“This year’s Jeff Fest Arts & Musical Festival there will be something for everyone and it’s worth grabbing your lawn chair, relaxing at the park, and listening to some great local and national bands,” said 45th Ward Alderman, John Arena. “This festival is meant for the whole community to enjoy. It’s designed for families and friends to gather. It’s simply a great way to spend an afternoon.”

Thanks to media partner, 93.1 WXRT Chicago, the three-day Jeff Fest Arts and Music Festival offers music ranging from soul, alternative rock, folk rock to techno pop. The festivals headlining band for Friday includes Dot Dot Dot. The Chicago-based “energized pop-rock” quintet, Dot Dot Dot, is a rare breed. This band is building a fan base across the country and making a mark on the music industry on its own terms. By performing both cover songs and original music, the group explores every aspect of two distinct scenes. The cover show consists of fun hits from the ’80s through today, and the original show hosts catchy songs from the group’s own growing catalog. Setting no boundaries-and a fearless desire to play music full-time-keeps this band moving forward.

Saturday’s headliner includes Magic Box. Ed Anderson and Scott Tipping have been making music and mayhem together since the late ’90s. Ed moved on to found roots rock trio Backyard Tire Fire in 2001. Scott went on to become a mainstay of the Chicago music scene, playing and touring with bands like Backyard Tire Fire, The Mighty Blue Kings, Peter Himmelman, and Cornmeal. Today, Magic Box, along Chicago musical heavy-weights Steve Gillis (Filter), Scott Stevenson (Robbie Fulks, Dick Smith), and Matt Thompson (The Mighty Blue Kings, Frisbie), stay true to their rock-and-roll tradition while transitioning into a more dynamic, harmony-oriented sound. Most of their new EP has been featured on WXRT’s Local Anesthetic.

Sunday’s headliner includes Rock Ridge Music Recording Artist, Michael McDermott. McDermott is a singer and songwriter, performer and storyteller to the depths of his soul. He has an uncanny ability to communicate and connect with fans by way of universal truths through his own personal experiences. His 2012 release, Hit Me Back, represents a new chapter in his career as McDermott is a father, a philanthropic entrepreneur, and has experienced the loss of an adored parent. All are major life changes which have found achingly honest expression in his songs.

Jeff Fest Arts & Music Festival Main Stage Band Schedule:
Friday, July 26, 2013 (6 p.m. – 11 p.m.)
The Locals
Hank & Cupcake
Dot Dot Dot

Saturday, July 27, 2013 (1:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.)
The Wishing Well
Luna Blu
The Root Cause
Pat Smillie Band
Voodoo Kings
Magic Box

Sunday, July 27, 2013 (12:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
Poochamungas
Chicago Tribute Anthology
Dirty Dan & The Cool Rockin Daddies
Michael McDermott Band

Directions:
Jefferson Memorial Park is located at 4822 N. Long Avenue, just west of Milwaukee Avenue. Fest-goers are encouraged to take public transportation, as the Jefferson Park Metra and CTA Blue Line are just a block from the festival grounds. Plenty of bike racks also will be available. Free parking will be marked and available in area parking lots.

Road closures: Linder Avenue will be blocked off between Higgins and Lawrence Avenue for the three-day festivities.

Jeff Fest Arts & Music Festival fee for admission is $7 per person, or $5 before 5 o’clock. Children ages 12 and under are Free. Coolers and liquor are not permitted. Festival hours are Friday, July 26th from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 27th from Noon to 11 p.m., and Sunday, July 28th from Noon to 10 p.m. Lawn chairs welcome.

For more information, go to http://JeffFest.org/ . Be sure you are the first to hear of announcements and plans for Jeff Fest and follow @JeffFestChicago on Twitter and Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeff-Fest-Arts-Music-Festival/96599731822 ).

The Festival is presented by 45th Ward Alderman Arena, Jefferson Park Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Jefferson Park Advisory Council and the Chicago Park District along with media partner 93.1 WXRT Chicago.

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Newspapers like My Suburban Life, The Lombardian, Lemont Report, and The Addison Press, have already featured this poet in multiple issues, but Ozee is still seeking that one golden moment of fame.

