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The Village of Sterling will be celebrating its 150 years as a community this year. At the February 11 meeting, Village Clerk Samantha Gordon shared some of her ideas such as hosting an open house at the Village Office, downtown banners, and offering some memorabilia for residents to browse through during the weekend of the Sterling picnic.

The Sterling Lady Jets (20-7) play Humphrey Saint Francis (23-2) at Lincoln Southwest High School on Thursday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m.

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JOHNSON COUNTY CENTRAL’S ELI WARING (10) tallied up 1,000 points for his high school career during the Thunderbirds’ opening round of the Class C2-1 subdistrict basketball game against Nebraska City Lourdes Central on February 25th. Helping Eli celebrate this milestone are his teammates from left to right: Axel Ericson, Jonathon Duncan, Logan Barras, Trey Holthus, Eli, Cameron Schuster, Alex Ortiz, Rodrigo Rivera, Calvin Antholz, Uriel Cabrales, Brandon Speckmann.

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The Johnson-Brock TeamMates Chapter has been selected by the TeamMates organization as Community of the Year. Johnson-Brock began a TeamMates mentoring program in 2013 with four mentor/mentee matches. The chapter currently serves over 92 matches.

The TeamMates Mentoring Program began in 1991 with the vision of University of Nebraska Head Football Coach Tom Osborne and his wife Nancy. Coach Osborne felt that the athletes in his program could make an impact on the middle school students, and twenty-two football players began meeting with middle school students in the Lincoln Public Schools. Of the 22 original mentees, 21 went on to graduate from high school while one left school early to pursue a successful Motocross career. Eighteen of the original mentees also obtained some form of post-secondary education.

It’s wonderful,” said Caroline Kline of Santa Fe, New Mexico as she stopped in Tecumseh to see the Montz Motorcycle Museum where her two World War II motorcycles are currently displayed. These two World War II motorcycles were donated to the Montz Motorcycle Museum in honor of Kline’s father and uncles who served in World War II.

“I hope that all veterans enjoy the display of the two World War II motorcycles,” said Kline. The motorcycles are a 1942 Harley Davidson WLA and the other is a WL, which is one of only 142 of this model Harley Davidson made. The motorcycles have been restored in honor of her father George C. Kline II, and two uncles, Leo Petroski and Raymond Kline.

Homestead National Monument of America will host a special presentation on Women, The West, and Suffrage in honor of Women’s History Month. Blake Bell, former Homestead Historian and now instructor of history at Southeastern Community College of Iowa, will present his research on the ways that citizenship, property laws, and new opportunities in the west were all related to the history of women’s suffrage. Blake Bell’s presentation will be at the Education Center, Sunday, March 8th, at 2:00 p.m.

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New candidates filing for the upcoming election as of Friday, February 21st include:

Tecumseh City Council in Ward I: Kenneth Mandl of Tecumseh.

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The Sterling Board of Education approved offering a two-year contract to Adrian Allen as the new superintendent effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022. His annual salary will be $114,000 starting in August 2020.

The board also approved the teacher negotiations for the 2020-2021 school year. The base salary will be $36,900. The EHA Health and Dental Insurance coverage will also be available to staff members wishing to have these benefits.

A resignation by principal Scott Harrington was accepted by the Board of Education. Upon accepting Mr. Harrington’s resignation, the board decided to seek applications in-house for a new principal before exploring other options.

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Teacher negotiations for the 2020-2021 school year at Johnson County Central Schools were approved by the Johnson County Central Schools’ Board of Education at their February 12 meeting. The base salary was increased from $36,355 to $37,005. Health insurance options remain the same with the District covering the costs associated with the increased premiums at all levels. HOSA sponsors were added to the extra-duty assignments at a rate of seven percent of base. Elementary Quiz Bowl duties were added at the Middle School with a rate increase from one percent to two percent.

High School Principal Rick Lester and Middle School Principal Rich Bacon received a $3,300 increase in salary for the 2020-2021 school year.

Four teachers announced their resignations effective at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. These teachers are Cheryl Grove, Joni Fox, Julie Tubbesing and Jordan Scheil.

Eight Sterling area couples who have been married for 50+ years gathered for a Sweetheart Dinner hosted by the Sterling Women of Today organization at the Sterling Senior Center on Sunday, February 23. An introduction of Sterling Women of Today officers and members was conducted. Michelle Salberg is president; Carrie Wusk, vice president; Melinda Pearson, secretary; K.T. Saathoff, treasurer; Sharon Williams, chaplain. Other members include Sheila Stolz and Angie Bianchi.

After the couples had their photos taken, the group played a game “What is your spouse’s idea of a romantic date? Some of the answers included Dinner out with a coupon! A movie and dinner at McDonald’s or Burger King, ordering a fish dinner to go and checking the cows, dinner at Scott’s Place, listening to Lawrence Welk, having a dinner prepared by her husband, and taking a walk in a special area in San Antonio, Texas.