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Junior Teeners Take 6th Place at State

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Winner Junior Teeners played in the consolation championship of the Class B state tournament Sunday afternoon in Gregory.

Canova defeated Winner 16-6.

Winner Junior Teeners stayed in the game with Canova pulling away late as they scored 10 runs in the sixth inning.

Despite the loss, Winner collected eight hits.

The Winner team started things going early as Charley Pravecek grounded out scoring one run.

Pierce Nelson started on the pitcher’s mound for Winner. Aiden Barfuss and Coy Brickman also pitched.

Ashton Klein, Barfuss and Nelson had multiple hits for Winner.

Winner opened play in the state tournament Friday afternoon as they took on Wessington Springs.

Winner lost the game 6-2.

Winner scored runs in the first and fifth innings.

Justin Hausmann pitched for Winner as he completed three and two thirds innings. Ethan Bartels, Pierce Nelson and Aiden Barfuss came in the game in relief.

Adam Bohnet was 2-4 with a double.

On Saturday, Winner got things rolling with a 14-3 win over Garretson.

Winner scored four runs each in the second and fourth innings.

Winner Junior Teeners big bats were Bartels, Klein and Silas Chasing Hawk.

At the plate, Bohnet was 3-5 along with Barfuss.

Nelson was 3-4, Charley Pravecek, 3-4; Bartels, 2-5; Klein, 3-5; Duffy, 1-2; Michael Olson, 2-4; Chasing Hawk, 1-4.

Gregory won the state tournament with a win over Alexandria.

Amateurs Advance to District Championship and State Tournament

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Winner/Colome amateur baseball team defeated Dimock/Emery 11-1 in seven innings Sunday in Platte.

For the Pheasants, Kelly O’Bryan had two doubles, a triple, and drove in six runs. Reed Harter added three hits, two triples and two RBIs.

J. J. Farner earned the win pitching all seven innings, striking out seven batters and allowing five hits.

Winner/Colome will play Alexandria at 8 p.m. on Friday in the District 5B title game.

The Winner/Colome amateur team shut out Wagner 15-0 Thursday in Platte.

Connor Hopkins logged 12 strikeouts and allowed just one hit.

The Pheasants broke the game open with a seven run third inning. Reed Harter was 3-3 while Austin Richey had a double and Austin Calhoon had 2 hits.

Junior Legion Splits Games with Platte

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Winner Junior Legion baseball team split a pair of games with Platte-Geddes at home on July 18.

In the first game, Platte-Geddes defeated Winner 3-1.

Winner scored its only run of the game in the first inning.

Kameron Meiners started the game for Winner and recorded 12 strikeouts.

Landon Thieman pitched one inning.

Platte-Geddes pulled away with two runs in the third inning.

At the plate, Phillip Jorgensen had a double and Fred Whiting had a triple.

Tyler Olson was 1-2 in the game.

In the second game, Winner won 2-1. The game was shortened by a rain storm with Winner leading in the fourth inning.

Winner scored two runs in the first inning.

Joren Bruun had a triple. Oscar Pravecek was 2-2 and Fred Whiting and Kameron Meiners were 1-2.

Evan Farner pitched three innings and had 3 strikeouts.

Coach Kory Foss said: “In game one I though Kameron did a nice job. He’s had a couple of tough luck losses lately where he’s thrown well but our offense hasn’t been able to put up any runs. Our defense played well but we still couldn’t get any momentum going at the plate.

“Game 2 started well and Evan looked good on the mound but the storm hit and there was no way we were going to be able to finish the game. I told the kids to take the good from these games and leave the bad behind us as we enter into the final stretch of our schedule leading up to the state tournament,” said Foss.

Winner will play on Friday, July 27 in Warner vs. Warner/Ipswich/Northwestern followed by one against Wessington Springs.

Royals Conclude Season

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Spearfish booked a return trip to the State B state Legion baseball tournament as they shut out Winner/Colome 7-0 in the Region 7B championship game on Sunday.

For the Royals, Riley Calhoon had the lone hit.

Carter Brickman took the loss. Jackson Kinzer pitched three innings.

The Royals lost to Spearfish 4-3 on Saturday in the winner’s bracket semifinals and beat Gregory County 12-2 to get to the title round.

Levi McClanahan pitched a five inning no hitter to help Winner/Colome take a 10-0 victory over Martin in Friday’s opening round of the Region 7B Legion tournament in Spearfish.

McClanahan had seven strikeouts and walked four.

Ty Bolton and Dalton Baker each drove in three runs while Baker, Riley Calhoon, Jackson Kinzer and Carter Brickman each had two hits.

Winner/Colome Legion defeated Gregory County 12-2 on Saturday.

