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Debate about Cruisin’ vendors ongoing

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:04:07 -0600

The ongoing fight about vendors continued in Friday morning’s Custer Crusin’ meeting. Opening the meeting was Helen Flora, claiming that the survey administered to local businesses was illegal.

“It’s illegal for the city or state to administer a third party survey,” Flora said, after seeking legal advice. “It’s a slap in the face.”

Flora, who owned Flora’s Jewelry, Gifts and Fine Western Wear for 43 years before selling it to her son, Ron, also questioned the validity of the committee.

County will no longer accept FLDSmail

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:04:06 -0600

After several months of receiving rambling emails about apocalyptic-like letters from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), the Custer County Commission has decided enough is enough. The commission voted unanimously to direct county auditor Linda Nelson to refuse to sign for what have become weekly priority mail letters for the commission.

Swimming pool, events center top wish list

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:04:05 -0600

An indoor pool, and events center, a walking track, a racquetball court, a college satellite office and a movie night facility were among the more popular choices as far as what to place on the campus of the new Custer Community Center. At a Jan. 26 meeting hosted by the City of Custer, discussion was held and suggestions were taken from nearly 70 participants as to what Custer needs and what they would like to see on the land.

Custer Mayor Gary Lipp opened the evening with a welcome, followed by a brief talk by Tanya Olson of Tallgrass Landscape Architecture as to the purpose of the meeting. Following that, local architect Gene Fennell of Fennell Design went over the plans for the interior of the building, which will become home to both the city offices and the YMCA.

City wants lot size regulated out of town

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:04:16 -0600

One acre, or three to five acres, that is the question.

A lively debate over the minimum acreage of a lot in the city’s three-mile jurisdiction out of town was the main topic of conversation during the city’s hearing on its newest comprehensive plan at the Custer City Council’s Jan. 17 meeting. The council meeting debate followed an even livelier debate at the city’s most recent planning commission meeting, where the commission eventually voted to recommend the city’s comprehensive plan call for a minimum size of one-acre lots—which falls in line with state standards—as opposed to the three to five acre lot sizes the plan currently recommends.

Shooter pleads guilty

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:04:15 -0600

Paul Doering, the Hill City shooter, appeared in federal court in Rapid City last Thursday, entering a guilty plea to the charge of evidence tampering following the incident during Hill City’s Wild Bunch shootout on Main and Elm streets on June 17 of last year.

Doering, a four-time convicted felon who has served time in Minnesota, was originally charged as a felon in possession of a firearm, but that charge was later dropped in exchange for his plea agreement to the tampering charge.

Nat’l Guard prepares for worst

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:04:25 -0600

On a cold, blustery day, Thursday, Jan. 19, the South Dakota National Guard 82nd Civil Support Team (CST) successfully completed a rescue exercise at Jewel Cave National Monument. The CST, in addition to local responders, responded to a mock set-up which involved an emergency response to hazardous material and a mock rescue.

According to Communications NCO Alex Raber, the CST used the exercise to train in rescue operations and response of chemical, biological or radioactive agents.

Shooter tampered with evidence

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:31 -0600

Paul Doering, 49, doesn’t know what the future holds for him but he has to know it isn’t going to be good. Doering is facing a potential 20 years in prison and maybe more for his role in a Hill City shootout last June 17 that sent three people to the hospital.

Authorities at the scene located Doering’s .45 caliber revolver which originally contained six live rounds of ammunition with four of the bullets being spent.

School looks to cut 200K from budget

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:29 -0600

The Board of Education for Custer Schools is looking to cut $200,000 from the general fund in the 2012-13 budget as a alternative to relying on impact aide money from the state. Board of Education president Jon Dahlstrom believes that facing this number now will make the voting process easier in April.

“We are now entering a point where state aid doesn’t matter,” he said. “We only get money from the state if our local taxes aren’t collected to the extent the state allows for. We in the Black Hills have greater property values, so in a roundabout way, we are subsidizing other schools in the state. It’s potentially a curse and a blessing.”

Trandem: If I can do it, anyone can do it

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:04:26 -0600

Casey Trandem has a simple message to anyone who is on the fence as to whether or not they should sign up for the Custer County Chronicle’s “Biggest Loser”âï¿½ï¿½contest.

Just do it.

“If I can do it, anyone can,” he said.

Breaking: Custer State Park Resort cited for underpaying foreign workers

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:02:11 -0600

The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Custer State Park Resort of Custer, S.D., to pay $93,000 in back wages to 72 workers employed at a major resort in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The action is the result of an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed willful violations of the H-2B temporary visa program, through which the workers were hired. Additionally, the department has assessed $65,000 in civil money penalties.

Custer State Park Resort is an authorized concessionaire of the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks. The company’s legal name is Regency CSP Ventures Limited Partnership, and it operates six major resorts in the Black Hills, including historic lodges, motels, cabins, dining facilities and gift shop