J.R. Mitchell was born on December 28, 1926, in Buffalo, Wyoming, to Robert E. Mitchell and Stella Bowline Mitchell. He attended the Clearmont Schools for 12 years. During that time he was a member of the Piney Beef 4-H Club and earned his first heifer by thinning and hoeing three acres of sugar beets.
The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will have a busy time of it during their upcoming meeting December 2nd and 3rd at the Laramie County Community College's Training Center in Cheyenne.
TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL - The Sheridan Lions Club will host their annual basketball tournament at the Hoffman Dome today and tomorrow. Games will be played at 1, 3, 5 and 7 pm both days. The Lady Generals will play at 5:00 and the Generals at 7:00. Tickets can be purchased at the door -- all-day adult tickets are $6 and all-day student tickets are $3.
The annual Sheridan Media Christmas Wish campaign is in place to help those that may have fallen on hard times during the holiday season. One of the organizers of the campaign, Margo Heck says that if you like to shop, volunteers are always needed.
The 22nd annual tree lighting ceremony for the Sheridan Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Christmas Trees of Love will be Sunday December 6th at 4:30pm in the front lobby of the hospital. Lights can be purchased with a donation of $5.00 now through December.
