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FACILITY MASTER PLAN APPROVED Community Hospital board of directors approved a Facility Master Plan resolution at their recent board meeting authorizing Community Hospital to acquire an architect and apply for USDA funding for a new building project. The project, simply called Project #1, will ad-dress these needs: Medical Specialists Center. Some of the current visiting specialists clinic will be converted to McCook Clinic space for additional exam rooms. Additional square footage will be added for visiting specialists. The remodel will improve efficiency and allow for better patient/staff flow. The project could start as early as this summer. A second project, Project #2 (ER and Injection Infusion ex-pansions), will follow upon the completion of Project #1. Troy Bruntz, Community Hospital President & CEO explained the importance of dividing the building expansion and remodeling into two projects instead of one. “Financially, it works out better for us. Two projects allow us shorter term borrowing with lower interest rates.” He added that much of the project is needed due to changing government regu-lations.

NATIONAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION WEEK This is National Influenza Vaccination Week, a time to remind all Ne-braskans if they haven’t gotten their flu shot to do so. There have been some reports that the vaccine this year isn’t as effective as an-ticipated. University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Dr. Mark Rupp is the director of the Infection Control and Epidemiology Department and says it is still too early to tell. Dr. Rupp says, “I just received a report yesterday from some personnel in our Public Health Lab. One nice thing is the lab here at the University of Nebraska Medical Cen-ter serves as the Public Health Lab for the state of Nebraska and the strains that we have been recovering as far as the flu is concerned have matched up when tested in the World Health Organization Labs with the strains that are in the vaccine. I think some of the re-ports that it is a real miss this year, at least from what we are hear-ing right now is a bit premature.”

NEW RULES FOR AIRPLANE PASSENGERS With the year-end holidays just ahead, many Nebraskans will be boarding planes for the first time in a while. New rules are in place for security screenings, especially as they relate to electronic devices. Mark Howell, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Admini-stration, says just follow directions. Howell says, “What we ask folks to do is really pay attention to what the officers in the checkpoint are asking them to do.” Any electronic devices larger than a cell phone must be taken out of your bag and placed in separate bins. “If the officer is at the checkpoint asking you to remove your electronics, then we’re asking you to remove them,” Howell says, “and it’s going to keep the process rolling a little bit smoother.” The last two weeks of the year are often the busiest for air travel and that’ll likely mean long lines at security. “Pay attention to what the officer is asking you to do when you get to the security checkpoint,” Howell says. “It’s really going to make your life a lot easier when you’re going through the process, especially over the holidays.”

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SPORTS The McCook Bison basketball teams split their first two games yesterday at the Goodland Topside Tournament. The Lady Bison fell to Wray in the opener, 62-45. The 1-2 MHS girls will face Wallace County in the consolation semifinals today at 3 p.m. Pregame coverage on KICX starts at 2:45. The Bison boys im-

proved to 2-0 with a 76-47 win over Wray. McCook will face Colby in the championship semifinals. Tip-off will be at around 5 p.m. The Cattle Trail Basketball Tournament continues today with the championship and consolation semifinals. All four championship semifinals will be at the Graff Events Center and

broadcast live on 103.9 The Hawk, with coverage starting at 3:10. The fifth-seeded Nebraska volleyball team squares off against

Colorado at 1:00p.m. on Friday in the Lexington Regional at Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum. The first of two regional semifi-nal round matches will feature fourth ranked Kentucky against 13th ranked BYU at 11:00a.m. The winners of Friday’s matches will meet in Saturday’s regional final at 3:00p.m. The Big Ten

champion Huskers are making their 23rd regional appearance in the last 24 years and are aiming for a third straight final four appearance, which would be a first in program history. Nebraska is no stranger to Lexington, as the Huskers won an NCAA Regional there in 2015 to advance to the final four,

where the Huskers ultimately won the national title in Omaha. In that regional – which Kentucky was not part of – NU swept BYU in the regional semifinal and beat Washington 3-1 in the final.

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