Military rites for John (Jack) Lunne, age 76, who passed away on April 17, 2022, will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Colome Cemetery.
A celebration of life and lunch will follow at the Colome Legion.
Jack graduated from Colome High School in 1964, and at the time of his death was residing in Gilbert, AZ.
Arla Rae (Winckler) Dangel, age 74, of Yankton, SD, passed away at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital on May 24, 2023, with her husband at her side. Cremation has taken place.
A full mass burial was held at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Yankton, SD on June 17, followed by a Celebration of Life.
Arla was born on April 27, 1949 to Hubert and Edna (Fischer) Winckler in Tyndall, SD and was the fourth born of their nine children. Arla grew up in Tyndall, SD and attended Tyndall High School, class of 1966. She met Laverne “Vern” Dangel of Scotland, SD at the swimming pool in Tyndall. The following week, they went on a date every night. Vern then headed back to Vietnam. Upon return to South Dakota, he reconnected with Arla and within a week of his return, Vern proposed marriage. Within 10 days later, on August 7, 1967 she married Vern in Scotland, SD at the St. George Catholic Church. Joining this union were two sons: Paul and Kelly. Arla’s marriage with Vern took her all over the country. They began their marriage in New Mexico, back to South Dakota, then to Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri again, South Dakota again, the Virginia, Florida and finally returning home to South Dakota. There were many adventures they shared along the way.
Arla had the biggest heart and the most beautiful smile. She would light up any room. She was fearless and independent, yet sensitive and incredibly compassionate. She loved cooking, baking, canning, watching movies, playing pinochle, and marbles. Most importantly shopping. She was strong-willed and courageous, but those traits defined Arla. They were part of who she was, and her strength undoubtedly helped her deal with life’s challenges. She was a fighter and took the cards she was dealt with strength and faith. As a woman of faith, Arla wished to have a celebration of the immortality promised to all by Christ. She would love to be remembered with funny, strange, or silly stories that celebrate what was good and blessed in her life.
Arla is survived by her loving husband, Vern: sons, Paul Dangel of Washington, DC, and Kelly and Delia Dangel of Niceville, FL; grandchildren, Roman, Luke and Lexi of Arlington, VA and Logan of Niceville, FL; sister, Norma (Bob) Bender of Yankton, SD; brothers, Joe (Loretta) of Volin, SD, Jarvis (Marilyn) of Avon, Murray (Lisa) of Collinsville, VA and Larry of Indiana, PA; sisters-in-law, Barbara Winckler of Winner, SD and Sue Winckler of Vermillion, SD; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Arla was preceded in death by her parents, Hubert and Edna; her brothers, Leland, Myron (Mike) and David (Dave); and several beloved aunts, uncles, a nephew, cousins and friends.
Marty Allen Moore spent his years on earth as an adventurer. His early adventures began on his grandparent’s ranch where he and his brother, Mike, explored every turn of the White Thunder Creek and all the acres of the ranch either on horseback or on foot. His adventures continued as a truck driver driving from coast to coast and border to border. All maps were in his head, and he never met a stranger because he loved to visit with everyone.
Marty was born on February 29, 1964, in Valentine, Nebraska, to Larry Moore and Cheryl (Gifford) Medearis. He made his journey to the Spirit World on May 15, 2023, in Rapid City, South Dakota, after battling diabetes and complications from dialysis with tenacity, courage and incredible mental and physical strength.
He leaves many wonderful memories treasured by his survivors: his mother, Cheryl Medearis and Wayne Colombe, of Wood, SD; his brothers and their spouses, Cody and Tracy Medearis of Caputa, SD; Michael and Sara Moore of Mesquite, Nevada; his sisters and their spouses, Lisa and Tony Wirth, of Laurel Hill, Florida; Amber, of Wood, SD; Morgan and Seth Miller of Spearfish, SD; and Meghan and Jared Shear of Gillette, Wyoming. Marty is also survived by two sons: Tyler Moore, of Mission, SD, Ty’s two daughters, Ava and Alexa; Ty’s son, Jaxson Fredrick; and Kade Moore of Nebraska. He was a fun-loving “Uncle Monkey” to his nieces and nephews, and his many family members and friends will also carry their memories of him into the future.
Thankful to have shared Marty’s life is his partner and soulmate, Donna Hermann, her daughters, Richenda and Ashley and their families. He will especially be missed by his “Chocolate Cowboy” and “Baby Girl”.
Marty will join these family members who have gone before him: his dad, Larry Moore; paternal grandparents Allis and Agnes Moore; maternal grandparents Willis (Woody) and Colleen Gifford; his beloved great uncle and auntie, Dallas and Jessie Gifford and other family members and friends. Equally happy to greet him will be his beloved dog, Thunder.
A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at 11:00 CDT at the Wood Community Hall in Wood, SD. A dinner will follow the service. A private inurnment is planned at the G-Heart Ranch where he will be “surrounded by good memories and good horses” which was his wish, and one that we will carry out.
The 55th annual Tripp County 4-H Rodeo will be held July 14. The rodeo will begin at 9 a.m.
