Winners named in Help-A-Child Benefit contests

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  • County commissioner Wade Bartley (left) introduces the Help-A-Child Benefit Foster Family of Year, Eric and Savanna Christian.
    County commissioner Wade Bartley (left) introduces the Help-A-Child Benefit Foster Family of Year, Eric and Savanna Christian.
  • Robert Cash (center right) and Hunter Cash (center left) were awarded first place for their chili at the Help-A-Child Benefit chili cook-off held at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center in Sulphur Springs Saturday. Giving the award are county commissioner Wade Bartley (left) and Clay Bartley (right).
    Robert Cash (center right) and Hunter Cash (center left) were awarded first place for their chili at the Help-A-Child Benefit chili cook-off held at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center in Sulphur Springs Saturday. Giving the award are county commissioner Wade Bartley (left) and Clay Bartley (right).
  • From left, Leslie Galvan, Kara Tifft and Katie Morgan accept the Ira Black Ag Mechanics Award for Como-Pickton FFA. Giving the award are Wade Bartley (left) and Clay Bartley (right). Staff photos by Todd Kleiboer
    From left, Leslie Galvan, Kara Tifft and Katie Morgan accept the Ira Black Ag Mechanics Award for Como-Pickton FFA. Giving the award are Wade Bartley (left) and Clay Bartley (right). Staff photos by Todd Kleiboer
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Cash wins best chili; CP earns best project

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After chasing the award for years, Robert Cash walked away with the first-place chili plaque in Saturday’s Help-A-Child Chili cook-off, and Como-Pickton FFA won Ira Black Ag Mechanics Award.

“I’ve gotten third a lot of times,” Cash, who represented the Cumby Masonic Lodge #180, laughed as he received his award.

Como-Pickton FFA, represented by CTE director Michael Bowen and his students, Seth Griner, Kara Tifft, Katie Morgan, Baylee Bowen, Leslie Galvan, Presley Cummins and Landan Cummins, earned second place for their chili, while the Sulphur Springs Professional Firefighters Association took home third.

For chili with beans, there was only a first-place award, and it went to the team of Wayne Bartley and Larry Rose. The team also prepared Dutch oven peach cobbler for the benefit.

While also preparing a good chili, the Como-Pickton FFA team of Leslie Galvan, Kara Tifft and Katie Morgan brought home the Ira Black Ag Mechanics Award for the second year in a row. Sulphur Springs FFA and Miller Grove FFA were named honorable mentions.

“They’re good kids doing good things to help other kids,” CPCISD Superintendent Dr. Greg Bower said at the school’s board meeting Monday. “I’m real proud of that.”

Funds raised through the benefit went toward Scottish Rite for Children, Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center and the foster family of Eric and Savanna Christian.