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RESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 12/15/23 Tee Riffic Creations 246-90; Angry Birds 219-117; Old Pioneer 210½-125½; Carlock Babes, 167½- 168½; The Outsiders 127-209; Wild Bunch, 113½-222½; Six Balls 100½-91½; Rez Dawgs 95-241; HTG: Tee Riffic Creations, 653; HTS: Old Pioneer, 1754; HIG: Bryan Nelson, 233; Jennifer Soesbe, 176; HIS: Steven Peterson, 566; Jennifer Soesbe, 433. Thursday Mens League 12/07/23 Blue Ballers, 58½-31½; Nagel Body Shop, 56-34; Stukel Eagle Ranch, 50½-39½; Home Town Automotive, 47-43; Northern Plains, 46-44; CATS, 36-54; Rod’s Sport Shop, 34-56; Gregory Lanes, 32-58; HTG: Nagel Body Shop, 803; HTS: Nagel Body Shop, 2371; HIG: Dusty McKenzie, 254; HIS: Dusty McKenzi, 669.

This holiday season, LifeServe Blood Center is urging families in South Dakota to come together and create a new and meaningful tradition: donating blood as a family to save lives in their communities. LifeServe Blood Center is the lifeline for more than 160 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Hospitals in your community have chosen LifeServe as their sole provider of blood and blood products, meaning that when you donate blood with Life-Serve, you can save lives in your neighborhood. As a communitybased blood center, LifeServe only hosts blood drives in communities where that blood will go back into the area hospitals.

Steve Hayes, Dan DeSmet and Murray Thompson were elected to the Board of Directors at the October 3rd meeting of Fidelity Corporation, the sole shareholder of First Fidelity Bank. Steve Hayes currently serves as Senior Vice President and Branch Manager in Presho.

Funeral services to be held for Victoria Thomas Funeral services for Victoria Thomas, age 74, of Gregory, SD, will be held on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Gregory, SD. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery. There will be a visitation from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m., on Friday night at the church. Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Four students from two schools, juggling four schedules, managed to put together a presentation for FFA that earned them the top spot in the state and a place in the national competition in Indianapolis next fall.

Chris Burkholder had a couple things to discuss with the Gregory County Board of Commissioners as they opened their regular meeting Tuesday, December 5. First he wanted to clarify that Andrew Yoder’s plan was always to connect the two buildings he had moved onto his newly-chased lot in the Rolling Hills subdivision, and now the proper building permit has been obtained.

Thanael Certa-Werner is the new pastor at Gregory United Methodist Church. He moved to the area the end of June, during which time he pastored the Burke and Herrick United in Faith UMC parishes before taking over the pastorate in Gregory at the beginning of November.

During the city council meeting Tuesday, December 5, Mayor Al Cerny updated the council on four public nuisance properties that have been the subject of numerous complaints. The code enforcement officer had been in town the week before the council meeting, and the mayor discussed these properties with him.

Superintendent Sara Anderson gave Principal Jeff Determan’s report at the regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education’s meeting Monday evening. Winter activities are all underway, and middle school girls basketball is already done. Gregory hosted an invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday in which the Burke/Gregory Storm placed third as a team. Earlier in the day the elementary shopping day took place; National Honor Society members helped wrap gifts for this event.

On Monday November 20, 2023, Gregory School celebrated its 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Parade after the delicious Holiday meal in the cafeteria which the GHS student council helped serve. In preparation for the parade, Mrs.