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The 47th annual Tripp County 4-H Rodeo will be held July 17 at the Tripp County Fairgrounds.
Over 175 contestants will be participating to earn a spot at the state 4-H rodeo to be held in Ft. Pierre in August.
The rodeo will start at 8 a.m. with the ambassador contest and the rodeo events will get underway at 10 a.m.
Junior girls will be competing in barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping and goat tying.
Junior boys will be competing in flag race, breakaway roping, goat tying, and cattle riding. The senior girls events will be barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, breakaway roping, ribbon roping and dally team roping.

“The King is Coming” vacation bible school at the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Winner, will be held July 20-24 for 9 a.m. to noon.
This is for kids who have completed pre-school to 6th grade.
For information call 842—1569.

Name: Wendy Mortenson
Birthplace: Yankton, SD
Family: Husband Marty & 3 children – Hunter, Ryder, & Piper.
Currently reside where: Winner
Occupation: Insurance Agent
Civic/religious/other boards on which you serve or groups/organizations you belong to: Rotary board member, Certified Insurance Counselor, Chamber of Commerce member.
The best thing about my job is: Fulfilling  insurance needs for families.
My favorite childhood memory: Camping with family.
When growing up, I wanted to be: In sales or merchandising.
My most prized possession: Family
Favorite sports teams: Winner Warriors & Huskers.
Favorite current television show: HGTV
Favorite past television shows: Brothers & Sisters
Favorite movie: The Blind Side
Favorite actor: Robin Williams
Favorite actress: Sandra Bullock
Favorite musician/band: Keith Urban
Favorite book/author: Danielle Steel
Favorite publication (newspapers, magazines): People Magazine
Favorite holiday and why: Christmas. To be with family & making memories.
Favorite Bible verse: Psalm 23
Hobbies: Scrapbooking & camping.
Three things that can always be found in my refrigerator: Ketchup, pop, cheese.
My favorite snack: Popcorn
Pet peeve: Dishonesty
Three words that best describe me: Caring, honest, hardworking.
I’ve never been able to: Travel overseas.
I wish I could stop: Worldwide wars.
I’m better than most at: Analyzing myself.
The best times of my life: Family vacations & births of my 3 children.
My most embarrassing moments are: Forgetting someone’s name I should know.
I’d like to have a dollar for: Foul language I hear.
If I could go anywhere in the world, I’d go to: Hawaii
If I won the lottery: Buy a few nice things & save the rest for future needs of my family.
My definition of a great evening is: Sitting by a campfire & being with family.
A goal I have for the future: Spend more time with family & friends and be healthy.

The second annual Ladies Only Shoot will be held July 18 at the Rosebud Arrow, Rod and Gun Club in Winner.

The event is sponsored by Pheasants Forever. Mike Scott, president of the local chapter, said they had good feedback from the ladies event last year and wanted to offer another one.

Registration is from 8:30 to 9 a.m. The session is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be four sessions and the ladies will be rotated through all the classes. The sessions will include: shot gun where they will shoot traps, . 22 pistols, archery and guns 101 which will be a lecture class which will cover the basics of guns.

By Dan Merritt, Advocate Reporter

“For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes,” it says in the Bible.

Well, it’s not exactly the “Son of Man” who’s come to Winner to fill empty pulpits here.

But two “sons of men” have arrived at this time to pastor churches in town and the area — Tyler Greathouse and family coming from Chicago out of the East.

He’s at Carter Gospel Fellowship Church, Carter. But he lives in Winner.

And the other, George Kraft and family, comes from Ajo, Ariz. out the West.

He’s at the Assembly of God Church, Winner, living the parsonage directly next to the church facility.

By Dan Merritt, Advocate Reporter

Some young adults lay on the floor in the Tripp County ambulance building at Winner, Tuesday night (June 30).

And others were feeling them.

Sometimes they laughed. Which can cause an emergency care provider to jump a bit, according to John Hofeldt, an EMT at Colome.

He’s helping with a summer EMT course being taught at Winner by field emergency treatment specialist Katheryn Benton of Chamberlain.

She’s a critical care paramedic, manger/director of the Missouri Valley Ambulance Service, and a state training officer for SDEMTA among a number of other teaching and faculty designations.

Sometimes when checking out a person in an emergency — feeling arms, legs, shoulders, back, ribs to determine injuries — an EMT can hit a “ticklish” spot and evoke laughter. Or an unconscious person can jerk suddenly.

Which can cause the EMT to rear back a bit. Especially an inexperienced one. It’s not the best scenario, Hofeldt indicated.

But there are many sudden, surprising things that can happen when dealing with people in health crisis, he indicated.

One has to adjust quickly/appropriately. Be cool.

By Dan Merritt, Advocate Reporter

Announcement by Jeb Bush that he’s running for President June 15 last week didn’t send people into the streets here in Winner or the area, ringing bells and expressing joy.

He’s the third Bush in 27 years to announce he’s seeking the nation’s highest office.

He’s one too many for Mack Cox who was part of a phone poll of Winner and Winner area citizens conducted by the Advocate on Monday and Tuesday, June 15 and 16.

Names were randomly picked from the phone book.

When it comes to being President, “I just don’t like three out of the same family. Two’s plenty,” Cox said.

He’s respectful of the Bushes — the father George and his son George W. (Jeb’s brother). “But I just don’t want a third one.”

There are plenty in the running to choose from.

A problem at the WAPA substation in Winner shut off power to the city of Winner and also affected Rosebud Electric customers Thursday afternoon. No details were available what tripped off the substation.

The power was off from about  1 to 3:30 p.m.

WAPA sent a man to Winner to check on the substation and they were able to get the power back on.

WAPA was back in Winner on Monday to check on the substation, which is located south of town, to make sure everything was working order.

Gene Welch received a certificate for 20 years as a highway contract carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. He works out of the Winner Post Office.

His route includes the Millboro, Wewela, Clearfield and Keyapaha areas. He has 144 boxes on his route. Welch travels 200 miles a day.
Welch started work at the post office in 1995.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor 

A powerful storm with dangerous winds ripped through Tripp County Sunday night.

There was a tornado warning issued for Winner but it expired at about 9 p.m. Rain, thunder, lighting and strong winds were recorded in Winner. At one point the wind speed was 76 miles per hour.

Winner received .56 inches of rain.

However, there were other places that received a lot more rain.

Tresh Swedlund who lives west and north of Winner along Highway 183 received 5.25 inches of rain in an hour and twenty-five minutes.

Persons in the Ideal area received over five inches of rain. The wind in this area was so strong that it blew the roof off the former Ideal School. The wind gusts at Ideal were recorded at 71 miles.

There were reports of the power off in the Ideal area.

Also, south of Winner residents were without power for a time during the storm. The power in Winner remained on as the wind blew Sunday night.

North of the Colome area a tornado was spotted around 9  p.m. and the sirens went off in Colome. The tornado did not touch the ground.

In Tripp County, there reports of water over the road. In fact, on Highway 183 near the Ideal turnoff, cattails were washed onto the highway.

Monday crews from the Tripp County Highway department were inspecting roads for damage.

Prior to the storm, Sunday’s temperatures were very hot and humid providing energy for the storm to build.