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Cé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 28, 1999

Water, chili prove
to be a potent mix

IF YOU'VE ever wondered
why there’s a kind of chili
called ‘Three Alarm Chili,”’
here’s why,

Back in the days of old-
fashioned firehouses, when
firefighters practically lived
on-site while on shift, many
became excellent cooks.

So it was natural that when
cooking chili, name reflecting
their occupation would sur-
face.

And while local firefighters
work differently nowadays,
that chili tradition is set to

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chili is one of the requirements Skeena Mall, Terrace

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the Second Annual Emergency
Services Challenge.

As a matter of fact, the chili
competition makes up a major
part of the challenge, says
organizer David Grubb, a
licutenant with the Thornhill
Volunteer Fire Department
and one of the challenge’s
main organizers.

“Each team will have to

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WET AND wild are the key words in this emergency services
competition event requiring team work to haul buckets of water
up a ladder to fill a larger container. The competition this year
begins at 10 am. Sunday at the Zellers end of the Skeena Mall

make its own pot and there’ll
be three judges as well as
members of the public,”’ said

Grubb.

Other events planned include
a fire truck drag race with the
vehicles being pulled by each
team that enters, a stretcher
relay race where each member
of a team has to take a turn
being a passenger and a bucket

parking Jot, It ends at noon.

challenges as old-
fashioned fun.

‘This is a way for every-
body ta get together and blow
off sume steam,”’ he said.

The emphasis is on having

good

The challenge begins 10 a.m.
sharp in the Skeena Mall park-
ing lot area beside Zellers. It’s
scheduled to end at noon.

Grubb anticipates the highly
visibie location will draw a

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brigade race to fill up a large events designed for broad par- good crowd of spcciators.
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Teams will also take partina | There are six teams — the 4 golf toumament _ that fam - 11pm

contest to sce which one,
using a hose, can push a buck-
et that’s suspended on a wire
to over top the heads of their

Thornhill Volunteer Fire De-
partment, the Terrace Fire De-
partment, the New Aiyansh
Fire Department, the RCMP,

afternoon followed by a ban-
quet,

““Bach year we want to add
something to make it bigger

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and better than the last,’ Said
Grubb.

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opponents.
Grubb describes the series of