tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84680289512135100872011-09-20T11:28:28.115-07:00This blog is dedicated to everything Winner, South Dakota! Created and maintained by the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce, we strive to provide information and fun to all interested in our community!Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07296683870200352801noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468028951213510087.post-47115657271828955642011-09-20T11:26:00.000-07:002011-09-20T11:28:28.124-07:00

Enjoy the thrill of competition while you experience the great outdoors of South Dakota during this prime pheasant hunting adventure.The object of the competition is to bag the most amounts of birds (within the state limit) with only one box of shells per team.The Sharpshooter Classic is a new event to the Winner area put on by the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce. Tripp County, South Dakota is

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We are revamping our Retail Committee and renaming it the Shop Winner First Committee. This will be an umbrella of our Winner First Campaign. Shopping local and supporting our local businesses is a choice we all have to make. When was the last time a big box store donated towards your child's baseball team, dance team, band or choir competitions, ect? The new mission of the Shop Winner First

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Are you a young professional in Winner that wants to network and connect with others like you? Well, the Chamber is creating that chance! We have created a new group, the Winner PULSE, and our first meeting will be on Wednesday, Sept 28th at noon at the Chamber. PULSE stands for Professionals United in Leadership and Social Enrichment. This group is open to any young professional ages 22-39. I

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One of the most effective tools that small and medium sized businesses can use to stay competitive and market globally is the Internet. Internet marketing has become the way of the future. Many successful businesses use it to advertise, promote, sell, and place commercials. Today too many businesses are being left behind because they are not taking advantage of all the tools available to

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The Winner Area Chamber of Commerce has designated March 20-26th as Winner Area Ag Appreciation Week. While we know the work of the Winner area agriculturists serves us all year long, we want to highlight and celebrate the achievements of such an important part of the area's success.We want to honor and recognize the strong contribution to our economy by the local farmers and producers in our

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Once again the Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Nite at the Races. This event will take place on Saturday, March 5th at the Wild West Steakhouse. Free hors d'oeuvres will start at 6pm during happy hour and the races will start at 7pm. These are real recorded races on DVD. You will see the horses paraded by then be able to place your bets with funny money you purchase that night. At the

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The Chamber is promoting a new event for 2011. Each month a Chamber business will host a coffee hour.You are invited to stop in at that business for a quick cup, or to shop or do business at the location. We hope that the highlighted business will have promotions or an event that month that we can showcase. We hope to incorporate ribbon cuttings, first dollars and other business during these

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Free Movies at the Pix Theater on Main street in Winner! These movies have local ties to our area and will be shown at 2:30 pm each Sunday.This Sunday, December 5th is Happy Gilmore. Did you know Bob Barker lived in Mission? Come on down to the movie!!December 12th: A Sea of GrassDecember 19th: Billy JackFor details contact the Chamber Office.

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December 6th is Ladies Night out in Winner! Stop at participating businesses for free food and great specials from 6pm to 8pm. December 20th is Men's Night Out just in time for those last minute shoppers!Also, extended store hours Mondays in December until 8pm and Sunday afternoons. Businesses participating in these events are:Winner True ValueNelson's ElectronicsMarty'sMcDonald'sK's Silks &

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When you shop at Chamber businesses between Nov. 26th and Dec. 16th, bring in your receipts to enter them in to win! Drawings will be held on Dec. 3, 10 and 17. If your receipt isn't drawn the first week, it will remain in the drawing til the end, giving more chances to win! We will draw up to $400 each Friday. If your receipt is drawn we will pay you the amount of said receipt in Winner Cash!

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Winners from the 2010 Parade of Lights:Elf Award: Statewide AgRudolph Award: Zimbelmann HorseshoeingChristmas Spirit Award: Winner City ShopClark Griswold Award: Rob Curtis Landscaping & DesignSanta's Award: Winner True Value/Boerner FarmsPeople's Choice: McDonaldsBallot Winner: Jim Jares of Winner!Store Front Decorating Contest Winner: Winner Community Thrift StoreThanks to everyone for coming

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2:30 pm at the Pix Theatre in WinnerWe will show a different movie each Sunday that has local ties to our area! 1 show per day: November 28th, December 5th, December 12th, December 19thFree to the publicShop Weekends in Winner for your chance to win prizes! Here’s how:Shop at local Chamber businesses on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, the weekend of the film. Bring your receipts from

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BOWLING for TurkeysSunday, November 14th 2:00 pm.Winner Bowling Center$10 per person or $30 per family (3 games played-price is for all 3)Bowl for your chance to win a thanksgiving turkey donated by your local Chamber businesses!If your business would like to donate a turkey, contact the Chamber.All ages welcome!

