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Esther Helena Rang, 87

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Esther was the second child, including two brothers and two sisters born into the Rang family. In 1935 the family moved to a farm south of Burke, South Dakota where one more brother was born. She attended the McCumber School and had to leave school after the third grade because she was blind in one eye. She taught herself to read. She made her home on the farm until her dad sold the farm and moved into Burke. It was in Burke where she loved to work in the yard and with her flowers. She also loved to sew, especially making dolls. She was a nanny to her nieces and nephews, the neighbor kids and their dog Skamp.

Esther remained here until she entered the senior housing in Burke, where her sister, Edith, looked after her. Due to declining health, she entered the Lake Andes Health Care Center where she was a resident for the past 19 years.

Retail Gas Price Average in South Dakota Still at $2.35, AAA Says

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AAA South Dakota reports the state’s pump price average is $2.35 per gallon for regular, the same price the blend was one week ago.

“It’s kind of funny,” said Marilyn Buskohl, spokeswoman for AAA South Dakota. “There are a number of factors pushing and pulling gasoline prices right now, but for every one that is putting upward pressure on prices, there’s another that is keeping prices low.”

AAA projects that more than 34 million Americans are planning to take a road trip this Memorial Day weekend– which is 800,000 more drivers than last year. The rise in road travel could pressure pump prices to continue to increase into the summer months, potentially returning to the higher national averages seen in April.

Current Price Averages per Gallon of Regular Gasoline

Sioux Falls – $2.24, down 9 cents from one month ago … up 6 cents from 5/22/16
Rapid City – $2.43, unchanged from one month ago … up 19 cents from 5/22/16
South Dakota – $2.35, down 5 cents from one month ago … up 10 cents from 5/22/16
U.S. – $2.36, down 6 cents from one month ago … up 8 cents from 5/22/16

Four Qualify for Nationals

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2017 National Qualifiers

Four participants in Tripp County Shooting Sports have qualified for the national championships.  The qualifiers are Tane Pravecek, Wade McClanahan, Cody Amidon and Luke Hennebold.  The national championship will be in Grand Island, Neb., June 26-30.

Hennebold qualified last fall at the state shotgun match in Mitchell.  Pravecek, Amidon and McClanahan qualified at the spring match in Ft. Pierre on April 28-30.

Hennebold competes in shotgun, sporting clays, skeet, trap; Pravecek competes in 22 pistol, slow fire bullseye, silhouette and camp perry round; Amidon competes in 22 rifle: silhouette, CMP and 3 position and McClanahan competes in air pistol: single shot, rapid fire, silhouette and slow fire—bullseye.

Vets Wall of Honor

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A veterans wall of honor will be dedicated at the Winner Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29.  The dedication will follow the Memorial Day service which starts at 11 a.m.

On the wall are a list of 104 names of persons from Tripp County who have died while wearing the uniform.  The honor list includes names of persons from World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.   The names are soldiers who were killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds and non-battle death.

The Avenue of Flags commissioned the creation of the wall. 
Bob Benson, president of the Avenue of Flags, said Ruth Novotny made the wall out of a material similar to highway signs so it will last forever.   A lot of research went into compiling the names. Benson explained he had a list of names from the American Legion and also went to Pierre to do some research.  “It was a long process trying to get everything right and making sure we did not miss any one,” said Benson.

There is still room on the wall for additional names.

At the dedication, the Avenue of Flags will recognize Ruth Novotny, Rosebud Concrete, Marilyn Grossenburg, Grossenburg Implement.  Benson said Gene Grossenburg was the main man who made this wall happen. “He would bring equipment and employees to work on the project,” said Benson.  The Avenue of Flags is a community based organization. Persons who would like to donate to the Avenue of Flags can contact Benson or Byron Foreman.

Winner Track Teams Claim Region Titles

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Winner High School boys and girls track teams won the Region 7A meet Thursday in Martin.

The Lady Warriors scored 260.5 points for first place and the boys scored 243 points.

Several Winner athletes qualified for the state track meet which is May 26-27.

Results of the Winner girls team include:
100—Ellie Brozik, 3rd, :13.34; Meagan Blare, 4th, :13.90; Charlotte Shopene, 5th, :13.93
200—Alexis Richey, 2nd, :28.52; Ellie Brozik, 4th, :29.21; Skyler Hansen, 6th, :30.40
400—Samantha Schuyler, 2nd, 1:03.50; Alexis Richey, 3rd, 1:08.52; Meagan Blare, 4th, 1:10.18
800—Saige Schuyler, 2nd, 2:37.55
1600—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 5:43.50; Chloe Bartels, 4th, 6:02.84
3200—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 12:50.24; Aryn Meiners, 4th, 14:06.28
100 hurdles—Elisabeth Duffy, 1st, :17.65; Skyler Hansen, 2nd, :18.20; Katherine Jankauskas, 3rd, :19.06
300 hurdles—Duffy, 2nd, :54.62; Hansen, 3rd, :56.97; Jankauskas, 4th, :58.84
4×100 relay—1st, :55.65, Charlotte Shopene, Kelsey Sachtjen, Madison Thieman and Ellie Brozik
4×200—1st, 1:55.75, Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Katherine Jankauskas and Ellie Brozik
4×400—1st, 4:34.52, Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels, Morgan Hammerbeck and Samantha Schuyler
4×800 relay—1st, 10:46.71, Chloe Bartels, Saige Schyler, Sidda Schuyler and Samantha Schuyler
Medley relay—4th, 5:24.72, Charlotte Shopene, Madison Thieman, Kelsey Sachtjen and Gabby Kocer
High jump—Kelsey Sachtjen, 1st, 4-7; Sam Marts, 4th, 4-01
Long jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 3rd, 14-2.75; Duffy, 4th, 13-07.25
Triple jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 2nd, 30-02; Blare, 4th, 29-03
Shot put—Kyran Meek, 1st, 31-04.25; Jaynee Gregg, 4th, 28-04; Bella Swedlund, 6th, 27-02.25
Discus—Meek, 1st, 102-05; Swedlund, 2nd, 90-11; Gregg, 6th, 76-11

