Custer County Chronicle

Kuchar has lots of Volksmarch medals

Published by admin on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 9:18am
Gary Kuchar of Custer has made the annual Crazy Horse Volksmarch a habit for nearly three decades and has the medals to prove it. The 82-year-old self-described “car nut” made the annual trek again last Sunday under windy conditions.
“It was a cold wind, but being a cool day it wasn’t so taxing,” he said. He and his wife, LuAnn, started at 11 a.m. “We thought it would warm up by then.”

Eight Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 9:15am
Thursday, Oct. 1
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport
 
Saturday, Oct. 3
Farmer’s Market, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Way Park
Hunters and Community Breakfast, 4:30-11 a.m., Custer Highlands Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 25612 Dewey Road
Lincoln Day Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Mt. Rushmore Brewing Co.
Folsom Community Supper and Bazaar, 5:30 p.m., Folsom Community Center
Buffalo Gap Community Dance, 7 p.m., Buffalo Gap Community Center

Down Memory Lane Sept. 30

Published by admin on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 9:14am
­­10 years ago, 2010 — The extension of Gordon Street to Hwy. 385 was around 50 percent complete ... One Custer adult and a Custer juvenile were facing charges after being arrested in connection with a string of vandalism that occured earlier in the month ... Custer County reduced its budget for 2011, with every department taking a cut.

100 years of suppers

Published by admin on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 9:13am
There’s not too much going on these days in the little village of Folsom located about 20 miles east of Hermosa on Lower Spring Creek Road. Cows and coyotes and jackrabbits are about the only life to be seen and the only buildings that remain are the old schoolhouse (now a community center), the Folsom Fire Department building and the decaying community church building down the road.

Sheriff's Log Aug. 31-Sept. 9

Published by admin on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 9:05am
Monday, Aug. 31
3:36 p.m.: Some bottom-feeding phone scammer was floating the “grandson in trouble” routine to a person on Hall Drive. The alert reporting person wasn’t fooled and gave the scammer nothing. 
4:06 p.m.: A deputy wrangled a wayward cow back into its pasture on Hwy.16A east of Custer. 
4:25 p.m.: A deer had fallen into a ditch and couldn’t get up after getting hit by a car on Custer’s North 5th Street. A deputy found it was done for. 

8 Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 1:07pm
Thursday, Sept. 24
Buffalo Roundup Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., grounds of the State Game Lodge, Custer State Park
Life Struggles Suicide Prevention Group, 6 p.m., Custer VFW 
Lions Club, 5:30 p.m., The Custer Beacon Patio
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport
 
Friday, Sept. 25
Crazy Horse Special Fall Volksmarch, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Crazy Horse Memorial
Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup, 9:30 a.m., near Custer State Park Corrals

Sheriff's Log Aug. 22-31

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 12:00pm
Saturday, Aug 22
5:15 p.m.: A deputy reunited a wandering dog with its people on Harney Street in Custer. 
7 p.m.: A deputy attempted to untangle a confusing set of calls that may have reported a medical emergency…or not. At the end of it all, the matter could be handled by an ambulance or the police. 
8:20 p.m.: Intoxicated people were reportedly wandering on Mt. Rushmore Road in Custer. They wandered away before a deputy got there. 

Down Memory Lane Sept. 16

Published by admin on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 9:33am
­­10 years ago, 2010 — Progress on the Custer Elementary School building was continuing along nicely, according to Joe Uhrich, operations and maintenance supervisor ... Homecoming royalty were Ashley Schultz and Luke Roddy ... Slashed tires, torn-up bathrooms and upset trash cans were just part of a city-wide vandalism spree that had the Custer County Sheriff’s Office looking to crack down on after-hours crime that began the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

Eight Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 9:11am
Thursday, Sept. 17
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport
 
Friday, Sept. 18
COVID-19 Update, 11:30 a.m., Harbach Park
Quarantine Cruise, 6-8 p.m., downtown Custer
 
Saturday, Sept. 19
Buffalo Gap Community Dance,7 p.m., Buffalo Gap Community Center
 
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Zonta, noon, online meeting
 
Wednesday, Sept. 23

Sheriff’s Log July Aug. 18-22

Published by admin on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 8:56am
Tuesday, Aug. 18
8:52 p.m.: A deputy checked on a stopped motorist with trailer lighting troubles on Custer’s Bluebell Drive. 
10:19 p.m.: A deputy checked on a rental van of tourists that suffered two flat tires on the Wildlife Loop Road. A park ranger eventually transported the vanload to a Hermosa lodging place.
Wednesday, Aug. 19
The 911 Misdial of the Day: A person attempting to juggle too many things in their hands somehow set off their phone’s emergency feature.