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Archive For May 2009
Curtis Schweitzer
May 27th, 2009
Curtis Schweitzer was born Oct. 20, 1933, to Alice and Fred Schweitzer in Eldridge, N.D. He worked several different jobs after high school, including as an insurance agent and reserve cop.
Curtis...
Mike Mattox
May 27th, 2009
Mike Warren Mattox was born July 17, 1966, in Rapid City, S.D., the ninth child of Leo and Florence Mattox. He attended the State School for the Blind in Aberdeen, S.D., and returned to Custer, S.D.,...
Marylois Skochdopole
May 27th, 2009
Marylois Skochdopole of Kansas City, Mo., (formerly of Custer, S.D.) was born Jan 18, 1929, and died April 19, 2009. She was 80.
She was preceded in death by her spouse of 58 years, Robert Skochdop...
Donald Fish
May 27th, 2009
Donald Roy “Don” Fish was born Aug. 21, 1910, at Randolph, Neb., to Roy and Beulah (Athey) Fish, being the second of five children. He attended grade school near Hemmingford, Neb., and...
Anna B. Hoffman
May 27th, 2009
Anna B. (Ann) Hoffman, age 90, of Custer, S.D., formerly of Harrold, S.D., died Friday, May 22, 2009, at her home in Custer.
Survivors include her daughter, Karen Schmitz of Custer; grandson, Ric...
Mildred Slaughter
May 27th, 2009
Mildred J. Slaughter was born April 1, 1927, to Ole and Edna (Peterson) Johnson. Her father died when she was a young child, leaving her to grow up with her mother and three siblings during the Great...
Bonnie Lucille Kurzenberger
May 27th, 2009
Bonnie Lucille (Olson) Kurzenberger was born March 21, 1933, in Custer, S.D., to Harry and Alma Olson. She grew up in Custer with five brothers and four sisters.
She married Norval Dean Kurzenber...
Strong play yields no medals for golf team
May 27th, 2009
As coach Dale Schaffer and GHS girl golfers Haley Davenport and Galen Himrich drove back to Custer from the state golf tournament last week, the car temperature gauge read 100 degrees — quite the...
State is focus of Wildcats at region meet
May 27th, 2009
Qualifying more bodies for this weekend’s state track and field meet was the name of the game for the Custer High School track team at last Friday’s Region 8A meet in Belle Fourche.
The team re...
What s going on with Chrysler & GM?
May 27th, 2009
Does it seem odd to you that both General Motors and Chrysler, in fighting for their financial lives, are closing dealerships in this country right and left? After all, isn’t it the dealers who buy...
How do college students do it?
May 27th, 2009
I couldn't get through college today.
I'm not saying that because I start falling asleep by 8:30 p.m. or because climbing a flight of stairs leaves me breathless or because my Social Security check...
Baker s buffalo charts Path of Life
May 27th, 2009
Born and raised in the Black Hills, Mata Dewald Baker, Hermosa, has spent countless hours admiring the wildlife and wildflowers of the Hills. One local creature that always...
Baker s buffalo charts Path of Life
May 27th, 2009
Born and raised in the Black Hills, Mata Dewald Baker, Hermosa, has spent countless hours admiring the wildlife and wildflowers of the Hills. One local creature that always fascinated her was the buff...
West Dam to get new fishing dock
May 27th, 2009
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City to call about liquor preferences
May 27th, 2009
The City of Custer will conduct a phone survey in the near future to gauge residents’ feelings on whether or not the city should remain in the retail liquor business.
At the May 18 meeting of the c...
Custer High School graduation, 2009
May 27th, 2009
Colorful balloons are released at the end of commencement ceremonies for 70 Custer High School graduates last Saturday afternoon at the middle school gymnasium. Right, high school principal Paul And...
Mae Elley
May 20th, 2009
Mae Margaret Mundell Elley was born Sept. 26, 1916, in Deadwood, S.D., to Alice Clark Mundell and Sherwood Horace Mundell. She had one younger brother, Sherwood Horace "Munde" Mundell.
...
Mae Elley
May 20th, 2009
Mae Margaret Mundell Elley was born Sept. 26, 1916, in Deadwood, S.D., to Alice Clark Mundell and Sherwood Horace Mundell. She had one younger brother, Sherwood Horace "Munde" Mundell.
She atte...
Custer stands strong at windy BHC invite
May 20th, 2009
With wind gusts reported as high as 51 mph, the Custer girls golf team suffered through the elements to finish in fourth place behind Lead/Deadwood, Belle Fourche and Hot Springs at the Black Hills...
Boys, girls third at BHC
May 20th, 2009
Both the boys and girls team finished last Friday’s Black Hills Conference Meet in third place, with the girls team qualifying one more individual and two more rela...
CYAF announces its scholarship, grant winners
May 20th, 2009
The Custer Youth and Alumni Foundation (CYAF) has announced its scholarship and teacher grant award winners for 2009.
Zachary Beam, a graduate of the Custer High School class of 2006, was awar...
Memorial Day is for patriots
May 20th, 2009
In some circles, patriotism has become a synonym for arrogant or jingoistic. Some people even use it as a political weapon; “Don’t question my patriotism,” they say. Yet, this Memorial Day, and...
OMG!!! Fat Tire is like totally finally here!!!
May 20th, 2009
“Like OMG!!! Did you hear? Fat Tire beer is like totally here,” are words that would probably leave my lips if I was a preteen drinking hipster. But I’m not. I’m just a Red Dog drinking simp...
