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The Gregory begindergartners and kindergartners performed “Words of Wisdom” by Teresa Jennings, during the spring concert held at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday, May 4. The concert was under the direction of Katie Opp.

America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have an important role to play in combating the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by sequestering carbon in soils, grasses, trees, and other vegetation and sourcing sustainable bioproducts and fuels.” That is an excerpt taken from a news release from the Whitehouse about the executive order on tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad. President Biden has made it clear that he wants to address climate change and that has left some of us in agriculture feeling a little uneasy.

Governor Kristi Noem has ordered that flags be flown at halfstaff at the State Capitol from sunrise until sundown on Wednesday, May 12 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. Additionally, flags are to be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise until sundown on Saturday, May 15 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

South Dakota Lottery players will have more ways to win when changes to Powerball and Lucky for Life take place this summer. Beginning July 19, players will have the chance for a lifetime of winning every day when Lucky for Life drawings are held daily.

Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, June 12, 2021, as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 289 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Flynn Field, Gregory Municipal Airport.

The Gregory School District announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Lunch will be served to all children at no charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows: Gregory School District, 505 Logan Ave., Gregory, SD 57533, Monday through Friday, May 17, 2021 until July 9, 2021, no lunch served on May 31 or July 5, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

One member of Gregory High School’s class of 2021 will be the fifth generation to graduate from this school. Samantha Timanus is the daughter of Karen (Bartling) Timanus, a 2000 graduate.

Tourist attractions in South Dakota that appeared in the Academy Award-winning film “Nomadland” are seeing an increase in visitors. Reptile Gardens animal park and Wall Drug Store, a sprawling, cowboy-themed roadside attraction, are both reporting an early bump in tourist traffic, the Rapid City Journal reported recently.

CORRECTION: Christian Spann is being sponsored by the Dallas American Legion for Boys State rather than the Gregory American Legion as was stated in last week’s paper..

DEATHS Janet Leah Ticknor, 84, April 26, 2021, Sioux Falls, SD. MAGISTRATE COURT Tye Everett Rozeboom, 17, Burke, SD, seat belt violation, fine $25.00.