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To be clear: At this time, all roads are clear and passable. Breckenridge, as a whole, is on high alert, but for most it is back to business. ‪#‎supportlocal‬ is an even more important phrase right now. Keep your money in town so that your neighborhood small businesses can survive this too.

‪#‎chamberstrong‬

$15 per ticket (Chicken Fried Steak, Beans, Potatoes, Bread, Dessert, and Drink); Come and see either Rhonda or Sharon today! Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce is located next to Gold Stop Jewelry & Loan on Breckenridge Ave!

Top 11 (had a tie) Breckenridge Idol Finalists are (in no particular order):

Brittany Savoy

Shonda Wood

Hannah Pennartz

Lorraine Crutcher

Caleb Moore

Melissa Fraley

Misty Harvick

Jessica Swift

Kaitlyn Robinson

Anthony Kelly

Chris Cameron.

Alternate is Maria Freeman!

Congratulations and good luck!!!

Did you know that the Stephens County Frontier Days Bob Drake Memorial Chuckwagon Cook-off has become a sanctioned event for the ACWA (American Chuck Wagon Association)? As Ulysses Everett McGill from O Brother, Where Art Thou? would say, “We are Bona fide!”

**People travel from miles and miles away to see what is in YOUR backyard! Come and support this event; May 6^th & 7^th, 2016.**

A Little History about the ACWA

In 1996 at a chuck wagon competition in Amarillo, Texas, a small group of Old West enthusiasts and wagon masters talked about an association. The mission would be to preserve the heritage of the chuck wagon and its use in the short, but significant, era of the cattle drives. In 1997, in Bryson, Texas, by-laws and articles of operation were adopted and the American Chuck Wagon Association was off and running. Today there are members in 31 states, Canada, Germany and France.

http://www.americanchuckwagon.org/chuck-wagon-events.html

Frontier Days is coming up fast! The Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce is working hard to secure entertainment, vendors and Chuck Wagons for this year’s festivities! In 2015 we had 5 Chuck Wagons on the day of the event, but this year (2016) we already have 12 (TWELVE) wagons signed up! Big things coming, Breckenridge! Are you ready? #supportlocal

WE are VERY excited to share that McDonald’s of Graham/Breckenridge & Mastertone Recording Studio have upped the ante when it comes to Breck Idol winners! Not to be outdone, check out 2nd and 3rd place prizes!

First Place Prize $1,000 CASH (Sponsored by McDonald’s of Breckenridge/Graham

Owned by David & Carol Whealy) A professional recording session including a produced & engineered 10 track CD ALBUM (Courtesy of Mastertone Recording Studio)

Second Place Prize $350 CASH (Sponsored by Lone Star Ag Credit)

Third Place Prize $200 CASH (Sponsored by MLR Graphics )