The Boone Show - S5 E8 - Stirring the Pot: Belton's SC Championship Chili Cook-Off

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Belton Mayor Eleanor Dorn and Sam Gilmer join the Boone Show to discuss the 15th Annual South Carolina State Chili Cook-Off Championship taking place this weekend in downtown Belton, with over 40 professional chili cooks competing for a chance at the world championship. 

• Mayor Dorn shares her journey from volunteer to Belton's mayor in a council-strong government structure
• The SC Chili Cook-Off has raised over $160,000 for local charities over 14 years
• Professional competitors must cook from scratch on-site without "fillers" like beans
• Four professional categories: traditional red chili, chili verde, veggie chili, and homestyle chili
• $5 for five tastings or $20 for unlimited samples throughout the festival
• Event includes classic car show, collegiate tennis competition, live music, craft vendors, and food trucks
• All proceeds benefit six local nonprofits that work at the event
• Last year's event raised $21,000 for charity
• Mayor Dorn highlights Belton's growth with new businesses, residential developments, and $14 million in grants

Come to the 15th Annual SC State Chili Cook-Off Championship this Saturday, April 12th, from 10am to 4pm in downtown Belton! For more information, visit scchilicookoff.com.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of
the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Two in a row.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Well, no, we were off last week.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
It was spring break, true, but two weeks in a row we
haven't done it in a couple ofmonths, yeah yeah, so yeah,
we're sort of back.
Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm John Boone.
That's the boss, lady HollyHarrell.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Sort of back.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
Her husband knows her as a boss lady too.
We're just having aconversation about that.
We have some special guests inthe studio here this week to
promote the big South Carolinachili cook-off coming up this
weekend, as well as some otherthings, because they're into all
kinds of things.
First off we have for the firsttime on the show, even though

(00:42):
we've been here a while.
Of course, you haven't beenmayor for that long, so it's
only been a few years, right.

Speaker 4 (00:48):
Correct yeah, so June of 21.
Ok, so it's not our faultreally.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
We'll take her.
We'll take her now, and that'sEleanor Dorn is here.
She's the mayor of Belton and abig part of the Chili Cook-Off
which you'll find out, and theguy that just sneaks into every
organization that there isanywhere.
We see him everywhere.
You see pictures of him withall kinds of local celebrities

(01:13):
and everybody.
He is Sam Gilmer, of course,with PlaySafe USA as well, which
we had him on before With that,sam, how are you doing?
I'm good.
How are you Good?
Good, you seem to have a funjob, though.
I, sam, how are you doing?
I'm good.
How are you Good?
Good, you seem to have a funjob, though.
I mean you are just whereversomething's happening in Belton
Honeypath, anderson, wherever.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
It doesn't matter, he's there.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
He's there and that's great.
He does a great job.
So first off, eleanor, we'llstart with you, because this is
the first time we've talked toyou, so give us a little
background where you grew up,what you've done for a living
and what brought you to be mayorand why the heck are you a
mayor?
Yeah, yeah, and all that Get usup to date.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
I asked myself that earlier.
No, I love it.
I'm from Belton, born andraised.
I went to Anderson, district 2,my whole life, went to Clemson
College, moved to Columbia acouple years.
What'd you major in in college?
Graphic communications.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Oh okay.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
Then met my husband married.
We lived in Anderson a shorttime.
His business is in Greenville.
I left it up to him where wewould live and he loved Belton.
So we came back to Belton andwe've been here ever since.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
All right.
So what led you to become themayor?

Speaker 4 (02:35):
Had you been in any office before.
It's got to be the money right,boys and myself, and so I spent
my time volunteering in schools, coaching the church, the art
center, you know, built analliance, um, so I pretty much
was a professional volunteer andthen a good friend who.
We thank you for that, thank youa good friend who was serving

(02:58):
on city council, you know.
Opening came up and he said Ireally think you would like it.
I had no desire to do it and hetalked me into it in in uh 2017
, I was elected to council in2017 and um mayor in uh February
of I mean June of 21 and stillhere.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
And now you guys have a little bit of different set
up.
Uh, the town of Belton, becauseyou have Alan we do who is a
freaking rock star Right.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
We are a council strong government so typically
when you have that, you have acity administrator.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
A mayor strong.

Speaker 4 (03:35):
Usually the mayor does a lot of the administrative
work.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
So can you explain that to our audience, because
not everybody understands whatthat means.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
Council strong is pretty much the seven of us.
We have seven members ofcouncil myself.
We make um the financialdecisions.
Um.
We make policy decisions.
Um is the bulk of what we do.
Alan's more of the day-to-day.
You know business um chores he,he handles A mayor strong the
mayor would do.

(04:04):
You know business um chores he,he handles a mayor strong the
mayor would do you know has theability to make all those
decisions himself.
But being a council strong itis a across the board.
We all have to vote on a lot ofthings so in our area, who else
in municipality wise?

Speaker 2 (04:21):
who else municipality-wise?
Who else would be similar tothe city of Belton?

Speaker 4 (04:27):
I'm not sure, pendleton, maybe.

Speaker 5 (04:30):
Or Anderson, anderson , oh yeah, city of Anderson, I
know.

Speaker 4 (04:33):
Honeyapath and Williamston are both council
strong I mean mayor strong.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
Okay, good, Okay, and have you enjoyed it?
In three and a half years Ihave.

Speaker 4 (04:43):
I have.
I've learned a lot.
Yeah, okay, and have youenjoyed it.
In three and a half years Ihave, I have I've learned a lot.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
I tease about it, but I am glad I did it.
What's the biggest thing thatyou've kind of when you went
into that office that you wantedto get done, that you've been
able to see happen?

Speaker 4 (04:58):
Well, that's probably my favorite thing, because I
did not, because I was notpursuing it, so I didn't come in
with an agenda and a list ofwhat I was going to solve.
I came in to learn, and Ilearned real quick what I could
solve and what I couldn't solve,or us as a group.
So that that's probably mybiggest lesson is.

(05:19):
You know, I did not come inwith I'm going to fix this, I'm
going to fix that.

Speaker 2 (05:23):
Probably your biggest volunteering role as well.
I would assume you put a lot oftime into this.

Speaker 4 (05:28):
I do, and fortunately , since I don't have a nine to
five, I can spend a lot moretime with it than other mayors
can.
So what's your best part, gosh?
There's a lot, there really is.
Let me think about that it'syou know, it's really for the

(05:50):
most part, just anytime you canhelp somebody and let them.
You know, understand what youcan do and what you can't do,
but for them.
But anytime I can help somebody, I'm happy to do it.

Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, and that's great anyway to have that kind
of person go into that kind ofrole that is so much into the
community and helping peoplerather than the whole
agenda-based thing where.
I'm going to change the way youthink and we're going to do it
all my way and there's a purposeComing in and learning.
People got to appreciate that,I think.

Speaker 2 (06:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
So all right, Sam, give us a little background of
what you've been doing.
I know you've been up to abunch of different things and I
was surprised to see you pop upon the chili cook-off thing.

Speaker 5 (06:30):
I shouldn't be, but tell us what you're up to.
So right now I'm in leadershipmanagement, class 40.
We are going strong with ourclass and getting going there
and we've also been in communityvalve through PlaySafe and
different outreach events andthings like that.
And then I'm a graduate of BHP.
I graduated in 2019.

(06:50):
I came through the CareerCenter and I love it and it has
a great community impact.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Yeah, that's a good answer.

