Winner Area girls golf team tied for sixth place at the state Class A tournament June 5-6 in Rapid City. Both Winner Area and West Central shot a team total 764.
Individually, Gracie Root led the Lady Warriors as she tied for 27th with a 185.
Rylee Root tied for 32nd with a 188.
Leila Balsiger tied for 38th with a 192. Tessa Mann tied for 48th with a 199. Emily Sachtjen placed 80th with a 225.
On the first day of the state meet, Winner and Custer finished the day in the top 10 of team standings. The Warriors shot 103-over for seventh place and Custer shot 114-over for 9th place.
“There were a lot of tears, a lot of smiles and a whole lot of heart as they battled for the team,” said coach Jim Halverson.
The coach said it was two beautiful days on the Meadowwood Golf Course in Rapid City. He said the 18 hole course had lots of bunkers, penalty areas and fast greens.
The team is losing two seniors through graduation—Rylee Root and Tessa Mann. “I want to wish them lots of success as they follow their dreams,” said Halverson, “The remaining players are excited for a chance to do better next year and have a strong core of younger players who are looking for their chance to shine. I am proud that I could be their coach,” said Halverson.
The girls on the golf team also earned All academic honors.
The Winner Regional Health Board of Directors announces that Brian Williams, RHCEOC, has been named the new Chief Executive Officer.
Beginning June 20, Williams will oversee the strategic and operational initiatives for the organization.
The Winner Regional Health Board of Directors conducted a nationwide search for a new CEO, using Sumption & Wyland to support the recruitment process. Williams was selected from a pool of candidates for his outstanding leadership, experience, and passion for rural health care.
“Winner Regional Health is dedicated to improving the quality of life in our region by providing comprehensive local health care, and we sought a leader who could continue to
build on this mission,” said Roger Kingsbury, board chair. “We feel Brian will be a strong fit with our vision and values, and we look forward to working with him to continue advancing
health care in the region.”
Williams previously served as the CEO at Coal Country Community Health Center in Beulah, North Dakota, and Sakakawea Medical Center in Hazen, North Dakota, where he oversaw the daily operations and strategic initiatives for the federally qualified health center and nonprofit 13-bed critical access hospital.
Williams also served as the vice president of Professional Services at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Montana, and Chief Operations Officer at Arbor Health in Morton,
Washington.
He holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
“It is an honor to join Winner Regional Health as chief executive officer,” Williams said. “The organization provides critically important health care services to the region, and I look
forward to partnering with the talented staff, physicians, board members and volunteers at Winner Regional to ensure we provide the best possible care to our patients and their
families.”
Charisse Oland, EdD, FACHE, MHA, RD, served as interim CEO while the board conducted their search. The Winner Regional Health Board of Directors enthusiastically appreciates Oland for her service and leadership throughout the transition.
The Winner Junior Teeners will host a Father’s Day tournament June 17-18 at Leahy Bowl.
Games will be played at Leahy Bowl except for two opening round games on Saturday that will be played in Colome.
The pairings for June 17 are:
10 a.m. in Winner—Winner vs Wagner
10 a.m. in Colome—Platte vs. Gregory
Noon in Winner—Onida vs. Parkston
Noon in Colome—MVP vs. Chamberlain
Games on Saturday will continue at 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m.
The championship game will be play at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Some government offices in Winner will be closed on Monday, June 19 in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday.
The Tripp County courthouse and library will be closed.
State and federal offices in Winner will be closed on June 19.
The Winner city office will be open.
The Winner Post Office will be closed and there will be no mail delivery.
First Fidelity Banks of Winner and Colome will be closed as well as BankWest and Sentinel Federal Credit Union.
Winner senior citizens center will be open on Monday and will serve a noon meal.
Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services will be closed on June 19.
Graveside services for Lois Besmer age 83 of Bismarck, ND will be held at the IOOF Cemetery in Gregory, SD on Saturday June 17, at 11 a.m.
Lucille “Lucy” Darlene (Klein) Smith, 93, of Winner, SD passed away on June 6, 2023 in the comfort of her own home.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 11 a.m. at the Mason Funeral Home in Winner, SD. Burial will followed in the Winner City Cemetery.
Lucy was born the seventh of twelve children on March 19, 1930 to August and Frances Klein.
On Feb. 21, 1963 she was united in marriage to Ivan Smith. To this union Deb and Pam were born. Ivan passed away in May of 2012.
Lucy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother. Lucy loved to read, play bingo, listen to polka music, and spending time with her family. She had a special place in her heart for her grandkids, and would make them special treats like goulash, homemade noodles, and chocolate cake.
