Shirley Ann Knorr Frick , age 81, of
Huntsville, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020.
Shirley was born May 11, 1939 in Geddes , South Dakota to Donald and Tillie Knorr. Shirley was a member of the Presley Chapel Methodist Church and served as the Children’s program coordinator, Shirley was a homemaker, she enjoyed wood crafting and attending the War Eagle fair each year.
Her husband, boys and grands were the light of her life. She had Christmas traditions that will be passed down through the generations.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Richard Knorr and Denny Knorr and a sister, Beverly Wetland.
Shirley is survived by her husband of 61 years, Glenn Frick, three sons, Doyle Frick, Jay Frick and Travis Frick (Nancy). 10 grandchildren, Elizabeth Holt (Daniel), Savannah Lasiter (Brian), Addie Roberts (Michael), Jacob Frick, Caleb Frick, Cole Frick (Brooke), Clayton Frick, Tanner Frick, Brooklyn Frick, Emma Grace Frick and 4 great grandchildren, Walker Lasiter, Clansy Frick, Anna Marie Lasiter and Nash Holt. Shirley is also survived by a brother, Butch Knorr (Sharon) and two sisters, Diane Atwell (Mike) and Patsy Shelter (Ken).
A graveside service was held at 2 pm Thursday Dec. 10 at Marshall Cemetery at Forum , Arkansas.
In lieu of flowers memorials to Childrens Hospital.
Melanie Coffey, 65, of Winner, SD passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at the Winner Regional Health.
A visitation was held on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 from 6-8 p.m. at Mason Funeral Home in Winner, SD. A visitation was held on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 from 5-7 pm at Miller Funeral Home, downtown Sioux Falls.
Funeral service was held 1 pm on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 also at Miller Funeral home –downtown, 507 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls.
Melanie Ann Coffey was born on Jan. 22, 1955 to Orville and Mary (Steiner) Olson in Madison, South Dakota.
Melanie graduated from Madison High School
in 1974. She later met her future
husband in 1978 while both were working at McKennan Hospital. Melanie had started in housekeeping and then
transferred into the physical therapy department. Melanie was married to Kevin Coffey on May 26, 1979 in Sioux Falls. He worked in materials management and Melanie started work in medical records. Nearly every day they would pack a lunch and eat together in the hospital cafeteria.
In pursue of Kevin’s healthcare career,
they moved to Yankton, SD in 1981, with stops in Red Wing, MN, Elk Point, SD
back to Sioux Falls, then to Freeman, SD and Arlington, SD before settling in
Winner in 2013.
Melanie and Kevin custom built their home in Arlington in 2005 and learning from that experience, designed a home on 11 acres south of Winner in 2014. Melanie would spend time in the kitchen looking out the patio window at deer, pheasants, rabbits and Canadian geese while working on embroidery or a word find book.
Melanie became a homemaker and stay at home mom with the birth of their first son. Over the next 30 years she volunteered at the Sioux Falls School District, then Freeman School District and the Arlington School District. After moving to Winner, she volunteered at the Winner Nursing Home playing cards and BINGO. In 2017, in addition to volunteering at the nursing home, she began working as a paid employee over the noon hour on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday waiting on residents in the dining room as a hospitality aide.
She became very attached to many of the
residents and was deeply impacted on anyone’s passing.
Her passion was family and stayed in touch
with her 7 siblings, never forgetting their birthdays. She also enjoyed her Cocker Doodle dog Kasey,
camping, traveling, embroidery, and working on word find. The family goal was to see as many national
parks as possible, going to Glacier, Yellowstone, Tetons, Grand Canyon, Zion,
Bryce, Arches, Pipe Organ, Yosemite, Big Horn Battlefield, Craters of the Moon,
Avenue of the Giants, Death Valley and Rocky Mountain. In the process also took the opportunity to
visit Tombstone, Mackinaw Island, Carlsbad Caverns, Durango/Silverton Railroad,
Royal Gorge, Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods.
