It was standing room only at the Gregory City Council meeting on Tuesday evening, December 19. Most of the attendees were members of the Gregory/Dallas Chamberof Commercewhowanted to know what the council planned to do about the Chamber Director’s position.

Several updates were made to the county’s personnel manual. All county employees will be required to use a time clock when beginning or leaving work. Morning and afternoon 15-minute breaks have been eliminated, but employees will still be allowed to briefly step away from their jobs as needed.

The Gregory Gorillas picked up their first win of the season at Chamberlain on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. The Gorillas offense got off to a fast start but, it was the defense that was the story of the game.

Tuesday Mixed League 12/12/23 Tee Riffic Creations 262-98; Old Pioneer 231½-128½; Angry Birds 227-133; Carlock Babes, 170½- 189½; The Outsiders 149-211; Six Balls 121½-94½; Wild Bunch, 115½-244½; Rez Dawgs 95-265; HTG: Six Balls, 906; HTS: Six Balls, 2638; HIG: Danial Ziady, 247; Paula Dobesh, 174; HIS: Danial Ziady, 662; Paula Bortz, 426. Splits picked up by: Craig Soesbe, 4-5; Steven Peterson, 4-5; Bob-Peterson, 8-10.

The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers hosted Kimball/White Lake/ Platte-Geddes and Parkston in Gregory on Thursday, December 14. With a full line-up of wrestlers and a very solid team in the middle weights and some open weight classes for B/G, KWLP won the match-up by a final score of 60-23.

When Clement C. Moore wrote “An Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas” in 1822, St. Nicholas was barely known in the United States outside the old Dutch community. The Protestant Revolution had squelched the celebration of saints, including St. Nicholas, but in the Netherlands, the people had held onto their devotion to the saint, and they brought that devotion to the New World.