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

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH September is National Preparedness Month (NPM), the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency’s (FEMA) annual preparedness outreach event sponsored by FEMA’s Ready Campaign. NEMA has committed to participate in NPM to increase preparedness in the community and to share preparedness information on its Facebook and Twitter social media accounts. The theme this year is “Prepare to Protect. Preparing for disas-ters is protecting everyone you love” and asks citizens to take action now. Take time to build a kit, make a plan, check your insurance policies and coverage for the hazards you may face, such as floods, earthquakes and tornadoes. Educate and involve youth in preparedness. Make sure to con-sider the costs associated with disasters and save for an emergency. Also, know how to take practical safety steps like shutting off water and gas. As our nation continues to respond to COVID-19, there is no better time to be involved than this September.

MOST DIVERSE ENROLLMENT In a signal that the University of Nebraska is continuing to provide access to people of the state, the NU system’s student body in fall 2021 is its most diverse in history, with more than 1 in 5 students identifying as mi-nority, according to new enrollment figures announced today by Presi-dent Ted Carter. System-wide enrollments of first-time freshmen, gradu-ate and professional students all increased, and campuses experienced growth in key areas for Nebraska’s workforce, including engineering, public health, allied health professions, business, architecture, and infor-mation science and technology. Total enrollment across the university sys-tem’s four campuses plus the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture this fall is 50,653, a 2 percent decline from fall 2020. Declines among international students contributed in part to the overall dip as the univer-sity continues to manage the challenges of a COVID-19 world. “Growth is always our goal, but I am pleased that the University of Nebraska is con-tinuing to achieve our fundamental mission of providing affordable, ac-cessible, outstanding education to students and families,” Carter said. “To be welcoming our most diverse student body in our history is truly an achievement to celebrate.

MEDICAL CANNABIS A group in Nebraska is preparing to gather signatures for a pair of bal-lot initiatives to legalize medical cannabis. The group, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, announced on Wednesday that it recently filed drafts of its two measures. If it gathers enough signatures by a July deadline, voters will weigh in on both next November. State Sen. Anna Wishart, one of two legislators involved in the effort, said one of the pe-titions will relate to protecting patients’ rights to have access to cannabis through a doctor’s recommendation. The other, she said, would set up a regulated, private industry to produce cannabis for the patients who qualify under the first initiative. “It’s heartbreaking and senseless that politicians are standing in the way of families and patients who desper-ately need safe, legal access to medical cannabis,” Sen. Adam Morfeld, the other state senator involved in the effort, said in a prepared state-ment. “But we will not stop fighting for them. We hope that every Ne-braskan will stand with us and help our campaign succeed by getting involved and supporting the effort however they can.”

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A stellar defensive effort helped the No. 3 Nebraska volleyball

team take care of business Wednesday night, sweeping No. 19

Creighton 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-16) at the CHI Health Center

Omaha. With the win, the Huskers remain undefeated at 6-0 this

season, while the Bluejays take their first loss and drop to 6-1. A

crowd of 11,279 was on hand, marking the largest crowd for an

NCAA regular-season match this year and the 10th-largest regular-

season, volleyball-only crowd in NCAA history. Lexi Sun led all

players with 11 kills and added four digs and two blocks. Madi

Kubik finished with nine kills, six digs and two stops, and Kayla

Caffey totaled eight kills on .462 hitting with three blocks. Nicklin

Hames tallied her fourth straight double-double with 30 assists

and 12 digs on the night. The Huskers finished with 69 digs as a

team for their second-highest total of the season and their best

mark in a three-set match.

Eight different players registered a kill and third-ranked Nebraska

-Kearney served up seven aces to sweep the University of Saint

Mary (-13, -15, -17) Wednesday night at the Health & Sports Cen-

ter. This was the Lopers (5-0) home opener while NAIA Spires,

from Leavenworth, Kan., fall to 6-4 on the young season. UNK

trailed just three times all night as they hit .500 (14-2-24) in set

one and then .421(19-3-38) in the second. For good measure, the

Lopers added nine blocks at the net and dug up 54 balls. “I liked

the fact that we were able to play a lot of people. The thing about

this year … you’re already hearing teams missing tournaments,

we can’t play because we still have Covid issues. If you have to

choose between not enough (players) and too much we’re going to

take too much,” UNK head coach Rick Squiers said.

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Tickets at the Gate Family Packs: Kids 5 & Under: Free Family of 4 $40 Kids (6-14) $7 Family of 5 $50 15 and over $15 Gates open at 4 PM Meal served at 6 PM

Music provided by Mike Brown

Advanced tickets available at

Oberlin Branch of United Northwest Federal

Credit Union &

Oberlin Chamber Office in the BEE Building

There will be a celebration commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the events from 9/11

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