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The pool fund has started to accumulate some money, and this thermometer will help keep track of where the balance stands in relation to the total goal. Although the $4 million price tag looks intimidating, the city doesn’t have to come up with the total amount.

Winners of the impersonation contest are shown l to r: 2nd place - The Blues Brothers (Jared Opp and Mark Braun), 1st place - Frank Sinatra (Trenton Seegers), and 3rd place - Lee Greenwood (Mike Karl).

Gregory County 4-H held Silly Sand Monsters this last week. The children had an opportunity to explore their creativity, learn colors, and work their fine motor skills while creating little sand monsters. Each child was able to take home their little sand monster to enjoy.

To kick off July, 4-H held a workshop called “Crazy Crafting Fun” and it indeed was so much fun! The children etched glass jars then made their jars into candles. This group of youth showed great team building skills.

The Gregory High School classes of 1970 and 1971 met for their 50 class reunions at the Travnicek’s Pheasant View Lodge on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Attending the Class of 1970 were top row, l to r: Jim Hogrefe, Randy Montgomery, Dale Pavlis, Rod Graesser, Trish (VonSeggern) Keiser, Alta (Hoffman) Byg, Jeanne (Ekroth) Audiss, Bob Goeden, Rodger Adams, Terry Grubbs, Ted Kenzy, Craig McIntyre, Gary Travnicek, Lorraine (Nelson) Cihak, Kathy (McIntyre) Ring, Kathleen (Dooley) Nikodym.

An advance payment of half of the expanded child tax credit (CTC) - the Advance Child Tax Credit - is now available through the American Rescue Plan (whitehouse.gov/americanrescue-plan/), but Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head says some South Dakotans are asking: who is eligible and how do you sign up?

Fourth of July picnic guests at the Bonnie Johnson and Dave Dobesh shady spot were Calvin, Holly and Chet Dobesh, Spearfish; Monte and Delorus Krizan, Colome; Kathy and Ralph Carson, Bountiful, UT; Larry and Judy Wagner and Joyce Heath, Winner; and locally, Ken Dooley; GW and Kim Ekroth, Ivy, Allison, Eli, Gabe and Uriah; Justin and Jenny Keegan. Weekend visitors were Terri Frank, Beresford and Doug Dobesh, Spearfish.

More federal funding is on its way to South Dakota to safely open and operate its schools. The U.S.

Contrary to current media reports, the Attorney General’s Office agrees with the South Dakota Highway Patrol’s Framework for Implementation of Initiated Measure 26. The Highway Patrol Framework sets out in part that Highway Patrol officers, when interacting with a South Dakota resident in possession of no more than three ounces of natural and unaltered marijuana, will not arrest that resident if he or she is an enrolled tribal member with an unexpired medical cannabis card issued by the resident’s tribe.

Senior Citizens Center to hold monthly pitch party The Senior Citizens Center will hold their monthly pitch party on Saturday, July 17, at 1:00 p.m. Feel free to bring a friend.