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By now, Ed and Sharon Nebola aren’t too surprised by the variety of items that people donate to Wear ‘n’ Wares, the community thrift store. They couldn’t believe their eyes, though, when they spotted a recent donation.

Bernice Love Hanson was welcomed to the world on November 3, 2021, by parents Lucas and Lyndie Hanson and sister Annalisa of Rochester, MN, weighing 5 lbs. 10 oz.

Plans for the DEX: Dakota Events CompleX are taking shape following the groundbreaking held on Thursday, September 2 during the 2021 SD State Fair. The DEX is the new multipurpose livestock and equestrian facility replacing the Open Class Beef Complex destroyed by fire just one year ago.

Gregory High School students had another successful day of oral interpretation. The students in readers theatre, poetry, storytelling, and humorous performed well at regions and are going to state. The students are shown above, back row, l to r: Dakota Timanus, Jaden Graber, Eli Barreto, Christian Spann, Anna Dargatz, and Gracie Kenzy. Front row: Ravyn Oliver and Nancy Khuu.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 15, 2021, at City Hall. Library is cooking up some fun new programs Librarian Tara Engel is working on accreditation and another grant for $2500 to help fund some performers for next summer’s reading program.

Dozens of vocalists and musicians participated in the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s 69th annual South Dakota all-state chorus and orchestra performance on Oct. 30 at Summit Arena at The Monument complex.

The regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 5:30 p.m., Monday, November 15, 2021, at the high school. It’s all Greek to me Caitlin Kurtz was the bearer of “Gorilla Good News” at the meeting, talking about the Greece trip in 2023 that she is lining up for students currently in grades 8-12.

The Gregory County FFA chapter competed in their first leadership development event (LDE) Monday, November 15, and came home with 4th place in Ag broadcasting – Kaydence Klein, 4th place in extemporaneous speaking – Corbin Rolf, 4th place in Ag sales team, and 2nd place in employment skills – Taylor Even. Kaydence and Corbin will be alternates for state, while Taylor will have the opportunity to attend state in December. Eleven members from the Gregory County chapter attended.

On November 1, 2021, the Gregory Oral Interpretation team traveled to Oacoma to participate in districts. Six schools competed with Gregory taking home the team trophy, and everyone moving on to regions.

On Friday, following Governor Noem’s promise to “see [President Biden] in court,” the State of South Dakota joined a lawsuit against the OSHA COVID vaccine mandate issued by the Biden Administration. The lawsuit was filed in the 8th Circuit. On Thursday, Governor Noem posted a video explaining the move on YouTube.