Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 2

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID  40S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.

 

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY…MAINLY
 IN THE AFTERNOON AND FAVORING SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SEVERE
 WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
 
 TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF
 20 TO 30 MPH TO THE WESTERN DEVILS LAKE AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
 REGIONS DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR TEMPERATURES…HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S AND 70S
 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…THEN INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S
 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY…AND ACROSS SOUTHERN
 NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY.

A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY…WHICH
 WILL COOL TEMPERATURES OFF INTO THE 60S FOR THE WEEK
 
 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to Eventide in Northeast Jamestown on Monday morning about 9:20 to a report of a gas leak.

First reports from the scene said crews from MDU were on the scene, and had capped the line.

Lt Sheldon Mohr said the line was cut due to a construction dig.

One Wing of Eventide was evacuated as residents were moved to another part of the facility as a precaution and then returned to the wing.

He says there was no natural gas odor in the buidling.

27 fire fighters were called to the fire hall, and then  two units and six fire fighters were on the scene about 15 minutes.

 

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

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY INCLUDED:

A Resolution to approve the request from JSDC to provide $75,000.00 in matching funds from the Economic Development Fund for the New Energy Spirit Biomass Refinery, LLC, for the planned celluosic ethanol plant contingent upon approval of the APUC request, with the City Share to be $67,500.00.

From the audience, Jerry Demore asked if a payback situation could be explained.

JSDC CEO Connie Ova said no grant is given without clawbacks or conditions.

She said she would report back.

Another audience member said the dollars are going after an inefficient source of fuel. She said the dollars can be better spent.

Mayor Andersen said the information from the study on the process will be available to the city even if the projects fails to move forward.

The council voted unanimously to approve.

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

The City Council voted unanimously to approve as amended, entering into the Joint Powers Agreement with the Jamestown Park District relative to the 1% City Sales Tax for the construction of the TRAC Facility. The agreement had previously been approved by the park district.

Questions arose on any dollars left after the bonds are paid, and terminated, and if the intent was consistent with the ballot language approved by voters.

Jamestown Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hogan said any dollars left after the bonds are paid, and going to the park district, would be used toward Parks and Recreation Department uses such as equipment. City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said that was not made clear in the ballot language, and that any remaining dollars would go to the city and TRAC.

Amy Walters of the TRAC Committee explained the ballot language the citizens voted on, and asked for the City Council’s support of the intent of voters.

A motion made by Council Member Gumke was to approve with the amendment to allow taxes collected after the bonds are paid to be made available to the park district.

 

The City Council voted to accept the plans & specifications for the Cavendish Water Tower Interior Recoating Project and to authorize the Advertisement for Bids for the project.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

ORDINANCES:

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Becky Thatcher-Keller asked about the status of serving notice of owners of blighted properties.

City Police Chief Scott Edinger said one structure was boarded up, and the other complied with the Ordinance.

City Beautification Committee spokesperson Joan Morris said the committee has provided the city with a draft for Requests for Proposals for a private contractor to provide curbside recycling services for a private contractor to provide recycling services for the City of Jamestown.

Property owners appeared to speak on the shooting range, pit, and concerns of the placement relative to the safety of homeowners, and others, concerning over-shoots.

Mayor Andersen said the issue will be further addressed at an upcoming committee meeting, pending review of a potential of a violating of the Zoning Ordinance.

 

Keith Meidinger appeared to discuss conditions of a gravel road, at 24th Street Southwest and 5th Street Southwest.

He supplied the Council with photos of the surface, under various conditions.

He said the conditions could also hamper emergency vehicles.

Mayor Andersen suggested that possibly the roadbed may need to be reconstructed.

Interstate Engineering is expected to bring a recommendation to the May Public Works Committee meeting and possible costs.

 

APPOINTMENTS:

Approved appointing LeRoy Gross to serve as the City employee representative and Ramone Gumke as the City Council representative on the Pension Committee for one year terms to expire March 2017.

　

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT: No reports were given.

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

Awarded the bid to Schebenske, Inc., for construction on Sanitary Sewer & Water in the 200 Block of 3rd Street NW in the amount of $66,522.

Awarded the bid to Scherbenske, Inc., for construction on SW Water Main

Replacement District, approximately 10 Blocks located on 5th Avenue SW, 15th Street SW and 16th Street SW in the amount of $983,0937. contingent on health department approval.

 

Approved the amended Resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $525,000 Solid Waste Treatment Revenue Bond, Series 2016.

 

Approved a Payment to Stutsman County Water Resource Board (per Enterprise Agreement) for work completed by AE2S on the Jamestown Stormwater Master Plan Study, in the amount of $15,000.00.

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

 

 

Valley City  (VCSU)  A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house will be held for the Vangstad building from 3–5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

The ceremony will include remarks from VCSU President Tisa Mason and Richard Rothaus, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the North Dakota University System, along with VCSU student leader Madelyn Zane.

The open house will include tours of the offices, classrooms and study spaces used by the VCSU Department of Business, the Learning Center, and Student Academic Services, along with the building’s signature auditorium.

Refreshments will be served, and the event is open to the public free of charge.

