Custer County Chronicle

‘The Mountaintop’ sends strong message

Published by admin on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 9:42am

The Black Hills Playhouse opened its 76th season officially with the play “The Mountaintop.” Best of all the plays are now back within the confines of the Warren M. Lee Theatre.
“The Mountaintop” takes place in the Lorraine Hotel Room 306, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has just given his legendary “I’ve Been To The Mountaintop” sermon and has retired to his room the night before his assassination.

Down Memory Lane June 8

Published by admin on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 9:41am

10 years ago, 2012 — Sen. John Thune visited Custer and talked to a gathered crowd at the Custer Volunteer Fire Department Fire Hall. Thune warned if something was not done to curtail the spending in Washington, D.C., the country would be in big trouble...A record crowd of over 11,000 hikers walked the 6.2 miles up Crazy Horse Memorial during the annual Volksmarch...Karley Konkol of Custer was among the female high school athletes named one of the state’s “Elite 15” female high school athletes.

Sheriff's Log May 11-13, 29-31

Published by admin on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 9:26am

Wayne Nielsen was born Sept. 15, 1939, to the late Ambrose and Vera and brother to the late John and James.
Wayne loved his family ferociously.  He carried the scars and broken body of a man who would do anything to provide for the ones he loved.
He treated every person he encountered the same, as purely as that statement can be boiled down.

McFarland inducted into HOF

Published by admin on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 10:09am

While the Custer High School Class of 2022 was celebrating its graduation from high school on Saturday evening, May 21, a past CHS grad and one of the town’s favorite sons was celebrating a graduation of sorts himself. That night Ryan McFarland, a member of the CHS Class of 1987, was being inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in Chamberlain in recognition of his success as both an entrepreneur and a philanthropist.

Down Memory Lane June 1

Published by admin on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 10:07am

10 years ago, 2012 —Karley Konkol was named the outstanding female athlete at the 2021 Class A State Track Meet. Konkol repeated as state champion in the 800 and 1600 and anchored the Wildcats’ championship medley relay team...The Town of Hermosa was closing in on going out to bid on a sewer line expansion project that would see sewer expanded, including going underneath Hwy. 79, with the idea of correcting existing problem drain fields, eliminating some septic tanks and making land easier to develop...

Eight Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 10:05am

Thursday, June 2
Civil Air Patrol, 6:30 p.m., Custer County Airport

Friday, June 3
Trunk Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Custer Senior Center

Sheriff's Log May 7-11

Published by admin on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 9:48am

More school-zone and Forest Service land patroling took place this week in Custer County.
Saturday, May 7
12:58 a.m.: A deputy assisted with getting a person a ride home from Monument Health in Custer.
1:27 p.m.: A “giant dog” was seen on Sidney Park Road. Deputies detained the dog and handed it over to the animal control person.
2:56 p.m.: Theft of money from a lost and recovered wallet was reported at a Custer convenience store on N. 5th St. The incident is under investigation.

Down Memory Lane May 25

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:19am

10 years ago, 2012 —Around a dozen people offered opinions on a proposed construction noise ordinance during an information-gathering session at the Custer County Courthouse Commissioners Room. Most of those who spoke were in favor of such an ordinance, many of whom are neighbors of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) compound southwest of Pringle.

Photography of Sierra Hopp on display at courthouse

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:09am

“Growing up, I have always been interested in being creative,” said Sierra Hopp.
This 17-year-old Black Hawk native may be an amateur for now. Still, her penchant for capturing the award-winning “creative shot” is catching notice. Hopp’s creative photography exhibition is at Custer County Courthouse Art Gallery, Custer, through July 29.   
Hopp, a Junior at Stevens High School in Rapid City, has been enamored with fine arts from an early age.
“I remember when I was very young, my mom would print me coloring sheets that I would work on all day,” she said.

Roosevelt-McGovern attendees hear from candidates

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:09am

It was a full house at the Custer County Democrats’ 32nd Roosevelt-McGovern Day Rally held at the Laughing Water Restaurant on May 13. Following a dinner, a silent auction and door prizes, the evening continued with special music by singer and guitarist Pegie Douglas from Hill City.
Dennis Olsen of Beadle County spoke as the national committeeman of the South Dakota Democratic party and urged everyone to vote no on Amendment C to preserve the voices of the people. Then came the main attractions:  addresses by the 2022 political candidates.