The Staples Rotary Club won both the Judges Award and the People’s Choice Award for the best chili at the Chili Cook-off Saturday during Railroad Days. Sources close to the action credit the Rotarians’ secret recipe and expert chefs brought in specially for the occasion. In the top photo, from left, are Dan Orth, Mark Schmitz, Bob Hamann, Jim Vogel, Jerel Nelsen and Marv Rothstein. At left are the expert chefs Jacob Schmitz, left, and Anchor Nelsen. (Staples World photos by Brenda Halvorson)