Monthly Archives: May 2017

Vernon Elsasser, 90

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Elsasser obit

Celebrating the life of Vernon Elsasser, born Feb. 15, 1927 to parents William Elsasser and Joy Audiss Elsasser. Vernon was born in Carter, South Dakota, he grew up in Anoka, Neb. and attended grade school in Anoka. He attended high school in Butte, Neb. where he attended the 10th grade.

Vernon served in the Army Air Corps from 1946 to 1948 in the Philippines and Japan. He was a radio operator directing airplanes coming back from missions. His radio operation was located in a small shack (tree house) in the top of a tree.

Vernon married the love of his life, Norma Crabtree on May 22, 1951 in Winner, SD. Norma’s father said she had to finish high school first, so they were married the day after she graduated. Vernon worked at a Hatchery, in Road Construction, for the REA and local farmers. He started at the Outlaw Trading Post in August 1952 working for 45 years as a meat cutter and meat manager until January 1998.

They were blessed with 66 years of marriage and had three children, Michael, his wife Tish who live in Oregon, Rick, his wife Cindy who live in Rapid City, and Eve, who lives in Winner.

Vernon lived with diabetes for 63 years and lived at home up until 1 month of his 90th birthday.

Third Week of Falling Gas Prices

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For the third consecutive week, South Dakota’s gasoline price average has dropped for a total of 5 cents. At $2.35 per gallon of self-serve regular, the state average is 1 cent above the nation’s average of $2.34. This national price average is a penny cheaper than one week ago, seven cents less than a month ago, but +12 cents more than a year ago.

“OPEC is expected to draft a formalized production cut extension during its meeting in Vienna, Austria, on May 25,” said Marilyn Buskohl, spokeswoman for AAA South Dakota. “But there’s still quite a bit of skepticism that any extended cuts will offset growing U.S. production. Last week, U.S. drillers added an additional nine oil rigs, bringing the total U.S rig count to 712 and marking 17 weeks of growth.”

The latest Energy Information Association (EIA) report shows that gasoline demand increased by 252,000 barrels on the week. Despite the jump in demand, the continued oversupply of gasoline caused prices in most parts of the country to drop or remain steady with the exception of some states in the Great Lakes and Central regions, where prices increased by a penny or more.

In coming weeks, the onset of summer travel is likely to increase demand which might help dip into high gasoline stocks; however, AAA says it may not be enough demand to increase prices significantly.
Current Price Averages per Gallon of Regular Gasoline

Sioux Falls – $2.22, down 12 cents from one month ago … up 12 cents since 5/15/16
Rapid City – $2.42, down 1 cent from one month ago … up 19 cents since 5/15/16
South Dakota – $2.35, down 5 cents from one month ago … up 16 cents since 5/15/16
U.S. – $2.34, down 7 cents from one month ago … up 12 cents since 5/15/16

Board Adopts New Content Standards in CTE Career Clusters

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The South Dakota Board of Education adopted new career and technical education standards in six career clusters at its meeting May 15. New standards include Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Arts, Audio-Video Technology and Communications; Finance; Health Science; Human Services; and Manufacturing.

“With standards work group members representing secondary education, the state’s two- and four-year colleges, and business and industry, these standards will help South Dakota students prepare for fulfilling careers in fields with need for skilled professionals,” said Tiffany Sanderson, director of career and technical education for the South Dakota Department of Education.

The new standards will be posted at http://doe.sd.gov/octe/careerclusters.aspx

Work groups will begin meeting this summer to revise career and technical education content standards in five more career clusters: Business Management and Administration; Government and Public Administration; Hospitality and Tourism; Marketing; and Transportation, Distribution and Logistics.

Public hearings on these revised standards are scheduled to start later this year.

18 Seniors to Graduate from Colome High School

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There will be 18 students who will graduate from Colome High School on Saturday, May 13.

The commencement will start at 7 p.m. in the Colome gym.

The graduation speaker will be Greg Sherman, government teacher, who is retiring this year.

