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Schuyler Shines at DWU Meet

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The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Jim Dutcher Memorial April 22 in Crete, Neb.

Leading the way for the Tigers was freshman Samantha Schuyler of Winner who took first in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:56.80.

Schuyler came in second in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:24.22, while
Callie Heath (Colome, S.D.) brought home a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash in 1:01.14, while placing seventh in the 200-meter dash in 27.07.

In the discus throw, Matthew Campbell, a Colome High School graduate, came in third after a toss of 153-05 feet.

Royals Win Two Games

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Winner/Colome club baseball team had two solid wins on Friday. With the victories the Royals remain undefeated.

Due to the weather, the team had not played in two weeks. Friday afternoon at Leahy Bowl, the Royals defeated Lead-Deadwood 11-2.

Carter Brickman earned the win pitching five innings giving up 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.

Layton Thieman pitched two innings giving up no runs on 1 hit, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.

The big inning for the Royals was the second as they scored 5 runs.

Leading hitters were Riley Calhoon with 2 runs scores and 3 RBIs.

Jackson Kinzer had 2 singles, 2 run and 1 RBI. Jeremiah Yeaman had a single and 2 runs scored.

Chase Dufek had 2 RBIs.

Following the game in Winner, the team traveled to Chamberlain for a game that evening. Winner/Colome won this game 10-2.

Calhoon finished 4-5 and drove in three runs to power Winner/Colome over Chamberlain.

Thieman had 2 singles, and 2 runs scored and Nick Lantz had a 2 RBI double.

Ty Bolton earned the win pitching five innings giving up 2 runs on two hits, 4 walks. Kinzer pitched one inning, giving up no runs, no hits, no walks and three strikeouts.

Chase Dufek pitched one inning giving up no runs, hits or walks with one strikeout.

“These were two solid wins for us, especially after a two-week layoff with no games,” said coach Drew Weber. “Our pitchers did a pretty good job outside of one or two innings of getting the lead batter out and pounding the strike zone. I though that we fielded the ball OK. Offensively we are getting we’re getting great production throughout the lineup. Riley really sets the tone for offense at the leadoff spot and he is off to a fast start this season but we are getting guys on base throughout our entire lineup which is what it takes to win in the post season,” said Weber.

The Winner/Colome junior varsity defeated Chamberlain 13-0.

The next action for the Royals is May 2 at home against Platte-Geddes. The junior varsity game will start at 5:30 followed by the varsity game.

On May 5 the junior varsity will play Mitchell in Winner starting at 3 p.m.

On May 6, the Royals will travel to Parkston for a 2 p.m. game

On May 7, Winner/Colome will host St. Thomas More at 3:30 p.m.

Krumpus Wins Triple Jump

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Colome track team competed in the Great Plains Conference track meet in Centerville on April 24.

Haley Krumpus won the triple jump in 30-11.

Results of the Colome girls team includes:

100—Saydee Heath, 5th, :13.09

300 hurdles—Bailey Hoffine, 3rd, :58.29

4×100—3rd, :57.40

4×200—3rd, 2:00.65

Long jump—Saydee Heath, 4th, 14-7.25; Haley Krumpus, 5th, 14-01

Triple jump—Krumpus, 1st, 30-11; Abby Kortan, 4th, 29-09.25

Results of the Colome boys include:

100—Beau Bertram, 4th, :11.87

High jump—Rhett Nagel, 5-00

Younger Runners Place in Sturgis

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The younger members of the Winner High School track team ran at the Black Hills Classic in Sturgis on Saturday.

Results of the Winner girls include:

3200—Sidda Schuyler, 2nd, 12:01.11

200—Ellie Brozik, 5th, :27.19

400—Meagan Blare, 25th, 1:10.36

Medley relay—4th, 4:44.49, Kelsey Sachtjen, Katherine Jankauskas, Ellie Brozik and Sidda Schuyler

800—Aryn Meiners, 26th, 2:50.95

high jump—Kelsey Sachtjen, 3rd, 5-0

triple jump—Blare, 21st, 30-07.50

Results of the Winner boys include:

3200—Kade Watson, 15th, 11:08.78

100—Brady Fritz, 7th, :11.45

200—Fritz, 6th, :23.12

1600—Watson, 17th, 5:02.37
Long jump—Fritz, 2nd, 21-00

Discus—Preston Norrid, 5th, 128-07

Shot put—Norrid, 35-01.5

Winner Athletes Place at Bill Pistulka Meet

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The weather cleared and athletes form several schools were able to compete in the Bill Pistulka track meet in Winner on April 26.

The meet had been postponed from earlier in the year due to weather.

No team points were kept.

The Winner girls team almost had a clean sweep of the relays. They won first place in four of the relays.

Ellie Brozik won the 200 in :27.30 and Sidda Schuyler won the 2 mile run in 12:01.65. The girls 4×100 relay took first place in :54.77.

