Monthly Archives: May 2017

CHANGE TO TIMELINE, BUT NOT COMMITMENT TO PROJECT

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WINNER REGIONAL

After careful consideration of construction bids, the timeline for Winner Regional Healthcare Center’s expansion and renovation project will alter slightly. While recent bids came in higher than hoped for and expected, the board of directors remains committed to moving forward with the project, albeit with slightly altered timelines. “We are as committed as ever to moving forward with our building project, but we are not okay with simply raising the total cost of the project,” said Brian Schaeffer, board president. “It is our responsibility to make financially responsible decisions and although we’re disappointed to delay construction, it is the right thing to do.”

The board is also committed to not cutting corners or scaling back on the magnitude of the project. Their plan is to deliver the originally planned for project, within budget, by advertising for bids a second time. This delays the start date for construction, but the hope is that bid amounts will be more within reason. Winner Regional CEO Kevin Coffey added, “There is a lot of building going on right now in both Winner and surrounding communities. While that’s great from a development perspective, it’s not so good for those who are building, as it raises prices.”

The project’s architects have been working to clarify construction plan details that should help bring in more accurate, lower bids. Local contractors are strongly encouraged to submit bids on the project and to reach out with any questions they may have that would assist them in submitting a bid. The goal is to still break ground sometime this year and fundraising efforts will continue to ramp up. Initial fundraising efforts have brought in over $1.2 million in pledges and donations.

If you would like to make a donation or have questions on the building project, please contact Foundation Director Jody Engel at (605) 842-7231.

Moses to Celebrate 70 Years of Marriage

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By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Love. Patience. Respect. These are the three guiding principals that have helped Bill and Evelynne Moses through 70 years of marriage.

The Winner couple will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 21, with an open house at the Winner Methodist Church from 2-4 p.m. The public and all of their friends are invited to attend to wish this Winner couple a happy anniversary.

The actual anniversary is on May 20 but due to Winner and Gregory High School graduations on that date, they moved their celebration to Sunday.

They were married one year from the date of their high school graduation in 1946.

The couple were married on May 20, 1947, at the old Methodist Church. Rev. D.W. Nankivel officiated at the ceremony. Attendants were Bill’s brother, Bob and Evelynne’s sister, Phyllis.

Bill has lived his entire life in Winner and came from a family of 10 children—5 boys and 5 girls.

Evelynne Wickstrom was raised in Hamill and when she entered her freshman year of high school the family moved to Winner.

Though they were in the same high school class, their first date was not until baccalaureate and their second date was on graduation.

Their love for each other grew and in December of 1946 Bill gave his sweetheart an engagement ring and asked her to marry him. Evelynne said “yes.”

The first two months the newlyweds lived with her parents.

Bill continued to work at the Coop, a job he started in high school. In 1948, Bill went to work for Walt Schramm at Schramm Furniture and remained there for 45 ½ years. In 1993, Bill retired but for several years would come in to help when asked.

Evelynne had several jobs. She worked as a bookkeeper for Paul Blomstrom. Then, she stayed at home to raise her children and did not go back to work until her youngest, Debbie was in grade school. She went back to work for Blomstrom.

From 1969-1977 she worked at Farmers State Bank and then worked as a secretary at the Methodist church for nine years. When she was 62, Evelynne retired.

The couple have lived in their same house on 8th street for 55 years. They moved into the home in 1961. At first they rented for six years and then bought the home. They are proud of the fact they are still able to live in their own home.

They did not have a big celebration for their 50th or 60th wedding anniversaries so their kids felt it was time to celebrate with an open house on their 70th anniversary.

Bill said on their 50th wedding anniversary they went on a two week trip to the East Coast and on their 60th anniversary they went to Kansas City for the weekend.

When asked what has been the key to their long marriage they were quick to add it is love, patience and respect.

They added when problems arose they worked things out and that made their love that much stronger.

“We never had a lot of problems,” said Evelynne. She added their kids were good and the joy of their life.

