Don’t forget that it is Patient Appreciation Celebration week at the Mission Community Health Center through August 18th! The celebration is part of National Health Center Week. Stop by and take part in refreshments, a coloring contest and door prizes! Tuesday, the Burke VFW and Auxillary will meet at the Post Home. Dinner will be served at 7 with meetings to follow. The Digital Projector fund drive is still ongoing in Gregory. You can send a donation to P.O. Box, 348, Gregory, South Dakota, 57533.

Winner High School Orientation will be held on Tuesday, August 15th at 6pm in the Winner Armory for students entering grades 9-12. Parents must accompany a student to complete paperwork so they can be allowed to pickup a computer and take home. Middle School Orientation for grades 6-8 will take place on Thursday, August 17th at 6pm in the Armory. Students will receive schedules and other information during the meetings. If you have questions you can call the office at 842-8125.

Saturday featured plenty of rain along with hail and flood damage in Central South Dakota. Brett Heath, three miles west of Colome on Highway 18, said he received 3.40. Pam Mayes, five miles west of Ideal, called in two and a half inches of rain, Craig Wagner told us he had anywhere from an inch and a half to two and a half inches of rain fall last night with marble size hail seven miles southeast of Winner. Tresh Swedlund, 9 miles west and 9 miles north of town reported 3.20. Randy Vandenhoek in Winner reported 3.5 inches. Short Haley in Colome had an inch 90 fall Saturday. There was a report of 2.5 inches eleven miles south of Winner. At the Cole and Lacey Shippy Residence, seven miles south of Colome, they had golf ball size hail fall. Ashley Augspurger in Winner reported 95/100s on Saturday. The Winner Bakery had water leak in and flooded shop. The bakery will be closed on Monday. Fred Weidner at Dog Ear Lake had an inch and a half of rain. The Winner Country Club Golf Tournament for Sunday has been cancelled and will be closed until Monday. 5 miles south of Winner, Ed Watzel had an inch 70 with golf ball size hail. Melvin Orel, east of the Dollar General in Winner, had 4.70 fall on Saturday. Sharon Eddie on west second in Winner had 3.85. Joann Schilling said she had  4.85. 4 miles east of Winner, Michelle Parvin said she had 3.70 and the Bartels, northwest of Winner, said they had anywhere from 4 and a half to 5 and a  half inches of rain Saturday.

Don’t forget that the final movie of the season begins showing tonight at the Winner Drive Inn Theatre as they will have “The Emoji Movie” on the big screen. The show is rated PG and the movie will start at dark Friday through Monday. Tonight, the Winner Lady Warrior Basketball team will hold their fifth annual fundraising tournament at the Winner Country Club starting at 6pm. It will be a two person scramble format and there is a sixty dollar entry fee. Geddes Fur Trader Days get underway this evening and run through Sunday! Tonight, there will be a NRBT Bull Riding event going on at the athletic complex in Geddes.

Coming up next week, a patient appreciation  celebration will take place August 14th through the 18th at the Mission Community Health Center, as part of National Health Center Week. Take part all week long as you can enjoy refreshments, coloring contest and door prizes. On Friday, August 18th, the Brule County Relay for Life will be held at the Chamberlain Community Center. That event will run from 6 to 10pm.