Speaker 5 (06:57):
See, he's well-rehearsed for these things.
Absolutely.
And what did you take here,like digital design or graphics?
I took media broadcasting andgraphic communications.
Okay, because you weren't in myclass.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
You must have skirted out there very quickly in media
broadcasting.

Speaker 3 (07:14):
But you took.

Speaker 1 (07:15):
Mr.

Speaker 4 (07:15):
McLean's class.
Right, I did, yeah, yeah, soit's similar.

Speaker 1 (07:21):
All right Well you've done quite a bit.
He's such a young man and whatare your goals?
With all this.
I mean you seem to volunteereverywhere, which shows you've
got a great heart and you wantto spend time helping people,
but what are your goals movingforward?

Speaker 5 (07:35):
I think just making a community impact, living a
legacy in the community thatpeople know who I am and what
I've done throughout thecommunity.
I think leaving a legacy.

Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, that's great.

Speaker 5 (07:48):
You like working?

Speaker 2 (07:49):
with Laysay.
I do yes, Good.

Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah, how's your boss doing?

Speaker 5 (07:52):
She's good.

Speaker 1 (07:54):
Does she still go out for every meal she doesn't cook
at?

Speaker 5 (07:56):
home.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
Yes, that's the one thing I remembered about that
interview.
I was going to say the samething.

Speaker 5 (08:01):
I swear I was going to say the same thing I swear, I
was going to say the same thingshe said I never cook.
Yes, she never cooks, that'sgreat.

Speaker 1 (08:06):
It's worked out for her.
Yeah, all right, that's cool,we've got to get her back on,
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Speaker 10 (10:10):
The wait is over.
Dodge presents the 15th AnnualSC State Chili Cook-Off
Championship.
On Saturday, April 12th, from10 to 4 in downtown Belton,
there will be over 40 chilicooks competing for prizes and a
chance to go to theInternational Chili Society
World Championship.
Tickets are $5 for $5 or a $20unlimited taste band.
There's car cruisings, kids'art activities, museum tours and

(10:32):
so much more, and you too cancompete in the amateur portion.
Information can be found atscchilicookoffcom.
Come eat, Come compete.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
And we're back on the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.
Our special guest today BeltonMayor Eleanor Dorn, who's also a
big part of the South CarolinaChili Cook-Off which happens
this weekend, and Sam Gilmer ishere as well.
He's participating.
Sam, are you cooking?

Speaker 3 (10:56):
I am not, You're not going to make a batch of chili
this weekend.

Speaker 1 (11:00):
Well, you know what's funny is?
I read here that that's howelnor got started in this.

Speaker 4 (11:04):
No way well, our church, the men of our church I
go to belton presbyterian churchthey actually started the chili
cook-off.
They were the first ones to takeit to the square and then, um,
matt lust took over and kind ofexpanded it to, um, pretty much
what it is today, but yes, Iwould cook for our church and
man the tent.
And then started being asked tojudge and then asked to round

(11:29):
up all the judges to do thejudging, which can be a lot, so
kind of rolled into it and then,um, gene Jamison and I agreed
to take over as co-chairs.

Speaker 2 (11:40):
So where did the South Carolina chili cook-off
come in in?
I mean, you have to say, oh,we're gonna have a chili
cook-off in belton, but notnecessarily for the state.
So is there an association?
Is there?
So I mean, how does that work?

Speaker 4 (11:53):
yeah, there's a chili society.
It's the international chilisociety, and you have to it's.
It's a I mean, it's a thing,it's professional thing and you
have to join it and you can'trun your event the way you know
without being a member of it.

Speaker 2 (12:09):
And so is this, and Sam, you might be able to.
I don't know.
Is this something that if youwin at this state, you can go to
nationalists?
You go to the worldchampionships.

Speaker 4 (12:18):
World championships.

Speaker 1 (12:19):
Where would the world ?
Oh, myrtle Beach.
I think this year I just readit.
The world, oh, myrtle Beach.
I think this year I just readit.

Speaker 4 (12:24):
Right, but then it moves to maybe Indiana after
that, or it moves to a differentstate after this year but this
year it is Myrtle Beach, verycool so what it says here.

Speaker 1 (12:36):
Holly is the.
It is the premier chili cookoff in the southeast.

Speaker 8 (12:41):
Right here in Belton.

Speaker 1 (12:42):
Right here in Belton, presented by dodge and uh
friends of the chili, richardand eleanor dorn.
Uh, 15 years they've been doingthis and if you're an amateur
you can.
They have an amateur categorytoo in fact, I had a kid that
was thinking about doing it, buthe couldn't come up with making
three gallons of chili.
So because he's been in theculinary program, I know

(13:04):
culinary has been down there afew times before, but um, yeah,
is is.
Has there been a cutoff forthat, or can you show up the day
?

Speaker 4 (13:13):
of and say, yes, sir.
So there you go.
Even, even the professionalscan come in the day of, as long
as they join that I see yes they, they can compete.

Speaker 2 (13:24):
The professionals, or everybody's got to join.

Speaker 4 (13:27):
Nope, just the professionals.

Speaker 2 (13:28):
So what constitutes you as a professional?

Speaker 4 (13:31):
You say I want to be a professional.

Speaker 2 (13:33):
That's it Okay.

Speaker 4 (13:34):
Pay that fee and you're a professional.
Okay, I didn't know how thatworked.

Speaker 1 (13:38):
That's pretty easy, yeah, so how do you pick the
judges?
Just they volunteer and say Ilike chili and they're in, or I
mean, yes, do they have to knowanything?
We?

Speaker 4 (13:48):
love you know as many people as possible to get
different palates.
It's funny usually you'rejudging about 15 chilies at the
same time and you start at anumber and you rotate around.
So say I start at three and Iend at two, then I pick my three
favorites.
You know, if I started at seven, I might would have a different
number one.

(14:09):
It's really interesting to doit.
Oh yeah, so we need a lot ofpeople, a lot of different taste
buds, you know, and thedifferent chilies.

Speaker 2 (14:21):
It adds up to a lot of judges.

Speaker 4 (14:23):
So are there different categories?
There are.
You want to handle that, sam?
It adds up to a lot of judges.
So are there differentcategories?
Yes, there are.
You want to handle that, sam?

Speaker 1 (14:29):
Do you like chili Holly?

Speaker 2 (14:30):
I do.
Okay, in fact we have, and thereason why I'm curious is
because we have a chili cook-offat our tailgate.

Speaker 8 (14:37):
Okay, At Clemson.

Speaker 2 (14:38):
And we do it the last , the coldest game of the year,
so it's like the last gamebefore South Carolina.

Speaker 4 (14:45):
Because you have to have chicken there right.

Speaker 2 (14:47):
So we do it that time and we have a chili cook-off,
and I was a reigning championfor about six years in a row, I
didn't even know,

Speaker 9 (14:53):
you ate chili.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
But the last four years I have lost.
I did get sabotaged one year.
They burnt my chili.
They did.
Because I was watching theirkids and so they said, well,
watch your chili.
So, anyways, I took the kidssomewhere.
But anyways, long story short,I got sabotaged that year.
So technically, the last threeyears I've lost.
So I'm trying to figure outwhere I need to fix.
So do you have a category?

Speaker 5 (15:16):
Like I said, the categories.
So there's veggie chili,homestop chili, chili verde and
traditional red chili.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
So, which one are you ?

Speaker 4 (15:26):
traditional.
These are the professionalcategories.
If you want to come in just asa amateur, you can cook what you
want, so you can throw anythingin there so what kind do you
have?

