The annual Colome chili cook-off will be held Feb. 24 at the Colome American Legion.
It will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Persons can enjoy some chili and vote for their favorite recipe.
Categories are: hottest, best tasting, most unusual and best tasing other soup.
The winners in each category will get to allocate a portion of the donations to the Tripp County youth organization of their choice.
Persons who would like to compete, contact Jeff Hrabanek (840-4211) or Laura Kahler (840-8537).
Government offices in Winner will be closed on Feb. 19 in honor of Presidents Day.
The Tripp County Courthouse will be closed as well as the library.
The Winner city office will be closed on Monday.
All state and federal offices in Winner will be closed.
The Winner Post Office will be closed and there will be no mail delivery.
First Fidelity Banks of Winner and Colome will be closed as well as BankWest and Sentinel Federal Credit Union.
There will be no noon meal served at the senior citizens center on Feb. 19.
Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services will not be open for business on Monday.
A star basketball player for Winner, Chris Haynes was inducted into the Winner School Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Haynes graduated from Winner High School in 2002. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University and master’s degree from University of South Dakota.
At WHS, Haynes was a three sport athlete participating in basketball, football and track, lettering nine times.
In basketball, Haynes was first team all state as a senior and third team as a junior. He was a Mr. Basketball finalist and Argus Leader all second team.
In 2001 the Warriors finished as consolation champions in the state tournament.
Haynes went on to play four years as a starting point guard for the DWU Tigers. He was named team captain as a junior and senior.
In football, Haynes was a two year starting quarterback and defensive back, earning all-state honors as a senior.
In track, he medaled eight times at the state meet, five times in relays and three times in open events.
Haynes is currently teaching and coaching at Yankton High School. He is Yankton’s all-time winningest boys basketball coach. During his 11 year tenure he has led the Bucks to seven state tournaments including state championships in 2018 and 2023.
He and his wife, Ashley, have been married since 2011 and together have three children, Cooper, Connor and Ally.
Winner Community Playhouse will present a spring production Feb. 23, 24, Feb. 29, March 1 and 2.
“The Hitchin Post” by Pat Cook is the play that has been chosen.
The cast includes Barb DeSersa, Doug Nelson, Cassie Shutt, Hayden McMurtrey, Mary Backus, Ken Teger, Ron High Rock, Emily Moser, Dan Patmore, Keith DeMers, Linda Nelson and Sandra York.
Ron High Rock is the director with Dan Patmore as the technical director.
The action in “Hitchin’ Post” centers around a general store in Flat Rock, Texas. It is a hilarious slice of life outside a Texas town.
Persons who want to learn the latest legislative news should attend the cracker barrel in Winner on Saturday, Feb. 10. The event will be held at 4 p.m. at the Winner American Legion. Winner Legion Auxiliary will host the event.
Attending will be Dist. 21 lawmakers—Sen. Erin Tobin of Winner; Rep. Rocky Blare of Winner and Rep. Marty Overweg, New Holland.
A small group of the 147th South Dakota Army National Guard band stationed out of Mitchell will perform in Winner on Feb. 8. They will perform in the Armory from 2:45 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
Winner is one of their stops on a tour of schools.
Mission Essential Brass is a nine member ensemble. The band plays a variety of music and has a high energy show.
The band is based in Mitchell and has seen overseas deployment to Guatemala in 1991, Panama in 1996 Nicaeragua in 2002 and Suriname in 2018.
The band performs for military and civilian functions throughout the region and is made up of musicians aged 17 to 60.
In addition to the concert and ceremonial bands, the 147th Band is comprised of four unique music performance teams: Sgt. Rock, FTX, Drive On and Mission Essential Brass.
Ben Vandenbark, Colome, won first place in the state for the VFW Patriot’s Pen contest.
The Colome 8th grader is the son of Matt and Kate Vandenbark.
His essay goes to the national competition. The top placers then travel to Washington, D.C.
Vandenbark was the district winner which qualified him for the state meet in Pierre. He represented Winner VFW post and auxiliary.
“How are you inspired by America?” was the essay theme.
His essay was about veterans, his grandfather and first responders. He talked about how the veterans fought for our country and even when hurt continued to fight.
Vandenbark was inspired by his grandfather who served in the Navy. He wishes he could learn more about his grandfather’s time at sea and the ship he was on.
Vandenbark also wrote about how first responders put themselves in danger and help others. He noted how the first responders reacted during 9/11.
Patriot’s Pen gives 6th, 7th and 8th grade students the opportunity to express their opinion on a patriotic theme and improve their writing skills while they compete for awards and prizes.
Conducted nationwide, this VFW sponsored youth essay competition encourages students to use their minds and knowledge of America’s history and their experience of today’s American society to write essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme.
Mary Ann (Redl) Moorhead, 91, of Winner, SD passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Winner Regional Nursing Home on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
A private family Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 at 10 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner, SD. Burial followed in the Winner City Cemetery. An open public visitation was held on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 from 5-6 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with a rosary beginning at 6 p.m.
Mary Ann Redl was born in Iroquois, South Dakota to John and Marie (Brandrup) Redl on Oct. 26, 1932. Growing up in Deadwood, Mary Ann was an active Brownie Scout and social butterfly which continued throughout her life. She was proud to tell stories of her father playing Wild Bill Hickok in the shootout reenactments as well as riding side-saddle in the Days of ‘76 Parade, on her horse named Penny. She hosted her own radio show during her teenage years where her vocals sang any song requested. Her personality shined as a bartender helping her parents at the Inferno, which was built in an old mine shaft near Terry Peak.
On May 24, 1951, she married the love of her life, Gerald Dean Moorhead at the St. Ambrose Church in Deadwood. To this union, three children were born, John, Cindy, and Gerri.
Mary Ann and Gerald moved to Winner, South Dakota to manage Modern Cleaners raising their three children as Winner Warriors. They loved sports; most notably yelling at each other over the Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the couple lost their son on a family hunting trip, which Mary Ann never fully recovered from.
Known for her sugar cookies and silly jokes, Mary Ann could warm any room. Her giggle and smile was contagious and her inviting soul welcomed anyone to call her “Grandma.” She loved to bowl (2005 SDWBA Hall of Fame Inductee), foster any animal (squirrels included), play cards, sing her school song, and spend time with family and friends alike. Her pure joy was watching and cheering on her grandkids and great grandkids no matter their accomplishments, big or small, in-person or on a live stream.
Mary Ann was an expert in the kitchen and in the woodshop with Gerald. Her famous kitchen recipes were: sugar cookies that melted in your mouth, pies that nobody could replicate, and egg rolls that caused family disagreements of who would get the last one. In the last months of her life, she was able to share her joy of cooking homemade noodles for the other residents at the nursing home.
She is survived by her daughters Cindy (Doug) Osborn, Winner; Gerri (Chuck) Mosset, Sioux Falls; special nephew, Billy (Amy) Reiser, Wagner; daughter-in-law, Lori Schrader, Winner, 12 grandchildren: Cody(Brandy), Casey (Laurie), TJ (Michele), Cassidy (Matt), Brady (Jamie), Jamie (Jason), Chelsey (Matt), Dustin, Corey, Rachele (Justin), Randi, and Becca along with 22 great grandchildren, her sister-in-law, Jan Redl, several nieces and nephews and anyone who would consider her their grandma.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Gerald, favorite son, John, parents John and Marie, her sister, Phyllis, and three brothers, Jack, Bill and Donny Redl.
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