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Sheriff's Log April 15-19

Published by admin on Thu, 05/06/2021 - 9:21am

Thursday, April 15
7:31 a.m.: Deputies detained a person for a  violation of the 24/7 Sobriety Program at the sheriff’s office in Custer.
7:36 a.m.: Deputies briefly detained another 24/7 violator at the sheriff’s office. However, the county that put him on the program didn’t want him held.
8:46 a.m.: A cow was loitering outside its pasture north of Crazy Horse. It mysteriously disappeared before a deputy arrived.
9:15 a.m.: A much-belated theft was reported on Custer’s Pine Street. It is under further investigation.

New museum director starts Monday

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:17pm

Increasing visitation to Custer’s 1881 Courthouse Museum is one of the personal goals of the organization’s new director. Jeanie Kirkpatrick of Keystone was recently hired to replace former director Gary Enright who retired in December and will begin her duties Monday.

Kirkhams to debut gospel radio show

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:16pm

Custer and the Black Hills are about to get worldwide exposure to lovers of cowboy and Western music. This Sunday marks the debut of “Circuit Rider Roundup with Allen and Jill” featuring Custer’s own award-winning cowboy music duo, Allen and Jill Kirkham.

Eight Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:15pm

Thursday, April 29
Business Literature Swap, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Custer Area Chamber of Commerce
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport

Friday, April 30
Custer City Cleanup Day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Virtual Storytime, 10 a.m., Custer County Library Facebook Page

Saturday, May 1
Custer City Cleanup Day, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Car Show, noon to 3 p.m., south 6th Street
Buffalo Gap Community Dance, 7 p.m., Buffalo Gap Community Center

Down Memory Lane - April 28

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:12pm

­­10 years ago, 2011 — Contractors were working feverishly against a deadline at the Black Hills  Playhouse on renovation work and bringing buildings up to code by the start of the Playhouse summer season. There were also seven fewer buildings, six of them original Civilian Conservation Corps structures that were condemned and destroyed ... Eleven Custer residents were headed to state prison after receiving a combined 141 years in penitentiary time for their roles in a drug ring which mostly involved the selling and consumption of methamphetamine and prescription painkillers ...

Sheriff's Log April 11-14

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:59am

Sunday, April 11
The 911 Misdial of the Day: Kids playing with a phone somehow got the emergency line. 911 is not a toy!
4:14 a.m.: A Deputy found a vehicle-damaged street sign while doing his rounds in downtown Custer. No one knows when or how the sign got smashed.
8:45 a.m.: A Deputy delivered a death notification on Harris Lane.
10:58 a.m.: Trespassing was reported on Ferguson Street in Hermosa. A Deputy spoke to both people involved in the incident.

National Day of Prayer is May 6

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:57am

In February 1952, Rev. Billy Graham stood on the steps of the Capitol building, calling for Congress and President Harry Truman to establish a National Day of Prayer (NDP), and by April of that year, Truman had signed the legislation into public law.

Hill City has been involved in this special day for decades and will follow suit this year on May 6 with a public prayer walk from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., prayer at noon followed by a complimentary lunch at the Little White Church and a potluck supper at 5 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church followed by prayer at 6 p.m.

Custer Senior Center looks to past and future

Published by admin on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:19pm

A ribbon cutting and open house April 1 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Custer Senior Center was just the beginning of what new director Roxanne Horkey hopes will be an entire year of activities surrounding the center’s golden anniversary. Horkey said the center not only wants to celebrate its past, but is also looking to the future with an eye toward becoming much more community-involved with people of all ages.

Down Memory Lane - April 21

Published by admin on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:17pm

­­10 years ago, 2011 — Jason Petik, Custer Regional Hospital adminis-trator since 1997, resigned to take the position of Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Health Center in Sidney, Neb. ... The Custer City Council voted unanimously to repeal its three-hour downtown parking ordinance and take down the signs that advise of it ... For the seventh annual Custer Stampede Buffalo Art Auction, four new life-sized buffalo forms would be displayed in downtown Custer along with several previous year pieces purchased by local merchants and individuals.

Hermosa School is on track for completion

Published by admin on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:15pm

Students at Hermosa School are expected to move into new classrooms for the 2021-22 school year as construction on the new $12.8 million school building moves along at a rapid pace.
Phase 1 of the 61,000- square-foot facility located to the south and west of the existing Pre-K-8 school is on track to be completed by late July or early August, giving teachers and staff several weeks to move grades Pre-K-1 and 5-8 into the new building. Grades 2-4 will use classrooms in the original school.