Lucy will be lovingly remembered by her children Robert Klein, of Gregory SD, Debra Smith (Neil), of Rapid City SD, and Pam (Joe) Ferber, of Rapid City SD. 3 grandchildren; Liz Smith (Bob), of Belle Fourche SD, Corey (Carol) Ferber, of Sidney NE, and Kyle (Andrea) Ferber, of Rapid City SD. 7 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.
Lucy was preceded in death by her husband Ivan, 4 brothers and 4 sisters.
By Bosten Morehart
Staff writer
Ryan Sell is in his second year as a summer intern at the SDSU 4-H extension office in town.
As the summer intern Ryan does a variety of different jobs throughout the summer. Some of those include workshops, general office work, filing annuals.
Ryan has always been doing some sort of community service or project ever since he was young. With his father being the shooting sports coach and his mother always doing community service, 4-H has always been a part of his life.
“I’ve had a long history of 4H, we used to, well my club the Clovervale club still does the Memorial Day auxiliary flags for the American Legion,” said Sell.
He participates in 10 workshops a year whether he is running them or just helping out. Although he is a little more “hands off” than the previous year, he is still around the workshops.
“I still go and take pictures and help if they need me, but I’m a little more hands off unless I’m the one teaching the workshop obviously. I still just show up and help if they need it.”
Some of the types of workshops he does include rockets and marshmallow blasters. The rocket workshops have levels to them, and the kids can go up levels as they do them.
As the summer intern he is required to host at least one workshop and the first one he did was the marshmallow blaster. The Cloverbud workshop is mandatory for summer interns and Ryan will be hosting that in a few weeks.
The marshmallow blaster workshop was quite an experience for him. He says that it has been his favorite so far.
“It was very messy because, it wasn’t smart, but I brought a whole bunch of marshmallows for them to shoot. It was a complete mess because we started inside, but we later moved outside, which it was fine after that, but it was the most fun I’ve had so far.”
Ryan is going to school for Cyber Operations at Dakota State University. He said that if he were to work an office job it would be as the IT person.
Doing these workshops and working with kids has taught him a lot about himself. “I’ve been a babysitter as a job but having a bigger amount of kids around also makes me realize I don’t want to do teaching either,” said Sell.
By Bosten Morehart
The Tripp County Library hosts several special events along with the summer reading program throughout the summertime.
The events and programs range from hands on activities to shows and speakers.
Girls who code started June 1 and will be every Thursday 1 pm to 3 pm. This is to teach girls how to use technology and get comfortable with the concepts of coding.
Lego time takes place on Tuesdays from 1:30 pm to 3 pm. This is where kids can come to the library and play with Legos and use their creativity to build things.
The slots to participate fill up fast but there are a few openings on June 27.
Tuesday June 13 a member from Fresh Flowers Studio will be coming in from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. The group of 20 kids will learn how to plant flowers and they will also learn how to care for them and what it takes to keep plants healthy.
On Wednesday June 14 Rubie Bell (Miss V), the Gypsy Cowbelle will be putting on the program “homespun musical instruments”. During this activity kids will learn to make instruments out of supplies laying around the house and participate in making music with them.
Story times also start June 14. Ages 4-8 will have their story time with Sharon Schramm every Wednesday from 10:30 am to 11:15 am where two stories will be read.
Stories times will be every second and fourth Wednesday of every month. For those who cannot attend in person there will be videos posted on the Facebook page.
Starting June 15 is baby and me class for children 0-2. Registration for these classes is not required but is recommended to secure a spot.
A puppet and magic show will be happening on July 27 at 1 pm. Location is not set as of right now for this event.
Tuesday August 1 will be a chance for kids to learn about reptiles. There will be reptiles brought in for the kids to see and learn more about.
The summer reading program is a great way for the school and library to work together and provide kids with the opportunity to read and learn. If you have not signed your kid up yet it is not too late, and you can contact the school or library to sign up.
At the end of the summer there will be prizes for those who have read five books at their reading level. They must complete this goal before July 31. The prize will be a t-shirt so make sure you add their t-shirt size to the form.
There will also be a poetry contest for kindergarten through fifth grade. Those forms can be picked up at the library and will be judged by the teen group from the library.
Once the poems are turned back in, they will be displayed around the library.
A time change has been put into place for Thursdays. The library will be open until 7 pm on Thursdays allowing those who work later to have chance to stop in.
If you have any questions visit the website at trippcounty.yoursdlibrary.org or stop in and talk to Misti Burns and Jerry Fuller.
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