5 - 00pm news May 19

THIS IS VALLEY NEWS LIVE AT FIVE." A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH A DOG THAT WASN'T ON A LEASH... HAS ONE AREA WOMAN WANTING TO PASS ALONG A REMINDER...THAT COULD KEEP PETS AND PET OWNERS SAFE. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. A FARGO WOMAN CALLED OUR WHISTLE BLOWER HOTLINE AFTER A SCARE WHILE OUT ON A WALK WITH HER DOGS. SHE SAYS AN UN-LEASHED DOG APPROACHED HER AND HER DOGS, SCARING ALL THREE OF THEM... ALL WHILE ITS OWNER LOOKED ON WITH LITTLE CONCERN. VALLEY NEWS TEAM'S CORNELIUS HOCKER TALKS TO SOMEONE WHO SAYS THE CHANCES OF HAVING DOG ENCOUNTERS LIKE THIS WOULD DECREASE IF PEOPLE FOLLOWED LEASH LAWS. MANY DOG OWNERS SAY IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE PARK WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE'S DOG NOT ON A LEASH. "I GUESS I'VE NEVER REALLY NOTICED ANYBODY TO REALLY ENFORCE IT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST LET THEIR DOGS RUN UP TO THE FENCE." THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT CITIES ACROSS THE VALLEY HAVE LEASH LAWS ON THE BOOKS. "WHAT THE LEASH LAWS STATES IS THAT ANY DOG OR CAT HAS TO BE ON A PHYSICAL LEASH WHEN IT'S OFF AN INDIVIDUALS PROPERTY. THAT LEASH HAS TO BE SIX FEET OR LESS. ELECTRONIC LEASHES ARE NOT CONSIDERED A LEASH." IN FARGO, A CITATION FOR NOT HAVING YOUR POOCH OR KITTEN ON A LEASH WILL SEND YOU TO A JUDGE, WHO CAN IMPOSE A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS OR MORE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE BEEN CITED FOR NOT LEASHING YOUR PET. TRISTA STOCK ADOPTED HER DOG MONTHS AGO. STOCK SAYS HAVING HER DOG ON A LEASH IS THE ONLY WAY THEY GO OUT IN PUBLIC. "I JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF UNPREDICTABLE. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TEMPERAMENTS. THEY ARE VERY PLAYFUL. THEY ARE BASICALLY JUST HUMANS IN DOG FORM. AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE PUTTING A LEASH ON YOUR PET, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THIS OPTION. "DOGS AND CATS CAN BE ON THAT PERSON'S PROPERTY WITHOUT A LEASH ON AS LONG AS THAT DOG OR CAT HAS BEEN TRAINED TO NOT LEAVE THE PERSON'S PROPERTY." CORNELIUS HOCKER. VALLEY NEWS LIVE. ALONG WITH LEASHING UP YOUR PETS, FARGO POLICE WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE.. DON'T LEAVE YOUR ANIMALS, OR CHILDREN FOR THAT MATTER, IN HOT CARS. EVEN ON DAYS WHEN MOST OF US WOULD CONSIDER IT MILD, IT CAN BE DANGEROUSLY HOT IN A CAR THAT'S TURNED OFF, EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. A WOMAN WHO WAS KICKED OUT OF A GARTH BROOKS CONCERT BECAUSE SHE USED THE MEN'S RESTROOM... IS NOW BEING REIMBURSED BY THE FARGODOME... AFTER SHE CALLED OUR WHISTLEBLOWER HOTLINE. THE FARGODOME SENT SAMANTHA BERGH THIS LETTER WITH A CHECK FOR 174 DOLLARS.... SAYING THEY INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT... AND ALTHOUGH DETAILS COULD NOT BE COMPLETELY CONFIRMED.... THEY WANTED TO CLOSE THE MATTER BY SENDING BERGH A REFUND CHECK. BERGH IS PLANNING TO ATTEND A DIFFERENT GARTH BROOKS CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS AROUND THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. THIS WOMAN CONTACTED OUR WHISTLEBLOWER HOTLINE. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH AN ISSUE IN YOUR COMMUNITY CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AT 701-237-6576 AND LEAVE YOUR TIP. A MEMBER OF OUR INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WILL GET ON THE CASE... AND GO TO WORK TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH. A MINNESOTA MAN ADMITS TO SETTING A SOMALI RESTAURANT IN GRAND FORKS ON FIRE... WHICH IS CONSIDERED A FEDERAL HATE CRIME. 