Party Line 6/17/08

Photo: Photos by Michael Donahue/The Commercial Appeal

LEFT: Connor Buck gets ready to clean the grill at the Cookin' on the Creek Youth BBQ Tournament. MIDDLE: Little cooks Abbie Dacus and Parker Shumann ham it up before firing it up for the contest. RIGHT: Drew Hicks holds a hamburger cooked by his team, Savanah & Friends, with Lauren Hicks and, in the background, Savanah Thompson.