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January 17, 2013

Fundraiser set for Mooreland library

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Woodward, Okla. — CELEBRITY JUDGES AND TOUGH COMPETITION

Kenny said this year's chili cook-off will feature "some celebrity judges."

"Mayor Roscoe Hill and his wife Ann will be the judges at the contest. They owned Roscoe's Chicken in Woodward for several years, so they're a bit of food connoisseurs," she said.

Participants this year will have some competition in pleasing the judges' palates as last year's chili cook off winner Todd Finley will be returning again this year, Kenny said.

"Finley won last year with his 'Road Kill Chili,' he'll be entering again this year so we're putting the challenge out there to see if anyone can beat him," she said.

Prizes will be awarded for best chili in 3 categories: business, individual or group, and youth (18 or younger). Prizes for cakes will be awarded in 4 categories: best tasting and best decorated in the adult division, and best tasting and best decorated in the youth division.

"Prizes for the winners of the chili cook off and cake bake off will be gift certificates to several restaurants, a trophy type spoon for chili winners, a trophy type cake server for cake winners, and a few other small prizes as well," Kenny said.

HELPING "A GREAT CAUSE"

While people are out trying different chili's and cakes, Kenny says they can feel good knowing its all going towards helping fund the Mooreland Library.

"It's all going to a great cause. Our library opened Dec. 10 and thanks to donations we've been able to operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays," she said.

Kenny said a lot of work has already been done to make the Mooreland library an inviting facility.

"It's a really great place; through a Trans-Canada Grant we were able to include some really neat features like a small tree house for children to read in," she said. "I think the biggest compliment we've gotten was from a small boy from Oklahoma City who came in with his grandmother, looked around, and said 'Grandma this place is better than Barnes & Noble!'"

In addition to paying for the operating costs of the library, funds raised during "Chilly Out, Chili In" will go towards funding scholastic programs at the library.

"Last week we started a reading and tutoring program where middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults come in and help kids learn or practice their reading. We think it's going to have such a fantastic effect on the school system, I'm really excited about it. I just think the kids will just have so much more confidence in themselves and more competence in reading because of this program," Kenny said.

She said funds will go towards providing materials for the tutoring programs as well as snacks for the children.

"We need funds to keep paying for supplies for tutoring," she said. "We provide snacks for kids during tutoring, and for some of these kids that might be the last meal they get that day until breakfast at school the next day. Right now we've been relying on volunteers to provide snacks, but we also rely on them to run the library as well. We rely on them so much, we just don't want to exhaust them."

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