Press Release
The Backus Community Center in International Falls is pleased to announce a new addition to its “Icebox Days” festival: a family movie night showing a winter classic about the Jamaican bobsled team.
The film will be shown on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium on the 24-foot screen, thanks to a partnership with KAPE Coalition (Koochiching Area Prevention in Education) and Northland Counseling.
Admission is $2 per person, which includes free popcorn.
Meanwhile, the annual “Chili Challenge Cook-off” will be held there Saturday, Jan. 20 from 3:30-5 p.m.
For $6 per person, diners can sample each chili and vote for their favourite.
Two prizes will be awarded at 5 p.m., with winners determined by a panel of judges and the general public.
This year’s entries to date are Teresa Rom, Bruce and June Wilson, Erik and Hailey Silvers, Roger Jackson and Betty Olson, and the Knights of Columbus.
If you would like to prepare a chili, contact Robin at Backus at 373-3004.
The entry deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 17, with chili having to be delivered to Backus before 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19.
Also at the Backus Community Center during “Icebox Days” will be the Community Wellness Action Council’s annual Wellness Expo.
The Expo will be open Friday, Jan. 19 from 5-7:30 p.m. and again Saturday, Jan. 20 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
For more information about the expo, contact the CWAC on Facebook at “Community Wellness Action Council.”
For more information on these events, contact the Backus Community Center, located at 900 5th St., at 1-218285-7255 or online at www.backusab.org
For “Icebox Days” events, contact the International Falls Chamber of Commerce at 1-218-283-9400 or online at www.ifallschamber.com