She was always about maintaining traditions as a family. The boys opening one gift on Dec. 23, making her mom’s favorite “mocho cakes” at Christmas, keeping a journal for all their travels and special events in the life of the boys. But by far, the biggest tradition was to spend nearly every Memorial weekend in the Black Hills, most of the time at Beaver Lake campground outside of Custer. The family became so close to Max and Cindy the owners, that when it was raining, snowing, or too cold for other campers to utilize the 2-story waterslide and pool, they would give the keys to the gate and pump house for Clay and Kyle’s exclusive use.
Melanie is preceded in death by her parents Orville and Mary, and 2 infant brothers and brother-in-law Clay Coffey.
Melanie is survived by her husband Kevin, and sons Clay and Kyle and also her brothers and sisters; Jim Olson (his wife Joann passed just last year) New Prague, MN, Gail Booth (Tom) Baldwin, MO, Bruce Olson (Karen) Bennett, CO, Peg Thompson (Mike) Sun City, AZ, Craig Olson (Marlene) Sioux Falls, SD, Valerie Manthey (Craig) Hartford, SD and Cecelia DeWaard, Sioux Falls, SD, mother-in-law Betty Coffey, sister-in-law Crystal Erdmann and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arylin Harsin, 70, of OKreek, SD passed
away on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls,
SD.
Family services were held on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Mason Funeral Home in Winner, SD. Burial followed in the Hillview Cemetery in Dallas, SD.
Arylin Robert Harsin was born on Feb. 7, 1950 in Rosebud, the oldest child of Cecil and Leona (Nightpipe) Harsin. He was raised in Gregory with his five brothers and sisters. Arylin graduated from Gregory High School in 1969.
Arylin attended Southern State University in Springfield and Mt. Marty College in Yankton, graduating in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He worked for a time at a halfway house in Yankton, then returned to Gregory to work at Krotters Lumber. He continued his work in construction, working as a self-employed contractor in Sioux Falls. Arylin then worked as a construction supervisor with the Rosebud Housing Authority for nearly 20 years, maintaining and rehabbing homes in the local reservation communities. He retired in 2017 to a quiet life of hunting, fishing, and NASCAR with beloved dogs Izzy, Jack, and Maggy.
He suffered ill health the past year, losing his battle at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls on Jan. 5, 2021 at the age of 70.
Arylin was beloved Uncle Arlie to his nieces and nephews, teaching them to fish and play cards. He is fondly remembered for horseplay, letting the nieces punch him in the stomach. He enjoyed pheasant hunts with his brothers-in-law. He and his brother, James, took loving care of their mother day and night as she fought cancer the last five years of her life. Arylin ended every phone call to his sisters with “I love you.”
Arylin will be greatly missed by his father
Cecil Harsin and wife, Linda, brother Jim Harsin, sisters Leigh Lyon, Jean
Cole, and Lynda (Tom) Ehrich, sister-in-law Michelle Harsin, as well as his
nieces, Carmen Hutchison, Rhiana Limpus, Melissa Harsin, Misty McGaugh, Wendi
Cole, and nephews, Douglas Cole, Jr. Craig Lyon, Ryan Cole, Dhani Cole, Joshua
Harsin, Scott and Shawn Harsin, his aunts and uncles, good friend Dewey Foote
and many other friends and family. Arylin was preceded in death by his mother,
Leona, brother Louie Harsin, and brother-in-law Randy Lyon.
Funeral services for Dwight Keith Pepper
were held Jan. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Bible Church in Bonesteel. Burial
was in Graceland Cemetery of Burke.
Dwight Keith Pepper was born Sept. 30, 1951 to Duane and Cleone (Herman) Pepper in Burke, South Dakota. He was baptized at the Baptist Church in Bonesteel as a young child. He lived north of Bonesteel early on in his childhood and then moved to a farm south of Bonesteel in 1964. He graduated from Bonesteel High School in 1970. He continued to live on the family farm helping his dad, following graduation.
In March of 1971, he was drafted into the US Army, where he served in Vietnam until his honorable discharge in December of 1972. He continued to be enlisted in the Army reserve until March of 1977. Dwight was married to Juanita Callahan on Aug. 3, 1974. They continued to live on the family farm until the summer of 1983, when they moved to Creighton, Neb. for a job opportunity. They were there about one year before moving back to Bonesteel where he continued to help with farming and ranching for his dad and various other local farmers and ranchers.
