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Danielle Schweigert has met Criteria for Laboratory Accreditation for COLA, Inc

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Danielle Schweigert, lab tech at Avera Medical Group Winner, has met all the criteria for laboratory accreditation  by COLA Inc., a leading national laboratory accreditor, whose program and standards enable clinical laboratories and staff to meet United States Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act and other regulatory requirements.

Through a mentoring approach using education to improve quality and patient safety, accreditation is given to laboratories that apply the highest standards of quality in day to day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of proficiency testing and pass a rigorous on-site laboratory survey.

COLA Inc is a physician-directed organization whose purpose is to promote health and safety through accreditation and education programs. In 1993, COLA was granted deemed status by CMS to provide laboratory accreditation.

Elevate Agronomics Invited the Winner High School Football Team for Supper

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Several members of the Winner football team are in line for food at Elevate Agronomics on Thursday. It was the grand opening for the new building and a customer appreciation supper. Since they were having the supper the owners invited the football team to come and eat with them. The team meal was before Friday’s game at Elk Point/Jefferson.

Winner Community Playhouse choses playcast

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A cast has been chosen for the upcoming production of the Winner Community Playhouse.

The play will be “The Fat of the Land” by Pat Cook. It will be presented Sept. 13-14 and Sept. 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.

The cast includes Tami Comp, Vicky Barfuss, Mary Backus, Michele Hagenlock, Brandy Biggins, Barb DeSersa, Hayden McMurtrey, Emily Moser, Ron High Rock and Doug Nelson.

The play is directed by Sandra York with Dan Patmore as the technical director.

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for South Dakota

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FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of South Dakota to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding from June 16 to July 8, 2024.

The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Davison, Lincoln, Turner and Union counties. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

Federal funding is also available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding in Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hand, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Sanborn, Tripp, Turner, Union and Yankton counties.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

Edwin J. Martin has been named Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected areas. Additional designations may be made at a later date if warranted by the results of damage assessments.

Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated areas can begin applying for assistance by registering online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov, by calling 1-800-621- 3362 or by using the FEMA App. If you use a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service.

Colome Football Team

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By Dan Bechtold

Editor

Colome football team will open the season Aug. 23 at Burke.

The new head coach of the Cowboys is Duane Wetzel who was an assistant coach for two years. The assistant coach will be Wyatt Cahoy. Chase Hrabanek served as head coach of the  Cowboys last season.

There are 13 players on the Colome team this season.

Returning lettermen are seniors Shae Munroe, Jonah Musser; juniors Tyson Wetzel, Sam Brandsgaard and Alex Larson. Tila Harter, student manger is also a returning letterwinner.

Also on the team are Rystan DeSmet, a junior; freshmen Ben Vandenbark, Bode Kingsley and Berkley Meeder. There are three 8th graders Harley Supik, Justin DeNoyer and Jackson Fredrickson.

Coach Wetzel says as of now Supik will be starting at quarterback. Running back will be Musser with Meeder full back, DeSmet, wide out. Tyson Wetzel will be the center and Kingsley will be one of the guards. Who will be the other guard is up in the air.

Though the staff is still working on the defense what is known is that Wetzel will play on the defensive line along with Larson. Meeder will play  middle linebacker and Musser will be one of the outside backs along with Brandsgaard.

DeSmet and Supik will play safety.

Wetzel said in practice the team has been working on a lot of fundamentals.

“We are trying to build this program, try to get the kids interested,” said Wetzel. “I think we should win some games this year. We have a couple of tough teams that will be a challenge for us. The team is buying into the program and that is what Colome needs is for kids to believe in the program.”

Last season the Cowboys won two games and Wetzel is looking to improve on that this year.

“I told the kids from the start that it will be an uphill battle but as long as they stick with the program and believe what we are doing I will always be behind them,” said Wetzel.

“I am excited for this year,” he added.

The Colome homecoming game is Sept. 6 when they host Sunshine Bible Academy.

The 2024 Colome football schedule includes:

Aug. 23—at Burke

Aug. 30—at Platte-Geddes

Sept. 6—Sunshine Bible Academy, homecoming

Sept.13-Bye week

Sept. 20—Avon, home

Sept. 27—at Corsica/Stickney

Oct. 4—at Scotland/Menno

Oct. 11—TDA/ACDC, home

Oct. 18—Conference

Winner High School competitive dance team

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This year the Winner High School competitive dance team will compete in both pom and jazz.

This is the first time Winner has done jazz. Winner has done, hip hop, kick and pom put never jazz.

There will be eight girls in jazz says coach Sarah Taggart. “I am really excited for jazz. The girls have worked hard from May through the summer coming to practice two days a week. “I think we have a good routine and our song is cool to go with the performance,” added Taggart. Pom has always been a staple for the dancers and this year will be no different. There are 11 girls in pom and this will be made up mostly of the younger girls.

There are eight returning letterwinners on the team. They include Kacie Petersen, Avery Manke, Autumn Cook, Addi Heenan, Lena DeMers, Chloe Taggart, Amanda Edwards and Suchi Chaudhari.

“I am excited to see where we can go with these routines,” said Taggart who is starting her fifth year as dance coach.

“We have good group of girls that are going to work hard,” she said.

There are no seniors on the team so Taggart is excited that all these girls will be back for another year.

Marissa Meiners is the assistant coach. She was a member of Taggart’s dance team the first two years Taggart was the coach.

The first competition will be Aug. 31 in Gregory. The Winner Invitational will be Sept. 14.

The state meet this year is in Rapid City on Oct. 25.

The schedule for the dance team includes:

Aug. 31—at Gregory High School

Sept. 5 —at Mitchell Invitational

Sept. 7—at Pierre Invitational

Sept 14—Winner Invitational, 1 p.m.

Sept. 21-Douglas Invitational

Sept. 23—Wagner Invitational

Oct. 10—Sturgis invitational

Oct. 19—Platte-Geddes invitational

Oct. 21—Dance/cheer showcase before state, Winner auxiliary gym

Oct. 25—State meet in Rapid City