Friday was Groundhog Day, the mid-point of the winter season. Tradition claims that if the groundhog sees its shadow upon emerging from its burrow that day, we will have six more weeks of winter. If it doesn’t, we will have an early spring.

Frank Kenzy was training horses with his father before he was ten years old. Growing up on the family ranch near Iona, South Dakota, riding was just a part of their way of life. Frank’s father, Harry, raised quarter horses. Frank’s boyhood years were full of starting colts and hauling mares to be bred.

The Gregory Economic Development Group will host the annual career and job opportunity fair on February 13, 2024, at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium. The career fair will begin at 10 a.m. Students from Burke and Colome will have a time slot of 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Gregory students will be there from 1:00 2:30 p.m., and it will be open to the public from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Students made an audition recording that was selected from hundreds of auditions. They are some of the best fourth-sixth grade singers from across the state. This is also the most students from Gregory that have made it into Elementary Honor Choir. This year Ruth Dwyer, the conductor and Director of Education with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, will conduct the EFHC. The students will practice during the day on Thursday, February 8, and present a concert at the Performing Arts Center on the SDSU campus at 5:00 p.m.

The city’s infrastructure plan is still being held up at the state level, but Mayor Al Cerny asked the city council at the regular meeting on Monday, February 5, to give him authorization to advertise for bids as soon as the state clears it. The original plan was to advertise for bids in December, then January, but the target continues to move while the city waits for red tape to clear, and he doesn’t want to waste any time waiting for a council meeting to advertise for bids.

Gregory 72 Avon 49 The Goriilas boys basketball team hosted Avon on Thursday to kick off a run of five games in six days. The Pirates held a 16-15 lead after one quarter before the Gorilla defense settled in.