He served as Chief of Police for the City of Bonesteel from approximately 1986 to 2011. He also drove school bus during those years.
Over the years Dwight was known throughout the area for his love of hunting and wildlife, as well as his love for farming and cattle. He had a gift of being able to talk to almost everyone he met. He also left a positive impact on everyone he encountered.
After a short, but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, Dwight passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 at the age of 69 years, with his family at his side.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, his parents Duane and Cleone, on nephew Jeremy Ware and multiple aunts and uncles.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Juanita; his three children: Arthur Pepper, former daughter-in-law Emily , and Tara Kallhoff (fiancé) of Sioux Falls, SD; Richard of Mankato, MN and Elizabeth of Norfolk, NE; his three grandchildren: Natalie, Dawson and Oliver of Sioux Falls, SD; as well as four bonus grandchildren: Alison Tracy of George, IA, Ian Rohan, Jacob Rohan and Logan Rohan of Newcastle, NE; and one bonus great-grandchild, Evelyn Tracy of George, IA; one sister Carole Ware and one nephew, James Ware of Oklahoma City, OK.
Dwight will be greatly missed by everyone who his life touched, but we take some comfort in knowing he is no longer suffering and is in his heavenly home.
Winner Area wrestlers returned to the mat after the Christmas break and placed second at the McCook Central tournament on Jan. 2.
The Warriors scored 239.5 points and Canton won first place with 252 points.
Winner had five champions in Riley Orel, Maxton Brozik, Karson Keiser, Sam Kruger and Kaden Keiser. Also placing were Konner Osborn, 4th; Jude Sargent, 5th; Aaron Gilchrist, 3rd; Ryken Orel, 6th; Jack Kruger, 3rd; Joey Cole, 3rd; Stetson Shelbourn, 5th; Preston Norrid, 2nd; Achilles Willuweit, 2nd.
In the championship match, Brozik won in sudden victory over Kipp Cordes of Philip area.
Karson Keiser won a 12-1 decision over Teague Granum of Canton.Kaden Keiser improved his record to 10-0 as he won by tech fall over Jordan Vosika of Burke/Gregory.
Riley Orel, 13-0, won 7-0 over Seth Peterson of Canton. Sam Kruger won the 170 pound championship with a pin in 26 seconds over Tucker Even of Burke/Gregory.
The next action for Winner will be Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Lyman County dual tournament. Winner will wrestle Custer, McCook Central, Canton and Bennett County.
Masks are mandatory at this tournament. Spectators are also limited to two spectators per wrestler.
Doors will open at 10 a.m. and wrestling will start at 11 a
Tripp County saw no new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, Jan. 4.
The active cases were 25 and there have been 12 deaths in Tripp County. The number of persons who have recovered from the virus in Tripp County totals 594.
In South Dakota on Monday, there were 86 new cases. The state death toll is at 1,513.There are 6,031 active cases in South Dakota.
There are currently 268 persons in the hospital.
The numbers the state reported on Saturday included data collected from 1 p.m. Dec. 30 to 1 p.m. Dec. 31 according to the Department of Health.
Golden West Telecommunications presented a check for $13,282 to Feeding South Dakota before Christmas following a company-wide fundraising effort.
Golden West is committed to helping people in need throughout South Dakota. With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to adversely affect residents throughout the state, it became apparent the need was greater than ever in 2020. In order to help brighten the holidays and put food on the table, Golden West challenged employees to donate a portion of their November paychecks to Feeding South Dakota.
“Supporting people in need of food during these trying times is a great example of how Golden West and its employees help the people and communities we serve,” said Golden West General Manager and CEO Denny Law. “This is in addition to our diligent work to keep our customers connected every day.”
Feeding South Dakota serves all 66 counties across the state and is dedicated to eliminating hunger here. The employee response to the fundraising effort was so positive, Golden West’s board of directors each personally donated money as well, and the company contributed matching funds for a total contribution of $13,282.
Food scarcity impacts every community in South Dakota. Every day, 106,646 people in the state are in danger of going hungry. The issue has become even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic. With many people out of work or experiencing reduced hours, economic shockwaves have been felt in every corner of the state. Health and safety regulations forced Feeding South Dakota to close their food pantries in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, but the organization responded by turning to mobile food distributions to meet the increased need.
