Monthly Archives: November 2016

Vincent Fred Soll SR, 97

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Vincent was born on November 7, 1919, to Fred and Adelia Soll in West Point, NE. On Sept 19, 1942 he married his high school sweetheart, Doris Thompson, while he was home on military leave from the Army while stationed on Guam during WW II.

He worked for Fonstocks and Penney’s and then graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln School of Dentistry. They moved to Winner, SD, in June 1953 and he began his dentistry career. He was active in the National Guard and was the commander of the 730th Medical Clearing Company. He retired from the Army as a Colonel. He then worked for 10 yrs. as a dispatcher for the Winner Police Department.

He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved going fishing with his family. He was a voracious reader of history and western books, the author Tom Clancy, and loved doing the daily crossword puzzle. He also enjoyed having his grandchildren visit in the summer and was proud of their accomplishments.

Too Long in the South Dakota Sun

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Humor is tricky and fickle. Stories we find hilarious don’t always resonate with our South Dakota Magazine readers. But we’ve had good luck with a regular feature we call “Too Long in the Sun,” maybe because it’s mostly stories submitted by our readers.

In fact, it’s such a hit that it has survived for 100 issues, dating back to 1999. Let’s celebrate the birthday with a few favorites.

One of our most popular “Too Longs” was by Terry Williams on the Gettysburg turkey giveaway in the 1940s. The town’s business group heard of a popular promotion in another state where turkeys were given away from an airplane flying over town. So the Gettysburg businessmen bought six live Easter turkeys and arranged for a pilot to fly over main street at an advertised time. But when volunteers in the plane threw out the turkeys they didn’t fly or even float. They dropped like rocks. One hit the bank roof and five splatted on the pavement. Nobody was hurt but one lady was drenched in blood and turkey parts. The confused businessmen contacted the community that had successfully pulled off the turkey promotion.

“You don’t drop turkeys!” was the answer. “You drop ping pong balls and whoever catches the ball gets a turkey!”

We’ve learned that our best “Too Longs” are a bit zany, but as true stories of life in South Dakota they help to show who we are as South Dakotans (the Gettysburg turkey incident notwithstanding). One of my favorites in that regard was an excerpt from an autobiography by Allen “Jack” Kleinsasser titled Dakota Jack. Kleinsasser worked for decades with the Rapid City water department. One of his jobs was to collect from delinquent customers. Art’s Café in Rapid City was a regular stop on his list of late payers. Strangely enough, Art was always happy to see him and would immediately write a check for the bill and offer him coffee.

Kleinsasser was confused why Art wouldn’t just pay the bill on time, and he finally asked. Art’s answer? “Back in the ‘30s, when times were hard and there were a lot of people unemployed, my mother forgot to pay a utility bill and this guy came to collect or shut off service. The collector told her ‘thank you’ and said without people not paying on time, he wouldn’t have a job.” From then Art’s mother never paid a bill on time, viewing it not as an act of rebellion but as job creation. Art was simply following his mother’s philosophy. “Besides,” Art told Kleinsasser, “I like to visit with you once in a while.”

Kleinsasser noticed that Art was generous with the needy folks of Rapid City, often serving free hamburgers and fries, and a glass of Kleinsasser’s city water.

Other memorable “Too Longs” have recalled Claremont baseball champ Bill Prunty playing dead after being hit by a wild pitch and rodeo star Casey Tibbs proving his skeptics wrong at the twilight of his career. Then there was the veterinarian at the Sioux Falls stockyards who was asked how long pigs can live.

“I know some pigs that have now lived for 27 years,” he said. “I vaccinated them and the farmer told me he’d pay me when he sold them. That was 27 years ago.”

Scrub Camp Provides Emphasis on Healthcare

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By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Forty-one high school students had the opportunity to experience first hand the challenges, opportunities and rewards of the health careers.
These students from five school districts attended a day long Scrubs Camp in Winner on Nov. 4.

Scrub Camps are designed to increase awareness, interest and understanding of health careers.

The camp is put on the South Dakota Department of Health Office of Rural Health.

Winner Regional Healthcare Center was the coordinator with Sharon Naasz, RN, serving as the point of contact person in Winner.
In addition to Winner, Naasz said other school districts attending were Colome, Todd County, Gregory and South Central.

Naasz pointed out the three critical areas of learning were in CNA, nursing and EMTs since there is a shortage in these healthcare fields.
Students also heard from a nurse practitioner and physical therapy.

The two FARM students who are working in Winner also spoke to the high school students.

A focus has been placed on high school graduates who can replace the retirees in the workforce and continue to provide quality healthcare services across the state.

It is estimated that between now and 2020 it’s projected there will be a need for a 17 percent increase in healthcare workers in South Dakota.

Vets Day Program Planned for Nov. 10

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A Winner school/community veterans day program will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Winner Armory at 10 a.m.

Winner High School and middle school student council are sponsoring the event and invite all veterans and the public to attend.

Chloe Bartels, student council president and Samantha Schuyler, student council vice president, will give the welcome.

Voice of Democracy speeches will be given by high school and middle school students.

The Winner High School band and chorus will perform.

The POW/MIA ceremony will be presented by Abby Marts and Casey Stickland.

The recognition of veterans will be conducted by the 7th grade student council.

Coffee and cookies will be served following the program.

Immediately following the program in the Armory, the Winner Legion Auxiliary and the Winner VFW Auxiliary will host a soup and sandwich luncheon at the Winner Legion.

The kindergarten students will sing for the veterans at the Legion.