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It is once again that time of year...the holidays are fast approaching. Can you believe it?! The Winner Area Chamber of Commerce 7th Annual Parade of Lights will be held on Saturday, November 27, 2010. The Parade has been a wonderful tradition in our community, and I look forward to seeing what new things everyone has in store for us this year! Reminder: the parade is open to EVERYONE, not just

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So this year the Chamber sent out an email asking Winner Chamber businesses if they would be interested in allowing Trick-or-Treater's to come to their business on Friday afternoon. The elementary school classes are doing a party on Friday, so we thought it would be a great idea, as they will already be in costume. The hope is that parents will come with their kids and patron the businesses as

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The Chamber is planning a Meet the Candidates event on Thursday, October 14th. This will be held at the Holiday Inn in Winner at 6:30 pm. We have invited candidates for Senate, House and our County Commissioners. We hope to have some questions prepared for them and then do an open floor Q&A. If you have any questions about the event or have issues you would like the candidates to address, give us

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I was just working on the events calendar at winnersd.org, and thought to myself that I might need to get checked out to see if I am getting carpal tunnel. Then I thought how awesome that is because that means there is a TON of things going on in our area! As you know, today is the first day of school in Winner. I was pleasantly surprised at how organized dropping off was, I was expecting mass

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Many of you have noticed me dragging a photographer all over the country this past week or so, and many of you have asked me what in the world I am doing. I don't think we were too noticeable, until we started bringing in horse trailers and hanging around in sunflower fields and such. As some of you already know, the Chamber, the Office of Development and the City of Winner are all collaborating

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PLENTY to do in Winner this week!! Today kicks off the Mid Dakota Fair out at the Tripp County 4H Grounds. These events will continue on through Saturday, and believe me, there is something out there for everyone each day, so head on out!Also this week the KIDS Org is out in the community working til the very end to raise money for our Schools. Upcoming still this week:Thursday, August 5th –

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As a lot of you know, a lady posted a comment on our blog in search of a childhood pen pal. If you didn't see it, here is the comment:"I found your blog while looking for a childhood pen pal of mine. Her name as a child was Barbara Hopkins and she lived in Winner. We corresponded in the late 1960s and 1970s. She knew me as Eula Ruth Smith. I would love to re-connect with her. Since Winner is a

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This weekend, July 23-25th marks the 41st Annual Winner Elk's Rodeo! The fun starts at 7:30 pm each night at the Tripp County Rodeo Grounds. Special feature on Saturday and Sunday night is the Cowboy Fast Draw Show, and there will be a kids candy scramble each night. Advance tickets are $8 or $10 at the gate, kids 12 & under get in FREE!Tickets can be purchased at Bankwest, Ampride, Elk's Lodge

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Get ready, the Shrine Circus is coming to town! One performance on Thursday, July 8th at 8:00 pm at Leahy Bowl. Tickets are on sale now at Nelson's Electronics and Winner True Value. Prices for 9th grade through adult are $7 in advance, $8 at the gate. 8th grade and below get in FREE! So grab the bug spray and get ready for a night of family fun!Also this week, on Wednesday, July 7th, Lakota

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The Winner Area Chamber is auctioning off a Pheasant Hunting package on Ebay as a fundraiser with proceeds to go to the Chamber. A group of up to 5 hunters can select when they would like to come between the dates of November 23, 2010 and December 4, 2010. This package includes a 3 night consecutive stay at the T Bones Treehouse in Winner, SD and hunting for wild birds on 3 different private

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South Dakota has made it into TWO slots in the "Top 10 Weirdest Sights in America" list on Yahoo. I guess they missed Winner! :)http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-34692178So, what do you think would put Winner on the map? I am not saying we should start constructing the world's largest something or other, but have you ever had that one great idea that you think would go over like gangbusters? We

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Summer is here!! We want to see your summertime fun photos. Email them to winnerareachamber@gmail.com and we will post them on our facebook page! Make sure to include your name so we can give credit where credit is due.If anyone has any energy left after everything going on this weekend, the Chamber is hosting 'Information for Agriculture' on Monday, June 21st at the Winner Livestock Auction.

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Look no further! I cannot BELIEVE everything that is going on in Winner this weekend! First of all, the Winner Drive-In is having its 60th Anniversary celebration. 60 years, people! Gov. Rounds has declared June 18-21st to be Winner Drive-In Theatre Days. The festivities start off on Friday night and go through Monday, so you have plenty of chances to come out and see the flick 'How to train

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Welcome readers! The Winner Chamber is slowly trying to take over cyberspace! We created this blog as an additional source for all things Winner, SD. Here at the Chamber, we feel it is very important to get information to all of you on what we have going on in our community. Future posts will include things such as community events, new business info and job openings, and a lot of general

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