TUESDAY JANUARY 30, 2018
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Aubri Ross, a senior from Cambridge, is the first-ever recipient of the Republican Plains Activities Conference/McCook Community College Scholarship. During her high school career, she maintained a 4.0 gradepoint average and was active in a number of organizations including: Future Business Leaders of America, Spanish, C-Club, and Youth Group. During her high school career, she has participated in volleyball, track and field, softball, and girls wrestling. She was recognized as a junior attendant at the 2017 Cambridge graduation and was the homecoming queen at CHS this past fall. Here are a few comments from her reference letters: “I hope my daughters grow up to be just like her.” “One of my favorite students of all time.” “I would trust her with anything.” “Aubri’s compassion for others makes her a standout candidate.” Aubri is the first RPAC/MCC scholarship winner which recognizes the strong partnership between RPAC and McCook Community College. She will be awarded a $500 scholarship to attend MCC in fall and has received an invitation to be a part of the Vice President’s Leadership Class starting in August.
FARM ECONOMY WILL TIGHTEN
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A recent report by CoBank predicts the farm economy in Nebraska will tighten this year and that will lead to more farmers filing Chapter 12 bankruptcy. In 2014, there were 380 filings statewide. Last year, there were more than 500. Jay Rempe, the senior economist at the Nebraska Farm Bureau, says farmers will continue to struggle in the year ahead. “The incomes have come off 50% since their highs,” Rempe says. “It’s a transition. It’s a struggle to make ends meet, especially looking forward, we don’t see any changes in the near term in terms of income opportunities or huge growth in income opportunities so it’s going to be tough for some folks out there for a while.” Rempe says some growers and livestock producers have been surviving because they’ve had cash on hand. “We’re seeing that uptick which you’d have to expect, given the income conditions,” Rempe says. “On the bright side, if there is a silver lining, coming into this situation, most guys were sitting very well with their working capital and they are managing to stay afloat with their working capital.” Rempe advises producers to keep good lines of communication open with their lenders, and to take advantage of any possibilities that arise. “Look for those marketing opportunities,” Rempe says.
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NebFile is open for Nebraska resident to do their 2017 individual income tax returns. The online program is free to use, and 90 percent of Nebraskans can file that way, but not everyone. “If you have some of the more complex credits, that require documentation or special forms, then you won’t be able to use NebFile,” Dawn Holtmeier, Nebraska Department of Revenue tax specialist, tells Nebraska Radio Network. Last year, 26,000 people used NebFile. Holtmeier says all e-filing programs save the state time and money. “It’s a much quicker process,” she says. “We believe it’s more accurate as well as people probably are going to get their refund faster.” Filers do have to have your federal tax return completed before using NebFile. “NebFile is kind of a question and answer. It says, ‘Do you have this credit? What amounts are shown on your federal return for adjusted gross income?’ Then it does the filling out of the Nebraska return for you,” Holtmeier explains.
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Nebraska seemingly couldn’t defend Ethan Happ without being whistled for a foul. Shots weren’t falling. The Huskers were out of rhythm, and Tim Miles could sense it. So could the Kohl Center fans, who had been rather sleepy, but still sensed their Wisconsin basketball team beginning to pull away with 9:59 remaining in Monday night’s game. The Badgers had suddenly built their lead to FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 11 points, and no longer had the video board’s “Kiss Cam,” which featured a girl storming out on her annoyed male companion, Show times: generated the loudest crowd noise of the night. That came on 7:30pm & 9:45pm Khalill Iverson's impressive reverse, one-handed jam at the midHeritage Hills Clubhouse way point of the second half. Yet just as quickly as Happ had es6000 Club House Drive tablished his path to the free-throw line, these Huskers turned the McCook, Ne tide, hung tough and found a way to victory. “We just stayed posiTickets available at Hot Tub tive, everybody on the bench, whether you weren’t playing at all Brokers & High Plains Radio or you were playing and things weren’t going your way,” Ne$15 advanced $20 at the door braska junior forward Isaac Copeland said. “We all stayed together and picked each other up.” Down double digits, Nebraska Sponsored by changed offensive philosophies and defensive looks, and outscored Wisconsin 30-8 the remainder of the game for an impressive 74-63 victory that took serious fortitude and moxie.
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We kick off a busy week of basketball on High Plains Radio with two games tonight. Medicine Valley will host Maywood-Hayes Center in a girls-boys doubleheader. Girls pregame begins at 5:40 with tip-off at 6pm. The boys game will follow. Other games on The Hawk this week include Southwest at Dundy County-Stratton (Friday) and Arapahoe at Hitchcock County (Saturday). The Bison basketball teams return to the court Thursday night at home vs Ogallala. The MCC basketball teams will travel to North Platte tomorrow before home games this Friday and Saturday at the Graff Events Center.
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