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In The News...
(Updated:
02/03/2010)
Best Dam BBQ
Cookoff to be promoted by Pepsi
By Diana Winson -
Benton Evening News - Benton, Illinois
West City, IL - Look
for the
Best Dam BBQ Cookoff to be featured on Pepsi cans sometime
this spring.
The West City
Village Board of Trustees voted 6-0 Monday to pay the soft-drink
company $1,500 for advertising services for the cookoff,
scheduled for
July 3 at the Rend Lake Dam.
"It's a pretty good
deal for $1,500," said West City
Mayor Charles Cockrum, who is one of the organizers of the
Kansas City BBQ Society-sanctioned event.
Cockrum said 1 million soda cans with
Best Dam BBQ Cookoff
artwork on the back will be printed. Each can will be good for
$2 off the $5 cost for parking.
"Marion Pepsi
services and delivers to Central Illinois and down to Paducah,
and basically river to river,"
Cockrum said. "They will be dispensing the soda, along with
any fliers or banners. Also, two or three weeks before the
event, their 30-second commercials will be used to advertise the
event."
Cockrum said nine teams have registered so far for the
cookoff, which will precede the annual Rend Lake Fireworks
event on July 4.
"There will be a ton
of people here strictly for this barbecue," West City trustee
Darren Romani said.
Further information
on the cookoff can be found online at
http://bestdambbqcookoff.weebly.com .
Moweaqua, Illinois Sanctioned Contest on Hiatus
Well bad
news for the Moweaqua, Illinois contest...due to reported
scheduling conflicts with neighboring city, KCBS cannot
give them their dates; thus canceling the event for this
year, BUT with hopes of a future one.
We will
keep you posted if something comes up.
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