VFW/ ALA host chili cookoff contest on Saturday

“Wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili.” -- Last words of Kit Carson, American frontiersman (1809-1868)

On Sunday, February 15, competitors will faceoff at the 12th VWF/American Legion Auxiliary Chili Cookoff in Malta and spectators will be asked to vote for three different people’s choice awards while secret judges will be roaming around grading the food to decide who the champs will be.

Last year, for various reasons, the event was not held, but Krista Fahlgren, President of the American Legion Auxiliary, and Carolyn Schmoeckel, the group’s Secretary and Treasurer, recently decided...