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Georgia State Beef Barbeque Championship Cook Off

"Shoot the Bull" Shoot the Bull: Georgia State Beef Barbeque Championship Cook Off

Adopted in 1997

The Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull."  People from all over Georgia and surrounding states flock to this small south Georgia town to enter their tasty barbecue concoctions in this famous cook-off. The funds raised from the event benefit the Civitan International Research Center which is working toward a cure for Down's Syndrome and other developmental disabilities. The funds also help disabled children in the community attend Camp Civitan during the summer.

Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 3
50-3-75.
(a) The Hawkinsville Civitan Club´s 'Shoot the Bull' barbecue championship is designated as the official state beef barbecue championship cookoff.
(b) The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce´s 'Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig' is designated as the official state pork barbecue championship cookoff.

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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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