For information on the Celebrations call 608-785-7355 Mon.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm or online at lacrossetribune.com, click on Celebrations and select the submission form. Lower Big Creek 4-H Steer Champions: Bailey Langrehr; Swine Champions: Morgan Horstman and Brayden Horstman. Others pictured: Trevor, Taylor, Bo, Carter, Sam, Ethan, Chase, and Bella. Other members: Bryce, Grant, Brielle, Owyn, Sawyer, Kaden, Arnold, Clara, Carly, Kenady, Nehemiah, Dylan, Madalyn, Levi, Parker, Anya, Abbie and Desmond. Bangor Pride – A small school building big futures BANGOR SCHOOL DISTRICT Clements-James Wedding Levi & Alyssa James The Bangor FFA, FCCLA, Student Council, and were married September 22, 2017 Cardinal Direction hosted a free will pancake at Living Word Christian Church breakfast to support the victims of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Hurricane Harvey. They raised nearly $250 that was sent to the Texas FFA Association, which has set up a distribution service to give out the donations Congratulations! where they are needed most. (Photos courtesy of the Atlanta Braves) OCTOBER 10TH IS LEW BURDETTE DAY Wisconsin Baseball Nation: Tuesday, October 10th is the 60th That's 3 complete game victories and 24 1/3 consecutive anniversary of the Milwaukee Braves' 1957 World Series victory scoreless innings folks, against a power- hitting Yankee team that over the New York Yankees. featured Mantle, Berra, Bauer, Skowron, Howard, McDougald, Braves' broadcaster Earl Gillespie called him "Lanky Lew Burdette Richardson and Kubek. from Nitro, West Virginia". Opposing batters accused him of throwing a spitball. Roy Campanella once charged the mound Ken Burns, in his PBS series "Baseball", failed to mention anything with bat in hand after Lew struck him out. Harvey Haddix pitched about Lew Burdette's 3 victories over the Yankees, but Wisconsin 12 perfect innings against him, only to lose to Lew 1 to 0 in the Baseball Nation will always remember Lew's 1957 World Series 13th inning. masterpiece In game #2 of the 1957 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Lew And, we say "hats off" to Lew's teammates: Hank Aaron who hit beat the Yankees 4 to 2 by pitching shutout ball for the final .393 with 11 hits and 3 home runs; and Eddie Mathews whose 6 1/3 innings. In game #5, Lew beat the Yankees' ace pitcher Whitey Ford 1 to 0, and on October 10th, 1957, Lew won game home run won game #4 for Braves' pitcher Warren Spahn, and #7 at Yankee Stadium by a score of 5 to 0, to clinch the World who backhanded Skowron's hard hit ball and stepped on 3rd Series for the Braves. base for the final out of game #7. In memory of Jack Nelson, my life long friend Harry Dan Turner and loyal Braves fan.