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Winter is over and things are beginning to wake and come to life. We are blessed with four seasons in South Dakota, although some seasons feel harsher than others. Richard Rohr, in his Daily Meditation, Letting Go Is Liberation writes, “if you do not transform your pain, you will most assuredly transmit it.” We don’t commonly think of ourselves as “pain transmitters”, but if we don’t pay attention to how we attend to our pain, it can stealthily and slowly have its way with us.

The GHS Percussion Ensemble rolled out the xylophones for a rousing rendition of “Brazil” by Barroso. “Boot Scootin’ Betty,” performed by the GHS Clarinet Choir got some toes tapping in the audience.

The Gregory Athletics Club hosted the 29th annual East-West Shootout on Monday, March 21, 2022. The event features area high school seniors and gives them the chance to have a night of fun on the court playing together with friends, whom are sometimes rivals during the regular season.

Governor Kristi Noem signed 14 appropriations bills into law. These bills provide for the 133rd consecutive year of balanced budgets in South Dakota: SB 59 revises property tax levies for school districts and revises the state aid to general and special education formulas.

Nebraska agriculture officials say 570,000 broiler chickens will be slaughtered after bird flu was confirmed in the flock. The state Agriculture Department said that avian influenza had been confirmed at a commercial operation in Butler County in eastern Nebraska.

EMI’s founder and CEO, Rod Wilson, a Gregory High School graduate, has a long-standing history with Daktronics. Starting in the LED business as their 17th employee, he worked directly with co-founder Al Kurtenbach who guided him to transition from engineering to sales. This dramatic change was the moment that ultimately led to his founding of Southern California’s leading custom digital outdoor sign company, EMI Signs.

Steve Gates, a second-year medical student at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, recently completed a three-week rotation at Avera Medical Group Gregory and Avera Gregory Hospital. Originally from Rapid City, Gates graduated from Stevens High School in 2010 before continuing his education at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

The Gregory VFW, along with the American Legion Auxiliary, presented the Gregory Police Department and the Gregory County Sheriffs Department with homemade cookies in appreciation for their continued efforts in keeping the residents of our community and surrounding communities safe. Law enforcement also assist the fire departments with traffic control in event of a fire and they also assists the ambulance service when they are dispatched for a medical emergency.

The Union Congregational Church in Gregory has a new pastor. Most recently from Cheyenne, Wyoming, John Granchie was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, and left after high school to join the Air Force.

Join the junior high play cast on a search for buried treasure for two nights this Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Dixon Town Hall Theatre. See if you could make it as a swashbuckler in The Pirate Bride by Christie Hudon. Tickets will be available to purchase at the door for each night and are general admission only. The doors open each night at 7:00 p.m.