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Moreno tops field in 37th annual cook-off
Estrada back as Superbowl Champ
BY JAMES Stewart
37th Annual World Champion- the recipe last year but didn’t
The rains came early ac- ship Barbeque Goat Cook-Off have the right timing. This
companied by the first cool Saturday afternoon year, when we turned the goat
front of the fall, and when the After 16 years of entries, in, I told the guys that I knew
smoke cleared, Bradyitesmade Moreno and his cooking team we would be placing in the top
it clear that they know how to of Los Cuatro Locos hit the nail 10, but I had no idea we would
participate in the annual World on the head with their entry, actually win it."
Championship Barbeque Goat “1 knew when we turned it Partnered with fellow barbe-
Cook-Off.
in that it was really good," said cue fanatics Fred Nuncio and
Teams from Brady and Mc- Moreno, “but you never really James Salazar, the cookershave
Culloch County cooked and know and you don't want to get been teaming up for the past
clawed their way to the top your hopes up.” three years to compete together,
ranks in several categories of Moreno, a Brady native and "I was still cooking for the
this year’s event, and when it business owner, has entered family and guests when the
was all said and done, Brady’s the cook-off 16 times. He rest of the group went up to the
own broke through the win- placed 4th two years ago which stage," he said. “They called me
ner’s circle. boosted his confidence, but this on the phone to tell me we had
It took his wife carrying the year’s effort proved to finally won, but 1 didn’t believe them
trophy all the way back to camp be the winning effort. until I saw Lisa coming with
to convince Gabe Moreno that “It feels really good, I still the trophy.”
he really had won the title at the can’t believe it," he said“l had In the Superbowl classifica-
SUPERBOWL CHAMP—Flanked by cook-off
sponsor and representatives Jerry Janik (left) and Johnny
Hernandez (right), and Miss Heart of Texas Chelsea
Moore and her court of Evin Damuth and Bea Scott, Jessy
and Melissa Estrada show off their Superbowl trophy
they received for winning the champion of champions
competition sponsored by Carmeuse Industrial Sands.
McCulloch
County
Rain Totals
(Tuesday only)
1.20 \
• DOOLE
1.40 • FIFE MERCURY • N/A
PEAR •
VALLEY 1.65
• LOHN
1.80
PLACID
3.52
•0.90
MELVIN
• 230
ROCHELLE • 3.80
/307/
/ • EAST SWEDEN
BRADY LAKE • BRADY
• FORD RANCH
1.00
2.22
2.50 • VOCA
1.80 • CALF CREEK
N/A
• CAMP
SAN SABA
N/A
tion, a special class reserved
only for past champions,
Brady’s own Jessy Estrada
and Big Daddy and the Goat
Smokers took the title of the
Champions’ Champion.
Estrada is the past champion
from the 2004 cook-off.
Rounding out the top 10
cookers and their hometowns
were 2. Goat Head and Get
USum, Brady; 3. McCranie
Wrecker Service, Brady; 4.
Barely Legal, College Station;
5. Checkered Flag Racing,
Fredericksburg; 6. Las Famili- 7 • • 1
as, Brady; 7. Cook N Company, A MIAnGG f • mi Ac ranItA
Goldthwaite; 8. UnderControl. A 1 1V1U9 1dliiliVo 1 VARRCS
Brady; 9. Ross Farms, Lohn;
^by" at annual cook-off event
In the showmanship com-
petition, the Kiss My Cabrito
team from Granbury was back By NEAL. ULMER u has done this year and in with about 50 to 100 people at-
on the top of the podium with or somepeop e, se World years past, the annual Labor tending. Family members come
their Goat Billie Olympics C ampionship Barbeque Goa Day event is a time for family from all around the state and
themed camp. . 00 in Brady is a reason reunions. Lorenzo Rubio, who we have a good time cooking,
. The Hobo Goat Cooking to enter your st ar ecue has won three separate times in eating and visiting."
- team from Houston took second goa ut or o er peop e 1 the cook-off and ended up in TheCabrito Incognito Team
place in showmanship and Tri- Is a time for impromptu family the top 10 in a 10-year stretch, of Tarrant County is a large
sha s Ta-Tas, also trom Brady reunions. . is the oldest one-man team of team of 20 team members
took third. Vit some ning to o or three separate teams of Las from the Fort Worth area, but
I n the Best Rig division, nearly all ages that attend this Familias. has a core group of four or five
Terry Adcock and the Three As event under the shade trees of “Rubio has entered 35 out of members.
cooking team took first place, tic lardsF 3r ’ he: ‘th innua 37 years in the goat cook-off." “I’ve been cooking in the
Angell Fire from Sanger took Cool .sponsore y ra y said Robert Selvera, one of the goat cook-off since 1976," said
second and Overhead I Door ational an and armeuse other one-man teams. “When Pat McDowell, the team captain
Skanks from Lubbock placed no ustria . ands. of ere un or we had the energy, we won the from Arlington. “I won fourth
third. theentire family. From arts and championship camp site. Now, place in 1987. We just used to
An increasingly popular crafts booths, to games for the for us, the cook-off serves as ------------------------
competition, the Mystery Meat kidsand horseshoe pitching and an informal family reunion See Reunion on Page 12 A
class, was won by the Overhead washer pitching for the adults.
