McCook Humane Society

100 South Street

345-2372

Hours: M-F: 2-5

Sat: 12-4

WALK-IN HOURS

7 AM - 5 PM

MONDAY - FRIDAY

8 AM-10 AM

SATURDAY

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY

1401 EAST H STREET 344-4110

TODAY

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43

WED

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High

45

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR All of us at High Plains Radio wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year. The High Plains Radio office/studios will be closed on Wednesday. There will be no Openline program and the News-flash will not be printed. Office/studio hours will be back to nor-mal on Thursday. Janssen Kool Honda of McCook will be offering free rides again tonight to anyone needing a safe ride home. Dave Janssen of Janssen Auto Group says this is their tenth year of offering this service and are pleased to offer it again. They will running their shuttle from 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. is willing to offer rides to everyone residing within a five-mile radius of McCook. Anyone wishing to use this service in McCook may call 308-520-1774.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS Community Hospital board of directors opened their December meeting by electing officers and welcoming new members to the board. Elected as officers were Julie Gillespie, chair; Curt Swanhorst, vice chair; Lena Koebel, secretary and Kristin Stage-meyer, treasurer. Other board members include, Rick Haney and Dave Powell, who were newly elected in November, as well as Warren Jones, Jana Kmoch and Garrett Rippen. Retiring from the board is Todd Thieszen, board chair and Robert Hinze. Appointed to represent the Community Hospital board as they serve on the Community Hospital Health Foundation board will be Warren Jones and Rick Haney. Appointments and/or reappointments for courtesy and telemedicine medical staff were approved. Board members also approved Community Hospital’s Quality Manage-ment program.

NEBRASKA GREW Nebraska’s population growth is crawling to the end of the dec-ade. New population estimates released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that Nebraska grew by just 8,800 people between 2018 and 2019 — the lowest annual growth this dec-ade. The state’s growth rate was sluggish, as well, not even reach-ing one-half of 1%. The figures also confirm a growing problem for Nebraska — we’re losing more people who are moving away than we’re getting to move here from around the country. The number of people moving out of Nebraska compared to those moving in from other spots in the U.S. stood at 4,200. In the last three years, Nebraska has lost a net of 11,000 people in that movement around the country. For the decade, the state is down by a net of some 20,000 people in what’s called domestic migra-tion. Even so, Nebraska could be in a lot worse position. David Drozd, research coordinator for the Center for Public Affairs Re-search at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, said that com-pared to other states, Nebraska’s growth rate ranks 22nd best, both for the last year and the full decade, which he called a good ranking for the state.

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 31, 2019

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Coaches Coffee Club

Saturdays 8a-9a On KICX and KBRL

Sponsored by Community Hospital

Edward Jones Parker Hannifin

Samway Floor Covering & Furniture

Sehnerts Bakery & Bieroc Café

State Farm Linda Maiden

TONIGHT! The Veterans of

Comedy HEADLINER

WILL C. with Jamie Cambell and Tai Fu Panda

Tuesday December 31 8:00pm

at the Oberlin American Legion

(114 South Rodehaver)

Tickets are $20 at the door

Contact Dave Bose @ 785-475-8664

Big Ten Today

Monday-Friday KBRL &

The HAWK Sponsored by Koch Seed and Agronomy

McCook Humane Society

100 South Street, 345-2372

Hours: M-F: 2-5, Sat: 12-4

SPORTS

Five area poolplayers earned cash prizes for their top

performances in the American Poolplayers Association

(APA) 8-Ball Fun & Cash tournament held recently at Big

Apple in Kearney. Taking 1st place was Brandon Burton

from Bartley. Other shooters earning prize money were

Marie Wilkinson from Culbertson (2nd place), Sandy Sey-

bold from Trenton (3rd place), Steve Clark from McCook

(5th place) and Sharon Clark from McCook (5th place).

The tournament hosted a full field of 32 players from all

over western Nebraska and paid $1,100 in cash prizes

to the top eight shooters. For more information about

the APA Pool Leagues, call 308-344-4811. Or follow the

Western Nebraska APA Pool Leagues on Facebook.

The Nebraska women’s basketball team embarks on its

first Big Ten Conference road trip of the season while

closing the 2019 calendar year against Michigan State in

East Lansing this afternoon. Tip-off between the Huskers

(11-1, 1-0 Big Ten) and Spartans (7-5, 0-1 Big Ten) is set

for noon (CT) at the Breslin Center. The game will air on

Big Ten Network. Nebraska opened Big Ten play with a

solid 78-69 win over defending Big Ten Tournament

champion and NCAA Elite Eight qualifier Iowa on Satur-

day at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

A Happy New Year! There is a glow of cheer and optimism in the very words "New Year." The old

year, with its anxieties and worries, is over. It too brought happy days and sunshine, and in memory we must cherish the bright places.

~May Louise Crane~

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