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Over 160 youth from Johnson County and the surrounding area learned about safety involving food, pets, bicycles, the internet, tractors and lawnmowers, fires and other emergencies at the 2019 Johnson County Progressive Safety Day held at the Johnson County fairgrounds on April 25.

In a general session, Mark Badertscher and Todd Zimmermann, from Stutheit Implement in Auburn, shared information about safely handling a riding lawnmower.

Animal Behaviors

Dr. Christin Bohling brought her dog, Finn, a chocolate labrador, so that area youth could learn more about reading animal behaviors in pets and the proper way to introduce themselves to a dog. With Finn by her side, Dr. Bohling was able to show the youth in each of her sessions how to look for animal behaviors in a dog by observing their eyes, ears and tail.

During public hearings regarding the future of Johnson County Central Schools, held at both the Tecumseh and Cook sites in mid-April, those attending were asked to vote on the scenario for the school’s future that made the most sense to them. Only two scenarios made use of facilities at the Cook site, including Scenario 1 which would maintain the facilities as they are used currently.

The other four scenarios moved all educational services to the Tecumseh site, with the last three scenarios calling for building a new elementary school. Scenarios 4 and 5 called for renovating the old elementary building into a middle school. Scenario 6 would have the old elementary building torn down and replaced with a new elementary building designed with a 400-seat auditorium.

The two Scenarios receiving the most votes were Number 1 and Number 6. Scenario 6 was supported overwhelmingly with 54% of the vote. Scenario 1 received only 18% of the vote.

In a series of new video interviews, Mark Smith, NioCorp’s Executive Chairman, Scott Honan, President of Elk Creek Resources Corp., and Chris Dougherty, Chairman of The Nordmin Group of Companies, each discuss aspects of a  new mining plan for the Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project and the results of an updated Feasibility Study that was completed as a result.  

An independent update of the Project’s feasibility study was also conducted in conjunction with the mine’s design engineering.

In his interview, Mr. Smith notes that the updated Feasibility Study shows that the Elk Creek Project’s economics have improved considerably over the previous Feasibility Study, completed in 2017:

•Pre-Tax Net Present Value (NPV) rises by 11.9% to $2.57 billion.  After-Tax NPV increases 25.9% to $2.1 billion.

•After-tax Internal Rate of Return (IRR)  has increased to 25.8%, which is 18.9% higher.

Four students from Johnson County Central Schools will be competing in an International HOSA competition at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida, June 19-22. These students are Connor Bartels, Haley Beethe, Sam Buss and Lexi Graham. They competed in the HOSA Bowl at the State HOSA conference in Omaha, March 18-19.

In the HOSA Bowl competition, these four students took a 50 item multiple choice test on HOSA knowledge, parliamentary procedure and medical knowledge. Teams then advanced to the second round where they had to buzz in before the other team and correctly answer the most questions.

Dr. Jenna Christensen and Dr. Vicky Boone are the co-sponsors of this new organization which has a mission to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the quality of health care to everyone.

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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