Donald Leo Keogh went to be with our Lord
and Savior on Dec. 6, 2020 at the VA hospital in Sioux Falls at 89 years of
age.
Donald was born on 12/31/30 in Paxton, SD to Leo & Mary (Holden) Keogh. He attended school in Winner, SD. After graduating from high school he served proudly in the United States Navy. He returned to Winner and married Carol M Quick on Nov. 2, 1958. They had 2 children Lori & Mark. They moved to Sioux Falls the 1960’s. He retired from the Argus Leader after 27 years.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents Leo & Mary, his brothers Lonnie, James and Jack, and his daughter Lori Hamann.
He is survived by his wife Carol, his son Mark (Beverly) Keogh, 3 grandchildren, Justin Basche, Joseph (Breanna) Keogh, Aliass (Brianna) Keogh, and 6 great grandchildren.
Services will be held at a later date, when the Veterans Cemetery in Sioux Falls is available.
Blake
Volmer might have found a career he would like to pursue after high
school.
The
Winner High School sophomore won first place in the state contest in
ag broadcasting.
He
won first place at the region to quality for state. This year the
state meet was held virtually.
Ag
broadcasting is a competition in which the participant has 30 minutes
to prepare a 3-5 minute radio broadcast.
The
participant must choose material from a packet containing news,
weather and markets.
Nicole
Roth, Winner FFA advisor, of Volmer winning first: “This is an
awesome and difficult accomplishment. If it was a nationwide
competition he would be moving on to nationals but since the top
level is state, he has gone as far as he can go.”
A quiet,
hard working student athlete at Winner High School, the ag
broadcasting competition drew Volmer out of his comfort zone.
This
is the first year Volmer has really gotten involved in FFA. When he
looked for a contest to participate in ag broadcasting stood out.
“When watching basketball on TV I like listening to the
broadcasters. I thought ag broadcasting would be cool and felt I
would give it a try,” he said.
It
worked out for the student as he won first place in the state meet.
Volmer
said 30 minutes was not long to develop a radio broadcast. In his
packet one of the items was about celebrities supporting agriculture
and he felt this would be good to use as a news story. The judges
also liked Volmer’s use of this story as it promoted agriculture.
His
commercial, which could only be 25 to 30 seconds, was a takeoff on
the popular Elf on a Shelf. Volmer called his rendition Farm hand on
a stand. He explained this fictional character was like a hired man.
Weather
was nice the day he gave the broadcast so he has no problem and did
not have to predict a huge winter storm.
Volmer
explained judges give points for articulation and being within the
time limit. If a participant goes over the time limit, points are
deducted.
The
Winner sophomore said he would come in before school to practice or
would do it in Warrior time.
The
state winner says he uses a different voice when doing the broadcast.
He said his voice is deeper. “I change it up a little bit,” he
said.
Volmer
says competing in this contest helps him grow as a person.
He
added FFA helps you become a better person. “I get to meet new
people and I like that.”
Who
knows, someday you may hear Volmer on a radio show.
He
has the voice, the personality and determination. You never know
when you might hear: This is Blake Volmer reporting live from a farm
in South Dakota.
Also
placing at the state FFA event as Bailey Fairbanks. She took 15th
in creed speaking. Creed speaking competition involves the competitor
memorizing and presenting the FFA creed. They also answer questions
about how the creed relates to their life.
“I
am so very proud of both of these members,” said Roth. “They went
above and beyond to compete and were very successful in doing so.”
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo The 75th anniversary of the Winner VFW post was honored in a ceremony on Dec. 8. The post was chartered in 1945. State commander Cody Mangold of the Yankton post, left, makes the presentation to Winner commander Jerry Heggestad. The first commander was Rollie Farner, 1945-46.
Tripp County saw four new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The total number of active cases is 89 with 490 recovered. The total number of cases confirmed in Tripp County since COVID-19 started is 519. There have been 59 persons hospitalized and 10 deaths.
Statewide on Monday, there were 272 new cases.
The total number of active cases is 12, 623. Currently, there are 441 persons hospitalized.
