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No help yet for struggling high school football teams

A rule change that was seen as a way to help struggling high school football teams died for a lack of a motion Wednesday at the meeting of the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors.

Lack of practice shows for wrestlers at Winner Invitational

With only one practice in over a week due to weather cancellations, Burke/Gregory Head Wrestling Coach Seth Webster was worried about what kind of shape his wrestlers were in going into the Winner Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, January 20.

Loving God is far beyond religious knowledge

Our regular readers know this column is about the Christian life, but you certainly do not need to be a Christian or even a religious person to at least consider the content as thought-provoking. Everyone has their own philosophies and interpretations about spiritual topics, and this is understandable since we all have a choice to believe whatever we want. Only God knows everything and He is perfect in all His ways. I will add that no theologian or Bible scholar is correct about every doctrine or exegesis of scripture as we are all in a daily process of learning. What’s more important, arguing or evangelizing? Jesus promised, “Seek and you will find.”

Golden West announces 2024 scholarship program

High school seniors residing in the Golden West Telecommunications service area can now apply for one of 45 $1,000 scholarships available to qualifying students. Now in its 26th year, the Golden West scholarship program awards scholarships to help offset tuition for graduating seniors who will pursue post-secondary education.

A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE

ERSPECTIVE Hope all made it well and warm into 2024. On January 4th, when schools opened, we had the first school shooting in Iowa. A 17-yearold with a shotgun and handgun killed a sixth grader and wounded other students. Recently the principal who intervened, saving others, also died. Interviewed later, some students said that this shooter had been bullied for most of his school life. I’m guessing it might have been over gender identity like last year’s school shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. There are those who would rather censor books available in school libraries, putting their 2nd Amendment weapons ahead of children’s lives. California and New York State have enforced the basic red flag laws over weapon acquisition and storage. If these laws were more widespread many of the 30,000 annual deaths from gun violence could be prevented.

Labor Department recognizes National Mentoring Month

January is National Mentoring Month, and the Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) is celebrating the month aimed at expanding quality mentoring opportunities to connect more individuals with quality mentors.

Wonnenberg girls are kept hopping with rabbit shows

Hank and Melissa Wonnenberg’s girls, Elizabeth (12) and Lydia (10), don’t have a gaming system to occupy their time. Instead they have a barn full of animals they raise and show, from rabbits, chickens, dogs, and companion animals to pigs and beef and dairy cattle.

School gears up for latest remodel project

Mrs. Bartling’s 2nd grade science class was the topic of Gorilla Good News at the Gregory School District Board of Education regular meeting on Tuesday, January 9. The meeting had been postponed a day because of weather-related cancellations.