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The City of Payne Springs holds Fifty Fest Oct. 29 to benefit the Payne Springs Volunteer Fire Department. Mabank High School Teacher Nicci Romero brought 16 BETA Club students to volunteer in every area of the event and recruited three teens from additional schools. 

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The winners of the Payne Springs Fifty Fest Chili Cookoff which benefits the Payne Springs Volunteer Fire Department are second place Debbie Lyons (from left) with her She’s All Chili, third place Ricky Ferguson from the Del Mar subdivision with his Ricky’s Red Hot Chili and first place Daryl Scoggins from the Southwood Shores subdivision with his Fooled-U-Jalapeno Chili.