People gather to taste chili and enjoy live performances at the FestivALL Smoke on the Water Chili Cook-Off held on Kanawha Boulevard on Saturday.
Vic Burkhammer
Kenny Kemp
Retired Cincinnati fire lieutenant Bill Donovan prepares his verde chili at the FestivALL Smoke on the Water Chili Cook-Off Saturday.
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Cross Lanes residents Barry and Denisha Michels enjoy chili tasting despite rain at the Smoke on the Water Chili Cook-Off held on Kanawha Boulevard on Saturday.
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Charleston resident John Mullins performs "Talk Chili to Me" at the FestivALL Smoke on the Water Chili Cook-Off held on the boulevard Saturday.
Kenny Kemp
Leslie Morton, left, and Julia Sears, right, prepare some of their Crab-Ass Chili at the FestivALL Smoke on the Water Chili Cook-Off Saturday.
Kenny Kemp
Weiner dogs competed in the fifth annual West Side Weiner Dog Race on Saturday at Stonewall Jackson Middle School. The event was part of FestivALL and raised money for the Kanawha-Charleston Animal Shelter.
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(Front to back) Isabella Carnemolla, 7, Shayla Talbert, 12, Briahja Medcalf, 7 and Ostin Williams, 9, paint by numbers together at the FestivALL West Side Weiner Dog Race Saturday.
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Troy Breckenridge of Freeman's Family Restaurant prepares chicken kabobs on the grill at the FestivALL West Side Wiener Dog Race on Saturday.
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Spectators at Stonewall Jackson Middle School watch wiener dogs race at the annual West Side Wiener Dog Race Saturday.
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Owners prepare to release their pets for the FestivALL West Side Wiener Dog Races Saturday.
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Owner Sherri Shaffer, of Saint Albans, holds first place winner Little Miss Cocoa Beans at the West Side Weiner Dog Race Saturday.
Gazette photo by Kenny Kemp....7.95x4.7....Smoke on the Water....
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