Sisters create own swimwear calendar
By George Green
Staff writer
Lazzari’s Pizza had it all Saturday -
an abundance of ice-cold beer, plenty of
pizza, a Cornhusker football victory
and two sisters who happen to be
famous swimsuit models.
Native Nebraskans Tracy Anne
George and her sister, Kerri Jo Geoige,
signed copies of their swimwear calen
dar and posters Saturday at Lazzari’s
Pizza, 1434 O St., surrounded by roar
ing football fans before and after the
Husker football game.
“The calendar is awfully sexy with
out being too provocative,” said John
Haase, a doctor from Colorado Springs,
Colo., who was at Lazzari’s Pizza get
ting his calendar signed.
Haase said he plans to hang his
autographed calendar in the locker
room at the hospital where he works,
for all his co-workers to enjoy. Six to 10
percent of the calendar proceeds will
benefit the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The George sisters promoted their
“Sisters2000” swimwear calendar at
Lazzari's Pizza. The 16-month calen
dar features the two women clad in
bathing suits on landscapes across
Florida.
The Sisters2000 project also
includes a behind-the-scenes video,
which shows how the calendar was
made and a Web site at www.
sisters2000. com.
“I like the video the most. It shows
our personalities, not just our looks,”
Kerri George said.
At the Web site, users can order
merchandise, donate to AS PC A and get
ihe latest information on the women’s
tour.
The Web site has a member’s-only
section where subscribers can ask the
sisters questions about health and rela
tionships and bet on their sports picks,
Tracy George said.
Both of the sisters love animals.
Tracy George has two pit bulls,
Turner and Hooch.
“They’re my babies,” she said.
The sisters grew up in Kearney,
where their parents, Fred and Nancy
George, still live.
Fred George sells copies of his
daughters’ calendar in Kearney and
said he is very proud of the project. So
is Nancy George.
“I’m most proud of the fact that
Tracy did all of the production and
design herself,” she said.
The sisters dedicated a week for
shooting the calendar and months of
dieting in preparation for it.
They funded the project with then
money and help from their parents,
Tracy George said.
Tracy George, who is a model and
actress, is in charge of the whole opera
tion including promotions, layout and
design.
She has been modeling for 10 years
and has been in several magazines,
including Playboy, Muscle and Fitness,
and Harley-Davidson.
She also appeared in the film
“There’s Something About Mary.” Her
newest film, “The Crew,” starring Burt
Reynolds, will come out at the first of
the year.
Kerri George completed medical
school in Nebraska and is in her second
year of residency in Charlottesville,
Va., in the field of anesthesiology.
Lane Hickenbottom/DN
TRACY GEORGE, left, and Kerri George are native-Nebraskan sisters who have produced a swimsuit calendar
titled “Sisters 2000.” The two were in Lincoln this weekend to promote the calendar, the proceeds of which will
go to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Even if her modeling is successful,
Kerri George said she plans to stick to
medicine for full-time work.
On top of the national tour, the sis
ters have other big plans in the works.
They will be in Las Vegas in
October at the MGM Grand for the
Harley-Davidson motorcycle show
where they will sign calendars and pro
mote their merchandise.
They recently judged an amateur
beauty pageant on “The Jenny Jones
Show.”
“It was really kind of fake. They tell
you what to say and how to act,” Kerri
Geotge said.
They are also working with Howard
Stem for an appearance on his show. A
clothing line is in the works, as well as
plans for a ranch for abused or neglect
ed cats and dogs, Tracy George said.
Together, the two women have been
models, promoters, business partners
and sisters, but the most important rela
tionship they share is friendship.
“We have been best friends forev
er,” the sisters said in unison.
University of Florida students deal with hurricane season
By JoshKnaub
Staff writer
As Nebraska slips toward winter
and the possibility of snow days, univer
sities on the East Coast are nearing the
end of a different threat to class time -
hurricane season.
For students at the University of
Florida at Gainesville, Hurricane Floyd
provided a welcome respite from class
last week.
Steve Orlando, a UF spokesman,
said classes were canceled Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday.
; The decision to cancel classes was
announced on the afternoon of Sept. 13
when officials realized at least some of
Hurricane Floyd s wind and rain would
come ashore in Florida.
Orlando said it was the first time
classes had been canceled at UF in near
ly 20 years.
The decision was especially rare for
UF because Gainesville is 50 miles
inland, out of striking distance for most
hurricanes.
“It’s a pretty big logistical nightmare
to cancel classes. It’s like a domino
effect,” Orlando said.
He said the first step the university
took was to inform students about hurri
cane safety and the locations of hurri
cane shelters.
Shelters, including residence halls
and the student union, were opened 24
hours a day during the school closure.
Although Florida was not hit direct
ly by Floyd, Orlando said UF was ade
quately prepared for the possibility.
“From everything I saw, there was
outstanding preparation,” he said.
“Everybody knew what to expect.”
Orlando said the biggest challenge
was assuring parents that students
would be safe.
“We had numerous calls from par
ents, but I think we put their concerns at
ease,” he said.
Matt Miller, a junior political sci
ence major at UF, said most students
were not too concerned about the storm.
Miller, who lives in a UF residence
hall, said everyone he knew stayed
inside during the worst of the wind and
rairt but did not panic.
“No one was scared for their life or
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He said students were apprehensive
when classes were first canceled.
“At first we didn’t know what to do,”
Miller said. “We didn’t know if we
should evacuate or go home or what.”
He said the university didn’t provide
a lot of information, but that the infor
mation was enough to make students
feel safe.
Miller said he was reassured by the
fact that his residence hall had a shelter
in the basement. He said many students
got together to watch movies or hang
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“A lot of people joked that the worst
thing would be if the (Tennessee
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