Kinzer drove in five runs on three hits to lead the Royals.

Winner/Colome got things going in the first inning when Kinzer singled on a 2-2 count, scoring 2 runs.

Winner/Colome had four runs in the third inning.

The Royals racked up 13 hits. Kinzer Baker, Oscar Pravecek each had multiple hits.

Chase Dufek was on the mound for the Royals.

Earlier in the week, Winner/Colome Royals tallied five runs in the fifth inning on their way to a 12-2 victory Gregory County on July 16.

Leading hitters for the Royals were Riley Calhoon, 3 singles, 3 runs; Jackson Kinzer, triple, single, 3 runs and 2 RBIs; Carter Brickman, 2 singles and 2 RBIs; Ty Bolton, 2 singles and Levi McClanahan, a double and 2 runs.

Ty Bolton led off the pitching as he pitched two innings. Jackson Kinzer and Carter Brickman both pitched two innings.

“We have really been hitting the ball well in the past few games,” said coach Drew Weber. “Ours entire lineup is producing and we are getting some timely hits in big spots that we just weren’t getting early in the year,” said the coach.

Weber added: “I feel good about where our pitching and defense is at now compared to about a month ago but we will really need to play our best ball if we want to advance to the state tournament through regions.”

 

Hazel Schmidt, 99

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Hazel Schmidt, 99, of Winner, SD passed away on Sunday July 15, 2018 at the Winner Regional Long-Term Care Center in Winner, SD.

A memorial service was held on Monday July 23, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Winner Methodist Church in Winner, SD. A one-hour visitation was held prior to the memorial service. Burial followed at the Winner City Cemetery in Winner, SD.

Hazel Schmidt was born March 30, 1919 in Royal, Neb., to Scott and Rhoda Conner, one of ten children. She passed away at the Winner Regional Long-Term Care Center on July 15, 2018.

She attended Ewing (NE) High School and graduated in 1937. She married Ralph Belmer in 1937 and to this marriage had three children: Sherry (Ron) Kramer, Lindy (Larry) Harkin, and Scott (Terri) Belmer. She also is survived by three grandchildren: Theresa (Steve) Rossow, Stefanie (Ed Islam) Daughters, Brian (Susan) Daughters and two great grandchildren: Ashley and Tyler Daughters, sister Betty Mechaley and brother Sam (Pat) Conner and many nieces and nephews.

Hazel was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ralph Belmer, husband Frank Schmidt, baby brother Scotty, sisters Ethel Hayes, Gladys Nothem, Dorothy Couch, Wilma Doty, Margie Schumacher, baby sister Shirley.

Hazel will be especially remembered for her love of dancing, playing cards and crocheting doilies for her family and friends.

Lee Galbraith, 81

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Lee Galbraith, 81, of Wood, SD passed away on Friday, July 13, 2018 at the Avera Gregory Hospital in Gregory, SD.

Celebration of Life was held on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Wood Community Hall in Wood, SD. Burial will be held at a later date. A visitation was held on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at the First Christian Church in Winner, SD from 6-7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m.

Lee Roy Galbraith was born Dec. 29, 1936 in Winner, SD to Stanton Edgar Galbraith and Lona (Ellis) Galbraith. Lee went to his heavenly home on July 13, 2018. He was 81 years old.

Lee lived in rural Wood, SD in the same house all of his life. Lee graduated from Wood High School in 1955 and attended 1 year of college at S.D.S.U. Lee Galbraith and Marilyn Anne Dimond were united in marriage on June 18, 1960 at the United Church of Christ in Wood, SD. To this union 3 sons and 1 daughter were born.

During their 58 years of marriage they spent many hours working the ranching and farming business. Lee loved horseback riding to check his cattle and to just enjoy the country side.

Lee was a member of the United Church of Christ and always told people who asked about his faith that “Jesus and I have our own thing going”.

The past 12 years Lee and Marilyn enjoyed spending time in Zapata, Texas. They met many “Special” people there and after a Jam Session they always had homemade ice cream and dessert at Lee and Marilyn’s home.

Lee was on the Fairview Township Board of Supervisors for many years and was also on the Wood School Board.

Lee enjoyed playing cribbage with brother-in-law Ron Dimond. He also enjoyed playing canasta with brother-in-law Burton Dimond and his wife Mary and playing pitch and dominoes with Texas friends.

Lee loved watching his sons and grandchildren playing basketball, football, softball, baseball and any other sport that they were in.

Lee love all animals and especially his dogs, Pooch, Charley and Chico. Luna was his special dog, but really belongs to Sherry and family.

Lee was a respected member of the Wood Community and his family enjoyed spending quality time together, and also the time with friends.

