David and Fawn Swift, Susan Chytka, and Don Even met with the Gregory County Board of Commissioners during their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 19, to discuss the proposed Gregory County Pumped Storage Project and its impact on private land owners in Gregory County. David Swift spoke for the group and provided various documents depicting the acreage to be taken for the storage project, and the timeline for permitting and construction.

Gregory Jr. Teeners showed up ready to play ball in the first round of the region tournament in Platte on Monday, July 11, in a three-inning 20-0 blowout against Corsica-Stickney.

Gregory Teeners 2 - Winner 1 Both teams were strong on the hill Wednesday, July 13, but Gregory Teeners defeated Winner 2-1 at home. Gregory pitchers allowed just two hits to Winner in the game.

The initial excitement over a new swimming pool seems to have died down, and, likewise, fundraising, has followed suit. While the goal of $1,000,000 won’t pay for a new pool, it is a milestone to reach in order to start qualifying for grants.

Psalm 23 is one of the most popular chapters in the Bible, and many have said it is one of the wonders of the literary world. It is so deep that scholars are perplexed, and yet so simple that children can enjoy it. However, in all of its beauty and profound wisdom, we should pray that we do not lose our reverence for its interpretation. It is easy to allow familiarity to make us cold and indifferent to chapters such as this and others like John 3, Romans 8, and First Corinthians 13. Being spiritually lukewarm is deceptive and it simply means that we are not on fire and have allowed our fervent excitement to become as smoldering embers. When we come to the place where we begin to roll our eyes and say that we have heard something a thousand times, thinking that we know all there is to know about it, then we have lost our passion and love for it.

Because of extremely hot weather, Java Jives moved their 20th anniversary concert from the park to the Methodist Church. Their audience enjoyed the pleasant atmosphere, the entertaining music, and the cake. In the bottom picture they are shown l to r: Colleen Murray, Katie Opp, Nancy Wik, Sara Anderson, Jeannette Sinkular, Bette Fogel, and Janice Hogrefe.