“Since the beginning of the pandemic we’re serving about two and a half times more families than before,” said Feeding South Dakota Development Associate Shawn Burke. “We’re reaching 67 communities across the state with mobile distributions at least once per month. We have had amazing response from individuals and organizations in terms of financial donations, and as volunteers to help pack and distribute the food. The task has been daunting, but the support provided has ensured that we can continue to feed those in need in these truly difficult times.”
Contributions and volunteers will continue to be in high demand in 2021. Those in need or those interested in helping can visitfeedingsouthdakota.org and search options in their area.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Kalla Bertram, a senior on the Winner girls basketball team scored her 1,000 point of her career at the West Central game. Presenting here with a ball is coach Larry Aaker.
A county project to add culverts on 318th Ave. has been stopped and a more study will be done. At the Dec. 29 meeting of the Tripp County Commissioners a motion was approved to stop the current project to allow more time for further study. There is a concern during heavy rains of water going over the road and then flooding farm yards. Mike Pravecek explained the water comes within a foot of his home. There were eight people who live in this area at the meeting.
Scott Schweitzer of Brosz Engineering, Pierre, explained the hydrology study that was done in 2017. He explained the work order was just to look at two locations on 318th Ave. He did not look at property down stream .The goal of the project was to make the road travel safe. Persons attending the meeting asked that a study be done down stream.
In other business, the commissioners set salaries for 2021. The salary of commissioners will remain the same at $9,500 per year.
The salary of Roger Sund, highway superintendent, went from $47,528 to $50,028 per year. The salary of register of deeds Louise Flisram remains the same at $44,450 per year. The salary of treasurer Candy Biggins will start at $40,109.The salary of auditor Barb DeSersa will remain the same at $43,930.
The salary of director of equalization Janiece Weber will remain at $38,000 a year. The salary of IT specialist Melanie Levi will go from $48,110 to $48,630 per year. Salary of sheriff Shawn Pettit will go from $45,926 to $48,000 per year. The salary of ambulance directors Kathie Cole will remain at $47,2195 and Sissy Orel at $44,200 per year.
The salary of state’s attorney Zach Pahlke will start at $69,670 per year. Todd Stiehl, deputy sheriff, will go from $19.50 to $20 per hour. Dan McMurtrey, deputy sheriff, will go from $16 to $16.50 per hour. Jon Burdette, dispatcher, will remain at $13.75 per hour and his salary as emergency manager will go from $8,760 to $9,277 per year.
Marty Zeigler, custodian, will go from $31,200 to $33,500 per year.
The salaries of deputies and secretaries will increase or remain the same as follows: Heather Schroeder, $14.10 to $15.76 per hour; Marcia Haukaas remains at $11.85 per hour; Holly Lillebo from $14.35 to $15.75 per hour; Makaleigh Nilson remains at $15 per hour; Kristin Assman, from $15.10 to $15.70 per hour Debbie Steinke from $15 to$15.25 per hour Tracy Swanson from $18 to$18.25 per hour (no health insurance); LaVonne Brickman remains at $15 per hour (part-time). Bev Vaughn, ambulance billing, remains at $16 per hour; Bev Vaughn, welfare director, will start at $10,000 per year. Don Vogt, recycling manager, remains at $18,470 per year. Joan Vogt, recycling employee will remain at $11.75 per hour and Ron Long Crow, recycling employee, will remain at $10.50 per hour.
The salaries of full time employees at the library will include: Misti Burns, librarian, from $32,500 to $33,250; Edith Brooks remains at $15.25 per hour; Val Padmore remains at $11.25 per hour (part time) Milton Douglas, veteran service officer, will remain at $16 per hour. Connie Christensen, highway department secretary, will go from $17 to $18.50 per hour. The salaries of highway construction employees will remain at $21 per hour. This includes Gerald Tyburec, Milo Ptacek, Andrew Connelly, Kevin Osborne, Jay Supik, Scott Bolie and David Witt.
