December 19, 2019

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Custer Chamber Facebook Custer Chamber's Tw itter 2019 has been a great year for the Custer Chamber of Commerce Custer Chamber's YouTube and the city of Custer. Throughout this great community we Custer Chamber's Pinterest have a lot of people working (many times behind the scenes) for

Cham ber Staff the betterment of Custer as a whole. We have countless volunteers who spend what little available time they have to Dolsee Davenport work on projects that benefit all of us. Many of these volunteers Executive Director [email protected] serve on our Chamber Board of Directors and do what they can Dawn Murray to make our events, like Gold Discovery Days, a huge success Office & Events Assistant [email protected] for the whole town. Fred Baumann Information Associate [email protected] The Custer Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a big Karen Heuer THANK YOU to everyone who helps make Custer a great place to Information Associate [email protected] live, work, and visit. Let's all do our part to make 2020 an even Pat Hattervig better year! Information Associate [email protected] Marcus Heerdt Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at the Custer Information Associate [email protected] Chamber! We can't wait to see what this coming year will hold for our thriving community!

2019 Board of Directors

Steve Olson - President Weekly Inspiration John Stahl - VP Amy Bailey - Treasurer Amanda Allcock Jim Ashmore Diane Dennis Steve Engelbrecht Corey Virtue Bobbi Schmidt

Corbin Herman - City Liaison Mark Naugle - School Liaison Leah Scott - BID Liaison Kobee Stalder- CSP Liaison Kobee Stalder- CSP Liaison

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Chamber Happenings Help Wanted

Outlaw Ranch

Office Manager

For 62 years, Outlaw has served campers of all ages through a variety of religious and secular programming. The Office Manager is the first point of contact for most of our groups and guests, and must find joy in providing a w arm and w elcoming atmosphere. Applicants should possess significant experience w ith: customer service, Microsoft Office products, and general office management. This position is year-round, part time, 30-35 hours per w eek, w ith a salary of $11.50 per hour. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Outlaw Ranch Attn: Matt Rusch 12703 Outlaw Ranch Rd Custer, SD 57730-8334.

RETAIL/FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGER Click here for more information Remember the Chamber Office will be closed December 23 - January 1 so that Staff can spend time with their families.

Pacer Minerals has a job opening for a Maintenance Technician Must have strong mechanical aptitude. aptitude. Email resume to [email protected] Or apply in person at 25429 Hwy 385 S., Custer, SD

Area Meetings

Custer Economic Development Monthly Meetings 2nd Wednesday at 7 am Energy Building 25153 Little Teton Rd

Community Meet & Eat Monthly Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 5 pm - 7 am Custer Community Church

Custer City Council Monthly Meetings 1st & 3rd Mondays at 5:30 pm City Hall Council Chambers

Lions Club Monthly Meetings 2nd Thurs. at noon 4th Thurs. at 5:30 pm Pizza Works

Custer Rotary Custer Meetings Mondays at 12 pm Custer Senior Center

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Remember to put your boxes out after Thanksgiving. Please ensure that people are putting their name and phone number on your slips. Chamber staff will pick up the slips each Friday morning for that week's drawings. All drawings will be "live " on Facebook about 3 pm.

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1880 Train 1881 Courthouse Museum A Step Back in Time A Walk in the Woods Abundant Life Fellowship of Custer, SD Acupuncture 4 Health Adventure Rentals Aflac & Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Al Cornella Allen & Jill, AJ Productions, LLC Alpha Builders American Legion Post #46 Ameriprise Financial Services An English Touch Day Spa Anne & John Van Dis Art Expressions Gallery Baker's Bakery Barmore Enterprises Bavarian Inn Bear Country USA Beaver Lake Campground Beesley Law Office, PC Begging Burro Big Pine Campground Bill & Cheryl Schreier Black Hills Aerial Adventures, Inc Black Hills Area Community Foundation Black Hills Balloons Black Hills Bungalows Black Hills Burger and Bun Company, Inc Black Hills Chemical & Janitorial Black Hills Electric Coop Black Hills Energy Black Hills FACES Magazine* Black Hills Federal Credit Union Black Hills Fireside Counseling* Black Hills Mile Hi Motel Black Hills Parks & Forest Association Black Hills Pizza Hut Black Hills Towing and Tires Branch Construction Services, LLC Brusseau Productions Buffalo Ridge Camp Resort Buglin' Bull Coffee House & Mercantile Calamity Peak Lodge Carson Drug Certified Folder Display Service, Inc Chalet Motel Chamberlain McColley Funeral Home Christy Chamberlain & Robert Reich Circle B Chuckwagon Claw Antler & Hide Coca Cola Bottling Company Colleen Hennessy & Jim Frank Colleen Hennessy & Jim Frank Common Cents Community Education of the Black Hills Confidently Carry Concealed, LLC Craig Hindle Construction Crossroads Church Custer Ace Hardware Custer Ambulance Service

