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There will be an election this year for the Colome Consolidated School Board.

The election will be for the two year term. The candidates are incumbent Shannon Kortan and Brett Galbraith of Wood.

Friday was the deadline for persons to file nominating petitions for school board.

Filing petitions for a three year term were Justin Heath and LaGrande Woods. There will be no election for this term.

Filing a petition for a one term was Brent Gill. He will compete the term of Rod Hermsen. There will be no election for this one term.

The election will be held on April 11.

There will be no Colome city election. Filing petitions by the Friday deadline were incumbents Jon Weiler and Brad Hill, both in Ward Two.

No one filed petitions in Ward One and Ward Three. The incumbents in those wards are Bob Van Oort in Ward Three and David Duffy in Ward One.

The council will make appoints to the council in these two wards in May.

There will be an election for the Winner City Council and Winner School Board in April.
Friday was the deadline for persons to file nominating petitions for both city council and school board.
The only race for Winner City Council will be in Ward Three. Filing petitons were incumbent John Meyer and former councilman Orville Lund.
Also filing city petitions were incumbents Isaiah Curtis in Ward One and Jody Brozik in Ward Two. There will be no election in Wards One and Two.
Three persons have filed petitions for the Winner School Board. There will be a school board election this year.
Filing petitions by the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday were incumbents Rusty Blare, Bill Mann. Also filing a petition was former school board member Wayne S. Meyer.
The combined city and school board election will be held April 11 in the city council room.

Reservations are now open for persons to reserve a seat for the upcoming production of the Winner Community Playhouse.

“The Last Round- Up of the Guacamole Queens” will be presented March 9, 10 and 11 and March 16, 17 and 18. The doors will open at 7 p.m. and the play will be at 7:30 p.m.

This is another play in the series on the Verdeen family from Sweetgum, Texas, says director Sandra York. Audiences have laughed at other plays by the authors Jones, Hope, Wooten.

The cast includes: Candace Patmore, Brandy Biggins, Barb DeSersa, Tami Comp, Kenzie Irick, Maurice Gustafson, Kallie Foudray, Donna Howland, Linda Watson, Doug Nelson, Dan Patmore and Charles York.
The cast is busy with rehearsals.

The technical director is Dan Patmore.

For reservations persons can call the playhouse at 842-1958.

Seven members of the Winner American Legion Auxiliary have been honored for doing 50 hours or more in service to veterans.

Seven members of the Winner American Legion Auxiliary have been honored for doing 50 hours or more in service to veterans.

Jeanette Sprenkle visits the nursing home every day and helps with veterans projects at the post home from the Memorial Day ceremony to fixing meals for 70 honor guards.

Judy Wilcox organized benches for the local veterans memorial in Winner.

Elaine Coonrod has sewn blue jeans quilts for veterans.

Kris Ringstmeyer repaired 70 flags that were flown on Memorial Day.

Sally Kingsbury volunteers at the local nursing home helping with card parties, bingo and months parties.

Sharon Hiemstra has volunteered at the local nursing home with card parties, bingo and monthly parties.

The Winner VFW Auxiliary #4674 awarded the Tripp County EMT Cadets with a check that they can use to purchase needed educational items and other items used by the cadets to help in carrying out the duties of an EMT. The Cadets assisted the auxiliary throughout the past year with several projects including laying the auxiliary markers on the deceased auxiliary graves during Memorial Day activities; assisting the guests during a celebration of 50 year- plus members and recognition of special yearly awards; their annual holiday wreath sales; and the buddy poppy campaign.

The Cadets consists of youths age 16 and older, several who have belong more than two years. Recently eight additional students have joined their ranks and have begun training. When a Cadet graduates from the program, they are eligible to take the EMT course and take the national exam to become a licensed EMT.

Bev Vaughn, recently retired director of the program, highly praised the group for their willingness to learn, adapt to new ideas and excel in their skills. They are encouraged to participate by volunteering in community activities. Korie Pravecek has been hired as the director of the Cadets

Lindsey Calhoon of Winner has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Minnesota.   She is a junior in the college of liberal arts.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Winner 8th grade reading students joined classrooms across the county in celebrating reading and our 50 great states by participating in a Read Across America bookmark exchange. The Winner 8th grade reading class along with the advanced art class participated.

Each student was asked to make a bookmark that featured something about their state and city. On the back of the bookmark the students put their first name, a fun fact about themselves, the school, state and city.

The bookmarks were sent to a teacher in Reading, Pa. For each bookmark that was submitted a bookmark from another part of the United States was returned to the Winner School.

C. K. Storms, Winner 8th grade reading teacher, said the student sent 55 bookmarks and just last week received a package with about the same number of bookmarks.

