Monthly Archives: August 2018

South Dakota’s Q1 GDP Breaks $50B

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PIERRE, S.D. – The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its estimated gross domestic product (GDP) by state for the first quarter of 2018. The estimates show South Dakota has the third highest growth rate in the nation, trailing only Washington and Utah, respectively. South Dakota grew by 3.1 percent.

“South Dakota’s annual GDP is now estimated to be in excess of $51 billion,” said Gov. Dennis Daugaard. “We’re enthused about the first quarter results and hopeful the growth will continue throughout 2018.”

According to the BEA report, strong showings from South Dakota’s production agriculture, finance/insurance and manufacturing industries helped propel the state’s 3.1 percent growth during the period.

Figures for the second quarter will be made available in November 2018.

Barbeque Winners Named

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The Pit Boys were the overall grand champions of the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce pit row barbeque held Saturday on Main Street.

The overall side dish winner was Apocalypse BBQ—Mardi and Marty Pederson. The winning side dish was grilled peaches.

There were 13 teams in the competition.

The pork winners were:

Winner Volunteer Fire Department, 1st; Smoked Encounters of the Third Swine, 2nd; Pit boys, 3rd; Apocalypse BBQ, 4th and R. J. Bones, 5th

The brisket winners were: Totally Smoked BBQ, 1st; Sizzlin Bacon, 2nd, Apocalypse BB 3rd Smoked Encounters of the Third Swine, 4th and Pit Boys, 5th

Winners of the ribs were: Pit Boys 1st; Grossenburg Implement A, 2nd; Pheasant Bar, 3rd; Grossenburg Implement B, 4th and Smoked Encounters of the Third Swine, 5th

A large crowd was on hand Saturday night to enjoy the good food.

Winner Elks Rodeo Results

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Over 300 contestants from 10 states competed for $30,000 in prize money at the 49th annual Winner Elks Rodeo July 27, 28 and 29.

The profits from this rodeo go to the outreach program at LifeScape. Thirteen children from LifeScape traveled to Winner to enjoy the thrills of a rodeo.

The Sutton Ranch stagecoach made an appearance at the Saturday night performance of the rodeo and the kids from LifeScape got to ride in the grand entry with the horse drawn stagecoach.

Stock for the rodeo is provided by Hollenbeck Rodeo Co. of Winner.

Winners of the ranch bronc riding were Evan DeBoer, Wewela; Lane Alley, Oklahoma; Nate O’Kief, Valentine, Neb., and Casey Heinger, Pierre.

Winners of the team penning were: Tom Jones, Steve Klein, Tom Varilek, 25.4 seconds; Chuck Nelson, Mick Varilek, Ross Varilek, 32.5; Gary Garbe, Joe Skibinski, Dary Hammerstrom, 44.9; Paul Borgmann, Larry Fossum and Collin Borgmann, 56.1.

Winners of the 50/50 drawing were: Monte Mayes, Roger Dice and Cody McKenzie.

Rodeo results include:

Bareback—Logan Glendy, Oconto, Neb., 71; Tanner Langdeau, Kyle, 70

Saddle bronc—Miles Kreeger, Wagner, 83; Wyatt Barstow, Springview, 79; Cole Hindman, Kadoka, 73; Kyle Hapey, Ft. Pierre, 73; Shadow Jensen, Martin, 72; Tristan Eklund, Valentine, 71 and Derek Keener, Wood Lake, Neb., 71

Bull riding—Casey Heninger, Ft. Pierre, 81; Riggin Shippy, Colome, 78; Justin McCall, Winner, 75; Dillon Micheel, Broken Bow, Neb., 72; Lane Gambill, Wood Lake, 68 and Rowdy Hughson, Hot Springs, 65

Calf roping—Rex Treeby, Hecle, 9.6; Miles Kenzy, Iona, 10; John Klooz, Purdum, Neb., 10.6; Blasius Steffen, Gregory, 11; Rance Johnson, Allance, Neb., 11; Trey Young, Dupree, 12.2

