Marceline “Marcy” Rae Palmer, 89, of Rapid
City, SD, died Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Avantara North Nursing home in Rapid
City, SD.
Marcy was born in Colome, SD, on April 26,
1933. She lived in Rapid City mostly,
but spent about 13 years in Kansas City, Missouri. She then moved back to Rapid
and remained there until her death.
She
is survived by her five children: Sandra Mann, Karen Glayzer, Pamela Coyle,
Steven Coyle, and Robert Clinton Coyle; 13 grandchildren; and numerous
great-grandchildren.
Her husbands Robert Coyle, and Darrell
Palmer preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Kinkade
Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, SD. Interment to follow at 2:30 p.m. at Black Hills
National Cemetery near Sturgis.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
www.kinkadefunerals.com.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Dustin Christensen of New York Life Insurance is a new member of the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce. He was honored at Business After Hours on March 1.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Winner middle school Warriorettes presented their first performance at the halftime of the boys regional basketball game on Feb. 28. The Warriorettes are directed by Sarah Taggart.
Submitted Photo A representative of S.D. Salutes shows the Colome Volunteer Fire Department how to use a new breathing apparatus. The Colome fire department received a grant for this piece of equipment which will protect firemen.
Representatives from the South Dakota Salutes
organization were in Colome recently to present a $5,000 check to the Colome
Volunteer Fire Department.
Last Fall the Colome VFD submitted a
request to fund the purchase of new SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus)
through an annual grant program administered by the Independent Insurance
Agents of South Dakota (IIASD). SCBAs are a critical piece of equipment needed
to protect fire fighters from toxic gas and particulates that are often emitted
from fires.
Although Colome was not chosen to receive
the initial IIASD grant, a South Dakota Salutes team also reviewed their
request and selected the Colome VFD to receive a $5,000 gift.
“We are pleased to provide this grant
to the Colome Volunteer Fire Department,” said South Dakota Salutes
representative Scott Korsten. “It is our hope that local resources will be
encouraged to match these funds and enable the Colome VFD to purchase the
critical equipment they need to protect their volunteer fire fighters.”
South Dakota Salutes (SDS) was originally
formed in 2016 as an event to show appreciation to South Dakota first
responders and military personnel. SDS also raises money and provides an
immediate $10,000 cash gift to bridge the immediate financial concerns of the
families of South Dakota “First Responders” who have died in the line
of duty.
This $5,000 grant to the Colome VFD was
given through the “third leg” of the South Dakota Salutes stool — a
recently formed “special needs fund.” This fund was created through
the vision of an individual donor, whose intent was to provide “seed money”
that would be used to raise matching local funds, with proceeds targeted to
fund unmet needs of emergency service organizations throughout South Dakota.
According to Fire Chief Glenn Sealy, the
Colome VFD is continuing to raise funds to replace the department’s outdated
SCBAs, with an expected total cost of more than $50,000.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Johnyne Horstman, left, retired as official basketball scorekeeper after doing this job for 30 years. She is pictured with fellow scorers table workers Jo Striefel, center and Lisa Jankauskas. Horstman was honored at the basketball game on Friday.
By Dan
Bechtold
Editor
For 30
years, Johnyne Horstman has been the official scorekeeper for Winner High
School home boys and girls basketball games.
Friday,
March 3 at the second round of the Region 7A boys game was her last night in
her official capacity.
It is
bittersweet for Horstman, a Winner 6th grade teacher, who has a love
for the game and had two children play basketball.
“It is
just time to quit,” she said.
Playing
into this mix of emotions is the death of both of her parents, Carroll and
Janet Bruun, within the past year.
“I can’t
see my mom sitting in the same spot at every game and I do not get to hear my
dad call after every game asking who were the high scorers,” she said.
Janet
Bruun never missed a Winner home game and always sat in the “nosebleed” section
of the Armory. As Horstman was keeping the book she could always see her mother
sitting in that same spot.
In 1993,
Harvey Naasz, who was then athletic director, asked Horstman to take over
keeping book.
She was
teaching fourth grade at the time and the classroom was in the Armory.
Prior to
being the official scorekeeper, Horstman was taking tickets at football and
basketball games.
Horstman
is part of trio of women who keep things running efficiently at the scorers
table. Jo Striefel runs the scoreboard and Lisa Jankauskas runs the shot clock.
Horstman
said when her kids were playing it kept her focused.
When
asked if she ever missed a game she said when Zach was playing at SDSU should
would attend the college game and Glen Carlson would fill in with the scorebook
at Winner home games.
“It is
different when you don’t have kids playing. Maybe I want to spent time with
Zach’s daughter, Murphy. This way I don’t have to be so scheduled and it gives
me more freedom,” she explained.
When her
kids were playing basketball she did both home and away games. I would keep the
away game book for Jim Drake and Larry Aaker,” she said.
Asked if
there was any one game that stood out and she said the game with Platte where
Zach had 11 3 pointers.
She said
it has been fun working with the crew at the scorers table. Over the years, she
has gotten to know the referees. “When the referee blows the whistle I better
have the jump ball right and the jump ball arrow turned on.”
