THURSDAY - August 31, 2006

Missouri State - Reminder Sept 30

MISSOURI STATE REMINDER-September 30th

Chili-Cook-Off

& Salsa Competition

Celebrates 31 Years of Making Lives Better

It’s a celebration of all that is spicy – chilis 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!

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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.

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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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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!

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

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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-Chairman
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Doug Makin Memorial Canadian Championship

Still Need to Qualify?????

Sherrill Makin needs to hear from you if you are planning to come
Consider coming on up to Calgary for the 1st Annual Doug Makin Memorial Canadian Championship to be held on Saturday, September 9 at:
Boston Pizza
388 Country Hills Blvd. NW
Calgary, AB
Cooks can contact Joy Bilozir at bzchili@hotmail.com for details and I will pass your information onto the Cookoff Chairperson - Jan Anderson.

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