DoorSkanks for their pork butt there was unlimited options to
entry. Jim Rossand Ross Farms keep yourself entertained.
placed second and the camp There was a Friday night
from Old Goats and Kids from welcome dance by Landon
Brady placed third. Dodd and The Dancehall
in the arts and crafts booths, Drifters and Saturday morn-
Calamaties, an entry from mg kicked off with the Goat
Brady took first place while Gallup 5K.
The Spirit Stick and Cowboy Cookers entertained all day
Elements took second and Wild during the contest and then
Hair Jewelry took third. Saturday evening after the
Ruben Robles and Joe Soliz cook-off, and while the rest of
beat out Eddie Rodgers and the festivities were winding
Ray Lubke in the Friday night down, Luke Olson, Gary P.
washer pitching competition Nunn and Kyle Park welcomed
and on Saturday, M.J. Torres the street dance back to the
and Jo Soliz beat Rodgers and downtown square.
Lubke for the first spot. As the Las Familias Team
Standard-Herald photos by James Slewart
FINALLY!—After 16 years of trying, Brady businessman Gabe Moreno and the
Los Cuatro Locos succeeded in winning the top spot of the 37th Annual World Champi-
onship Barbeque Goat Cook-Off. Pictured (left to right) are team members Fred Nuncio,
Moreno, James Salazar and Mike Neelin.
TIME IN THE PARK—Robert Selvera, Lorenzo
Rubio and Chris Ciraves take a break from cooking and
visiting.
, Ass
€
Prayer
service set
for Sept. 11
Council hears, answers charter questions
BV James Stewart have done so," said Mrs. Horton. “The language He expressed concerns with the way in which the
At last Wednesday's Brady City Counci 1 meeting, (in the charter) is clear and ifthe citizens think the counci I reports their financial status indicating that the
a considerable audience caused the meeting to be language should be changed, there is a process by citizens need a more accurate picture ofthe financial
relocated to the county courthouse where the main which that is done. status of the city rather than a general summary,
discussion came at the request of Brady resident “The language of the charter states that a recalled “I think it is important that the citizens know
Cry Out America, a nation- Bill Ricks. officer cannot succeed himself in office nor can their what the true financial status really is,” said Ricks,
wide prayer gathering, will Ricks had requested to be on the agenda to discuss name appear on the ballot for a period of two years. Ricks referenced summarized financial reports
host a local prayer meeting at two separate items. The first concerning Section 8.10 A write-in candidate meets neither of those. presented in council meetings and asked the council
12 noon on Saturday, Sept. Il ofthe Brady City Charter, concerning recall informa- “I spoke with the Secretary of State's office and to consider giving more detailed information to be
on the steps of the McCulloch tion and the second concerning financial information charter provisions are deferred to municipal attorneys, printed in the newspaper.
County Courthouse. of the city and how it is reported. 1 also confirmed with their office that there is no case Brady City Manager James Minor gave a basic
The event is being orga- Ricks addressed the council and stated that he or law that they were aware of that was outside of summary of the reports that are presented by the
nized by Mike Barbour and believed the council was overstepping its boundaries my reasoning." she continued. finance officer and indicated that the amount of in-
local supporters who will use by allowing section 8.10 of the charter to be inter- “I also conferred with other municipal law attor- formation provided is a summary of a considerable
the hour-long time to focus preted to allow James Stewart to declare himself a neys, including one who is the head ofthe elections amount of detailed information, but he stated that
prayer for the community, the write-in candidate for the upcoming special election division at the Secretary of State’s office, and they the council would take his request under advisement,
military, education, the church, for city council. supported my conclusions. In other business, the city’s budget for the next
marriage, youth, friends, family Ricks stated he believed allowing Stewart to “I feel confident that I have not missed anything fiscal year was approved on the second reading as
and for the spiritual condition participate as a write-in candidate was contrary to in trying to make a determination about this. I have was the tax rate to coinc.de with the budget. .
of our nation. the intent of the charter. no vested interest in this one way or another, but I They also stated that the idea of average billing
The public is encouraged In response to Ricks' comments, Susan Horton, just felt like I had to have this where 1 could defend needed continued study to determine its viability.
and urged to participate in the legal counsel for the City of Brady, cited a consider- it without a doubt to my conclusion. I was asked to The council also made one final budget amend
event able amount of fact finding done on her behalf to be take a look at this, and this is the conclusion that I ment for the 2009-10 fiscal year to end the year with
have come to... the intent (of the charter) makes no a balanced budget of $ 18.5 million which was down
difference whatsoever ifthe language ofthe charter from the original $22.5 million that began the year.
“We took the necessary steps early on in the year
to adjust expenses in response to the decrease in
revenues we were experiencing and this ultimately
led to the final budget of $ 18.5 million," said Minor.
The council also voted to cast their ballot for
For more information go to sure the charter was being followed in all aspects as
www.awakeningamerica.us or it pertained to the issue.
call Barbour at 325-456-4990. Mrs. Horton stated that through her research of the is not in question," she explained.
issue, there was nothing that prohibited Stewart from As his second question to the council, Ricks ad-
declaring himself a write-in candidate and that the dressed a section of the charter that pertains to the
I wording of the charter is concise and clear and writ- way in which the council informs the citizens about
ten plainly with respect to this section ofthe charter, the financial status of the city with respect to bank
3 7 0 3 797 6 8 2 5"6 "Ifthe charter commission intended this portion accounts, certificates of deposit and restricted and
Brady Standard-Herald ofthe charter to be worded any other way, it would unrestricted assets.
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