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Sunday, May 9, is Mother’s Day this year, a day set aside to honor our mothers. Although many people might think that this day is just another ploy by greeting card companies to sell their products, the effort to establish this memorial was much more meaningful.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 3, 2021, at City Hall. Crisis intervention coming soon Chief of Police Doug Catts attended a police chiefs and sheriffs conference in Deadwood where he learned about a push in the state for communities to form a crisis intervention team (CIT).

When voters approved Initiated Measure 26 in November of 2020, in addition to legalizing marijuana for medical use in South Dakota, the measure also provided for the creation of an oversight committee to evaluate and make recommendations to the South Dakota Legislature and the state Department of Health. With the law set to take effect July 1, 2021, the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council will be appointing members of the oversight committee at its June 2, 2021, meeting.

A former wildland firefighter who owns the land where a burn pile ignited a large wildfire near Rapid City says he believe the blaze was intentionally set. In a 60-page report, the landowner told investigators he was “100% sure the burn pile fire was completely out.’’ The landowner says he’s experienced two suspicious fires since buying the property in 2018.

The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a state bridge dedication ceremony to honor Combat Veteran LCPL Conrad Lee Flying Horse. The ceremony will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.

As a group of students took it upon themselves to rewrite such classics as “Romeo & Juliet,” “Frankenstein,” and “Phantom of the Opera” to make the stories more relevant to today’s audiences, the results were more comical than the original authors intended.

The family of Allen Boes would like to express our thanks to Dr. Tubbs and his staff for their great care of Allen for the last few months. To the Parkside Manor staff for the wonderful care you gave Allen. To Asera Care for your care and comforting and the veterans pinning you did at the home which meant a lot to him. Thank you to the American Legion from Stuart for doing the military honors at the cemetery. Thank you to the ladies at the Herrick American Legion and the Immanual Lutheran ladies for serving and helping with the lunch afterwards. To Mike Karbo and Dave Engelmeyer of Clausen Funeral Home for their service and guidance, and Pastor Leif Hasskarl for his guidance, spiritual support and the wonderful services. To our friends and neighbors for their visits and food brought to our homes. It was all very much appreciated.

As you go through life, what are the things that you really need to know? What is needed to get along with others? What are the things that you need to know as an adult? Surprisingly, there are not many and they are all quite simple. They are not complex or mysterious.

On Friday, April 23, Governor Kristi Noem joined Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and eight other state attorneys general in suing to prevent the Biden Administration from establishing a damages value to the “social cost of greenhouse gases,” which would kill thousands of American jobs and impose more burdens and harms to the American people.

Buche Foods has just added self checkouts to their store in Gregory. Since the onset of COVID, Buche Foods has been proactive in improving the customer’s experience not only with self checkouts but also on-line shopping at buchefoods.com. Both allow customers to limit if not completely eliminate contact while providing safe shopping.