Monthly Archives: January 2017

Winner Area Chamber of Commerce awards night will be Jan. 12 at the Winner Legion.  The event will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. starting with a wine and barbeque social.

Several awards will be presented including: employee of the year, volunteer of the year, farm/ranch family of the year, business of the year and achievement award.

Chamber board members who are going to be going off the board will be honored. They include: Dan Patmore, Ashley Robbins and Cody Haiar.

The nominees for the new board members are: Chris Doski of KWYR; Chandra Cudmore of the city of Winner and Rita Pravecek of Simply Divine Nail Salon.

Amanda Work of Swier Law Firm is the new president of the Chamber replacing Lisa Hauf of Sentinel Federal Credit Union.
Entertainment will be provided by Jared Sherlock, a comic magician.

An evening of one act plays will be presented by Winner High School on Jan. 19, 20 and 21 at the Winner Community Playhouse. The doors will open at 7 p.m. and the plays will start at 7:30 p.m.

There will be two Winner High School plays presented and one middle school play.

The Winner High School contest one act play is “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon.”

The play is directed by Kara Connot and Kelly Assman. Dan Patmore is the technical director and Ruth Novotny will be designing the set for the play.

Cast members are: Katy Lantz, Matthew Hartley, Jacob Woods, Sadie Woods, Taylor Audiss, Jack Ducheneaux, Mary Calhoon, Kenzie Irick, Nick Blare, Liz Jankauskas, Ronae Klein and Brielle Bachmann.

The technical crew include Shannon Duffy, Emily Moser, Elijah Blare, Macy Olson, Lauren Norrid and Kiersten Durrin.

The Tripp County Historical Society presented its outstanding member award to the late Larry Juracek.  Accepting the award at the annual meeting on Sunday was Juracek’s daughter, Cheryl.

Juracek was a board member of the historical society for three years. While on the board, he helped with painting, repairs at the museum and provided help on moving items.

Juracek was born Aug. 31, 1941, in Stuart, Neb. He grew up on the family farm west of Naper, Neb., where he attended country school and graduated in 1959 from high school in Naper.

He attended Yankton College for one year and then came back to marry his high school sweetheart Karen Reber in October of 1960. The couple had four children.

The family moved to Winner in 1961 where Larry worked for the telephone company for one year. Then he worked for the city light department for 43 years. He served as foreman of the light crew for 25 years.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church where over the years he taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and served on many committees and projects. He sat on the camp fire girls council and was active in the Winner Lions Club. He was a member of the Tripp County Library board. He also coached youth basketball for several years.

Some of best loved hobbies included drawing, reading and working in his vegetable and flower gardens. He was known for his gardening and the beautiful flowers he raised.

Larry was an avid sports fan of the Winner Warriors, Green Bay Packers, Nebraska Cornhuskers and the New York Yankees.

Amanda Rolston is now a licensed to present the “Can I Kiss You?” program to middle school and high school students – after attending a two-day training seminar from November 29th to the 30h. This training, hosted by the President and Founder of the Date Safe Project, Mike Domitrz, and the South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault, enables Amanda Rolston to present this internationally renowned educational program in all local middle and high schools for free.

The “Can I Kiss You?” educational program is evidence based. A third-party research firm conducted a study showing the “Can I Kiss You?” program produces results that are statistically significant. All constructs were researched-based and were found to have strong content and construct validity and high internal and external reliability.

The program is known around the country for helping schools:
– Reduce sexual violence among teens by giving all genders “How-To” skills for making better choices with intimacy, relationships, and respecting boundaries.
– Increase the number of teens who intervene to stop alcohol-facilitated sexual assaults at parties and events.
– Teach teens how to better support classmates and loved ones who may be survivors of sexual assault.
– Slow down the speed at which teenagers often engage in unhealthy relationships and intimacy.

Amanda Rolston is a passionate advocate excited to inspire teens in our local schools on the important tools needed for healthy dating, relationships, respecting boundaries, and supporting survivors. By learning directly from the creator of the program, Mike Domitrz, Amanda Rolston has gained unique and effective skills for connecting with teenagers on issues most adults and educators struggle with sharing with middle school and high school students.

For more information on the “Can I Kiss You?” program, check out The DATE SAFE Project at: www.CanIKissYou.com/K12. To discuss having Amanda Rolston present the “Can I Kiss You?” program for your middle school and/or high school students, call Winner Resource Center for Families at 605-842-2736.

The Dakota senior meals program received $1,000 to help cover the cost of serving nutritious lunches to older residents in south central South Dakota.

The Pierre office of Farm Credit Services of America made the contribution as part of its commitment to supporting the rural communities it serves.

The Dakota Senior meals program, a non profit program, has been providing lunches to seniors age 60 and over for the past three decades. The program serves meals five days a week through nutrition sites and home deliveries.

FCS America’s donation recognizes the important role that local nutrition programs play in ensuring area residents share in the bounty produced by America’s farmers and ranchers. John DeMers, a financial officer in the Pierre office, presented the donation to Diane Schroeder with the Dakota Senior meals program.

The city of Winner has received a $765,000 community development block grant.

The funds will be used to make improvements to the city’s wastewater, storm sewer and water systems infrastructure.  The funds will be used for the East 8th St project which will include new storm sewer, sanitary sewer and water line along with a new street surface.
Work will also include rehabilitation of the lift station plus improvement to the lagoons.   The estimated cost of the project is $2 million. The city will also be applying for a rural development loan.

“Quality of life is of the upmost importance and in South Dakota we are fortunate to have so many community-minded leaders who are committed to improving their towns and cities,” said Gov. Dennis Daugaard.

“In 2016, more than $6.3 million in CDBG funds were awarded to community projects and I hope we can continue that trend in 2017.”
The CDBG program provides local governments with funding to complete projects that improve living conditions. The CDBG is funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered by the governor’s office of economic development.

Winner was one of eight projects that were funded.