I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Soon, I will be headed back to the halls of the State Capitol to represent you in the upcoming 99th legislative session. In 40 legislative days, we will vote on hundreds of bills in committee and on the Senate and House floor. I am again entrusted by senate leadership to chair Health and Human Services. I will also again sit on the State Affairs and Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.

Another 365 days have passed, and a lot happened in Gregory during that time. Here’s a look at some of the events.

The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers competed in the McCook Central/Montrose Invitational Tournament on Friday, December 22, in Salem. Short a few wrestlers, the team still managed an 11th place finish in a field of 20. This was reputedly the hardest tournament besides state, according to Coach Seth Webster. He believes that anyone who placed high at it has a good chance of placing at state.

ERVICES Coming off of a busy holiday season can leave us feeling excited for a new start. The holidays can bring an overwhelm and it is possible that this overwhelm and overabundance of stuff can impact your stress level.

For most of us, we are reminded by the holiday season of an earlier time of memorable and exciting days gone by. Those “olden days” make for especially fond memories to one particular group – those farm kids who attended the one-room rural schools out on the Dakota prairie. This is when we harken back to what was one of the most unforgettable times during the school year.

A review of one day’s news of the circus in Congress promoted by Trump’s supplicants to direct the operation of the US government in support of dictator governments around the world would more than fill the bounds of this article. Putin has thanked the Republicans for blocking funding to the Ukraine forces in their war to repel the Russian invasion.