Speaker 1 (15:35):
different kinds of meats that people throw in there
with the chilies, like, did Ido a chicken or beef, or a lot
of beans, a lot of?

Speaker 4 (15:42):
the professionals will actually get um like a
roast and cut it up and finepieces and use that texture,
because texture is one of thecategories.
You judge color, texture, youknow spice, all that.
So a lot of them do their ownchopping of of their preferred

(16:04):
cut of meat.

Speaker 2 (16:05):
So does this association give you the judging
tool?
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
So there's a judging rubric.

Speaker 4 (16:12):
There's actually a head judge that knows all the
rules and a scorekeeper who hasto be certified to be a
scorekeeper.
I mean, it is professional whenwe say professional.
But back to the meats.
The chili verde, which I callit green chili, is mainly pork
Green chili and it is reallyreally good, really.

Speaker 1 (16:37):
Very good.
So is there, do you crown awinner in each one of those
categories?
Is there an overall winner aswell?

Speaker 2 (16:45):
Just a winner in each category and categories.
Is there an overall winner aswell?
Just a winner in each category.
And each category gets to go tothe world.

Speaker 4 (16:49):
If you are number one , you go to the world
championship.

Speaker 2 (16:53):
You pay for it, though, so if I win, I have to
take myself on this case MyrtleBeach but if it was in Virginia
or wherever.
And then I have to bring threegallons of the chili with me.
Correct, Okay.
And is there a prize?

Speaker 4 (17:06):
It's usually cash.
Oh, there's cash and the prizemoney is based on our entries.
Okay, so day of we'll divide itup, and it's usually a pretty
good envelope of cash.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
Holly, I think you should go how cool.

Speaker 4 (17:19):
And then our second and third place.
We usually create a trophy ofsorts.
Sure and Allison and SteveDarby this year have designed a
metal trivet with the chilicook-off logo.
That's nice.

Speaker 2 (17:38):
And it's really neat.
That is very cool.
All because you guys started atthe church, that's right.
That's kind of cool it is Veryproud of it.
It's a great event, so do youhave a surprise, Like if you
were going to sit throughout theyears and say I was really
shocked when I learned thisabout the chili cook-off.
Is there something that A rule,a chili somebody cooked?

(18:01):
That was surprising orinteresting.

Speaker 4 (18:04):
I guess mine would be that the green chili was
actually as good as it is.

Speaker 1 (18:09):
Because when you first look at it, you're
thinking green.

Speaker 2 (18:12):
Is it made with green tomatoes?
Is that why it's green?

Speaker 4 (18:15):
Green chilies.
Green chilies, yeah, like theyhave it at the Mexican places,
right?
I mean they?

Speaker 1 (18:20):
have that Mexican, that green sauce.

Speaker 4 (18:21):
Oh yeah, it is so good.

Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, that I'm going to have to try.

Speaker 5 (18:26):
I'm going to try that one too, I have to admit.

Speaker 1 (18:28):
I'm afraid to try too much chili.

Speaker 4 (18:30):
I'm afraid at the end of the day, I might say Well,
if you're not going to come cook, you need to come judge.

Speaker 1 (18:34):
I will.
Oh well, I'll be there one wayor another.
We've got a booth, all right.
So let's see, tasting begins at11.
See, holly, you should come outhere, bring your daughter.

Speaker 2 (18:51):
Make her eat a bunch of spicy chili.
So everybody judges Is that howthat works?

Speaker 4 (18:55):
It's kind of if you want it, they'll call for judges
, like we'll have our microphoneand say if you'd like to judge
um verde chili, be at the depotat.
You know so and so o'clock andline up at the door first come.

Speaker 1 (19:10):
Sometimes we turn them away, but sometimes we have
, you know, room for everybodyall right, and uh, tasting
tickets, kind of like thebarbecue festival we have over
here in williamston.
Uh, you can taste fivedifferent chilies for $5, or you
can get the unlimited for $20.
So you might as well just getthe unlimited.

Speaker 4 (19:28):
That's a lot of chili .

Speaker 1 (19:29):
Isn't it?
That's a lot of chili, a lot ofchili.

Speaker 4 (19:31):
You know, the armband is for the amateur and the
professional chili.

Speaker 2 (19:34):
So for $20,.

Speaker 1 (19:35):
you taste everybody and they've got what you said
30-some professionals Holy cow.
And 15 amateurs, it says here.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
That's a lot of chili At this point anyway.

Speaker 1 (19:46):
So there could be a lot more than that come the day
of the show.

Speaker 2 (19:50):
So judging starts at 11?
.

Speaker 4 (19:53):
No, the judging starts when the tasting starts.
The judging is.
The professional judging willstart usually around 1.
They'll light their fires,They'll cook, they have a
certain amount of time to cookand then they'll call for them
to bring it in and that schedulewill be posted that day when
the judge makes his schedule,when he wants everything.

Speaker 2 (20:16):
So do you have to cook on site?

Speaker 4 (20:18):
Yes, Professional Amateur does not.

Speaker 2 (20:22):
Oh, so they can just bring it and just have a way to
keep it warm.

Speaker 4 (20:26):
Okay, Professional from scratch on site.

Speaker 2 (20:30):
So I'm assuming there's rules for that.
Can you use canned beans andthose kind of things?
No, fillers.

Speaker 4 (20:35):
No, beans are in this To me.
I call it kind of a base to it.
It's a little bit differentthan it is To me.
I call it what would be yourbase to your red chili.
And then you, when you have itat home, you add your beans or
whatever fillers, but you, youcan't put any fillers is what

(20:56):
you call that.

Speaker 1 (20:57):
I remember the last time we went.
It is kind of cool becauseeverybody's uh, it's kind of
like the culinary competitionthat you go to, everybody's
chopping things up, and thesmells in the air are amazing.
They're very serious, they areextremely serious.

Speaker 4 (21:11):
I mean, it's a commitment they've made, sure.

Speaker 3 (21:13):
They get to go to the world championship and they're
coming from.

Speaker 4 (21:16):
you know we've got a couple coming from Texas, oh
that's what I was going to askyou.
So Indiana, New York,Pennsylvania, Ohio, of course,
North Carolina and Georgia.

Speaker 1 (21:31):
That's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (21:32):
That is cool.

Speaker 1 (21:32):
And then all the money that you bring in, it all
goes to charity.
Yes, sir, and talk about thecharities that are benefiting.

Speaker 4 (21:39):
It goes to our six nonprofits that are in town,
which is our.

Speaker 5 (21:44):
It's the Belton Arts Center, the Belton Alliance, the
Belton Area Museum, beltonInterfaith Ministries, the
American Legion, post 51, andthe Belton Masonic Lodge.
Christmas for Kids program.

Speaker 4 (21:57):
You know, what that's even better.
But the good thing about ournonprofits is they work the
event Like one group will takeup tickets.
You know, everybody has a job.

Speaker 5 (22:09):
One group does trash just kind of throughout the
whole festival.

Speaker 4 (22:14):
They've been pretty much doing these same duties for
years, but they do this day ofwork and then they get a pretty
good check at the end of the day.
It's good for everybody.

Speaker 1 (22:23):
Last year $21,000 to give to the six charities.
Get pretty good check.
At the end of the day it's it'sgood for everybody.
Last year twenty one thousanddollars to give to the six
charities what a great feel goodevent.

