The first Winner Area Chamber of Commerce summer night of the season will be held June 9.
The
event will be held on the first block of Main Street from 5:30 to 9
p.m.
The
sponsor will be Jon Pochop Ameriprise.
There
will be about 200 bicycle riders in Winner that night as the Ride
Across South Dakota will be making their overnight stop in Winner.
Mike
Scott, executive director of the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce,
said the bike riders will be welcomed to the event.
There
will be four food vendors. Scott noted there will organizations
serving root beer floats, shaved ice, cotton candy.
There
will be a kids zone featuring a bouncy house, obstacle course, lawn
mower train, rock painting, roping plus other games.
The
band will be Neo Johnson of Sioux Falls.
Persons
are invited to bring their lawn chairs and enjoy the evening.
Other
summer nights planned are July 15 in Colome and Aug. 12 in Winner.
Scott
added the citywide garage sales are coming up June 24-25. Persons who
want their sale listed need to call the Chamber office at 842-1533 by
June 21. There will be flyers printed listing the garage sales.
Work on the start of Phase 2 of the Highway
44 and 18 project was set to start on May 31.
Two-way traffic is scheduled to be installed
on S.D. Highway 44 from Plum Street to Sale Barn Rd. On May 31, and will remain
in place for the duration of the project. A 12-ft. wide width restriction will
be in place where two-way traffic is being used.
A truck detour will also be put in place
that utilizes S.D. highway 49, through Colome, and U.S. Highway 18 into Winner.
Motorist are asked to be aware of suddenly
slowing traffic, changing work zone locations, reduced speeds through the work
zone, and construction workers and equipment adjacent to the driving lanes.
Voters
in Tripp County will be going to the polls on June 7th
for the state primary election.
The
polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Republican
primary.
Locally there are just two county commissioner races.
In
district one the two candidates are Mark Winter and Larry Wilcox.
Winter is the incumbent.
In
district 5, the candidates are Chip Schroeder and Cody Jorgensen.
Schroeder is the incumbent.
In
Colome Consolidated running for precinct committeeman are Dan Forgey
and Brian Beck.
There
will be a primary for governor. Governor Kristi Noem is being
challenged by Steven Haugaard.
Congressman
Dusty Johnson is being challenged by Taffy Howard.
U.S.
Senator John Thune is being challenged by Bruce Whalen and Mark
Mowry.
Also
on the ballot will be Constitutional Amendment C. This requires
three-fifths vote for approval of ballot measures imposing taxes or
fees or obligating over $10 million. Everyone is eligible to vote on
the amendment.
The LifeServe Blood Center 2-day blood
drive held in Winner on Monday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 24 had a fantastic
turn-out! Total for both days, 99 donors
registered and 104 units of life saving blood was donated. There were generous donors that came out to
help boost the local blood supply! The
units donated at the blood drives can help save up to 312 hospital
patients! The Southern Belle
Cattlewomen and Tripp County 4-H
sponsored and hosted the blood drive.
The next blood drive in Winner is scheduled
for Wednesday, July 20 and Thursday, July 21 at the Winner City Office. Please
call LifeServe Blood Center at 800-287-4903 or www.lifeservebloodcenter.org to
schedule your appointment.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Kaden Keiser was named the outstanding male athlete at Winner High School and Ellie Brozik was named the outstanding female athlete.
In addition to voting for candidates in the
June 7 primary election, voters will be asked to decide a ballot issue.
This year, all South Dakotas will be asked
to weigh in on a question on the primary ballot-Constitutional Amendment C.
Even if a person does not have a candidate running in the primary, they can
vote on this referendum.
Amendment C would establish a 60 percent
voting requirement for certain future ballot measures, specifically those that
would increase taxes or cost the state more than $10 million in the first five years.
Currently, a simple majority vote is needed
to pass ballot measures in South Dakota.
Currently the constitution requires that
any new tax or tax increase must be approved either by voters or by two-thirds
of the members of each legislative branch. To be approved by voters, such a
measure must obtain a majority of the votes cast. This constitutional amendment
requires that any initiated measure, proposed constitutional amendment, or
referred measure imposing or increasing taxes must obtain three-fifths of the
votes cast to be approved.
This constitutional amendment also adds the
requirement that any initiated measure, proposed constitutional amendment, or
referred measure obligating the state to appropriate $10 million or more in any
of the first five fiscal years must obtain three-fifths of the votes cast to be
approved.
This constitutional amendment additionally
requires any initiated measure, proposed constitutional amendment, or referred
measure which imposes or increases fees to obtain three-fifths of the votes
cast to be approved.
Voting yes on Amendment C supports raising
the vote requirement for certain ballot measures from a simple majority to a
three-fifths (60%) supermajority.
Voting no opposes raising the vote requirement
for certain ballot measures from a simply majority to three-fifths
supermajority.
A nearly identical ballot question was
voted down by South Dakota voters in 2018.
“It’s important for all eligible South
Dakotans to vote on June 7,” said Erik Gailkowski, AARP South Dakota state
director.
Linc Bly
“Hopper” Wilson passed away on
Sept. 30, 2021, in Phoenix, Ariz.
Linc was born on July 6, 1958, to Chalmace
(C.G.) and Dee Wilson. He attended
school in Winner, South Dakota, and graduated in 1976.
After high school, Linc attended Black
Hills State in Spearfish, South Dakota. Linc decided that a trade school would
more suit his needs, so he transferred to Anoka Technical College in Anoka,
Minn., where he earned an Optical Technician degree. He worked in his trade for
a short period and decided that he would rather be working in the field. He
joined the Burlington Northern Railroad 982 Steel Gang in the summer of 1979.
