UNK Alert

The UNK alert system contacted me last night with an announcement that five males had escaped from the rehabilitation center in Kearney. I heard they were close to Foster Field last night but I haven't heard if they were caught yet. Hopefuly they have. I remember my freshman year, in Mantor Hall we had a girl came up to our hall and was asking where some guy was. You could tell that she had something wrong with her and she was really confused about where she was and was concerned about her friend and where he was. We had no idea who or what she was talking about. We took her down stairs to the front desk and there were two police officers down there. She had got away from there and they had been looking for her for like two hours. It was a pretty crazy deal.

Interchange issue

I felt this was a big issue concerning the Kearney area. Local officials have been persuing this for quite sometime to put in the new interchange out by the Archway. It will be a benefit to the Archway and its visitors. But will also be a benefit to the community members who can use that road and exits and entrances if they live on that part of town. It will eliminate having to go all the way to second avenue or having to go out of their way to another spot to enter the interstate. The link for the story from the Kearney Hub is at the bottom of the post of my editorial.

Waiting for an Exit to an Entrance

Waiting for an exit to and entrance

A family of four is driving west-bound on Interstate 80 about four miles from the Kearney exit and the children in the car notice a big, red and long structure that goes from one side of the ditch to the other. Well that structure is the Great Platte River Road Archway. Filled with history and great details about the area past times. But the family decides to keep driving because they don’t see an exit from the interstate to get to the archway’s parking lot.

This is one of the biggest problems the Great Platte River Road Archway is facing to get customers through their doors and experience what they have to offer. Without an exit to directly take traffic on the interstate going west straight to the archway, not many are going to take the extra time it takes to drive into Kearney and venture their way to the wheres-abouts of getting there.

Kearney officials have now been informed that ground could soon begin to change to bring this wanted outcome to reality after waiting for several years. A possible time of estimation is in the year of 2012. But as prices keep rising and the money saved to be used in this project, actions might have to come earlier than expected. Many projects within the Kearney community have been delayed because the money was to be saved for this particular project, but yet no ground has been broke.

All that is being waited on now is the environmental assessments. That is that the state has to come to a consensus with the Federal Highway Commission to make sure that all the detail and plans are squared away before actual ground is to be broke. The Federal Highway Commission has to look at every aspect when considering this project even wildlife and wetland habitats.

The goal right now is to get the environmental assessments done by the end of 2010. Once this is completed ground can then be broken and the future of the Great Platte River Road Archway exit will soon to be seen. The project can be expected to be complete anywhere from six months to a year from then. The project is taking its steps and this is what the community and by-passing travelers on the interstate have been waiting for, for quite a while.

Hopefully, when the project is all finished and that family of four is once again west-bound on Interstate 80 and the children in the car ask if they can stop and see the Great Platte River Road Archway, mom and dad will agree to, now that an exit off of Interstate 80 takes them straight to the archway entrance.

http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_91b1f162-1fe0-11df-8931-001cc4c03286.html

FINAL DRAFT

“Dirt-Track Decisions Making Dirty History”
By Bryan Molt
As the summer gets closer we find ourselves working on our racecars, buying new parts and preparing ourselves for a battle on dirt. We also have to ask ourselves, “What track are we going to be competing at this summer,” something we haven’t had to discuss for a long time.
For the past fifteen years Boone County Raceway, located in Albion, NE has been running their nights of dirt track racing on Friday nights every summer. Boone County Raceway is the biggest track in northeast Nebraska. It attracts fans, spectators and drivers from all over the state. With its high-banked turns and long straight-aways, cars can reach speeds of up to 95 mph on any given Friday, giving the spectators in the crowd a great show to watch.
Another track in the area, just a little farther northeast of Albion, Riviera Raceway located in Norfolk, NE, has decided to run their show of racing on Fridays this summer in 2010 as well. Riviera Raceway has been running their shows for the past 15 years every Saturday night of the summers. Now, that two tracks within 50 miles of each other are running on the same night, the drivers of each area have to make a critical decision in order to race where they want to, while also racing against the right amount of cars to be accredited wins and starts that go towards sanctioned series.
With Riviera Raceway changing their nights to Fridays, the same as Boone County Raceway, it could create huge problems for both tracks. When Boone Count Raceway ran Fridays the area drivers from around Norfolk would come to Albion. Then when Riviera Raceway ran Saturdays, that allowed the Albion area drivers to travel to Norfolk to race there. In the summer of 2010 this won’t be at all possible. Drivers are no longer going to be able to go to each of those tracks. Drivers would be “fools” to drive past their own local track, in order to go race somewhere else. Due to the cost of fuel for our haulers, racing fuel and other expenses drivers wouldn’t be able to afford it. “Period!”
Riviera Raceway in Norfolk has put local dirt track drivers in a tough position. Everything in this sport is about having fun and racing against some of the best competition around. But now how can that competition race against each other when the two tracks in the area are running on the same night. The fun might have just been spoiled by this decision. Great nights of racing at both of these tracks might have just become extinct. If this happens in 2010 we know whom to thank for changing history at both these tracks. It’s not the kind history that fans or drivers want to see change.

