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Hello readers. Here are the latest symptoms of Mother Earth's fever... Wildfires in Chile, freezing temps in Vancouver caused breakage of the electrical power cables for buses, wet snow in Juneau sank fishing boats, 85 mph winds at Heathrow (world's busiest) Airport in London. Experts say 2023 warmest year worldwide. The technology for renewable energy sources is advancing very quickly. We live in the wind belt and there are now thermal batteries for the wind turbines. There are increasing numbers of electric powered vehicles. Norway has the highest % in the world. China and now VW have sodium instead of lithium EV batteries, which will be built in a new factory in Ontario. Those same wind turbines can make green hydrogen fuel by hydrolysis and many companies like Cummins are converting their engines to hydrogen fuel. The United States is the largest producer of fossil fuels for export, but the answer for the future is not drill, drill, drill. If we look at the price of fuel here, the cheapest have renewables in them. My home in Pangman is heated with natural gas (methane) which I pay a carbon tax on. Companies whose factories emit CO2 can get a tax credit for sequestering it. For you, opponents of the carbon pipeline, ask yourselves what would be the price of fuel or the price of corn and soybeans, if there were no ethanol or soybean processing plants nearby?

In a heartwarming joint effort, Bouquets and Brushstrokes in Burke SD, partnered with Missouri Valley Insurance, Thrive Chiropractic - Natasha Martin, Rachelle Norberg, and Burke and Gregory Building Centers, to spread love and joy among residents in local nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

enu Mon., February 12 Chicken fajita, roasted onions & peppers, spanish rice Tues., February 13 Corn dog, tri-tater Wed., February 14 Cheese omelets, tri-tater, biscuit Thurs., February 15 Pulled pork, bun, spiral fries Fri., February 16 Spaghetti, meat sauce, bosco stick Daily Breakfast Menu: Yogurt, Milk, Juice, Fruit Included w/Lunch Milk, Fruit & Vegetable Food Bar This week’s school lunch menu sponsored by Gregory, SD • (605) 835-9627 .

Regular Commission Meeting Wed., Feb. 7, 2024 9:00 a.m.

Elly Lois Witt of Burke, SD, has been named to the Deans' List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year. Witt, a freshman majoring in communication sciences and disorders, was named to the Dean's List for the College of Education and Human Sciences..