The Chicago Cacophony Society Presents
The 7th Annual SPAM Sculpture Contest

MEDIA ALERT:

The Chicago Cacophony Society Reform Lodge #176 presents the 7th Annual SPAM Sculpture Contest on Saturday, February 26th, at the Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley, at 6 p.m.

Think outside the box! Unleash your inner artistic meat! Un-can your artistic potential! Prizes! SPAM-tinis! Costumes! And meaty art!

Come with your own can of SPAM or purchase one at the event. Bring plenty of props to augment your artistic creation. Work alone or as a team. Be all you can be with SPAM!

Just wanna watch a lot of meat? That's fine too! What's SPAM without friends to share it with?

Costumes -- whether you're carving or not -- are strongly encouraged.

After the time is over, our prestigious panel of judges will select the best artistic creations and award prizes. You might walk home with a medal. Yes, you.

$2 or a canned/packaged food donation to benefit R.E.S.T. is encouraged.

Space is limited, so please call 773/551-0525 or email spam<at>planetshwoop<dot>com if you would like to participate or attend.

The world gave us meat, so we give it art. Hope to see you there!

Sandinista Wins Game, Almost Wins Match

CHICAGO (February 16, 2005) /DHC Newswire/ -- Team Sandinista nearly snatched a match away from rivals the Six Packers last night, with the last game coming down to the final points. Six Packers eeked out a 16-14 win over the Sandinistas, who were playing one woman short.

After a dismal first game, Sandinista ralleyed to take game two on the strength of captain Maggie Clancy's ace serving in the last rotation.

"I figured out that the girl in the green pants couldn't return, so I just kept serving it to her," Clancy said. " I knew that their hot-shot player would get mad, and he did. They tried to throw me off with a time out, but it didn't faze me."

Julie "Deon Sanders" Adams was absent for a second week as her roller derby season is heating up. Adams was recently made captain of her team. The five player set-up seemed to work for Sandinista, who, despite having to cover more ground, worked hard and communicated well in games two and three this week and last, after taking some time to get used to their opponents.

"You could tell it was totally chapping their asses that they were losing to the worst team in the league who were playing a man short!" said Mike Macias. "They started fighting between serves, and that's when we knew we had'em."

The rubber game was hard fought, with the lead going back and forth several times. The teams battled it out right up to 14, when Six Packers finally broke through with some well-placed tips at the net.

"Things have really come together the past two weeks," said Andrew "House" Huff. "We've scored more points in the last two matches than we did in the previous three. It's incredible."

Sandinista's record moved to 2-16, and their scoring average improved to .441 from .391. The team plays The Regulators next Tuesday, February 22, at 7 p.m., and will again be without Adams.

Sandinista Heads Into Second Half 1-11

CHICAGO (February 7, 2005) /DHC Wire/ -- After being shut out in the last three matches, Team Sandinista moves into the second half of the season with a dismal record of 1 and 11. Things don't look good for improvement tomorrow as they go up against the second place team, White Space.

"We nearly beat Typhoon last season, and this time they killed us," said Mike Macias. "If we can't beat them, we're going to get our asses kicked and handed back to us on a platter by White Space."

The defeat last week against Typhoon was particularly bitter. Spectators looking for a sign as to how demoralized Sandinista was needed look no further than the last time out, when instead of breaking on the team's name, the call of "one, two three, Beer!" rang out.

"It's not looking good for the Sandinista organization," said Andrew Huff. "The way things have gone this season, we're not sure whether we'll make it to the next one."

Sandinista plays Tuesday night at 9 p.m. at the Windy City Field House.