Gladstone Kinsmen Chili Cookoff cancelled

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Published on Thursday, March 17, 2016

By Kira Paterson

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Due to lack of entries, the Gladstone Kinsmen club’s Chili Cookoff set for March 17 was cancelled. The event was to be a contest to see who in town has the best chili, but nobody entered their recipes, so it could not go forward. 

The event was to raise money for the WMCI gymnasium upgrades and the construction of the new daycare building in Gladstone. 

Gord Patterson, member of the Kinsmen club, said that it’s back to the drawing board for fundraising ideas, but they may even have to start looking at disbanding the club.  “It’s getting support from the community [that’s the problem],” Patterson said, “[It] gets disheartening.”

Patterson noted when initially telling the Banner about the cookoff, “We’re only as successful as the community allows us to be.” As there was little community support, this fundraiser was not allowed to be successful.