While with the 982 Steel Gang, Hopper worked all over Wyoming, Colorado, and
Nebraska replacing short runs of rail with
1/4 mile-long ribbon rail. In
1984 he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he started yet another career in the
field as an apprentice glazier, eventually reaching journeyman status. He went
on to have a long glazier career becoming job site foreman for many years,
building many commercial high-rise properties. While working as a glazier, he
acquired the contracts to hang the Tostitos banners for the Fiesta Bowl at the
ASU stadium. Hopper enjoyed this job very much.
Hopper was known by all his friends and family for his adventurist
nature. He hunted and fished all over the states and Arizona dessert –
pheasant, walleye, trout, deer, elk, but his favorite was rattlesnake. During
the summer, you would find him driving down old railroad tracks until all hours
of the night catching rattlesnakes. He would skin and tan the hides, and of
course eat the meat. He truly enjoyed this pastime. Hopper was also a very
proficient metal detector. He would tell
of his homeless buddies from the parks around the area that would help him, and
then he would share his blessings with his detecting buddies. Hopper was also a
talented artist, building very creative and unusual pieces from wood, glass,
snake vertebrae, animal skins and skulls. He saw things a little differently
than the rest of the world. LOL. Hopper was a true animal lover. He loved all
animals, but cats were the dearest to his heart. Over the years he had and
helped countless cats. Hopper was truly a very generous and kind man.
In 1994 Hopper married the love of his
life, Margo Rivera-Wilson, at a destination wedding in Lake Tahoe CA. What a
beautiful venue and memory.
His funeral service was held in Phoenix,
Oct. 8, 2021. A memorial service will be
held for Linc in Winner on June 11, 2022, from 1-4 at the Holiday Inn Express
conference room.
He is survived by his wife Margo
Rivera-Wilson of Phoenix, sister Tracee (Greg) Ford of Cody, Neb.; brother
Shannon (Cindee) Wilson of Burlington, Iowa; nieces and nephews Shae (T.J.) Schneider, Maive and Rhen,
Parker, Colorado; Layne (Arielle) Ford, Ophelia, Ord, Nebraska; Reed (Mary Kay)
Ford, Gunner and Bristol, Cody, Nebraska; Teeyl Ford, Cody, Nebraska; Jais
Ford, Whitman, Nebraska; Greg (Tara) Schmidt, Liam and Ava, Rough and Ready,
California; Sarah Schmidt, Burlington, Iowa; aunts and uncles Glee (Duane)
Brooks, Mt. Shasta, California, Robin (Fran) Blakkolb, , Willowbrook, Illinois;
cousins Annelle (Jason) Maygren, Grant, Marshall, Grace, Craig, Alaska; Christi
(John) Munz, John Luke, Isabella, Sienna, Bellaire, Texas; Rebecca Blakkolb,
Katy, Texas; Dick (Donna) Wilson, Orlando, Florida.
Linc was preceded in death by his parents
Chalmace Wilson and Delores Blakkolb-Wilson; grandparents Walter and Nellie
Blakkolb, Felix “Hickory” and Minnie Wilson; uncles and aunt. Dorwin
and Louise Wilson, Larry Blakkolb; cousin Gary Wilson.
Bobbe Kositzky, age 91, of Graceville, MN,
passed away on April 25, 2022, at Essentia Health – Grace Home. She had been a
resident of Grace Village the past 9 years, which she enjoyed tremendously. She
had a gentle soul and was a friend to all as well as being a loving mother and
wife.
Memorial services will be held on June 4,
2022, at 11 a.m. at Mundwiler and Larson Funeral Home in Graceville. Visitation
will be one hour prior to service. Inurnment of both Bobbe and Paul will be
held at Graceville Consolidated Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at Graceville
Community Center.
Barbara “Bobbe” Karen (Holm) Kositzky was
born on Dec. 4, 1930, in Omaha, NE, to Audrey (nee, Donahoe) and Jake Holm, who
resided in Winner, SD. There, she was baptized, confirmed, and married to Paul
Kositzky at Trinity Episcopal Church. A graduate of Winner High School, she
attended two years of University of Nebraska where she was a member of Gamma
Phi Beta Sorority. She returned to Winner to marry Paul in 1951.
In 1964, Bobbe and Paul moved their family
to Graceville where she resided until her death. She was a stay-at-home mother,
but was also a chef to many of Paul’s sales personnel and customers, usually
for lunch. In order to obtain World Books for her family, she became a successful
salesperson of the encyclopedias. While in those roles, she pursued her
interests as a member of art, Bridge, and dance clubs. To say she was a
seamstress was an understatement because she sewed all of her clothes and those
of her daughter’s. Vogue patterns were a favorite.
Survivors include her children: Kimberley
(Neil) Johnson of Kennedy, MN; Kirk (Dan) Wanderscheid of Sioux City, IA; April
(Neil) Klutman of Lawrence, KS; and Kyle Kositzky (Annie Erickson) of Moorhead,
MN; six grandchildren: Jacob, Adam, Erin, Whitney, Quinn, and Connor; as well
as five great-grandchildren.
Bobbe was preceded in death by her parents;
husband, Paul; sister, Dr. Jaqueline Voss; and brother-in-law, Scad Voss.
Suggested memorials may be made to Grace
Village or Graceville Community Library.
To leave a condolence, please visit
www.mundwilerfuneralhome.net.
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