home of bison sports for 37 years!

FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 2015
Newsflash
www.highplainsradio.net 308-345-5400 [email protected]
NEW ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION
STOCKS
DOW
369.26 TO
16,654.77
NASDAQ
115.171 TO
4,812.71
WEATHER
Today
Sunny
Sat
Sunny
Sun
Sunny
High
91
High
94
High
94
Nebraska’s new online voter registration application system is intended to roll out to mark National Voter Registration Day on September 22 says Secretary of State John Gale. The system is in the
final stages of testing. Gale said the unveiling will mark one of the
biggest technological advancements to the state’s voter registration
system in several years. “Creating an online process is one of the
greatest leaps toward not only modernizing our state’s voter registration system, but also making the process more convenient and
accessible to all of our citizens by computer or by mobile device.” To
date, more than 20 states have implemented online voter registration. Arizona was the first in 2002. The most recent state to go online
was Hawaii this month. Gale added that these states experienced
an initial surge in online voter registrations compared to paper registrations, and having online registration available provided a boost
in voter registrations overall. The planning and creation of Nebraska’s online voter registration application system began with the
passage of LB 661 in 2014, sponsored by Senator Bob Krist of
Omaha. It involved the cooperation and assistance of multiple vendors and state agencies including: the Secretary of State’s office,
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Election Systems and Software (ES&S) and Nebraska Interactive (NIC).
TODAY AT 5:30 PM
SATURDAY AT 4:30 PM
SUNDAY AT 11:30 AM
HOOPS AND HIJINKS COMING TO MCCOOK
WALK-IN HOURS
MONDAY - FRIDAY
7 AM - 9 AM
SATURDAY
8 AM - 10 AM
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
1401 EAST H STREET
344-4110
Big Red Report
Hoops and hijinks are coming to McCook on Saturday, September
12 when our very own local challengers, the Average Joes, take on
the Harlem Ambassadors in a comedy basketball show the whole
family will enjoy. The show starts at 4:00 PM at Graff Events Center.
Get your tickets now. Available at McCook National Bank, The
Sports Shoppe, and the McCook Chamber of Commerce. Sponsored
by Young Professionals Group, ticket prices are: General Admission$5. Age 5 yrs and under are FREE--NO ticket needed. Proceeds
from the event benefit McCook's Young Professionals Group. The
Harlem Ambassadors offer a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball, featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks,
hilarious comedy routines, music, dancing and games for the kids. “At
our shows, we want the kids to know that they’re part of our team
too,” Coach Ladè Majic said. “We invite as many kids as we can to
come sit on the bench, have a front row seat during the show, and
get involved in all of the fun stuff we do.”
MPCC STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED
Monday-Friday
10:45 KBRL &
The HAWK
Sponsored by Eugene
Koch and JL Construction
According to findings from a recent enrollment audit, Mid-Plains
Community College in West-Central and Southwest Nebraska will
post the only increase in enrollments among the six community colleges in Nebraska for the 2014-15 academic year. According to
Ryan Purdy, President of Mid-Plains Community, the report indicated
that the Enrollment Audit reflected a .5 percent increase in Full-TimeEquivalent (FTE) over the prior year's (2013-14) enrollments. FullTime-Equivalent (FTE) is formulated by dividing the total number of
credits completed by 30 (representing a single student taking two
semesters of 15 credits). “MPCC Enrollments for 2014-2015 were
recorded and certified at 1908.75 FTE. Two years (2013-14) ago,
the college recorded enrollments at 1899 FTE,” Ryan stated in his
comments to the Board of Governors at Wednesday night's meeting.
He also went on to say that several of the other Nebraska community colleges continue to face declining enrollments. Ryan said enrollments for the past four years at MPCC have been highest on record.
"We had a record enrollment in 2011-12 with 1919 FTE.
HOME OF BISON
SPORTS FOR
37 YEARS!
A FRIDLEY THEATRE
SPORTS
CINEMA 3
The McCook Lady Bison softball split two games in
Hastings yesterday. The MHS girls beat Omaha
Gross in the opener 3-0 but fell to Omaha Skutt in
the nightcap 11-3. McCook will face Blue Hill in the
opener of the Holdrege Invite tomorrow morning.
