Month: November 2016
Second half rally dooms KCKCC to 72-55 loss to Northeastern
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Kansas City Kansas Community College couldn’t make a four-point halftime lead stand up Saturday and dropped a 72-55 decision to Northeastern Colorado in the Garden City Classic.
The loss left the Blue Devils winless in three starts heading into a road game at North Arkansas Tuesday. KCKCC then returns home for the annual Keith Lindsey Classic this weekend, as host to Link Year Prep Friday at 8 p.m. and Livin’ The Dream Saturday at 6 p.m.
Northeastern limited the Blue Devils to just five field goals and 19 shots in the second half to overcome a 37-33 deficit. The Plainsmen also helped their own cause by hitting 12 of 21 second half shots for 57.1 percent. The Blue Devils were further bogged down by a season high 27 turnovers
Sophomore Jon Murray and freshman Lane Hartley led KCKCC with 14 points each before both fouled out. Murray was 10-of-10 from the foul line, Hartley 5-of-5 as KCKCC made 22 of 27 free throws. However, they managed just 42 attempts from the field, netting 14 for 33.3 per cent. Garrick McCuller added eight points, Donald Metoyer six and Mike Lee five along with four assists.
Turnout good so far in general election in Wyandotte County
Voter turnout has been good so far in the general election, with 26,809 people having already voted by about 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, according to Wyandotte County Election Commissioner Bruce Newby.
There were reports of lines in some polling places earlier this morning, but the lines had dwindled by 9 a.m.
That 26,809 figure includes about 10,311 people who voted in advance by mail, and more than 13,000 who voted in advance in person by Monday, Nov. 7, Newby said.
This morning’s voting was around 3,300 in Wyandotte County, by about 9:35 a.m., he added.
There are 79,265 registered voters in Wyandotte County, he said, and the number of people who have already voted are about 33.8 percent of the total registered voters.
Newby said there were the usual startup issues this morning at a few polling places.
Even though all the voting machines had been tested before being sent out, a few of the touch screen voting machines didn’t turn on correctly at the polling place this morning, he said. He pointed out that voters were still able to vote on a paper ballot if a machine didn’t work correctly.
Some polling places had lines of people waiting to use a touch-screen machine, he added.
“No one needs to wait for a touch screen unless they want to,” Newby said. People may ask for a paper ballot, which is often a faster way to vote, he said. Next year, there will be new voting equipment, and all voting will be paper-based then, he added.
The election office has a tech support staff that goes out in marked vans, with tech support people who work on any problems with the voting machines.
There was a small problem at one south side polling place this morning, where people were lining up in the wrong line, he said. There were two polling places at the church building, and the facility gave a different entrance door for voting this year for one of the groups. Some voters were in the wrong line to vote he said. Some of the people didn’t want to get in line again and left, he said.
The KCATA has announced that all Ride KC bus routes are free today, in an effort to get more people to the polls. KCATA paratransit services also are free today. For more information, see http://www.kcata.org/news/kansas_city_region_offers_free_bus_and_paratransit_fares_on_election_day.
Polls are open until 7 p.m. today, Nov. 8, in Wyandotte County. To find out your polling place, visit Voter View at https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/.
For questions, the Wyandotte County Election Office telephone number is 913-573-8500 and the website address is www.wycovotes.org/.
