SUNDAY - November 5, 2006

Please pray for Gail Donovan's recovery

Dear Chili friends,

Please keep Gail in your prayers. She was involved in a bizarre almost fatal accident on Halloween. It happened when the whole family was getting set up in our drive way getting ready for our annual Halloween chili party. Our grandson Matthew was two feet to Gail's left and our other grandson Joshua was directly behind Gail when literally out of nowhere an at least 10 point buck came barreling down our drive way, sliding sideways and on it's belly, antlers and hoofs flailing and with 250 pounds of buck sliding out of control on our rain slicked driveway literally took Gail out. It must have been spooked by all of the trick or treaters in the neighborhood and barreled out of the woods and lost control on the wet pavement. No one can believe what happened right in front of them . Gail had to be told what happened to her. We are so grateful to God that our other family members were not impaled by the antlers when the buck got up and started it's flight. Gail is home with a concussion and severe neck, back and emotional trauma. Talk about a freak accident...

Please pray for her full recovery.

Thanks

Bill "Gumby" Donovan

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HARVEST FAIR REGIONAL

Over the last ten years, this cookoff has had bad weather (rain, wind) and good weather, but never better weather than today. Cool in the morning, temperatures reached the low 80s in the afternoon. The Harvest Fair is an Old West encampment on the grounds of the C.I.D. (Center for Individual Development). Tents are the featured bedrooms, along with a teepee or two. Boots, hats and guns are the favored dress of the men, with ladies preferring lace and bustles for their attire. There are Indians in full regalia and demonstrations of Old Western crafts and skills. The Harvest Fair has been named as "one of the best Western shows in America" by American Cowboy Magazine.

From a small beginning in 1996 the chili cookoff has grown in popularity, both with the chili cooks and with the Old West participants. In 2005 the cookoff achieved Regional status, which continues to be justified by the number of chili participants. From selling a few tasting kits for sampling the competition chili, today's chili-hungry fans purchased almost 300 tasting kits for a total donation of $870.00!! The C.I.D. is a recreation and development center for disabled citizens of any age, so the donations are for an excellent cause.

An astute panel of judges ranging from experienced to first-time labored over their choices. There were two ties in the salsa contest, one tie in the chili verde contest and one tie in the traditional red contest. And the winners were:

Salsa (14 entries):
3rd, Allene Macklin (won tie)
2nd, Charlie Blosfield
1st, Armando Sanchez (won tie)

Chili Verde (13 entries):
3rd, Karen Angotti (won tie)
2nd, Tom Clarke
1st, Allene Macklin

People's Choice Chili (Everyone):
3rd, Gene Wheat
2nd, Russell Barnes
1st, Geraldine Villalpando (We're starting to see Geraldine's name a lot; she did very well at Apple Valley a couple of weeks ago!)

Traditional Red Chili (25 entries):
4th, Armondo Sanchez
3rd, Susie Baumberger (won tie)
2nd, Mike Ford
1st, Don Hammes---2nd place no more!

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Submitted by Karen Ray
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