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Members of the Tecumseh Chieftain staff attended the Nebraska Press Convention in Kearney April 5 and 6, 2019. The convention provides many useful workshops on all aspects of newspaper production and gives those who attend a chance to catch up with friends and competitors in the newspaper world.

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Topp’s Mechanical of Tecumseh recently shipped out a CO2 Recovery Skid to Brookhaven, Miss. Skids like this one are used in plants that make dry ice. As dry ice is made, a vapor steams up from the pellets or blocks and the skid (recovery plant) captures the vapor so it can be reused.

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The city park in Tecumseh will be the site of an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 20th at 1 p.m. Children ages Pre-K through third grade are invited to participate! Prizes may be claimed at the park. The event will be held rain or shine! This event is sponsored by the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce.

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Cost estimates of six different scenarios relating to the future of Johnson County Central Schools were were reviewed at a Board of Education meeting on April 10. The scenarios are as follows:

Scenario 1: Maintain all current facilities on two sites.

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Now what do you think Balleyhoo, (Jim Helgren) and Cheyenne (Robin Eggleston) are up to, holding golden nuggets in their hands? You’ll have to attend the 2019 Cook Lions Club Melodrama, “Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out” or “The Bride Wore Green Chili Peppers,” Friday or Saturday night, April 12-13 at the Cook Community Center. The event includes a dinner and show starting at 7 p.m. The Cook Lions Club will utilize the proceeds from this melodrama to offer scholarships to graduating seniors at Johnson County Central Schools.

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Seven couples gathered at the Sterling Senior Center on Sunday afternoon, March 31, for Sweetheart Tea. The Sweetheart tea celebrated area couples celebrating 50+ years of marriage in 2019. The oldest married couple in attendance was Douglas and Barbara Rix with 64 years of marriage. Dave and Ginny Thiesfeld will celebrate 50 years of marriage, December 30, 2019. John and Judy Keizer will celebrate 50 years of marriage on August 9, 2019.

The afternoon was filled with delicious desserts, tea and coffee and plenty of laughter. Servers of the desserts were Kaity Wusk and Emma Harms.

April 8, 2019 (Lincoln, Neb) – An inmate at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) assaulted a staff member on Monday, April 8, 2019.

Around 1:40 p.m. the inmate exited his cell when his door was opened by mistake. The inmate hit the staff member in the head and torso with his fists. That staff member was able to help subdue the inmate, along with several other officers who came to assist. One staff member deployed two short bursts of oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray) to bring the inmate under control. A homemade weapon was recovered at the scene, but was not used in the assault.

As a result of this incident and another that occurred on March 21, the Special Management Unit (SMU) at TSCI, has been placed on modified operations*. The SMU holds individuals who are assigned to restrictive housing. The remainder of the facility is operating normally.

The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s office is still investigating a fire that occurred late Friday night involving a chicken growing house occupied by an estimated 22,000 chickens. The structure is located on property owned by Tecumseh Poultry, three miles north and two miles east of Tecumseh. Only one of the 30 chicken growing houses was totaled in the fire. Tecumseh Poultry is a subsidiary of Tyson Foods which purchased the Smart Chicken company in June of 2018.

“Thankfully, no one was hurt and we sure appreciated the quick response of the Tecumseh Fire Department in putting the fire out,” said Worth Sparkman, communications spokesman for Tyson’s. There were approximately 40 firefighters on the scene as the Tecumseh Fire District called in the Sterling, Cook, and Elk Creek Fire Districts for mutual aid assistance. A few Burr firefighters responded to the call as well.