The Moses have three grown children: Steve and wife, Cathy, Ft. Pierre; Sally Miller and husband, Nels of Gregory and Debbie Ochsner and husband, Scott of St. Paul, Minn. The couple have nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

From that very first date at baccalaureate to now, you can see in this couple that their love for each other has never wavered.

Sherman Tells of Colome Graduates Success

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By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Greg Sherman told the Colome High School graduates he was honored and humbled to be asked to be the commencement speaker.  Sherman retired at the end of this school year after teaching in Colome for 43 years.
He explained graduation from high school is a big deal, it is an important milestone in a student’s life.

He said this group of seniors is a talented group and that came through during the senior experience display night. “It was incredible,” he said.

Sherman said this is a strong academic class as nine of the members took the ACT test. The average test score in South Dakota is 21 and the Colome average was 23, two points higher than the state average.  Two of the seniors had a score of 29.

Sherman was impressed that eight seniors were graduating with honor.

The teacher noted that the class is also very athletic and have set some track records in the shot put, discus and 400 relay.  He noted the Colome boys basketball team won the Jones County Tournament, only the second time is school history.  Also, the Colome football team won the Class 9B state championship.  And the Winner/Colome club baseball team won the state title last year.

Sherman mixed in some humorous stories of students.

Sherman said this class is prepared for life after high school. “All have worked hard to be successful in life,” he said.

Honored as valedictorians were a tie between Adrianna Larson and Isaac Kortan.

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Winner Sets New Record in SESD Conference Meet

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Winner High School track team set three new conference records at the SESD Conference meet in Mt. Vernon on May 9.

Sidda Schuyler set a record in the 2 mile run, Cameron Kuil set a record in the 200 and the boys 4×200 set a new record. Runners on that relay were Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kayleb Brozik and Cameron Kuil.

Kuil broke the Winner school record in the 400 in :49.27. The old record of :49.51 was held by Chas DeMers in 2005.

Both the Winner boys and girls teams won the team title in the conference meet.

Qualifying for state at this meet were Kyran Meek in the discus and Chloe Bartels in the 800.

Results of the Winner girls include:
100—Ellie Brozik, 5th, :13.78
200—Brozik, 4th, :27.36; Alexis Richey, 8th, :28.52
400—Samantha Schuyler, 1st, 1:01.41; Richey, 4th 1:04.26
800—Schuyler, 2nd, 2:25.55; Chloe Bartels, 4th, 2:26.31
1600—Sidda Schuyler, 2nd, 5:36.82; Aryn Meiners, 6th, 6:13.73
3200—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 11:48.87; Meiners, 6th, 13:21.34
100 hurdles—Skyler Hansen, 3rd, :18.13; Elisabeth Duffy, 4th, :18.29; Katherine Jankauskas, 6th, :19.19
300 hurdles—Duffy, 5th, :52.96; Hansen, 6th, :53.38; Jankauskas, 8th, :54.41
4×100 relay—5th, :55.86, Charlotte Schopene, Kelsey Sachtjen, Madison Thieman and Skyler Hansen
4×200 relay—2nd, 1:52.57, Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Katherine Jankauskas and Ellie Brozik
4×400 relay—2nd, 4:20.78, Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels, Saige Schuyler and Sam Schuyler
4×800 relay—1st, 10:07.34, Chloe Bartels, Saige Schuyler, Sidda Schuyler and Sam Schuyler
Medley relay-4th, 4:40.83, Charlotte Shopene, Madison Thieman, Morgan Hammerbeck and Saige Schuyler
Shot put—Kyran Meek, 7th, 30-08
Discus—Meek, 1st, 113-02
High jump—Kelsey Sachtjen, 5th, 4-6
Long jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 8th, 14-02.25
Triple jump—Hammerbeck, 3rd, 30-11.25

