Coming up this Sunday, a Burke chalk walk will take place at the Burke Civic Center. Registration will begin at 4:45 and the walk will be held at 5. Also in Burke for Sunday will be shooting sports and shot gun training from 4:30-7pm at the Civic Center. For more information call the Extension Office at 775-2581.

The North Central RC&D will be holding an electronics and household hazardous waste collection on June 1st. There will be collections in Springview from 9-11am, Ainsworth from 12:30-2:30 and in Valentine from 4-6:30. If you want more information you can call Kim at 402-376-5842.

The 2nd annual Fishing for a Cure Ladies Fishing Tournament will be held July 7th in Chamberlain. All funds raised will stay local and can be used for assistance to defray the cost of gas, food, lodging or bill payments of any kind. If you would like to make a monetary donation or you want to donate items for the raffle and auction you can call Kelli at 730-1967, Brenda at 680-4494 or Holly at 730-4200.

There will be a bake sale at the Winner Food Center on Thursday, May 24th from 8am-12noon. Money raised at the sale will help with funds for Crystal Hebbring, the winner of the State Miss Amazing Contest in Sioux Falls and will help her to advance to the National Contest that will take place in Chicago coming up in August.

Winner will be hosting a HOSTA (hazardous occupations safety training for agriculture) on May 24th and 25th at the Tripp County 4-H Center. HOSTA is designed for youth ages 14 or 15 who are working on farms and ranches. Ages 12-18 can attend. To register visit igrow.org/events/2018-hazardous-occupation-safety-training-in-agriculture-Winner/.

The 50th annual Country Music and Fiddlers Jamboree will be held on Friday, May 25th starting at 7pm in the Elementary Multi-Purpose Room in Springview, Nebraska! Admission by donation with the proceeds going to benefit the Keya Paha County Historical Society. Other events in conjunction with the Jamboree are: May 23rd at Frank Day’s in Dallas at 8pm. May 24th at the Cattleman’s Lounge in Springview at 8pm. May 25th, Jam Session on the museum lawn at 1pm in Springview. May 26th, at the Carlock Ballroom in Carlock at 8pm and May 27th at the Wewela Hall at 2pm.

A blood drive will be held in Presho this Wednesday, May 16th from 1-6pm at the Methodist Church. To make an appointment call Catherine at 895-2409. On Monday, May 21st and Tuesday, May 22nd, a blood drive will take place at the Winner City Office. On Monday, the drive will run from 11am-5:30 and it will go from 7-11am on Tuesday. To make an appointment call Ruth Anne at 879-2497.

WE HAD NUMEROUS PEOPLE CALL IN OR POST RAIN REPORTS THIS MORNING. PETE HAUKAAS IN OKREEK RECEIVED .46 OF AN INCH. TIM GANT AT THE NUMBER FIVE TEE BOX IN WINNER REPORTED .45. FRED WEIDNER AT DOG EAR LAKE SAID HE GOT .80 AND HAD NO POWER FOR TWO HOURS. LAURA REUER IN HERRICK RECEIVED AN INCH OF RAIN. MICHAEL AMBER IN PRESHO SAID HIS RAIN GAUGE RED 82/100’S. DENNIS HANSEN AT CARLOCK CALLED IN .95. CHERYL SCHROEDER IN WINNER RECEIVED .35. VIVIAN SWEENEY, NORTHWEST OF BASSETT, HAD ONE INCH OF RAIN FALL OVERNIGHT. SHORT HALEY SAID HE HAD .75 AT HOME IN COLOME AND .30 AT HALEY’S HIWAY LUMBER. ADAM SPRECKLES, 14 MILES EAST OF WINNER, HAD A HALF AN INCH. AUSTIN DAVIS IN MILBORO SAID HE HAD 2 INCHES AND .27 FALL! BRUCE BOES, 13 MILES SOUTH OF BURKE, HAD .80. TRESH SWEDLUND RECEIVED A HALF INCH OF RAIN NORTH OF WITTEN. DONNA HOWLAND CALLED IN .40. LUREEN GRAN IN OKREEK SAID SHE RECEIVED .36. AT JOE BOLTON’S RANCH SOUTH OF DALLAS, HE RECEIVED AN INCH 60. AT THE ROGER EVANS RESIDENCE IN HAMILL, THEY REPORTED A HALF AN INCH. KELLY PRAVECEK, 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINNER REPORTED AN INCH. RICK ODENBACH IN HAMILL HAD A HALF INCH OF RAIN. AT THE DELBERT KLEIN RANCH EAST OF BURKE, THEY RECEIVED AN INCH 35.

North Star ABATE will be having a ride for the Brooks Hurley Memorial on Saturday, June 2nd. The group will be leaving from the Pheasant Bar in Winner at 1pm and will make stops in Dallas, Gregory and Dock 44. The ride tour will end at the North Star followed by a potluck with a free will offering and everyone is welcome to attend.

The Bethel Church in Platte will be holding an indian taco feed and pie auction fundraiser on Friday from 5:30-7:30. It will be a free will offering for the taco bar along with the pie auction throughout the night. Money raised will go towards new heating/air conditioning and carpet for the sanctuary.