Glen Hollenbeck of Clearfield won the 68 and over category championship in tie down calf roping at the national senior pro rodeo finals in Panguitch, Utah.
Hollenbeck, 75, had both knees replaced and has worked hard to get in shape and continue his passion for roping calves.
Hollenbeck has been a long time competitor in the senior tie down division.
Hollenbeck was awarded a gold buckle for winning the title.
Winner High School dance team placed third overall at the state Class A contest in Rapid City on Friday.
In individual categories, Winner hip hop placed second while pom and kick earned third place.
“During the season as our individual category scores kept improving we discussed the possibility of placing at state if we did our best and we did,” said coach Cyndy DeMers. “We performed well and the competition was close,” she said.
“This is a difficult sport and judged on choreography difficulty as well as performance, endurance and proficiency. Improving our skills was something we concentrated on this year. We hosted a team camp, attended a camp at USD and spent many mornings practicing. As a coach I am extremely proud of our placement and improvement over the year,” said DeMers.
Team captains Macy Olson- pom; Abby Marts- kick and Gracie Littau-hip hop have led the teams and provided both choreography and direction in all areas of this sport,” sad DeMers.
The coach recognized the two seniors Macy Olson and Maddy Hanson for their dedication and leadership.
The Warriorette pom team will be performing at the halftime of the second playoff football game on Oct. 26 at Warrior Field.
By Val Ewing
Winner Area cheer coach
The Winner Area Competitive Cheer team ended their season on Friday, Oct 19 in Rapid City at the State Cheer and Dance Competition. Here are the results and highlights of the last few competitions.
Oct. 14th we competed in Platte at the Platte-Geddes Cheer Pink Invitational. The girls all wore Pink Ribbon shirts in order to support all the people in our community that are currently fighting breast cancer. They were especially aiming though to support one of their fellow cheerleaders, Shelby Scott who’s mother is currently fighting this horrible disease. The girls wanted to give Shelby’s mom Kathy a gift to help her along her journey and they presented it at this competition. The girls did not have the best performance but it solidified the changes we needed to make and the parts of our routine that we needed to work on the week of state.
We traveled to Rapid on Thursday evening. We knew Friday was going to be a long day of hurry up and wait. We had practice scheduled at the Rapid City Gymnastics Gym at 10:00 Friday morning and then went to eat as a team. We arrived at Rapid City Stevens at about 1:30 which gave the girls time to get their hair done before we practiced at 2:15. The coaches had a meeting at 3:30 and then the competition started at 5:00. This year’s competition was unique because a Winner team started it and finished it. Winner Dance kicked it off, going first. We were the final team to compete Friday night. Our routine went really well and all our stunts and changes were great until the end when we had a small glitch in the pyramid. They regrouped though pretty fast and ended it strong. Winner placed 5th in the Large Stunting/Tumbling division and then overall tied for 7th place with Redfield/Doland. There were 20 teams competing. Our score was a 206
Overall I am completely happy with how our season ended. These girls worked super hard to finish the year strong and with bigger and better stunts. We changed things up more than once and there were never any complaints. We have 6 seniors that I am not sure how we are going to replace them. Maddy Hanson has been a competitive cheerleader for 5 years, Macy Olson and Hannah Hanson for 4 years and Macie Ferwerda for 3 years. Their leadership and knowledge really helped us be the team we were this year and next year’s seniors have big shoes to fill. Kaylee Bolton and Elisabeth Duffy were new this year, but both of them jumped right in and did an outstanding job. They both were kind of thrown into things they had little to no experience in, and both did so without complaining. I am super proud of all the girls work ethic and dedication. Some of them had at least 1 other sport they were competing in and they still managed to do a great job. We, as coaches are sad the season is over but are already looking to next year. I want to thank my 2 assistant coaches – Samantha Novotny and Kirstin Livermont for all their help this season. They make coaching a little easier and both have strengths that help make this squad as good as it is.
Winner High School competitive dance team placed first in Faulkton on Oct. 9.
Dance teams included Winner, Northwestern, Gregory and Clark-Willow Lake.
“It is always good to compete against teams we don’t usually get to see during the year and especially since our state competition is getting close,” said coach Cyndy DeMers.
She said judges comments on choreography, technique and synchronicity help to improve each dance and give us direction for improvement.
“Our goal is to continue to raise the scores at each competition,” said DeMers.
Amanda Work of Swier Law Firm has been selected to the 2017 South Dakota “Rising Stars” list. The lawyer works in the Winner office of the law firm.
Each year, a small percent of the lawyers in South Dakota are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. To be eligible for inclusion as a Rising Star, a lawyer must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
“We are excited and proud that Amanda has been selected to receive this honor,” said Scott Swier. “We congratulate and thank Amanda for her commitment to her clients, which is evident with this well-deserved recognition.”
The annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.
By Dan Bechtold, Editor
Several residents attended the public hearing on the five year Tripp County highway and bridge improvement plan Friday morning at a special meeting of the Tripp County Commissioners.
Derek McTighe of Brosz Engineering of Pierre conducted the meeting.
The deadline for submitting the application with the Department of Transportation was Friday afternoon.
Counties are required to update a transportation plan to be eligible for local Bridge Improvement Grant (BIG) funding. Once eligible, Tripp County may submit applications to construct, reconstruct bridges based on, but not limited to, project need and funding mechanisms available.