Speaker 2 (22:31):
Not to mention, you're eating, which everybody
likes that I mean to.
But to come and to know thatI'm giving you 20 bucks to taste
all their food.
But if then I'm, that twentydollars really is going to go
help right, exactly, I meanexactly.
That's just awesome.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
Doesn't get any better than that.
I know, but you know what,Holly?

Speaker 2 (22:48):
What.

Speaker 1 (22:49):
It's not just tasting chili at this thing.
There's a lot of other thingsgoing on?

Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, well, tell me.

Speaker 1 (22:55):
John Sam, I'm sure you're the one that's got all
this lined up.
The entertainment, let us haveit.

Speaker 5 (22:59):
So the entertainment is Combo Kings.
Combo Kings have beeneverywhere in this area.

Speaker 1 (23:04):
You've probably heard them.

Speaker 5 (23:06):
Go ahead.
There also will be a classiccar show from 930 to 130
throughout the kind of side arearight there, the lobby area.
They'll kind of be parked rightthere, and then there will be a
tennis.
What are we calling this tennis?

Speaker 1 (23:23):
The Belt and Bash.
Yes, the Belt and Bash.

Speaker 5 (23:25):
Yes, the Belt and Bash yeah collegiate intramural
tennis competition From SouthCarolina, north Carolina and
Georgia.
And then also that day the ArtsCenter and the museum will be
open for exhibits throughoutthat whole the Belt and is the
home of the Chili and we're alsohome of the Tennis Hall of Fame
, so the Tennis Hall of Famemuseum will be open to that day

(23:46):
very cool and I think margarethaney's playing sometime during
the day.

Speaker 4 (23:51):
We'll have a few more , yeah, local artists get up on
the stage.

Speaker 7 (23:54):
You know.

Speaker 4 (23:55):
Margaret's a district two student who spent some time
in nashville.
Now she's back, but she's very,very talented and we always
love to hear her on the stage.
Oh, very good, very good, andthat's not it that's not all.

Speaker 2 (24:09):
It's not all.

Speaker 1 (24:09):
That's not all there's, uh, there's crafters
okay there's, uh, there's acouple of radio stations like uh
well, iheart's there with alltheir million stations and then
there's us so you have to comeby our booth.
But, uh, tell us about some ofthe food, sam.

Speaker 2 (24:26):
So there's more than just chili.

Speaker 5 (24:27):
More than just chili, right right, so you got your
normal crafters that come tofestivals.
Then we have some food trucksthere, often different types of
food homemade cutting boards,dog biscuits, dried free fruits,
frozen candy there you goflower garden plants official

(24:50):
t-shirts.
We'll have official t-shirtsthat day and aprons to buy and
sell and the Belton Alliancewill host the beer tent and that
money goes back to BeltonAlliance, which also then goes
the Belton Alliance is a part ofthe chili cook-off.

Speaker 1 (25:06):
It's the non-profit that sponsors this right and
they do a lot of the eventsright.

Speaker 4 (25:11):
They do just about all the events, the city of
belton partners with them yeahon a lot of things because they
can do some things we can't, andvice versa.
So, um, we can fund some things, but we don't have the um
people to line it up.
So we kind of trade off thatway you do the physical labor
work and we'll fund it.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
So there's plenty to do.
I mean, you come there, you cantaste the chili, starting at 11
.
And then they'll judge whatabout two or three in the
afternoon.
Probably start a little bitearlier than that A little
earlier than that, and thenthey'll tell you who the winners
are about.
Two or three, I guess, and.
But you get to listen to musicall day.
You can walk around to thedifferent crafts and get some

(25:54):
other snacks while you'rewaiting for chili or to clean
the old palate.

Speaker 2 (25:58):
Right.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
What if a judge wanted to do all four categories
?
I mean you've got to cleansethe palate.

Speaker 4 (26:05):
That's right, you do.

Speaker 3 (26:06):
How do they do that?

Speaker 4 (26:10):
In the judging room officially water.
You may have your own brand ofcleansing your palate, but
actually they have the chili.
You have sour cream and flourtortilla shells, so you can have
that.
They have different food thatyou cleanse your palate with.
You have sour cream and flourtortilla shells, so you can have
that they have different foodthat you cleanse your palate

(26:31):
with Grapes is a good palatecleanser.

Speaker 2 (26:34):
So, realistically, if I came and paid my $20, how
many samples of chili can Itaste?
As many as you want Gosh.

Speaker 1 (26:42):
How many entries?

Speaker 2 (26:43):
you got.

Speaker 1 (26:44):
I got over 30 professional.
Yeah, professional Close to 15.

Speaker 4 (26:48):
Wow, 15 amateur Close to 50.
And if you went back to all ofthem over and over again, I
guess Because you could go asmuch as you wanted to.
Or go be a judge and you canreally taste some chili.

Speaker 2 (26:59):
Yeah, that's amazing, that's amazing, very cool.

Speaker 1 (27:01):
Are you going to go?
Are you going to come out toour tent?

Speaker 2 (27:03):
I think I'm going to.

Speaker 1 (27:04):
Yeah, you should, I'm going to it sounds like
something that's right up youralley.
Yeah, you should.
As a matter of fact, you oughtto enter.

Speaker 2 (27:10):
I don't know if I can .
You know, my daughter is in aplay that day.
Oh, she is.

Speaker 4 (27:21):
And so I'm doing that volunteer mom thing, because
you can't get to do that.

Speaker 2 (27:24):
I can't take that back.
I can't take that back.
So I'm going to volunteer thisweekend, but I think it's in the
afternoon, yeah.

Speaker 5 (27:32):
And there's also an option for People's Choice Award
, because you get a coin whenyou get your tickets, so you can
go around and see which chiliis your favorite and you can put
the coin in the bucket that'sat the table to vote For the
people's choice, for people'schoice and it's real hard to
beat the fire department is itbut but,

Speaker 2 (27:50):
you can firemen always know how yeah they do,
they do so do you enter, eleanor?

Speaker 4 (27:54):
um, I haven't since.
Um, I became a co-chair, gotcha, yeah a little conflict of
interest.

Speaker 5 (28:01):
No, I'm just there for the marketing and pictures.

Speaker 1 (28:04):
So you don't taste all the chili, do you?

Speaker 5 (28:07):
like chili.
I do like chili, okay.

Speaker 1 (28:09):
I do too, and I'm glad there's not beans.
I don't like the beans.
I like the beans.

Speaker 2 (28:13):
I don't like the beans, but now I'm kind of
disappointed because it'sfillers, like maybe that's my
problem.

Speaker 3 (28:28):
That's why, I've been losing the last couple years.
I'm putting fillers in.

Speaker 2 (28:30):
It might be forget that, yeah, you get good stuff
in there.

Speaker 7 (28:31):
No fillers, that's right it's like we do with this
show there's no fillers exceptzach.

Speaker 1 (28:33):
He'll be calling in any second.
I know I'm watching he's uh,he's, he's.

Speaker 7 (28:34):
No, I'm terrible to him, but he gives it right back
to me.

Speaker 1 (28:36):
Yeah, all right.
So if somebody wants to competeuh, by the way, you can
register at sc chili cookoffcomreal nice website there if
you're competing as an amateur,there's a form for you to fill
out with a registration fee andif you're a professional, as
eleanor said, you must be amember of the ics and register
at that uh website.

