This fall a 10 person committee met to make selections to the 2024-2025
class of the Winner Hall of Fame.
The committee made the selection of the 1981 Winner Warrior football team.
The honor will take place in the fall of 2025. The school will find a home
football game to try and get as many of the football members to a game to be
recognized. Brian Naasz will spearhead the event.
In 1981, Winner won the first South Dakota state football championship
with a 31-21 victory over Vermillion.
The Warriors were coached by Harvey Naasz and that year ended the season
12-0.
Submitted photo Chosen for all-state cheer are three Winner High School girls. Pictured from left are Cora Moss, Lilly Barfuss and Gracie Root. State competitive cheer was Oct. 25 in Rapid City. The Winner team placed fourth overall.
This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the Parade of Lights in
Winner. The event will be held on Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. on Main Street.
The parade marshals will be John and Barb Meyer.
The parade will lineup at the fire hall and proceed south on Main Street.
It will be broadcast on KWYR again this year.
Persons or organizations interested in having a float in the parade are to
contact the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce at 605-842-1533.
Mike Scott, executive director of the Chamber, says so far there are 20
floats signed up and he expects more.
The Parade of Lights was started 20 years ago by Kaye Eckerman and
Donnette Hansen. They wanted to bring a wonderful holiday tradition to Winner.
In the peak years of the parade there have been 80 floats and the low end
has seen 14-15 floats. In recent years the number of floats has stayed
consistent in the high 20’s.
An addition to the parade was the naming of a parade marshal.
“This has become such a Winner holiday tradition that we hope people will
continue to support it,” said Scott.
There have been 20 years of Christmas magic with the parade sponsored by
the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce.
The parade of lights is the culmination of
full afternoon of holiday fun.
Santa Day will be from 1-4 p.m. on Nov. 30 in front of the American
Legion. There will be reindeer, wagon rides, face painting and hot chocolate.
The Winner Volunteer Fire Department will be helping with S’mores.
Santa will be visiting inside the Legion from 1-3 p.m. Kids are encouraged
to come and visit with Santa and last year Santa had a record number of
visitors.
There will a free movie at the Pix Theater at 4 p.m. on Nov. 30. “How the
Grinch Stole Christmas” will be the free movie.
Scott says the Chamber appreciates all sponsors for the various Santa Day
events.
Nov. 30 is also Small Business Saturday this is a good time to get out and
support our business community.
Dr. William Manke will be the guest speaker at the Veterans Day program in
Winner on Monday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. in the Winner Armory.
The public is encouraged to attend.
The program is sponsored by the Winner High School and Winner Middle
School student councils.
Veterans will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and there will
be a slide show of local veterans throughout the program.
The WHS band and choir will perform.
WHS student council members will have a presentation of the missing man
table and flag folding ceremony.
Winner Middle School student council will be handing out patriotic pins to
veterans as they introduce themselves.
The winners of the Voice of Democracy and Patriot Pen will be announced
and the first place winners will have an opportunity to read their essays.
WHS student council president Gus Bartels and vice president Roper Moore
will the MC’s for the program.
Following the program, some members of the WHS student council will have a
brief program at Winner Regional Long Term Care Center.
The Winner American Legion Auxiliary and the Winner VFW Auxiliary will
have a soup and sandwich luncheon for veterans and spouses from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Winner Legion on Veterans Day.
Yvonne (Vonnie) Leetch
86, of Winner, SD, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 at the Lake Andes
Health Care Center in Lake Andes, SD after a hard battle with dementia.
Funeral services will
take place on Wednesday Nov. 6 at 11 am.
The funeral service will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church with a
burial to follow in the Winner Cemetery.
Yvonne was born May 8,
1938 in Colome, SD, to Charlie and Olga (Foyert) Rice. Growing up the family
lived on many different farms. They would have card parties on Saturday nights.
Yvonne married William
Leech on April 15, 1957. They were not
blessed with children, but they were certainly blessed with a very large
extended family of siblings, nieces, nephews, in-laws, and numerous friends!
Like her siblings,
Vonnie enjoyed spending time visiting, play cards, and dining with her family
and friends. In the summer she loved to go camping and fishing. She loved her
trips with her brothers and sisters to the casino.
She is survived by a
sister, Connie Luther and a brother, Gene (Twila) Rice, both of Winner, SD; one
stepdaughter Lil (Joe) Cardona of Goleta, CA; a step granddaughter Alex of
Goleta, CA; and numerous nephews and nieces who she loved dearly, as well as a
very special friend Lori Gebhardt of Rapid City, SD.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, William Leetch, five sisters, Julia Johnson, Claradean
Rice, Josephene Rice, Lilly Long, and Sylvia Horton; two brothers, Clyde Rice
and John Rice; four brothers in law, Gaylord Long, Teddy Fisher, Maynord Johnson,
and Don Luther; two sisters in law, Betty Rice, and Grace (Shorty) Rice; a
niece, Linda Fisher; and her parents Charles and Olga Rice.
May she now rest in eternal sunshine and
perfect love with our Lord. May she now be forever young.
The Tripp County Commissioners invite organizations, clubs and groups to
put up a Christmas tree in the courthouse.
Trees need to be put up from Nov. 22 to Dec. 9.
Persons can call the Tripp County assessor office to make a reservation
for a tree. Call 605-842-2300 or email christmas@trippcounty.us The reservation deadline is Nov. 15.
An open house will be held Dec. 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The trees will need to be removed between Jan. 6-10.
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