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Archive For March 2009
Donald Fletcher
March 24th, 2009
Donald M. Fletcher, of Custer, S.D., died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice of the Hills. He was 83.
At this time no services are planned.
Survivors include his s...
Robert Cope
March 24th, 2009
Robert Wendell Cope was born to Grace (Northrup) and Ben Cope on July 10, 1932, in Mitchell, S.D. He attended grade school and high school in Artesian, S.D. He graduated in 1950 then wen...
Robert Cope
March 24th, 2009
Robert Wendell Cope was born to Grace (Northrup) and Ben Cope on July 10, 1932, in Mitchell, S.D. He attended grade school and high school in Artesian, S.D. He graduated in 1950 then went on to at...
Marion Mills
March 24th, 2009
Marion Howard Mills was born Oct. 15, 1925, in Maynard, Minn., to Samuel and Helma (Severhus) Mills. Marion attended school through the eighth grade. In later years he became an expert in hy...
Marion Mills
March 24th, 2009
Marion Howard Mills was born Oct. 15, 1925, in Maynard, Minn., to Samuel and Helma (Severhus) Mills. Marion attended school through the eighth grade. In later years he became an expert in hydraulics a...
Track season starts at Chadron Invite
March 24th, 2009
A small group of Custer High School track athletes got track season under way last Friday in Chadron, Neb., at the annual Chadron Invitational Indoor track meet on the campus of Chadron State College....
Davenport to lead girls golf team
March 24th, 2009
Starting his 12th year as Custer girl’s golf coach, Dale Schaffer is working with a familiar cast due to the fact that the bulk of the team members are returning letter winners.
Returning letter...
McDermet named Student of the Week
March 24th, 2009
Kaycee McDermet has been selected as the Custer High School girls basketball cheerleader Booster Club Student of the Week.
Available only in the print version of the Custer County Chro...
McDermet named Student of the Week
March 24th, 2009
Kaycee McDermet has been selected as the Custer High School girls basketball cheerleader Booster Club Student of the Week.
Available only in the print version of the Custer County Chronicle. To s...
Survival tips for a Custer County summer
March 24th, 2009
With summer just a few brutal spring snowstorms away, we think it’s time for The Night Shift to surge into public service mode for at least one column. No, you won’t suffer through an earnest entr...
Obama doesn t seem to take job seriously
March 24th, 2009
Across the country there is a feeling that we are being led down the financial path of destruction with what is being proposed by lawmakers in Washington, D.C. And in the middle of this financial melt...
Historical Society puts spotlight on Fairburn
March 24th, 2009
The Historical Society for the 1881 Custer Country Courthouse Museum will meet on Saturday, April 4, at the courthouse annex's Pine Room (adjacent to the Custer County Library).
Open to the public,...
Main Street sidewalk work to begin soon
March 24th, 2009
Acting as chairwoman, Tanya Olson welcomed all to the Custer Community Improvement Committee (CCIC) meeting last Thursday, March 19, at Custer City Hall.
Before the group took a break from meeting la...
Ben Bittner
March 20th, 2009
Benjamin Rubin Bittner of Hill City, S.D., left this earth from the Hospice House in Rapid City, S.D., on March 12, 2009, to spend eternity with his beloved Jesus.
Ben was born to Rubin...
Leonard Barber
March 18th, 2009
Leonard Arthur Barber was born in Pringle S.D., May 28, 1933, to Charles and Dessie Barber. Leonards.
His parents divorced, and he lived with his mother and drove truck all over the United States....
Ben Bittner
March 18th, 2009
Benjamin Rubin Bittner of Hill City, S.D., left this earth from the Hospice House in Rapid City, S.D., on March 12, 2009, to spend eternity with his beloved Jesus.
Ben was born to Rubin...
Henry Pepin
March 18th, 2009
Henry “Hank” Joseph Pepin was born June 10, 1921, at Custer, S.D., to Odilon & Blanche (LaFrancois) Pepin. He moved to a homestead with his family at 5. He grew up on the ranch north...
Henry Pepin
March 18th, 2009
Henry “Hank” Joseph Pepin was born June 10, 1921, at Custer, S.D., to Odilon & Blanche (LaFrancois) Pepin. He moved to a homestead with his family at 5. He grew up on the ranch northwest of Cu...
