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Hot Springs Star – March 8, 1994
Dawn Frantz crowned Miss West River 1994
Dawn Frantz, a 20-year-old Black Hills State University student, was crowned Miss West River 1994 while Emily Richardt, a Hot Springs Elementary School student, was crowned Little Miss Southern Hills for 1994. The winners were named the previous Saturday night at the Mueller Civic Center following an evening of 1950s and 60s-era entertainment titled “Jukebox Saturday Night.” This marked the first year of the Miss West River title after the Miss Southern Hills Pageant was renamed to allow contestants from a larger geographic area in the state to compete. First runner-up of the Miss West River title was Charity Falin of Spearfish and the first runner-up of the Little Miss Southern Hills Pageant was Alecia Evangelista.
Newspaper publisher reflects on judging Little Miss Southern Hills contest Calling it the “toughest job of my life,” Greg Corr, Hot Springs Star publisher, wrote an editorial about how difficult it was to be a volunteer judge for the 1994 Little Miss Southern Hills Pageant. He wrote: “When I volunteered to judge Little Miss Southern Hills contestants this year, I had no idea that it would be one of the most difficult things I would do. Trying to choose a winner from a field of 15 contestants was extremely difficult. They all had wonderful personalities. I hope the other 14 contestants and their parents don’t feel like losers. Just by vying for the title they are all winners. It’s too bad we couldn’t pick them all. Any one of them would have been a good representative for the Southern Hills.”
Hot Springs Star – March 5, 1964
Provo wins Dist. 31 basketball title
The newspaper reported that the “Edgemont Moguls didn’t believe the Provo Rattlers were supposed to win the district basketball title,” but they did anyway by a score of 48 to 44. Provo implemented a “forced stall” technique in the ending minutes of the game to secure the title. With the win, Provo was to move on to the Region 8 tournament the following week, which was to be held at Case Auditorium in Hot Springs. The other three teams competing for the Region 8 title were the Vale Beetdiggers, Mission Falcons, and the Kadoka Kougars.
The Edgemont Tribune – March 7, 1934
Alleged murder reported near Smithwick
News came in that a Native American man named George Chief Eagle was “evidently” murdered the previous Friday night about seven- and one-half miles west of Smithwick and five miles inside the Fall River County line. Two other Native American men were with Chief Eagle at the time, and were driving from Hot Springs to Pine Ridge Reservation when an apparent drunken quarrel arose. There was much blood and signs of a struggle along the wayside. The matter was reported to the Fall River County Sheriff’s Office but “federal authorities will undoubtedly handle the matter.” The two Native American men who were in the vehicle with Chief Eagle were being held in the Oglala prison.