This year’s rodeo will see over 175 contestants participating to qualify for the state 4-H finals rodeo to be held in Ft. Pierre Aug. 18, 19 and 20. To qualify for the finals a contestant must place in the top 4 in their respective event.
Events include:
Jr. girls—barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, flag race and breakaway roping
Jr. boys—Cattle riding, bareback steer riding, flag race, breakaway roping and goat tying
Sr. girls—Barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, breakaway roping and ribbon roping
Sr. boys—Bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie down roping and steer wrestling.
Dally team roping for juniors and seniors.
Hollenbeck Rodeo Co. will be the stock contractor and Tara Fenenga is the rodeo secretary.
There will be no gate admission. Concessions on the grounds is provided by the Tripp County 4-H Leaders.
By Bosten Morehart
Staff writer
Crazy Days is coming up quick and there are going to be several great events going on around town. Crazy Day will be held on Friday, July 14 and it will a fun day in Winner.
The Winner Area Chamber of Commerce and businesses partnered with them are going to be putting on several different events.
There will be sidewalk chalk drawing on Main Street and Chamber Executive Director Mike Scott encourages everyone of all ages to come down and show off their talent.
He wants as many people as possible to come down and fill out the sidewalks to show off their skills and to have fun.
Chamber businesses will be doing door prize drawings during Crazy Days also.
The crowd drawing event of spinning the wheel is returning to the Chamber office for Crazy Days. If you make a purchase at a participating chamber business on July 14 make sure to keep your receipt.
If you bring your receipt down, you have a chance to spin the wheel for cash. You will receive one spin for each receipt you bring down.
You do not want to miss out on that opportunity as there was a line out the door last year with people making more purchases to spin the wheel.
Participating Chamber businesses will also be putting on great deals at their stores.
By Bosten Morehart
Staff writer
The Purdue Boiler Vet Camp is a great experience for those wanting to go into the veternarian field and Evan Littau was able to experience it.
Evan Littau attended the Jr. Boiler Vet Camp at Purdue University for a week. During this week of camp, he learned and experienced many different things while also meeting new people.
To attend the camp, he had to apply online and be selected to go. There were 600 applicants and only 50 were selected, there were also opportunities for scholarships.
Evan said that his favorite thing that he was able to do at the camp was IV a dog. He was not nervous though because it is something he wants to learn more about.
“It was just different because we got to practice on models that were fairly realistic,” said Littau when asked if he was nervous to do the task. The camp gives the kids as close of an experience to the real thing as they can.
Not only were they able to participate in different veterinarian practices, but they also were able to take some fun trips. They left Purdue campus to visit a couple of different places outside of the camp.
Two places that they went that Littau mentioned were the Indianapolis Zoo and Fair Oaks Farm. “We went to Fair Oaks that was fun, got to look at their hog confinements and their dairy farm,” said Littau.
While being able to IV a dog was his favorite part of camp Littau’s other favorite experiences were not part of the veterinarian experience. “We had a lot of free time so probably playing kickball outside or playing football one of the two,” said Littau.
Although he was learning a lot during the camp, he said that he knew about 50 percent of what they were doing already. Even with knowing most things, Littau enjoyed meeting new friends while at the camp and enjoyed all of the activities that they participated in.
Littau also mentioned another fun experience which included learning more about the insides of cows. “We felt the inside of the rumen of a cow, so their stomach. We reached inside and could feel what was inside their stomach, felt the lining,” said Littau.
There are two sections of the Purdue Boiler camp and those are the Jr. and Sr. sections. The Jr. section requirements are you must be going into seventh grade into freshman year and the Sr. section you must being going into freshman year into senior year.
Littau said he heard about the camp from a friend, and he wants to go into the veterinarian field. He attended the Jr. Camp this year but plans on going back for the Sr. camp.
By Bosten Morehart
Staff writer
Reminder that the July Summer nights is coming up on July 7 put on by the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce.
The sponsors are True Value, American Family Insurance, Dairy Queen.
It will run from 6pm to 9pm. on the first block of Main Street.
The events will include VT Rockin Country, food and drink vendors, activities for all.
Activities include a dunk tank, spin art, karaoke.
Those who sing karaoke will be entered for a cash prize. The prize is $100 cash for the winner of each section. The sections are 12 and under and 13 and up, each winner will receive the prize of $100 cash.
Being recognized are the Boy Scouts for their 100th year anniversary, all former and current scouts are encouraged to come. They are also encouraging Eagle Scouts to come and be recognized.
True Value will also be recognized for their 75th anniversary.
Everyone is welcome to come down and join in on the fun as there is activities for all.
By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Brian Williams is settling in as the new CEO of Winner Regional Healthcare Center.
He has been here for two weeks and has had a meeting with the staff, met individually with the healthcare center directors and took time for an interview with the local newspaper.
Williams said Winner has been very gracious, kind and polite to him. “They are excited I am here. They have given me various pointers about different things going on in Winner,” he said.
