Custer County Chronicle

First Amendment dead on liberal college campuses

Published by admin on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 10:04am
There are five freedoms listed in the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the United States of America. It grants us freedom of worship, speech, press, the right to petition the government and to assemble peacefully. It is freedom of speech that we see violated on elite, liberal college campuses on a regular basis in our country today, and it’s getting worse.

When our stuff owns us

Published by admin on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 9:23am
After my divorce was finalized almost two years ago, and after having sold my house almost a year and a half ago and after moving into a good-sized apartment and then to a much smaller apartment (whew), I was faced with the prospect of what to do with all my stuff. And why do I have so much stuff? 
When you own a home, it’s so easy to accumulate stuff. If you have kids or a life-partner, multiply that stuff by 10! And the more you buy, the more you need to buy because those things you bought need their own things.    

One more step for flood victims

Published by admin on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 9:09am
In case you have been wondering about why it is taking so long for the Aug. 2 flood victims to receive the help they need, wonder no more.
This Friday, Oct. 25, from anytime between 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. the 24 identified parties should stop at Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church east of Custer to fill out an application and speak with case managers about their losses due to flooding.

GOP must stand with Trump

Published by admin on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 9:05am
It took a full broadside from Scyller Borglum, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, in the Rapid City Journal editorial page to get anybody in the current congressional delegation to weigh in on impeachment, and it was too little, too late.

Giago has idea worth pursuing

Published by admin on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 8:53am
At least twice now long-time South Dakota American Indian newspaper owner and editor Tim Giago has written Sunday opinion columns in the Rapid City Journal suggesting Lakota Sioux riders be added to the wranglers who drive the buffalo during the annual roundup in Custer State Park. Giago wrote a column before the roundup urging Gov. Kristi Noem and state Game, Fish and Parks officials to take a look at doing this, and another after the roundup when nothing he suggested came to pass.

I’m done with you, Clayton Kershaw

Published by admin on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 8:53am
Have you ever been watching a horror movie and one of the characters in the show is slowly walking toward the villain/creature/mass murderer about to slash them to death? You want to reach through the TV and hold them back, or at the very least, shout at them, “Don’t go that way!” You can’t, of course, and the unsuspecting girl/guy keeps walking toward instant death as you sit there helpless.

Governor did the right thing

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 10:15am
The good news is we have a compassionate governor in South Dakota who listens to the voice of reason. The bad news is we have some less compassionate people working at the Department of Corrections (DOC).
The good news is that the 11 residents at the former STAR Academy, former SLIC-e LLC property south of Custer will not have to vacate the premises by the end of this month as first decreed in an Oct. 1 letter to them. They now have until March 1 to find new places to live, thanks to the intervention of Gov. Kristi Noem.

Country roads, the place I belong

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 10:15am
There is a special fondness in my heart for country roads. 
You could take the song “Country Roads” by John Denver and change the words “West Virginia” to South Dakota and “Blue Ridge Mountains” to Black Hills Country and it would fit my sentiments exactly.

State needs to give answers

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:33am
On Oct. 31, 11 families, a restaurant and several artists are going to be evicted from the former Sustainable Light Industrial Complex and energy (SLIC-e) and State Treatment and Rehabilitation Academy (STAR) campus while the state “evaluates all its options.”

Float riders are disadvantaged

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:32am
Gold Discovery Days (GDD) Parade riders on class floats may be at a distinct disadvantage at any future event due to action taken at the Sept. 3 city council meeting. It’s an unfair advantage, we would say as we have always believed in the Constitutional right to defend oneself in the face of any kind of attack.