Dear editor, On June 4, our county will vote on eliminating the use of a tabulation machine to count ballots for elections. Before doing so, I would ask all voters to consider a few questions: 1. Why would we want to eliminate the use of Federally Mandated tabulation machines? There is absolutely NO PROOF of these machines ever being inaccurate in our state or our nation. They are NOT connected to the internet so there is NO WAY they can be manipulated that way. Opponents continue to assert they can be hacked but offer NO PROOF that they can be or that it has ever happened.

Gregory High School seniors were awarded scholarships during the commencement exercises held on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium. The following scholarships were awarded: 2024 GHS Scholarship Recipients Adeline & Fred Gassen Scholarship London Flakus, Gannon Thomas Anshutz Construction Scholarship Mya Determan, Kaydence Klein BankWest Scholarship Gannon Thomas, Trey Murray Blood Drive Host Scholarship Natalie Smith Buche Foods Underdog Scholarship Cindy Khuu Bill and Evelyn Rasmussen Scholarship Raesha Beck Cassie Vavra Grim Memorial Scholarship Nathan Fortuna Cenex Rosebud Farmers Union Scholarship London Flakus, Kade Braun Nathan Fortuna, Kaydence Klein & Jamison VanderPol Chuck Kayl Ag Memorial Scholarship Kaydence Klein Consumer’s Federal Credit Union Scholarship Nathan Fortuna, Jamison VanderPol, Raesha Beck, Kaydence Klein & Mya Determan Coyote Beginnings Scholarship Mya Determan Charles & Clara Ritter Family Medical Scholarship Natalie Smith Darlene Johnson Memorial Scholarship Mya Determan Dr.

Rosebud Sioux Tribal Councilwoman Lisa White Pipe, of Gregory, has been traveling across the country representing tribal interests with some of this nation’s leaders. On March 8-9, White Pipe attended a special Coalition of Large Tribes’ (COLT) meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

The regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, May 13, in the high school conference room. Teresa Webster, head volleyball coach; Skyler Hutcheson, middle school volleyball coach; and Kurt Stukel, middle school football coach all submitted their resignations from those extra duty positions, effective as of the close of the 2023-24 school year.

The Gorillas were faced with the highest level of competition they’ve seen all season at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls on Friday and Saturday, May 3-4. “We had some bright moments in relays, especially our girls and boys medley relays,” Coach Kurt Stukel commented.

Gregory Co. 10 Winner/Colome 0 Gannon Thomas hit an in-thepark grand slam to lead Gregory County Varsity Baseball past the Winner/Colome Royals 10-0 on Tuesday, April 30.