{"id":19652,"date":"2013-05-24T14:34:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T19:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=19652"},"modified":"2013-05-28T08:13:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:13:51","slug":"wayne-byers-show-evening-may-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=19652","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wbPM3\"<\/a>Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) \u2014 Law enforcement personnel from across North Dakota will be lacing up their shoes and hitting the pavement as part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run \u00ae (LETR) for Special Olympics North Dakota.<\/p>\n

The Torch Run is organized by law enforcement throughout the state, as the largest grassroots fundraiser for Special Olympics. The goal is to help raise money and awareness for Special Olympics.<\/p>\n

The 2013 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics North Dakota will wrap up with North Dakota law enforcement running the torch into Opening Ceremonies for State Summer Games at 9:30 am at Fargo Davies High School on Saturday June 1, 2013.<\/p>\n

All Torch Run \u00ae and Special Olympic State Summer Games events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

WHEN: Thursday May 31 \u2013 Saturday June 1<\/b><\/p>\n

WHERE: Thursday May 30, 2013:<\/b><\/p>\n

Jamestown Torch Run \u00ae: Begin at 9:00am at mile marker 262.<\/b><\/p>\n

Valley City Torch Run \u00ae: Meet Jamestown law enforcement at mile marker 276.<\/b><\/p>\n

Bismarck Torch Run \u00ae: Begin at 2:00pm at the Law Enforcement Center. <\/b><\/p>\n

Friday May 31, 2013:<\/b><\/p>\n

Minot Torch Run \u00ae: Begin run at the Main Gate of the Minot Air Force Base at 9:00am ending with a lunch donated by Buffalo Wild Wings in the Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot.<\/b><\/p>\n

Grand Forks Torch Run \u00ae: Begin at 32nd<\/sup> Ave South and I-29 at noon and finish at Hillsboro, ND.<\/b><\/p>\n

Williston Torch Run \u00ae: Begins at 3:00pm. 1 mile run on University Drive.<\/b><\/p>\n

Fargo Torch Run \u00ae: Begin at corner of 52nd<\/sup> Ave South & 25th<\/sup> Street at 5:30pm, ending at Fargo Davies High School to be greeted by Special Olympics athletes, families, coaches and volunteers.<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday June 1, 2013:<\/b><\/p>\n

Final Leg of Law Enforcement Torch Run \u00ae: Fargo Davies High School during Opening Ceremonies for State Summer Games at 9:30am. <\/b><\/p>\n

The mission of the LETR is to raise both dollars and awareness for Special Olympics. Nearly 100 agencies and 1,000 law enforcement volunteers work year-round in North Dakota to accomplish this goal; they are some of our greatest volunteers. All funds raised go towards supporting North Dakota\u2019s year-round sports training and athletic competition.<\/p>\n

North Dakota\u2019s Law Enforcement Torch Run began in 1985. What began as a 30-mile run is now a multi-day relay that covers routes from Dickinson and Williston to the eastern part of the state ending at the State Summer Games in Fargo with 200+ runners. Now more than a run, the Torch Run is a campaign to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics North Dakota.<\/p>\n

The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) is held in 50 states and in 35 countries raising $20 million annually and recruiting more than 15,000 law enforcement officers from all over the world. The original Torch Run began in Kansas in 1981 as a vision of Chief Richard LaMunyon who wanted to give his officers an opportunity to participate in something positive.<\/p>\n

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A woman was taken to a Fargo hospital to be treated for hypothermia after being pulled from the Red River in downtown Fargo.<\/p>\n

The woman called authorities about 2:30 a.m. Friday, saying she was clinging to a rock in the river and couldn’t hold on. Emergency officials found her hanging to a post marking a boat ramp, about 25 yards from shore. Firefighters waded in to rescue her.<\/p>\n

The circumstances of how the woman ended up in the river are not immediately clear, though police are treating it as an accident. The woman was not immediately identified.<\/p>\n

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LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (AP) – A woman accused of threatening to kill a North Dakota legislator because she was upset about abortion legislation will not serve jail time if she stays out of trouble.<\/p>\n

39-year-old Nicolette Knudson, of Lidgerwood, pleaded guilty to threatening a public servant and was given a deferred one-year jail term.<\/p>\n

If she successfully completes a year of probation the charge will be removed from her record.<\/p>\n

Knudson was accused of calling Bismarck Sen. Margaret Sitte (SIHT’-ee) in the early morning hours of Feb. 27 and threatening her life.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 19-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and one count of burglary has been sentenced to at least eight years in prison.<\/p>\n

