The Winner Area
Chamber of Commerce is putting on the second summer nights of the year on July
7.
The sponsors for the
summer nights are True Value, American Family Insurance, Dairy Queen.
Summer nights will
begin at 6 pm and run until 9 pm.
The events will
feature VT Rockin Country.
There will be several
vendors serving food and drinks.
Some activities that
will be happening are a dunk tank, spin art, karaoke.
If you sing karaoke,
you will be entered for a prize. The prize is $100 cash for the winner of the
12 and under section and $100 cash for the winner of 13 and up section.
There will also be
recognition for True Value’s 75th anniversary.
The 100th year
anniversary for Boy Scouts is also going to be celebrated. They are encouraging
any former or present scouts to come celebrate and be recognized.
Any Eagle Scouts are
also invited to come and be recognized.
There will be several
fun games and activities for kids to participate in.
Everyone is welcome to
come down and join in on the fun.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo The Pix Theater in Winner reopened on Friday, June 23 after work was completed inside following a fire. Pictured from left are Don Tuttle, Marque Bachmann, Sarah Taggart, Ronae Klein and Brenda Klein.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Rosebud Concrete, Winner, puts down another load of concrete on the Highway 18 project in Winner. The concrete pour on June 21was from South County Road to Taft Street.
By Dan
Bechtold
Editor
There will be a lot going on with the Highway 18 project in Winner in the next few weeks.
The
South Dakota Department of Transportation and Reede Construction, Aberdeen,
held a weekly update on June 20.
A long
paving pour was held June 21 from South County Road to Taft St.
A few
weeks after the Fourth of July the paving will be from Taft St. to First
Fidelity Bank.
All the
water main is in on the north side of the highway. However, there will be some
testing of the new main and there may be some temporary outages while the
testing is being completed.
Brad
Norrid of the DOT said the big news was that June 26 traffic was switched to
the new concrete from South County Road to Country Club Motel. Motorists are
asked to take care in making the transition to the new concrete highway.
Pedestrians
will be on the north side of the highway. There will be pedestrian crossings
between Frontier Ford and Country Club Motel. The area will be signed and the
crossings will remain the rest of the project.
While
traffic will be on the new concrete crews will be removing the asphalt on the
south side of the highway from the bridge to South County Road.
“Please
pay attention to what is going on,” said Norrid. The speed limit will be 25
miles per hour.
Highway
update meetings are held weekly each Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the city council
chambers.
June “Junebug” Violet
Freilinger, 93, of Monona, Iowa died Friday, June 16, 2023 at Ossian Senior
Hospice, Ossian, Iowa. June was born June 10, 1930 to Leonard and Freida
(Schmidt) Hofeldt in Milboro, South Dakota. She graduated from Winner High
School in 1948 and attended two years of college in Minneapolis, Minn.
On Sept. 22, 1951 June
was united in marriage to Roderick Joseph Freilinger at St. Patricks Catholic
Church in Monona, Iowa. Six children were born to this union. They made their first home in Yuma, Ariz.,
until Rod was discharged from the Air Force.
Upon being discharged they then moved to Frankville, Iowa, where they
farmed for several years until Rod started Freilinger Construction.
June then did the
secretarial duties for Freilinger Construction and raised 6 children and a
large garden. She enjoyed sewing,
gardening and canning for her family. Rod
and June had many good times with the Volney crew and surrounding
neighbors. They also traveled to many
LICA conventions. She taught CCD, was a
member of the Rosary society and a Catholic Daughter.
Upon raising her
family, she then took a job cooking at Pink Elephant, Crow’s Nest and then the
Boat, where she met many people and so enjoyed cooking and joking with the
busboys and cooks. “Junebug” as many
people knew her, loved to joke and enjoyed people. She enjoyed her church activities and
traveling with the Heritage Club, taking several trips overseas. June loved to travel and enjoyed her annual
trips “out home” to Millboro, South Dakota.
South Dakota and her family still residing there, were always very
special to her. She knew that road
well!!!
Most of all
“Junebug’s” proudest moments were when all her family was around her. She loved her birthday parties where everyone
was together, always commenting LOOK WHAT I DID”. June made each of her grandchildren a jean
quilt sewn with all the love she could give.
She enjoyed taking her grand kids on outings. Always a good treat at Grandmas! She put her cooking skills to good use
serving her family some fabulous meals.
June truly loved all 85 of us, and was blessed with all the Junebug
trinkets we could find!
June will always be
remembered as “Junebug”, with her very caring heart, her joking personality and
always thinking of others before herself.
June loved life and people.
