Stories from Monday, October 18, 2004

OGALLALA -- The McCook volleyball team lost two matches on Saturday. McCook opened with a 25-13, 25-22 loss to Ogallala. Jennifer Chmiel had two aces serving and Danae Owens one for McCook. Courtney Moore and Allyx Shields had five kills each. Sara Cappel added four kills in the loss. Abbee Haney had 10 assists and Jessica Watkins six for the Bison...

WAUNETA -- The Wauneta-Palisade football team becoma the district 10 champions in D1 by defeating Hitchcock County 54-28 Friday. The Broncos had 353 yards of offense, 253 of them rushing. Hitchcock County had 219 yards total, 66 rushing and 153 passing...

Freedom Flight '04 Jim Simeon (main photo) takes off in his powered parachute during Saturday morning's ascension of the High Plains Freedom Flight at the McCook Municipal Airport. ...

Jay Hormel was born to George A. and Lillian (Gleason) Hormel in 1892, the year after George went into meat packing business in Austin, Minn. As a boy his main interest was in business. One of his first jobs was as the janitor in his church. After a month he set up a meeting with the church board, to complain that too many people were giving him orders on how to do his job. He told them that if they did not leave him alone to do the job as he saw fit, he would resign...

Jan. 1, 1943-Oct. 13, 2004 TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- Andrew John "Andy" Esposito, 61, died Wednesday (Oct. 13, 2004) at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Fla. He was born Jan. 1, 1943, to Andrew and Mary (Celli) Esposito in Bronx, N.Y...

For high school football fans following winning teams, the Friday nights of fall race by far too fast. It's an exhilarating time ... filled with game time excitement and the anticipation of playoff drama. The feelings are especially sweet for followers of the McCook Bison, who are driving for the record books with a 33-game winning streak. ...

**Dear Editor, Great Job goes out to the McCook Senior High football team. All of us over here in the Iraqi theater wish you the best! Keep up the great work! **SSg. Michael Roth 354th TC BN/ 308th TC APO AE 09366