Opinion

Music: more than just the songs

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:32pm

Perhaps the biggest advantage in working in an office by yourself is the fact you get to listen to anything you want without headphones. You know, so long as it is appropriate (As much as I might want to, I can’t be listening to rap in the office because that is not work-appropriate in the slightest).

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.

The people in your neighborhood

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 10:58am

I just got the cutest card in the mail from my former neighbors, Peter and Ursala. They are in their 80s, 30 years my senior.

We lived next door to each other for two years. I remember when I first moved in Peter came over to introduce himself and made it clear that the previous neighbor “closed the door wrong.”

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.

James Buchanan

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:26am
James “Tiny” Buchanan was born June 25, 1963, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Ernest Eugene and Mary Jane Buchanan. He attended LDF High School.
On Oct. 5, 1990, James was united in marriage to Tina Carr in Custer, S.D.
He was employed by Midwest Manufacturing as a forklift driver. James was a member of Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever.

Jeri Hewitt

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:25am
Jeri LeRoy Hewitt was born Feb. 5, 1966, to Robert and Maxine Hewitt.  He attended school in Custer, S.D.
Jeri worked as a welder and in the timber industry for several years. Later, he took a position with the City of Custer and worked there until the time of his death. 
Jeri died Sept. 24, 2019, at his home in Custer. He was 53.  
He was preceded in death by the love of his life, Kathy Herrlein; his parents, Robert and Maxine Hewitt;  brother, Jim Hewitt; sister, Angela Hewitt; sister, Jacque Wood; and brother-in-law, Jon Amick.

A love letter to autumn

Published by admin on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 4:00pm
Autumn. It is a season of contradictions. On one hand, it is the harvest season; it is fullness and bountiful goodness, a reward for hard labor. On the other hand, once the world has reached full ripeness, there is nothing left but rot. The leaves fall, the pumpkins cave in upon themselves, and the apple orchard smells like a brewery. But, much like life itself, while it lasts, it is pure magic. 

Read a book this fall

Published by admin on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 10:25am

Reading is an important part of my life.

The reason why I became an English major in college? So I could read and write papers on what I read.

But too many people — especially in my generation and the generation below me — don’t read.

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