(28:58):
Again, five dollar, five forfive uh bands and uh twenty20
will get you unlimited.
You can have all the chili youwant for $20.
All right, and they'll be easyto find.
They've got a couple of tentsthere that you'll be able to get
the wristbands and, as Sam justsaid, a coin to cast your vote

(29:21):
for the People's Choice winner,and all that goes to those
charities they just mentioned aswell.
It's just, it's awesome.

Speaker 2 (29:27):
Over 14 years, over $160,000 for local charities
Very cool For a fun event likethat.
Now I assume there's going tobe easy parking.

Speaker 4 (29:36):
We do have easy parking Okay, Between the post
office area, that corner you'vegot behind downtown there's a
lot of spaces there around thelibrary.

Speaker 5 (29:50):
First Baptist Church.
You can park at the FirstBaptist Church.
Good All right.

Speaker 1 (29:53):
So that's coming up Saturday between 10 and 4.
We'll be there with theplatypals will be there, you can
take some pictures with themascot, and we'll be playing
some music.
We've got some giveaways andstuff for everybody too, so
we're looking forward to it.
The weather looks like it'sgoing to hold pretty good.

Speaker 4 (30:10):
I've got one thing to add the Bloodmobile will be
there.

Speaker 2 (30:13):
Oh, okay.

Speaker 1 (30:15):
Can you guys do any more good with this thing?

Speaker 5 (30:17):
I know that's what I'm thinking, this is the most
money fundraised for this year'sChili Cook-Off ever in the 15
years of the event.
Wow, that is very cool, and youcould get more on the day of
that's right.

Speaker 4 (30:31):
Yeah, a lot more as a matter of fact.

Speaker 1 (30:32):
So that's awesome and we're looking forward to it.
Temperature is supposed to belike in the 60s.

Speaker 2 (30:37):
It's going to be beautiful too, it's going to be
great.

Speaker 1 (30:39):
All right, we'll take a quick time out, then we'll
come back and hopefully haveZach with sports.
If not, we will go right on andtalk with Eleanor and Sam about
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The wait is over.
Dosh presents the 15th annualSC State Chili Cook-Off
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On Saturday, april 12th, from10 to 4 in downtown Belton,
there will be over 40 chilicooks competing for prizes and a
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Information can be found at SCChili Cook Off dot com.
Come eat, come compete.
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Speaker 1 (33:20):
You can back on the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.
Yeah, come eat, come compete.
You can do it all at the SCChili Cook-Off coming up this
Saturday in Belton.
Let's go to the phone lines.
Zach has been blowing up myphone with texts about how he
can't get through and yet all ofa sudden he does.
How does that happen, Zach?

Speaker 8 (33:42):
You know, I don't know, I'm not sure who needs to
be fired, but this is becomingan every week thing.
There's nothing I can say aboutthe Braves right now, because
we're just off to the best start.

Speaker 1 (33:51):
We've ever had.
I know You're only six gamesback, nine games in.
That's good.

Speaker 8 (33:56):
And I don't want to even talk about who.
We got three games coming upwith.

Speaker 1 (34:00):
Yeah, I know, I'm still scared, I'm so scared
Before I get started.

Speaker 8 (34:04):
I don't know if she's listening, but I want to wish a
very happy eighth weddinganniversary to my beautiful wife
, my high school sweetheart alsoone of your former students,
that's right.

Speaker 2 (34:17):
Happy anniversary Tiffany.

Speaker 1 (34:20):
It all started in our class.

Speaker 8 (34:23):
I'm telling you I wouldn't be.
I know this is supposed to beabout sports, but I would not be
the man, the husband, the daddythat I am without her.
You know, she gave me a shot,she gave me a chance and I'm so
thankful that's good I won'teven joke about that, Because
you are a good man and a goodfather.

Speaker 1 (34:42):
girl dad.

Speaker 8 (34:44):
Well, I appreciate that, man.
I I look forward to this everyother tuesday or every other
month some tuesday, some randomtuesday in a few months?
Yeah, every other year, youknow, once in three years okay,
zach, okay, all right, we getthe point so what do you, what
do you have for us here tonight?

Speaker 1 (35:05):
What are you bringing to the show?

Speaker 8 (35:07):
Well, I mean to be honest with you, there's really
not a whole lot going on.
Unless you want to talk aboutthe Braves' 1-8 start.
I mean you know, when you'vegot a guy that's been in the
minor leagues for half of hiscareer and that's six of your
nine guys in the lineup, I meanthat's what you come.

(35:29):
You know we don't have theDodgers money or the Mets money.
I mean I can't really say in noshot at you the Phillies money.
They've had the same lineup forthe past seven, eight years.
You know I mean had the chanceto re-sign Dansby Swanson, had
the chance to re-sign FreddieFreeman and you let both of them
walk.
Yeah, you know so, and I knowAcuna's out and I understand

(35:53):
that Spencer Strider's out.

Speaker 1 (35:54):
But Well, he should be coming back in another week,
right?

Speaker 8 (35:57):
Yeah, spencer Strider .
Yes, I saw where it's likeapril 15th and then I think
acuna's due back in may.
But is that really gonna help?
I mean, is two players reallygonna help?
I mean it, you know, we'll seeoh, you're pitching staff too.

Speaker 1 (36:12):
You've lost a lot there too yeah, exactly, exactly
.

Speaker 8 (36:16):
I mean max freed, he kind of he was good in the
postseason, he, he was good inthe postseason, especially
during the World Series run, butman, I think he went like 10-11
or 10-10 last year.
And then Charlie Morton, he wasup and down and then they can't
make up their mind what theywant to do with Jesse Chavez.
Have you seen all that?

Speaker 1 (36:36):
No, I haven't.

Speaker 8 (36:38):
I think this is his literally seventh time being
signed with the Braves in likethree years.
Seriously, I mean, it's just acrazy thing going on over there,
so I mean there's really notmuch to talk about.
You know, I know the NationalChampionship for Basketball was
last.
You know, last night.

(36:58):
You know I don't even want toget into my bracket.
My bracket was shot after thefirst night, so you know.
But anyway, I got second place.

Speaker 2 (37:09):
Yeah, Holly got second place in the office thing
, which is first loser, butthat's only because I wasn't in
it.

Speaker 8 (37:15):
Oh wow, Tiffany was doing good until Tennessee got.
She had Tennessee winning itall Of course she did.
Yeah, of course yeah.
And they got knocked out in theelite eight and, uh, she just
started dropping.
She was doing good, she juststarted dropping off.
But see, this year I picked abunch of cinderellas.
For the year I picked them yeah, it didn't happen, did it?
No, they decided not gonna win.

Speaker 2 (37:37):
But except against clemson is it terrible to say
how I picked mine?

Speaker 1 (37:41):
by color and you came in second place First loser.

Speaker 8 (37:47):
Tiffany picks hers.
Tiffany picks hers.
I always tell her to watch the.
What is it?
The 512, the 611s?

Speaker 2 (37:56):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 8 (37:56):
I said, just watch those seeds.
And Tiffany, my baby sister,won the thing.

Speaker 2 (38:02):
Hey, speaking of that , isn't there like the tallest
teenager in the world is coming,uh, to play for florida?
Yes am I right?
Did I say the right one?

Speaker 8 (38:11):
yes, he's like.
I think he's there now.
He's like seven eight, likeseven, seven, seven, eight.
Yeah, he didn't even need aladder to cut down on that yes,
that's what I.

Speaker 2 (38:21):
Is he already playing for them?

Speaker 8 (38:23):
Yes, he's a walk-on, but he's a walk-on.
But I mean, if I've got a 7'7",7'8" foot guy there, I think
I'd be playing him a lot morethan just a walk-on Right.

