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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
Local chili cook-off sets taste buds ablaze
BY JEFF WOODALL
STAFF WRITER
If the bundle of peppers in
front of Randy Lewis’ chili didn’t
make things clear, his warning
would.
“I hope you have a relative or
designated driver with you,” he said
to those willing to try his atomic
concoction.
Lewis was one of the many
contestants that participated in
Hillsborough’s first-ever Chili and
Salsa Cookoff on Saturday.
For years, the Hillsborough/
Orange County Chamber of
Commerce has received requests
for a chili cookoff, Executive
Director Margaret Wood Cannell
said.
“Everyone had been discuss
ing how the chamber could cre
ate something that would get the
community involved and have the
potential to grow,” she said. “We
pretty much did this on a wing and
a prayer, but I’m extremely excited
about it.”
The chamber sponsored the
cookoff Saturday.
There were plenty of people
who shared Cannell’s enthusiasm.
Paying a $2 parking fee and $5 to
taste five entries didn’t stop dozens
from coming out to support the
new event.
From noon to 4 p.m., people lis-
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“ There’s brisket in it, chili powder from
Texas and tomatoes from Texas. Pretty •
much anythingfrom Texas, I used.”
BRENDA CAMP, OVERALL WINNER OF CHILI COMPETITION, ON HER CHILI
tened to live music, had a soft drink
or a beer and tested their taste buds
on both the sweetest and spiciest of
entries.
Brenda Camp, the overall win
ner of the chili competition, called
on the Lone Star State for her
inspiration.
“There’s brisket in it, chili pow
der from Texas and tomatoes from
Texas. Pretty much anything from
Texas, I used,” she said.
Artie and Tracey Sprinczeles,
who placed second with their chili,
had a harder time creating their
recipe, which included black beans,
poblano peppers and ground pork
rib.
“We didn’t know what we were
going to do until Friday,” Artie
Sprinczeles said.
“We were out last night walking
around Harris Teeter looking for
things to use.”
The variety of both the chili and
salsa had people buying their tick
ets, which made Cannell see the
cookoff as an overall success.
The original goal was to at least
break even at $2,000, shi said.
Cannell said that any prof
its made would be placed in the
chamber’s general operating
fund but that she did not know
Saturday how many tickets had
been sold.
Proceeds would go toward work
ing with local nonprofit organiza
tions, Cannell said.
Families, residents and oth
ers who walked along the tables
enjoyed both conversations and
helpings of food inside the event
held at the Eno River Parking
Deck.
Many tested their own brav
ery with Lewis’ fiery mixture that
would make even the devil’s fore
head perspire.
“It was hard to know at first if*
we had gotten the message out well
enough,” he said.
“But it started picking up right
away, and there have been plenty of
people getting extra helpings.”
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Even without a vote, kids care about politics
BY IAN AGER
STAFF WRITER
RALEIGH Candidates for
state and national office met with
constituents of a different demo
graphic on Saturday.
Gubernatorial, senatorial, con-
gressional and
state legislative
hopefuls spoke
at a candidates’
forum at the
N.C. Museum
election
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of History, fielding questions from
an audience of local elementary,
middle and high school students.
The forum was sponsored by
Kids Voting USA, a nonprofit
group devoted to informing chil
dren about elections and voting.
Before taking questions from the
audience, candidates zeroed in on
the issue most relevant to the young
audience education. Most of them
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criticized current educational policy
in the state and nationwide.
“You kids have been robbed,” said
Hugh Webster, Republican candi
date for the 13th Congressional
District. “Robbed of a good educa
tion by the condition of our public
schools.”
Some of the criticism included
discussion of educational reform,
especially for No Child Left
Behind, a federal education reform
act that emphasizes accountability
for schools and school districts
through standardized testing.
However, questions from the
audience touched on other topics,
mostly skirting educational issues.
Middle and elementary school
students focused predominantly on
issues such as the war in Iraq and
the environment, while high school
students seated in the front asked
more targeted questions on topics
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ranging from the subprime mort
gage crisis to rising fuel costs.
After the forum, the participants
took part in election-themed activ
ities, making political buttons and
filling out mock ballots.
“It’s nice that candidates would
take time out of their campaigns
to spend time with the people who
would be affected by their actions,”
said Julie Daw, an Apex parent
“My children want to be
informed when they go to the polls
for the first time,” she said.
Her son Charles, 9, echoed his
mother’s concerns.
“I don’t want to vote for the
wrong guy,” he said.
Thirteen-year-old Graham
Lynn, who came with a church
group from Erwin, said he thinks
the candidates benefited from
learning what matters to kids.
“I think the candidates came to
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know how we feel. They want kids’
opinions of who’d be the best,” he
said.
His sister Catherine, 9, said that
the candidates’ presence at the
event showed the importance of
youth participation.
“We came to express that
we’re part of America,” she said.
“Candidates want to know who
kids would vote for, and they care
about voter participation.”
Rick Armstrong of Knightdale
said that attending the event could
foster good political discussion
within his family of six.
“Many families don’t talk poli
tics,” he said. “An event like this
encourages kids to talk to their
parents and get a family discussion
going. It provokes thought.”
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