18 Credits!!! What a week!!!

This semester is supposed to be my last semester at UNK. Hopefully it is. But after this week I sometimes think I should have planned on going one more semester to not make it be such a load for this spring semester. The credit count is at 18 for this semester and it's starting to get to me. Let me just give you a run down of how this week has been.
Monday- Business Communications- One page product memo due
-Communications Law-Start preparing for test that is next week.

Tuesday-Mass Media Research-Quiz over readings
Blogging/Commentary- Three Blog Posts due, start writing state issue editorial

Wednesday-BUSY!!!!!!

Thursday-Wrote editorial
Took a Human Resources Test for my on-line Human Resource Class
Wrote a four page research paper for that class too
Discussion Board assignment for Sales Management class
Quiz for that class too

And now its the end of the week. Everything seems to be dieing down a little bit. I have taken 18 credits before and yes it has been stressful but I've gotten through it. I only have a couple of more months to go before I hit the real world. I don't wanna anything to hold me back so all assignments must be completed. Everything should go to plan for this May when it will be official that I am a college grad.

Super Bowl XLIV

Saints 31

Colts 17

WHO CARES!!!
NOT A FAN OF EITHER TEAM!!!
BUT THANKS TO THE COLTS LOOSING, I WON $100!!!

THANKS PEYTON MANNING!!!

“Dirt-Track Decisions Making Dirty History”

By Bryan Molt

As the summer gets closer we find ourselves working on our racecars, buying new parts and preparing ourselves for a battle on dirt. We also have to ask ourselves, “What track are we going to be competing at this summer,” something we haven’t had to discuss for a long time.

For the past fifteen years Boone County Raceway, located in Albion, NE has been running their nights of dirt track racing on Friday nights every summer. Boone County Raceway is the biggest track in northeast Nebraska. It attracts fans, spectators and drivers from all over the state. With its high-banked turns and long straight-aways, cars can reach speeds of up to 95 mph on any given Friday, giving the spectators in the crowd a great show to watch.

Another track in the area, just a little farther northeast of Albion, Riviera Raceway located in Norfolk, NE, has decided to run their show of racing on Fridays this summer in 2010 as well. Riviera Raceway has been running their shows for the past 15 years every Saturday night of the summers. Now, that two tracks within 50 miles of each other are running on the same night, the drivers of each area have to make a critical decision in order to race where they want to, while also racing against the right amount of cars to be accredited wins and starts that go towards sanctioned series.

With Riviera Raceway changing their nights to Fridays, the same as Boone County Raceway, it could create huge problems for both tracks. When Boone Count Raceway ran Fridays the area drivers from around Norfolk would come to Albion. Then when Riviera Raceway ran Saturdays, that allowed the Albion area drivers to travel to Norfolk to race there. In the summer of 2010 this won’t be at all possible. Drivers are no longer going to be able to go to each of those tracks. Drivers would be “fools” to drive past their own local track, in order to go race somewhere else. Due to the cost of fuel for our haulers, racing fuel and other expenses drivers wouldn’t be able to afford it. “Period!”

Riviera Raceway in Norfolk has put local dirt track drivers in a tough position. Everything in this sport is about having fun and racing against some of the best competition around. But now how can that competition race against each other when the two tracks in the area are running on the same night. The fun might have just been spoiled by this decision. The fun is what the crowd in the stands wants to have while watching the best competitors battle it out on the track. And the competition is what the drivers want while putting on that show for the crowd. Great nights of racing at both of these tracks might have just become extinct. If this happens in 2010 we know whom to thank for changing history at both these tracks. It’s not the kind history that fans or drivers want to see change.

What a horrible story

An Omaha mother was ordered this morning to stand on trial for 1st degree murder of her son. This is a horrific story and is a shame. She took the life of her 12 year old son. I heard about this on the news a while back but I had no idea it was in Nebraska.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100203/NEWS97/100209834/0/SPORTS

Can't wait for racing season to start!!!

Last year was my first year in the Late Model divsion of racing. I finished 6th in points at our local track and won a lot of races. Over this winter I have been doing all kinds of reading and research on how to make our car faster and for me to be a better driver in this class. This video I have posted is not me but it's the type of car I drive. ENJOY!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pb1dFdm5w

UNO Student

A student at UNO is now banned from campus for videotaping two girls in their dorm bathroom. The students at UNO must get pretty bored there if you ask me. LOL!!!! JK
His reinstatement is pending.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100203/NEWS97/100209823/1009/NEWS01