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The Winner Regional Health Board of Directors has announced that Brian Williams, RHCEOC, has been named the new chief executive officer, beginning June 20, 2023. Williams will oversee the strategic and operational initiatives for the organization.

“Why in the world would the Gregory Volunteer Fire Department need a ladder truck that can reach 75 feet in the air?” many people wonder. That is a good question, and one that Fire Chief Joel Bartling is happy to answer.

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I learned in church that a parable is a story with intent – and there’s one parable reportedly told in Native American culture about the essence of two competing wolves residing in every emotional being. One is good and compassionate; the other greedy and spiteful. A question from a child arises in the story as to which of the two wolves wins the competition to control the person’s attitudes and actions. And the answer from the elder is, “It’s the one you feed.”

Rain … we finally got some! On June 3, we got between 30 and 40 hundredths of an inch of rain. June 10 we received about an 1.6 inches of rain. This rain we received helped replace the ground with moisture, allowing for the crops to flourish.

Governor Noem will testify before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on Thursday, June 15, in favor of HR 3397. This bill would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to abandon the proposed rule on “Conservation and Landscape Health.”

June is Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI), also known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Awareness Month. According to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, 70% of people in the United States have experienced a traumatic event. In addition, 3.6% have had a diagnosis of PTSD in the past year based on diagnostic data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R).

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Dana and Dan Dennington of Crestline, CA. visited Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at the Bonnie Johnson home in Gregory, SD. Joining them for the afternoon were Terri Frank of Beresford and, locally, Dave Dobesh.

The historical building that houses the Gregory County Historical Society’s (GCHS) museum is in need of some TLC, and the organization is planning a steak dinner to help raise funds to pay for it. The museum, formerly the St.