25 YEAR OLD MATTHEW GUST OF EAST GRAND FORKS PLEADED GUILTY TODAY TO THE HATE CRIME, IN ADDITION TO ARSON. THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR THE TWO CHARGES IS UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DECEMBER FIRE AT THE JUBA COFFEE HOUSE WAS STARTED BY A HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE... WHICH CAUSED AT LEAST $90 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. INEXPENSIVE HOME DRUGS TESTS HAVE BECOME POPULAR WITH PARENTS BUT ARE THEY ACCURATE OR JUST CHEAP? TONIGHT ONLY ON VALLEY NEWS LIVE 10@10 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE PUT THESE TESTS TO THE TEST PLUS THE WARNING FROM EXPERTS ABOUT THEIR USE. IT IS GOING TO BE EASIER FOR YOU TO GET RID OF THOSE EXPIRED... OR NO- LONGER-IN USE... OF THOSE EXPIRED... OR NO- LONGER-IN USE... PRESCRIPTION DRUGS YOU MAY HAVE STASHED IN YOUR HOUSE. NORTH DAKOTA IS EXPANDING IT'S TAKE-BACK PROGRAM. 28 PHARMACIES IN THE STATE.. ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GET RID OF THOSE DRUGS AND PERHAPS-- AT THE SAME TIME-- HELP KEEP THEM OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS. JUST LOOK FOR THESE YELLOW BINS. GOVERNOR JACK DALRYMPLE SAYS THIS PROGRAM IS A HIGH PRIORITY. "PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SOMEHOW THESE ARE NOT ILLEGAL DRUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR SOMEONE AND THEREFORE IT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS BUYING A DRUG ON THE STREET. IT'S A SERIOUS MISCONCEPTION. THESE DRUGS ARE EVERY BIT AS DANGEROUS AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BOUGHT FROM A DRUG DEALER." IN ADDITION TO THE PARTICIPATING PHARMACIES YOU CAN BRING YOUR PHARMACEUTICAL S TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN FARGO, WEST FARGO AND MOORHEAD FOR DISPOSAL. AS FOR NEEDLES... WHICH HAVE TURNED-UP AS OF LATE IN THE METRO AREA... IN FARGO AND CASS COUNTY, YOU ARE ADVISED TO LEAVE THEM, AND REPORT THEM TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN MOORHEAD... IF THEY ARE YOURS POLICE SAY TO CAREFULLY DISPOSE OF THEM, MAKING SURE NO ONE COMES IN CONTACT WITH THEM. A FEW POP-UP SHOWERS AROUND THE AREA... BUT STILL, A GREAT DAY OUT THERE! IS THERE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT FOR TONIGHT? HERE'S HUTCH JOHNSON WITH A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. HUTCH..? YOUR VALLEY NEWS LIVE STORM TEAM FORECAST: LOOKING AHEAD: WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE GREAT WEATHER, AND WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES RISE EVEN FURTHER AS WE APPROACH AND THEN START THE WEEKEND. MOST OF SUNDAY LOOKS GOOD, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AND SOME COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE. WE KEEP THE CHANCE FOR T-STORMS TO START THE NEXT WEEK, AS TEMPS COOL A LITTLE. FRIDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW: 55. HIGH: 79. WINDS SE 10-20 MPH. SATURDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. LOW: 57. HIGH: 81. WINDS SSE 15-25 MPH. MOSQUITO SEASON IS JUST ABOUT HERE, AND VECTOR CONTROL IS READY FOR THE BATTLE. THE DIRECTOR OF CASS COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL, BEN PRATHER, SAYS AS OF RIGHT NOW-- NO MOSQUITOES IN THE AREA ARE THE TYPES THAT WOULD CARRY THE ZIKA VIRUS. BUT, THE CREW IS STILL OUT CHECKING MOSQUITO POPULATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RAIN, THE COUNTS ARE CURRENTLY LOW. "WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT BIG SPRING RAINFALL THAT WILL AMPLIFY THE CONDITIONS FOR MOSQUITOES TO START BREEDING, HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME WE ARE READY TO GO AND PREPARED TO FIGHT THOSE THINGS OFF IN STANDING WATER SITES AND GET THEM BEFORE THEY BECOME A PROBLEM." THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WEST