West Valley Fire board holds public hearing on budget

The West Valley Fire Board will hold a hearing on June 13 to receive public input on it’s proposed $1.88 million budget.

The proposed budget includes $300,000 in grants–money the district hopes to receive to help offset the cost of a water tender, water tanks for the brush rigs and new heart  monitors/defibrillators for the ambulances.

Astronaut presents Sheridan student with scholarship to NASA Space Camp

By Meredith Lawrence
Correspondent, The Sun

It’s not every day that a fifth grade student from Sheridan gets to meet an astronaut and former congressman at the same time, but for Nicholas Ludwig, last week’s encounter brought some exciting news as well.

At an assembly last Wednesday, astronaut Stanley Love presented Ludwig with a scholarship to the National Aeronautics and Space Association (NASA) Space Camp.

Sheridan Fire Board okays $2.19 million budget

The Sheridan Fire Board approved the district’s proposed 2013-14 budget after holding a public hearing on Monday evening. The budget, which totals $2.19 million, includes $558,195 in grants. The district is hoping to receive grant funding for air packs, heart monitors and fire shelters.

The budget, explained Fire Chief Wade Davis, is essential $1.3 million  plus the grant money. If the district does not receive the grants, the equipment purchases will not be made.

Preparing for the game of life

Nostalgia and anticipation mix at Sheridan’s high school graduation

By Kate Dieringer
Correspondent, The Sun

The English language affords us no specific word to define the feeling of joy mixed with sorrow. In Portuguese, saudade is a deeply nostalgic term to describe longing for something or someone now absent from your life and, “sadness for the missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling” of a time now lost. Similar words can be found in other languages around the world—Albanian mall, Finnish kaiho and Korean keurium all express a related sense of sentimentality. This feeling, even with no direct English translation, still sweeps over us at times of profound change and growth—perhaps most perfectly defined by the emotions evoked at graduation.