Submitted photo Fourteen members of the Winner FFA chapter traveled to Sioux Falls to compete in the Tri Valley Career Development Event. Pictured in front from left are Teresa Taylor, Trista Kierstead, Meagan Blare and Amanda Blare. Middle row from left are Clay Sell, Maggie DeMers, Emily Sachtjen, Bailey Fairbanks, Aaron Gilchrist. In back from left are Justin Hausmann, Madaline Watzel, James Gregg, Adam Bohnet and Tyler Brockman.
Fourteen members of the Winner FFA
chapter traveled to Sioux Falls to compete in the Tri Valley Career Development
Event on March 29.
All events had from 20 to 30 teams and
over 100 individuals involved in each
contest.
Nicole Roth, Winner FFA advisor, said
every competition was very competitive.
Floriculture won first place out of 25
teams. Teresa Taylor placed first with Justin Hausmann, 3rd and Clay
Sell, 34th.
Horse evaluation placed 10th
out of 22 teams. Emily Sachtjen placed 18th, Tyler Brockman, 23rd;
Bailey Fairbanks, 34th.
Vet science placed 13th out
of 30 teams. Team members are Madaline Watzel, Meagan Blare, Trista Kierstead
and Maggie DeMers.
Ag mechanics placed 23rd and
team members are Adam Bohnet, Aaron Gilchrist and James Gregg.
This was the last CDE before the teams
head to state convention where they will
put their skills to the test one more time and be recognized for their
accomplishments on April 13. The state convention will be in Rapid City.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Kids greet the Easter rabbit during the Easter egg hunt on Saturday in the city park. Winner Regional Health sponsored the egg hunt.
Submitted Photo Sam Kruger, left, senior on the Winner wrestling team, was named the Class B outstanding wrestler. The award was presented at the South Dakota Wrestling Coaches Association tournament this weekend in Rapid City. Winner coach Spencer Novotny, right, was name the Region 3 coach of the year.
Doris Ann Sharp, 84, a longtime resident of
the Sparks area, passed away at home on Sunday, March 28, 2021. One year and
day after her husband, Wayne Sharp passed away.
Doris was born February 16, 1937, in Colome,
S.D., to James and Emma (Devish) Sharkey, the youngest of four children. She
attended grade school in Clearfield, S.D., and graduated from high school in
1956 in Winner, S.D.
She met the love of her life, Wayne Sharp,
at her sister’s wedding dance. They were married June 2, 1956, and celebrated
63 years together. They raised three children: Duane, Rita and Dwite.
Wayne and Doris moved to the Milan Sharp
ranch after Duane was born in 1957. Doris stayed busy caring for her children,
along with cooking for hired men, canning produced from her large garden,
sewing, cooking for her family and making delicious homemade bread and donuts.
In October 1972, they purchased the John Smith place five miles south of
Sparks. They moved there on New Year’s Eve. They milked cows, raised hogs and
chickens, and dry-land farmed in the early years.
Doris was a great cook and her family loved
the delicious fried chicken and turkey that was always a treat.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband,
Wayne, who passed away March 27, 2020, the day before his 84th birthday; her
son, Dwite Sharp; her parents, James and Emma Sharkey; a brother, Bob Sharkey;
her parents-in-law, Rex W. Sr. and Martha (Haley) Sharp; brothers- and
sisters-in-law, Lyle and Alma Sharp, Jake and Inez Sharp, Rex W. Sharp Jr.,
Kenny and Ines Sharp, and Ronald Sharp; and sisters- and brothers-in-law,
Gladys and Leland Haas and Lola and Claude Kaplan.
She is survived by one son, Duane Sharp,
and a daughter, Rita Rowan; her grandchildren and their spouses, Rob and
Melissa Rowan, Anthony and Tischa Sharp, Amanda and Mike Eannarinno, and Tommy
Sharp; her great-grandchildren, Jackson, Cassandra, Zoe, Anderson and Ray. Also
surviving are two sisters, Maxine Duffy and Jean Docken; two sisters-in-law,
Dorothy Sharp and Linda Sharp; two brothers and sisters-in-law: Richard and
Martha Wergin and Robert and Rita Sharp; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was held at 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 1, at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Burial will
follow in the Sparks Cemetery. Sandoz
Chapel of the Pines was in charge of service arrangements.