Custer Area Arts Council Custer Car & Pet Wash Custer City Masonic Lodge #66 Custer City Masonic Lodge #66 Custer Community Church Custer County Candy Co. Custer County Candy Co. Custer County Chronicle Custer County Conservation District Custer County Democratic Party Custer County Library Foundation Custer County Republican Central Committee Custer Campground Custer Do It Best Custer Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc Custer Hospitality (Best Western, Econolodge, Super 8, HIE, Comfort Inn) Custer Lions Club Custer Lutheran Fellowship Custer Mountain Cabins & Campground Custer Real Estate, LLC Custer Regional Health Custer Rotary Club Custer Senior Center Custer Seventh-Day Adventist Church Custer State Farm Custer Subway Custer U-Haul Custer YMCA Custer/ Mt Rushmore KOA Custer's Gulch RV Park & Campground Dacotah Bank Dakota Cowboy Inn Dakota Cowboy Restaurant Dakota Greens - Custer Greenhouses & Nursery, Inc. Dave's World Tours & Shuttle Services David Thom Days Inn Denial & Blue Revelation Art Doggy Do's Don & Karen Kraus Double D Bed & Breakfast Double Diamond Ranch Edward Jones- Jim Meyer Edward Jones- Kris Zerbe Elk Haven Cabins

Evergreen Media Fennell Design First Interstate Bank First Western Insurance Flora's Jewelry Gifts & Western Wear LLC Fort Welikeit Family Campground Four Mile Old West Town & Campground Freeman's Electric Service, Inc. French Creek Log Homes French Creek RV Park Friends of Friends of Wind Cave National Park Frontier Photo Garland Lee Goff Attorney at Law GeoFunTrek, LLC George S Mickelson Trail Gold Camp Cabins Gold Pan Golden Circle Tours Golden West Telecommunications Good Karma Grace Family Fellowship Green Owl Media Green Real Estate & Investment Group, LLC - Custer Green Real Estate & Investment Group, LLC- Sherri Lockhart* Grizzly Gulch Adventure Golf H & R Block Harney Peak DAR Heart of the Hills Catering Co Heaven's Gate* Hidden Lake Campground & Resort* High Mountain Outfitters Highmark Credit Union Hills Inn Home Slice Media Group Horatio's Homemade Ice Cream Jacqueline Hartwick Jenny's Floral Jewel Cave National Monument John & Diana Carson Jorgensen Log Homes K2 Masonry& Concrete Keller Williams Black Hills/ Lewis Realty Ketel Thorstenson, LLP Kitchens by Karla Korczak's Heritage Lamonte's Auto Center

Lampert Properties Larry & Jean Matthesen Last Stand Properties, LLC Lasting Impressions Unlimited, Inc Laura's Integrated Functional Therapy Laurie Arthur Inc LFC Veterinary Service Lifeways Limestone Services LLC Living Outreach Church Lynn's Dakotamart McDonald Chiropractic PC McGas, LLC Melange Black Hills* Mickelson Trail Affiliates Miner's Cup Mini Art Studio Moccasin Springs, LLC Mountain View Baptist Church Mt Rushmore Brewing Co Mt Rushmore National Memorial Mt. Rushmore Resort & Lodge at palmer Gulch Mule Deer Ridge at Seven Sisters* Nelson's Oil & Gas, Inc New Trails Counseling/ New Trails Ministry Nielsen Enterprises, LLC NXTLAW PC Operation Black Hills Cabin Our Place Outlaw Ranch Outlaw Ranch Pacer Minerals, LLC PAMS Getaway LLC Patti & Jim Lee Pine Rest Cabins Pizza Mill Pizza Works Pleasant Valley Farm & Cabins LLC Pounding Fathers Prairie Hills Transit Premier Family Eyecare Purple Pie Place Ramblin Rangers Regency CSP Ventures Road Runner, Inc. Rockin' R Rides, Inc

