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Sat: 12-4

WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2018

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MEASURE ON THE VERGE OF PASSING A measure seeking to increase discipline within the Nebraska State Pa-trol and prevent bad cops from jumping from one police department to another is on the verge of passing. Judiciary Committee chair, Senator Laura Ebke of Crete, sponsors LB 791 on behalf of Gov. Pete Ricketts who acted after disciplinary problems shook the patrol. “As much as anything, it’s a transparency bill,” Ebke tells Nebraska Radio Network. “It’s an ability to act on bad actors when they show up in our law en-forcement system.” Gov. Ricketts ordered an internal investigation of the Nebraska State Patrol after the Omaha World-Herald published a cou-ple of articles on one trooper who used a controversial maneuver to sideswipe a fleeing vehicle during a high-speed chase, causing the car to crash, killing the suspect and on another trooper who struck a drunk suspect with a rifle butt. Ricketts fired Superintendent Brad Rice last year after an investigation by his administration found fault with his con-duct during the use-of-force incidents. New Superintendent John Bolduc took disciplinary action against seven NSP members after the conclusion of the internal investigation.

TARIFF CONFLICT YET TO BE RESOLVED The back and forth tariff conflict with China is not yet resolved. Tony Johansen is the chairman of the Nebraska Soybean Board and a farmer in Burt County and says that is on farmer’s minds as they get ready to hit the fields. He says there is a bit of wiggle room to decide what to plant, corn or beans but time is running out. Johansen says, “Last year proved that we can plant corn and beans into the first of June so we are not really pressed right now. A lot of university research done at UNL shows if you get your soybeans in the ground by May 1st is when your optimal yields are so we always try push for that May 1st planting time frame. We would like to be planting corn this next week but I have a feeling these ground temps are going to prevent us from doing that.” Johansen believes this is a political play to try to get China and U.S. to come to terms. He says the markets dropped 40 cents a bushel last week but\ rebounded since. Johansen says about one of every three rows of beans grown in Nebraska end up in China but almost all of what is grown here ends up on rain and shipped to the Pacific Northwest. Beans then end up going to the Philippines, Vietnam and many other Southeast Asian countries that we have good trade relations with.

UNWANTED CALLS Electric customers throughout the state are starting to get some unwanted calls. There has been an increased number of phone scam incidents re-ported this week to the Nebraska Public Power District by customers who do not get a bill from NPPD. Customers served at wholesale through their community, such as Seward and Dorchester, have reported receiv-ing scam calls from individuals stating that they are with NPPD or ‘the electric utility’ and are collecting for a past due amount on an electric bill. “Unfortunately, these scams take place every year throughout the country and they tend to move around from one location to another,” said Vice President of Customer Services Ken Curry. “Anyone who re-ceives such a call should not let their guard down.” These predatory indi-viduals state the bill must be paid immediately or the power will be shut off. Sometimes the scammer’s caller-identification is falsified so it ap-pears to originate from the utility company, a practice known as ‘spoofing’.

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McCook Humane Society

100 South Street, 345-2372

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

QUOTE OF THE DAY

You can tell more about a person by what he

says about others than you can by what others

say about him. ~Leo Aikman~

SPORTS The McCook Lady Bison Tennis team won the Lexington Invite

yesterday. The MHS girls scored 66 points, six more than

runner-up Holdrege. MHS junior Kassidy Michaelis went 6-0

and first place at number one singles. Senior Haley Potthoff

won five of six matches and second-place at number two

singles. The number one doubles team of Syd Thompson/Kori

Uerling went 5-1 and second-place at number one doubles

while the number two doubles team of Riley Hansen/Syd

Stewart were 6-0 and first place overall. The Bison will host

Ogallala and Holdrege tomorrow. The Bison boys golf team

finished third at the Lexington Invite yesterday. North Platte

won the meet with a team score of 296. The Bison equaled

their season-low score of 326. Brady Esch and Gabe Vielma

both shot rounds of 79, good for seventh and eighth place.

The Bison will compete in the Hastings Invite tomorrow.

The McCook Community College Indians Boosters club will be

hosting Fan Appreciation Day on Sunday the 15th. Both the

MCC Baseball and Softball teams will be in action at the Jay-

cee Sports Complex. The Boosters Club will be serving hot

dogs and potato chips to those in attendance as a ‘Thank You’

to those Indians fans who have supported MCC athletics

throughout the 2017-2018 school year. Game schedule for

Sunday, April 15th...MCC Softball vs Western Nebraska Com-

munity College, Doubleheader starting at 11am. MCC Base-

ball vs Northeastern Junior College doubleheader will start

at 1pm.

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