Staff of Meredian Title Company enjoy accepting the award for People's Choice Chili at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on the square on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
People’s Choice
Most Spirited – Barry Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Best Decorated – First State Bank of Purdy
Salsa – Mercy Hospital Cassville
Chili – Meridian Title Company – Cassville
Judges Choice Salsa
1st: Mercy Hospital Cassville
2nd: Barry County Southern Baptist Association
3rd: Barry Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Judges Choice Chili
1st: Barry Electric Cooperative, Inc.
2nd: Roaring River Adventures
3rd: Meridian Title Company – Cassville
Lulu Sellars, left, 3, of Cassville, plays a larger than life version of Uno against her father with Audrey Hoover, 4, of Exeter in the First Baptist Church’s game area at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com Raelin Orr, 5, of Cassville, smiles at the reaction of dropping a voting bead into a cup at a booth at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com Aubrey Conrad, of Cassville, waves a flag to simulate waves during a performance of “Cake by the Ocean” at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on Saturday. It was the first time in more than a decade, if ever, that the band gave a competition-level performance at the annual event on the courthouse square. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com Staff of First State Bank of Purdy walk up to accept the Best Decorated award for the First State Bank of Purdy at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on Saturday. The booth sported a Monopoly theme for the Game Night-themed Cook-Off. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com Jenna Crim, left, of Jenaroo Creations, paints the nose of Ty Hanavan, 7, of Olathe, Kan., en route to a tiger look Hanavan continued to wear at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on the square on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com First State Bank of Purdy employees Lupe Medrano, right, and Jessica Smith combine to serve up a cup of salsa for a patron at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com The Cassville Wildcat Pride Marching Band played their full competition list and other tunes at the Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on Saturday, a first for the band in recent memory. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com Xain Gray, of Cassville, accepts a cup of chili for tasting during the annual Cassville Chili & Salsa Cook-Off on the square on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