Memorial services for John Forgey, 86, will
be held April 10 at 10:30 a.m. at the Methodist Church in Winner. Visitation
will be one hour prior to service. Lunch will be follow at the Colome American
Legion.
John Finley Forgey was born July 10, 1934, in Long Pine, NE, to Findley and Bertha (Forsch) Forgey. He went to school in Nebraska and graduated from Keya Paha High School in 1952.
John married Lucy Painter on Aug. 15, 1954 and to this union they had six children: Steve, Neil, Jan, Dan, Dale, and Lisa. After their marriage John and Lucy moved to Casper, Wyoming, where he worked for his brother Joe.
In 1957 they moved to the ranch in South
Dakota. John and his brother Jim worked together raising cattle, shearing
sheep, and manufacturing hay rakes. In 1964 he went to AI school in Denver and
did a wonderful job of AI’ing for himself and the neighbors. Black Angus were
his passion and he was well known for raising top quality cattle.
John took great pride in his children. He
coached Little League baseball in Wewela with his boys. He loved baseball. The
Dodgers were his favorite team and he also enjoyed listening to the Twins games
on WNAX.
One of the highlights of John’s week was
the weekly “marble games” with the Steffens and the Graessers. He was
always up for a good Cribbage game with the kids and grandkids.
As the kids left the nest, John and Lucy
started new adventures. He assisted Lucy with the Sale Barn Cafe in Gregory. He
was the taste tester.
In 1993 they started Deer Creek Hunting for
bow hunting deer and spring turkey. John met many people through this
experience. One special bond grew with Pat Mundy.
John served on the Colome School Board from
1969 – 1983. In 1989 John joined the Board of Directors of the Tripp County
Water Users District serving until his retirement in 2014.
In 2000 John, Lucy, and Jan had the trip of
a lifetime going to New York to see the mastodon at the Natural History Museum.
The mastodon was found in 1932 on land that he later purchased. He enjoyed
taking visitors to that site to look for bones.
John and Lucy moved off the ranch and into
Colome in 2007. They enjoyed morning coffee at the cafe. Then Dad could usually
find an afternoon card game at the Flying D.
As much as Dad loved his children, his
grandchildren were the greatest joy of his life. He and Mom would travel to
visit them and watch their events. He loved when they would come visit and
share ice cream to cool his tummy.John passed away at the Memorial Hospital
of Converse County in Douglas, Wyoming on March 29, 2021 at 86 years of age.
John is preceded in death by his parents Findley and Bertha, six brothers Joe, Glenn, Russ, Sam, Jim, and Charlie Forgey, two sisters Pearl Forgey and Hazel Williams, daughter Jan, and great granddaughter Elsie.
He leaves behind his wife Lucy; four sons
Steve (Shirley) of Casper, WY, Neil (Clarice) of Lance Creek, WY, Dan (Lyn) of
Dallas, SD, and Dale (Carla) of Alliance, NE; one daughter Lisa of Colome, SD;
two sisters Audrey Walker of Arizona and Lona Lou Libolt of Oregon; thirteen
grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandson.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Dick Krantz, right, retired after working 30 years for McDonaldâ””s of Winner. A retirement party was held on March 25. Dale and Karol Porter, Mitchell, owned the Winner store when it first opened in 1989. Pictured from left are Karol and Dale Porter, Bruce Haines, Mitchell, a long time McDonaldâ””s employee and Krantz.
By
Dan Bechtold
Editor
The Golden Arches of McDonald’s has
been a part of Dick Krantz’s life for three decades.
Thursday friends, family, co workers
and McDonald management honored Krantz for his 30 years of dedicated service.
Krantz is retiring from the company that
has been such a big part of his life and the life of his family.
The city of Winner declared March 25 as
Dick Krantz Day in Winner with finance officer Chandra Weidner reading the
proclamation at the open house.
