By Dan Merritt, Advocate reporter
One thing he knows for sure, Winner is a great place to be from.
And he’s very glad to be from here says the superintendent of the Yankton school system Dr. Wayne Kindle.
“I received a terrific education in the Winner School District. My teachers were wonderful and really had a positive impact on my life,” Kindle said.
He made his comments last week just prior to the month changing to May — the month of high school graduation in town.
Were he to talk with this month’s graduates, 1983 WHS graduate Kindle said he’d have some advice:
“Appreciate where you grow-up.
“And the great quality of life we enjoy in South Dakota.
“And take a moment to thank those people who made a difference in your life. I believe they would appreciate it very much.”
Those people won’t involve just school teachers, no doubt, as is the case with Kindle.
“Many great people in Winner treated me so well growing up,” he said.
“My high school friends. And Cal at Cal’s DQ who gave me a job and even bought me a bike so I could get to work.
“Pamida for my DECA job in high school. And Judy and the late Butch Novotny as well and their family for taking me into their home during my high school years.”
He named many others. “It was a blessing to be raised in Winner,” he stated unequivocally.
He is currently finishing his second school year as the superintendent at YSD.
Kindle and wife Marge (Olson of the Ideal area) both graduated from Winner High School and moved on to teacher training at Northern State College, Aberdeen (now NSU). The two graduated in 1989.
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