Steer wrestling—Boyd Sawyer, Thedford, Neb., 4.5; Beau Dean, Platte, 5.2; Brent Belkham, Blunt, 5.2; Jace Christensen, Flandreau, 5.2; Colbey Steeke, Rhame, N. D., 6.6 and Clint Nelson, Philip, 7.4

Senior mens breakaway—Kirk Ford, Sturgis, 2.6; Darren Lammers, Chancellor, 2.8; Steve Sherwood San Tan Valley, Ariz., 3; Glen Hostutler, Midland, 3.4; Jim Hales, White Owl, 3.7 and Barry Knippling, Chamberlain, 3.9

Lades breakaway roping—Payton Donnelly, 2.3; Karissa Rayhill, 2.4; Cy Christensen, 2.6; Countney Peters, 2.7; Tessa Caspers, 2.7; Abby Jo Treeby, 2.8

Barrel racing—Christy Willert, Kadoka, 16.46; Cyndy Peterson, Ree Heights, 16.51; Jenna Garwood, Atkinson, Neb., 16.72; Deb Thompson, Gordon, Neb., 16.79; Jill Moody, Pierre, 16.8 and Wendy Bechen, Rapid City, 16.83

Goat tying—Shelby Spanel, Anselmo, Neb., 8.4; Lacey Tech, Fairfax, 8.4; Sawyer Gilbert, Buffalo, 8.5; Haiden Thompson, Yoder, Wyo., 8.7 and Tanegia Zilverberg, Holabird, 8.9

Mixed team roping—Denise Nelson, Midland, Jake Nelson, Creighton, 7.4; and Trina Arneson, Melvin Arneson, Enning, 7.6; Trey Hermelbracht and Troy Hermelbracht, Homer, Neb., 7.6; Becca Kartak, Brady Graff, Ainsworth, Neb., 7.7; Bodelle Mueller and Marvin Mueller, Sutherland, Neb., 8.4 Hanna Hostutler, Jesse Hostutler, Midland, 10.1

Team roping—Cooper Brott, Gothenburg, Neb. and Steve Sherwood, San Tan Valley, Ariz., 5.9; Levi Walter, Wray, Colo. Jayden Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 6; Eli Lord, Sturgis, Jade Nelson, Midland, 6; Jason Thorstenson, Rapid City and J. D. Gerard, Kennebec, 6.1; Rex Treeby, Hecla and Elliott Gourneau, Kennebec, 6.5 and Clint Whipple, St. Francis and Shadow Jensen, Martin, 6.9

Mitchell Tech Dean’s List

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Area students have been named to the spring semester president’s list at Mitchell Technical Institute.

Named to the list are: Cody Heath, Wiley Heath, Noah Hermsen, Chase Hrabanek, Taylor Hrabanek, Nathan Krumpus, Jordan Shippy, all of Colome; Elisabeth Duffy, Samuel Hossle and Casey McMillan, all of Winner.

Jr. Legion Wins State Consolation Championship

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Winner Junior Legion baseball team defeated Clark 6-5 Sunday morning to take the consolation championship held at Leahy Bowl in Winner.

The Winner team had to go extra innings to claim the victory as the scored was tied 5-5 after seven innings.

Winner got thing moving in the second inning when Zach Bohnet laid down a sacrifice bunt scoring one run.

Jacob Beckers led things off on the mound. He lasted five innings allowing five hits and four runs while striking out five.

Phillip Jorgensen, Aaron Gilchrist and Oscar Pravecek all collected multiple hits.

In Winner’s opening game of the state tournament, they were shut out 9-0 by Lennox on Friday evening. Lennox went on win to the state meet.

A double by Pravecek in the first inning was a positive for the host team.

Joren Bruun took the loss.

Pravecek, Tyler Olson and Jorgensen all managed hits for Winner.

In a game at noon on Saturday, Winner got down to business and shut out Wessington Springs 11-0. The victory propelled the Winner Junior Legion into Sunday’s consolation championship.

On Saturday, Winner had two really big innings. In the second they scored 6 runs and added five more in the third inning.

