The 4th annual Chili, Chocolate, and Cornbread Cook-Off at the Rio Linda Grange.Getting the chili ready to serve.Cornbread ready to go – mine is in front.Desserts – decadent and delicious.Susan Hanks explained how the voting process worked.Every cup was numbered, a corresponding jar for collecting poker-chip votes sat by each dish in the kitchen.The dessert winners:The cornbread winners – my Civilized Cornbread won 1st place!The chili winners. Cecil McCracken (red shirt) won first place.Most appearances in the winner’s circle was Deb Crowe (patterned apron).

Sponsored by the Rio Linda Grange #403.Biggest zucchini contest:Winners of the Zucchini Cook-off:Susan Hanks:Zucchini racers, outside there were head-to-head matches.In the garden, a couple of giant pumpkins hoping to win the September Country Faire “biggest” contest.