This year s NCAA tourney is a crapshoot
March 18th, 2009
If you’re a fan of upsets, parity and general chaos, this year’s NCAA tournament should be right up your alley.
In my recent memory, I can’t recall a year in which so many teams could.....
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Madoff is poster boy for Wall Street greed
March 18th, 2009
Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, 70, is going to jail for a long, long time after pleading guilty to defrauding his investors in a widespread Ponzi scheme. He faces up to 150 years in prison afte...
Don t like the city s direction? Get involved!
March 11th, 2009
It seems like more and more people are getting involved at the city level, and that’s always a good thing. A couple of recent examples are Helen Flora’s approaching the city council about salaries...
Jake Roddy named basketball Student of the Week
March 11th, 2009
Rose Gilger
March 11th, 2009
Rose Marie (Brauner) Gilger was born Sept. 14, 1943, to AMM2 Frank H. and Evelyn May (Schneider) Brauner in Rapid City, S.D. She grew up in Custer, S.D.
Rose taught herself to sew by making doll...
Tom Norman
March 11th, 2009
Thomas Michael Norman was born to Joseph and Kathryn “Kitty” (Rush) Norman, Dec. 5, 1927, in Hot Springs, S.D., and was raised on the family ranch east of Buffalo Gap, S.D. He attended c...
Tom Norman
March 11th, 2009
Thomas Michael Norman was born to Joseph and Kathryn “Kitty” (Rush) Norman, Dec. 5, 1927, in Hot Springs, S.D., and was raised on the family ranch east of Buffalo Gap, S.D. He attended country sch...
Yes, Virginia & Ohio, there is a Santa Claus
March 11th, 2009
Any doubt that there is truly a Santa Claus has been dispelled by our new president who flies about the country, not in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer, but in an airplane called Air Force One. The...
Observing birthdays beats the alternative
March 11th, 2009
One knows he's getting older—and doing so faster—when birthdays start seeming to come around more often than once a year.
Available only in the print version of the Custer County Chronicl...
Legislature extends smoking ban
March 11th, 2009
With a 21 to 14 vote, the South Dakota Senate voted on Wednesday, March 4, to extend a state smoking ban to bars, video lottery casinos and gambling establishments in Deadwood. The measure excludes mo...
Ruth Christensen
March 4th, 2009
Ruth Ann Norman, the second of eight children to James Henry and Ruth (Getz) Norman, was born Nov. 3, 1926, at Herman, Minn. She attended country school and Hoffman High School, graduating...
Dotty Flatt
March 4th, 2009
Dotty Kautzsch Flatt, long-time resident of Custer, S.D., died Feb. 22, 2009, at Ridge Wind Assisted Living in Pocatello, Idaho.
Services were held at Custer Community Church Feb. 27. I...
Third time no charm: Rangers end Cats season
March 4th, 2009
Down one with seconds to play, Jake Roddy tried to extend the season for the Custer High School basketball team.
Roddy took the ball and headed towards the basket. But, in what was basica...
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March 4th, 2009
The Custer High School boys basketball team was bounced from District 15A play last Monday night in Hill City, but it wasn’t due to lack of effort from Shea Koch. The senior forward gave the Wildcat...
Third time no charm: Rangers end Cats season
March 4th, 2009
Down one with seconds to play, Jake Roddy tried to extend the season for the Custer High School basketball team.
Roddy took the ball and headed towards the basket. But, in what was basically a microc...
Crackel hopes to use experience gained for next season
March 4th, 2009
Having to leave a day early due to the snowy weather, Wildcat wrestler Tony Crackel showed promise for the years to come in his wrestling career at the Class B State Wrestling Tournament in Aberdeen.
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White-hot Bison upset Wildcats
March 4th, 2009
At the end of the first half of its District 15A game against Hot Springs Feb. 24, Custer had a 12 point lead, had held the Bison to nine first half points and looked every...
My brother-in-law got it right
March 4th, 2009
I had the privilege of seeing something quite special in February. Doug Peters and John Knapp hosted a benefit and time of sharing at Slate Creek Grille for my brother-in-law Ben Bittner of Hill City,...
City wages compare favorably with county, similar sized cities
March 4th, 2009
Administrators for the City of Custer compare are paid as well or better than most employees with similar job functions at the county level and around the Black Hills. But don’t expect Cus...