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  • King of the road

    Anthony Ruiz|Apr 21, 2016

    Sidney native Lorin Anthony has always had a passion for cars. Especially hot rods. "I grew up with it," Anthony said. "I was doing hot rods since I was 14, so I just stuck with it." As a youth, Anthony said he spent most of his spare time with his cars, rebuilding and replacing parts and taking them far from stock. At the height, he said he had a solid collection, although he no longer has any of the cars from those days. "I wish I did," he said. "I had a '46 Ford, a '47 Mercury, a '48 Ford, a...

  • 'Raiders Reaching Out' collects toy donations for pediatric rehabilitation

    Amanda Tafolla|Apr 21, 2016

    Sidney High school students are collecting toy donations through Tuesday next week to benefit the Pediatric Rehabilitation Ward of Regional Medical Center in a project called "Raiders Reaching Out." This is the project's second year. Teacher Brett Avila's sixth period Human Development Class began brainstorming their concept for the project earlier this month. Carley Witt, a sophomore in the class, said that the students were inspired to choose the Regional West Medical Center Pediatric...

  • Veteran's History Project - Captain Georgia A. Horne

    Larry Nelson, For The Sun-Telegraph|Apr 21, 2016

    EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Sidney, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. In 1967, the Selective Service System was a major factor in the lives of many families. Young men had decisions to make. Before being drafted, one could have a choice of the branch of service. However, when the letter from the draft board arrived, and assuming a passing...

  • High Plains Arts Council presents New Orleans-style brass band

    Amanda Tafolla|Apr 21, 2016

    The High Plains Art Council presents the Funky Butt Brass Band this Friday, April 22, at the Sidney High School Performing Arts Center. The band formed in 2008 and is comprised of six members: Tim Halpin (guitar, vocals), Austin Cebulske (sax, vocals), Aaron Chandler (trombone, vocals), Ron Sikes (drums), Adam Hucke (trumpet, vocals) and Cody Henry (sousaphone). Integrating influences from traditional New Orleans brass, the band puts their own "twist" on the music they perform. "In the style of...

  • Michael Andrew "Andy" Grant Jr.

    Apr 21, 2016

    Michael Andrew “Andy” Grant Jr., of Lodgepole, passed away Friday, April 8, 2016. Andy was born in Boulder, Colo. to Linda Sue Carlstedt on March 22, 1972. He attended Liberty High School in Joes, Colo. and Burlington High School in Burlington, Colo. A celebration of life will be held on April 23, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Community Center in Vona, Colo. We request your presence to share memories of Andy. Finger foods will be provided. Andy’s final resting place will be at the Vona Cemetery. Andy’s final arrangements have been made possibl...

  • Community Calendar 04-21-16

    Apr 21, 2016

    Ongoing Raiders, Human Development class is accepting toy donations for the Raiders Reaching Out project. These toys will be used as reward and rehabilitation aid for kids with conditions like cerebral palsy, autism, and Phiffer’s syndrome. Donations will be accepted Tuesday April 19 through Tuesday, April 26. Toys include rubber balls with textures like nubbies and koosh balls, toy cars especially if the hoods and doors open, blocks and legos, small cardboard books especially if they have textures, small action figures, whistles, balloons, j...

  • Jane Goodall

    William Benson, Columnist|Apr 21, 2016

    The adventure writer Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote some eighty novels based upon two characters: Tarzan and John Carter. Tarzan lived among the apes in Africa, and John Carter transported himself from Earth to Mars, where he fought and conquered the Martians. In my younger years, I read several of Burroughs's books, as did thousands of other American kids of the twentieth century. The science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury, said this of Burroughs, "I have been astonished to discover how often a...