We’re at the Easter holiday. It’s a great holiday to celebrate traditions with family and loved ones. I remember when I was a child, the day before Easter we would dye eggs that we’d just gathered from the chicken coop. You rarely see real eggs at Easter egg hunts anymore! To this day, my wife Sandy hides Easter baskets outside for everyone to find – adults included.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, I mentioned that partisans of the Left had accused pro-life people, in SD and elsewhere, of striking a corrupt deal with Republican politicians wanting to reduce excess Federal spending. Allegedly, if the politicos would act to restrict and outlaw abortions, pro-lifers would not object to cuts in Federal funding of programs and projects intended for SD and other states. This can and should be dismissed as a conspiracy theory, a product of someone’s fevered imagination, and nothing more. In fact, pro-life people tend to be fiscal, as well as social, conservatives and would most often be on the same page with cost-conscious congresspeople and legislators anyway. More importantly, pro-life supporters in good conscience would never trade the lives of pre-born children for increased Federal and state funding for their states. Such “dirty money” is called “filthy lucre” in the apostle Paul’s letter to Titus, ch 1, vs 11 (KJV). Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whose Resurrection we just celebrated on 20 April, Easter Sunday, also addressed this issue. Quoting Matthew 16:26, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?” (From the Lutheran Study Bible.) The answer to both questions is of course “NOTHING!”

After the Bronco fundraiser, a matching pledge challenge up to $200,000 was issued, beginning July 9. Since that time, various fundraisers have been held, and the total amount of money toward the matching funds is currently at $55,407.91.

Prairie View Gospel Barn is excited to announce that South of Mason, is coming to The Barn on Sunday, April 27, at 3:00 p.m. Hailing from the heart of America, South of Mason is a dynamic country music vocal band that is taking the industry by storm.

Paula Sundquist and her daughter Allison are headed to Washington, DC, on the Midwest Honor Flight on May 20, 2025. Unlike others we have reported on attending Honor Flights, these two are not going as veterans, but as community guardians.

Meredith McMurray has brought a whole new art form to the Gregory County area. As the owner of Dangling Dance, she practices and teaches aerial acrobatics, which refers to circus arts performed while suspended in the air, typically on equipment like a trapeze, rope, rings, or silks. It involves a variety of tricks including swinging, balancing, and moving through different poses.