The university’s Quantum Brass ensemble will perform at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and at 4 p.m., VCSU actors will present a staged reading of a scene from “The Twins”—a play about the building’s namesakes, twins Lena and Thilda Vangstad—written by playwright Tom Dunn, great-nephew of the twins.

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – An inmate who escaped from the regional jail in Devils Lake last month has been captured.
 
     Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson tells KZZY radio Kenneth Eagleman was taken into custody at a Devils Lake residence Sunday afternoon. Nelson says Eagleman surrendered without incident.
 
     Eagleman, of Fargo, had been on the lam since breaking through a window at the Lake Region Law Enforcement Center April 21.
 
     Eagleman was in jail on a felony charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle and various misdemeanors. He now also faces a felony escape charge.
 
     Eagleman also was charged with felony forgery or counterfeiting the day after his escape. Authorities say it’s an unrelated case.
 
     Eagleman’s attorney on the initial charges told The Associated Press he hasn’t been assigned to the escape case.

 

Update…

GARSKE, N.D. (AP) – A one-vehicle crash in Ramsey County over the weekend killed a Devils Lake man.
 
     The Highway Patrol says 29-year-old Cale Goodwill lost control of his sport utility vehicle on state Highway 20 and it rolled several times in the ditch.
 
     Goodwill died at the scene near Garske. He was alone in the SUV.
 
     The wreckage was discovered about 8:45 a.m. Sunday. The time of the crash wasn’t immediately determined.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson man was injured over the weekend when a stray bullet from a nearby shooting went through the wall of his mobile home. Police Capt. Joe Cianni says unknown people exchanged multiple gunshots in a street on Saturday afternoon. Authorities say the 59-year-old man in the mobile home was an innocent bystander. He was treated for an injury that police said was not life-threatening. His name wasn’t released.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple likely will ask state agencies to identify potential reductions when drafting spending plans for the next two-year spending cycle.
 
     Dalrymple is slated to address agency directors on Wednesday at the state Capitol. 
 
     Dalrymple spokesman Jeff Zent says the governor’s guidelines will reflect a downturn in tax revenues due to slumping oil prices and activity.
 
     The Republican governor’s guidelines will be used by North Dakota departments to write spending plans for the 2017-19 budget cycle. The governor will use the blueprints to draft his own spending plan for the Legislature, which lawmakers will get during the Legislature’s organizational session in December.
 
     Spending had soared in recent years with oil development. But North Dakota continues to see bleaker-than-expected state tax revenue from declining oil activity.

 

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Officials are installing outdoor warning sirens across Williams County and urging residents to sign up for phone- and computer-based alerts.
 Emergency Manager Mike Smith says 43 sirens are being installed across 2,250 square miles in the oil patch county. He says they’ll alert people including oil field workers to dangerous situations such as weather, wildfires and chemical spills.
 Temporary and permanent residents also can sign up for alerts via email, text message, telephone and an app for smartphones.
 Smith says more than half of the 43 sirens are in place and the rest will be installed over the next several weeks.
 The Williston Herald reports that Smith has been working to upgrade the county’s alert system since he took the emergency manager job last summer.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Division says an equipment failure led to the spill of nearly 11,000 gallons of oil and saltwater at an oil well in McKenzie County.
 
     Buckhorn Energy Services LLC reported Friday that 840 gallons of oil and 10,080 gallons of saltwater were released, contained and recovered at the site about 5 miles northwest of Watford City.
 
     A state inspector has been to the site.

 

In world and national news…

LA PORTE, Ind. (AP) – Sen. Ted Cruz is blitzing through Indiana in an effort to beat Donald Trump in the state’s primary and keep his White House hopes alive. Cruz– who is hoping for a contested GOP convention– says he’s in the race “for the distance, as long as we have a viable path to victory.” The Trump campaign is questioning whether that viable path can exist for Cruz if he loses Indiana. Trump’s campaign manager calls Indiana “Ted Cruz’s firewall.”
 
     ISTANBUL (AP) – The Turkish military says artillery shelling and drone attacks by the U.S.-led coalition have killed more than 60 Islamic State militants in Syria. State-run media says the strikes took out multiple rocket launchers and gun positions. The offensive started yesterday when rockets fired from Syria hit a Turkish border town and wounded eight people.
 
     DETROIT (AP) – Nearly all of Detroit’s public schools were closed Monday as teachers protest the possibility that some of them won’t get paid over the summer if the struggling district runs out of cash. The latest in a series of sick-outs was called after the district’s transition manager said the district could not pay teachers this summer without further funding from the state. The state approved $47.8 million in emergency money in March to keep the 46,000-student school system operating, but that amount only pays the district’s bills through June 30.
 
     CHASKA, Minn. (AP) – Five of Prince’s six surviving siblings have begun trying to sort out the late artist’s multimillion dollar estate. They appeared in court Monday as a judge formalized his appointment of Bremer Trust to handle matters involving the estate. Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, requested the appointment so that the company can manage Prince’s estate until an executor is named. Prince left no known will.
 
     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life may need to look no farther than a small, nearby star. That’s the word from a Belgian-led team that’s discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years away. It’s the first time planets have been found around these types of stars. Scientists say it opens up new territory in the search for life beyond our home planet.