Lee’s hobbies included hunting in earlier years, golf, cribbage, bowling and playing cards. He loved to read “Louis L’Amour” and “Wm. Johnstone” books and had an extensive collection. He loved gospel by Elvis Presley and could always find someone to talk to.

Lee is survived by his wife Marilyn, sons, Gary(Ruth), Todd(Carol), Brett(Jenny) and daughter Sherry (Galbraith) Lantz; sisters, Lois Hudgins of Los Alamos, NM and Ila(Allen) Tucker of the Golden Prairie Manor in Winner, SD.

Lee was preceded in death by his parents Lona(Ellis) and Stanton Galbraith, grandparents Roy and Ethel(Weitzeil) Galbraith, Oscar and Alice Ellis and brothers-in-law James Hudgins, Larry Dimond and Jerry Bruning.

“THE BEST-GROSSING SOUTH DAKOTA FILM SINCE DANCES WITH WOLVES” & LONGEST THEATRICAL RUN OF ANY FILM RELEASED IN USA IN OVER A DECADE

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The success of Scottish director, Steven Lewis Simpson’s adaptation of best-selling novel, Neither Wolf Nor Dog​, defies logic—Hollywood logic that is. It was audience-financed with 18 shoot days, a tiny crew, a 95-year-old star and a self-distributed release that started in small towns and is outperforming Hollywood blockbusters in numerous multiplexes.
The film “Neither Wolf nor Dog” is being shown in Winner at the Pix theater. The film opened at the Pix on July 27 and will run until Aug. 2

It has a higher audience score on Rotten Tomatoes than any big Hollywood movie out at the moment; 4.7/5 – 95%. The film has had a longer theatrical run than any other US film released in the past decade and has become the most successful non-Hollywood Native American film in years.

Shot on Pine Ridge, the film has steadily rolled out through the nation, remarkably passing the 150th theater mark within only 15% of the country. South Dakota has proportionally had the most theaters per-capita – an equivalence of 5,185 theaters nationally.
Oklahoma Film Critics Society’s Louis Fowler named ​Neither Wolf Nor Dog​ the number one film of 2017. The film was extended for three weeks in Spearfish due to demand and was the top performing film its first week, beating five big Hollywood movies including the ranking top 3 in the US.

Based on the best-selling Native American novel by Kent Nerburn, ​Neither Wolf Nor Dog​ takes audiences on a deeply moving road trip through contemporary and historical Lakota life and culture. Its humor is wry and pulls no punches, introducing deep characters and poignant vignettes that challenge the viewer to see the world a bit differently.

South Dakotan Dave Bald Eagle stars in the film. He was born in Cherry Creek in 1919 and around 10 years later participated in Deadwood’s Days of ‘76 parade for the first time. He attended the majority of them until he passed away last year aged 97. For a time, his obituary was the most-read feature in the world on the BBC. NPR’s All Things Considered team debated whether Bald Eagle was “the world’s most interesting man.”

Dave was a veteran and was left for dead on D-Day. The other star Christopher Sweeney is also a prominent veteran and a recipient of the Silver Star when a Marine in combat in the Gulf War. The cast is filled with amazing Native actors, Richard Ray Whitman, Roseanne Supernault, Tatanka Means and the wonderful Zahn McClarnon, who most recently has been a star of the TV series Westworld. Local cast from Pine Ridge includes Harlen Standing Bear Sr, Yellow Pny Pettibone and Dawn Little Sky (whose husband was the famous Native actor, Eddie Little Sky).

Earthquake Near Valentine

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Nebraskans in the north-central part of the state may have felt a little rumble Saturday morning.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.5-magnitude earthquake about 10 miles north of Valentine, Neb., right on the Nebraska-South Dakota border.

The earthquake happened at about 2:11 a.m. and had a depth of about 6 miles (10 km).

There were no reports of injuries or damage.

Nebraska’s last earthquake was less than a month ago when a few were recorded in Custer County, including a 4.2-magnitude quake.

 

South Dakota Earns Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting

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PIERRE, S.D. – The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the State of South Dakota by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment.

“This is the second consecutive year this certificate was awarded to the Bureau of Finance and Management (BFM), which is responsible for completing the State’s annual financial statements” Gov. Dennis Daugaard said. “However, the achievement of this award would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of every accountant in state government, including that of our independent auditor, the Department of Legislative Audit.”

The State’s CAFR has been judged by an impartial panel of GFOA staff and the GFOA Special Review Committee to meet the high standards of the program, which includes demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story. South Dakota earned the highest grade of “proficient” status in all seventeen grading categories.

This achievement comes after South Dakota state government closed the 2018 budget year with a $16.9 million surplus, while both Fitch and S&P recently reaffirmed South Dakota’s AAA Issuer Default Rating with a stable outlook.