Samantha West Photo Jude Sargent, Addison Ward, Jack Anderson and Oren Sargent have qualified for the national high school finals rodeo in trap shooting. Jude Sargent shot a perfect score of 100.
FORT PIERRE — In the world of trap shooting Winner’s Jude Sargent pitched
a perfect game Thursday breaking 100-of-100 targets to win the state trap
shooting contest in Fort Pierre.
Sargent advances to the national tournament that will be held during the
National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on July 14-20.
Tripp County will be well represented at that national tournament as
Colome’s Jack Anderson (94) and Winner’s Oren Sargent (94) finished third and
fourth in the competition. Aberdeen’s Addison Ward finished second in the
competition with a 96.
The top-four finishers advance to the National High School Finals Rodeo.
Jude Sargent is a two-time state champion and a two-time national
qualifier. Anderson and Addison Ward are both three-time national qualifiers.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Dillon Bates, conservation officer in Winner, presented a program on fish at the Tripp County Library on June 11. He talked about the different types of fish that can be found in the Tripp County area.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Coach Troy Fiesterman, left, talks to the Winner team during the opening game of the Father’s Day tournament Saturday morning at Leahy Bowl. Winner Jr. Teeners defeated Parkston.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo A large crowd was on hand to enjoy a meal at the Winner Regional Health 75th block party on June 14. The free supper included burgers, hotdogs, chips and a cookie.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo A young girl gets ready to have her face painted during the 75th anniversary block party hosted by Winner Regional Health on June 14. The celebration was to honor the health care center’s 75 years in the community.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Bob McCready, second from right, retired Friday after working 37 years in the tire department at Grossenburg Implement. Pictured from left are Barry Grossenburg, Gene Grossenburg, McCready and Charlie Grossenburg.
Funeral services for Joseph L. “Joe” Fott, 82, of Hamill, SD
will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the Hamill Community Hall in Hamill,
SD with burial in the Hamill Cemetery at Hamill, SD.
Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, one hour prior to the
funeral, at the Hamill Community Hall in Hamill, SD.
Joseph Leroy “Joe” Fott passed away peacefully at home in Hamill
South Dakota on May 17, 2024.
Joe was born on Nov. 26, 1941 to Joseph and Anna (Fortuna) Fott in Winner
South Dakota, joining his siblings brother Lawrence and sister Adeline on the
family farm near Hamill South Dakota.
Joe attended North Fairview grade school near Hamill and high school in
Winner, SD, graduating from high school in 1959. He attended Greer Technical Institute in
Wilmington, Illinois for diesel and construction mechanics after high
school. Joe joined the South Dakota
National Guard and did basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and served in
the Chamberlain South Dakota Guard 200th Engineer Bridge Company until
discharge in 1970.
Joe and Judith Mae Gordon were married on May 8, 1965 and had two
children, Joseph Wade in 1966 and Joy Michele in 1969.
Joe spent his entire life farming and ranching on the family farm in
Hamill. Joe said that he had not worked
a day in his life because he enjoyed everything involved with the farm. Joe especially loved anything with an engine
and wheels or tracks, and spent many long days in the seat of a tractor with a
smile on his face and a steady hand on the steering wheel working on the
farm. Joe was happy to share his
knowledge and offer a helping hand to his neighbors and friends.
Joe was a very outgoing and social person, meeting people and making new
friends wherever he went. Joe loved to
take road trips when a good rain would pause the farming, wife Judy would hear
“how soon can you be ready to leave?” and had many adventures while
visiting many of the western states he would say “I wonder what is down
that road? Lets go find out.”
Joe loved to hunt and started hunting at a young age. Joe and his family shared their love of
hunting and the bounty of the Hamill farm with friends from near and far,
making lifelong friends and lasting memories in the fields and hills. In the late 1970’s, Joe hosted then South
Dakota governor Bill Janklow for a pheasant hunt on the farm, this hunt was the
start of what became the South Dakota Governor’s Hunt that Joe and his family
helped to host for 25 years.
Later in life, Joe was not able to continue actively working on the farm
due to physical limitations. He did not
want to retire from the farm, and always wanted to be out monitoring the
equipment, crops and cows, and sharing his experiences and knowledge with
neighbors and daughter Joy who is operating the family farm.
Joe is preceded in death by his parents Joseph Fott and Anna (Fortuna)
Fott, sister Adeline Hight, brother Lawrence as well as his uncle John Fott and
aunt Bessie (Fott) Petr and many aunts and uncle from the Fortuna side of the
family.
Joe is survived by wife Judy (Gordon) Fott, son Joseph Wade and wife Wendy
and children Joseph Stephen and Anna Helena, daughter Joy Michele and spouse
Faye Heinis and Cynthia.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Joe’s name to Hamill
Community Hall or the Tripp County 4H.
Vonnie Robbins, 84, of Hamill, SD passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at
the Winner Regional Long-Term Care Facility in Winner, SD.
Funeral services were held at the Masham Baptist Church in Pawnee, OK on
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10 a.m. Burial
followed in the Masham Cemetery. A
visitation was held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at the Winner Orthodox
Presbyterian Church from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
with a prayer service beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Vonnie was born April 5, 1940 in Pawnee, OK to Harold and Awilda
Laird. She grew up on the family farm
attending country school and graduated from Pawnee High School in 1958. She attended Oklahoma Baptist University for
a time before marrying Wayne Robbins Feb. 27, 1960. They were blessed with 3 children Kathy, Dawn
and Amy.
They lived on the Robbins family farm in Pawnee, OK until 1976 when the
family moved to Hamill, SD where they lived and farmed the remainder of their
lives.
Vonnie was an avid seamstress. She
was active in the church first at the Masham Baptist Church in Oklahoma then
the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Hamill.
For most of her adult life she played the organ or the piano for church
services.
Vonnie is survived by her daughters Kathy (Steve) Morford of Spearfish, SD
and Amy Gregg of Carter, SD. 10
Grandchildren Kristin (Derek) Meyers of Fort Pierre, SD, Kellie Morford of
Kingman, AZ, Kara Morford of Las Vegas, NV, Dusty (Jessica) Adams of Hamill,
SD, Stacey Adams of Pawnee, OK, Justis (Elisabeth) Gregg of Carter, SD, Jaynee
Gregg of Madison, SD, Jentry, Jude and Jett Gregg of Carter, SD. Great
grandchildren Kooper and Ella Meyers, Gunner Adams, Kacen and Liam Adams,
Jackston Gregg and baby boy Adams coming in June, her brother Gordon (Sherri)
Laird and son-in-law Rick Adams.
Vonnie was preceded in death by her husband Wayne Robbins, daughter Dawn
Adams, her parents and sister Linda Leforce.
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