Rocky Knolls Golf Course/ Custer Golf Corp. Ronald McDonald House Charities of SD, Inc Rush Mountain Adventure Park Rush Mountain Adventure Park home of Rushmore Cave Rushmore Photo & Gifts, Inc Rushmore Vacation Rentals S & B Motor Parts* Sage Creek Grille Sander Sanitation Sentinel Federal Credit Union Servall Shady Rest Shanklin's of South Dakota Shepherd of the Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church Simon Contractors of South Dakota Skogen Kitchen, LLC South Dakota Air & Space Museum South Dakota Outdoor Shop Southern Hills Animal Clinic Southern Hills Tactical Southern Hills Title Spokane Creek Cabins & Campground St John the Baptist Catholic Church Starr Insurance Steele Collision Stockade Lake Cabin Stone Canyon Studt Construction, Inc Sunshine Storage Sunshine Storage Susan & Frank Swindal Sword Law Office, PC Sylvan Rocks Climbing Syncomm Management Group Tallgrass Landscape Architecture Tangelwood Estate Team Car Rentals, LLC Tennyson Investments, LCC The Custer Beacon The Custer Wolf The Lost Sock The Real Estate Center of Custer/ Bradeen Reals Estate & Auctions, Inc The Roost Resort, LLC The Star Lodge of the Black Hills Top Pin Archery

United Way of the Black Hills USDA Forest Service Supervisor's Office USDA Forest Service Supervisor's Office Vector Design Print & Tech, LLC VFW Post #3442 Vineyard of Black Hills Western Skies Real Estate What's the Word Growth Agency* White Tail Ridge Bed & Breakfast Whitetail Springs Wind Cave National Park Windsong Valley Gardens Xanterra Zonta Club of the Southern Black Hills

* denotes new member

Chamber Board Meeting Minutes Click here for November minutes Of Interest

"SOUTH DAKOTA WEEK OF WORK" WEBINAR

Finding quality workers is a continual problem for many industries around South Dakota, including the tourism industry. That's why the first-ever "South Dakota Week of Work" will take place in 2020, introducing 10th graders to career opportunities in their own communities.

Learn more about this program by joining Sec. Marcia Hultman from the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation for the "South Dakota Week of Work" webinar at 10 a.m. CT/ 9 a.m. MT on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Hultman will discuss the new plan to introduce 10th grade students to work-based learning opportunities in their communities through job shadowing, industry tours, and other business/classroom connections. Learn how your business and community can become a part of this exciting program!

There is no cost to participate in this webinar. If you have questions following the webinar, please find members of the Department of Labor and Regulation at their booth during the South Dakota Governor's Conference on Tourism from Jan. 21-23. They will be available throughout the week to discuss how the tourism industry can become involved in the "Week of Work" as well as advise on how businesses can start an apprenticeship program.

If you haven't already registered for the webinar, now is the time. After signing up, you'll get an email confirming your registration.

REGISTER HERE »

How To Connect This webinar will be available via Zoom. For most participants, joining the webinar will be as simple as clicking the link provided in the confirmation email. If you are uncertain if you can connect, you can read about the system requirements on the Zoom website.

Once you call into the session, please turn your phone to mute during the webinar. Participants will be able to submit questions by typing them into the messaging functionality during the webinar. There will also be time for Q&A at the end of the session. (If you only want to listen and/or run into any problems with logging on to Zoom, phone-only access is an option.)

This webinar will be recorded. A link to the recording will be sent to participants following the presentation. There will also be a resource guide and one-page document that will be provided for upcoming webinars.

If you have questions, contact Natasha Bothun by email or at 605-773-3301.

Thank you! Jim & Team

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In appreciation, we offer 25% off your Soaks at Moccasin Springs if you book with us! (Applies during your stay only and within hours of operation)

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South Dakota Day of Giving!

