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Barry County Public Administrator Sam Madsen, left, spoons a ladle of chili into a cup held by County Clerk Joyce Ennis, to be delivered to a hungry Chili and Salsa Cook-Off patron at the Barry County Republicans’ tent during the event on the courthouse square on Saturday. Rainstorms at about 11 a.m. dampened the day, but cooking competitors held on to finish out the tasting and judging despite the weather.

First State Bank of Purdy won first place in Judge’s Choice Best Chili at the annual Cassville Chili and Salsa Cook-Off on Saturday.

From left: Isaac Cornett, Stormy Tanner and Will Finch hammer away in a nail driving competition set up by a local construction company the Food For America event at Cassville schools on Friday, where Cassville FFA invited multiple presenters and farmers to educate students on everything from where food comes from to agriculture-related career opportunities.

With cases pending judgment in more than one Missouri courtroom, a principal player, Denali Water Solutions, continues to relieve itself of its processing waste in southwest Missouri, an area that has become an apparent legal limbo- land for the effluent once labeled as fertilizer. In the case of Denali, recorded spills continue to occur.