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Colome Competes in Kimball Tourney

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Colome played in the Kimball tournament on Sept. 24.

The Cowgirls lost to Canistota 25-27, 24-26.  In the game with Jones County, Colome lost 22-25, 10-25.  Colome defeated Wolsey-Wessington 23-25, 25-19, 25-19.

Additionally, earlier in the week the Colome Cowgirls volleyball team defeated Marty 25-13, 25-19, 25-21.

On Sept. 13, Colome lost to Platte-Geddes 18-25, 13-25, 18-25.

On Sept. 20, Colome lost to Avon 26-28, 7-25, 14-25.

Volleyball Team Places 8th at Milbank

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Winner High School volleyball team placed 8th at the Eastern Classic in Milbank on Saturday.

Winner lost to Tea Area in three sets—23-25, 25-28 and 17-25.

Winner lost to Tri Valley in 3 sets 26-28, 25-17 21-25.

Winner lost to Sisseton 16-25, 25-22, 19-25.

“We played very inconsistent and had a lot of ups and downs,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We would play good one minute and then everything would fall apart the next. We had a lot of passing and attack errors which gave our opponents too many unearned points,” said the coach.

The next action for Winner will be Oct. 29 at Mobridge and Oct. 4 they will be at Gregory.

Farm Bureau Opposes Amendment T

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The South Dakota Association of Cooperatives and the South Dakota Farm Bureau are urging South Dakota voters to reject proposed Constitutional Amendment T on the November ballot. If passed, this amendment would remove 105 elected representatives from the legislative redistricting process and place it in the hands of nine unelected individuals.

“The current system of drawing legislative districts has served South Dakota well,” said Brenda Forman, executive director of the SD Association of Cooperatives. “The rules in our State and Federal Constitutions, along with various laws and court decisions, dictate what legislative districts are to look like. We think that the 105 people elected to represent us are in a far better position to do what is best for South Dakota, rather than nine people appointed by the Board of Elections, which in itself is an appointed board.”

“Having watched previous redistricting efforts by the legislature, it is clear that our elected legislators – both Republican and Democrat – have worked hard to be fair to all the voters in the State,” said Scott VanderWal, president of the SD Farm Bureau. “To place this responsibility in the hands of nine unelected individuals would diminish the idea of a representative democracy and would not serve South Dakotans.”

The two groups point out that under the current system, the 2011 redistricting maps developed by the Legislature reduced the number of divided rural counties from seven to three. “The effort to keep rural counties as whole as possible makes sense for voters and for those elected to represent us in Pierre,” said Mike Held, lobbyist for the SD Farm Bureau.

Winner, Colome FFA Attend Judging School

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The Winner and Colome Future Farmers of America chapters attended a land and range judging school in Woonsocket on Sept. 7.

There were 26 students—17 from Colome and 9 from Winner—that either participated in land and soil evaluation or range management and plant identification.

This was a record year for Woonsocket land and range school attendance with more than 450 students from around the state participating.

Students used their knowledge from the ag classroom for a hands on application at the event.

In the land division, students identified soil characteristics, how those characteristics apply to land use and classification and determined soil health through types of erosion that takes place.

The range division requires students to identify species of native and non-native range plants, characteristics of the plants that affect pasture management and evaluate grazing practices of the land.

This is the first time Winner FFA or Colome FFA have participated in either of these events.

This event helped to prepare members for participation in the state sponsored western regional contest in Wall.

Youths Place at State Muzzleloader Meet

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Local 4-Hers placed at the state 4-H muzzleloader tournament Sept. 10 at the Mitchell trap club.

First place in the junior division went to Wyatt Weller, Gregory.

Results of the senior division include: Mary Nold, Brookings, 1st; Emily Foiles, Raymond, 2nd; Spencer Schulte, Brookings, 3rd; Shannon Weller, Gregory, 4th and Megyn McCarthy, Burke, 5th.

Shannon Weller, Emily Foiles and Spencer Schulte were on the team that competed at the national championship in Grand Island, Neb., in June.

Dale Foiles is the coach of the national team.

John and Marie Condon of Millboro help at the national tournament.  John and Marie Condon are the local muzzleloader instructors.

Hollenbeck Reserve Champion Barrel Racer

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Dori Hollenbeck, Winner, is the  reserve champion barrel racer in the Nebraska State Rodeo Association. Hollenbeck competed in the NSRA Championship Finals Rodeo September 9, 10, 11  in Valentine, Neb.  Dori split first in the first go around with a time of :17.90, fourth in the second go with a time of :18.13 and second in the third go with a time of :17.91, placing her second in the average winning $2,182.00 bringing her total earnings for the season to $11,525.00.

Several states were represented at the Nebraska State Championship Finals Rodeo.  SD, NE, CO, WY, TX, AZ, IA, OK  and KS.

Hollenbeck Rodeo Co., Winner, was one of the stock contractors chosen to take stock to the NSRA finals rodeo.