The Gorilla cross country team wrapped up the regular season at the SESD conference meet in Chamberlain on Monday, October 7. “We only ran in the varsity divisions due to coronation that evening,” Coach Lonnie Klundt explained.

The Gregory Gorillas hosted the Kimball/White Lake WiLdKats for the Homecoming football game on Friday evening, October 11, 2024. KWL’s Johnny Lenz was the first to score in the game, and Park Sinclair was successful with the extra points.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/8/24 Old Pioneer, 94-26; Angry Birds, 80-40; Tee Riffic Creations, 76-- 44; Carlock Babes, 74½-45½; Six Balls, 74-46; Buches Bowlers, 34-- 86; The Outsiders, 25½-94½; HTG: Old Pioneer, 653; HTS: Old Pioneer, 1781; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 203; Jennifer Soesbe, 174; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 562; Patty Connealy, 435. Splits picked up: Craig Soesbe, 4-5; Justin Parkis, 5-10; Stephen Petersen, 2-7.

The Gregory Spikers faced a tough Winner team at home on Tuesday, October 8, and lost their match in three sets, 19-25, 10-25, and 12-25. Stat leaders are: Blocks: Aubree Miller, 3, and Dani VanDerWerff, Regan Graesser, Lainey Dobsen, Ella Sperl, and Allison Stevicks, 1 each Digs: Haylee Vaughn, 17, Ella Sperl, 16; Dani VanDerWerff, 11; and Regan Graesser, 7 Kills: Regan Graesser, 9; Dani VanDerWerff, 8 On Thursday, October 8, the Spikers traveled to Platte to face the Platte-Geddes Black Panthers.

The Nation watched the devastation of hurricane Helene which made landfall E of Tallahassee with 120 mph winds and up to 30 inches of rainfall, traveled more than 600 miles NNW causing death and destruction in less than a day. Asheville (pop. 100,000), a river city in the Smoky Mountains, is forever changed and was once considered a safe haven from these storms. Less than two weeks later Milton travels three days across the Gulf of Mexico, developing into a 400-mile diameter hurricane with 120+ mph winds, 12-foot storm surge, major rainfall and 45 preceding tornadoes. Florida will be a long time recovering. Where will we get our orange juice? These more frequent intense weather events are worldwide; Japan, China and Taiwan have had record typhoons (hurricanes developing in the Pacific) or drought wise, the Amazon is at its lowest level ever.

Cooking is an activity that brings friends and family together. But you might be surprised to know that according to the NFPA, cooking is the leading cause of home fire injuries and reported home fires.