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Lonnie Klundt was recently named the Assistant Boys’ Basketball Coach of the Year for Southwest Region 7 by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association. Klundt has been coaching since 1991.

Lucas Frederick, a senior from Northern State University, has been interning at the Gregory School District this semester. A major in music education, Frederick will graduate May 6, upon completion of this final requirement.

“Working all those concession stands was 100% worth it,” a group of senior music students said of their trip to Nashville, April 1 - 4. Christian Spann, Emma Thomas, and Kodi Timanus were happy to share some thoughts about the trip. Their excitement was obvious as they recalled a few of their favorite moments.

There will be several opportunities to support the Gregory musicians in the next two weeks. Please note the different times for each concert.

The Gregory School District and Dakota Players presented The Missing Mountain Mystery on Friday, April 15, 2022, in the Gregory School Gym. The performance is the culmination of a unique learning experience for up to 50 children from Gregory School District.

I remember the day we brought Teddy, our English Bulldog puppy, into our home. The breeder told us he was eight weeks old, but after receiving his papers, we noticed he was actually only six weeks old at the time. He was a healthy little bruiser, and we would laugh at his stumbling and incoordination, now realizing it was because he was such a baby. My wife and I would sit on the porch in the evenings and watch him explore in the front yard. He was so happy as he would jump and roll in the grass and investigate his new surroundings, but when he heard a loud commotion like a noisy car passing by, it would scare him and he would come running to us. After a while, he gradually became more used to the traffic sounds and the lawn mowers, and eventually it did not bother him.

BankWest stepped up to make partial or full remote learning easier. Thanks to their sponsorship, over 2,640 students and teachers at 14 schools in South Dakota have free access to Banzai. Banzai is an award-winning online financial literacy program and content library of articles, calculators, and personalizable Coaches. All of these resources are available to students at home or in the classroom via any device that can access the internet.

“Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, arrayed with the lightning of his glory, let this holy building shake with joy, filled with the mighty voices of the peoples…” These lines from the ancient Easter proclamation, the Exsultet, speak powerfully to the hope and joy that every Christian is called to as we celebrate the historic event of Christ’s Resurrection. It might seem odd to have a joy and hope that banishes fear and worry as Darkness rears its head in our times… yet, we proclaim that Christ literally rose from the dead! He did just as He said He would! And if He rose from the dead then we know Jesus Christ is Lord of all. He is Lord of life and death, history and nations, our own lives and our time. Fear is cast out in the light of Easter morning for those who live their lives in Him because indeed eternal heaven has been opened to us! There is no earthly power who can hinder us or take it away. And so I say to you, “Rejoice!” Know of my prayers for you and your families on this holiest and highest of feasts, of our blessed Lord’s Resurrection; may it bring you freedom and peace in our days. Please pray for me and have the happiest of Easters!

There was this little song that we often sang several years ago. Part of the song lyrics went like this: He paid a debt He did not owe; I owed a debt I could not pay; I needed someone to wash my sins away; And now I sing a brand new song “Amazing Grace” all day long, Christ Jesus paid a debt that I could never pay.

That first Easter morning when some women came running to the disciples with some wild claims. Like that the huge stone had been rolled away from the tomb, and the body of Jesus was not there; two men had to go see for themselves.