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McLoud chili a Main Street hit

Chili continued ...(Above, left) The “Zombie Chili” booth of the McLoud Fire Department is decked out with Halloween fright and Jeff Craig (Above, right) of New Hope Cowboy Ministry serves up some chili during the 2015 McLoud Chili Cook-Off Saturday, Oct. 17, along Main Street. The church is planning a Trunk or Treat night at the arena from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. For more information, call 964-2630.

Photos by Jennifer Pitts & Kim Lesneski

the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma booth.

“I thought that was so nice of them to do that – they give so much to our community,” Mongold said.

The Best Chili Shack award went to the McLoud Sewing Circle and Dillon Willmon beat out four other contes-tants, by a half a pepper, to take home the title of “Toughman” in the jalapeño eating contest.

Caesar Rollice cooked up the top prize in the cornbread contest, spon-sored in part by Shawnee Mills donation of a bak-ing kit; and Betty Sand-erson grabbed first place in the salsa contest, with Rollice earning second.

Also deemed a suc-cess was the traffic and participation at the Cof-participation at the Cof-participation at the Coffee & Cars gathering and McLoud Historical Society’s quilt show.

“And the band was fantastic,” Mongold said. “I heard a lot of good comments about the music this year.”

For more pictures and information from this year’s event, visit www.mcloudchamber.com and www.facebook.com/tricountyherald.

The McLoud Clinic Pharmacy team is pictured with the Blackberry Royalty Saturday. The pharmacy won the “People’s Choice” award for their chili.

This year’s Blackberry Royalty are pictured in matching costumes with their Peter Pan themed booth Saturday. Royalty pictured, from left, are Jr. Princess Kayle Barnhill, as Tiger Lily, Miss Congeniality Bre Hodge, as Tinker Bell, Princess Maci Wilson, as Wendy, 2014 Queen Katlyn Cooper, as a lost boy, and 2015 Queen Katie Garrison, as Peter Pan.

Isabella Hodge, 2, plays with a string puppet during Saturday’s event. She is the granddaughter of Jamie Hodge of McLoud.

Caesar Rollice is presented the award for best corn-bread by the Blackberry Royalty during the McLoud Chili Cook-off on Oct. 17.

The Sewing Circle of McLoud is presented the award for the Best Chili Shack by the Blackberry Royalty Saturday.

and successful sales,” she said.

A crowd favorite ap-peared to be the free lime green throw blankets, with carrying handle, and t-shirts courtesy of

Members of Best-4Last Band provide musical entertain-ment on Main Street Saturday.

(Above, left) The “Zombie Chili” booth of the McLoud Fire Department is decked out with Halloween fright and Jeff Craig (Above, right) of New Hope Cowboy Ministry serves up some chili during the 2015 McLoud Chili Cook-Off Saturday, Oct. 17, along Main Street. The church is planning a Trunk or Treat night at the arena from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. For more information, call 964-2630.

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