Custer County Chronicle

10 years ago, 2014 — After six months of competition, Bryan Woodhall was named the winner of this year’s Custer County Chronicle’s “Biggest Loser” contest. Woodhall beat the other contestants who finished the six-month competition, losing a contest record 27.56 percent of his body weight over the course of the sixth-month competition...Jade Spring and Mandy Stolz were set to reign over Gold Discovery Days activities, with Spring serving as queen and Stolz as princess. Bob and Martha Schilling served as parade marshals...Custer Jr./Sr.

Custer Mile High Garden Club (GC) will host the 18th Annual Avis Hespen Memorial Garden Tour from 1-3:30 p.m., Sunday, July 28. Hespen and her sister, Caroline Hatton, were founding members of the local GC in January 1996. The two shared garden witticisms, sound gardening practices, seeds, bulbs and cuttings quite liberally.
Hespen would say, “I like any color, as long as it’s red!” Red-clad GC members welcome visitors to each garden and will answer your questions.

10 years ago, 2014 — DaAnn Strawn-Piglowski was the 1,000th person to “like” the Custer County Chronicle’s Facebook page. Since she was the 1,000th like, Strawn-Piglowski received a free year’s subscription to the paper. Strawn-Piglowski has been a reader of the Chronicle for a number of years, and even subscribed to the paper before she moved to rural Custer from Missouri...For the second time in three months, the City of Custer was in search of someone to lead its planning department.