Surviving June are her
children, Brad (Cheryl) Freilinger of Monona, Iowa, Barb (Ron) Moellers of
Ossian, Iowa, Brian (Brenda) Freilinger of Decorah, Iowa, Bonnie Lange of
Monona, Iowa, Beverly (Brent) Blanchard of Guttenberg, Iowa and Beth (Jake)
Sweeney of Monona, Iowa; sixteen grandchildren, Heather (Chad) Bettman, Angie (Brent)
Mohs, Reggie (Sarah) Freilinger, Elizabeth (Brian) Riley, Dustin (Katie)
Moellers, Dereck (Starlette) Moellers, Devin (Carol) Moellers, Randy (Melissa)
Freilinger, Brent (Jamie) Freilinger, Blake (Brenda) Lange, Melissa (Matt)
Egan, Matt (Shauna) Lange, Marshall (Leah) Lange, Emily Blanchard, Bradley
Sweeney and Jason (Maddi) Sweeney; a multitude of great-grandchildren and many
nieces and nephews.
June was preceded in
death by her parents, Leonard and Freida Hofeldt; husband, Roderick Freilinger
on Oct. 26, 1982; son-in-law, Dave Lange; three grandchildren, Shane Rodas,
Eric Rodas and Dexter “Doc” Lange; and two brothers, Lee (Joann) Hofeldt and
Loren Hofeldt.
Mass of Christian
Burial was at 10:30 am on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at St. Patrick Catholic Church,
Monona, Iowa with Rev. Martin Coolidge as the celebrant.
Burial followed at St.
Patrick Catholic Church Cemetery, Monona, Iowa.
Leonard-Grau Funeral
Home and Cremation Service, Monona, Iowa is helping the family with the
arrangements.
Jim Smith, 71, of
Witten, SD passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at the Winner Regional
Healthcare Facility.
Memorial service was
held on Friday, June 23, 2023 at 2 p.m. at the Carter Gospel Fellowship Church
in Carter, SD. Burial will be held at a
later date.
Alan James “Jim” Smith
was born on March 3, 1952 in Billings, Montana.
He lived in Roundup, Mont., until he joined the Army in 1970and served
overseas in Taiwan .
Jim then returned home
for a short time before moving to Powell, Wyo., where he met Marlyce and they
were married in 1976. Jim and Marlyce
lived in Powell where Jim worked in the Oil Patch until they moved to Witten,
South Dakota in 1990.
While in Witten Jim
had many different jobs doing farm work, working for Grossenburgs and the State
of South Dakota. Jim also worked in
Alaska building ice roads and then road construction until he retired.
Jim loved fishing and
hunting and visiting with friends and family.
He was preceded in
death by his father Luther G. Smith, mother Alice, brother Larry and sister
Sandee Lekse.
Jim leaves behind his
wife Marlyce, sister Dixie Taylor, nieces; Michelle Foeller and Deana
Netherton, nephew Danny Lekse and his daughter Skyler, brother-in-law Michael
Weathermon his wife Debbie and nephews Cody Weathermon, Nicholas Foeller and
Cameron Kinney.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo The Pix Theater received a $15,000 grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation. Several members of the theater board were present for the presentation on June 14. Marilyn Grossenburg, a member of the board of directors of the community foundation, front center, presents the grant to Brenda Klein, president of the Pix Theater board of directors. Also attending the presentation was Stephanie Judson, president and CEO of the S.D. Community Foundation, second from right. Pictured in front from left are Molly Knutelski, Klein, Grossenburg, Judson and Jack Burns. In back from left are Lynnelle Anderson, Don Tuttle and Val Ewing. The Pix Theater will reopen on Friday, June 23.
Submitted Photo Glenn Carlson of Winner received the boys assistant coach of the year award from the South Dakota High School Coaches Association on Sunday, June 18. The award was presented at Dakota Dunes at the coaches association hall of fame and awards banquet. Carlson is pictured with his wife and daughters. Pictured from left are Lisa Jankauskas, Becca Carlson, Glenn Carlson and Carrie Kuil.
The Mid Dakota Fair is
a popular celebration and this year it brings in a new event.
Rowan Grace and Emmy
Kaiser will be putting on a concert which will be held at the fairgrounds on
Aug. 4.
Rowan Grace, a high
school student from Rapid City performed on The Voice and was part of Team
Blake where she did very well.
Emmy Kaiser is local talent
who writes and produces her own music. She has her music out on several
platforms.
Tickets are on sale
for $10 a piece and can be bought on the
Chamber of Commerce website or in the Chamber office. All kids involved in the
4-H events will receive a free ticket to the concert.
The plan is to have
the concert run from 8 pm to around 11 pm.
The Chamber hopes this
will be a great community event for people to come out to for an affordable
price. It is also a chance for people to come and listen to some state and
local talent.
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