A BERRY GOOD TIME FOR ALL.Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard LOWELL - Pieces of blackberry pie Blackberry pie is pie composed of blackberry filling, usually in the form of either blackberry jam, actual blackberries themselves, or some combination thereof. Blackberry pie is somewhat sweeter than blueberry pie, usually requiring only a sprinkle of sugar for taste, whereas the dripped off the chin of Cole Flack on Saturday. In fact, pieces of the gooey See GUI. dessert were all over the 8-year-old Fall Creek Fall Creek is the name of several places in the United States:
Proper table manners Table manners are the etiquette used when eating. This includes the appropriate use of utensils. Different cultures have different standards for table manners. Many table manners evolved out of practicality. were tossed out the door as Flack and 30 other contestants dived into their slices at the pie-eating competition during the ninth annual Blackberry Jam festival in Lowell. "I love the blackberries, that's my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. part of the pie," said Flack as he slurped up the crust. The rules called for contestants to lie on their stomachs, place their hands behind their back and gobble 1. gobble - To consume, usually used with "up". "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer." 2. gobble - To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow." See also snarf. down a slice of pie - crust and filling both. In less than two minutes, Kelvin Taylor of Springfield was crowned the winner. "The key is to just keep eating," said Taylor, who has competed in prior pie-eating contests but always came up a few crumbs CRUMBS is an improvisational theatre duo based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The duo consists of two actors, Stephen Sim, and Lee White. Other members include videographers, musicians, photographers, webmasters, illustrators, producers, agents, publicists, graphic short. The Blackberry Jam festival, so named because of Oregon's abundance of blackberries, is a family affair, said founder Greg Rundo. "Contrary to some beliefs, this is not a hippie festival like the Country Fair," Rundo said. The Clark Fire, burning a few miles away, didn't dampen the spirits of the hundreds of people who attended. The Jam included a parade, fishing derby Fishing Derby is an Atari 2600 video game created by Activision programmer David Crane based on the sport of fishing. In Fishing Derby, two fishermen sit on opposite docks over a lake filled with fish (and a shark that passes through). , pole-climbing contest, storytelling, crafts booths and several food vendors. Organizers suspected that the 2-week-old blaze actually drew more people to the three-day festival, which concludes today. "I think more people came because of the fire, to interact with firefighters and wander over to the group tours of the fire command headquarters," said Mike Galvin, event chairman. Brian Ballou, a fire information officer with the Oregon Department of Forestry, said as many as 20 people signed up for the half-hour tours of the kitchen, shower units, medical tent and communications room at the compound on the high school grounds. "I think people are fascinated by the process, the ability to assemble this camp pretty fast," he said. Nearly 1,000 firefighters were battling the 4,964 acre fire. The blaze is 60 percent contained, said Greg Thayer, a fire information officer. The estimated cost so far is $7.9 million, he said. CAPTION(S): Cole Flack (from left), 8, Boone Casarez, 10, Teo Flack, 10, and Gabe Lambert, 7, compete in the 2003 Blackberry Jam pie-eating contest in Lowell. Spectators and competitors gather around a table of blackberry pies. B l a c k b e r r y J a m |
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