Creating botanical art with a buffalo flair
May 20th, 2009
Through botanical art, Gail Bissell has combined two of her life passions: art and nature. At the fifth annual Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction, Bissell will put her b...
Creating botanical art with a buffalo flair
May 20th, 2009
Through botanical art, Gail Bissell has combined two of her life passions: art and nature. At the fifth annual Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction, Bissell will put her botanical art with a buffalo...
Garden to be organic
May 20th, 2009
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Citizens give input on whether city should be in alcohol sales
May 20th, 2009
Around 30 people attended the May 12 city forum at the Custer County Courthouse Annex to decide whether or not the city should stay in the retail liquor store business.
The forum, which was scheduled...
Dr. Creal rehired
May 13th, 2009
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GF&P may not renew Playhouse lease
May 13th, 2009
Black Hills Playhouse executive director Michael Burgraff doesn’t know if the Playhouse will continue at its current location when its lease with the state Game, Fish & Parks runs...
William Myers
May 13th, 2009
William Francis “Billy” Myers was born in Wilmington, Del., on Feb. 15, 1934. He was the son of Alfred Foster Myers and Marian Cole.
At age 9, after his mother’s death, he and his sister, Dor...
Arbor Day essay contests winners announced
May 13th, 2009
Arbor Day traditionally falls on the last Friday in April, and was celebrated this year on April 24. The Custer Conservation District sponsored an Arbor Day essay contest for Custer County fifth and s...
Davenport, Himrich qualify for state golf
May 13th, 2009
The regionals went about as expected, Custer girls golf coach Dale Schaffer said, as both seniors Haley Davenport and Galen Himrich both advanced to state, which will be held next Monday, May 18, and...
Girls relay teams fare well in Sturgis
May 13th, 2009
The Custer High School girls track team placed all four of its relay teams in the top three of their respective events at the Black Hills Track Classic, held last Saturday in Stu...
Girls relay teams fare well in Sturgis
May 13th, 2009
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Contestant remained true to her beliefs
May 13th, 2009
I’ve attended my fair share of Miss South Dakota pageants over the years when we lived in Hot Springs for 15-1/2 years and more recently when Sara Seever of Custer was competing for the crown, which...
Playhouse future is up in the air again
May 13th, 2009
For over 60 years, area residents and visitors have enjoyed evening and matinee performances at the Black Hills Playhouse in Custer State Park. This thespian tradition may come to an end if Playhouse...
Hartpence enjoys challenge of Buffalo Stampede
May 13th, 2009
In the four years that Bonnie Hartpence has added her artistic flair to the Custer Buffalo Stampede Art
Auction, she said the challenge of the work is what brought her b...
Hartpence enjoys challenge of Buffalo Stampede
May 13th, 2009
In the four years that Bonnie Hartpence has added her artistic flair to the Custer Buffalo Stampede Art Auction, she said the challenge of the work is what brought her back. The challenge to her is do...
Albert Lee Wayne
May 6th, 2009
Albert Lee Wayne was born Oct. 8, 1945, in Hot Springs, S.D., to Clarence and Grace (Duncan) Wayne. He later moved to Custer, S.D.
Albert died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Rapid City Regio...
Clyde Smith
May 6th, 2009
Clyde Wesley Smith was born Aug. 24, 1908, to Elizabeth (Furhmann) and John Wesley Smith at the family ranch home, the youngest of four children. He learned ranching at a young age, however...
Clarence Mattson
May 6th, 2009
Clarence “Frenchy” Mattson was born April 4, 1925, in Ogema, Wis., to Robert and Bessie (Yunek) Mattson. He graduated from high school and enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving during WWII....
Golf team closes regular season with chilly invitational
May 6th, 2009
Even though it was a chilly day for golf on Thursday, April 30, the Custer Wildcat girls golf team got some needed time out on a course as they welcomed St. Thomas More, Le...
High school track team splits for weekend meets
May 6th, 2009
Darin Smith was the lone Custer Wildcat to place at last weekend’s always tough Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls, claiming fourth place in the discus with a throw of 161-1.
Available o...
Golf team closes regular season with chilly invitational
May 6th, 2009
Even though it was a chilly day for golf on Thursday, April 30, the Custer Wildcat girls golf team got some needed time out on a course as they welcomed St. Thomas More, Le...
Is swine flu really a global pandemic?
May 6th, 2009
When making critical decisions, it is always a good idea to error on the side of caution. We have to wonder if this isn’t the case with the on-going discussions of World Health Organization (WHO) of...
Dealing with a flashlight problem
May 6th, 2009
Some people say I have a flashlight problem.
Maybe I do. Even as I sit here typing this, there are at least three flashlights on my person. I have one on my belt, one attached to my pistol, and o...
Lintz Bros. attends International Pizza Challenge
May 6th, 2009
Lintz Bros. Pizza of Hermosa did not come home from the fourth annual International Pizza Challenge with any ribbons, medals or trophies. However, Lintz Bros. owner Brian...
Lintz Bros. attends International Pizza Challenge
May 6th, 2009
Lintz Bros. Pizza of Hermosa did not come home from the fourth annual International Pizza Challenge with any ribbons, medals or trophies. However, Lintz Bros. owner Brian Lintz and one of his employ...
Attempted murder charges thrown out in shooting
May 6th, 2009
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