Custer County Chronicle

10 years ago, 2013 — Despite chilly temperatures on Saturday, over 10,000 people flocked to Crazy Horse Memorial for the 28th annual Volksmarch. The first day saw 4,473 checking in while blue skies and sunshine brought in 5,621 hikers on Sunday—a grand total of 10,094 over the weekend. While the turnout was down from 11,662 the previous year, organizers were pleased with the weekend turnout and regretted having to turn away many people who arrived too late to take the walk...Jenny Behlings and Ed Sedlezky delivered the first bouquet of flowers to vacationers at Operation Black Hills Cabin.

10 years ago, 2013 — At the end of the June 10 Custer School District Board of Education meeting, the board approved the competitive cheer proposal, allowing students to participate in competitions against local schools.  The addition of this female sport would not only address Title IX sport equality percentages within the district (which sideline cheer did not), but more opportunities would be given to participants...The Custer Veterans Committee picked a design for the Custer Area Veterans Memorial during a special meeting, bringing over a year of planning closer to completion...The Cust

Tuesday, May 9

6:50 p.m.: Someone was pelting the neighbor’s house (and one of the neighbors’ heads) with golf balls at the usual trailer park FORE…er, four miles west of Custer. A deputy located the goofy golfer and asked them to stop.