Around the Region

A look at news around the region, compiled from staff reports, press releases and information reported by weekly newspapers:

Winner

Winner has several activities planned for Labor Day weekend.

The Prairie Cruisers car and tractor show will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. today at the Holiday Inn Express.

The Bull-A-Rama is set for 7:30 p.m. today at Tripp County Fairgrounds. Mutton bustin will take place during the event. Cost is $12 at the gate, with children younger than 12 free.

A demolition derby is planned for Sunday, with a calcutta at 1 p.m. Admission is $8.

Other Sunday activities include bingo from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Legion Post home.

A Labor Day road race is set for 7:30 a.m. Monday, with registration at the Winner Regional Healthcare Center’s parking lot.

The Labor Day parade will start at 10 a.m. Monday, followed by a free barbecue at 11:30 a.m. at the Legion Post grounds and a water fight at 1:30 p.m. at the fire hall.

A movie featuring clips of Winner’s history will be shown at 2 and 4 p.m. Monday at Pix Theater.

“Roger and the Czechers” band will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at the American Legion Hall.

Carnival rides will be available all three days.

— Winner Advocate

Parkston

Two area residents have traveled to Haiti to assist with relief efforts there.

Lee Horstman, South Dakota Air National Guard chief master sergeant from Parkston, traveled to the devastated country two weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake hit. He worked with the 24th Air Force Expeditionary Unit, which supported the 82nd Airborne Division.

The first mission of his unit was recovery. Soldiers used large construction equipment and manual labor for roughly two weeks to recover the bodies of 50 U.S. embassy workers who had been housed in a hotel in Port-au-Prince.

Tripp-Delmont junior Kaitlin Buchholz spent May 26 to June 2 in Ti-Riviere with the Good News Reformed Church youth group in Sioux Falls and the Mission: Haiti group. The town is 120 miles from Port-au-Prince.

Buchholz made about a half-dozen quilts for refugees, and her group conducted a Bible school.

— The Parkston Advance

Vivian

A sign to commemorate Vivian School graduates will be dedicated today at the Vivian High School Alumni Reunion.

The sign, which was made in part by Terry Patrick, of Vivian, has been hung on the community hall.

All Vivian graduates from 1906 to 1970 are listed on the sign, along with those who attended grade school until 1978. The high school closed in 1970, followed by the elementary school in 1978.

— Lyman County Herald

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