Barbeque
pit row and classic car show will be held in Winner on July 30.
There
will be 15 to 20 team in the barbeque competition which is
celebrating its 10th
anniversary. The barbeque will be set up on the first block of Main
St.
The
Winner Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the BBQ contest.
The
BBQ awards will be at 6:30 p.m. prior to the 7 p.m. public tasting.
Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the gate.
Since
this is the 10th
anniversary there will be special awards to honor grill masters who
have been at the barbeque all 10 years.
New
this year will be a kids BBQ contest. There will be two age
divisions—6-10 and 11-15.
The
grilling will be from 10 a.m. to noon with awards at 6:30 p.m. Grills
and hamburger will be provided to the contestants.
There
will be a bean bag tournament at 1 p.m. on Main St. Sign up is from
noon to 1 p.m.
The
classic car show is sponsored by Frontier Motors and will take up the
second and third block of Main St.
The
car show check in is from 2-4 p.m. with the show from 4-7 p.m.
There
will be an awards presentation for the car show.
There
will be two bands playing for this event. The afternoon band will be
To Drunk to Fish from 2-6 p.m. The evening band will be The Rude Band
from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Mike
Scott, executive director of the Chamber, invites persons to come
down to Main Street this Saturday and enjoy all the festivities.
There will be a lot of activity, good food and some great cars to
admire.
A
future summer night to put on your calendar is Aug. 12. This Chamber
event will be on the third block of Main St. It will feature clowns
and a magician.
Submitted Photo Ellie Brozik runs a leg of a relay in a meet in Burke. She was recently named a Best of the West track athlete.
Ellie Brozik of Winner has been named to the Rapid City Journal’s Best of the West Class A track and field athlete.
This
highlights West River girl athletes who had outstanding performances
in both running and field events.
The
Winner senior finished runner up in the triple jump with a leap of
34-9.25 and anchored Winner’s 4×200 relay that placed fourth
(1:47.66).
Brozik
won her third consecutive regional triple jump title this spring and
ran the final leg of the 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams that claimed
regional titles in both events.
Keelie
Kuil, Winner, was named to the honorable mention list.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo A block party was held Saturday in Hamill. Persons attending the event stand in line to enjoy some food. The Hamill Horseman’s Club sponsored the event.
The
event will be held on Colome’s Main Street from 6 to 11 p.m.
The
band Country Rush will play from 7-11 p.m.
The
event sponsors are Bolton Ranch Outfitters, Doughery Cattle Co.,
Valley Seed, Frontier Bar.
Winner
Area Chamber of Commerce is the organizer of summer nights.
There
will be food vendors, games for kids, a bouncy house and a popular
game for kids in Winner is corn pool.
The
featured event will be human foosball. This game will feature five
member teams. Mike Scott, executive director of the Chamber, hopes
some feature matches will provide entertainment.
Persons
can bring their receipts to the Chamber office from a purchase they
made at a participating Crazy Day business to spin the wheel for a
chance to win $250 in Winner Cash.
There
will be a sidewalk chalk art contest from 10 a.m. to noon. The age
divisions are: 8 and under, 9-15, 16 and up. The winner of each age
category will win $50 in Winner Cash. The Chamber will provide the
chalk.
The
Tripp County 4-H Rodeo will be held in Winner on July 15, the same
day as Crazy Day. Mike Scott, executive director of the Chamber, is
inviting rodeo guests who are in Winner for the day to take advantage
of the many Crazy Day bargains.
It
is going to be a fun day in Winner on Friday. Shop at the 24
participating merchants and be sure to register for one of the free
gas cards. That alone is a good reason to shop local and shop Winner
on Crazy Day.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo All around winners at the Tripp County 4-H horse show are from left Kade Fenenga, beginner; Payton Sargent, junior girl; Reven Moss, junior boy; Kyla Mammen, senior girl and Abe Kaiser, senior boy. The horse show was held June 27.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Maddison Engel, left, who has worked at the Winner Dental Clinic for five years moved to Rapid City to work Rapid City Smiles dental clinic. Sierra Hansen is a new registered dental hygienist at Winner Dental Clinic.
Some
changes have been made in the office at Winner Dental.
Maddison
Engel, registered dental hygienist, will be moving to Rapid city to
work at the dental office owned by Dr. Brad Farley and Dr. Dan
Graves. Rapid City Smiles is the name of the dental office.
Engel
will start work in Rapid City July 11.
Engel
has been a dental hygienist at Winner Dental for five years.
A
new full time addition to the staff is Sierra Hansen who recently
graduated from the dental hygienist program at USD. For the past five
years, Hansen has worked summers at Winner Dental as a dental
assistant.
Also
working at the dental office as a RDH is Michaella Smith who has
worked for Dr. Farley for a year and a half.
Farley
said he appreciates the five years Engel worked in Winner.
“I
am very excited to have Sierra working here,” he said.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo The new Buche Ace Hardware sign is put on the front of the former Shopko building Thursday morning. R. F. Buche purchased the Shopko building and it will open as an Ace hardware. The store will open soon.
R.
F. Buche, president of G. F. Buche Company, says Winner will soon
have an Ace super store carrying groceries, hardware and other
household goods.
The
opening date has not been determined yet but will most likely happen
in mid-July.
The
new location will be located in the old Shopko Hometown building on
East 5th
St. This building has been divided into multiple spaces with Ace
taking up roughly two thirds of the space. At this time, nothing
definitive has been decided on the remaining approximate 15,000
square feet.
“We
are super excited in opening another Ace Hardware especially in the
great town of Winner,” said Buche. “The store is coming together
very quickly and we will be announcing a grand opening soon.”
R.
F. Buche owns and operates grocery, convenience, fast food, hardware
and auto parts stores in 20 locations in 12 different South Dakota
communities.
The
Buche compay employs approximately 450 team members and is planning
for more growth.
Buche
also owns the Gus Stop convenience store in Winner.
Submitted Photo The state high school trap tournament was held recently. High placers from Tripp County are from left Jude Sargent, 2nd place varsity male award and team first place conference award; Katie Welker, 2nd place state tourney, first overall conference, first female conference medals, and high overall trap, high female trap, high female skeet award and Jack Anderson, first place male conference medal and high overall male shooter.
The Winner/Colome high school trap and
skeet teams traveled to Aberdeen June 10 & 11 to compete at the South
Dakota Clay Target League state tournaments.
On June 10, 7 team members competed in the
state skeet tournament. The team finished 4th place overall. For individual
results, Katie Welker shot a 93 which was good for 1st place varsity female.
Jack Anderson shot a 76, Noah Manke 89, Cole Rank 74, Jude Sargent 89, Oren
Sargent 64 and Hunter Shippy 62.
In the trap division, the varsity team
finished in 4th place. Individuals placing in the tournament were Katie Welker,
2nd place varsity female with a 99. Jude Sargent was 2nd place varsity male
with a 98. Faith Covey tied for 9th place varsity female with an 88 and Jack
Anderson tied for 10th place varsity male with a 96.
Other individual scores were as follows:
Breven Bolander 86, Matt Brozik 55, Derek Fenenga 89, Jesse Larson 89, Noah
Manke 80, Hunter Osborn 84, Cole Rank 9, Oren Sargent 73, Payton Sargent 69,
Hunter Shippy 85, Alec Thieman 88 and Austin VanDerWerff 68.
Six members of the Winner/Colome team were
named to the trap All State team. Those include: Jack Anderson, Hunter Osborn,
Cole Rank, Jude Sargent, Hunter Shippy and Katie Welker.
Katie Welker was also named to the all
state skeet team.