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The family of the late Lawrence “Larry” Kauer donated $3,000 in memorial money to the Tripp County 4-H trust fund that is maintained by the Tripp County Community Foundation.

Kauer’s family wanted to put the money someplace where it would be used in remembrance of him into perpetuity. They also requested that the earnings from these funds be used to sponsor the Tripp County Club feeder calf pen of three contest. This is a new contest that was started in 2014 and until now has not had a permanent sponsor. Larry enjoyed taking care of his calves. He was excited that a young 4-Her chose to show one of his calves and he loved helping wash and groom that calf.

As most people know, Larry lived to help others and especially enjoyed those things where kids were involved.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Fifty years ago, Clarice Poler of Colome started selling Avon products.

Avon is the world famous manufacturer and seller of cosmetics and personal care products.

For the Colome woman it was a change to start an exciting career.

She started selling on Nov. 8, 1966 and has no plans to retire. However, this month she will celebrate a milestone with Avon.

Her sister, Dorothy Rohde sold Avon and was moving to town. She asked Clarice if she would like to take over her job. Poler explained she received encouragement from several people to take on the new job.

She was assigned a certain area to sell and had between 40 to 50 customers. Mainly working in the rural area. She would drive and visit the women, showing them samples of new products and taking their orders.

By Susi Brown Riedl

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing the play “Delval Divas.” This play takes place in a correctional facility of Delware Valley.

This is a humorus play about white collar criminals and the “hardships” they encounter.

This play hosts many different twits from embezzling, insider trading and medicare fraud to manicures and pedicures to name a few.

Winner is fortunate to not only have a wonderful community theatre to host such events but we are also lucky to have a wonderful cast who works tirelessly on the set, learning lines and giving Winner our own cultural experience.

This is a must watch show. Come support our community and see a great show.

The play will be presented Oct. 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the playhouse. The doors will open at 7 p.m.

For ticket reservations call the playhouse at 842-1958.

The Spirit Gems will be hosting a haunted house as a fund raiser Oct. 28, 29 and 30.

The Spirit Gems are going to be performing at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., the week before Christmas.

Hysteria House will be located in the former Rich’s Rec building at 126 E. 4th St.

The haunted house will be open on Oct. 28 and 29 from 7-11 p.m. and Oct. 30 from 7-9 p.m.

There will be several scary rooms.

Persons are asked to bring a canned food donation for the Winner Food Pantry.

The SDRA championship finals rodeo is Oct. 21-23 at the James Kjerstad event center in Rapid City.

Twelve bucking horses and four bucking bulls have been selected from Hollenbeck Rodeo Co. for the championship finals rodeo.

Dori Hollenbeck, Winner, has earned her way to the SDRA finals in barrel racing and is currently in third place in the SDRA standings.

The voter registration deadline for the general election is Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.

Persons may register at the Tripp County Auditor’s Office.

The general election will be held Nov. 8.

Absentee voting is now going on at the Tripp County auditor’s office.

Take back drug day will be held Oct. 22 at the Winner Police Department from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Persons can turn in unused or expired medications for a safe disposal.

Persons can drop off their medications at the police department.

Raven Angus of Colome ranked second largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in South Dakota with the American Angus Association.

Jorgensen Ranches of Ideal ranked as the third largest and Roger and Shelly Joseph, Winner, ranked as the sixth largest in registering the most Angus cattle in South Dakota with the American Angus Association.

Angus breeders across the nation in 2016 registered 334,607 head of Angus cattle. “Our growth this fiscal year continues to demonstrate strong demand for Angus genetics and solidifies our long-held position as a leader in the beef cattle industry,” said Allen Moczygemba, association chief executive officer.

The Winner High School competitive cheer team traveled to Faulkton on Oct. 10 and came home with first place.

“This is usually a great competition for us and it gives us a chance to go up against some of the best teams in the state, most importantly Sioux Valley, who have been the state champion in Class A since competitive cheer became a sport in South Dakota,” said coach Val Ewing.

Winner won the Faulkton meet with a score of 146. Faulkton was second with a 136.5 and Sioux Valley was third, 134.5.  Ewing said when Faulkton was announced as second place the Winner girls went wild.

“They have worked so hard all year and it was nice to see them come out on top,” said Ewing.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Nestled in the corner of a dam at Curtis Landscaping and Design is a piece of heaven and Winner’s newest hunting lodge.

A two store log building is the home of Canada Goose Lodge. The 2500 square foot structure is located in the heart of pheasant hunting country.  There will be a grand opening at the lodge at 1257 Country Club Road on Oct. 14, the day before the pheasant season opener.