Opinion

What will they think? What will they say? Will it be good enough? Will I be good enough? Many of us have fallen captive to these familiar questions or doubts. The weight of these things in our mind can be exhausting and fill us with paralyzing anxiety, resulting in avoidance of situations or people because it just feels easier.

For generations, beef farmers and ranchers have been implementing sustainable practices to ensure the health and longevity of the land they rely on to raise cattle. Those practices include grazing management strategies, which involves strategically moving animals between different pastures to improve soil, plant, and animal health made more effective with the help of GPS technology, improved genetics to match specific climates and carbon sequestration, among others.

Area farmers are reminded that the deadline to purchase a NAP policy on Rye is September 30, 2023. The Gregory County FSA Office in Burke, SD may be contacted at 605-775-9122, ext 2..

served in the Vietnam War as a Codetalker. It should have said World War II..

Gregory Economic Development wishes to clarify that Cody’s Bar in Dallas actually made the chicken for the farm-to-table event on Sunday, September 17. The Amish, who were originally contacted to provide the meat, had to back out at the last minute.

M arriages Evan Doane Juracek, 21, Gregory, SD, to Courtney Ann Neuman, 22, Gregory, SD, September 16, 2023, Burke, SD. D eaths Jason Ross Boska, 37 years, August 25, 2023, Gregory, SD.

When I first ran for governor, I promised the people of South Dakota that I would bring the next big industry to our state. We want to keep our kids and grandkids living and working in South Dakota, so we’re focused on bringing the jobs of the future to keep them here.

In May of 1858, a group of men and women from Manit orville, Minnesota, were on their way to Pike’s Peak when they passed Bon Homme Island in the Missouri River below the mouth of the Niobrara River. They were on their way to Colorado in search of gold.

ERSPECTIVE Twenty-two years ago, four hijacked airplanes crashed in three locations in the US, most notably the two planes that crashed into the twin trade towers in New York, causing almost 3000 deaths (hundreds of them Canadians) and sparking a national crisis. The divided forces in this country came together under President Bush, and with the help of other democracies, retaliated by going to war against the initiating Islamic forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, those responsible have been driven back to Iran, where the medieval, religious, cleric government struggles to remain in power so they can supply munitions to Russia and keep control over 90 million citizens, where women are viewed as childbearing possessions.

South Dakota has been setting the standard as the most Second, Amendment-friendly state in the nation for years. We embrace liberty and personal responsibility. We know that our Founding Fathers created a government that recognizes our God-given rights – including the right to defend ourselves, our families, and our freedoms.