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A tradition that was started years ago by the Episcopal Church Women is now carried on by the Alpha Phi Chapter of ESA.

ESA offers affordable, repurposed flower arrangements for Memorial Day cemetery decorating.

When the church ladies decided they did not want to tackle the process any longer, they approached Alpha Phi chapter to see if they wanted to take over. So the ESA chapter has been carrying on the tradition for over 14 years.

Anthony Husher of Winner, a member of the Dakota Wesleyan University golf team, has been named to the all-Great Plains Athletic Conference team.  Husher earned his first GPAC honors after finishing tied for 18th in the GPAC with a score of 311.

Severe storms that crossed South Dakota on Sunday led to reports of some tornadoes.

The National Weather Service says a tornado in Tripp County Sunday evening caused the loss of farm building and power lines down.  Rick Petersek, who lives east of Colome, lost a barn and the storm flipped over a semi.

The power was off in Colome for about three to four hours and the strong winds ripped power poles.

Rosebud Electric Cooperative of Gregory reported they lost five transmission poles north of the Colome Substation. This same lines feeds power to the Hamill area and residents in this area of Tripp County were also without power. The power went off around 8 p.m. and the power was restored around midnight.

REC says in their whole system they lost between 15 to 20 poles that were hit by lighting or blown down by the wind.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs spoke to the Winner High School government class on May 12.

She told the class when she was 18 years old she served as a page in the legislature. “That spurred my interest in politics. Since that time I have been actively involved behind the scene in many campaigns,” she said.

Krebs served in the legislature for 10 years prior to running for secretary of state. “I ran for secretary of state because I did not agree what was going on in office. I wanted to make a change,” she explained.

Krebs told the students it is important for them to vote and that every vote does matter. She encouraged the seniors to download the mobile app Vote 605. Here persons can view a sample ballot, find a polling place, view legislative districts, access county auditors and gather absentee ballot information.

Fogel Chiropractic Clinic, led by Dr. David Fogel and Dr. Jerry Fogel of Gregory, South Dakota, becomes one of the first chiropractic organizations to achieve NCQA Patient-Centered Connected Care Recognition.

Best Practices Academy™ is proud to announce that Fogel Chiropractic Clinic of Gregory, has achieved the Patient-Centered Connected Care™ Recognition, a program launched by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). David Fogel, DC and Jerry Fogel, DC achieved recognition for their practice located in Gregory.

Named the best female athlete at the Colome Field Day on May 11 was Breanna Thieman. The second grader placed first in all events.

There was a tie for first place for best male athlete between Seth Heath and Joseph Laprath.

The placed first in the 50, 100, 200, 400, softball throw, chin-ups and long jump.

Preslie Petersek was the girls chinup champ. She did 11 chinups.

The boys chinup champ was Riley Shippy with 19 chinups.

Zach Horstman, Winner High School and South Dakota State University basketball standout, will be the speaker at the Winner Athletic Awards Night on May 17 in the Winner Armory. The program will start at 7 p.m. 
Awards will be given to Winner High School athletes in various sports.

Awards will also be presented to community members who have had an impact on the athletic program.

The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced that the city of Winner public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a drinking water certificate of achievement award.

The system specialists are Danny Ayers, Calvin Cerv, Mark Leibrich, Josh Anderson, Mike Brown and Lynn Tilton.

Agent Wendy Mortenson of Winner was the American Family Insurance 2016 Agent of the Month for the month of April.
Mortenson has been an agent with American Family since September of 2011.

Winner youths competed in the USA state freestyle and Greco wrestling meet Sunday in Harrisburg.

In the 9-10 division, Karson Keiser got first in freestyle and first in Greco at 70 pounds.

In the 11-12, Riley Shippy got first in freestyle and first in Greco at 105 pounds.

In 13-14, Kaden Keiser got first in freestyle and first in Greco at 91 pounds.

In 15-16, Wyatt Turnquist placed first in freestyle and first in Grego in 113 pounds.