Speaker 4 (38:34):
Yes, how much does he weigh?

Speaker 8 (38:38):
But did you go before I let y'all go?
Holly, did you go to the springgame?
I did.

Speaker 5 (38:43):
Did you like that?

Speaker 2 (38:44):
format.

Speaker 5 (38:45):
No, I did not.

Speaker 8 (38:46):
I didn't like it either.
I wasn't able to make itbecause we had a birthday party
to go to.

Speaker 2 (38:51):
Oh, and they didn't televise it this year.

Speaker 8 (38:55):
No, they didn't.
But that format, I guess Idon't know, I guess I don't know
, I guess saves people fromgetting hurt, maybe while
they've done that.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
Do you know what else it is?
And it has to do with it beingtelevised and with the new
formats is that they don't wantplayers to be exposed to other
teams for the portal.

Speaker 2 (39:17):
Right, I didn't think about that, but you're exactly
right.

Speaker 1 (39:21):
So now a lot of schools are taking the spring
game out there's no coverage ofit whatsoever because they're
afraid of losing players.

Speaker 2 (39:26):
That makes sense yeah .

Speaker 8 (39:27):
Well, and that's, and it's like Dabo said the other
day.
He said we're the only sport inhistory.
I mean, you think about it.
You've got the NFL, with thepreseason, nba preseason,
college baseball can scrimmagewhoever basketball can scrimmage
.
You've got high school they dojamborees.
College football doesn't haveanything but the spring game why

(39:49):
can't?
They have a couple pre-seasongames yeah he said, because we
don't know what we have till lsurolls into town yeah you know,
and they have the number onequarterback till michigan
offered him three milliondollars.
Yeah, that's right.
So you know I'm looking forwardto it already.

Speaker 1 (40:05):
Sounds to me like he's building in excuses already
for the LSU game yeah that'swhat it is.
Zach you gotta tell mesomething real quick before you
go about you know.
I don't know if we're going tobe on before Wrestlemania or not
that's what I was going to askyou.
That's what I was we may have ashow next week.

Speaker 8 (40:25):
I'm working on a guest, but I don't have me uh,
you ever thought about justcalling me and seeing if I won't
come in?

Speaker 1 (40:32):
no, I'm just kidding.
You should come in.

Speaker 8 (40:37):
You should come in one day you can't anyway,
because you're working well, ifyou were it at 5 o'clock.

Speaker 1 (40:45):
Well, Holly doesn't want that.
I mean, everybody's got theirdemands on my show.

Speaker 8 (40:50):
Let me tell you something, if I can call in
driving down the road at my job,I can leave early to come to
your show All right, I'll keepthat in mind.

Speaker 1 (41:00):
We might do it.

Speaker 8 (41:02):
I've just got to tell them.
I've just got an appointment.
All right, I'll keep that inmind.
We might do it.
I've just got to tell them I'vejust got an appointment, I've
got to be at it.
You've got an appointment, I'vegot an appointment.
An important appointment.

Speaker 1 (41:08):
Well, hopefully.

Speaker 8 (41:11):
About WrestleMania.
It's going to be veryinteresting.
It's going to be veryinteresting.
Of course, carson all up inarms about Jimmy Uso getting
beat up.

Speaker 1 (41:19):
Yeah, her manager, jay U.

Speaker 8 (41:20):
Her man's, jey Uso.
And I tell you, man, whenyou're watching it, as long as
I've been watching it, and yourfriends are watching it, and
then you have your sisterwatching it, but there's nothing
like being in an arena withyour five-year-old weekend.
I would wish that anybody couldexperience that.

(41:40):
You know that was incredibleand I'm looking forward to
experiencing it again on May19th.

Speaker 1 (41:44):
I'm sure you are.
Well, let's hope we have a shownext week and we can catch up
then.

Speaker 8 (41:48):
Yeah, that sounds good.
Hopefully we're talking aboutthe Braves bringing the Bruins
out on the Phillies.

Speaker 1 (41:53):
Yeah, okay, good luck with that All right.

Speaker 8 (41:55):
Y'all have a good one .

Speaker 1 (41:56):
And happy anniversary .

Speaker 8 (41:58):
Thank you Appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (41:59):
All right, Bye-bye.
See, Eleanor Zach used to be astudent of ours here in media
broadcasting and so is his wife.

Speaker 2 (42:07):
He's always wanted to be on a show and talk sports.

Speaker 1 (42:10):
So you know, we get him on the show.
He's kind of funny.

Speaker 2 (42:12):
He is hysterical.

Speaker 1 (42:13):
And his wife was in the class too.
In fact, we have like three,four, five, maybe even six
different people that havemarried out of the class that
we've had.
It's been a lot of years so it'snot like it's happening all the
time, but anyway, he's one ofthe good ones, All right, so
let's switch gears here.
In the last 15 minutes we'vegot here and talk a little bit

(42:36):
about what's going on in Belton.
This is the Boone Show, MyPulseRadio.
We're talking with Belton MayorEleanoranor Dorn and Sam Gilmer
and tell us, you know, what aresome things that are coming up
that people can look forward to,whether it be events or
anything else.
Some things.
Maybe you have some businessescoming to town that you want to

(42:59):
tell people about what's goingon in Belton.

Speaker 4 (43:01):
We have all of the above.
All right, I'll hit thebusinesses first.
We have a real big businessthat has just started moving
dirt in the Old Millican site.
It's Eastern Engineered WoodProducts and they're investing
$19 million in that site.
They'll employ 35 people.
It's going to be a big additionto the town, very excited about

(43:24):
that.
We have about 360 homes slatedto be built in the next three to
five years.
We all really good lookingplans, so we're excited about
that.

Speaker 1 (43:39):
Whereabouts are you seeing the most?

Speaker 4 (43:41):
development.
It's really spread out.
That's good and you know a lotgoing on within city limits in
little spot areas.
They can buy an acre of land.
They're putting a house on it.
It's amazing.
We have a few restaurants thatare looking at us.
We do have Baldwin's Bar andGrill that will be opening here

(44:05):
soon.

Speaker 2 (44:06):
And where is that going to be located?

Speaker 4 (44:07):
It's going to be in the old specs on Brazil, but
they've done some renovations inthe building.
I think their training is withthe Rain's you know restaurant
group, so that tells you theyknow what they're doing.

Speaker 2 (44:19):
Quality of food.

Speaker 4 (44:20):
We're real excited about that.
They're having a little softopening this week and next week
they're open to the public.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
Oh, this quick Okay.

Speaker 4 (44:28):
So that's going to be exciting.
We've just put in sixpickleball courts.
Lighting's going up on themright now.
That's been a big hit.
We got a $25,000 grant to redothe bathrooms beside the
pickleball courts.
Right now we've got about 14million dollars worth of grant
programs going on wow, 12 ofit's in the water sewer

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department.
Um, we're about to break groundon a new building at our
lidopore park big concessionstand, bathrooms for the
baseball park there.

Speaker 2 (44:58):
Um you've done lots of improvements as far as
sidewalks in the last two yearsright, we're getting ready to
start that project.

Speaker 4 (45:04):
We got 800,000 for that, so that is about to start
as well.
Um, so we've got a lot going onand is that connected?

Speaker 2 (45:14):
is that trail connecting somewhere?

