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BIRDELLA NELSON ENDOWMENT A generous gift from former U.S. Sen. and Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson will honor his mother’s memory while ensuring his hometown’s public library continues to enhance residents’ knowledge, skills and quality of life. Nelson’s $500,000 dona-

tion kickstarted the Birdella Nelson Endowment for the Library account within McCook Community Foundation Fund (MCFF), an affiliated fund of Nebraska Community Foundation (NCF). Named after Nelson’s mother, the endowment’s payout expected to exceed $20,000 within its first year will fund programs, activities and technology to assist the McCook Public Library in achieving a mar-

gin of excellence for years to come. In addition to the endowment, the gift also established plans for the Birdella Nelson Technology Center within the library. Birdella took a young Nelson to get his first library card at the McCook Library, an event of significance that remains poignant more than 70 years later. He viv-idly recalled watching as Librarian Millicent Slaby dipped a steel pen nib into an

inkwell and wrote out his name and library card number. Without his mother’s teachings and encouragement, Nelson said he may not have seen such success in life. Birdella’s love of reading and writing, as well as her lessons on the impor-tance of tenacity and perseverance, contributed in no small part to his successful Nebraska gubernatorial and U.S. Senate bids. “I thought it was appropriate to

associate my mother with the library and to do it in a novel way,” Nelson said. “Whatever else has happened for me, it was because of the foundation she cre-ated in terms of my interest in reading and learning.” The endowment will be a substantial addition to the library’s future, said McCook Public Library Director Jody Crocker. Currently, the library budgets $3,000 annually for technological

upgrades. The increase in funds will open doors for everyone.

REMDESIVIR Nebraska Attorney General Peterson today joined a bipartisan multistate coali-tion led by California Attorney General Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Landry in sending a letter request to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA), urging them to use their legal authority under the Bayh-Dole Act to increase the availability of remdesivir. Remdesivir, a drug manufac-tured by Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead), has shown promising results in reducing mortality and hospitalization from COVID-19. Remdesivir is an FDA fast-tracked antiviral drug that was produced with the benefit of millions of dollars of

federal funding and the time and expertise of CDC and mili-tary scientists. Despite the substantial federal funding provided to its manufac-turer, Gilead has been unable to assure a supply of remdesivir sufficient to alle-viate the health and safety needs of the country amid the pandemic. As of Au-gust 3, 2020, more than 4.64 million Americans have contracted COVID-19 and

154,000 have died. Yet, by the end of this year, Gilead is expected to pro-duce only two million treatments, or enough remdesivir to cover about half of the current confirmed COVID-19 patients in the U.S. Before this crisis is over and a vaccine made available, many more Americans may become sick, and their recovery may hinge on the availability and affordability of remdesivir.

BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday that the state will be at "a significant competi-tive disadvantage" if it enters 2021 with no business tax incentive program in place to attract economic development and expansion."Incentives are one of the ways to get people to take a look at our state," the governor said in answer to a question at a Capitol news conference. Without an incentive program, "a lot

don't even consider you," Ricketts said. "It's important that we get this."Ricketts said he believes it is vital that the Legislature act in its final days to increase funding for property tax relief and adopt a new business incentive program to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act, which expires at the end of the year. Seven senators are attempting to negotiate an agreement on those two is-

sues along with a state funding commitment to help support a proposed $2.6 billion University of Nebraska Medical Center project that would largely be fed-erally funded as the Legislature enters the final days of a 2020 session that is scheduled to adjourn next week.

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SPORTS With fall hunting seasons coming up, the Nebraska Game and Parks Com-

mission reminds hunters of temporary Hunter Education changes from

which they can benefit. Until further notice, online-only Hunter Education

courses, without the Hunt Safe Session requirement, is allowed for ages

11 and older in Nebraska. Youth ages 11-15 who take the online Hunter

Education course normally are required to attend a two-hour Hunt Safe

Session before they can receive a certificate of completion. That Hunt Safe

Session requirement temporarily has been waived since Game and Parks

has limited the size and available number of classes in the interest of

public health due to COVID-19. Those 11- to 15-year-olds who complete

the online course will be certified, though they are encouraged to take an

available Hunt Safe Session in the future. The Hunt Safe Session is a two-

hour review focusing on equipment safety for firearms and archery, tree-

stand safety and shoot/don’t shoot scenarios. The reduction in class sizes,

including Hunt Safe Sessions and Hunter Education classroom courses, are

a proactive effort to prevent the potential for spread of COVID-19.

The Big 12 presidents and chancellors approved a scheduling model for

the upcoming college football season that will include nine conference

games and one nonconference game, the league confirmed Monday eve-

ning. The start of conference play will be solidified in the coming weeks,

with an anticipated start sometime in mid-to-late September. The league

still expects to play its nonconference games before the start of league

play, according to a release. The model gives the Big 12 the flexibility to

move back the Big 12 Dr Pepper Championship game to Dec. 12 or 19. "I

would like to salute the work of our university presidents and chancellors,

athletics directors, coaches, medical advisors and administrators who

have worked tirelessly and collaboratively during these extraordinary

times," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement. "We be-

lieve this change provides the best opportunity going forward. However,

we will undoubtedly need to be flexible as we progress through the sea-

son in order to combat the challenges that lie ahead."

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