Chili cook-off all set to go

The cakes are baked, the chili is cooking, and the Fort Frances Museum is gearing up for the return of the “Great Chili Cook-off” tomorrow on Scott Street.
Drop by for lunch at Warp 9 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost is $4 for a bowl of chili or $6 for a sampler.
There also will be a cake roulette, with lots of baked goodies donated by local individuals. Cost is $2 a play.
But if you bring a donation for the food bank, you’ll receive a cake token for a free chance at winning a dessert.
Proceeds from the chili cook-off will go towards museum renovations
A total of 12 chili teams have been lined up for this year’s cook-off. They include:
•“The Spice of Life Chili”—Heather Hudson, Ramiro Matias, and Dwayne Hunking (Rainycrest Home for the Aged);
•“Hot Off the Press Chili”—Susan Martin and Tanya Cumming (Fort Frances Times);
•“Rusty’s Flying High Chili”—Blaire Ottoson and Trevor Armstrong (Rusty Myers’ Flying Service);
•“Friendship Centre Fusion”—Grant Perreault, Wendy Orchard, Debra Ross, Tracy Jensen (UNFC Alt. Ed. Program, Li’l Eagles, and Akwe:go;
•“Vote for Me Vegetarian Chili” with corn bread—local NDP candidate John Rafferty;
•“Shopper’s Prescription for Chili”—Don Patrick and Patty Stefanick (Shopper’s Drug Mart);
•“Chili Chili Bang Bang, The Source of Heat”—Mike Johnson and Bev Johnson (Howarth’s Home Centre);
•“Wolf Chili”—Luke Cawston, Leanne Cameron, and Brent Derosiers (The Wolf 92.3 Border Rock);
•“Credible Edible Chili”—Roy Avis , Glenn Witherspoon, and Deane Cunningham (Team Avis);
•“Visionary Chili”—Bruce Lidkea and Monica Johnson (Drs. Lidkea , Elliot and Lidkea Optometry);
•“Ticking Time Bomb Chili”—Rozanne Evans, Jana Murray, Tammy Yerxa, Dahnis Forsyth, and Heather Dobransky (Bombshell); and
•“Community Living All-Inclusive Chili”—Kim Lepine, Faith Moen, and Wendy DeGagne (Community Living Fort Frances and District).
< *c>‘Harvest Days’
The chili cook-off will run in conjunction with the local Business Improvement Association’s “Harvest Days,” which will run tomorow and Saturday.
On those two days, the downtown core will be decked out with hay bales, scarecrows, and other harvest-related trappings, with the BIA encouraging Scott Street businesses to hold sidewalk sales.
And on Saturday, the 100 block of Scott Street will be closed to traffic to make way for all sorts of fun, including horse and buggy rides, “Grandpa Magic,” music courtesy of fiddler Elmer Whitefish and guitarist Billy Ottertail, UNFC drummers, a UNFC “taco tosser” fundraiser, a mini-farmers’ market, and square dancers.
BIA co-ordinator Patti Anderson said Tuesday that she’s keeping her fingers crossed that the weather will hold out Saturday. But in the event of rain, “Harvest Days” activities will be cancelled.