A night
of one act plays will be presented Jan. 19, 20, 21 at the Winner Community
Playhouse.
There
will be two Winner High School plays and one middle school play. Curtain time
is 7:30 p.m. with the doors open at 7 p.m.
For
reservations, all the high school at 605-842-8125.
The
contest one act play is “Whispers” and is directed by Sarah Taggart with Dan
Patmore as the technical director.
The cast
for the contest play include Maggie DeMers, Leah Wiechelman, Tessa Mann, Hayden
McMurtrey, Justin Hausmann, Faith Covey, Addi Heenan and Amanda Blare.
The
technical crew include Illyana Crabb, Cassie Shutt and Mallorie Thayer.
The
Winner High School play sponsored by Winner Community Playhouse is “The Pitch.”
Sandra
York directs this play.
The cast
includes: Kierra Bainter, Iver Boerner, Luke Boerner, Illyanna Crab, Amanda
Edwards, Jacob Manke, Noah Manke, Rowdy Moore, Terrel Chasing Hawk, Clay Sell
and Mallory Thayer.
Technical
help is Ainsley Henderson and Paige Sachtjen.
The
middle school play is “Superheroes” directed by Ross Patmore.
The cast
includes: Jackson Grossenburg, Rylan Assman, Avery Antelope, Avery Manke, Allie
Littau, Allie Henderson, Evan Taggart, Brayden Woods, Peyton Jensen, Jocelyn
Soles, Riley Peppel, Evan Balsiger, Wyatt Winfield, Shannon Rank, Aiden Hespe,
Lena DeMers, Evan Littau, Suchi Chaudhari, Chloe Taggart, Jaxon Day and Jed
Blare.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo The three entertainers at the Chamber banquet are pictured with Mike Scott, executive director of the Chamber. Pictured from left are Bonnie Krogman, Paul Larson and Yvonne Hollenbeck.
Submitted Photo Winner High School December students of the month in front from left are Jackson Bachmann and Jasmine Crow Eagle. In back from left are Chaz Blotsky, principal Gerald Witte and Leila Balsiger. Each month WHS recognizes four students who have done something positive in academics, athletics, activities, behavior, community involvement.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Debbie Steinke, left, secretary for the Tripp County 4-H office, was named the employee of the year at the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce banquet. Making the presentation is Laura Kahler, former Tripp County 4-H Advisor
Deb
Steinke has a passion for helping the 4-H program in Tripp County. She is very
involved as the secretary of the 4-H office in Winner. The office is located in the Tripp County
Courthouse.
Deb welcomes
everyone who walks into the office with a smiling face and friendly greeting.
Steinke
was honored Jan. 12 as the employee of the year presented by the Winner Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Long
time 4-H advisor Laura Kahler, who is now retired from this position, made the
presentation.
Kahler
said many people in Tripp County have been impacted by Steinke’s work.
Her
greatest passion is helping the 4-H program be successful for the youth to grow
whether it is public speaking, riding horses, fashion revue or more.
4-H
recognition night is always special with Steinke adding extra touches such as
photos on the envelopes of special event award winners.
This
year has been an especially demanding year. A year ago when Laura resigned the
expectation of having a new advisor in place by May never happened.
“While
others in her shoes may have decided it was time to retire, she has responded
the only way she know how—working harder and staying focused on her goal of
maintaining a successful program for the kids in the area, requiring more than
her job description of secretary,” said Kahler at the presentation.
Until
December, Steinke has worked alone in the office and continued to assure that
key aspects of 4-H continued flawlessly.
Submitted photo These are the participants in the Winner Elks Hoop Shoot held on Jan. 14. The event was held at the Winner auxiliary gym. There were 14 winners in various age divisions.
The
Winner Elks Hoop Shoot was held Jan. 14 at the auxiliary gym.
A
marriage retreat weekend will be held in Winner Feb. 10-11 at the Holiday Inn
Express.
The
event is limited to 60 couples and the deadline to register for a chance at a
free drawing is Jan. 27. To register on line, persons can go to wma-winner area
churches.com
The
Winner Ministerial Association has paid for this event and there will be a free
will donation.
On Feb.
10 the retreat will run from 6-9 p.m. with a meal and on Saturday it will run
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Plans
are being made to provide child care.
Roger and Brenda Daum of Restoration Ministries
will present the program.
Lois Besmer passed away quietly on Dec. 3,
2022. She was sustained in life by an abiding faith in God.
Lois was born on June 9, 1939, the fourth
of six children to Edward and Ola Knittel (Steppat Warden), in South Dakota on
the Rezac place south of Dallas. Lois spent a happy childhood on the family
farm near Gregory, SD. Initially attending a one-room schoolhouse with siblings
and neighbors, Lois later boarded in town while attending Gregory High School
from which she graduated in 1957. While in high school, she was a 4H leader
their name was The Ramos Ramblers. The group sang “The Cattle Call” at the
State Fair in Huron, SD, and took first prize. The group then then went to
Kansas for another performance. While in high school at Gregory High her
interests were bookkeeping and home economics. Lois kept the books at Newsam
Chevrolet and loved to go polka dancing and waltzing at Colome on Saturday
nights.
Lois married Alvin Besmer and they had
three children. Lois became single and continue to raise their children.
