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Area students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of South Dakota.
The students include: Josey Blare, Carter; Logan Welker, Hamill; Ashley Curtis, Clay Hoffman, Jacob Naasz, Michelle Novak, Raysha Gardner, Shawntessa Lester, Tracy Routh, all of Winner.

Pahlke graduates from UNL.

Rachel Pahlke of Winner graduated this summer from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The commencement was held Aug. 15.
She earned a bachelor of science degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.

The 2015-2016 Winner Hall of Fame selection committee will be meeting the first week of September. If anyone would like to nominate an individual for the committee to consider, please pick up a form at the Winner School administration office at 431 E. 7th St or go the Winner School District website www.winner.k12.sd.us for information. Once a candidate is nominated he or she will stay on file for consideration each year by the selection committee. A current list of nominations can be found on the school district website.

The committee will be selecting 4-6 new inductees into the hall of fame this year.

Windsor Barry of Carter has been chosen as a member of the junior advisory council for Farmers Union.

Barry was chosen as one of the six persons to serve as leaders, role models and representatives in planning and conducting the 2016 state leadership camp.

A Nebraska woman and three boys were injured following a rollover in Tripp County Friday afternoon.  The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Highway 183, 5 miles north of Witten.

Amber Baker, 37, Kearney, Neb., was driving a GMC Envoy north when she attempted to pass a horse trailer. While attempting to pass, she saw two southbound motorcycles coming and swerved back into the northbound lane and lost control. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled.

Baker and three juveniles were treated for minor injuries. All four were wearing seat belts.

Kristie Storms, a teacher at Monterey High School in Lubbock, TX, was one of 34 teachers nationwide chosen to complete a food science training program developed and implemented in a partnership between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and Graduate School USA. The one-week program for middle and high school science teachers, as well as family and consumer science and health education teachers, took place in Washington this summer.
Storms is the daughter of Dean and Nancy Storms of Millboro.

Kristie Storms also received a $30,000 fellowship from the Helen Jones Foundation Inc. to Texas Tech in order to pursue her doctorate degree.

Tayne Bohman of Pierre, Grandson of Danny and Linda Brunmeier and Tom and Pam Bohman, was the recent recipient of the Tony Eldridge Bowling Award. Tony was a young man from the Pierre area who had a love for bowling that has no rival; if Tony could have lived at the Bowling Alley, he would have. He lost his life too early in a go-kart accident. Tony’s parents wanted to keep his love for bowling alive and this award was their way of doing it. Since the 1970’s they have worked with the bowling coaches to determine who they believe would best represent this award as they love bowling as much as Tony did. The parents of Tony began giving this award, in 1979 and the tradition has continued since then.

By Dan Merritt, Advocate Reporter

He holds his left arm up as though protecting his eyes from the sun.  Back arched, his right hand is stationary atop his Ruger Vaquero pistol.  It’s in a holster on his right hip.  His thumb’s on the hammer.  Dean Storms — the Beaver Creek Kid of southwest Tripp County — is about to draw and shoot.

Oooops! He just did, in the 0.3 second of time it took to read the last three words of the previous paragraph.

The life-time Winner/Valentine area rancher and his wife Nancy compete in Cowboy Fast Draw Association contests from local to world levels.  She can draw and shoot in a time of 0.6-seconds. Sometimes better than that, in the 0.5’s.

Dean was world champion of men in 2013.  Nancy was Nebraska women’s champ in 2012. Or, that is, Mother Nature was champ (that’s Nancy’s Fast Draw “name”).  The two were the best couple in the world Fastest Gun Alive competition in Nevada in 2011 and in 2014.

Sixteen entries sang their hearts out for the top spot and the $500 prize in the 2015 Stampede Idol Contest. Jim Halverson of Winner, topped the list of contenders and earned the chance to perform at all three rodeo performances.

Participants included: Kim Garwood of Butte, NE; Richelle Wendt of Spencer, NE; Tim Mayer of Naper, NE; Kacey Veurink of Platte, SD; Tyler Pranger of Platte, SD; Ardeth Backmann of Bonesteel, SD; Pete Mathey of White Lake, SD; Dillon Hunt of Springview, NE; Taylor Pistulka and Tori Vogt of Bonesteel, SD; Karsyn Krause of Wessington, SD; Charity Hunt of Springview, NE; Keith Mayer of Naper, NE; Catalina Knox of Butte, NE; Mindy Kerner of Burke, SD; Tanya Shoemaker of Gregory, SD and the winner, Jim Halvorson of Winner, SD.

Jim joins past winners Jacinta Opbroek (2009), Rehme Sutton (2010), Kathy Tegethoff (2011), Logan & Nolan Welker (2012), Katie Eliason (2013) and Lane Moore (2014).

Following the first round the top three performances picked by the judges, Bert Davis, Katie Opp and Tracie Haley, were asked to come to the stage for another performance and following that the audience was asked to vote on the one they thought had the best performance. Tyler Pranger, Dillon Hunt and Jim Halvorson were chosen as the three finalists and following the vote Jim was crowned the champion.

Sister Mary William Allen, PBVM, formerly of Winner, was among the ten Presentation Sisters celebrating 75, 60 and 50 years of religious life this summer. All of the Jubilarians were honored July 14 and 15 during the annual community days at Mount Loretto Presentation motherhouse, Dubuque, Iowa.

Sister Mary William Allen was honored for 75 years of religious life.

An evening social, a Mass with renewal of vows, and brunch marked the occasion. The theme for the jubilee was “Impelled by the Legacy of Nano Nagle.” [Venerable Honora “Nano” Nagle, 1718 – 1784, is the founder of the Sisters of the Presentation.].
Sister Mary William Allen, PBVM, a native of Clare, Iowa, served as a teacher at the former St. Mary’s Elementary School in Winner and in Catholic elementary schools in Charles City, Elkader, Epworth and Dubuque, as principal in Monona, Iowa; in Catholic schools in Storm Lake, Algona, Sheldon, Whittemore and Humboldt, Iowa; she also taught in the Catholic school in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Sister Mary William served as motherhouse coordinator at Mount Loretto from 1955 to 1961. She began community prayer and service at the motherhouse in 1987.

“As I celebrate these years of religious life, I am reminded of God’s goodness to me and the opportunity of 75 years of service to community and God’s people,” states Sister Mary William.

Summarizing it in a favorite saying she shares: “Happy Moments: Praise God. Difficult Moments: Seek God. Quiet Moments: Worship God. Painful Moments: Trust God. Every Moment: Thank God.”