Ā (This is the first article in a two-part series on services available to senior citizens in Custer County.) Custer County continues to age, and remains one of AmerĀicaās older communities. The most current US Census Bureau tabulations note the county is home to 5,355 residents, a gain of slightly over 13% since 2020; just shy of 34% are age 65 plus, making us one of the oldest counties in America. āAgingā itself should be a neutral concept, but in AmeriĀcan culture, unlike most of the worldās cultures, āagingā still carries a somewhat negative connotation. Illness, decrepiĀtude, purposelessness, over the hill, and on the way out, remain forefront in many folksā mind when āagingā comes up in conversation or in print. We trust this is not…