Beginning to write so young, Ozee always found converting his inner thoughts and feelings into the written word was the best way to show others his intelligence. At the simple age of 5, Ozee had begun to develop a series of children stories, dealing with fictitious characters such as “Arro” and “The Hungry Grab.” Later on, Ozee would alter his direction from children’s books and into short stories, and within just a short year, between the ages of 9 and 10, he handwrote over 35 short stories, each ranging between 10-30 pages in length.

Ozee’s parents immediately noticed that this wasn’t just another hobby for him, that it was something more than an average skill, but a creative gift that would forever remain within his grasps for years to come. “Never did I think that he would actually make something out of all this, I mean, it astounds me just to see him achieving so much within such a short amount of time,” said Ozee’s mother.

Challenging himself, Ozee tested his skill on all ends, attempting to construct both fictional and non-fictional novels at the steady ages of 12 and 13, but never published them due to lack in grammatical efficiency and financial contributions. Though Ozee was compelled to overcome many obstacles along the way, it didn’t stop him one bit from discovering, in the early months of his 14th year, that poetry was his true calling in the written world.

Teachers from both his eighth grade and freshman classes took strong interests in Ozee’s work and requested if he would reward their ears with fresh and youthful words of poetic beauty. Eventually, Ozee’s desire to one day become one of the youngest published authors in the world at last came true in February 2012, halfway through his sophomore year, by self-publishing his first titles with world-leading online self-publishing company, Lulu.

Since then, Ozee has continued to be recognized around the world for his inspirational success and consistent creativity in the poetry-publishing industry. If you should wish to contact Aaron Ozee directly, you may email him at Lumidrone@yahoo.com, for any further questions or requests for interviews or television appearances.

* Photo Caption: Author Aaron Ozee with his book “Celestial Inferno: Poems of Another Realm.”

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Dear State’s Attorney Carr:

We are asking that you drop all charges against Melisa Vistain. Victims of sexual assault often do not report the crimes perpetrated against them for fear of not being believed and being mistreated by criminal justice personnel. When they do report, law enforcement and prosecutors may decide the evidence is insufficient to proceed with charges, which is very different than deciding to prosecute the victim.

The prosecution of a sexual assault victim is devastating to the victim and chilling for current and future sexual assault victims. The clear message of this prosecution is that survivors of sexual assault must be able to prove their own innocence or face prosecution when they report a sexual assault crime.

When sexual assault is already the most under reported crime, this message is the wrong one to send. We stand in support of Melisa Vistain, applaud her courage in reporting a heinous crime to law enforcement and urge you to drop the charges immediately.

Signed,
- Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Springfield, IL
- Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault, Arlington Heights, IL
- Mutual Ground, Inc., Aurora, IL
- Call for Help – Sexual Assault Victims Care Unit, Belleville, IL
- YWCA McLean County – Stepping Stones, Bloomington, IL
- The Women’s Center, Carbondale, IL
- Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Chicago, IL
- Rape Victim Advocates, Chicago, IL
- Vermillion County Rape Crisis Center, Danville, IL
- Growing Strong Sexual Assault Center, Decatur, IL
- Riverview Center – Sexual Assault Prevention and Intervention Services, Galena, IL
- Guardian Angel Home, Sexual Assault Service Center, Joliet, IL
- Kankakee County Center Against Sexual Assault, Kankakee, IL
- Western IL Regional Council – Community Action Agency – Victim Services, Macomb, IL
- The Center for Prevention of Abuse – Sexual Assault Services, Peoria, IL
- Family Resources, Inc. – Sexual Assault Counseling Program, Quad Cities, IL
- Quanada Sexual Assault Program, Quincy, IL
- Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling, Inc., Rockford, IL
- Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault, Springfield, IL
- YWCA of the Sauk Valley, Sterling, IL
- A Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Service, Streator, IL
- Rape, Advocacy, Counseling and Education Services, Urbana, IL
- Sexual Assault and Family Emergencies, Corp., Vandalia, IL.

More information, including PDF copy of the complete letter can be found at: http://www.sexualassaultmyths.com/ .