After the birth of her third child, Lois
went to work as a secretary at the 1st National Bank of the Black Hills in
Rapid City. From that position, she worked her way up to vice president of
business banking at Norwest Bank in Sioux Falls. She retired from banking in
1998. During her banking career, Lois was in the vanguard of women entering
higher levels of professional careers. Known as a hard worker and a dedicated
mentor to younger professional women, Lois held leadership positions in various
social organizations such as Kiwanis, Toastmasters, and Business &
Professional Women (BPW). After retirement, she re-located to Mesa, Arizona,
returning to Rapid City in the final years of her life.
Lois was a dedicated and loving mother to
three boys. She enjoyed attending little league baseball games, wrestling
matches and football games.
She is survived by her brother, Merlin
Knittel, a sister, Judy Lantz, her three boys, Doug, Scott, and Kirk, as well
as numerous grandchildren.
There will be memorial service and a
celebration of life event planned for the summer of 2023. She will be interned
next to her mother, father, brother and sister in the Gregory Cemetery.
Edna Bicek, 102, of Winner, SD passed away
on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 at the Winner Regional Long Term Care Center in
Winner, SD.
Funeral services will be held on Friday,
Jan. 20, 2023 at 11a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Winner, SD.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 from 6-7 p.m. with a 7 p.m.
prayer service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Winner, SD. Private family burial
will be held at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery.
Edna Dorothea Walker was born on March 6,
1920, in her parents’ home near Clearfield S.D. in Tripp County, to John and
Lydia (Hermann) Walker. She was baptized
and confirmed into Christ’s Holy family at Jerusalem Lutheran Church south of
Carter S.D. She lived her childhood
years at her parents’ home and attended elementary school until the 8th grade.
At the age of 13, Edna had her first job
traveling to country schools, cleaning and erasing the textbook scribbling from
their pages. She then worked as a hired
girl for Bill and Minnie Patmore, doing housework and farm chores. She then worked for Ren and Nettie Wilcox at
their farm north of Winner. She assisted Nettie with all household duties,
including meal preparations for hired men and large thrashing crews. She then went to work at the Phillips Hotel
in Winner, doing laundry and cleaning. During this time, (late 1930’s) she met
the love of her life, Ernest Bicek. They
dated approximately 3 years and were united in marriage on Aug. 22, 1942, in
Valentine Neb.
They moved onto the Bicek farm south of
Colome to begin their life together. To
this union, they had three children, Daughter Marvellyn, Stanley, and
Perry. Edna was an excellent wife and
mother, a devout Christian, inspiring and teaching her husband and children to
study the teachings of the Lutheran Catechism.
All being confirmed in the Lutheran Church Doctrine.
Edna was a typical farm wife. She had big
gardens in which she canned produce, raised chickens, helped Ernie butcher and
process pork and beef for the family. She also worked side by side with Ernie
planting and harvesting crops. She helped with all the fencing, digging post
holes by hand. People always commented on the fantastic meals she prepared.
She attended the Lutheran Church her whole
life. She taught Sunday school, was a member of the ladies’ aid and attended
Bible studies. In 1996, she moved to
Winner and lived there for 18 years, moving to Winner Regional Nursing home in
2014.
Edna is survived by daughter Marvellyn
(John) Willcockson of Cave Creek Arizona, children Lynn (George) Young, Donnie
(Tammy) Robinson, and Pam (late Dennis) Zeebe. Son Stanley (Connie) Bicek of
rural Colome S.D., children Tony (Tina) Bicek, Sandy (Doug) Beck, and Karey
(Craig) Thieman. Son Perry (Lorie) Bicek of Rapid City S.D., children Neil
Bicek, Julie (A.J.) Alexander, Kim Barnes and Miranda Bicek, along with 20
great grandchildren and 20 great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents John and Lydia
(Hermann) Walker and husband Ernest Bicek, half-brother Emil Hauck, brothers
Chris Walker, William Walker, and Johnny Walker. Sisters Adeline Holcomb, Alma Hutchison,
Amanda Janas, and Hertha Elliot.
Shirley Lavon Moses Hart went to be with
Jesus on Dec. 28, 2022 at the age of 87, she was surrounded by her family.
Shirley was born on June 10, 1935 in
Winner, SD to Carl and Emelia Moses. She
was the seventh of ten siblings. She had
five brothers and four sisters.
She graduated from Winner High School in
1953 and soon after moved to Denver, CO where she worked as a secretary. It was in Denver that she met and married her
husband, Dewitt Lew Hart also known as D.L. in 1960.
Together they had two children Heather and
Chris. They loved to spend time as a
family traveling in their motorhome, spending time in the mountains and
visiting family and friends around the country.
They were also big Bronco fans and spent many seasons at football games.
They eventually moved and retired in
Phoenix, AZ where they enjoyed spending time with family and friends and
watching their four granddaughters grow up.
Shirley enjoyed reading and doing crosswords. She liked to cook for family and experiment
with new recipes. In more recent years
she loved using Facebook to keep up with family and friends all over the
country.
She had a positive attitude and always
tried to make the best of situations.
Her family and faith were very important to
her. She leaves behind her husband of
sixty two years D.L. Hart, daughter Heather Mosbaugh (Michael), son D.
Christopher Hart (Christine), granddaughters Jenna Hart, Michaela Bell
(Brantley), Makenzie Bustos (Christian), Claire Hart, and her great grandson
Brady Bell.
She is also survived by her sister Bernice
Weickum , sisters in law Evelynne Moses and Beverly Moses, and countless nieces
and nephews.
She is now safely home in the arms of the
Lord. She was dearly loved and will be
greatly missed.
A Celebration of Life service will be held
at The Grove Church in Chandler, AZ on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 11a.m.
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