All local and area cooks are being challenged to put their best chili recipe to the test in the Fourth Annual Chili Cook Off on Thursday, July 4, in Forrest Park. That cook off is being sponsored by Masonic Lodge, Milam #11, as part of Lamesa’s annual Independence Day Celebration hosted by the Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce. Entry fee to enter the cook off is $25 and those fees are non refundable. Entry forms are available at the Chamber office, 123 Main Avenue. Jason Wiley, who is coordinating the cook off this year, said all proceeds from the event will go to ...