NEWS SOURCE: Sexual Assault Myths Organization of Carbondale :: This press release was issued on behalf of the news source by Send2Press® Newswire, a service of Neotrope®.

Rape Crisis Services wants women who are victims of sexual assault to know that Rape Crisis Services believes them, believes sexual assault victims should not be penalized for reporting acts of sexual violence to law enforcement, and believes perpetrators of sexual assault should be held responsible for their crimes.

We applaud Melisa’s courage in reporting the violence committed against her, and urge the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office to drop all charges against Melisa Vistain.

The Women’s Center provides comprehensive services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. All services are free and confidential. Crisis services can be accessed 24-hours a day by calling our hotline at 800.334.2094.

For more information about The Women’s Center, including our shelter program, counseling, advocacy services, educational programming, community events, volunteer opportunities or to make a financial contribution, please contact The Women’s Center at 618.549.4807 or visit http://www.thewomensctr.org/ .

The Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault 32 member board of lawmakers and professionals and 21 sexual assault organizations have signed and hand delivered a letter to Mike Carr asking him to drop this case, the letter is available on the website http://www.SexualAssaultMyths.com/ .

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“My wife was arrested for reporting an alleged violent sexual assault by someone she knew for almost ten years. Through discovery and court subpoenas we found the Jackson County Sheriffs office did no investigation of the accused and ignored all parts of the ‘Illinois Sexual Assault Guideline And Manual For Law Enforcement’ published since 1996,” says Brunken.

“The manual clearly states the procedure Officer Marks was duty bound to follow but allegedly choose not to. Moreover, court subpoenas prove the person accused of the assault statement to the police was a complete lie, which is a felony, yet he is still the state’s only witness. There are several state and national sexual assault support groups looking into this policy which now has gained national attention.”

Mr. Brunken goes on to explain that, “More disturbing is the fact that the evidence put forth by the state as ‘consent’ to the alleged assault, are Facebook chats between my wife and the accused. Also, the accused turned over pictures of the assault from a website profile he created to broadcast the alleged sexual assault. He told the police he would turn over his computers and cameras with all the videos taken but later refused and then destroyed them while under subpoena. The pictures of the assault used as evidence against my wife show her naked and crying while being pinched, slapped, and beat by the accused on his web-cam so long bruises had already formed.

“The police choose to ignore this abuse and do no investigation as mandated in state guidelines. Instead, Assistant District Attorney Casey Bloodworth, apparently decided that the pictures somehow show ‘consent’ and refused to do any investigation. This is a direct violation of the Illinois Laws Of Consent (720 ILCS 5/11-1.70) as well as Illinois Criminal Sexual Assault Act. Of 1984 and of course federal law.”

According to Brunken, newly elected District Attorney Mike Carr continues the policy of arresting sexually assaulted victims, even when Illinois laws of consent could not be more clear on the subject. Furthermore, for Mike Carr to assert that someone’s consent can be shown in pictures which contain violent sexual abuse is absurd, and a clear “free pass” for sexual offenders in our county.

It’s not just state and federal laws being ignored but also national manuals like, “Prosecuting Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assault,” printed and distributed by the National District Attorney Association along with the American Prosecutors Research Institute. Within the 76 pages it explains clearly how a prosecutor should handle this and all sexual assaults involving date rape, drugs and alcohol.

All procedures listed were completely ignored in this case by our local district attorneys office, says Brunken.

“We urge anyone who has been charged in Jackson County for reporting sexual assault to visit our website at www.SexualAssaultMyths.com and submit us your story. On the site you will find copies of the above mentioned guidelines and laws along with more information about rape myths from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan,” Brunken adds.

One fact listed on the site is that less than 4 percent to 6 percent of rape reports are false. Another is that “non-stranger rape” accounts for 85 percent of all rape reports. The most disturbing information listed is a quote from UMass Boston psychology professor David Lisak in an interview with the Boston Globe where he states “non-stranger rapist are know to be serial offenders often using drugs to facilitate their crimes for years.”

Brunken concludes: “Please be aware that if you or your loved ones are brave enough to report a sexual assault here in Jackson County you can be charged with a felony if Mike Carr feels the report is false.”

