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Archive For February 2009
Fire!
February 25th, 2009
During the morning of Friday, Feb. 20, the Custer Volunteer Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at the house next to the Wedding Closet, right off Mt. Rushmore Road.
“Several things can cau...
Floyd Ellerton
February 25th, 2009
Floyd W. Ellerton was born in rural Harrold, S.D., and moved to the Custer, S.D., area in the 1930s. He married Ruby Lamke in 1941. After working in sawmilling, Floyd started and ran a succe...
Floyd Ellerton
February 25th, 2009
Floyd W. Ellerton was born in rural Harrold, S.D., and moved to the Custer, S.D., area in the 1930s. He married Ruby Lamke in 1941. After working in sawmilling, Floyd started and ran a successful...
Mitchell Murawski
February 25th, 2009
Mitchell Murawski was born Oct. 27, 1914, in Minsk, Poland to John and Jadwiga (Bethke) Murawski. He graduated with a business degree from the Warsaw Institute of Poland. Mitchell served as...
Karen Johnson
February 25th, 2009
Karen Johnson was born Feb. 4, 1941, to Albert and Alvina Eggers at Sauk Center, Minn. Several years later, the family moved to Swea City, Iowa, where her father ran the local Gambles store....
Crackel is lone wrestler to qualify for state
February 25th, 2009
This past weekend nine Custer Wildcat wrestlers traveled to Ft. Pierre to compete in the Region 4B wrestling tournament. What happened there turned out to be the most gut w...
Crackel is lone wrestler to qualify for state
February 25th, 2009
This past weekend nine Custer Wildcat wrestlers traveled to Ft. Pierre to compete in the Region 4B wrestling tournament. What happened there turned out to be the most gut wrenching coaching experience...
Girls close regular season with close loss to Newell
February 25th, 2009
In basketball, when a team spends most of the night at the free throw line, it usually results in a win. When they are making the free throws, it virtually guarantees a win...
Boys team peaking at the right time
February 25th, 2009
After several weeks of less than stellar play, the Custer High School boys basketball team appears to once again be playing some of its best basketball at the right time.
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Boys team peaking at the right time
February 25th, 2009
After several weeks of less than stellar play, the Custer High School boys basketball team appears to once again be playing some of its best basketball at the right time.
The Wildcats will head into...
Shorb named wrestling Student of the Week
February 25th, 2009
Mark Shorb has been selected as the Custer High School wrestling squad’s Student of the Week. Shorb, a freshmen, first started wrestling this year. It was a wise decision on his part, he said.
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Shorb named wrestling Student of the Week
February 25th, 2009
Mark Shorb has been selected as the Custer High School wrestling squad’s Student of the Week. Shorb, a freshmen, first started wrestling this year. It was a wise decision on his part, he said.
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Working together; Getting things done!
February 25th, 2009
Owners representing about 30 downtown businesses got together Feb. 11 for what was billed as a Custer Chamber Retail Committee Roundtable. Topic of discussion was the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) #4...
Child acting is monkey business
February 25th, 2009
While browsing through the World Wide Web earlier this week I noticed a link on Yahoo News about an actor who went on a tirade. Being one who loves entertainment scoops I quickly moved my mouse arrow...
JoAnn Luedeman
February 18th, 2009
JoAnn Kay Luedeman, 63, died Feb. 12, 2009, at her home in Custer, S.D.
JoAnn is survived by her husband, Lauren; son, Michael (Rose) Luedeman of Custer; daughter, Lori Gracia of Laramie, Wyo.; ste...
Girls notch win over Newcastle, fall to Golddiggers, Cavaliers
February 18th, 2009
By Jason Ferguson
A pair of strong mid-game runs couldn’t offset a slow start by the Custer High School girls basketball team last Friday night, as the Wildcats lost on their home floor to...
Busy week results in two losses, one win for boys team
February 18th, 2009
If Custer and St. Thomas More should meet again this year, the Cavaliers will know they are in for a dogfight.
For the second time this season, the Custer High School boys basketbal...
bball-darin
February 18th, 2009
St. Thomas More’s Brandon Bassett was relegated to playing defense from his backside on this play of last Friday night’s game at the armory after colliding with Darin Smith. The Wildcat senior too...
Busy week results in two losses, one win for boys team
February 18th, 2009
If Custer and St. Thomas More should meet again this year, the Cavaliers will know they are in for a dogfight.
For the second time this season, the Custer High School boys basketball team gave the No...
Nine wrestlers qualify for region tourney
February 18th, 2009
While Philip Area dominated and claimed the District 7B wrestling crown on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Custer with 255 points, Custer showed strength and didn’t slouch, as it will send nine scra...
custer-wrestling
February 18th, 2009
Mark Shorb of Custer works for a takedown against Naoki Tasato of Red Cloud during first round action at the District 7B wrestling tournament last Saturday in the armory. Shorb lost the match in heart...
Nine wrestlers qualify for region tourney
February 18th, 2009
While Philip Area dominated and claimed the District 7B wrestling crown on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Custer with 255 points, Custer showed strength and didn’t slouch, as it will send nine scrappers to t...
Advertising tax will cost you, not us
February 18th, 2009
There is no disputing that South Dakota's economy is slumping. Retail sales have slowed in communities across the state. Job layoffs pop up in the news too often. The recession has come to South D...
Who is going to bail out the USA?
