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Archive For April 2009
William Cavanaugh
April 29th, 2009
William James “Cav” Cavanaugh was born Feb. 4, 1952, in Shamokin, Pa., to Edward and Mae (Hanisko) Cavanaugh. He rode with the Warlocks Motorcycle Club for 12 years and worked for the Northern &am...
Bolden latest to qualify for state meet
April 29th, 2009
Breezy Bolden joined the growing list of state qualifiers for the Custer track team when she placed second in the 200 meter dash at the Custer Invitational last Thursday. B...
Bolden latest to qualify for state meet
April 29th, 2009
Breezy Bolden joined the growing list of state qualifiers for the Custer track team when she placed second in the 200 meter dash at the Custer Invitational last Thursday. Bolden, a freshman, clocked a...
Confusion abounds over definition of torture
April 29th, 2009
We never thought it would be difficult to define torture as it pertains to military warfare. Just ask former Navy pilot and now U.S. Sen. John McCain what torture is all about. Or you could ask any of...
For all involved, let s work together
April 29th, 2009
A few years ago, I would frequently pick up a copy of the Hot Springs Star and chuckle whenever I read one of the city council stories. At that time, it seemed like former Hot Springs mayor Carl O...
Heads of tails for Gary Kuchar s creation
April 29th, 2009
Last fall during the Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction, an idea came to Gary Kuchar. The idea, though, was hazardous to his piggy bank.
“The idea just hit me,” s...
Heads of tails for Gary Kuchar s creation
April 29th, 2009
Last fall during the Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction, an idea came to Gary Kuchar. The idea, though, was hazardous to his piggy bank.
“The idea just hit me,” said Kuchar. “They make b...
No swine flu symptoms yet
April 29th, 2009
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Ziolkowski s contract renewed
April 29th, 2009
After deliberation, the Custer County commissioners approved the renewal of Geney Zioklowski, animal control officer’s, contract at the regular meeting of the Custer County Commission on Wednesday,...
Losers to weigh in Thursday
April 29th, 2009
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Bear tracks confirmed in Hills
April 29th, 2009
Was there, or was there not, bear activity near Rochford recently? According to Blair Waite, local conservation officer, bear tracks were definitely confirmed outside of Hill City in the proximity of...
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April 22nd, 2009
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Liquor store on hold
April 22nd, 2009
or the second straight meeting, the Custer City council has tabled the issue of whether or not to build a new liquor store in Custer.
At Monday night’s regular meeting of the council, Mayor Harold...
Violet Wendt
April 22nd, 2009
Violet “Marie” Wendt was born Aug. 22, 1923, in Edgemont, S.D., to Charles and Wilma (Escott) Benson. She graduated from Hot Springs (S.D.) High School and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
M...
Sisters donate art work to buffalo stampede art and auction
April 22nd, 2009
When sisters Margaret Loucks and Peggy Ann Leger were children, their father would bring them to the Badlands. Through those trips, they each grew to love the Black Hills a...
Track season moves outdoors, finally
April 22nd, 2009
The sun eventually had to come out again. And with it, track season.
Track season finally got under way last week, after a series of spring storms cancelled or postponed three different track meets...
Pingreys to leave school district
April 22nd, 2009
When this current school year ends, the Custer Middle School will lose two employees, Eric and Lisa Pingrey. The Pingrey family will start a new journey in Douglas, Wyo. It’s a new journey, they s...
We have found the enemy and he is us
April 22nd, 2009
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) czar Janet Napolitano had egg all over her face last week after an embarrassing April 7 intelligence and analysis assessment from her department was leaked t...
There's a whole lot of progress going on
April 22nd, 2009
This issue of the Chronicle includes our annual Progress Edition which is always our biggest newspaper of the year. Living among the proverbial trees, we often can't see the forest, but there is a who...
Ziolkowski responds to criticisms
April 22nd, 2009
For the past 17 years, Geney Ziolkowski has been the animal control officer for both the City of Custer and Custer County.
It’s a job she loves—and despite whispers to the c...
Stickney reelected
April 16th, 2009
Liquor store bids viewed
April 15th, 2009
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There will always be days like this
April 15th, 2009
My mother never told me there’d be “days like this.” When I questioned her about that recently, she said she figured I’d find out sooner or later on my own.
Available only in the print vers...
Gun registration is aim of H.R. 45
April 15th, 2009
By now, most gun owners have heard of H.R. 45, the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that provides for a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system...
