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Vol. 21, No. 106
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Gas prices Cost of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Sunday
Fuel Stop ................... $2.11 West Kum N Go........ $2.19 7-Eleven.................... $2.07 Western Petro .......... $2.29 Bob’s Conoco ...................... $2.17 Hilltop Sinclair ..................... $2.19 Anglers Kum N Go ............... $2.19 Ski Haus ................................ $2.23 Mount Werner Sinclair ........... $2.16 Shell ......................................... $2.29 Shop & Hop ............................. $2.16 State Average ....................$2.06 .................... National Average ................$2.07
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Nuggets strike gold Page 18
North Routt Fire Protection District firefighter Greg Murray, right, gives some chili a try Sunday at the seventh annual North Routt Chili Cook-off. Murray, attending the event for the fourth year, said it was important for the fire department to be on location to keep a handle on fiery tongues.
Chili fires up big crowd
Annual North Routt contest boasts record number of entries Zach Fridell
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
Correction Ashley Kramer was the first female finisher in the 5K event during Saturday’s Spirit Challenge. Lisa Adams was second, and Shayna Cooke was third. The name of the first-place finisher was incorrect in the “Spirit Challenge kicks off Running Series” article on page 1C of Sunday’s Steamboat Pilot & Today.
The special touch to Pam Heinrich’s chili is more than hard work. It’s more than the kidney beans, and it’s harder to find than the brown sugar she uses to sweeten her recipe.
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Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 10-13-19-27-28 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
To make her first-place “Elkalope Sweet Thang” red chili for the seventh annual North Routt Chili Cook-off, Heinrich harvested the elk and antelope used in the dish herself. This marks the first year Heinrich has hunted, and it’s the first time she entered a dish into a cooking competition.
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Cloudy with storms. High of 56.
“I would say the brown sugar and the roasted fresh chilies were the most important,” she said about achieving the right flavor for the combination of elk, antelope and beef. The cook-off, a fundraiser for the North Routt ComSee Chili, back page
Winners North Routt Chili Cook-off Red Chili: Pam Heinrich, “Elkalope Sweet Thang” Green Chili: George Trujillo, “Flat Tops Green Chili” Other (Soups, etc): Jean Urban, “Whitey Tighty Chili” Dessert: Zava Zupan, “What’s Up, Doc?” carrot cake
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