Fun At The Chili Cookoff

Top: Children round the corner in the bicycle parade, the kickoff event of the Archbold Chili Cookoff, Saturday, Oct. 4 in downtown Archbold. Second row: at left, Brian Huffman throws in the cornhole tournament; center, Auburn Childs, 6, Archbold, squeezes paint onto a spinning sheet of paper to create spin art; at right, Teresa Van Sickle, Archbold, spoons up a sample of chili in the Archbold Community Theatre booth. Third row: at left, Pat Rosebrock, dressed as a scarecrow, offers a balloon to Jett Baun, 3, Archbold; at right, Paul and Jo Short show they're still kids at heart. At right: children manuever their decorated bicycles down N.

Defiance St.- photos by David Pugh and

Mary Huber