The local development corporation is giving each graduate from Winner High School and Colome High School a mailbox for graduation.
Included will be letter inviting then back home someday to live and have a career.
Businesses have given pens, post it notes, magnetic clips and many other items that are inside each mail box.
There are 72 graduates between Winner and Colome.
The Colome graduation is May 13 and Winner High School graduation is May 20.
The triple crown rodeo was held in White River, Winner and Burke this weekend.
Wiley Heath of Colome was boys all around n Winner and Karissa Rayhill of Martin was the girls all around.
Gavin Myers of Winner will graduate from Georgetown University on May 20.
He will receive a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and film and media studies.
He is the only student from the Class of 2017 that is from South Dakota. There are estimated 1,100 graduates from all 50 states and 69 countries.
“It has been an honor to represent South Dakota and Winner at one of the top 20 universities in the country,” said Myers.
Kristin Maier of Witten, graduated with a degree in elementary education from Northern State University on May 6. She graduated cum laude.
Area students graduated from the University of South Dakota on May 6.
The graduates include: Tracy Routh, Colome, bachelor of science, communication sciences and disorders; Logan Welker, Hamill, bachelor of arts in psychology and Spanish; Nolan Welker, Hamill, bachelor of business administration, management; Michelle Novak, Winner, bachelor of science in communication sciences and disorder; Keely Krolikowski, Winner, doctor of medicine; Tanae Kartak, Winner, doctor of occupational therapy; Renee Burnham, Winner, doctor of physical therapy.
The law enforcement torch run for South Dakota Special Olympics will pass through Winner on May 16. The event will start at 2:45 p.m. at the city park on West 5th St. From 5th St the group will walk to South County Road and then go to Third Street and back to the park.
The public is invited to participate.
“We are very excited to bring the torch run through Winner on the way to the state Special Olympics summer games in Spearfish,” said Todd Bradwisch, vice president, law enforcement torch run.
Winner Mayor Frank Finney signed a proclamation declaring May 15-19 as law enforcement torch run for Special Olympics week.
The Special Olympics program is a year round athletic competition in which over 2,000 individuals with disabilities from South Dakota compete in various events.
In 2016, the torch run and other fund raising events raised over $574,000 for Special Olympics in South Dakota.
The core group of runners will finish at the games opening ceremony in Spearfish on May 18.
PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced today that the Town of Colome public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award.
“We cannot live without water; it is just that simple,” said DENR Secretary Steve Pirner. “With these awards, DENR salutes the best-of-the-best drinking water systems and operation specialists who deliver safe water 24 hours-a-day to their customers and successfully met all the of the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act last year.”
The system’s operation specialist was Dave Witt.
To qualify for the Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award, public water systems and their system operations specialists had to meet all of the following requirements for 2016:
• compliance monitoring and reporting,
• drinking water standards, and
• certification requirements.
Chase Hrabanek of Colome is a new member of the American Angus Association.
The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on over 18 million registered Angus.
The 3rd annual Billy Bolander Memorial fishing tournament was held on April 29th at Roosevelt Lake with twelve teams competeing. The boats were launched and after a minute of silence for Ol’ Bill the tournament began at 7 AM and ended at 2 PM. Bryce Hauf and Mark Rohde took first place with 11 pounds 11 ounces, Shane Stiehl and Eric Storms took second place with 9 pounds 4 ounces and Jim Williams and Harlan Folkers took third place with 8 pounds 9 ounces. Stiehl and Storms also won big bass and the odd fish categories.
It’s hard to know when medical training will be needed, but BankWest employees in Winner will be better equipped to handle emergency situations.
BankWest employees recently completed CPR certification and learned how to use the bank’s new AED machine. The AED is a defibrillator which can be used on someone experiencing heart failure. Branch President Doug Long said every employee successfully completed the training.
“All seven of our branch employees are now CPR and AED certified,” Long said. “BankWest has a strong commitment to its customers and its communities. Having trained employees, who know how to react during emergency situations, is just one way of giving back to our community.”
In addition to CPR and AED certification, employees learned the proper procedures for assisting adults, children and infants who are choking. The training was provided by Sharon Naasz from the Winner Regional Healthcare Center. Completing the course were: Doug Long, Barry Gardner, Linda Nelson, Mary Sprenkle, Michael Scott, Heather Benedict and Lisa Curtis.
BankWest is a locally-owned, community bank with 17 branches in 14 communities including Armour, Delmont, Geddes, Gregory, Kadoka, Kennebec, Mitchell, Onida, Pierre, Rapid City, Selby, Tripp, Vivian and Winner. It also has stand-alone insurance offices in Murdo, Philip, Presho, Rapid City, Salem and Spearfish. To learn more, visit HYPERLINK “http://www.bankwest-sd.bank” www.bankwest-sd.bank or “Like” them on Facebook.
Sid Bice, a Winner High School graduate, fought in a mixed martial arts competition Saturday in Sioux Falls. Bice won his match.
The mixed martial arts fighter lives in Denver, Colo., and goes through high level of training at Factory X. He is also an instructor at Factory X.
Bice, 6-1, took on Cody Land in the 125-pound co-main event at Legacy Fighting Alliance’s Sioux Falls fight night at the Sanford Penagon.
The Hanpa Tec’ unpi Akic’ita (hand game Warriors) won second place at tournament April 29 at St. Joseph Indian School in Chamberlain.
The team beat St. Joe’s middle school in the first round, St. Joe’s high school in the second round, lost to Crow Creek in the third round, beat Todd County in the fourth round (to come off the loser bracket) and beat St. Joe’s middle school again in the fifth round.
The team played Pine Ridge in the championship round and lost taking second place.
There were a total of 11 team in the tournament.
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