Proceeds to Benefit Two Organizations Helping Teens; Local Elected Officials Among Competitors

ROSEVILLE – Twenty local community leaders will put on their chefs’ aprons and go head-to-head in a special chili cook-off to benefit two organizations that serve Placer County youth.

The 2013 Roseville Celebrity Chili Cook-Off will be held on Friday, March 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Maidu Community Center. Tickets are $20 if purchased in advance; $25 at the door if available. Children 8 and under are free.

This is the second year for the chili cook-off, with last year’s event raising about $20,000 for anti-bullying programs and to support Campus Life and the Coalition for Placer Youth. Fox 40 Morning Host Paul Robins, Roseville Mayor Susan Rohan and Sierra College President Willy Duncan will be among this year’s chefs.

West Campus High Wins Moot Court in 34th Annual Competition

After several days of fierce courtroom competition, and thoughtful deliberations by esteemed judges, the verdicts are in for the 2013 Gordon D. Schaber Mock Trial and Moot Court Program competition. In Sacramento County, Elk Grove High School is the winner of the Mock Trial competition. West Campus High School earned top honors in the Moot Court competition.

Rio Americano High School (Team 2) placed second in the Mock Trial competition and Bella Vista High School (Team 2) was runner-up in the Moot Court competition.

The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), which coordinates the event, announced the winners at the GDS Awards Ceremony on March 4. Elk Grove High will advance to the California Mock Trial competition which will be held in Riverside, March 22-24. California does not hold a statewide Moot Court competition.