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Covid might have temporarily taken the wind out of the sails for the swimming pool committee, but they are again ready to move full steam ahead. They will meet at the home of Kurt and Kellie Stukel on Sunday evening, July 16th, at 7:30.

C ounty C ourthouse N ews Deaths Calvin Lee Vosika, 76 yrs., June 22, 2023, Sioux Falls, SD. Eleanor Clark, 97 yrs., September 9, 2020, Gregory, SD.

I am back, readers, from the smoke country caused by wildfires in the far north which became national news when the smoke hit New York City. But first, kudos to Todd County Tribune’s owners, the Scherers, in their makeover of that newspaper. Local newspapers are very valuable to our communities. Now to the continuing unpredictable weather weirding.... Meteorologists tell us that at this point in 2023, they are recording the Earth’s warmest average temperatures on record, and as I have pointed out before, the warming is four times faster in the polar regions.

The regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners was held at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 5, at the Gregory County Courthouse. Meyer gets a hand 4-H Assistant Ashley Meyer reported on the possibility of receiving help from SDSU 4-H staff for Achievement Days in return for lodging and meals at an estimated cost of $1,015.00.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 6, at City Hall. The deviation from their normal Monday evening meeting was due to the July 4 government holiday on July 3.

Brian Free & Assurance will perform “Southern Gospel Music at Its Best” at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, July 16, at the Prairie View Gospel Barn in Gregory. Brian Free is undeniably the most recognizable tenor of our generation.

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The Burke Riding Club will host play nights again this summer starting Thursday, July 6, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at the Burke Stampede arena. Due to the Fourth of July falling on a Tuesday, they have moved the first play night back. The remaining play nights will be on Tuesday nights.

Going from being bone dry to having places flooding was quite the deal. June 20 we received about an inch and a half of rain. This put a pause on our side dressing because it was too wet to run, but we had most of our side dressing done by then.