TUESDAY - September 26, 2006

WV State Cookoff results

ChiliFest, the WV State Chili Championship.
Our cookoff was held on Saturday, Sept. 16th on a beautiful day that started
out foggy and ended sunny. The crowd was overflowing the streets of
downtown Huntington in the newly developed Pullman Square area. Crowd
estimate was over 25,000 and People's Choice teams were keeping the people
supplied with copious amounts of chili. Chili sample tickets were sold for
50 cents and the proceeds benefited the Huntington Ronald McDonald House.
In chili samples we made over $16,000 (32,000 chili samples) for The House
and the raffle for the NASCAR Dream Vacation netted another $16,000 to raise
a total of over $32,000 for the day!! That's what cookoffs are about.
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Bob Hall was the chief judge and as always did an outstanding job. Chili
Willi's provided staff to help with the judges tent and give Bob all the
scorekeeping help he needed. An outstanding group of judges helped to pick
Salsa, Chili Verde, and ICS Red Chili along with People's Choice and
Showmanship/Booth awards. My thanks to all the folks who worked hard to
make this year's ChiliFest in downtown Huntington a great success.
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And this year's winners are:
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Booth & Showmanship:
1st Place: Jeff Nichols & The Fat Boys, Ashland, KY $150 & trophy
2nd Place: Randy Black, The Devils Chemist, trophy
3rd Place: Jeff Shaw, Trinity Presbyterian Church, trophy
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Hardest Working Chili Team/People's Choice:
1st Place: The Fat Boys, Ashland, KY $100 & trophy
2nd Place: Devil's Chemist, Huntington, WV trophy
3rd Place: Dave Mallory & Kevin Simmons, Huntington, WV trophy
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Salsa:
1st Place: Debbie Williams, Cincinnati, OH $100 & trophy
2nd Place: Bryan Warmuth, Wheeling, WV trophy
3rd Place: Lauren Staley, Nicholasville, KY trophy
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Chili Verde:
1st Place: Gary Schmeh, Cincinnati, OH $300 & trophy
2nd Place: Rose Warmuth, Wheeling, WV trophy
3rd Place: Larry Lentz, Nicholasville, KY trophy
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ICS Red Chili:
1st Place: Rose Warmuth, Wheeling, WV $1500 & trophy
2nd Place: David Mallory, Huntington, WV $300 & trophy
3rd Place: Tom Hoover, Columbus, OH $200 & trophy
4th Place: Carrie Lentz, Nicholasville, KY trophy
5th Place: David Staley, Nicholasville, KY trophy
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Many thanks to all the ICS cooks and the many People's Choice teams that
came out to make ChiliFest, the WV State Chili Championship such a success.
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Ron Smith
Cookoff Chairman

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Beatty Days Celebration

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Contact: Debbie Wilkinson

Phone: (775) 553-2424

BEATTY, NEVADA CELEBRATES 102 YEARS

BEATTY, NEVADA, SEPTEMBER 23, 2006: The Beatty Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce “Beatty Days Celebration 2006” to be held October 27 thru 29, in Beatty’s Cottonwood Park on Third and Amargosa Streets.

The annual event showcases an Antique Car Show, Poker Run,

International Chili Society sanctioned Chili Cook-off, a Dutch Oven Cook-off, Burro Flapjack Races, Bed Races, Vendors, Live Music, and much more.

􀁨 Chili cooks are encouraged to contact the Beatty Chamber

personally to reserve their “spot”.

􀁨 There is also a Peoples Choice Chili Cook off. Entrants

are being encouraged to cook their Peoples Choice entry at

home and have it ready to serve at 11:00am.

This year’s music features the Lampkins Family Band, the 2003 Winners of Huck Fin Jubilee’s National Bluegrass Band Playoffs, and Smoke House, who specialize in danceable classic and new rock covers.

New to this year’s event is a Motorcycle Show with “Bike” Games including the Ball Drop, Slow Race and a western style Barrel Race.

Also included this year is an early 1900’s costume contest, and a Historical Reenactment.

The Event Calendar can be found at

http://www.beattynevada.org/Events.html

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MISSISSIPPI STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI COOKOFF - Oct 21, 2006

Hello there from the Magnolia state!

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On behalf of Richland Historical Society I extend to you a joyous welcome to the FIRST ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHILE COOKOFF! Winning this event will qualify you for the 2007 World's Championship Chili Cookoff.

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The cookoff will take place in Eastside Park here in Richland. We will be cooking on grass, and you will be given a space to set up your cooking area. We will provide tables and chairs but it is recommended that you bring your own covering, cooking supplies, etc. A water hose will be provided for cleanup.

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For those with motor homes, we suggest that you arrive Friday afternoon in order to obtain parking spaces close to the cooking area. The gates to the park are closed at 10:00 PM and security will be provided.

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If we have ten or more people requesting rooms at the Super 8 Motel which is within walking distance of the park, a discount on the room charge will be provided.

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Several fast food restaurants are conveniently located nearby.

The gates to the park will be opened at 8:00 AM Saturday morning to allow cookoff participants and vendors to set up.

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May we suggest that you bring clothing suitable for not only hot weather but also for cold (just to be safe). This time of the year here in Mississippi you can be burning up today and freezing tomorrow.

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We will have tasting cups and spoons for you to serve your chili and salsa to the public.

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This will be a fundraising event for us so if you can, we would appreciate any extra chili you can donate for us to sell.

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DIRECTIONS: TURN EAST OFF HIGHWAY 49 ONTO HARPER STREET; WAL-MART WILL BE ON YOUR RIGHT. GO PAST WAL-MART A VERY SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NEXT DRIVEWAY TO THE RIGHT AND THAT WILL BE EASTSIDE PARK. THE GATES WILL IDENTIFY THE ENTRANCE.

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We are very excited about hosting this event and will do our best to make you feel welcome because we want you to enjoy yourself and also to come back next year!

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If you are interested, you might want to travel about 45 miles west of Jackson to Vicksburg, Mississippi, known as the Gibraltar of the South during the late unpleasantness 1861-1865. Not only is Vicksburg noted for its history, it's also noted for the RIVERBOAT CASINO'S floating on the river.

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Also if you're interested, there's our new BASS PRO SHOP about five miles away.

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Check us out on the ICS web page!

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Chairman Linda Goff

Chief Judge Bob Hall

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Have you completed your ICS WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIPS Entry Forms ?? Did you send them to VICKIE at the ICS Office?

DO IT TODAY!!!!

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Did you check the ICS Web Site today, http://www.chilicookoff.com/

more ICS WORLD's News being added Daily

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