Evan Farner got the win for Winner. He allowed one hit, zero runs over five innings striking out eight and walking one.

Winner totaled 8 hits in the game.

Winner/Colome Amateur Team Falls in State Meet

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The Winner/Colome amateur baseball team fell to Larchwood, Iowa, in the opening round of the state amateur baseball tournament in Sioux Falls.

The Pheasants were defeated 10-4. Larchwood had 10 runs in the final four innings.

“We had a good season,” Winner/Colome coach Kevin Graesser told the Mitchell Daily Republic.

“We come out of a really good district as champs and we thought we were playing really good ball. But give them credit, they had a good pitching staff,” said Graesser.

The first five innings was scoreless with Connor Hopkins pitching for the Pheasants.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Austin Calhoon and Geno Katz hit back to back RBI singles, Lakin Negebauer laid down a sacrifice bunt and Kelly O’Bryan had an RBI single for a 4-2 lead. It was Winner/Colome’s last run of the day.

The Pheasants loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the 8th inning but they could not get a run across. Larchwood added four more runs in the top of the 9th inning.

Offensively, Zach Harter was 4-5, Reed Harter had two hits including a triple.

Winner Regional Foundation Golf

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Several golfers took part in the Winner Regional Foundation golf tournament held Aug. 4 at Winner Country Club.

Winners of the first flight were Justin and Kara Zeigler, Brandon and Karley Arizmendis

Second place in this flight went to Larry Aaker, Brett Gardner, Jessica Calhoon, Austin Calhoon

Champions of the second flight were Keith, Kari and Lynn DeMers and Chuck Keiser.

Second place in this flight went to Rick and Deb Godel, Terami Nespor and Michelle Lovejoy.

Winning the third flight were Stormy, Melissa and Ryder Halligan and Ty VandenHoek.

Second place went to Jason and Tovi Bartels, Jamie and Kevin Keiser.

Zeigler Wins Golf Tournament

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Justin Zeigler was the champion of the Benson Haley Gant golf meet held Aug. 5 at the Winner Country Club. This tournament was a one-man scramble.

Second place in the championship flight went to Derris Buus with Mike Cahoy taking third and Nick Larson, fourth.

Winner of the first flight was Mike Hammer. Other placers were Bill Benedict, 2nd; Austin Hammer, 3rd and Tim Gant, 4th.

Second flight winner was Frikkie. Second place went to Mike Dreyer. Also placing were Buck Jedlicki, 3rd and Bob Benson, 4th.

 

Dick Frantz, 87

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Dick Frantz, 87, of Winner, SD passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 at the Winner Regional Long-Term Care Center in Winner, SD.

Funeral service were held on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Winner, SD. Burial followed in the Winner City Cemetery. Dick was born on July 21, 1931 to Gerald & Lorraine (Nelson) Frantz. He grew up on the family ranch in Ideal, SD, 25 miles north of Winner. This is where he learned his strong work ethic. At a young age he learned to be a cowboy and accepted responsibility for running the ranch. Dick loved his horses, cattle, and the open range.

In 1949, Dick graduated from Winner High School. After high school, he attended Ag school in Colome, SD for 3 years. He joined the US Army in March of 1952. On June 12th, 1952 he married the love of his life Donna Lee Ambroz. They got married in Red Bank, New Jersey, where Dick was stationed. Dick spent 14 months overseas in the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in March of 1954 with the Korean Service Medal with 3 bronze service stars, the U.N. Service Medal, National Defense Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal.

Dick and Donna continued their life together and returned to the family ranch. To this union, 4 children were born; Doug, Dan, Deb, and Deone. Dick was a successful rancher and businessman. In 1961, he was chosen as the Outstanding Young Rancher and in 1965 the Local Jaycees selected him as the Outstanding Farmer. In 1966, he was awarded the Outstanding Young Man of America.

He was very active in the community, but what he was most proud of was his family. Dick was happiest in a room full of family and friends. As a people person, he would visit with anyone anywhere. He was a good story teller and loved a good joke. He was a man of exceptional generosity. Dick always made sure his family came first. Dick and Donna were the perfect example of what a marriage should be.