WHS Honor Roll

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Seniors
Honor – Chloe Bartels, Amanda Boerner, Bethany Cable, Drew DeMers, Shannon Duffy, Luke Engel, Wyatt Ewing, Brea Heth, Sydney Hollenbeck, Kenzie Irick, Skyler Jermolenko, Chase Kingsbury, Krockett Krolikowski, Cameron Kuil, Abi Leyden, Izak Moleterno, Hannah Peterson, Samantha Schuyler, Molly Sperlich
Merit – Trevor Bertram, Sidney Bohnet, Kayleb Brozik, Tre’Zen Doren, Nathan Erickson, Avery Gilchrist, Liz Jankauskas, John Kludt, Trace Larson, Kyran Meek, Alex Meiners, Emily Moser, Isaac Naasz, Jayden Schroeder, Rachel Sherman, Ryan Sherman, Jordan Turgeon, Jacob Woods
Juniors
Honor – Mary Calhoon, Riley Calhoon, Madyson Frazier, Ronae Klein, Nick Lantz, Zach Lapsley, Samantha Marts, Levi McClanahan, Brekkyn Nagel, Lauren Norrid, Macy Olson, Ian Tunnissen
Merit – Michalea Bachmann, Dalton Baker, Ty Bolton, Carter Brickman, Elisabeth Duffy, Macie Ferwerda, Justus Gregg, Hannah Hanson, Madelyn Hanson, Matt Hartley, Daesha Klein, Hanna LaCompte, Lexie Nedved, Charles Novak, Alex Schaeffer, Matthew Smither, Nathan Smither
Sophomores
Honor – Bayli Beehler, Sierra Hansen, Gabriel Kocer, Sophia Lewis, Gracie Littau, Abby Marts, Makenna Petersen, Alexis Richey, Nolan Sachtjen, Casey Stickland, Andrew Taylor, Madi Thieman, Logan Tunnissen, Brandon Volmer, Tyson Westendorf, Sadie Woods
Merit – Taylor Audiss, Elijah Blare, Shea Connot, Kassie Cox, Luke Hennebold, Liliann Jelinek, Katy Lantz, Makayla Petersen, Hunter Shopene, Wyatt Turnquist, Tedra Vrbka
Freshmen
Honor – Austin Bicek, Jacob Clay, Kiersten Durrin, Kara Ewing, Jaynne Gregg, Morgan Hammerbeck, Emmarie Kaiser, Isabelle Leyden, Ryder Mortenson, Ethan Niehus, Abby Pajl, Trevor Peters, Addy Root, Heather Rowe, Kenndal Turnquist, Ethan Vesely
Merit – Joren Bruun, Landon Debus, Jack Ducheneaux, Michael Good Shield, Phillip Jorgensen, RaeLynn Kemp, Jalen King, Kameron Meiners, Loren Moeller, Austin Olson, Jayce Palmer, Shaelyn Peneaux, Dawson Phillips, JaiWanda Roubideaux, Marlee Schaeffer, Saige Schuyler, Charlotte Shopene, Leah Small, Alicia Stands, Gage Watson, Jayd Whitley
Eighth Graders
Honor – Megan Brozik, Shannon Calhoon, Evan Farner, Hayley Hanson, Taylor Headrick, Katherine Jankuaskas, Arista Kaiser, Maggie LaCompte, Mackenzie Levi, Steven Lin, Aryn Meiners, Kayla Natoli, Delanie Nelson, Preston Norrid, Marlie Schuyler, Landon Thieman
Merit – Brennan Bachmann, Meagan Blare, Zach Bohnet, Bailey Brown, Taya Burleson, Kady Cable, Jesse Colson, Presley Foudray, Brady Fritz, Jackson Hansen, Dawsyn Kahler, Deja Kucera, Allie Lapsley, Aissa Long Crow, Gennefier Schuppan, Shelby Scott
Seventh Graders
Honor – Finn Bartels, Ellie Brozik, Jenna Hammerbeck, Hattie Hespe, Emma Jorgensen, Gilon Kraft, Adrienne Lewis, Elvis Lin, Marissa Meiners, Michael Olson, Kaleb Osborn, Kolbie Osborn, Charley Pravecek, Bella Swedlund, Jackson Vesely
Merit – Parker Baker, Shayla Bice, Adam Bohnet, Alex Bohnet, Torre Buus, Joey Cole, Taralyn Cordier, Katie Dreyer, Quintanya Eagle Elk, Shelby Guerue, Hailey Hollenbeck, Kaden Keiser, Ashton Klein, Kylar Meek, Aaron Monk, Owen Monk, Alani Old Lodge, Elijah Peterson, Kelsey Sachtjen, Sidda Schuyler, Ryan Sell, Keyleigh Stands, Trinity Vrbka, Madaline Watzel, Achilles Willuweit
Sixth Graders
Honor – Brindy Bolander, Melanie Brozik, Maggie DeMers, Justin Hausmann, Ainsley Henderson, Tessa Mann, Aleya Miller, Dalton Petersen, Blake Volmer
Merit – Kendyl Bachmann, Ethan Bartels, Mali Beehler, Luke Boerner, Silas Chasing Hawk, Faith Covey, Illyana Crabb, Shayne Day, Kiley Felix, Cam Irick, Trista Kierstead, Joselin Kludt, Tayden Mathis, Kelbi Meiners, Rowdy Moore, Pierce Nelson, Riley Orel, Hunter Osborn, Jack Peters, Rylee Root, Clay Sell, Mallory Thayer, Leah Wiechelman

Colome Advances to Start Championship

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In the Class 9B semifinal game Saturday, one play was the difference in deciding the victory.

That one play went to the Colome Cowboys who defeated Corsica-Stickney 28-27 on a two point conversion by Jackson Kinzer.

With 40 seconds left in the game, Kelly O’Bryan scored a touchdown to pull Colome within one point. Kinzer ran the ball in for the two points and it was celebration time for the Cowboys.

Kinzer said; “The pitch has been working going left and that is what we did and it worked.”