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Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate PhotoRegents scholars from Winner High School are in front from left Riley McClanahan, Kenndal Turnquist,Heather Rowe, Jaynee Gregg, Morgan Hammerbeck, Emmarie Kaiser and Isabelle Leyden. Second row fromleft are Austin Olson, Saige Schuyler, Addy Root, Kirsten Durrin, Kara Ewing, Ethan Vesely and KameronMeiners. In back from left are Loren Moeller, Ryder Mortenson, Austin Bicek, Jacob Clay, Trevor Peters,Phillip Jorgensen and Joren Bruun.

NOTICE OF MUNICIPALELECTION

MUNICIPALITY OF WINNER SDA Municipal Election will be held on June

30th, 2020, in Winner, South Dakota. If thepolls cannot be opened because of badweather, the election may be postponed oneweek.The election polls will be open from seven

a.m. to seven p.m. central standard time on theday of the election.At the election, the following questions

will be voted upon or offices will be filled:Ward 1 Council Member 2-year term.

Justin Schuyler vs. Frank FinneyThe polling place in each precinct of this

municipality is as follows:All of the Wards will vote in the Council

Chambers of the City Office located at 325 SMonroe St in Winner.

Voters with disabilities may contact thecity finance officer for information and specialassistance in absentee voting or polling placeaccessibility.Chandra WeidnerFinance Officer Publish: June 17th, 2020

June 24th, 2020 For any public notice that is published one

time:Published twice at the approximate cost of

$12.96 (26)

Colome ConsolidatedSchool Board

Minutes 6-17-2020Colome Consolidated School Board held a

special meeting June 17, 2020 in the 3rd floor

study hall of the Colome High School build-ing.Meeting was called to order by Chairman

Matthew Bolie at 5:04 p.m. Ryan DeSmet,Pam Haukaas, Joel Koskan, Brett Galbraith,and Brent Gill attended by Zoom teleconfer-ence. Quorum established.School Administration Present: Debbie

O’Doan, Principal and Betsy Rohde, Bus Mgr.The meeting was opened by reciting the

Pledge of Allegiance.Visitors: NoneMotion by Haukaas, second by Galbraith

to approve the agenda. Roll call vote with Gal-braith, DeSmet, Koskan, Haukaas, Gill, andBolie all voting aye – carried. Motion by Koskan, second by DeSmet to

go into Executive Session per SDCL 1-25-2(4)Negotiations @ 5:06 p.m. Roll call vote withKoskan, DeSmet, Haukaas, Galbraith, Gill,and Bolie all voting aye – carried. ChairmanBolie declared out of executive session at 5:17p.m.Motion by Koskan, second by Galbraith to

offer a contract as negotiated to PamelaBerreth to teach K-8 at the Wood school. Mo-tion passed by roll call vote with Galbraith,Koskan, Haukaas, DeSmet, Gill, and Bolievoting aye.Motion by Haukaas, second by Koskan to

pay Debbie O’Doan at her principal daily ratefor working the remaining seven days of June.Roll call vote with Koskan, DeSmet, Haukaas,Galbraith, Gill, and Bolie all voting aye – car-ried.Being nothing further, motion made by

Koskan, second by DeSmet to dismiss at 5:22p.m. Roll call vote with Koskan, DeSmet,Haukaas, Heath, Galbraith, Gill, and Bolie allvoting aye – meeting adjourned.Matthew Bolie, Board Chairman

Betsy Rohde, Business ManagerPublished once at approximate cost of

$19.08 (26)

At the request of the South DakotaDepartment of Veterans Affairs, Gov-ernor Kristi Noem has proclaimedJune 27, 2020, as “Post-TraumaticStress Injury Awareness Day,” a dayto reflect on the causes, symptomsand treatment of post- traumaticstress injuries.“The brave men and women of the

United States Armed Forces whoproudly serve the United States andrisk their lives to protect our freedomdeserve the investment of every pos-sible resource to ensure their lastingphysical, mental, and emotional well-being,” the Governor’s proclamationstates.PTSI, which is commonly known

as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is

a normal reaction to abnormal cir-cumstances and affects more than 5million Americans each year. It ismost commonly associated with vet-erans – and has been known by manyother terms, including shell shockand combat fatigue – but PTSI canaffect anyone at any age.“Our veterans face many life-

changing and dangerous situationswhen they put their lives on the linein defense of our nation’s freedoms,”said Greg Whitlock, Secretary of theSouth Dakota Department of Veter-ans Affairs. “Raising awareness ofPTSI is an important step in ensuringveterans have the support they needto make a successful transition backto civilian life. This will help with in-

creased understanding of unseenemotional struggles resulting fromPTSI and is critical to the health andwell-being of our returning heroes.”It is estimated that between 11 and

20 percent of veterans experiencesymptoms of PTSI, including up to20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistanveterans. “Every veteran processes their

military experiences differently, butfor those that are experiencing night-mares, flashbacks, irritability or othersymptoms of PTSI, help is avail-able,” said Whitlock. “Specializedtreatment for PTSI is availablethrough the U.S. Department of Vet-erans Affairs athttps://www.ptsd.va.gov/.”

Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day

Maria Moleterno/Winner Advocate PhotoDan Bechtold of the Winner Advocate pulls out the winning name in theWinner American Legion flag pole raffle which is a fundraiser for theDAV Van. The winner is Ron Oliver, Clinton, Mich. Oliver wins a tele-scoping flag pole and an American flag.

Julie Rohde PhotoKatie Welker was named Colomegirls basketball most improved.

Got a story? Call the Winner Advocate at 842-1481

Julie Rohde PhotoKatie Welker took part in the claytarget league. She won first placeleague conference season averagefemale. At the state tournament shewas second place varsity female, S.D. state tournament she was secondplace varsity female S.D. state over-all high average female S.D. allstate high average.

Julie Rohde PhotoMadison Gill was named Cowgirlathlete at Colome High School.

Julie Rohde PhotoMakayla Shippy was named theColome girls volleyball assist leaderand was the girls basketball Ms. of-fense.

Julie Rohde PhotoMaura Luedke was named theColome girls basketball best new-comer.

Submitted PhotoLinkyn Petersek won the tie down roping and overall champion at theS.D. State high school rodeo finals in Ft. Pierre. Winning the state finalswill send him to the high school national rodeo finals in Guthrie, Okla.,in July. He won the first round with a time of 9.5.

Submitted PhotoRyan Radiant of Valentine, Neb., sunk a hole in one at the Frontier Mo-tors Open on Saturday and won a new pickup. He had the hole in one onhole no. 3 using a 6 iron from 168 yards out.

Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate PhotoBrennan Bachmann and Bosten Morehart were two of the Winner HighSchool juniors and seniors taking part in the prom grand march.

Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate PhotoHeather Rowe is being creative and drawing a picture at the after promparty on Saturday.

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