In the high jump, Kelsey Sachtjen won first with a jump of 4-10 and Meagan Blare won the triple jump in 31-05.50

Results of the Winner girls include:

200—Brozik, 1st, :27.30; Skyler Hansen, 5th, :29.27

400—Alexis Richey, 2nd, 1:05.97; Saige Schuyler, 3rd, 1:06

800—Charlotte Shopene, 3rd, 2:56.71

1600—Sidda Schuyler, 2nd, 5:36.01; Aryn Meiners, 6th, 6:30.84

3200—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 12:01.65; Meiners, 3rd, 14:29.22

100 hurdles—Skyler Hansen, 3rd, :17.59; Tedra Vrbka, 4th, :17.69; Elisabeth Duffy, 6th, :17.92

300 hurdles—Hansen, 3rd, :51.66; Duffy, 6th, :54.81

4×100—1st, :54.77

4×200—1st, 1:52.86

4×400—1st, 4:19.65

4×800—1st, 10:53.89

Medley relay—3rd, 4:54.43

High jump—Kelsey Sachtjen, 1st, 4-10

Long jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 6th, 14-10.50

Triple jump—Meagan Blare, 1st, 31-05.50

Brady Fritz won the 200 in :22.95 and Kade Watson won the 3200 in 11:05.32

Results of the Winner boys include:

100—Brady Fritz, 2nd, :11.19

200—Brady Fritz, 1st, :22.95; Riley Calhoon, 4th, :24.24

1600—Kade Watson, 5th, 4:53.79

3200—Kade Watson, 1st, 11:05.32

4×100 relay—5th, :51

Long jump—Brady Fritz, 2nd, 20-11.50; Joren Bruun 5th, 19-01.50; Riley Calhoon, 6th, 18-11

Triple jump—Calhoon, 3rd, 39-02

Shot put—Levi McClanahan, 3rd, 40-08.25

Discus—McClanahan, 2nd, 127-02; Preston Norrid, 5th, 115-02

William Harrison Furrey, 81

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William Harrison Furrey, 81, of Winner, SD passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018.

Memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial will follow at the Winner City Cemetery. A visitation will be on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 starting at 6 p.m. with a vigil service at 7 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. William Harrison Furrey was born Aug. 14, 1936, in the Ashurst Hospital in Rosebud, South Dakota. He was the third child of Harry and Louise Furrey of Okreek, South Dakota. He was baptized as a Catholic in St. Peter’s Church in Okreek.

In the fall of 1936, the family moved to another farm, and from there he later attended grade school in Nelson School. He attended and graduated from Todd County High School; his senior class photo states, “Sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit.” After high school, he returned to the farm. In 1971, after his father’s death, he and his brother Harley formed a partnership, Furrey Bros., to farm and ranch. This partnership lasted for 47 years until his passing.

In 1988 he married Laurine Adams Whiting and acquired two stepsons and a step daughter. He was a charter member of Mission Council 4077 Knights of Columbus and also 4th Degree Knight. He also served on the 1st board of Commissioners in Todd County. He was a very well-liked man and had very few, if any, faults.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Louise Furrey, and two half-brothers, Gerald and Del Furrey.

He is survived by his wife, Laurine, his brother, Harley, two sisters, Dorothy Schultz and Mary Cournoyer, two stepsons, Dustin and Rod Whiting, and a stepdaughter, Bernice Whiting, as well as nephews, nieces, and cousins.

While writing this, for some reason, I think of Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar, “The evil that men do lives after; them the good often interred with their bones.” Anyone who tried to list Bill’s faults would have a lot of empty paper.

Dale Lewis Thompson, 85

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Dale Lewis Thompson 85, of Colome, SD passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Lake Andes Healthcare Center in Lake Andes, SD.

Funeral services were held on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Isidore Catholic Church in Colome, SD. Burial followed in the Colome City Cemetery.

Dale passed away peacefully and surrounded by love on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the Lake Andes Senior Living Center in Lake Andes, SD.

Dale L. Thompson was born May 3, 1932 to Lewis and Gertie (Hansen) Thompson. Dale was born in the Mitchell Methodist Hospital in Mitchell, SD. He graduated from high school in 1950 in Letcher, SD. He worked on the family farm with his father.

Dale was drafted in the U.S. Army in 1950 and served until 1955 in the 26th Infantry Dog Scout Platoon as a dog handler where he earned the Korean Service medal.

On July 5, 1974 he married Marianne King. To this union 2 daughters were born. He and Marianne lived in Colome, SD. Dale drove gravel trucks for Carlson Construction for many years. He was a handyman and willing to help anyone with any task.

Dale enjoyed cutting down trees and chopping firewood for his pride and joy wood stove that heated the family home.