April is sexual assault awareness month.

NOTE: The Carbondale Women’s Center has also issued a press release about this policy of charging victims and we encourage everyone to read it as well (available on the website). Learn more at: http://www.SexualAssaultMyths.com/ .

Disclaimer: Information in this press release as issued is believed accurate but is not guaranteed. Please contact the “news source” for clarification of any allegations, facts or evidence mentioned/cited related to any/all court case(s) referenced herein.

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“With more than 50 million Americans struggling to find their next meal, this partnership with Brookfield Global Relocation Services could not come at a better time,” said Adam Lowy, Executive Director of Move For Hunger. “This new relationship with a trusted global mobility leader will significantly strengthen our capacity to connect members of the relocation industry to the food banks and pantries that serve the hungry across North America.”

While one in six Americans struggles to find their next meal, one in seven relocates every year. Members of the Move For Hunger network are committed to turning every move into an opportunity to help someone in need. When a move takes place, oftentimes a family will have a pantry full of food which they would prefer not to include in their relocation. Brookfield Global Relocation Services, aligned with Move For Hunger, has partnered with their transportation suppliers offering to collect non-perishable food items from the relocating family and delivering the donations directly to local food banks.

“As one of the largest global employee relocation services providers, our company is uniquely positioned to play a key role in the Move For Hunger program,” said Rick Schwartz, president and CEO, Brookfield Global Relocation Services. “Working through our vast network of transportation companies and real estate partners, we have the ability to impact food banks in all parts of the country. Not only does our participation contribute to feeding thousands of people, it fits right into our primary objective of corporate citizenship in support of the communities in which we serve. We are as passionate about our charitable endeavors, and now our partnership with Move For Hunger, as we are about our commitment to deliver a Premier Service® experience to all of our relocation clients.”

As partners of Move For Hunger, the transportation companies aligned with Brookfield Global Relocation Services will be joining the 400 moving companies and 250 real estate professionals across 44 states that have incorporated philanthropy into their daily operations.

About Move For Hunger:
Move For Hunger is a non-profit organization that partners with relocation, transportation and real estate companies across North America to pick up unwanted, unopened food from those who are relocating and deliver it to local food banks. To date, Move For Hunger is working with over 650 partners in 44 states and has collected more than 830,000 pounds of food. For more information or to find out how you can help support Move For Hunger, visit http://www.MoveForHunger.org/ .

About Brookfield Global Relocation Services:
Brookfield Global Relocation Services is a full service provider of corporate and government relocation and assignment management services to more than 700 corporate and government clients. Brookfield Global Relocation Services manages over 85,000 relocations throughout the world annually. Brookfield Global Relocation Services is an operating company of Brookfield Residential Property Services, a leading global provider of real estate and relocation services, technology, and knowledge.

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Dubbed HALO-Link, the integration allows for consistent time or change-based delivery of loan pricing, trade and pipeline data from a lender’s LOS pricing engine directly to and from MCT’s clients-specific HALO database. This guarantees 100 percent data consistency from LOS to MCT and works to ensure that each client’s pipeline of locked loans is accurately priced and optimally hedged. As a result of the new interface, lenders realize higher profit gains from MCT’s mandatory trade executions to investors.

“Some lenders send us intermittent pipeline reports, but by using HALO-Link, this process is automated and loan pipeline data is automatically delivered directly into our proprietary HALO hedging model,” says Phil Rasori, COO at MCT. “HALO-Link effectively eliminates several manual steps in the data acquisition process, resulting in rapid reporting, the elimination of errors, cost savings and greater profitability via MCT’s mandatory loan sales to investors. We already have a number of clients using Encompass360® as their LOS that are successfully utilizing our HALO-Link interface and reaping the benefits of the enhanced, automatic data feed. We have plans to integrate with additional leading LOS providers.”

By taking advantage of Halo-Link, lenders are able to improve the timeliness of data transmission, reduce data related errors, and ultimately realize better gain-on-sale performance on their hedged pipelines.