Williams says it is an awesome opportunity to be the CEO. “I feel lucky the healthcare center board asked me to be a part of Winner Regional Health. I also feel lucky that I get to work with so many good people from activities, nurses, nurse aides, environmental services, maintenance and the providers. I am excited and I feel honored I was asked to be a part of this team,” he explained.
Williams says he has two goals wherever he goes. The first is to become the employer of choice. The second is to become the provider of choice. “Why would people want to go anywhere else for healthcare? We want members of the community to come here because we are giving them the best patient outcome possible for their primary care services.”
Williams has been in health care for 15 years. Prior to choosing healthcare, Williams
worked in telecommunications for 10 years. He started out splicing fibers and worked his way up to overseeing construction, working in the Washington, Oregon and Idaho areas.
He did not start his college career until he was 28 years old. He went to Eastern Oregon University with a major in administration and has a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga in Washington.
Seeing how caring the staff were in a hospital when his daughter got RSV lead him into healthcare.
“I told my wife I would like to go into hospital work someday and three years later I got that opportunity,” he explained.
A friend told him a small hospital was looking for a clinic manager. Williams applied for the job and was hired. “I loved it,” he said.
He began is healthcare career at Midvalley Hospital in Washington as a clinic manager. Then he worked at a clinic in the tri city area of Washington.
This led to a move to Morton, Wash., where he was the chief operating officer at Arbor Health, a 25 bed critical access hospital. His next move was to Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Mont., where he was vice president of professional services.
Prior to coming to Winner, Williams was CEO at Coal Country Community Health Care in Beulah, N.D. and Sakakawea Medical Center in Hazen, N.D. He was the CEO in North Dakota for two and a half years.
When the Winner job came open he and his wife were looking for a place that had similar values to his family. The couple looked at the community and the schools and liked what they saw. Williams said he decided to apply for the job in Winner.
Williams sees healthcare continuing to change. “It used to be a patient had to come to the hospital or clinic for everything. Now we are seeing technology providing patients different avenues. As our communities continue to grow and develop we are going to have to do everything we can to ensure patient’s needs are being met where they need to be met,” he said.
Williams plans on spending the next few months learning, listening and meeting people.
Williams and his wife Linda have five children. Brandon graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and is ready to obtain his master’s.
Trevor is finishing his bachelor’s degree in business from Brigham Young University–Idaho and would like to go into healthcare. Joshua is going to vet tech school in Boise, Idaho.
Their daughter, Alyssa, will be a senior at Winner High School and their son, Michael, will be a freshman at WHS.
Fresh Flower Studio recently opened for business in Winner. Started by Vanessa Goodell, the new company specializes in contemporary-styled flower bouquets and arrangements for everyday enjoyment, as well as weddings, funerals, birthdays and special events. Helping to make the business unique to the area, Goodell grows many of the flowers she sells on her family’s farm east of town.
Fresh Flower Studio sold its first arrangement in March 2023, but Goodell began the first stages of the business in the fall of 2022, when she planted more than 1,000 specialty tulip bulbs and 600 daffodils. Harvest of these flowers began in April, and they quickly sold out.
Currently, Goodell has several thousand more flowers growing at the farm, including gladiolus, snapdragons, lisianthus, delphinium, zinnias, sunflowers, anemones and ranunculus, among others. She plans to expand into premium peonies and roses. Many of the varieties she grows are only available to professional growers in the floral industry, and she selects them based on stem quality, bloom size and vase life.
Although it’s too early in the summer for many of her flowers to be harvested, she has been cutting delphinium, anemones and ranunculus recently for her arrangements. Delphinium are known as one of the few naturally blue-colored flowers. Anemones and ranunculus are especially challenging flowers to grow in the local climate, as they are known not to produce well in temperatures above 70 degrees. Nonetheless, through intensive management, Goodell has been successfully harvesting these blooms from her farm.
Fresh Flower Studio is a member of the South Dakota Specialty Producers Association and is one of several flower farms that have recently started operating in the state. It is part of a larger nationwide trend that began during the pandemic, when supply chain issues affected the price and availability of flowers. Not only has this movement catered to the preference for local agriculture, but consumers have also enjoyed the quality, fragrance and longevity of locally grown cut flowers.
When flowers aren’t ready for harvest, or to supplement what she grows, Goodell carefully sources flowers from regional wholesalers. This allows her to offer many different types of flowers and plants to her customers year-round, striving to offer the best in freshness and overall quality to her customers.
Originally from Bowman, North Dakota, Goodell moved to Winner in 2015 with her husband. She began growing flowers on the family farm, expanding each year before eventually starting Fresh Flower Studio.
Customers can pick up flower arrangements from Fresh Flower Studio’s home-based storefront at 517 W 14th Street in Winner. Delivery options are also available, including free delivery for funerals, local schools, hospitals and long-term care centers. Additionally, Fresh Flower Studio has partnered with area businesses to sell market bouquets at locations in Winner and Gregory.
Fresh Flower Studio can be found on Facebook and Instagram, as well as its website at freshflowerstudio.com. Customers can also order over the phone by calling Vanessa at 605-840-0061.
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