A Trifecta in Sadieville...

One can tell I am getting use to horse country by that post title. I mean really, 'trifecta'. Never knew that word before Kentucky.

Saturday, October 15th, the Friends of Sadieville, of which I am Chairman, hosted their annual Chili Cook-off. That would only make a onefecta. (I am sure that is not a word but it works for these purposes). We did not hold a Festival in Sadieville this year. Georgetown scheduled their Festival of the Horse on the weekend we were going to use. We can't compete with that so we opted out of a Festival in Sadiville this year. However, we did complete the building of our Bicycle Trailhead and we did rename our Police Station. So we put everything together with our Annual Chili Cook-off and held our 'Trifecta': a Ribbon Cutting for the Trailhead and renaming of the Police Station, A Chili Cook-off and, to make it the trifecta, we finished with a MusicFest of karaoke.

The weather could not have been better. You never know when you get that late in October what you might get for weather. This year it was 70 degrees and just beautiful.

Our home was full of the scent of chili-in-the-fall. Claude made four pots of chili. We were not sure how many would participate and we were expecting the bicyclists to end their ride at the time of the Ribbon Cutting so he wanted to be sure we had plenty. He entered two pots and had two to refill those as the chili was sold. The man is a GREAT cook. His dad would be proud.

The first portion, the Ribbon Cutting and renaming the Police Station, was held at 5pm. First, pictures of the Ribbon Cutting. We did this by a sign for the city with the Trailhead designation at the bottom. Here is Claude with the Chamber of Commerce scissors over his shoulder opening the gate for us to enter. Then the picture of the ribbon being cut.

Then we all walked back across the park to the police station for the renaming. Claude presented certificates of recognition to those who helped with donations to the Bicycle Trailhead. Then he shared the story of Marshall Ambrose Wilson who was the first and only Sadieville Police officer to be killed in the line of duty. The Police Station will now bear his name. Claude shared that this as part of Sadieville's continuing efforts to embrace and remember Sadieville's rich heritage. Our two half-time police officers are the last picture.

During this time all chili entries were arriving for the chili contest. We had 21 entries. Our judges were our Magistrate Rick Hostetler, Scott County Judge Executive George Lusby and Mayor Kayla Jones of Stamping Ground. The man watching is Dan Adkins from the Georgetown NewsGraphic.

They selected as winners: Sandy Whelan (our City Clerk) for the 'Spiciest Chili'; Char Williams for 'Meatiest Chili'; Cindy King for 'Most Original Chili' and Jo Carol Wilson for the 'Best Overall Chili'. All the chili was donated and we sold a chili dinner for $5 a bowl to raise money for the restoration of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church which we will convert to the Sadieville Community Center thereby preserving a bit more of Sadieville's history.

The evening was filled with visiting, lots of food and karaoke provided by Merle Tussey and his sweet wife Nina.

We were all very happy with this event. We had visitors from outside out city including elected officials (Damon Thayer, our State Senator). A good time was had by all.