Results of the Winner boys include:
100—Kuil, 1st, :10.99; Riley Calhoon, 5th, :11.85
200—Kuil, 1st, :21.72; Drew DeMers, 6th, :24
400—Kuil, 1st, :49.27; Atlas Willuweit, 5th, :55.85
800—Kayleb Brozik, 1st, 2:00.76
1600—Izak Moleterno, 2nd, 4:48.79
3200—Moleterno, 1st, 10:21.13; Kade Watson, 4th, 10:56.84
4×100 relay—1st, :45.37, Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Brady Fritz
4×200 relay—1st, 1:32.30, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kayleb Brozik and Cameron Kuil
4×400 relay—3rd, 3:44.66, Brady Fritz, Atlas Willuweit, Joren Bruun and Kayleb Brozik
Medley relay—1st, 3:58.09, Drew DeMers, Isaac Naasz, Joren Bruun and Izak Moleterno
Shot put—Jayden Schroeder, 2nd, 46-08; Krockett Krolikowski, 3rd, 44-04
Discus—Schroeder, 2nd, 132; John Kludt, 4th, 126-04; Krokikowski, 5th, 121-02
High jump—Brozik, 4th, 5-07
Long jump—Calhoon, 7th, 18-10.25; Fritz, 9th, 18-03.75
Triple jump—Fritz, 3rd, 40-10; Joren Bruun, 4th, 38-04; Phillip Jorgensen, 7th, 36-09.50

Colome Places at Invitational

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Colome High School track team competed in the Ft. Randall meet at Lake Andes on May 9.

Results of the Colome boys include:
Long jump—Holden Thieman, 1st, 19-11; Kelly O’Bryan, 4th, 18-6.75; Chase Dufek, 5th, 18-3
Discus—Matt Campbell, 1st, 158-10
High jump—O’Bryan, 2nd, 5-8; Andrew Laprath, 4th, 5-0
Triple jump—O’Bryan, 5th, 37-3.5; Laprath, 6th, 34-9
Shot put—Campbell, 1st, 54-5.5
100—Beau Bertram, 1st: 11.69; Thieman, 4th, :12.56
200—Bertram, 1st, : 23.68; Thieman, 2nd, :23.99
800 relay—1st, 1:35.05
400 relay—2nd, :46.84
300 hurdles—Cole, 4th, :54.32
Medley relay—2nd, 4:10.39

Results of the Colome girls include:
Long jump—Haley Krumpus, 2nd, 14-5.25; Abby Kortan, 3rd, 13-10.50
Triple jump—Krumpus, 3rd, 31-5; Kortan, 4th, 30-7
100—Callie Heath, 1st, :13.02; Saydee Heath, 3rd, :13.40; Noteboom, 5th, :14.17
200—Callie Heath, 1st, :26.73; Krumpus, 3rd, :28.24
800 relay—1st, 1:50.82
1600–Jaclyn Laprath, 2nd, 5:59.83
400 relay—1st, :53.07
100 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 1st, :18.17
300 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 1st, :52.17 ; Noteboom, 3rd, :57.81
800—Laprath, 5th, 2:49.55
3200—Laprath, 1st, 13:10.40

Royals Sweep Rapid City

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Winner/Colome high school baseball team got back on the winning track with a sweep of Rapid City on Saturday.

In the first game, Winner won 8-7 and took the second game 7-5.

Riley Calhoon’s inside the park home run in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Royals the lead. He finished with home run, single and 4 RBIs.   Carter Brickman had a triple, single and 2 RBIs and Dalton Baker had 2 singles and 2 RBIs.

Ty Bolton started in the mound and pitched two innings giving up 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits.  Calhoon pitched four innings in relief and earned the win. He gave up 3 runs, 4 hits.  Brickman earned the save by pitching a scoreless seventh inning.

In the second game, Kelly O’Bryan had a triple, single and scored 2 runs. Calhoon had a double, single and 2 RBIs and Brickman had a triple.

Levi McClanahan started on the mound for the Royals and pitched three innings giving up 3 unearned runs.

