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The Sterling Board of Education adopted the 2019-2020 tax request resolution during its regular board meeting on September 16. Prior to the regular board meeting, two hearings were held concerning the budget and tax request. In this tax request resolution, the Sterling Board of Education set its tax rate at $1.016492 per $100 of assessed value. This will be a 2.38 percent increase.

The tax request for the General Fund was set at $2,830,303; for the bond fund at $170,017; for the Special Building Fund at $90,253; and for the Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund (QCPUF) at $72,507.

Sterling Public Schools must make a decision about whether to continue playing sixman football or change to eight-man football for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. This decision has to be finalized with the Nebraska School Activities Association by November 1.

Mike Stauffer, a Tecumseh native who serves as a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, was presented with the 2019 Dallas Green Award in a ceremony during the Phillies baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on September 10.

Stauffer’s family was invited to the Phillies stadium for the game. “My family is extremely important to me. I’m just blessed my family was in attendance to see me receive this award. Philadelphia has always been 1st class: They flew my family in for the award, which included both hotels and tickets for 2 games. Our celebration was watching the game in the Presidential Suite. We enjoyed spending time with the Green family during the baseball game,” Stauffer said.

“I feel honored and privileged to receive the Dallas Green Award. Dallas meant so much to the city of Philadelphia and to all the people he worked with during his time in Major League Baseball,” added Stauffer.

WORK ON THE TECUMSEH AQUATIC CENTER is progressing. Here, cement is being pumped into the foundation of the pool house.

“I would like to provide the community and surrounding community with on-trend, good quality clothing along with gift items at affordable prices,”said Sara Wendt, owner of REMEDY, a new clothing store located on the west side of the downtown square in Tecumseh.

“I want to provide everyone a place to come, grab a quick gift or outfit for that special occasion without having to drive for such items,” she added.

The idea of owning a clothing store came about when Sara lived in Omaha. She worked full-time at an advertising agency and part time at her favorite boutique in the Old Market. “Of course, at that time I spent more in the store than I made. I’ve always loved clothing and loved how a new piece of clothing made a person feel happy,” Sara said.

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County Commissioners from Nemaha, Pawnee and Richardson Counties were invited to a joint meeting with the Johnson County Commissioners and representatives of the Nebraska Department of Transportation on September 11. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss who is responsible for maintaining the right-of -ways of the state highways and the county roads.

According to policy, and to Tom Goodbarn of the Nebraska Department of Transportation, it is the county’s responsibility to maintain the state right-of-ways, unless the state highway is part of an improvement project through the Nebraska Department of Transportation.

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