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By Ann Wickett

“It’s a great joy and honor to come to St. Andrew’s to celebrate this historic Mass in celebration of the church’s 150 years as well as celebrating the first Sunday of Advent,” said the Honorable Bishop James Conley during a homily at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Tecumseh at the Saturday evening Mass on December 1.

St. Andrew’s Catholic Church was founded by Fr. Emanuel who was instrumental in the founding of many Catholic churches in Southeast Nebraska. According to Bishop Conley, the current brick church built in 1927 has been a well known gem of the Lincoln Diocese.

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Telena Moser, personal representative of the Estate of Terry L. Berry, Jr., deceased, has filed a complaint against the State of Nebraska involving three causes of action including negligence, negligence per se, and wrongful death.

On Saturday, April 15, 2017, Terry Berry, 22 years old, was found not breathing in his cell at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Tecumseh, Nebraska. Berry, a non-violent offender, was about to complete a three to four year sentence for cashing a $3,900 stolen check for three other men and for kneeing a deputy at the Platte County Jail.

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It was a snowy Sunday evening for Christmas Around the Square this year, but it didn’t stop Santa Claus from visiting with approximately 80 children from the Tecumseh area throughout the evening. The kids received goodie bags after visiting with Santa.

“You can’t control the weather,” said Dave Holthus, a member of the Christmas Around the Square committee, as the snowy weather conditions affected attendance and some of the events had to be cancelled, such as the hayrack rides with the Prairie Sky Clydesdales. Those in attendance enjoyed browsing the holiday crafts available as well as having a cup of chili or soup during the annual Chili/Soup cookoff. This year there were seven crockpots full of chili or soup to choose from. Contest winners were:

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By Ann Wickett

Sam Buss and Connor Bartels, FFA members at Johnson County Central Schools, kicked off the November 14 Board of Eduction meeting with a presentation about their layer chicken project. This project involves 30 to 40 chickens and is being operated on a farm owned by the parents of FFA member Sydnie Othmer.

Community Meetings

In a review of the community informational meetings, Dr. Galen Boldt said the main objective of these meetings was to have patrons of the JCC School district think about creating the best innovative school for the next 50 years. At the end of October and the first part of November, six informational meetings were held focusing on four basic questions regarding the future of Johnson County Central Schools. These questions dealt with the topics of maintenance, transportation, renovation of existing sites, and construction of a new school site at a centralized location within the district.

Three Johnson County Central FFA members were honored at the 91st National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. National FFAAgriscience Fair participants are FFA members in grades 7-12 that were selected as a winner as their state’s agriscience fair. The participants must conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture and food science industries and present their findings to a panel of judges with a display and a report. Samuel Buss and Connor Bartels earned first place in their AgriScience Fair project at the State level, allowing them to submit their research to Nationals. Their work was evaluated and they were named a National Finalist, which advanced them to compete at the National FFA Convention. They earned a Silver medal at Nationals.

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By Ann Wickett

A total of 8½ inches of snow fell in Tecumseh during a blizzard that blew in with 45 mph wind gusts early Sunday morning, November 25. The blizzard continued until about noon or shortly after. According to local weather observer Mark McDonald, there was some pretty good moisture that came with the blizzard, which accumulated to .80” of precipitation.

The storm started out with rain during the early morning hours and switched over to snow by about 3 a.m. Warm ground temperatures and the falling temperatures Sunday afternoon created a sheet of ice underneath the snow which caused slick conditions for snow removal.

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By Ann Wickett

“Everyone is okay,” said Kristi Carmine, Misty Sedersten’s mother.

Misty and her two youngest children, Mitchell age 2 and Paisley, age 1, escaped injury in a house fire on Wednesday morning, November 7. Sedersten quickly got her children out of the house and into the yard after discovering flames shooting up to the ceiling of her master bedroom about 11:16 a.m. that morning.

Sedersten and her children had just returned home. Sedersten went to change her daughter, Paisley’s diapers and her son, Mitchell, went into the master bedroom. Seconds later, Sedersten could smell something and when she opened the door to the bedroom, she saw the flames.

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