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Ten members of the Abundance United Methodist Parish (including Burke, Herrick, and Gregory United Methodist Churches) recently returned from a transformative two-week journey through the United Kingdom, tracing the intertwined threads of their Methodist, American, and Christian heritage.

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Gregory County FFA competed at the state convention in Brookings over the weekend of April 4-6. The chapter received a National Chapter Award, placing 9th overall with a 10th place in growing leaders, 6th in building communities, and 8th in strengthening ag.

Discussing to what extent 2025 might bring of extreme dry conditions has extended beyond just coffee shop talk. We have been holding meetings in area communities to discuss what is coming. Today, we have more tools which show us the departure from normal grass growth, than ever before. Tools which look at historical weather also using information from local or area weather stations.

Three Pittsburgh Steelers football players were in Dallas on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, for a new Team Buche Cares fundraiser called Steelers in the Field. The event featured South Dakota native Mason McCormick and two of his Steelers teammates, Zachary Frazier and Ryan McCollum, in a one-day guided pheasant hunt at Cock Block Lodge in Dallas, SD, where they joined other hunters to raise money to fund meals for those in need in tribal and rural communities.

A municipal election will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Gregory. Competition for seats on the city council and Gregory School District Board of Education is, again this year, lacking.

The Rosebud Farmers Union Board of Directors recently recognized Gregory County FFA Advisor Mollie Andrews. Rosebud Farmer’s Union General Manager Clayton Whitney presented a plaque to Andrews at the Gregory Elementary School on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, to commend her on all she does to promote the field of agriculture to the youth in Gregory County.

Forty members of the Gregory County FFA chapter competed at the District 4 contest in Parkston on Monday, March 24, and came away with five teams and three individuals qualified for the South Dakota State FFA Convention.

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M OMENTS Did you know that 30% of adults in the United States experience some type of disability? A disability is a visible or invisible condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities such as eating, sleeping, speaking, hearing, walking, seeing, breathing, caring for oneself or working. 1 in 7 adults experience a mobility disability, 1 in 10 adults experience a cognitive disability, 1 in 15 adults experience independent living disability, 1 in 17 adults experience a hearing disability, 1 in 21 adults experience a vision disability and 1 in 27 adults experience a self-care disability (World Health Organization.) Disability awareness is necessary, but not sufficient.