Part-time ambulance attendants will remain for a trip under 100 miles, $100 per trip; 450 miles $250 per trip; ambulance attendants over 450 miles, $350 per trip. EMT above B will increase from $114 per day to $126 per day, EMT-B will increase from $108 per day to $120 per day. Coroner Dr. Rick Wagner will remain at $58 per call.
In other business, a raise was approved for on call EMTs. The raise will be 50 cents an hour. Ambulance directors Kathie Cole and Sissy Orel requested the raise. They noted the important work that is being done by EMTs. Cole said she and Orel cannot do their work without the EMT volunteers. There are two EMTs on call 24/7. Approval was given to purchase an AED for the fairgrounds.
The commissioners approved the purchase of a cell phone for the extension office.
End of the year money transfers were approved. There were both cash transfers and contingency fund transfers.
Alvin Pahlke has served as state’s attorney for 12 years and his last day in this position was Dec. 31. Taking over as state’s attorney will be Zach Pahlke. Zach Pahlke was unopposed in this year’s election.
The next meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 12.
Several ordinances received final approval at the Jan. 4 meeting of the Winner City Council. In total, there were 11 ordinances that received the approval of the council.
This was the council’s first meeting of the new year.
The ordinances that were approved include:
•Ord 980—Amends the administrative citations provision by adding alternate off street parking surfaces and premises identification for enforcement.
•Ord 981—Amends the code of ordinances regarding abandoned and inoperable vehicles. If a vehicle is not screened from public view it should be properly covered, a common tarp will not be acceptable.
•Ord 982—deals with nuisance weeds and grass
• Ord 983—Provides for enforcement of premises identification requirements. All addresses are required to have a number. Persons who violate this will be notified by the code enforcement officer and the person has 20 days to make the correction.
•Ord 984—Adds to the list of items that are property maintenance violations. Councilman Justin Schuyler voted no and Councilmember Val Sherman was not at the meeting. The rest of the council approved the ordinance.
•Ord 985—Amends the time for compliance of property maintenance violations. Violations will have six months to comply.
•Ord 986—Amends the ordinance for off street parking surfaces.
•Ord 987—Amends the code of ordinances to set the penalty for violations. The penalty will be $500 or up to 30 days in jail
•Ord 988—Amends certain requirements for vacant commercial structures
•Ord 989—This is a supplemental appropriation ordinance
•Ord 990—This is a supplemental budget ordinance for the halfway house fun.
Reports were presented by city administrators.
Public safety commissioner Justin Day reported there were 134 inmates in jail as of Monday. The average inmate count for December was 120 and the yearly average was 105.There are 30 participants on the 24/7 program.
The communication center had 1,900 incidents entered into the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) for the month of December.
The 911 calls totaled 780.Mike Brown, code enforcement officer, presented a monthly and a year end report.
For December, there were three building permits issued and 11 code violations.
In the yearly report, Brown said the planning and zoning/building department issued 68 building permits in 2020. The value of permitted work in 2020 was $1,067,610. This includes $597,910 for residential permits and $487,700 for commercial permits. Brown said during 2020 there were 508 violations of municipal codes.
The Spruce Up program had four structures taken down last year. Finance officer Chandra Weidner presented a report on the money that has been submitted which will receive CARES funding due to COVID-19. She also told the council the city sales tax is up 1.17 percent from a year ago.
Troy Kruger, public works director, presented a report on work various crews have been doing. In the consent agenda, the council approved a pubic records request policy.
Requests for public records are to be made through the finance office. The policy sets the price for copying documents and the charge if staff time to gather the documents takes more than an hour.
The Winner Advocate was designated as the official newspaper for the city of Winner. Named as official bank depositories for the city of Winner are Wells Fargo, First Fidelity and BankWest.
The active fire department roster was listed in the minutes for workmen’s comp compliance.
Approval was given to January fuel bids: No. 2 diesel, CHS, $1.85 per gallon; No. 1 diesel, CHS, $1.99 per gallon; 87 Oct (10 percent), CHS, $1.87 a gallon; regular unleaded, CHS, $2.00 a gallon; propane, CHS, $1.05 per gallon.
Approval was given to substantial completion of Phase 3 of the jail addition project.
A contract was approved for Puetz Design and Build, Mitchell, for a project in the new jail. The project will be done by the end of January.
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