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BILL KRUGER, owner of River Valley Memorials in Auburn, engraves additional names of military veterans to the Johnson County Veterans Memorial in time for Veterans Day on Monday, November 11. 

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Johnson County’s VFW Auxiliary Unit #8221 will be collecting donations for poppies in the Tecumseh community on Thursday, November 7, in honor and rememberance of all veterans for their sacrifice of service to our country.

On Memorial Day and Veterans Day, millions of red crepe paper poppies—all handmade by veterans as part of their therapeutic rehabilitation—are distributed across the country in exchange for donations that go directly to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans in our communities.

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Display of the Johnson County Avenue of Flags on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2019 has been cancelled. The Veterans Day display has encountered bad weather in recent years and has had to be cancelled at the last minute. This continually causes unnecessary expense and confusion for the Auxiliary ladies who serve the morning and evening meals.

At the March 2019 meeting of the Memorial Committee, the situation was recognized and it was approved to display additional days at Memorial Day and 4th of July to compensate and allow viewers more time to pay respect to the Memorial Flags of the deceased Veterans.

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John Baum will be the guest speaker at a Veterans Day program at Johnson County Central Schools in Tecumseh on Monday, November

11. The program begins at 10 a.m. A presentation of the Colors will be conducted by members of the Tecumseh American Legion Post #2 and VFW Post #8221.

Vanessa Jimenez and Emma Walters will sing the Star Spangled Banner. Sam Buss will read his Voice of Democracy essay. The Homestead Harmonizers will perform.

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Dave Armknecht will be the guest speaker for the Veterans Day program at Johnson County Central’s Middle School in Cook on Monday, November 11 at 10:45 a.m. A Quilt of Valor presentation will be conducted by members of the Bickel Nelson American Legion Auxiliary Unit #360 of Cook.

Alyson Gottula of Elk Creek joined the Nebraska Army National Guard and has been a member of the 754 Chemical Company in Omaha for the past 2 ½ years. Gottula was officially pinned as a Sergeant on August 29th of this year. Gottula has also been recognized as the Best Warrior at the Battalion level, following training sessions in Minnesota and California.

Gottula was recently honored for her exceptionally meritorious service: SPC Gottula’s actions and execution of the mission was essential to the successful completion of annual training. SPC Gottula brings great credit upon herself, the 754th Chemical Company, the 568 Tactical Battalion and the United States Army.

Display of the Johnson County Avenue of Flags on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2019 has been cancelled. The Veterans Day display has encountered bad weather in recent years and has had to be cancelled at the last minute. This continually causes unnecessary expense and confusion for the Auxiliary ladies who serve the morning and evening meals.

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Nutt’s Closet, 322 Jefferson, Elk Creek, will be open November 2, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

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The newly organized Sterling 4-H club, a combination of Spoons & Spools and Sterling Livestock, met on a blustery Sunday afternoon to work on a community service project designed to honor Veterans who are buried in the Sterling Cemetery.

Over time, as headstones are exposed to the elements, they have a build up of moss, lichens, and mold. The group used water, D2 Biological Solution, and some elbow grease to remove the build-up and whiten the stones. This same cleaner is used in Arlington National Cemetery to keep those headstones white. They did a final spray of D2 before leaving which will continue to work until rinsed off by rain and snow. The group plans to return in the spring and continue working.

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The Sterling Board of Education met in special session on Wednesday, October 23rd to discuss the process for searching for an interim superintendent to fill Dottie Heusman’s position after the board requested she take a leave of absence effective October 21.

Shari Becker, director of Search Services for the Nebraska Association of School Boards, and Lisa Steinkuhler, a support staff member, along with Fred Helmink of the Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association reviewed this search process with the board members.

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Saturday, October 26 was a beautiful fall day for the 2019 Opening Day of Hunting Season. Reds, tans, browns, greens and gold painted the beautiful landscape on a bright sunny day as area hunters, dressed in orange caps and vests, walked through the timber and cropland to hunt for quail and pheasants along their path.

Approximately 15 family members and friends entered God’s country as they gathered at the Boldt Family Farm near Sterling on Saturday to participate in the traditions of hunting, sharing stories and enjoying the camaraderie of opening day of the bird hunting and deer hunting seasons. Galen Boldt and his nephews, Luke and Levi, invite their neighbors, Ron and Larry Rathe, their children and grandchildren and other friends and relatives, to share in the hunt and the spontaneous fun and laughter.