Crazy Horse, SD- Foundation wishes to thank everyone for hearing the call and considering a gift to the Memorial on Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2019. If you were unable to give on Giving Tuesday, it is not too late to make a charitable gift to Crazy Horse Memorial® at donate.crazyhorsememorial.org/ or call the Development Office at 605-673-4681.

Thanks for Giving!! For more information, please visit donate.crazyhorsememorial.org/. Find us on social media!

About Crazy Horse Memorial

Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation's mission is to honor, protect, and preserve the culture, traditions, and living heritage of the American Indians of North America. The Memorial fulfills its mission by continuing the progress on the world's largest mountain sculpture, acting as a repository for Native American artifacts, arts and crafts through THE INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH AMERICA® and THE NATIVE AMERICAN and crafts through THE INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH AMERICA® and THE NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL CENTER®; and by establishing and operating THE INDIAN UNIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICA®, and when practical, a medical training center for American Indians.

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Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Contact: Jadwiga Ziolkowski 12151 Avenue of the Chiefs (605) 673-4681 Crazy Horse, SD 57730 [email protected]

Crazy Horse Memorial Prepares to Bring a Memorable Holiday to South Dakota's Pine Ridge School

CRAZY HORSE, SD (Dec. 9, 2019) - With the Christmas holiday just 16 days away, the Crazy Horse Memorial is working hard to bring a memorable holiday to Lakota youth on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The memorial is currently seeking supporters to ensure that each student living in Pine Ridge School's residence hall receives special Christmas gifts and important winter necessities.

Preferred gifts include toys, art sets, traditional and electronic games, bicycles, and sporting goods of all kinds. Young people also will receive blankets, winter clothing, hats and gloves.

"When families struggle to put food on the table, they have few opportunities to give gifts to family members, even their children," said Jadwiga Ziolkowski, chief executive officer and director of public affairs. "We look forward to bringing Christmas joy to Pine Ridge's young people - and making the holiday season a little bit easier for their parents and care-givers."

Ruth Ziolkowski, who founded the Crazy Horse Memorial with her husband, sculptor , began this annual holiday-giving tradition. Supporters may deliver unwrapped packages, send checks made out to the Crazy Horse Memorial Christmas Fund, or contribute funds via credit card by calling 605-673-4681.

"If you'd prefer to make a financial donation, our staff is ready to take care of the shopping," Ziolkowski said. "We love serving as Santa's helpers."

All charitable contributions are eligible for a tax deduction per IRS guidelines.

To learn more about the Crazy Horse Memorial, to plan a visit, and for information about making a contribution, call (605) 673- 4681 or visit crazyhorsememorial.org. To stay up to date on the latest news and events, follow the Crazy Horse Memorial on Facebook (/crazyhorsememorial), Twitter (@crazyhorsemem) and Instagram (@crazyhorsememorial).

The Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is dedicated to protecting and preserving the culture, tradition, and living heritage of the North American Indians by continuing the progress on the world's largest sculptural undertaking, the memorial of Lakota leader Crazy Horse; providing educational and cultural programming to encourage harmony and reconciliation among all peoples and nations; acting as a repository for Native American artifacts, arts, and crafts through the Indian Museum of North America and the Native American Educational and Cultural Center; and establishing and operating the Indian University of North America and, when practical, a medical training center for American Indians.

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CONTACT: Kobee Stalder, Visitor Services Program Manager PHONE: (605) 255-4515 FAX: (605) 255-4460 E-Mail: [email protected] DATE: Dec. 2, 2019

Custer State Park's Grace Coolidge Walk-in Fish Area Closed for Winter CUSTER STATE PARK - Beginning Tuesday, December 3, the Grace Coolidge Walk-in Fish Area will be closed for trail and pond maintenance.

All five ponds and the entire trail will be under maintenance and repair until March 1, at that time the area is scheduled to be reopened for visitor use. Closure signs will be placed on the trailheads at Center Lake and Grace Coolidge Day Use Area.

For more information, or questions about the closure please call 605-255-4515 or email at [email protected]

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December 19 Chamber Mixer hosted by: Crazy Horse Memorial 5pm-7pm

December 23 through Jan 1 Chamber closed for Christmas

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