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competitions, year-round concessions and a performance stage.
• Huron groups will be able to use the hall for off-season community events.

Monday's Scores
The Associated Press

• VOLLEYBALL
Herreid/Selby Area def. Dupree, 25-19, 25-10, 25-14
• Wilmot def. Great Plains Lutheran, 25-17, 20-25, 19-25, 28-26, 15-3

'Go-to person for Custer County history' dies

• CUSTER, S.D. (AP) -- Jessie Sundstrom, the woman some called the "go-to person for Custer County history," will be remembered at a service Tuesday.
• The former publisher of the Custer County Chronicle newspaper and a Custer County Historical Society member for over 65 years died Thursday at her home at age 91, KOTA-TV reported (http://bit.ly/14zUBFc ). McColley's Chapels of the Hills, which is handling funeral arrangements, confirmed the death.
• Many remember the Rapid City native for her stories and editorials about 1970s racial unrest in Custer, including a riot that damaged the courthouse and drew national media attention.
• Sundstrom is credited with helping preserve the historic courthouse and later managed the Custer County 1881 Courthouse Museum. She also was Custer State Park historian for several years, served on the South Dakota Historical Society board of directors for 12 years and on advisory boards for the state archives and state archaeologist's office.
• The West River History Conference presented her its top award for preservation and history in 1994. The Badger Clark Memorial Society honored her in 1998 for service in connection with a South Dakota Public Television production of a play about Clark. She was awarded the Governor's Individual Award for History in 1999; the Dreamer's Award from Crazy Horse Memorial in 2001; Custer County Chamber of Commerce community service award in 2002; and the Community Circle for Education Award from the Custer School District in 2003.
• In 2003, local fourth-graders honored Sundstrom and performed an original song about her life entitled "I Love History."
• She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Sundstrom was preceded in death by her husband, Custer County Chronicle publisher Carl H. Sundstrom.

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