The honor students are: Isaac Kortan, Adrianna Larson, Jordan Shippy, Wiley Health, Callie Heath, Will Cahoy, Holden Thieman and Darcy Maier.

Kortan and Larson will be the co-valedictorians.

The welcome will be given by Wiley Heath and Megan Seegers. The farewill be presented by Darcy Maier and Adrianna Larson.

The Colome band will perform.

Scholarships will be presented.

The junior escorts are Zane Rohde, Caleb Vanderbark, Jeremiah Yeaman and Kaylee Bolton.

The sophomore ushers are: Alexa McKenze, Jaclyn Laprath, Abby Pechota and Hanna Rowe.

The freshman program distributors are Eli Kortan, Haley Krumpus, Julianna Larson and Jacob Beckers.

This year there will be 16 eighth grade graduates.
The class colors are green, silver and white.

The class flower is the daisy.

The class motto is: “Follow your dreams but always know the road that leads you home.”

Development Corporation to Honor Graduates

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MAILBOXES

 

The local development corporation is giving each graduate from Winner High School and Colome High School a mailbox for graduation.

Included will be letter inviting then back home someday to live and have a career.

Businesses have given pens, post it notes, magnetic clips and many other items that are inside each mail box.
There are 72 graduates between Winner and Colome.

The Colome graduation is May 13 and Winner High School graduation is May 20.

College Graduations

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Gavin Myers of Winner will graduate from Georgetown University on May 20.

He will receive a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and film and media studies.

He is the only student from the Class of 2017 that is from South Dakota. There are estimated 1,100 graduates from all 50 states and 69 countries.

“It has been an honor to represent South Dakota and Winner at one of the top 20 universities in the country,” said Myers.

Kristin Maier of Witten, graduated with a degree in elementary education from Northern State University on May 6. She graduated cum laude.

Area students graduated from the University of South Dakota on May 6.

The graduates include: Tracy Routh, Colome, bachelor of science, communication sciences and disorders; Logan Welker, Hamill, bachelor of arts in psychology and Spanish; Nolan Welker, Hamill, bachelor of business administration, management; Michelle Novak, Winner, bachelor of science in communication sciences and disorder; Keely Krolikowski, Winner, doctor of medicine; Tanae Kartak, Winner, doctor of occupational therapy; Renee Burnham, Winner, doctor of physical therapy.

Special Olympics Torch Run Comes to Winner

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS

The law enforcement torch run for South Dakota Special Olympics will pass through Winner on May 16. The event will start at 2:45 p.m. at the city park on West 5th St. From 5th St the group will walk to South County Road and then go to Third Street and back to the park.

The public is invited to participate.

“We are very excited to bring the torch run through Winner on the way to the state Special Olympics summer games in Spearfish,” said Todd Bradwisch, vice president, law enforcement torch run.

Winner Mayor Frank Finney signed a proclamation declaring May 15-19 as law enforcement torch run for Special Olympics week.

The Special Olympics program is a year round athletic competition in which over 2,000 individuals with disabilities from South Dakota compete in various events.

In 2016, the torch run and other fund raising events raised over $574,000 for Special Olympics in South Dakota.
The core group of runners will finish at the games opening ceremony in Spearfish on May 18.

Colome Receives “Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement” Award

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PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced today that the Town of Colome public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award.

“We cannot live without water; it is just that simple,” said DENR Secretary Steve Pirner. “With these awards, DENR salutes the best-of-the-best drinking water systems and operation specialists who deliver safe water 24 hours-a-day to their customers and successfully met all the of the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act last year.”

The system’s operation specialist was Dave Witt.

To qualify for the Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award, public water systems and their system operations specialists had to meet all of the following requirements for 2016:

• compliance monitoring and reporting,
• drinking water standards, and
• certification requirements.

Hrabanek is New Member

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Chase Hrabanek of Colome is a new member of the American Angus Association.

The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on over 18 million registered Angus.