Marvin Lemmer
April 8th, 2009
Marvin Henry Lemmer was born on March 25, 1929, in North Platte, Neb., to Henry and Annabell (Booth) Lemmer at his grandparents’, Ernest and Ada Booths’, home. He went to schools at North Plat...
Freitag creates two pieces of art for Stampede
April 8th, 2009
Custer artist Peg Freitag is once again adding her special feathery flair to the fifth annual Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction. This is the self-taught painter’s third year in a row of crea...
Freitag creates two pieces of art for Stampede
April 8th, 2009
Custer artist Peg Freitag is once again adding her special feathery flair to the fifth annual Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction. This is the self-taught painter’s third year in a row of creati...
Track team boasts good talent, depth
April 8th, 2009
After dominating the rest of the Black Hills Conference for the better part of the decade, the Custer High School boys track team found itself in an unfamiliar position when the conference track meet...
Vote in municipal election on Tuesday
April 8th, 2009
Next Tuesday, April 14, Custer City residents will go to the polls to decide who will be their mayor for the next two years. The choices are either incumbent Mayor Harold Stickney or challenger city c...
Is real life turning into a Sci-Fi Saturday night movie?
April 8th, 2009
Before I dove head first into journalism at South Dakota State University I briefly wanted to explore the watery depths of this world as a marine biologist. But thanks to “Jaws” and various other...
Anderson teaches good word and English word in Hong Kong
April 8th, 2009
Returning a favor, Albert Sutton, Rapid City, called his father-in-law, Pastor Robert Anderon, Custer, and asked if he would like to accompany him on a mission trip, called International Interfa...
Anderson teaches good word and English word in Hong Kong
April 8th, 2009
Returning a favor, Albert Sutton, Rapid City, called his father-in-law, Pastor Robert Anderon, Custer, and asked if he would like to accompany him on a mission trip, called International Interface,...
Regional cuts affect the local hospital
April 8th, 2009
When Regional Health announced sweeping pay reductions across the board in a recent company memo, Custer Regional Hospital (CRH) employees were not spared from the cuts.
As part of the Regional Healt...
Nettingas head to Europe on choir tour
April 8th, 2009
Meals program in dire straits
April 6th, 2009
Meals Program
Custer Senior Center is at serious risk of losing it Meals program, due to a continuing decline in participants.
Both Jill Ket...
Sylvia Larson
April 1st, 2009
Sylvia Eleanor (Bajuniemi) Larson, daughter of Levi and Marie (Juntunen) Bajuniemi, was born Oct. 15, 1914, at Lake Norden, S.D. She graduated from Lake Norden High School in 1932 and attend...
Success stories coming out of Bullying Prevention program
April 1st, 2009
“I had a student last year who came to me and talked to me about his drug use. He wanted an out. In the process of us talking about his drug problem he told me that the r...
Katie Curtis named Student of the Week
April 1st, 2009
Katie Curtis has been selected as the Custer High School boys basketball cheerleader Booster Club Student of the Week.
Curtis, a senior, has only cheered one year for Custer High School s...
Katie Curtis named Student of the Week
April 1st, 2009
Katie Curtis has been selected as the Custer High School boys basketball cheerleader Booster Club Student of the Week.
Curtis, a senior, has only cheered one year for Custer High School since she mov...
Protecting borders should be a priority
April 1st, 2009
It’s alarming to hear about all the violence springing up along the U.S.-Mexican border. What is more alarming is to hear our Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, saying the United States sha...
Reports of our death are exaggerated
April 1st, 2009
My newspaper colleague Larry Atkinson from Mobridge related an interesting story to me in between sessions at the annual S.D. Newspaper Association convention in Watertown last Friday and Saturday. La...
Geigle happy to be new wildlife conservation officer
April 1st, 2009
While talking with his high school counselor in Hazen, N.D., Adam Geigle was told he should choose a career that he would enjoy doing for the rest of his life. Growing up around wildlife hunting a...
Geigle happy to be new wildlife conservation officer
April 1st, 2009
While talking with his high school counselor in Hazen, N.D., Adam Geigle was told he should choose a career that he would enjoy doing for the rest of his life. Growing up around wildlife hunting and f...
Losers hear about their dietary choices
April 1st, 2009
The food choices people make can have an important impact on their health. To give insight on healthy dietary choices was Dr. Jolene Falkenburg at last Thursday’s Biggest Loser wei...
Denver police officer arrested on two charges
April 1st, 2009
Luckily for three law enforcement officers, a Denver woman they encountered Tuesday evening, March 24, was a poor shot.
Kachina McAlexander, 31, a police officer from Denver, was taken into custody a...