Opinion

Dear Editor: Dear Gregory County Pumped Storage Project Stakeholders (landowners, businesses, citizens and taxpayers) *Missouri River Energy and Mid-American Energy Company have been trying real hard to pull the wool over our eyes. But here are a few things they don’t want you to know about this project. *It is an “out-of-state, private, for -profit company” coming to SD and taking our beautiful, productive land by eminent domain for private gain by generating power to sell to the highest out-of-state bidder. There is nothing good here for Chas. Mix or Gregory Co. God gave us this beautiful land; please do not destroy it because of greed!

The previous city council story stated that any business or individual could advertise a special in the Scavenger JOourney for $5.00 if the city pays $250 to participate. This was incorrect information; the price will vary from one entity to another. More information will follow in a later edition of the Gregory Times-Advocate.

Here we go. Somehow we have survived 2022 with all of its challenges, and 2023 stands before us as a new year with new challenges, new opportunities, and new adventures.

oem The men and women in our National Guard serve with excellence. They take their job seriously, so I take my responsibility to them as their commander in chief very seriously.

The early historic wagon trails across the Dakota Territory left their deep-rutted imprints on the prairie where countless oxen and other livestock moved supplies, equipment, and citizens into the sunset. Now obliterated by time, only scattered traces of these trails are visible today.

During the later part of the 1800s and the early part of the 1900s, the stealing of their cattle and horses was a problem which the settlers had to deal with regularly. One of the early tricks which the rustlers practiced was to only take a portion of the livestock from the ranch.

Dear Editor, I recently contacted our senators and congressman regarding the federal omnibus bill. Johnson told me he would not vote for it, but Rounds and Thune made no such promise. On December 22, 2022, Rounds and Thune joined with Senate Democrats and RINOs and voted yes for this porkinfested bill.

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season are all the Christmas songs that we pass down from generation to generation. Some are silly and fun. Others reflect the more serious reason for the season.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) reminds the public and commercial snow removal operators that it is illegal to place or dump excess snow on highway right-of-way, which includes driving surfaces, shoulders, and ditches.

China’s Communist government hates America. That may seem overly harsh or simple – but it’s a fact. They want to be the strongest nation on earth, and they see America standing in their way. Unfortunately, we have a president in Washington who is not taking this threat seriously. If he won’t protect the American people from this very real and growing threat, then states need to step up and do what we can.