Results of the Winner boys include:
100—Cameron Kuil, 1st, :11.24; Riley Calhoon, 4th, :11.46
200—Drew DeMers, 3rd, :23.74; Isaac Naasz, 4th, :24.65
400—Kuil, 1st, :52.62; Joren Bruun, 4th, :57.93
800—Kayleb Brozik, 1st, 2:08.37
1600—Izak Moleterno, 1st, 4:54.59
3200—Kade Watson, 2nd, 11:23.96; Moleterno, 3rd, 11:24.46
110 hurdles—Phillip Jorgensen, 2nd, :20.18; Jacob Clay, 3rd, :24.46
300 hurdles—Phillip Jorgensen, 2nd, :49.68; Kaden Keiser, 4th, :53.02
4×100—1st, :46.31, Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Brady Fritz
4×200—1st, 1:41.12, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kayleb Brozik and Cameron Kuil
4×400—1st, 3:53.40, Brady Fritz, Joren Bruun, Luke Engel and Kayleb Brozik
4×800—2nd, 10:19.94, Luke Engel, Kaden Keiser, Joey Cole and Kade Watson
Medley relay—4th, 4:35.72, Casey Stickland, Colton Schroeder, Luke Engel and Joey Cole
High jump—Kayleb Brozik, 2nd, 5-8
Long jump—Fritz, 1st, 19-02.5; Riley Calhoon, 3rd, 18-09.25; Joren Bruun, 4th, 17-10.75
Triple jump—Bruun, 1st, 39-0; Fritz, 2nd, 38-09; Phillips Jorgensen, 3rd, 36-06
Shot put—Jayden Schroeder, 1st, 46-06; Levi McClanahan, 3rd, 41-04.25; John Kludt, 5th, 37-06
Discus—Schroeder, 1st, 123-07; John Kludt, 3rd, 112-0; Levi McClanahan, 4th, 109-02

The Warriors and Lady Warriors will compete in the state track meet this weekend. On Friday, May 26, Winner and all Class A teams will compete in Tea and on Saturday, May 27, the finals will be Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field.

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Royals Win Playoff Game

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The Winner/Colome baseball team won the first round of the playoffs when they shut out Gregory County 8-0 May 16 in Winner.

Ty Bolton earned the win on the mound pitching five innings. Carter Brickman pitched the final two innings giving up no runs, hits and walks with two strikeouts.

Holden Thieman and Nick Lantz each had two singles. Ty Bolton had a single and 2 RBIs.

Winner Area Lady Warriors Golf Team Won the Winner Invitational and Placed Third in the Vermillion Invitational.

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At the Winner Invitational, Ronae Klein was the medalist as she took first place with an 86.   Also placing were: Addy Root, 4th, 95; Liz Jankauskas, 5th, 98; Sam Marts, 7th, 102.

At the Vermillion Invitational, Winner placed third as a team with 363 points.  Klein placed 3rd, 81; Jankauskas, 8th, 88 and Root, 14th, 92.

The regional will be held May 30 in Mitchell and the state golf meet is June 5-6.

Colome Athletes Qualify for State

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Colome High School qualified athletes for the state track meet at the Region 6B meet in Kimball on Thursday.
The Colome boys took sixth place as a team with 57.50 points. The Colome girls placed fourth with 78 points.

Results of the Colome boys include:
100—Beau Bertram 4th, :11.72
200—Holden Thieman, 2nd, :24.11; Bertram, 7th, :25.20
4×100—3rd, :46.85
4×200—2nd, 1:36.88
Shot put—Matt Campbell, 1st, 52-01
Discus—Campbell, 1st, 165-11
Long jump—Chase Dufek, 4th, 18-09
Triple jump—Andrew Laprath, 8th, 35-09.75
Callie Heath won both the 100 and the 200.

Results of the Colome girls include:
100—Callie Heath, 1st, :13.3; Saydee Heath, 7th, :14.24
200—Heath, 1st, :27.20
400—Abby Kortan, 3rd, 1:09.7
800—Kortan, 5th, 2:45.95
3200—Jaclyn Laprath, 2nd, 12:52.72
100 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 5th, :18.21
300 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 5th, :56.03
4×100—3rd, :55.02
4×200—2nd, 1:54.87
Long jump—Saydee Heath, 2nd, 15-07; Abby Kortan, 7th, 13-09
Triple jump—Kortan, 3rd, 30-07.5

The state track meet will be May 26 and 27. Colome will be in Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field both days.