Locals compete in chili contest to raise funds for Laramie Christmas Basket at Knotty Pine

The love of chili brought about fifty people to the Knotty Pine Saloon last Saturday for the first Annual Chili Cook Off, a fund raiser to benefit Laramie County Christmas Basket program. The idea behind this fund raiser was borrowed from Bryan "Alf" Grzegorczyk from Alf's Pub and Package Liquor in Cheyenne. This has been an annual event in Cheyenne for several years, and local Pine Bluffs'ites Jan Anderson and Kelly Lesser pulled it together for Pine Bluffs.

Once they had made the decision to do the event, they sought out Dave Acton, owner of the Knotty Pine Saloon to host the event. Act...