He met many lifelong friends working Fridays at the Winner Livestock Auction for 50 years. Dick served on the Winner School Board and Tripp County Rural Fire Department for 30 years each. He was on the 4-H horse committee for many years and for 26 years Dick was the trail boss for trail rides. He was a proud member of the Masonic Lodge in Winner for 64 years. Dick was a lifelong member of the VFW and the American Legion. As a Christian, he was a member of the Ideal Presbyterian church for 77 years and held many positions.

In 1997, he became an honorary member of the Sioux Tribe. They gave him the name Wamblee Oheteca. Which means “Brave Eagle.”

Grateful for having shared his life are his children; Doug Frantz (Connie), Dan Frantz (Patty), Deb Nelson (Terry), Deone Frantz (Shane). His grandchildren; Rich Frantz, ReAnn Frantz, Renae Kaiser (Clay), Brandon Frantz, Amanda Frantz, Danielle Frantz (Jamie), Jesse Frantz (Sara), Alyssa Welk (Brady), Tennille Miller (Mike), and Lexie Nedved, also numerous great-grandchildren. His brother Jack Frantz (Marlene), and sister-in-law Donna Hughes (Jon).

Awaiting him in Heaven is, his dear wife Donna, his parents, sister Della Bolton, brother Wesley Frantz, and sister-in-law Marian Bloom.

Rose Enders, 69

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Rose Enders, age 69, of Jenison, Michigan, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Cook Memorial Chapel (East building), 4235 Prairie Street, SW, Grandville, Michigan. Burial will be at a later date in Winner, SD.

Rose was born in West Point, Nebraska, on June 15, 1949 to Richard (Dick) and Magdalene (Meg) Doescher (Heinecke). She was the oldest of eight children: Richard (Bev), Randy (Linda), Ronda (Harland), Judy (Jack), Cheryl, Tom, and Chris (Lisa). Her parents lived across north central Nebraska and south central South Dakota. Rose graduated from Winner High School in 1967.

In March of 1969, Rose married Joey Leo Enders in Winner, SD. They made their home in Massachusetts as Joe finished his Air Force commitment. After the Air Force, they initially made their home in Yankton, SD as Rose pursued her education at Yankton College, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education. She subsequently also received her Master’s Degree from California Lutheran as she and Joe pursued their life dreams in southern California.

Joe and Rose moved from life in the sun to Western Michigan to accept new life challenges. Rose worked as an educator for the next 40 years spending her energy building self-esteem with disadvantaged youth in the inner city of Grand Rapids. Rose literally loved her work, which went beyond the normal commitment or dedication . Rose taught, coached, and mentored many children which all had special places in her heart. Joe and Rose welcomed children into their lives and home, making each child feel accepted, special and loved. Rose’s desire to make all children feel cared for can’t be understated; just look at the Facebook page blow up’s.

Rose’s legacy in the Grand Rapids Public Schools will be foundational, as all that she cared about was building children’s self esteem and mentoring those students down an avenue to find a better way of life. Rose was compassionate, firm, and strict, but always putting herself at risk to make sure her students were cared for and could see a positive way forward in life. Rose’s legacy is carried forward with the love that she displayed daily to her children (students).

Rose’s other passion was to care for her namesake rose gardens. She was fabulous at taking care of her plants and competing and judging shows across the central United States. Rose won many ‘best of show’ and would want to be remembered as a kind soul and being reunited with her lifelong love, Joe.

Rose’s and Joe’s special adoptions were Joyce (John) Jefferson and their children Jonte and Mya along with Takeia Sherman and her daughter Khyleice Grover.

Rose was preceded in death by her husband, Joe, both parents, and brother Richard.

She is survived by her siblings (except Richard) and Joe’s sister Jana (Paul) Kemp.

In lieu of flowers or contributions, please consider donating school supplies to your local schools.

Peace be with our sister, aunt, friend, mentor and confidant who always cared more for her acquaintances than she cared for herself. Let’s celebrate Rose’s life legacy. Rest in peace our beautiful sister.