Discussion times with MCT at the MBA Annual Convention and Exposition can be arranged in the company’s meeting suite at the Trump International Hotel and Tower by calling (619) 534-1597 or emailing tfarmer@mctrade.net.

About Mortgage Capital Trading:
MCT Trading is a risk management and advisory services company providing independent analysis, training, hedging strategy and loan sale execution support to clients engaged in the secondary mortgage market. Founded in San Diego, California in May 2001, the company has expanded to include field sales and support offices in Philadelphia, Dallas, Charlotte, St Louis and San Francisco. MCT is recognized as a leading provider of mortgage pipeline hedging service and currently supports more than 75 clients on the HALO (Hedging And Loan sales Optimization) Program. MCT also offers a service that effectively outsources a centralized lock desk for mortgage bankers called LockCentral. For more information, please visit www.mct-trading.com or call (619) 543-5111.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Joe Bowerbank
Profundity Communications, Inc.
949.378.9685
jbowerbank@profunditymarketing.com.

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Quandis’ skip trace solution is designed for use by servicers, lenders, banks, default attorneys, loss mitigation centers, third party collection agencies and essentially any entity that needs to locate individuals. The new skip trace application is utilized to quickly and efficiently contact virtually anyone that is in default, and also for call campaigns to proactively reach out to borrowers and offer them loan modifications, workout options, various government programs, etc. Organizations utilizing Quandis skip trace are able to save time, eliminate errors, reduce costs and offer tools that help comply with state-level telephone contact rules.

“In many instances, organizations resort to using manual processes to contact borrowers for debt collection or other outreach purposes,” said Scott Stoddard, CEO of Quandis. “The sheer number of defaults our industry is challenged to manage is the driver behind our developing this application. Handling call campaigns manually or with an antiquated system is cumbersome, time consuming, impedes file completions and can potentially result in the violation of do not call compliance rules. Our skip trace application provides an end-to-end solution that effectively manages the collections and/or call campaign process.”

Quandis says that manually locating borrowers typically involves users having to use multiple services such as Lexis Nexis, Pacer bankruptcy searching, TransUnion, 411, 555-1212, Quandis’ automated SCRA military searches and others. This forces employees to constantly jump to different Web sites to locate people, which wastes time and is terribly inefficient. Quandis’ skip trace application integrates with and centralizes each search service into a single application, streamlining searches with the click of a button that instantly returns the results.

For users, Quandis’ skip trace solution includes interview-style call scripting and direction, workflow management, task assignments, call prioritization and various tools that enable them to quickly and efficiently complete files. For managers, the application provides them with dashboard-level views and reporting, complete visibility into the entire process and KPIs (key performance indicators) that to help them optimize employee performance, time management and effectiveness.

Quandis will be holding discussion times with interested parties at the Mortgage Banking Association of America’s 99th Annual Convention and Exposition at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Illinois from October 21-24. To secure a meeting with Quandis, contact Laura Hadley at (949) 382-1178 or via email lhadley@quandis.com.

About Quandis:
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, Quandis is a default management software provider specializing in Web-based solutions for the lending industry. Quandis’ solutions include foreclosure process automation, short sale portals, skip trace systems, a valuations hub, military search services, bankruptcy status searches, collection solutions, as well custom application development. The company’s clients range from lenders to banks, servicers, foreclosure attorneys, outsourced service providers, and agents and brokers. For more information, please visit www.quandis.com or call (949) 525-9000.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Joe Bowerbank
Profundity Communications, Inc.
949.378.9685
jbowerbank@profunditymarketing.com.

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Global Unity is an industry-wide technology undertaking that will transform the way appraisals are currently ordered, tracked, audited and returned back to a lender’s LOS. With the click of a button using Global DMS’ eTrac platform, lenders are provided with ease of access to all of their valuation needs-without ever leaving the application they are accustomed to working in-their LOS. The project has already resulted in partnerships with LOS vendor titans that are committed to simplifying the appraisal process.