DeMers earned the win by pitching 3 innings in relief, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits.

Nick Lantz pitched a scoreless 7th inning to earn the save.

Amateur Team Nipped by Dimock-Emery

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Winner/Colome amateur baseball team opened the season at home on Sunday as they hosted Dimock-Emery.

The visiting team edged the Pheasants 6-5. Phil Johnson hit the game winning RBI single in the top of the ninth inning.

Winner/Colome’s Jared Donahue took the loss in relief allowing four earned runs in three innings pitched with two strikeouts and five walks.

Austin Richey had 3 hits including two doubles while Derek Graesser had two hits including a triple.

Winner/Colome will play Four Corners in Winner on Saturday at 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Winner/Colome will host Corsica/Stickney at 5 p.m. at Leahy Bowl.

Royals Close Out the Season on a Skid

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Winner/Colome club baseball team defeated Lead-Deadwood by a score of 9-4 on May 7, but fell to St. Thomas More 11-3.

Holden Thieman had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, while Kelly O’Bryan had a triple.

Ty Bolton took the loss throwing four innings, allowing an earned run.

The Cavaliers five run sixth inning put the game away.

Earlier in the day, Winner/Colome defeated Lead-Deadwood 9-4.

Drew DeMers had two hits and two stolen bases while Carter Brickman and Bolton each had two RBIs.
Brickman threw 4 1/3 innings allowing three hits and no earned runs.
O’Bryan and DeMers teamed up to record the final eight outs.

Winner/Colome baseball team fell to Platte 4-2 on May 8.

Nick Lantz started on the mound and pitched three innings giving up four runs on 8 hits and no walks.  Levi McClanahan pitched three innings of relief and had 4 strikeouts.
Drew DeMers had a 2 RBI double.

The Royals fell to Pierre 14-1 on May 10.

Pierre scored 8 runs in the third inning.
Holden Thieman, Drew DeMers and Joren Bruun each pitched in the loss.
Riley Calhoon had a RBI double and Colby Kaiser and Kameron Meiners each had singles.

Lois Elaine Weidenbach, 63

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Lois was born September 18, 1953 to Elmer and Gladys (McElroy) Kauer of Winner, South Dakota. She graduated from Winner High School and then went on to Mt. Marty College in Yankton, SD. Before completing her degree, Lois grew too ill with kidney disease to continue with school, but was given the gift of a kidney transplant in 1974 in Minneapolis, MN. She returned to Mt. Marty and finished her B.A. in Home Economics in 1981. On November 6 of that same year she was married to Paul Weidenbach of Lesterville, SD. Lois received a second kidney transplant in 1984. In 1988 they adopted their daughter, Elizabeth and in 1992 adopted their son Jakab. Lois’ battle with kidney disease continued and she received a third transplant from her brother, David in 2004.

Lois loved crocheting, cooking, gift-giving, and most of all she loved being a mother. By the grace of God, she was able to live a full, happy life despite battling kidney disease for nearly 50 years.

 

 

Marjory Ellen Caldeira (Wing), 70

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Marjory Ellen Caldeira (Wing), 70 years of age, passed away unexpectedly while sleeping peacefully in her home in Carter, South Dakota on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Marj was raised in Braintree, Mass., by the late Charles and Marjory (Doherty) Wing of Braintree. She was a graduate of Braintree High School and Massasoit College earning a degree in Liberal Arts. In 1973, she worked at Tufts Medical Center as an echocardiographer, researcher, and trainer all over the world for over 20 years.

In 2000, she moved to South Dakota to join her partner, Bill Matousek. Marj then furthered her education at Sinte Gleska University to become a teacher. She was a dedicated and loving teacher at Okreek School within the Rosebud Indian Reservation. She lived her life to the fullest enjoying, music, art, sewing, gardening, birding, boating, cooking, reading, traveling, learning, and spending time with her partner, family, friends, and animals. Marj truly made a difference in the world by helping our Earth and those in need.