Dale is survived by his wife Marianne of Colome, SD; sister Donna (Joe) Muth of Bismarck, ND; two children, Robin (Adrian) Hamilton of Norfolk, VA and Holly Thompson of Sacramento, CA; two grandchildren, Christian Hamilton and Camryn Hamilton.

He is preceded in death by his parents.

 

Marian (Earll) Gregg, 77

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Marian (Earll) Gregg, 77, of Carter, SD, one of God’s special angels here on earth, was called home to be with the Lord April 25, 2018, surrounded by all of her children and special friends, Les and Shareen Canfield.

Funeral services were held on Friday, April 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the Winner Community Church. Burial followed at the Winner City Cemetery.

Marian was born July 14, 1940, the second of two daughters born to Lloyd A. Earll and Geraldine J. (Schmidt) Earll in Valentine, NE.

Marian graduated from Winner High School in 1958. After graduation, Marian attended cosmetology school in Sioux Falls and earned a cosmetology degree, a talent she used for many years including setting up a salon in her home “Country Cut and Curl”.
On Oct. 14, 1961, Marian married the love of her life, James “Jim” Gregg. To this union, three sons and two daughters were born.

Marian was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, a wonderful friend and neighbor. A fervent Christian, Marian welcomed the day she would be home with the Lord, and instilled in her children the importance of strong Christian values. Marian loved her family and demonstrated that love until the day she died.

Marian is survived by her husband of 56 years, Jim, Carter, SD; her sister, Lorraine (Earll) Dohmen, Winner, SD; children Jeff Gregg (Heidi Ode), Carter, SD; Julie Gregg-Bubac (Duane), Omaha, NE; Jill Christensen (Joe), Arlington, SD; Jerred Gregg (Kara) and Jason Gregg, all of Carter, SD; grandchildren that Marian loved so very much, Jamin Hartland (Sarah), Rapid City, SD; Jessa Ellendorf (Gabriel), White River, SD; Jadyn Gregg, Spearfish, SD; Mark Bubac (Timmi), Rapid City, SD; Christi Bubac, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Dustin Christensen (Samantha), Edgemont, SD; Gary Christensen (Kayla), Sioux Falls; Sara Wollen (Bryce), Sioux Falls, SD; Jacey Gregg, Belle Fourche,SD; James, Jacob, Josey and Jenna; Justus, Jaynee, Jentry, Jude, and Jett, all of Carter, SD; great grandchildren Sage Bubac, Rapid City, SD, Claire and Chloe Christensen, and Brody Wollen, Sioux Falls, and baby girl Christensen coming in June, Edgemont, SD, and Zylias; brothers and sisters-in-law Josephine Klein, Hidden Timber, SD; John Gregg (Jeanne Carpenter Thelen), Evansville, WY; Dennis Gregg (Kay), Martin, SD; and many, many special nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and neighbors.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Geraldine Earll, mother and father-in-law Florence and Herbert Gregg, brothers-in-law Lawrence Klein and James Dohmen, and sister-in-law Loyce Gregg.

Marian touched many lives and brought joy and happiness to family and friends. She will be missed dearly. Until we meet again, Toots!… We love you.

South Dakota Moves Out of Last Place for Average Teacher Salary 11.8 Percent Increase Boost State Average to 48 in Nation

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For the first time in over 30 years, South Dakota’s average teacher salary no longer ranks last in the nation according to a recently released report by the National Education Association (NEA). The NEA’s 2018 Rankings & Estimates publication shows South Dakota’s average teacher salary increased by 11.8 percent during the 2016-2017 school year. This is the largest increase by any state. The pay bump moved South Dakota up to 48th place overall in the nation followed by West Virginia, Oklahoma and Mississippi.

South Dakota Education Association (SDEA) President, Mary McCorkle, said the new data clearly reflects the work of Governor Daugaard’s Blue Ribbon Task Force and the impact of the half-penny increase of the state’s sales tax.

“SDEA welcomes the news this report brings for our teachers and students. The data is evidence the Blue-Ribbon Task Force accomplished one of its main goals, moving the state’s average teacher salary from the bottom of the list,” said McCorkle. “As a state, we were stuck at the bottom for far too long, so moving up means South Dakota is moving in the right direction for teachers and students.”

McCorkle does caution the report is just a snap-shot in time and without a continued effort to keep moving forward the state could find itself at the bottom once again.

“We took a big leap forward in 2016, but we can’t let 48th be the place we stop. We must keep moving forward,” said McCorkle. “As the state embarks on the three-year review of the new funding-formula adopted in 2016, I think we can say, based on this report, we did a lot. Now, we must ask what do we need to do to keep the momentum going. Standing still is not an option for our teachers, and it certainly is not an option for our students. We must keep focused on the future.”

The NEA report provides comparative state data and national averages on a host of important public education statistics, teacher salaries, student enrollment, and revenue and expenditures for the most recent school year. NEA has produced the Rankings and Estimates report for more than 70 years. The complete report can be found at http://www.nea.org/home/73145.htm.