Horstman
said she and Jo along with Lisa make a good team.
Horstman
says it has been fun keeping the official book.
She got
to keep book for the SoDak 16 girls game between Red Cloud and Garretson on
Thursday.
“It was
great doing this all these years,” she said.
Friday night when Winner boys played Lakota Tech it was her last time to make an official entry in the scorebook.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo District 21 lawmakers were in Winner on Saturday for a crackerbarrel session. Pictured from left are Mike Scott of the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce, moderator; Rep. Marty Overweg and Rep. Rocky Blare.
By Dan
Bechtold
Editor
Sales
tax reduction, foreign ownership of ag land were among the topics discussed by
Dist. 21 legislators at a crackerbarrel in Winner Saturday afternoon at the
Winner Legion.
Lawmakers
attending were Rep. Rocky Blare of Ideal and Rep. Marty Overweg of New Holland.
Sen.
Erin Tobin of Winner was unable to attend.
The
crackerbarrel was sponsored by Winner Area Chamber of Commerce with Mike Scott,
executive director of the Chamber introducing the lawmakers. Winner American
Legion Auxiliary provided coffee, cookies and bars.
Blare
said the biggest issue this past week in the House was passing HB1137 which
will reduce the state sales tax rates in South Dakota from 4.5 percent to 4.2
percent. This will reduce the tax burden for citizens by $100 million, the
largest tax decrease in S.D. history.
There
were two bills regarding the foreign ownership of agriculture land.
The
governor’s farmland protection bill, SB185 was defeated in the senate explained
Overweg.
If
enacted, it would create a seven member board modeled after the federal agency
tasked to reviewing foreign purchases that could impact national security.
The committee
would review any transfer of agricultural land involving a foreign entity,
offering a recommendation to the governor.
Overweg
said all ag groups were opposed to SB185 and Overweg said he was also against
it.
Blare
explained an ag bill that has survived is HB1189 which would be a ban of
foreign ownership of over 160 acres. The bill will help close a loophole by
requiring disclosure by a foreign owned corporation as to whether they hold any
interest in South Dakota ag land.
Pam
Haukaas of the Colome Consolidated School Board asked the legislators to
consider an increase of 8 percent for school districts. She said students are
leaving the state for higher paying jobs in neighboring states. Haukaas said
the average teacher pay in South Dakota is $49,547. She said the closest
regional competitor, Montana, is more than $3,500 ahead of South Dakota.
Haukaas said the state has the money for an 8 percent increase. She said the
current proposed increase of 5 percent costs the state $24 million and if the
total increase was raised to 8 percent it would require only about $14 million
more for a total increase in new funding for public schools.
Robert
Tate asked several questions about voting machines and told the legislators he
cannot find out who owns the voting machines.
Blare
explained there are several bills in the legislature this year dealing with
election integrity. In his column this week in the Winner Advocate Blare lists
the election bills.
A question
was asked about the brand board. Blare said the House passed a brand board bill
that would change the make up of the board from appointed to elected members from
seven districts.
A
discussion was held on what the legislators will do to regulate medical marijuana.
A bill
dealing with pop up medical marijuana clinics died in the Senate.
Prior to
meeting in Winner, the lawmakers held a crackerbarrel in Burke.
Submitted Photo Lydia Wonnenberg, left and Ellika Hamiel were two of the participants in the special foods contest. Judges in back are Marie Condon, Laura Kahler and Donna Kubik.
Brenna
Cole, Avery Antelope and Elizabeth Wonnenberg all received purples at the
special food contest Feb. 17 at the Tripp County 4-H Center.
Tessa
Cole, Ellika Hamiel and Lydia Wonnenberg received a blue.
The
grand champion beginner is Brenna Cole. The grand champion junior was Avery
Antelope with Elizabeth Wonnenberg as the reserve champion junior.
April Stoddard, 53, of White River, SD
passed away on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 at her home in White River.
Funeral service was held on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 at 10 a.m. at the Swift Bear Community Building in White River, SD. Burial followed in the St. Paul Episcopal Cemetery near Norris, SD. Wake service was held on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 at 7 p.m. at the Swift Bear Community Building in White River, SD.
April is survived by her children: Justin Stoddard, Aaron (Tiffany) Stoddard, Jamie Black Bear and Zack Black Bear, grandchildren: Trey, Keon, Josslyn, Addyson, Karlie, Aubrie Lou, Aarilynn, Grayson and Mckayla, siblings Shirley Wilcox-Carlson, Earl (Valerie) Wilcox, Janet Marie Wilcox and Joe & Keith Stoddard Jr.
April is preceded in death by her parents
Hazel Amiotte-Wilcox, Harold Stoddard Sr., brother; Peter Wilcox, sisters; Mary
Wilcox-Stone, Janice Amiotte, Louise Wilcox-Wright, grandson Karson Hunter
Black Bear, nephews: Anthony Clairmont, Stoney Larvie, Robert Waln, Eric Crow
Dog and niece Tera Bettelyoun.
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