Monday - June 12, 2006

River City Regional #2 Results - Bob Grayson

Another beautiful day in Folsom for the River City Regional, Part 2.

The results:

Peoples' Choice--For the second day in a row, Rhonda Laynam-Balcony Bistro. Two trophies and a condo at Lake Tahoe for a weekend for 8 people.

Booth--3rd, JR Knudson

2nd, Rick Decker

1st, Gerry Lind

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Salsa--3rd, Voni Medcraft

2nd, Harry C. Robinson

1st, Jim Watson (back cooking after taking several years off)

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Verde--3rd, Rick Decker

2nd, Barbara Beaver

1st, Lynn Robinson

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ICS Red--5th, Mary Pierczynski

4th, Sonny Allen

3rd, Jim Watson

2nd, Steve Atkinson

1st, Trecia Nienow

Beautiful trophies and $2,000 in prize money and great music each day and about $12,000 raised for charity this weekend. Great job by Dave Hipskind and Steve McIntire.

SEE EVERYONE IN CARSON CITY FOR THE HIGH SIERRA REGIONAL AND NEVADA CAPITAL REGIONAL ON THE GRASS AND UNDER THE TREES AT GLEN EAGLES RESTAURANT, JULY 15 AND 16.

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MISSOURI STATE - Michael Goldstein

Chili-Cook-Off & Salsa Competition

Celebrates 31 Years of Making Lives Better

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It’s a celebration of all that is spicy – chili’s and salsas of every variety and live music with the hottest local bands. The National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri and Metro East is planning its 31^st Annual Chili Cook-Off & Salsa Competition!

This year’s event is Saturday, September 30^h, 11 am to 7 pm at Westport Plaza. The musical line-up includes Swing Cat Swing, Well Hungarians, and PLASTIC.

Seventy-five chefs from around the region will compete for the Missouri Chili Championship title. Guests will enjoy chili and salsa samples for just 50 cents each, while enjoying music, dancing, and food and craft vendors. And of course, there’s the Showmanship Competition – where each cooking team competes for votes through costumes, skits, elaborate booth décor and customer service.

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Cook-Off Awards

Chili Grand Prize: $600 and a plaque, plus the opportunity to compete in the

International Chili Society’s World Championship in Omaha, Nebraska, October 6^th – 8^th.

Chili 2^nd & 3rd Places - $ 100 cash and a medal; 4^th - 10^th Places – a medal

Chili Verde 1st Place - $200 cash, a plaque, and the opportunity to compete in the

International Chili Society’s World Championship in in Omaha, Nebraska.

Chili Verde 2^nd Place - $50 cash and a medal

Team Showmanship 1st Place - $100 cash and a plaque; 2^nd & 3rd Places – a medal

Fundraising Award, 1^st Place – a plaque; 2^nd & 3rd Places – a medal

Salsa First Place - $200 cash, a plaque, and the opportunity to compete in the

International Chili Society’s World Championship in in Omaha, Nebraska.

Salsa 2^nd Place – $50 and a medal; Salsa: 3^rd Place a medal

People’s Choice Chili - $100 cash and a medal

People’s Choice Vegetarian Chili - $100 cash and a medal

People’s Choice Salsa - $100 cash and a medal

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For patrons who prefer something other than chili or salsa, the event offers burgers, hot dogs, freshly roasted nuts, fruit smoothies, kettle corn, grilled chicken and portabella mushroom sandwiches, ice cream, icy cold beverages and even fried Oreos!

Children will enjoy the Kids Corner, complete with inflatable attractions, costumed characters, face painting, games and crafts.

Proceeds from the annual event help to fund kidney disease prevention efforts and patient services. 20 million Americans have kidney disease. Another 20 million are at risk.

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Chilli-Man and Budweiser are the Title Sponsors of the event. They are joined by other corporate sponsors, including FM101.1 The River, FM106.5 The Arch, 92.3 WIL, Westport Plaza, Schupp Company and Schnucks Markets.

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Admission to the Chili Cook-Off is just $7.00, and includes 4 chili samples. Additional samples are just 50 cents. Children under 12 are admitted free. For further information, call the National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri & Metro East, at (314) 961-2828, or log on at http://www.nkfstl.com/.

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Michael Goldstein, Event Chair and former Head Judge

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Results Knights of Columbus District - Simi Valley, CA -

There were 14 red cooks that were kept very busy handing out Peoples Choice. This district always seems to attract a large turnout for chili - Maybe it has something to do with the car & motorcycle show.

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Winners

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5th Troy Leach

4th Ron Burt

3rd Dave Thomas

2nd Susie Baumberger

1st Paul LaRouche

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