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THE PALM BEACH POST • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011 3B
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Cookoff offers chili, beer and
aid for WWII veterans' group
By KEVIN D. TNOMPSON help judge firefighters' creations.
Pa(nr 13e�rcl: Post Stnff Yi'r,iter McGovern said the judges will be
If you love beer and chili, you'll looking for originality, taste and pre-
want to head to the Tequesta Brew- sentation. The competition, he said,
ing Com�zany on North U.�. 1 Satui= should be fierce.
day for the first anmial Chili Cookoff "Fir•efighters ai great at making
and Beer Tasting event. chili," McGovern said.
Sponsored by Tequesta firefight- The winnei• gets a irophy, $500 and
ers and Tequesta Brewing Company, bragging rights foi a yeat:
the four-hour, 2l-and-ovei• event is for The event, which starts at 2 p.m.,
a good cause — to raise fu.n�is for will also feature the American Fire-
Honor Flight, a nonprofit organiza- fighter Calendar Girls and the Palm
tion that honors World War II and Beach County Pipes and Drums, a
- terminally ill vets by flying them group dedicatecl to bagpipe music.
to the National WWII Memorial in Ten Tequesta fire stations are
Washington. confirmed to participate, NlcGovern �
"IYs a way of saying thanks to said. As of Thursday afternoon, 300
these military guys who made the of the 550 tickets have been sold.
ultimate sacrifice for otn� country," `Y� lot of people are telling us
said David McGovern, a firefighter they're going to pay at the gate," Mc-
and paramedic with Tequesta Fire- Govern said.
Rescue. "They're getting on in years, Tickets are $30 if purchased in ad-
so we're doing our best to get some of vance, $35 on the day of the event and
these guys on the next flight to D.C." are available at the'Iequesta Brewing
While Tequesta Brewing Compa Company Angry Moon Cigars in Ju -
ny will donate all the beei• — at least piter; Carson's Tavern in� Stuart and
eight different kinds — the firefight- all Bagel Boyz locations.
ers are responsible for� making the If the event is well-received, Mc-
chili. Such celebrityjudges as WP"I'V- �Govern said they'll do it again next
Channel5 meteorologist Kait Parkei; year.
WPBF Channel 25 co-anchor Felicia "People love eating chili and wash-
Rodriguez, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney and ing it down with beer," he said.
Wild 95.5 deejay Virginia Lang will Okevin_thompson@pbpost.com