The Lady Bison golfers will host their own invite at
Heritage Hills. The Bison boys tennis team will travel
to Kearney for matches with Kearney High and
Kearney Catholic. The Bison football team opens
their fall season tonight at Alliance. Pregame coverage on 96.1 KICX and www.highplainsradio.net
starts at 7 p.m. with kickoff at 8 p.m.
McCook – 345-1139
AMERICAN ULTRA
Kristen Stewart, Walton Gogging (R)
DAILY: 7:00, 9:30
SAT/SUN: 2:30
THE GIFT
Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall (R)
DAILY: 6:45, 9:10
SAT/SUN: 2:15
JURASSIC WORLD
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard (PG-13)
DAILY: 6:30, 9:00
SAT/SUN: 2:00
Good Luck
McCook Bison
The No. 5 Nebraska volleyball team opens the
2015 regular season with the Nebraska Invitational
at the Bob Devaney Sports Center this weekend. The
Huskers will host Tulsa on Friday night at 7 p.m. in
the season opener. NU will then play Grand Canyon
at Noon and Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Each
team will play three matches in the round-robin tournament. Nebraska’s matches will not be televised
but will be streamed online at BTN2GO.com with a
BTN Plus subscription. Nebraska Head Coach John
Cook enters the 2015 season three wins away from
number 600 for his career. Cook is 597-131 entering his 23rd season as a head coach. With three
wins, he will become the 15th active Division I head
coach to reach 600 career wins. One year after
rolling out the youngest team in school history, the
Nebraska volleyball team enters 2015 with an experienced group that has been to three straight
NCAA regional finals. The Huskers had just one senior last season but have four this year. Additionally,
the Huskers have three juniors who have started
nearly every match the past two seasons.
TODAY’S PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Hold it there
5 Mother
9 Resembling horses
11 Light purple flower
12 Actinium (abbr.)
13 Quick to obey
17 Neuter pronoun
18 Wet dirt
20 Small bunch of flowers
21 Disks
22 Body of water
24 Ogle
25 Old-fashioned Fathers
26 Island
28 Chop down
30 Compass point
31 Roman twelve
32 Roman cloaks
34 Tier
35 Pen brand
36 Negative
38 Espy
40 Tender loving care
41 Thrum
43 Rend
45 Scottish “one”
46 Person who gives up
property
48 Last scale note
49 Talky
51 Cautious gambler
53 Nova
54 Giant
McCook Humane Society
100 South Street, 345-2372
Hours: M-F: 2-5, Sat: 12-4
DOWN
1 Whack
2 __ pocus
3 Oregon (abbr.)
4 Fire remains
5 Cubic centimeter
6 Alabama (abbr.)
7 Hotel room cleaners
8 Deeds
10 Affirmative
11 Carry
14 Fencing sword
15 Sere
16 Territory held in fee
19 Atheistic
21 Measurement tool
23 Association (abbr.)
25 Layers
27 Lower limb
29 Extension (abbr.)
33 Opposed
34 Floor
35 Baby sheep sound
37 Miner's goal
39 Bedspread feather
40 Labels
41 Cunning
42 Clean
44 Read attentively
46 Abridged (abbr.)
47 River (Spanish)
50 Baby's first word
52 Kilogram
LAND OF THE FREE
BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
A F
T O
E R U
P
C N S
H O
O A R
W H E
F
T
A
M T
P T
H O
O
S
E L
L U
I M
B L V D
M U T E
A
C C T
V
V A
G
T O
O
R I O N
I L L
P E E D
D O I
S
P
T U
B I A S
R E
A
P
N
E
A
J A X
R I X
M
S I
T S
L
G E
L Y
A P I
X
O
N
S
P
O
T
D
R
Y
Listen to Ryan Fox 6-10, Tim Davis 10-2 KFNF 101.1
1
2
3
4
9
5
10
12
13
18
19
22
15
16
21
24
25
27
28
30
33
35
36
40
49
53
29
31
32
41
45
34
37
38
42
46
50
8
17
20
26
7
11
14
23
6
39
43
47
51
48
52
54
44