“We have been intensely focused on the Global Unity project for quite some time in an effort to enable LOS vendors to gain access to our new middleware hub using Web services that we developed,” says Matt McHale, chief revenue officer at Global DMS. “This project is a huge benefit to our LOS partners, which can now offer their clients the ability to compliantly and cost effectively order appraisals from within their system. We have significant interest from LOS vendors and several are already in the midst of completing integrations. Global Unity is destined to change the fashion in which appraisals are ordered, and we have plans to partner with the majority of the leading LOSs in 2013.”

Global Unity also utilizes the company’s MISMO Appraisal Review System (MARS), which provides lenders, investors, mortgage insurance companies and appraisers with a turnkey solution by which to automatically extrapolate and analyze data from a PDF’d appraisal report, mitigating risk and ensuring compliance. The extracted data from the report is then compliantly delivered to either the GSEs’ mandated Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP) or to institutional investors using per their specific guidelines.

Global Unity’s automated system-to-system transaction processing platform dramatically speeds up the ordering process for lenders by eliminating redundant data entry, thus eliminating errors, saving time and reducing costs. In addition to the platform being open to LOS providers, it will also be utilized by additional technology companies that have a need to integrate and access Global DMS’ appraisal management solutions. Those integrations will be announced as new partners join the Global Unity network.

Interested parties can learn more at www.theglobalunityproject.com, visiting the company at booth 519 at the MBA’s Annual Convention and Exposition, or by arranging a discussion time to meet in its suite at the Hyatt Regency. Global DMS and its new LOS partners will also be hosting an event at the show to introduce the Global Unity project to convention attendees on Monday October 22nd at The Paris Club located at 59 West Hubbard street beginning at 9 p.m.

About Global DMS:
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, Global DMS is the mortgage industry’s preeminent provider of commercial and residential real estate valuation solutions catering to lenders, servicers, AMCs, appraisers and other real estate entities. The company’s solution set is cost effectively delivered on a software-as-service (SaaS) transactional basis that ensures compliance adherence, reduces costs, increases efficiencies and expedites the entire real estate appraisal process. Notable is that Global DMS has retained 100% of its lender clients since its inception. The company’s solutions include its eTrac management platform, eTrac enterprise platform, WebForms, Global Kinex, AVMs and the MISMO Appraisal Review System (MARS). For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.globaldms.com or call (877) 866-2747.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Joe Bowerbank
Profundity Communications, Inc.
949.378.9685
jbowerbank@profunditymarketing.com

Global DMS, 1816 West Point, Suite 210, Lansdale, PA 19446; 877.866.2747
www.globaldms.com.

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The USDA’s recently-released numbers also point to no pork shortage. Its quarterly Hogs and Pigs’ supply report estimates for both breeding and market hogs were in line with the same report last year. As of September 1, the total inventory was reported at 67.5 million head, with 5.8 million breeding animals and 61.7 million market pigs.

“All this fuss over a bacon shortage is nothing but hype,” Randy Twyford, pitmaster and owner of Twyford BBQ and Catering, says. “We are huge supporters of the pork industry and plan to celebrate October Pork Month by honoring and supporting our pork producers’ commitment to producing safe, nutritious food as they promote animal well-being, and safeguard natural resources.”

October Pork Month reminds Americans that pork is a great product and producers have made a long-term commitment to responsible pork production.

“At Twyford BBQ and Catering, we could not live without pork and we don’t expect our clients to either,” Twyford says. “We are dedicated to the pork industry and to ensuring that its future is strong. We are also big proponents of the farm-to-table movement; our pork products are the freshest around.”

Twyford reports that a plan is also in the works, in the next few weeks, to open “TakeHomeTwyford;” carryout will be available at its world headquarters.

“So, rest assured, we’ll continue to support the pork industry through our commitment to our clients and the community,” Twyford says.

For more information: http://www.TwyfordBBQ.com/ .

About Twyford BBQ and Catering:
Twyford BBQ and Catering brings true, championship quality barbecue to the region. Its credibility comes from its competition background and its barbecue has been professionally judged and awarded top honors by a field of certified, professional food judges that include some of the greatest names in barbecue and the food world. It has collected 10 Grand Championships, five Reserve Grand Championships and dozens of first place awards and top 10 honors for its chicken, ribs, pork, brisket, sides and desserts.

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