There are several projects listed in the priority list for 2018.
McTighe explained one of the project Brosz Engineering wants to have shovel-ready plans made up is for the Rahn Lake bridge. This is one of the projects Tripp County is seeking a BIG grant.
Tripp County 4-Hers placed at the state 4-H shooting sports.
Luke Hennebold won first place in state senior trap.
George Clark, Katie Welker, Jude Sargent, Jesse Larson were third in junior trap.
Luke Hennebold, Jack Ducheneaux, Wade McClanahan, Tane Pravecek were second in senior trap.
Katie Welker, George Clark, Jude Sargent, Jesse Larson were first in junior sporting clays.
Luke Hennebold, Wade McClanahan, Tane Pravecek, Jack Ducheneaux were second in senior sporting clays.
Katie Welker, George Clark, Jude Sargent, Jesse Larson were first in junior skeet.
Luke Hennebold, Wade McClanahan, Tane Pravecek and Jack Ducheneaux were second in senior skeet.
Raven Angus of Colome ranked as the largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in South Dakota with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2017.
Jorgensen Ranches of Ideal ranked third largest in registering the most Angus cattle in South Dakota.
Angus breeders across the nation in 2017 registered 332,421 head of Angus cattle. “Our growth this fiscal year continues to demonstrate strong demand for Angus genetics and solidifies our long-held position as the leader in the beef cattle industry,” said Allen Moczygemba, association chief executive officer.
By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Friendship. Renewed determination. Embracing life.
All these elements make for a great Winner Community Playhouse production of “The Savannah Sipping Society.”
Four veterans of the Winner stage carry the show. It is an outright hold onto your seat laugh riot of a play.
You have not missed the play yet. It will be presented Oct. 12, 13 and 14 at 7:30 each night at the playhouse. For reservations call 842-1958.
The cast includes Tami Comp, Sandra York, Barb DeSersa and Brandy Biggins.
There are cameo roles by Victoria Gronlund, Becca Carlson, Cheril Meiners and Linda Watson.
Four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day to day routines, are drawn together by fate and an impromptu happy hour.
Randa, (played by Comp), a perfectionist and workaholic, is struggling to cope with a surprise career derailment that reveals she has no life and no idea how to get one
Dot (played by York), is still reeling from her husband’s recent demise and the loss of their plans for an idyllic retirement. She faces an unsettling prospect for starting a new life from scratch.
Marlafaye (DeSersa) has blown into Savannah fresh from Texas.
Also new in town is Jinx, (Biggins) a life coach and veritable force of nature who offers new skills to help the group.
I like the solo parts each woman has as it helps weave the story together. It also allows the other women time to do a costume change as there are named changes of custom in this production.
York wears two hats in this production. She is the director and also is one of the actresses.
Dan Patmore is the technical director and created a southern home verandah where most of the action takes place.
“The Savannah Sipping Society” is filled with laughter, hilarious misadventures as these four women bond and find the confidence to jumpstart their lives.
However, most importantly, they learn it is never too late to make new old friends. A lesson we can all take to heart.
Go see the play—it is really enjoyable.
By Dan Bechtold
Editor
On an overcast cool afternoon, the Winner community celebrated the great news of the expansion of the Winner Regional Healthcare Center.
The official groundbreaking was held at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 4. Hospital board members, speakers, and hospital executives threw out the first shovel of dirt signifying the official start of the $23 million project.
As the officials put on construction helmets and picked up their shovels, the crowd applauded.
Several speakers spoke at the ground breaking.
Jody Engel, communication/foundation director at Winner Regional Healthcare Center, said “We find ourselves coming together as a community to take another step forward in ensuring our neighbors, friends and families continue to receive the quality health care we all expect and deserve for generations to come.”
Engel explained the healthcare center has a talented staff and this is truly a community hospital.
Carol Horstman, who has been a nurse at the hospital for 33 years, says she has seen many changes over those years. She looks forward to having an ER that will have private exam rooms instead of just drawing a curtain as is the case in the current ER.
Horstman noted the use of computers for charting was a big change.
She added the new addition will be a great asset. “This expansion shows we are progressive,” Horstman said.
Jill Swallow has worked in radiology for 27 years at Winner Regional. “I am so fortunate to work her,” she said. Like Horstman, Swallow has seen changes and for her department it was moving into the digital age where all the images are now digital, there is no longer the use of film to taking x-rays.
Swallow says her co-workers make this a great place to work. She noted there is need for expansion as they have outgrown their space in the facility.
“We want to continue to grow so patients can stay close to home,” she said.
Cally Night Pipe works at the long term care side of Winner Regional Healthcare Center. Even thought there will be no addition to the long term care unit, Night Pipe sees the benefit that the expansion will provide.
“This project is what Winner needs for future generations,” she said.
Dr. Tony Berg has been a family practice doctor in Winner for 35 years. He is now the chairman of the fundraising campaign for the new expansion.
“This is a great day for Winner,” he said.
Berg told the crowd this is your hospital and will be here for generations to come.
He noted the governing board had faith in this community and voted to move ahead with the building project.
Following the groundbreaking, a community meal was served in the Winner Armory. There were also free cupcakes for anyone who was born at Winner Regional.
At the meal, persons has a chance to look at the building plans.
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