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Earlier this month the Sheridan City Council postponed action on a request to extend City sewer services south to the Woodland Park Village Trailer Court. The trailer court has its own wastewater treatment facility and that infrastructure is failing. Royal Elk Properties owns the park and will spend over $150,000 to construct the service line to the current terminus of City sewer lines.

Wyoming’s lone United States Representative, Cynthia Lummis, has a message for President Barack Obama. She says the President should take General McChrystal’s advice and approve a surge in the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

The Sheridan Recreation District will be hosting a Halloween Carnival this Saturday. Sheridan Recreation District Director Richard Wright says all kids ages 9 and under are welcome.

The topic of health-care reform is once again taking center stage in Washington D.C. Tuesday, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi expressed his disapproval on the floor of the Senate about the current health-care reform bill.

Enzi went on to highlight 10 provisions in the majority's health care bills that would drive up health care costs for American families.

Three Sheridan teens made their first appearance in 4th Judicial District Court on Tuesday. 19-year-old Dennis Poitra, Jr., 16-year-old Wyatt Bear Cloud, and 16-year-old Dharminder Vir Sen were arraigned before District Court Judge John Fenn. All three men are charged with 1st Degree Murder or Accessory to 1st Degree Murder in the August 26th shooting death of Sheridan resident Robert Ernst.

Remember to set your clocks back an hour this weekend. The official time is at 2am on the fist Sunday in November. For more information head on over to Wikipedia.com

The Sheridan City Council considered a request to extend sewer services over 3 quarters of a mile to service the Woodland Park Village Trailer Court at their last City Council meeting. They tabled the request at that time. Tonight, the Council will hold a special session to consider the request again.

A Sheridan man was arrested Saturday night after an altercation at Willey’s Lounge. 54-year-old Timothy Schaeffer made his initial appearance in Sheridan County Circuit Court yesterday to face charges of aggravated assault and battery. Schaeffer is alleged to have been involved in an argument during a card game at the bar on Saturday.

Over the last year much of the preliminary work for the Sheridan Greenhouse Project has been taken care of. Land was donated to the facility. The local zoning was changed to accommodate multi family residential housing. Guy Fowler tells us what makes Greenhouse Living in different from other nursing facilities.

We’ve already had a taste of winter here in Sheridan, so it should be no surprise that the Sheridan Ice Rink is getting ready for their season. In fact, activity sign-ups are coming up next week. Sheridan Ice’s Dave Lawson says the recent upgrades to the rink should make for a better season for most activities.