Speaker 4 (45:16):
well, that's just sidewalks around town we're
identifying the ones that are inreally bad shape and we're
going to fix those.
We do have our walking trail,yep, and we are looking.
We are have begun the processand still are looking for funds
to complete it.
Um, a spur of that.
That will start with the abneypark um field and go over to the

(45:38):
rec center yep, so it'll cutthrough the old Abney Mill
property.
Lee and Michael Gilreath havedonated that property to us, not
the whole property, what itwould take to build the trail
the right way.
So we're working on that.
That won't be real quick of aproject but we've started on it
and it'll be a big deal for us,so very excited about that.

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Entertainment-wise, we've gotum, of course, the chili
cook-off.
This weekend, at the end of themonth of may, we have our big
palmetto tennis tournamentreally good tennis to go watch.
It's a juniors tournament butit's one of the biggest in the
state.
We've had it for years.
It's a big deal that we have it.
Um, starting friday night beforethe chili cook-off we are going

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to start our downtown sounds,which we call the standpipe
sounds.
Dave malden will be performing,starting at six.
We'll have a food truck andthen throughout the summer we've
got um, we've got let me getour lineup for that and this is
every Friday night.
No, just Friday night for thisone.

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The other ones are on a Tuesdaynight.
May 6th we have Ryan Pitts andthe Southern Gentleman coming.
Then we'll have another one onJune 10th.
I'm not sure of the band yet.
For that one we take July offand we haven't lined up the band
for August yet.
Then September the Com combokings will play.
But that's once a month, once amonth on a tuesday, on a tuesday

(47:07):
um june, may june, april willbe on friday night, may june,
then july, I mean august,september and um you'll have
food trucks right, food truck,free music.
It's all free other than thefood Right.
Bring a chair.

Speaker 2 (47:24):
Different food trucks , so it's not the same one every
time we try and get a differentone.

Speaker 4 (47:28):
Yes, okay, very cool.
So we've got a lot going on.
Yeah, there is a lot going on.

Speaker 1 (47:35):
Any other events that you can think of.

Speaker 4 (47:39):
Do you guys do anything for the?

Speaker 1 (47:40):
4th of July.

Speaker 4 (47:40):
We that you can think of Do you guys do anything for
the 4th of July?
We do not do anything for the4th of July.
You know we've debated it, butyou know we like to give our
employees the day off when wehave these events.
You know our people have towork, that's right, and we just
decided they need to have thatvacation as well.

Speaker 1 (47:58):
So we just kind of leave that alone, you can go
down to Williamston.
Williamston is putting on a bigshow now these days, I mean
we're all Anderson County.

Speaker 2 (48:04):
So let's spread the love.
And you know, you mayors, youguys work very well together
anyways, you always have Right.

Speaker 4 (48:11):
I mean, Anderson County is a great county to be
in.
And I mean I've always thought,if one of us is doing well,
it's good for the other one,that's right.
But then in the fall we haveour standpipe festival.

Speaker 1 (48:25):
Yeah, we usually try to make that as well, sam.
What's PlaySafe doing thesedays?
Got any events?
Nope, no more golf tournamentsor anything.

Speaker 5 (48:33):
School's ending.
What's going on?
School's ending.
He's just like nope, nope,that's all right.
We'll go to break then.
So are there any new thingsthat you guys are doing?
Just our opioid program throughthe state.
So each high school studentwill get a packet for like
opioid Play Smart, and there's awhole program on that that

(48:59):
we're kind of implementingthroughout the state through the
Coaches Association.
All right.

Speaker 1 (49:02):
Well, when we wrap it up, when we come back, we'll um
, we'll ask for our usualrecommendations.
We, what we do on the show, iswe ask our guests to give our
listeners some recommendationsof something in entertainment,
something that you've watched,you know, a movie or music that
you're listening to, or thatyou're streaming or binging or

(49:23):
whatever.
And then we ask and somethingif you're reading, yeah, books
or uh, and then we ask forsomething along the lines of
food, whether it's a newrestaurant you tried or a new
dish you tried, or somethinglike that.
So that's coming up next andthat's how we'll wrap up the
show.
So keep it right.
Here.
You're listening to the booneShow on MyPulse Radio.

Speaker 12 (49:44):
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(50:37):
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Speaker 9 (51:15):
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Speaker 10 (51:45):
The wait is over.
Dodge presents the 15th AnnualSC State Chili Cook-Off
Championship.
On Saturday, april 12th, from10 to 4 in downtown Belton,
there will be over 40 chilicooks competing for prizes and a
chance to go to theInternational Chili Society
World Championship.
Tickets are $5 for $5 or a $20unlimited taste band.
There's car cruisings, kids artactivities, museum tours and so

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much more, and you too cancompete in the amateur portion.
Information can be found atscchilicookoffcom.
Come eat, come compete.

Speaker 1 (52:16):
All right, it's the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.
We've been talking a lot aboutthe Chili Cook-Off coming up
this weekend, this Saturday, inBelton with Belton Mayor Eleanor
Dorn and Sam Gilmer fromPlaySafeUSA, and he's a
volunteer at the event.
So, like we do every week, wekind of wrap up the show With
getting some recommendationsfrom our guests, and they've

(52:38):
been some good ones.
In fact, I went to Local Q lastweek.

Speaker 2 (52:41):
Did you Was it good?
Did you have the wings?
I had the wings Good.

Speaker 1 (52:44):
Smoked wings.

Speaker 2 (52:46):
Yes, they are so good .
So good have you been to MilesPizza yet I have not.

Speaker 1 (52:50):
But I don't get up there a whole lot.
Yeah, because I'm down at Exit1.
Now when I go up to GreenvilleI will make sure that I get to
Miles Pizza, but the wings weregreat, so I'm really using all
this selfishly to find goodplaces to go out to eat and all
that, yeah, amen, yeah, that'sall it is, but listeners,

(53:11):
hopefully, can get something outof it too.

Speaker 4 (53:13):
So first off, in entertainment, something that
you've seen or heard or read orbinged, or something along
entertainment lines lately thatyou can share as a
recommendation to our audienceeleanor um, I had didn't watch
it recently, but a really coolshow that my youngest son taught

(53:34):
, taught us into watching and wejust fell in love with it, was
my octopus teacher I saw thatthe other day.

Speaker 1 (53:42):
I just heard about that the other day, as a matter
of fact, and it's a documentary.

Speaker 4 (53:45):
It is.
It is, but it is.
It's great.
Yes, I love it.

Speaker 1 (53:49):
I saw that I literally just saw the uh
trailer or something for it theother day and it's funny correct
or is it a movie?

Speaker 4 (54:00):
I think it's several episodes, so yes, okay.
But, we binged it and I wentand bought a bunch of octopus
stuff.
Did you buy an octopus?
I thought about it.
And then I read the story aboutthe guy that bought one.
You know lived in like Montanaand it had babies, and he's got
a thousand.

Speaker 2 (54:19):
They all have to be separate.
Yes, I saw that.

Speaker 1 (54:24):
All right, Sam, what do you got?

Speaker 5 (54:26):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (54:27):
What do you mean?
You don't know.
I don't have the time to watchmovies.
Binging reading.
You don't listen to anything.
Yeah, you listen to somethingwhen you're drunk.

Speaker 5 (54:38):
I started listening to the old the Boone Show
podcast.

Speaker 1 (54:41):
Oh, there you go, there you go.
Checks in the mail.

Speaker 5 (54:44):
Podcast recommendations.

Speaker 1 (54:46):
Yes, yes, do you listen to other podcasts?
Mm-hmm, like what.