“Each bookmark was a creativity aspect of what the students wanted to do,” she explained.

Preston Norrid said on his bookmark he drew a football and presented facts on how Winner had won several state championships.

The teacher in Pennsylvania who started the project said they received over 8,500 bookmarks from 85 schools and libraries in 24 states.

She created a Google map marking all the participating places.

The teacher said: “This small project is my way of celebrating something we all can agree on—our kids, reading and the beauty and diversity of the USA.”

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Wrestling fans and community members welcomed home the fourth place Winner Area wrestling team Sunday evening after a successful competition of the state Class B tournament in Sioux Falls.

The Warriors had six wrestlers place during the two day event. Tre Doren was the state champion. Also placing were Kaden Keiser, 6th; Wyatt Turnquist, 5th; Atlas Willuweit, 4th; Trevor Peters, 7th; Kayleb Brozik, 5th.
Avery Gilchrist and Jayden Schroeder also wrested at state which was held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.

Coach Jayd Schuyler thanked fans for their support this season and for those who followed the team to Sioux Falls.  “Head coach Spencer Novotny had a solid program and made wrestling fun for the kids,” said Schuyler.

Head coach Spencer Novotny said the Winner athletes are great young men. “I knew we were going to have something special when we won the Mid Dakota Monster in Presho,” said the coach. The Warrior went on to win the regional title.

The coach talked about each athlete who wrestled at state.  Novotny noted state champion Tre Doren is a great athlete. “I have never seen someone so composed and humble after winning at state title.”’  The coach added that senior Tristan Watzel went with the team to state. “Tristan is our team. We really jelled through Tristan.”

Prior to coming to Winner, Novotny was the wrestling coach in Mobridge for six years. He said one of the hardest things is to move into a new athletic program. “I told the kids I did not want to change anything they would do, I just wanted to add to it,” he said.

Novotny noted this victory was a team effort. Novotny was named the Region 3 coach of the year and was quick to admit that was an award that also goes to assistant coaches Jady Schuyler and Daryl LaDeaux. He said when the team does good it makes the coaches look good.

The seniors on the team talked at the welcome home and thanked the fans for their support.

By Cassidy Seeking Land

My grandpa Ronnie should be the A.A.R.P. S.D. grandparent of the year. He is strong, he can build many things. He should be the grandparent of the year because he is loyal and determined. He fought in the Vietnam war. He fought because he knew that lives are worth protecting, he cared about others.

My grandpa taught me many life lessons. He never spoils us with gifts. He can only give us the best gift of all, its love. He also taught me how to speak Lakota.

Ronnie is tough, he may be old but he is determined to do something great. He always tells us that if we put our minds to it we will get it done. My grandpa may be old but he can build anything. He and his friends once built an arena, seats, stands; he built all of those things for a great pow-wow.

Ronnie teaches us many things. Ronnie taught me how to cook. He taught me how to be a better person. He was nice enough to get my family a trampoline. When we all lit fireworks, he was there to make sure we were having fun and being safe.

He will do anything to make us proud. He tries his best to be the greatest grandpa his grandchildren will ever see. Ronnie fought in the Vietnam War because everyone depended on him, they needed him. He always tries to keep us happy. He protects us, he loves us, and he cares about us. He many not seem like the best grandparent. In my heart he is, he may sound seem weird, but I love him. He will always be in my heart. That is why he should be that grandparent of the year. He is not like any other grandparent, he is different. That is what is so great about him.

By Aiden Tunnissen

My Grandma Lorna Her Many Horses is a nice person around people. She always gets chatty when she sees a friend but when it comes to family she is always asking the kids like me how is school but to the adults she asks how are they doing. We are always seeing her on holidays and we visit her sometimes. She is always positive, inspirational and never spoils us. She is a grandma of three children.

Most people look at the negative outcomes but not my grandma. She always looks at the positive outcomes. She is always looking at the bright side and might give it a chance to work, even if it looks bad. Can make it happen like my grandma. Therefore, you have to stay positive!

She never spoils any one of her grandkids or me in fact. If we ask for things, she won’t give it to us. And I mean not ever. Which is what I see in a good grandparent. That is how all grandparents should be like. Not giving kids to much but just enough.

She is also very inspirational. She sets goals for us and has us take down those goals. Which gives us motivation. When it comes to goals, she has many that is why she is the most inspirational person that I know. She always has goals for us every week.

That is why I think my grandma Lorna Her Many Horses should be the A.A.R.P. grandparent of 2017 this year. My family and I would be proud of her getting this award. All she has done thus far is great. Everyone in her life could be thinking of her as the grandparent of 2017 right now. Because of the three reasons that are, what I listed above never spoils, very positive, and super inspirational.