River Rat Fest and Jim Bowie Cook off enjoy record attendance

  • LOCAL ROYALTY- Pictured is the newly crowned 2024 Little Miss Silver Nugget, 4-year-old Selah Roberson. Little Mr. Silver Nugget is Jackson Smith, age 6. More details on the events will be available next week, after the Chamber board has a chance to recover.
    LOCAL ROYALTY- Pictured is the newly crowned 2024 Little Miss Silver Nugget, 4-year-old Selah Roberson. Little Mr. Silver Nugget is Jackson Smith, age 6. More details on the events will be available next week, after the Chamber board has a chance to recover.

    The Menard County Chamber of Commerce’s third annual River Rat Fest and Jim Bowie Cookoff was another sterling success. Perfectly warm weather lured about a thousand people through the gate and beneath the shady canopy of the grand old pecan trees on Saturday. Twenty-one cooking teams competed across 7 food/drink categories: Bloody Marys, salsa, Pinto beans half chicken, pork spareribs, brisket, a…