Our vendors who stocked the Grizzly Pines Mall with wonderful items.

Eric, my sweet baboo (left) helped make sure we didn't blow up the school by overtax the electrical capabilities between chili pots and amplifiers.

Dan Stevenson did a great job of keeping the kids' game area hopping with fun.

Our esteemed chili cook off judges:  Susan Haynes, Bob Signor, Walt Tyler and Harry Dean sampled every entry to choose the finest offering of the day.

The "Judge's Choice" winner of the chili cook off was Cody Dayton.

Gloria Lopez took home the People's Choice Award in the chili cook off.

All of the chili cook off contestants did a great job, plus stood outside in the cold to share their offerings with the community.

David Robinson braved the rain to cook hotdogs and polish sausages for us all day long.  Dave also helped with set up, clean up, creation of the kids' games and creating the music schedule.

Big thanks go out to CERT for handling traffic control.

Sarah Bonde worked all through the day helping Marcia sell tickets.

My daughter, Delena (center, green hat) helped sell raffle tickets.

Thanks to everyone who donated baked goods for our cake walk that turned into a bake sale!

Lynn Shetley (center) was indispensable in the planning and set up of Founder's Day.

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