Justice Lange, formerly of Carrington, acknowledged committing the robberies with a man who is more than twice her age.<\/p>\n

Lange and 39-year-old Shane Wentz were accused of using a handgun to hold up the MainStay Suites and the Country West Shell on Feb. 4 and burglarizing the Soaps and Suds Laundry.<\/p>\n

Wentz is scheduled for trial in June.<\/p>\n

Lange said Friday that she doesn’t want to be locked up the rest of her life.<\/p>\n

Her attorney, Kent Morrow, said she was in a relationship with a much older man who had sway over her.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (KCSi-T.V. News May 24, 2013)\u00a0\u2013 Senator John Hoeven Friday called on Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to address high gas prices in North Dakota and the Upper Midwest owing to planned refinery shutdowns and the resulting shortages of fuel. Hoeven and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) have also introduced legislation to help reduce the impact of simultaneous refinery shutdowns on gas prices.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the energy secretary sent Friday, Hoeven also called on Secretary Moniz to use existing laws to help coordinate planned refinery shutdowns and scheduled maintenance to avoid the prices hikes owing to fuel shortages. Hoeven said energy legislation passed in 2007 gives the secretary explicit authority to \u201cmake available to refinery operators information on planned refinery outages to encourage reductions of the quantity of refinery capacity that is out of service at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent and simultaneous closures of several oil refining facilities in the Midwest region have drastically reduced supply and increased prices for North Dakota consumers,\u201d the senator wrote. \u201cWhile I understand refineries are prohibited from sharing proprietary information about scheduled closures with other facilities to prevent collusion within the industry, refinery operators, policymakers, and consumers should be informed when multiple outages may cause spikes in gas prices and adverse impacts in the wider economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week Hoeven also pressed Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to do all he can from a regulatory perspective to help bring down gas prices.<\/p>\n

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The Hoeven-Klobuchar Gas Price and Refinery Capacity Relief Act<\/b><\/p>\n

Also this week, Hoeven and Klobuchar this week introduced legislation that would address planned and unplanned refinery outages, as well as establish a Gasoline Storage Reserve.<\/p>\n

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Planned Outages<\/b><\/p>\n

The Hoeven-Klobuchar legislation would require oil refineries to report any scheduled maintenance that would bring any refineries offline to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) one year in advance (or as soon as possible). This would provide the EIA with the information they need to identify potential shortfalls of supply on a national and regional basis.<\/p>\n

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Unplanned Outages<\/b><\/p>\n

The DOE needs to know about significant outages as soon as possible in order to encourage other producers to make additional shipments into areas with a shortage.\u00a0The legislation would require refineries to immediately notify the DOE when they are experiencing unplanned outages in order to help the marketplace respond quickly.<\/p>\n

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Gasoline Storage Reserve<\/b><\/p>\n

Currently, North Dakota and Minnesota are more vulnerable to volatile prices swings due to disruptions in the supply of gasoline because of limited storage capacity for refined petroleum products.<\/p>\n

The Hoeven-Klobuchar legislation requires the DOE to study our current capacity to store gasoline and other refined petroleum products.\u00a0 It also requires the energy secretary to study the feasibility of increasing the storage of gasoline in regions like the Midwest, and how additional storage capacity would help consumers by preventing price spikes due to supply shortages from natural disasters or refinery disruptions.<\/p>\n

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CAVALIER, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Transportation Department has reopened two state highways into the Pembina County city of Cavalier, where residents were evacuated earlier this week because of a threatened dam.<\/p>\n

Officials say Highway 5 and state Highway 18 into Cavalier are now open, as residents are being allowed back into their homes.<\/p>\n

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials were reopening the Canadian border port of entry at Neche (NEE’-chee) at noon. The port is on Highway 18. Customs officials had been rerouting traffic either to the Pembina port of entry to the east or the Walhalla port to the west.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks Democratic state senator who is an attorney has been disciplined by North Dakota’s Supreme Court for failing to adequately represent a client.<\/p>\n

The high court ordered Connie Triplett on Thursday to pay $500 plus interest to her client and nearly $3,000 in disciplinary costs.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court concluded that Triplett failed to act with “reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client” in a divorce-related case from 2007 to 2010.<\/p>\n

Triplett tells The Associated Press that she suffered from depression during that time and “wasn’t keeping up with my work.”<\/p>\n

Triplett has been a state senator since 2003.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A disabled Bismarck-Mandan couple is being refused marriage by the man’s church because the pastor there says the couple isn’t ready.<\/p>\n

