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McCook Humane Society 100 South Street 345-2372 Hours: M-F: 2-5 Sat: 12-4 LISTEN WEEKDAYS 8:05 AM 12:45 PM ON YOUR BISON SPORTS STATION WALK-IN HOURS 7 AM - 5 PM MONDAY - FRIDAY 8 AM-10 AM SATURDAY NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY 1401 EAST H STREET 344-4110 NCTA CLASSES BEGIN NEXT WEEK In-person classes will begin August 24 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agricul- ture in Curtis with room for additional students to enroll in the next seven days. Stu- dents will move into NCTA residence halls on August 22, following health and safety measures which were outlined Friday by NCTA’s Dean Larry Gossen. “We are fully prepared in our classrooms, laboratories, dining facilities and residence halls for a ‘nearly normal’ academic and residential campus experience,” said Gossen. NCTA is taking applications for full- and part-time students studying agriculture and veteri- nary technology by calling 1-800-3-CURTIS. The fall schedule and other details may be found at ncta.unl.edu. “Our ability to learn, engage, teach and be free to ‘be normal’ is all predicated on the goal of keeping our Aggie campus healthy here in Curtis,” Gossen said. About 220 students are anticipated for fall. On August 1, the community was elevated to a phase 4 status. “Phase 4 allows NCTA to have open buffet serving lines in the dining hall, be less restrictive on mask wearing, and provide for fewer restrictions on our class sizes,” Gossen said in a virtual recording released Friday and produced specifically for New Student Enrollment. “Keeping our commu- nity healthy is everyone’s responsibility. Our ability to meet face to face, with limited mask wearing, is a privilege we can enjoy as long as there are no cases of COVID- 19 on the NCTA campus,” Gossen said. PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION INTO LAW Governor Pete Ricketts gathered with pro-life leaders on the steps of the State Capi- tol to sign new pro-life legislation into law. The Governor signed LB 814, a bill that prohibits the brutal practice of dismemberment abortion in Nebraska. LB 814 makes it a felony crime to perform a dismemberment abortion anywhere in Nebraska, pun- ishable by up to two years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000. “Nebraska is a pro- life state, and this week the Legislature took an important step to strengthen our cul- ture of life,” said Gov. Ricketts. “Senator Geist’s bill bans the horrific procedure of dismemberment abortion, which tears apart a living baby’s body limb by limb. This brutal procedure has no place in a humane, civilized society. I commend Sen. Geist, and the bill’s supporters in the Unicameral, for outlawing this barbaric practice in Nebraska.” Senator Suzanne Geist of Lincoln introduced the bill, which was ap- proved by the Legislature on August 13 th by a vote of 33-8. Initially, the Unicam- eral’s Judiciary Committee held LB 814 in committee, blocking it from receiving a vote from the Legislature. Senator Geist, however, filed a “pull motion,” supported by a majority of Senators, to bring the bill to the floor of the chamber for debate. She then successfully garnered support to overcome three filibusters so that a final vote could be taken to pass the bill. “As the Senator for the 25 th District, I was honored to carry LB 814. This bill passed because a great majority of the Legislative body and a great majority of Nebraska citizens agree with pro-life legislation. I appreciate all who prayed, who contacted their Senators, and all who voted. This is a significant step forward for the pro-life movement.” 2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION The coronavirus-dictated recess that halted the 2020 legislative session for four months may have provided the critical helping hand that led to a grand bargain agreement that resulted in major property tax relief. "I'm not sure we would have been able to get anything done if not for that horrific pandemic," Sen. Lou Ann Line- han of Elkhorn, chairwoman of the Legislature's Revenue Committee, said hours after the big compromise package sailed to enactment on the final day of the legislative session. "It gave us time to work on it," Linehan said during an interview in her first- floor Capitol office while she ate a salad during a lunch-hour recess. "We had a lot to do" to reach an uphill compromise agreement, she said, "and a lot of people were counting on us doing something." So senators and their staff members went to work during the recess, Linehan said, and an agreement that seemed impossible to achieve when senators departed Lincoln on March 25 as the pandemic began to spread came together four months later when they resumed this year's legislative session July 20. Pressure built not only for property tax relief but also for critical economic develop- ment components whose legislative fate was directly locked into the language of LB1107, creating a grand legislative bargain armed with multiple pressure points. Wrapped into the property tax bill was a new business development incentives pack- age to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act, which is due to expire at the end of the year, along with a pledge of $300 million in state funding to help land a game- changing $2.6 billion project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. STOCKS DOW 34.3 TO 27,931.02 NASDAQ 23.203 TO 11,019.30 MONDAY AUGUST 17, 2020 Newsflash [email protected] 308-345-5400 www.highplainsradio.net DAVE RAMSEY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6 A.M.-9 A.M. WED Chance Tstrms High 93 WEATHER We accept Covid Cash TODAY Sunny High 90 TUES Chance Tstrms High 93
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McCook Humane Society
100 South Street
345-2372
Hours: M-F: 2-5
Sat: 12-4
LISTEN WEEKDAYS 8:05 AM 12:45 PM ON YOUR
BISON SPORTS STATION
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7 AM - 5 PM
MONDAY - FRIDAY
8 AM-10 AM
SATURDAY
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
1401 EAST H STREET 344-4110
NCTA CLASSES BEGIN NEXT WEEK In-person classes will begin August 24 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agricul-ture in Curtis with room for additional students to enroll in the next seven days. Stu-dents will move into NCTA residence halls on August 22, following health and safety measures which were outlined Friday by NCTA’s Dean Larry Gossen. “We are fully prepared in our classrooms, laboratories, dining facilities and residence halls for a ‘nearly normal’ academic and residential campus experience,” said Gossen. NCTA is taking applications for full- and part-time students studying agriculture and veteri-nary technology by calling 1-800-3-CURTIS. The fall schedule and other details may be found at ncta.unl.edu. “Our ability to learn, engage, teach and be free to ‘be normal’ is all predicated on the goal of keeping our Aggie campus healthy here in Curtis,” Gossen said. About 220 students are anticipated for fall. On August 1, the community was elevated to a phase 4 status. “Phase 4 allows NCTA to have open buffet serving lines in the dining hall, be less restrictive on mask wearing, and provide for fewer restrictions on our class sizes,” Gossen said in a virtual recording released Friday and produced specifically for New Student Enrollment. “Keeping our commu-nity healthy is everyone’s responsibility. Our ability to meet face to face, with limited mask wearing, is a privilege we can enjoy as long as there are no cases of COVID-19 on the NCTA campus,” Gossen said.
PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION INTO LAW Governor Pete Ricketts gathered with pro-life leaders on the steps of the State Capi-tol to sign new pro-life legislation into law. The Governor signed LB 814, a bill that prohibits the brutal practice of dismemberment abortion in Nebraska. LB 814 makes it a felony crime to perform a dismemberment abortion anywhere in Nebraska, pun-ishable by up to two years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000. “Nebraska is a pro-life state, and this week the Legislature took an important step to strengthen our cul-ture of life,” said Gov. Ricketts. “Senator Geist’s bill bans the horrific procedure of dismemberment abortion, which tears apart a living baby’s body limb by limb. This brutal procedure has no place in a humane, civilized society. I commend Sen. Geist, and the bill’s supporters in the Unicameral, for outlawing this barbaric practice in Nebraska.” Senator Suzanne Geist of Lincoln introduced the bill, which was ap-proved by the Legislature on August 13th by a vote of 33-8. Initially, the Unicam-eral’s Judiciary Committee held LB 814 in committee, blocking it from receiving a vote from the Legislature. Senator Geist, however, filed a “pull motion,” supported by a majority of Senators, to bring the bill to the floor of the chamber for debate. She then successfully garnered support to overcome three filibusters so that a final vote could be taken to pass the bill. “As the Senator for the 25th District, I was honored to carry LB 814. This bill passed because a great majority of the Legislative body and a great majority of Nebraska citizens agree with pro-life legislation. I appreciate all who prayed, who contacted their Senators, and all who voted. This is a significant step forward for the pro-life movement.”
2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION The coronavirus-dictated recess that halted the 2020 legislative session for four months may have provided the critical helping hand that led to a grand bargain agreement that resulted in major property tax relief. "I'm not sure we would have been able to get anything done if not for that horrific pandemic," Sen. Lou Ann Line-han of Elkhorn, chairwoman of the Legislature's Revenue Committee, said hours after the big compromise package sailed to enactment on the final day of the legislative session. "It gave us time to work on it," Linehan said during an interview in her first-floor Capitol office while she ate a salad during a lunch-hour recess. "We had a lot to do" to reach an uphill compromise agreement, she said, "and a lot of people were counting on us doing something." So senators and their staff members went to work during the recess, Linehan said, and an agreement that seemed impossible to achieve when senators departed Lincoln on March 25 as the pandemic began to spread came together four months later when they resumed this year's legislative session July 20. Pressure built not only for property tax relief but also for critical economic develop-ment components whose legislative fate was directly locked into the language of LB1107, creating a grand legislative bargain armed with multiple pressure points. Wrapped into the property tax bill was a new business development incentives pack-age to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act, which is due to expire at the end of the year, along with a pledge of $300 million in state funding to help land a game-changing $2.6 billion project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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SPORTS The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association CEO Council an-
nounced today the suspension of 2020 fall sports due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. The sports affected at Nebraska-Kearney are foot-
ball, volleyball, women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s cross country.
Women’s golf and women’s tennis, in their non-championship season,
are also affected as all fall sports are suspended until Jan. 1, 2021. The
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is permitting the sport of women’s
swimming and diving to compete first semester. The UNK Aqualopers
are an affiliate member of the RMAC. The emergency action by the MIAA
comes as a result of the pandemic, the NCAA announcement to cancel
Fall National Championships, and the recently released NCAA Board of
Governors’ directives. All UNK teams, along with the rest of the MIAA,
are currently not allowed to hold any type of practice (in-season or out-
of-season), weight training, meetings, film sessions or voluntary work-
outs. Those restrictions are now lifted for all sports, provided each
institution’s ability to comply with the Aug. 11 NCAA Policy Clarifications
document regarding the requirements for each division to conduct fall
sports (non-competition) activities.
Nebraska lost a verbal pledge Sunday afternoon and then picked one up
Sunday evening, making for an active day on the recruiting trail. The
Huskers added three-star athlete Kamonte Grimes out of Naples, Flor-
ida, a longtime target who could play either wide receiver or defensive
back in Lincoln, but is expected to get a long look on offense. "(I would)
like to thank my amazing family, (Palmetto Ridge head coach Adam)
Fisher, (Palmetto Ridge defensive coordinator P.J.) Gibbs, the whole
Palmetto Ridge staff and all of my teammates and everyone that has
supported me on this journey," Grimes wrote on Twitter in announcing
his decision. "I just wanna say it's been an amazing experience through-
out the whole recruiting process and most importantly I want to thank
all of the schools and coaches who took their time to recruit me."
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