February 18th, 2009
Well, by now we are all pretty sick and tired of hearing and reading about the $700 billion bailout and $790 billion stimulus packages. These figures are almost incomprehensible to most Americans, who...
Tiffany Thomas
February 11th, 2009
Tiffany D.M. Thomas of Beloit, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Beloit. She was 33.
She is survived by her husband, Gary; daughter, Sarah; son, Jonathan of McPherson, Kan.; mother, Marlene McMul...
Riley Shepherd
February 11th, 2009
Riley Shepherd, 70, of Fairburn, S.D., died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at his home.
He was preceded in death by his father, Odis Shepherd.
Riley is survived by his wife, Elaine Shepherd of Fairbu...
Singing Valentines
February 11th, 2009
With an impending trip to the Eastern side of the States in April, the Custer High School choir class has been thinking of ways to raise money for the cost of the trip. One such idea that floated arou...
Rangers complete season sweep of Cats
February 11th, 2009
By Jason Ferguson
If the residents of Custer believed the Custer boys basketball loss to the Hill City Rangers Jan. 8 was a fluke, the Rangers sent them a message last S...
Girls slip by Broncs, pummel Rangers
February 11th, 2009
Early last week, Haley Davenport was selected by her teammates as the Custer High School girls basketball team Student of the Week. Perhaps her teammates knew what she was about...
Girls slip by Broncs, pummel Rangers
February 11th, 2009
Early last week, Haley Davenport was selected by her teammates as the Custer High School girls basketball team Student of the Week. Perhaps her teammates knew what she was about to do against Bell...
Davenport named Student of the Week
February 11th, 2009
Heather Davenport has been selected as the Custer High School basketball team’s Student of the Week.
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The first scratch and the new car smell
February 11th, 2009
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the troubled American car companies. Some blame bumbling bureaucrats and ridiculous regulations. Others point their paws at Detroit dunces who couldn’t cha...
Hard to tell deer reduction results
February 11th, 2009
After much cussing and discussing for over a year, there are a lot fewer deer in the city limits of Custer City and a lot more to go. Last year the city began the process of putting a deer reduction p...
Bigger than ever!
February 4th, 2009
A new record of 48 contestants signed up for the second annual Custer area Biggest Loser competition last Thursday at the Chronicle office. That number compares with 35 who signed up last year, indica...
Man's best friend or deer's worst enemy?
February 4th, 2009
There may very well be a mountain lion that occasionally wanders into town to find itself a deer to munch on. However, that doesn’t have the City of Custer nearly as concerned as reports that a pack...
Eva Bedsaul
February 4th, 2009
Eva Anneliese Bedsaul, 72, of Custer, S.D., died Jan. 28, 2009, at Rapid City (S.D) Regional Hospital.
Eva is survived by one son, Thomas Crose of Merino, Colo.; and special friend, Lyle Hunt of Cu...
Donald Herrmann
February 4th, 2009
Donald Harold Herrmann of Hot Springs, S.D., died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at the S.D. State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. He was 88.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1940 until 1945.
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Theodore Ted Moos
February 4th, 2009
Dr. Theodore Charles ‘Ted’ Moos was born June 2, 1922, in Fargo, N.D., to Dr. Leo and Rose Moos. He graduated from the University of Minnesota as a doctor of dental surgery in 1945.
Following d...
Luella Ludington
February 4th, 2009
Luella Edna Ludington was born Jan. 30, 1933, at Wall, S.D., to Clyde and Grace (Parris) Graham. She moved to Custer, S.D., when she was and returned to Wall at the age of 9. She attended school in Wa...
Wendell Morrell
February 4th, 2009
Wendell “Guy” Morrell was born April 13, 1936, in Fremont, Utah, to Alton and Elnora Morrell. In 1951 the Morrell family moved from Fremont to Evanston, Wyo., where the family started up...
Wendell Morrell
February 4th, 2009
Wendell “Guy” Morrell was born April 13, 1936, in Fremont, Utah, to Alton and Elnora Morrell. In 1951 the Morrell family moved from Fremont to Evanston, Wyo., where the family started up another r...
Cats rebound by throttling Irrigators
February 4th, 2009
For the first time in a few weeks, the Custer Wildcat boys basketball team didn’t play a close game. Even better, they were on the winning end.
Spurred by a relentless full court press that force...
Girls avenge season opening loss to Douglas
February 4th, 2009
When the Custer High School girls basketball team opened its season Dec. 11 by hosting Douglas, the homestanding Wildcats lost a 12-point game. By most accounts, including that of head coach Paul Ande...
Wildcat wrestlers score win over Patriots
February 4th, 2009
The Wildcats weren’t kind hosts when they welcomed Douglas to the mat Thursday, Jan. 29, as they pounced to a victory 38-27.
It was Douglas that struck first, though,...
Wildcat wrestlers score win over Patriots
February 4th, 2009
The Wildcats weren’t kind hosts when they welcomed Douglas to the mat Thursday, Jan. 29, as they pounced to a victory 38-27.
It was Douglas that struck first, though, with a pin fall in the first m...
Presenting the 2008 Parkie Awards
February 4th, 2009
Although the new year is already a month old, this is my first chance to visit with you since 2008 ended. We can't let the old year slip into oblivion without bestowing our annual Parkie Awards.
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Smoking ban is a sign of the times
February 4th, 2009
South Dakota Legislators are currently debating how far-reaching a state-wide smoking ban will be. Their options are to make the smoking ban all inclusive for any building used by the public or to gra...