According to the Center of Missing and Exploited Children, baby pictures posted to hospital websites are strongly discouraged. Winner Regional Health has made the difficult decision to discontinue posting baby pictures to our website.
As of 12/15/2020, we will no longer have a baby roll page on our website said Leigha Dempsey, communication director.
The Center of Missing and Exploited Children warn’s parents of potential risks of public announcements. For more information please visit The Center of Missing and Exploited Children website at missingkids.org
Submitted Photo Winner Area wrestling first place finishers at the Gregory tournament include from left Maxton Brozik, Karson Keiser, Aaron Gilchrist and Riley Orel.
Winner Area wrestling team won first
place at the Gregory Invitational on Saturday.
The Warriors scored 163.5 points.
Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon took second
place with 148 points.
First place for Winner went to Maxton
Brozik, Karson Keiser, Aaron Gilchrist and Riley Orel.
Also placing for Winner were Jude
Sargent, 2nd ; Konner Osborn, Gavin Tucker, Riley Shippy, Stetson Shelbourn and Jack
Peters, all fourth.
Brozik won the championship with a pin
over Brock Kotalik of Bon Homme, 1:33.
Keiser won first with a pin in 1:55
over Kellan Hurd of Miller/Highmore-Harrold.
Gilchrist won first place with a 12-6
decision over Joey Hoverson, Wessington Springs/Woonsocket.
Orel, 152, won first place with a 1-0
decision over Keegan Haider of Wessington Springs-Woonsocket.
Several Winner wrestlers took the ACT test on Saturday and did not wrestle. The next action for Winner will be the Valentine tournament on Saturday, Dec. 19. Due to COVID-19, there will be no fans allowed at this tournament.
Submitted Photo Winner 8th grade girls basketball team won the championship of the Colome tournament on Dec. 5. In front from left are Daisy McIntyre, Gracie Root, Adysen Pravecek, Cora Moss and Livvy Audiss. In back from left are Jenaya Schrader, Kylie Sachtjen, Keelie Kuil, Dani Westendorf, Arnolla Duffy, Tessa Sieh, Lilly Barfuss and Olivia Swedlund.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Community Connections hosted an outdoor Christmas party for the residents. The holiday event was held at the Sensory Garden at Prairie Sky apartments last Wednesday and Thursday. Cocoa and Christmas cookies were served. The weather on Dec. 9 was beautiful to hold a party outside.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo The team of M. W. Cockbusters won first place in the Winner Area Sharpshooter Classic on Saturday. The members of the team are Mark Ferrell, Brad Williams, Mike Sawyer, Chris Cochrane ad Shannon Wolf. They had a total score of 30.68. An awards banquet was held Saturday night at the Tripp County 4-H Center.
On a cold Saturday hunters
had a chance to enjoy some pheasant hunting plus shoot some clays.
This Friday and Saturday was
the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce Sharpshooter classic.
There were 11 six man teams.
The hunt was on Saturday.
The first place team was MW
Cockbusters 30.68. They were followed by Sargent Farms and Arms, 2nd,
29.52; Fat Boys 28.8; Blood Bath and Beyond, 4th, 28.8; Young guns,
5th, 27.4; Mark’s Misfits, 6th, 28.36’ Jeff’s Gun Vault,
7th, 26.08; No Name, 8th, 24.48; Rooster Strokers, 9th
24.2; Winner Plumbing, 10th, 23.64; and Good Guys, 11th,
22.52.
Members of the winning team
were Mark Ferrell, Brad Williams, Mike Sawyer, Chris Cochrane, Chase Wolf and
Shannon Wolf.
Each member of the team won a
gun along with the landowner.
The landowners who provided
the land for the hunt were: Red Hills Lodge, Barry and Betty Tideman, Carter;
Sargent Farms, H & H Hunts, Jesse Heese; Thunder Creek Ranch, Richard and Rick
Bice; Antler Ridge Lodge, Steve and Donna Kubik; LD. Farms Maximum Pheasants,
Larry and Dodie Anderson; White River Sportsman, Larson families of Hamill; Tom
and Marcia Laprath, Dallas; Big Hollow Ranch, James Massa; Rick and Becky
Odenbach; Roger Fiala, Carter.
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