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NEBRASKA RECEIVES 40,000 MORE DOSES Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says he’s reasonably satisfied with the state’s distribution of coronavirus vaccines despite a slowdown last month. But he’s urging residents to remain patient and expect some logistical delays. Ricketts says the state has received an additional 40,000 doses in the last couple of days. It will take a few more days to get them distributed. The state has dis-tributed 133,896 doses so far. Nebraska saw two brief slowdowns in distri-bution around Christmas and after New Year’s Day. But the numbers in-creased sharply on Tuesday. Health officials administered 13,644 vaccines that day. That was up from 2,967 the previous day. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has called for all U.S. and Nebraska flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the two U.S. Capitol Police officers who died after the attack on the Capitol. Officer Brian D. Sicknick died of injuries suffered during the assault. Officer Howard Liebengood died of an unspecified cause. Ricketts' procla-mation called for the lowering of flags to also honor the service of other Capitol Police officers and law enforcement in general. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered flags at the White House to be lowered to half-staff. On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered flags lowered at the Capitol.

END OF AN ERA Edward Guthrie was born during the flu pandemic of 1918, died during the COVID-19 pandemic and lived 102 years in between. His death Thursday marked the end of an era. The Omaha man was the state’s last known eye-witness to the Dec. 7, 1941, raid of Pearl Harbor. In 2016, he shared his memories of the attack that killed more than 2,400 Americans and brought the U.S. into World War II. Guthrie, a 23-year-old electrician’s mate 2nd class, was reading a comic book on the deck of the USS Whitney when the bombing began. He watched in disbelief as a Japanese pilot in a red scarf passed close enough to wave at him. “There were torpedo bombers coming down the chute right alongside of us, skimming over the water. They all wore those red scarves,” Guthrie said at a fundraiser for junior ROTC cadets plan-ning a trip to Pearl Harbor. “I could see this pilot, and he waved at me, and I waved back. My shipmates said, ‘What did you do that for?’ I said, ‘As long as (the pilot) was waving, he wasn’t bombing.’”

LEGISLATIVE BILL 139 Nebraska hospitals, businesses and schools would be protected from most coronavirus-related lawsuits under a bill introduced Friday in the Legislature. State Sen. Tom Briese of Albion sponsored Legislative Bill 139, along with Sen. Matt Williams of Gothenburg. It was among 212 bills and five constitu-

tional amendments introduced by state lawmakers this week. Briese said his proposal is intended to help Nebraska recover from the coronavirus pan-demic, which has killed more than 1,800 people here, more than tripled the number of unemployed workers and caused widespread economic disruption. “As many segments of society struggle to deal with and rebound from the impact of the pandemic, they face the threat of needless lawsuits related to COVID,” he said. “It’s incumbent on us to provide some level of protection against such lawsuits while ensuring the safety of our citizens and holding bad actors accountable.” His proposal would offer legal protection in multi-ple ways. First, it would bar lawsuits unless someone was hospitalized or died from the coronavirus. It would also prohibit lawsuits against entities that were following federal and state laws or public health orders and guidance. It would not allow a lawsuit unless an entity had acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct, rather than ordinary negligence. Finally, it would raise the standard of proof, making it harder for people bringing lawsuits to prove that they had been hurt because of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

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SPORTS The McCook Bison basketball teams dropped a pair of games at Sidney on

Saturday. The Lady Bison fell in game one, 67-36 while the Bison boys

lost in the nightcap 58-50. Both McCook teams will head to Hastings on

Friday and then host Minden on Saturday. The Bison wrestlers won the

Dundy County-Stratton Invite on Friday. The Bison scored 187.5 points, 55

better than runner-up Cambridge. The Bison will travel to Oberlin on

Thursday for a triangular and then back to Oberlin on Saturday for the

Oberlin Invite. The Bison swimmers/divers competed at the Kearney

Invite on Saturday. MHS sophomore Leah Spencer finished second in the

50 and 100 freestyle races. The Bison will travel to the Cotter Invite in

Lincoln this weekend.

Loveland, Colo. native McKenna Crews signed her letter of intent Friday

afternoon to play volleyball later this fall at McCook Community College.

“I chose MCC because it felt like home as soon as I walked in. I love the

team and coaching staff, and they work hard,” she said. “McCook is a

second hometown for me, and I can’t wait to play here.” She said her

family spends a lot of time in the Culbertson area for summers and

during hunting season. In addition to signing her letter of intent this

weekend, McKenna plans to spend the rest of the weekend filling her

Nebraska doe permit. MCC Coach Hayley Kobza said McKenna brings a lot

to the libero position and while a couple current freshmen have played

well as defensive specialists during the extensive preseason, the coach

said she has no doubt Makenna will come in and give everybody a run

for their money. “I do like to have competition within our team because

we end up being better because everyone is pushing each other,” she

said. Crews is a 5-6 libero/defensive specialist from Thompson Valley

High School and is a four-year letter winner in volleyball as well as

competing in the throwing events in track and field. During her junior

year of volleyball in 2019 she played in 84 sets and had 274 digs, as well

as 50 kills, 40 service aces and 33 set assists. As a serving specialist she

was at 92 percent during her junior campaign.

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