              102
   Final    Memphis              103    Phoenix                97

       NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

   Final    N-Y Rangers        4    Florida                  2
   Final    Toronto                5    Calgary                  2
   Final    Philadelphia      4    N-Y Islanders      1
   Final    Nashville            5    Los Angeles          2

COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS PLAYOFFS

       CBI

       Quarterfinals
       at Convocation Center
   Final    Ohio      72    UNC Greensboro      67

       at Ellis T Johnson Arena
     Duquesne    vs    Morehead St.      7:00 p.m.

       at KeyArena
   Final    Vermont                73    Seattle                    54

       at Lawlor Events Center
   Final    Nevada                  85    E. Washington        70

       CIT

       Second Round
       at Newark, N.J.
   Final    NJIT                      83    Boston U.                72

       NIT…

       Second Round

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) – Tyler Cavanaugh had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Patricio Garino scored 19 on 8-of-12 shooting and George Washington beat Monmouth 87-71 to advance to its first NIT quarterfinal.

Fourth-seeded George Washington will host No. 2 seed Florida on Wednesday.

In another NIT second round game, Adam Smith made five 3-pointers and scored 21 and Georgia Tech beat South Carolina 83-66.

     UNDATED (AP) – Jamie Dixon is leaving Pittsburgh to take over as head basketball coach at his alma mater.

     Pitt athletic director Scott Barnes says that Dixon is going to TCU. There was no official confirmation from TCU, which a week earlier fired Trent Johnson.

     After leading Pittsburgh to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances the past 13 seasons, Dixon will take over a program that hasn’t been to the tournament since 1998. He was a senior guard for TCU in 1987.

     Johnson’s TCU teams won eight Big 12 Conference games in four seasons.

     The 50-year-old Dixon was under contract at Pittsburgh until 2023.

TENNIS…

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Raymond Moore is out as chief executive officer and tournament director of the $7 million BNP Paribas Open featuring men’s and women’s tennis players in the California desert. Tournament owner Larry Ellison said in a statement that Moore, who said women’s pro tennis players “ride on the coattails of the men,” resigned Monday last night.

NFL…

– The Supreme Court is staying out of a dispute between videogame maker Electronic Arts Inc. and former National Football League players who accuse the company of using their likenesses in the popular Madden NFL video game series without approval. The justices are letting stand an appeals court ruling that said the company’s use of the players’ likenesses was not protected as “incidental use” under the First Amendment.

Electronic Arts previously settled a similar case brought by college football and basketball players for $40 million.

MEDIA-TNT-SAGER

     NEW YORK (AP) – Popular Turner Sports reporter Craig Sager (SAY’-gur) says in an interview with HBO that his leukemia is no longer in remission.

     Sager missed 11 months while undergoing treatment and a bone marrow transplant from his son before returning to his position on the sideline during TNT’s NBA coverage in March 2015. But he says in a “Real Sports” interview to air Tuesday that he learned last month that the cancer was no longer in remission.

     The 64-year-old Sager says he is in “unchartered waters” and must keep his strength up. He adds he has already undergone two stem cell transplants and it’s very rare that someone would have a third.

In world and national news…
BRUSSELS (AP) – A Belgian federal prosecutor says one of the terror attacks in Brussels today was probably the work of a suicide bomber. The attacks at the airport and the subway left many dead. A subway official says a blast there killed at least 15 and officials say fatalities occurred at both scenes. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says authorities are worried there will be more attacks. Brussels has been locked down.

     BRUSSELS (AP) – Eurostar has suspended high-speed rail service to Brussels-Midi station following the attacks at the airport and a metro station in Belgium. The rail service links London with Brussels and Paris via the Channel Tunnel. Europe has tightened security at major airports. Belgium has raised its terror alert to the highest level.

     HAVANA (AP) – President Barack Obama plans to speak out today against political repression and economic deprivation during his speech in Cuba that is to be broadcast on TV. He’s wrapping up his historic trip with the speech and a meeting with dissidents.

     KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AP) – The new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says it was “a horrible tragedy” that a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship attacked the hospital run by medical charity Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan. U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson traveled to the northern city to meet local leaders and relatives of those who died in the Oct. 3 attack that killed 42 people. He offered a U.S. apology and a U.S military report is expected within days.

     GENEVA (AP) – There’s criticism today of the European Union deal with Turkey over the influx of refugees and other migrants. Declaring that the U.N. refugee agency opposes mandatory detention, a spokeswoman says the UNHCR is suspending some operations in Greece because facilities handling the influx “have now become detention centers.” Separately, UNICEF expressed its frustration that the plan makes no mention of children, who make up 40 percent of people stranded in Greece.