HOT COOKING TACOS FUEL TRIP.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer CASTAIC - Jean Niemi was at the stove stove, device used for heating or for cooking food. The stove was long regarded as a cooking device supplementary to the fireplace, near which it stood; its stovepipe led into the fireplace chimney. It was not until about the middle of the 19th cent. cooking tacos and topping them with her secret recipe Secret Recipe is a lifestyle café chain and has become a household name following its debut in Malaysia since 1997. Secret Recipe has successfully established its brand name in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand by virtue of its quality cakes, fusion food and salsa as fast as people could eat them at a recent fund-raiser for a Christian youth group, Campus After Dark. Members of the group - teens from Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. high schools - were among those who gobbled up 420 tacos and raised more than $11,000 to send their volunteer staff to a National Youth Workers Convention in St. Louis. ``We had a good turnout all day with people coming and going and eating tacos,'' said Jean's son, Joe, director of Campus After Dark. Around 50 people attended this year's seventh annual Taco-A-Thon. Chad Ward Chad Ward (Born January 1, 1977 is an American football player. He was a offensive guard in the NFL. College career After completing high school, Ward attended University of Washington. took home the men's trophy after downing 17 tacos, and Stacey Irvin won the women's with 12 tacos. ``We raised above and beyond enough to send everybody to the convention,'' Joe Niemi said. ``We'll use the extra money throughout the year for planning meetings and camp scholarships.'' The National Youth Workers Convention brings together speakers and teachers for a weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day series of ministry workshops and seminars. Joe Niemi said the convention provides invaluable education, encouragement and strength for the staff. Campus After Dark has been reaching teens in the Santa Clarita Valley since 1978. Meetings are held every Wednesday during the school year, along with Bible studies Bible study may refer to:
The idea for the annual Taco-A-Thon started out as a joke during a group discussion of fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. needs, and it has become Campus After Dark's biggest money maker each year. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Randy and Susan Ogle, among counselors for Campus After Dark, chow down in taco-eating contests at the group's recent fund-raiser. (2 -- color) Elias Caban, 18, signals that he's on No. 8 in a Campus After Dark taco-eating contest and fund-raiser. (3 -- color) no caption (taco) John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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