Krantz started his career with
McDonald’s Oct. 8, 1991 and in 1992 he along with his wife, Sandy, became
general managers.
McDonald’s opened in Winner in 1989.
Krantz recalls his first experience
with McDonald’s. His wife Sandy was working and called him to say two employees
did not show up would he please come and help.
He went to work that day and has been there ever since.
Mike Schulte of Chamberlain was the
supervisor of the Winner store and happened to be in Winner the day Dick came
to help work. “Before he left Mike took off his tie and handed it to me and said
welcome to management,” said Krantz.
It is ironic that now Schulte will the
supervisor of the Winner store.
Krantz says McDonald’s was a good fit
for his life. “The number of people that I have been associated with is amazing
both internal customers and employees.”
The fun part for Dick is when people
who have stopped at McDonalds and now years later come back and look up Dick to
have a visit. That is one of the memories he enjoys so much.
Krantz is a great people person and
that comes out in his dealings with customers.
In 2003 Dick was named the supervisor
of the stores in Winner and Valentine, Neb. He has also done some online work
for all the stores sharing information on sales volume and good customer
service.
Krantz recalls attending Hamburger
University in Chicago. He noted the school has changed over the years. It used
to be a very detailed operation and now it is more people focused. “We used to
have to take tests at Hamburger U if we knew the temperature fries should be
cooked.”
Krantz has a board that is filled with
30 years of McDonald pins plus other
awards including an outstanding manager pin. One pin he is particularly
proud of is one from person from China that attended Hamburger University the
same time as Dick.
The board also features Monopoly pins
when McDonald’s featured that game. Also, corporate McDonald’s had a money
machine in Winner one day to feature the
Monopoly game. Persons could stand in a wind tunnel and see
how much money they could collect.
Another promotion was a car that was
given away and Karla Stout of Winner was the lucky winner of car.
Krantz has been through a couple of
store remodeling projects. The first was in 2005 and the most recent was in
2017. It was in 2017 that the dual drive through lane was installed.
Like many businesses, COVID-19 has had
an impact on McDonald’s. The lobby closed March 17, 2020, so it has just been
over a year that there has been drive through only at the store.
“We are still strong. People trust we
are giving them good and safe food,” said Krantz.
With the pandemic that dual lane drive
has been great for business. Krantz is
so glad the decision was made to install that double lane.
When he first started McDonald’s was
owned by Dale and Karol Porter of Mitchell. It is now owned by Leonard
Management of Elkhorn, Neb. Krantz said the Leonards and the Porters have been
so good to him.
Krantz is so impressed with the current
manager Dustin DeSersa and his wife Tia who is currently managing McDonald’s in Chamberlain. Both of them
started working for Dick when they were 14.
“Dustin is a great leader. I cannot say
enough about him,” said Krantz.
Originally from Howard, Krantz received
a degree in animal science from South Dakota State University.
After college, he went to work for a
meat procession plant in Howard and worked there for 17 years. He was the
ground beef manager. The plant processed 20,000 to 60,000 pounds of hamburger a
day and shipped it all over the United States. There were 50 to 60 employees at
Howard Beef.
The plant changed names and moved to
Pipestone, Minn. Krantz worked in Pipestone for a short while but decided he
wanted to do something different. He made contact with the Jorgensens of Ideal
and moved to Winner in 1990 to be the manager of Dakota Lean. Dick went to college with Greg Jorgensen .
After a year at Dakota Lean, Krantz
started at McDonald’s.
When asked what he enjoyed about his
job, Krantz said the people and learning new things.
He has enjoyed watching people who have
worked at McDonald’s grow. “Even if they left, you know you had a part in their
development.”
In retirement, Dick plans to do more traveling, camping and his
favorite hobby working with horses.
Over the years Dick and Sandy have been
strong supporters of the community and especially the youth. They have been
strong supporters of the 4-H program and
Dick served on the horse committee for many years.
The couple have three children: Jennifer
Showalter, Norfolk, Neb., who has two children; Scott, Brookings and Jessica in
Sioux Falls.
The Golden Arches of McDonald’s have
provided a solid career for Krantz. It is one that he has truly enjoyed.
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