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.
Submitted Photo Northern Plains Construction of Winner has been working hard on the highway project. They have been installing water main which will be in place once the paving begins again. The guys have been putting in a lot of extra hours. Northern Plains appreciates everyone’s patience during this project.
By Dan
Bechtold
Editor
Work is
progressing with water main and utility upgrades on the Highway 18 project in
Winner.
At the
bi-weekly construction meeting on June 13, Brad Norrid of the Winner Department
of Transportation office reported tentative plans are to have all the water
main installed by the end of the week.
Norrid
noted the contractor has been doing a good job, even working some nights, to
minimize the impact on motorists.
Starting
June 20 concrete paving started from South County Road to just before Taft St.
During this paving process there will be no access to any of the businesses on
the north side from the highway. This will allow for a continuous paving and a
better road surface in the end. Persons may use First Street to access
businesses.
Norrid
explained Reede Construction has contacted all the businesses in this area
where the concrete will be poured.
“The
continuous pour will eliminate blockouts, which is a gap in paving. This saves
time and makes the project go faster,” said Norrid.
A couple
of times during the public meeting, Norrid asked for the public to have patience
and drive carefully through the construction zone.
He also
asked the motorists to obey the speed limit because this area is very
congested.
Next
week the DOT and Reede Construction will start having weekly meetings on
Tuesdays at 11 a.m.
Bosten Morehart/Winner Advocate Photo Summer recreation is in full swing at McDonald Park. Here a group of kids play a game on the tennis court. Jaime Keiser is the supervisor of summer rec with the help of the Winner High School volleyball girls.
By Bosten Morehart
Staff writer
The Summer Rec program
is in its second week and the kids are keeping active and having fun.
The program started
June 5 this summer and is Monday-Friday from 9 am to noon. The activities and games start at nine with a
break halfway through and then they start up again after the break.
They start the day off
playing games on the tennis courts with a game going on each side of the nets.
These games are challenging giving the kids a sense of competition while being
around their friends.
During the break the
concession stand opens for the kids to get a snack and or drink and catch their
breath. The break allows for the kids to rest and get some fuel in their body,
so they are ready for the second half of the program.
After break they will
return to playing but this time in the outfield of McDonald’s Park. They will
finish playing in the field until it ends at noon.
Once the program is
over, they are able to go right over to the pool and even walk over to the
school to get lunch.
There are 85 kids
signed up this year which is around the average number since Covid. The ages of
the kids range from kindergarten to 8th grade.
Jaime Keiser runs the
program and has been since she started in 2010. The Winner High School
volleyball team helps with summer rec.
The goal of the
program is to keep the kids active and socializing with their friends. Another
goal is to teach them how to problem solve and resolve arguments in the safest
way they can.
The program will run
throughout the summer until July 14th.
Ruth Adrian, 79, of Columbus, Ind., passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 in Columbus, Ind. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 23 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner, SD. Burial will follow in the Winner Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Born on Aug. 10, 1943, in Highland Park, MI, Ruth was the loving daughter of John and Addie (Cunningham) Knox. She was united in marriage to Richard L. Adrian on Feb. 13, 1982. He preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 2021. Ruth had worked fifteen years for the Jennings County Community Foundation as a secretary. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She had served on the board of directors at the Jennings County Public Library and was an ASPCA Supporter. Ruth enjoyed her quiet life on the farm and cooking. She loved dogs and was an avid reader. She cherished spending time with her family and friends. Ruth will be missed by her children, Kirsten Adrian of North Vernon, Daniel L. (Alison) Adrian of Mason, OH, Richard L. (Amanda) Adrian of Greer, SC, and Jonathan P. (Angela) Adrian of Scipio; grandchildren, Alexander, and Samantha Adrian, Mia, Dylan, and Ava Adrian, Quinn, Duncan, Conner, and Brandon Adrian. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Addie Knox; husband, Richard Adrian; children, Michael, and Megan Adrian; grandson, Rondal Lee Adrian. Memorials can be made through the funeral home to the Rondal Lee Adrian Scholarship Fund through the Jennings County Foundation. Friends and family are invited to light a candle or leave a message of condolence in Ruth’s memory at www.sawyerfuneralservice.com.
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