All posts by Leslie Schramm

Lakota Youth Development Receives $30,000 Grant

Lakota Youth Development recently received a $30,000 grant from First Nations Development Institute of Longmont, Colorado.  This award will support the efforts of Letan Thokatakiya  Wicawothehila meaning “From Here Forward Loving All Life”.

This project will widen LYD’s prairie restoration project through the expansion of their chicken coop, beehives, and our gardens to promote sustainable living to youth as they will receive resources needed to reintegrate Lakota traditional food systems with their own homes and families.

Valentine Chamber Board Recommendations

The Valentine Chamber of Commerce is making the following recommendations for candidates to fill the four vacancies on the Board of Directors.

Chris Elliott

Liam Beel

Jennie Nollette

Jason Kelber

Additional candidates for the Board can be nominated by petition.  The nominee must be a current member in good standing of the Valentine Chamber of Commerce and the nomination must be received in the Chamber office no later than March 31st.

First Fidelity Banks COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response

Statement from First Fidelity Bank:

With our customers, employees and communities being our top priority, we have been continuing to monitor any changes with COVID-19.

With the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) gathering guidelines being groups of ten or fewer, First Fidelity Bank feels at this time it is best to close all lobbies and perform transactions via
drive-up window, mobile banking, online banking or phone call.

Effective March 20th until further notice, access to the inside of our branches will be available by appointment only. All our services will continue to be available to you.

To schedule an appointment, please call your local branch – you will be screened before entry. FFB is taking this critical step, along with many others, to help with social distancing, which has been
identified as a key deterrent to the spread of the virus.

You can find drive-up hours and phone number of your local branch – locations.

Information on our banking services you can use from home – Online & Mobile Banking

This was not an easy decision to make as we know this will cause modification of routines and longer wait times, but we are doing it out of the best interest of our customers who are the
heart of our business.

We thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Colome Consolidated School District Letter for Community

Colome Consolidated School District Families. I hope you all are doing well and staying safe. This is a difficult time that has made our ways of life harder. Our number one goal is for students to be safe, but we also need our students to be educated. The Colome Staff is meeting on Tuesday to finalize the flexible learning plan. You will be contacted by Wednesday of next week to know each students learning plan. Plan on your children working either online, or in packets starting Thursday March 26th.

Also starting Monday there will be a Grab and Go Lunch Program. If you have a child that attends the Colome School, all children in the household will get a free meal. They must be under the age of 19, and living in your household to receive a meal. It will run Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The meals will be picked up in the lunchroom. Wood students we will have the meals delivered each day around noon.

Ryan Orrock

Colome School District

Superintendent

Boys SESD ALL-Conference Basketball Team

The SESD Conference All-Conference Boys Basketball team has been revealed. Winner’s Joren Bruun and Brady Fritz made all conference for the Warriors. Chamberlain’s Keshaume Thigh and Drayton Priebe made the squad along with Tommy Determan and Coy Determan of Gregory. Platte/Geddes saw Kelby VanDerWerff, Caden Foxley and Kade Star make all-conference.

Chaduza Cook Off in Valentine

The Annual Chamber Chaduza Cook Off in Valentine, Nebraska will take place on Saturday, June 13th which is also happens to be the 100th anniversary for the city park.   Teams will compete for honors and prize money in three categories; ribs, chicken, and burgers.  Volunteers are needed and one can sign up by calling the chamber office at 402-376-5138.

South Dakota Enhanced at Pharmco

There will be an enhanced course held at Pharmco in Platte, SD on Friday, March 27th from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Course cost:
$125 (includes dinner)

What to bring:
Handgun
Holster
100 rounds
Belt
Ear/eye protection

(These items can be purchased at the class as well)

For more information or to grab one of the limited seats… call 712-253-8810 .

No On-Campus Instruction at Winner School District until further Notice

This is a message from the Winner School District regarding the COVID-19 situation. This information will also be available on the school district website. There will be no on-campus instruction at the Winner School District for all grade levels until further notice. Students in grades Begindergarten through grade 5 will pick up learning packets each Monday at the Elementary front entry from 10am – 2pm starting March 23rd. These learning packets will also be available online at the district website. For students in grades 6-12 staff will use google classroom to deliver coursework to the students. Students may pick up their computers and books on Monday, March 23rd from 10am – 2pm. There will also be no parent teacher conferences this spring.
Lunch will be available via a drive-thru pickup at the front of the armory for all children in our district from age 0-18 from 12pm – 1pm Monday through Friday until regular school resumes. The child must be in the vehicle to receive a meal. Lunch will continue to be delivered to the Winner and Ideal communities.

Spring sports cancelled through April 5th

In a statement released yesterday, SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos announced that spring sports sanctioned by the SDHSAA are cancelled through April 5th. In his statement, Swartos said “This does not impact the length of the spring sports season and it does not pertain to non SDHSAA activities such as baseball, softball and rodeo. School administrators are allowed to place more restrictive limitations on practice and participation in accordance with local policies and in reaction to the situation locally”. Swartos also mentioned that state basketball tournaments remain suspended or postponed.