NILE, ZIKA VIRUS, AND OTHER DISEASES MOSQUITOES CARRY IS TO WEAR BUG SPRAY WITH DEET IN IT. A PARTY AT THE CROOKSTON AMERICAN LEGION CLUB IS JUST WRAPPING UP AT THIS HOUR. TODAY MARKS A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR A MEMBER OF ITS VETERAN'S COFFEE CLUB. TODAY IS ALLEN PEDERSEN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY. VALLEY NEWS TEAMS NEIL CARLSON LOOKS BACK ON THE LIFE OF THIS AMAZING WORLD WAR II VETERAN. WHEN VALLEY CITY NATIVE, ALLEN PEDERSEN WAS BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY, WORLD WAR I WAS RAGING IN EUROPE AND HERE AT HOME, MOST PEOPLE EITHER WALKED OR RODE HORSES FOR TRANSPORTATION. ALLEN PEDERSEN, CROOKSTON: "ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, PEARL HARBOR DAY, I IMMEDIATELY TOLD MY WIFE THAT I WAS GOING IN RIGHT AWAY." PEDERSON WAS ALREADY 25 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN WORKING AS A TEACHER FOR 5 YEARS, WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY FOR WORLD WAR II. HE SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY, DURING THE BATTLE OF ANZIO, WHERE HE LOST MANY FRIENDS. ALLEN PEDERSEN, CROOKSTON: "ONE NIGHT THEY GOT 17 IN ONE BOMBING, ONE NIGHT. FOUR WERE KILLED AND THE REST OF THEM WERE WOUNDED. IT WAS TOUGH GOING." PEDERSON SPENT MOST OF HIS WORKING LIFE MANAGING CASE IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIPS, ALONG WITH BEING A MASTER GARDENER. HE AND HIS LATE WIFE FREDA DONATED THIS GARDEN PLOT TO UMC, AFTER SPENDING YEARS DONATING THE PRODUCE FROM THEIR GARDENS TO THE COMMUNITY. ALLEN PEDERSEN, CROOKSTON: "WE INVITED PEOPLE TO COME OVER AND GET THINGS. WE HAD PRETTY GOOD TRAFFIC IN THE FALL, HA." REPORTER: "HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU GIVE AWAY PRODUCE?" PEDERSEN: "OH, ABOUT 30 TO 35-YEARS." SO, WHAT'S THE SECRET TO HIS LONG LIFE? WELL, PEDERSEN SAYS HE QUIT SMOKING BACK IN THE 1930'S AND HE HASN'T HAD ANY ALCOHOL SINCE HE WAS 81-YEARS OLD. ALLEN PEDERSEN, CROOKSTON: "I DON'T KNOW. I GET QUITE A BIT OF EXERCISE. I TAKE EXERCISE 5 MORNINGS A WEEK HERE. AND EVEN WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THE ROAD I TRIED TO GET QUITE A BIT OF EXERCISE." WHATEVER THE SECRET, IT'S WORKING FOR ALLEN PEDERSEN. IN CROOKSTON, NEIL CARLSON, VALLEY NEWS LIVE. PEDERSON JOINED A VERY EXCLUSIVE CLUB TODAY. IN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE ONLY 55,000 PEOPLE, WHO ARE 100 OR OLDER. THE T-S-A IS PROMISING TO EASE THOSE LONG LINES THAT ARE ENRAGING AIRLINE PASSENGERS NATIONWIDE. THEY WANT TO SEND AGENTS TO AIRPORTS LIKE CHICAGO'S O'HARE TO HELP WITH A FLOOD OF PASSENGERS THERE DURING THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON. AND IT COULD INVOLVE AGENTS FROM MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL. M-S-P IS A TOP CANDIDATE, BECAUSE BY T-S- A'S STAFFING FORMULA -- M-S-P IS OVERSTAFFED. HOWEVER -- SEVERAL METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE M-S-P NEEDS MORE SCREENERS -- AS IT APPROACHES A BUSY SUMMER SEASON. EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI HAS ORDERED A MASSIVE LAND AND SEA SEARCH TO LOCATE DEBRIS FROM THE EGYPTAIR PLANE THAT DISAPPEARED EARLY TODAY. IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY HIS OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT ALSO ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE PLANE'S DISAPPEARANCE. THE EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804... CARRYING 66 PASSENGERS AND CREW FROM PARIS TO CAIRO... DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR IN WHAT EGYPT SAID COULD HAVE BEEN A TERRORIST ATTACK. INITIALLY, RESCUE WORKERS THOUGHT THEY HAD FOUND DEBRIS FROM THE PLANE.... BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT DOESN'T BELONG TO AN AIRCRAFT.