Speaker 5 (54:51):
Well, that's what I'm saying.
Maxwell Leadership is the oneI've started.

Speaker 1 (54:54):
Oh, maxwell, that's the only one I of gotten into.
All right, okay.
Yeah, there are a lot of goodones out there.

Speaker 4 (55:07):
I like how he said, the bean show.
Yeah, I don't know what hewants from me, but we'll find
out.
We'll find out soon.
All right, food eleanor.
Um, I guess I'm a.
I'm a kind of repeater and Ilove to go to do littles that's
my favorite restaurant.
But as far as cooking at home,what do you get at?
Do littles.
I mean that's important.
I get the fried green beans tostart with, okay, and then I
always get the grilled salmon.
They have the best salmon.

Speaker 6 (55:25):
I love grilled salmon .

Speaker 4 (55:27):
And at home we've been fixing grilled salmon bowls
with rice and marinatedcucumbers.
We marinate them in teriyakiand ginger and rice wine,
vinegar, edamame and put it overthe rice and the sriracha

(55:47):
mayonnaise.

Speaker 1 (55:47):
That's been our go-to dish about once a week now, wow
it's nice and healthy too, yeah, yeah, very healthy sam, I know
you must eat, so you can't getout of it on this one soup.

Speaker 5 (55:56):
I love a good chicken and rice yeah, from where that
you make yourself?
Well, I don't cook it, my daddydoes.

Speaker 1 (56:02):
Yeah, okay, so yes, so he makes it like fresh and
all that chicken, so it's justchicken and rice.

Speaker 2 (56:08):
Yes, and it's a soup okay, all right.

Speaker 5 (56:11):
Yeah, it's pretty basic from it is today, but I
love it sometimes.

Speaker 2 (56:14):
The basic yeah, yeah, yeah.
So what's your favorite mexicanrestaurant?

Speaker 5 (56:19):
um, probably el titanic, now that it's kind of
revamped the owners and thingslike that, so probably Mexican.
But there's a couple of goodones in Anderson too.

Speaker 2 (56:27):
All right.
So what do you get at ElTitanic?

Speaker 5 (56:29):
So I usually get a fajita.
I usually get a chicken fajita.

Speaker 1 (56:31):
Okay, those are always good yeah.

Speaker 4 (56:34):
And I get the buffalo chicken wings.
I mean chicken tenders at El.

Speaker 1 (56:38):
Titanic chicken wings , I mean chicken tenders At the
Mexican.

Speaker 5 (56:41):
Really Buffalo chicken tenders and they look
good too, because I saw them theother day and I was like, wow,
these look good Really.

Speaker 1 (56:47):
Wouldn't have thought of that.

Speaker 4 (56:48):
They have really good ranch to dip them in, so I
highly recommend that.

Speaker 2 (56:52):
I am so surprised.

Speaker 1 (56:55):
See, that's the kind of thing I know.
That's why I always ask whatare you getting?

Speaker 2 (56:58):
I guess I'm going to have to get that I have to get
that Holly has been to everyrestaurant in the upstate.

Speaker 1 (57:04):
Every time somebody brings one up, she's like, oh
yeah, I love that place.
I'm a foodie Every time.

Speaker 2 (57:09):
I'm a foodie, so let me tell you what we did today.
You know, sometimes when youwork in an office, you have to
make people happy.
Right, it's about culture.
So today some of our frontoffice staff wanted to try the
new wicked licks here inwilliamston so we went over
there and got their rolled icecream today, and so um, I debbie
and I split a strawberrycheesecake rolled ice cream

(57:33):
today it was delicious it was.
So if you have not been towicked, lips you need to try it
um they just opened last week,right?
Yes, they did um stacy got umsome kind of um, just ice cream.
She didn't get the roll, shegot the just a regular scoop of
ice cream.
Um casey todd even got icecream.
I think she got a blueberrycheesecake, but it was delicious

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.
So if you haven't tried therolled ice cream at wicked licks
it's here in Williamston Giveit a shout.
Go out there and check it out.

Speaker 1 (58:04):
Okay, that all sounds good.
Sounds good, all right.
So there we go.
We've reached the end of theshow.

Speaker 2 (58:09):
Wait John.

Speaker 1 (58:10):
What about I don't do this.

Speaker 2 (58:12):
I know, but now I've started this, so you've got to
do it too, said local feud fromour guest recommendation.

Speaker 1 (58:19):
But you know that is a different thing, though,
because they give you the saucesand they just make the wings
the same, and then you do thesauce stuff yeah but the, the,
they're smoked and they're big,they're so good and they're very
tasty.
So I'm curious and the wholemenu looks good I may have to
order from them tomorrow.

Speaker 4 (58:39):
I recommend it.

Speaker 1 (58:42):
The Buffalo chicken tenders Right We'd like to thank
Eleanor Dorn for coming in.
We hope to see you again.
We'll keep updated on what'sgoing on in Belton.
We try to do that with ourother mayors in the area.

Speaker 4 (58:54):
We're happy to be here.

Speaker 1 (58:55):
Added you right to the list.

Speaker 4 (58:57):
That is my favorite thing about my job is promoting
my city.

Speaker 3 (59:01):
I told you.

Speaker 4 (59:01):
I'd get back to you with that, and that's what it is
.

Speaker 1 (59:04):
There it is.

Speaker 2 (59:04):
See how she came circle back and what's even
cooler is that she's a volunteer.
You know I love volunteers.

Speaker 1 (59:14):
And next time we'll talk about the fact that she's a
hunter too.
That's right, we didn't havetime today but uh, but next time
we'll talk about that.
Is it like big game, or?

Speaker 4 (59:24):
small game deer duck dove and I fish as well outdoors
woman yeah, fish fishing seasonnow, so it's time to hit the
coast very cool so you go out tothe I know you told we're not
gonna to talk about this but yougo to the ocean to fish.
Well, inland fishing, moreshallow water fishing but,
saltwater fish yes.

Speaker 2 (59:45):
Inland, but saltwater , right, right.
So what's your favorite placeto go In the?

Speaker 4 (59:47):
bays around Georgetown, okay, around the
Georgetown area.
Mcclellanville is actually myfavorite.

Speaker 1 (59:54):
All right, do you fish at all?

Speaker 2 (59:55):
No, I don't.

Speaker 1 (59:56):
Don't you have that little house on the lake?

Speaker 2 (59:58):
Yes, but I don't fish .

Speaker 1 (01:00:00):
I don't like fish.

Speaker 12 (01:00:01):
I used to fish a lot , I just don't like fish.

Speaker 1 (01:00:03):
Anyways, we move on, and Sam Gilmer thanks for
joining us again.

Speaker 5 (01:00:08):
Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (01:00:13):
And I'm sure you'll pop up again on our guest list
because you're involved in somany different things.
But really, in all seriousness,it's great what you do for the
different communities.
It's great what you do for thedifferent communities.
I mean, you're everywhere andyou're, you're documenting it
very well with your photographyskills and, uh, we really
appreciate what you do yourstorytelling so we'll see you
all out at the uh, the chilicook-off this saturday.
We'll be out there with our tinand maybe some people tasting

(01:00:36):
some chili as as well, and um,everybody's listening.
Come on out and see us.
Tell your friends if they missthis old broadcast about
everything that had to do withthe chili cook-off.
They can get the podcast.
We'll put that right up for you, all right.
So good night from here.
We'll talk to you next time onthe Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.