The woman’s sister says the decision is unfair and frustrating.<\/p>\n

Thirty-three-year-old Justin Neis is physically disabled and uses a wheelchair. His 42-year-old fiancee, Anna Bankes, has intellectual disabilities. Her sister, Charlene Bolton, tells The Bismarck Tribune that Anna functions at about the level of a 15-year-old.<\/p>\n

Neis and Bankes are being married at a different church after being turned away by Spirit of Life in Mandan. Spirit of Life Rev. Chris Kadrmas says he didn’t deny the couple marriage but instead asked them to wait.<\/p>\n

Bolton says the church should be “inclusive and accepting of everyone.”<\/p>\n

Church officials say their concern is for what’s best for the couple.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials say some lakes in the state suffered winterkill but that the problem of fish die-offs was not extreme, despite the prolonged winter.<\/p>\n

Game and Fish Department fisheries official Scott Gangl (GANG’-uhl) says about 30 winterkills have been confirmed so far. He says the majority are considered minor or partial kills, meaning there is still fish to catch in those lakes.<\/p>\n

Some lakes did suffer significant winterkills, however.<\/p>\n

Winterkill happens when heavy snowfall blocks sunlight from going into lakes. Plants die and stop giving off oxygen, and they also consume oxygen as they decompose. That limits oxygen available for fish.<\/p>\n

Game and Fish says all lakes affected by winterkill will be restocked.<\/p>\n

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WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williams County officials say two oilfield crew camps near Tioga that experienced two homicides and a stabbing need to beef up security or be forced to shut down.<\/p>\n

The Williams County Planning and Zoning Commission is requiring the Capital Lodge and Wanzek camps to provide proof of their security procedures, undergo inspections and reapply for operating permits in six months.<\/p>\n

The Wanzek camp was the site of a fatal shooting on Aug. 4. Capital Lodge had a fatal stabbing on March 17 and a stabbing that left one man injured this past Sunday.<\/p>\n

Commission Board Chairman Tate Cymbaluk says the crimes put fear in residents.<\/p>\n

Both camps say they have policies against weapons and alcohol and require background checks for residents.<\/p>\n

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sixteen North Dakota lawyers have applied for three newly created state district court judgeships.<\/p>\n

Eight applicants are vying for two new judgeships in the Northwest Judicial District, and nine applicants are vying for a new seat on the bench in the East Central District. One of the lawyers is applying in both districts.<\/p>\n

The Legislature approved the new judgeships earlier this year to help keep up with a growing caseload. Gov. Jack Dalrymple eventually will appoint the new judges. The deadline for him to do so is July 31.
\nBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Chamber of commerce officials in North Dakota are lobbying in support of federal immigration reform.<\/p>\n

The Greater North Dakota Chamber says the U.S. is not producing enough workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, and needs to look globally.<\/p>\n

Immigration reform would put 11 million people living in the country illegally on a path to citizenship. Greater North Dakota Chamber President Andy Peterson says those people need to be brought into the legal economy so they can pay taxes, get a better education and contribute to economic growth.<\/p>\n

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In world and national news…<\/p>\n

LONDON (AP) – According to a Pakistani official, two passengers on a flight from Pakistan to England today allegedly threatened to “destroy the plane” after an argument with crew. The British military scrambled fighter jets to intercept the airliner, which was carrying more than 300 people, and it was diverted to an isolated runway at an airport outside London. The two British passengers who allegedly made the threat were arrested. A British security official says the incident does not appear to be terror-related.<\/p>\n

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Authorities in Afghanistan say two guards were killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked a guest house of an international aid group in the Afghan capital of Kabul today. The attack set off a gun battle with security forces that lasted for hours in the upscale neighborhood. The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the assault. It’s the second major strike inside Kabul in a little more than a week.<\/p>\n

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House has approved a plan to allow qualified gun owners to carry their weapons in public. Illinois is the only state in the country without a concealed-carry law. A federal appeals court says that’s unconstitutional and has ordered the state to enact such a law by June 9. Gov. Pat Quinn’s office has called the plan a “massive overreach” because it would wipe out all local gun regulations, including Chicago’s ban on assault-style weapons. Quinn says he’ll work with the state Senate to “stop it in its tracks.”<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) – Government health officials are investigating several health problems reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration says it has received seven reports involving patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. The injections contain the same drug at the center of last year’s deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 55 people have died and over 740 others have been sickened after receiving contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it welcomes Thursday’s decision by leaders of the Boy Scouts to open its membership to openly gay youths. But a White House spokesman says the position of scout leader should also be open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation. The Scouts are maintaining their longstanding ban on gay adults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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