Letcher

The Artesian and Letcher American Legion Auxiliaries judged essays and poems written by the students of Sanborn Central School. 

Winners judged by Artesian are as follows: 

Essays Class I (third and fourth grade) – first place, Lexi Fridley; second place, Cade Wilson; third place, Conrad Olson;

Essays Class II (fifth and sixth grade) – first place, Mason Morgan; second place, Olivia Peterson; third place, Keira Pollard; 

Essays Class III (seventh and eighth grade) – first place, Olivia Conrad; second place, Ledoux Bracha; third place, Evalynn Olson; 

Poems Class I (third grade) – first place, Hannah Hinker; second place, Sullivan Licht; third place, Cade Wilson; 

Poems Class II (fourth grade) – first place, Lexi Fridley; second place, Mila Weber; third place, Harper Torgerson;

Poems Class III (fifth grade) – first place, Keira Pollard; second place, Wylie Bracha; third place, Ethan McGuire.

Poems and essays judged that won from Letcher were:

Essays

Class I (grades three and four) – first, Brody Uecker; second, Aurelia White; third, Landon Hoffman;

Class II (grades five and six) – first, Whitney Adams; second, Beau Enfield, third, Adalie Enfield;

Class III (grades seven and eight) – first, Westen White, second, Mckenzie Uecker; third, Madilyn Morris;

Poems

Class I (grade three) – first, Hannah Pollard; second, Nolan Enfield; third, Vada Enfield;

Class II (grade four) – first, Brody Uecker; second, Quinn Easton; third, Aurelia White;

Class III (grade five) – first, Adalie Enfield; second, Beau Enfield; third, Ecniel Melendez.

The first place winners from each group have been sent on to the district level competition.

…See pictures of the winners in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

The Letcher Volunteer Fire Department held their annual “Texas Hold ‘Em” poker tournament fundraiser on Saturday evening, Jan. 27. A total of 65 poker players entered the friendly competition. Winners were Corey Flatten (high hand for the night), Tyler Klumb (second place), Jon Vermeulen (first place) and Scott Senska (third place). 

…See a picture of the winners in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

When Sanborn Central senior Cooper Goldammer decided to continue the Parade of Lights tradition that Brady Larson started last year as his senior project, he had no idea the attention it would get. From a feature story in the Mitchell Republic newspaper to a story on KELOLand TV news, the event was noticed all over the eastern side of the state, and, with social media coverage, quite possibly beyond the South Dakota borders. 

Goldammer said that he decided to do this project because he thought it was a great thing for the community of Letcher, and he is hoping it will continue as a tradition. This year’s parade drew 34 entries, which is pretty steady with the numbers from last year, so it appears the interest is going to continue. Goldammer stated, “I think it was a great success because it grew from last year, and we had more floats. Hopefully someone continues it on and keeps it growing.”

One way the event grew is with participation from the Town and Kountry Kids 4-H Blue group. They setup a s’mores stand and collected food and monetary donations for the Sanborn County Food Pantry. Plans are to make the nicely sized donation to the pantry this Thursday to help with getting food to people through Christmas and the winter months. Make sure to keep an eye out for the presentation in next week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal.

After the parade, the Letcher Hawks Teener Baseball team served a baked potato/nacho bar in the Letcher Community Center. With everyone from the community of Letcher and many from the surrounding area taking part in this festive Christmas season event, it seems perfectly fitting for Goldammer to name the event “A Hometown Holiday.”

…See many pictures from the parade in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

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