FRIDAY - June 23, 2006

GARDEN GROVE ELKS CHILI FEST REGIONAL

TUESDAY, JULY 4TH, 2006

Don't forget all you Chiliheads, if you don't win this weekend at the Santa Ana Cookoff, be sure to come to the July 4th Regional being held at the Garden Grove Elks Lodge located on the corner of Trask and Newhope in Garden Grove. This is a really great cookoff, and the Elks are very good to the Chiliheads. The prize money is really good, paying down to 5th place. There is also good prize money for Chili Verde, and a $100.00 prize for People's Choice. Don and I hope to see all you cooks there and, if you are already qualified please come out to support the cookoff and help with the judging. There will be two People's Choice prizes, one for ICS and one for locals. There is also an Amateurs contest for the locals that will be judged by the ICS judges.

Bob and Kathy Plager will be there celebrating their Anniversary, so if you see them strolling the chili grounds please wish them a Happy Anniversary.

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CYPRESS DISTRICT CHILI COOKOFF

JULY 22ND, 2006

Cypress is a small District held at Oak Knoll Park, 5700 Orange Ave, Cypress, CA. If you still need one District to qualify for the World, this is the one to cook at. The whole community gets involved in this cookoff, and there are lots and lots of craft vendors. In the past they have only done Red Chili and Salsa, they will do Verde if they get enough cooks interested. Please let me (Bobbie) know if you will be there and what you will be entering so I can plan accordingly, my email address is chiliahr@veawb.coop Lets try to make this a regional, it is a great venue for it. There is a $25.00 prize, plus trophy for best booth, so bring your decorations and join in the fun. Norm is Chief Judge of this one, and it is one of our favorite cookoffs. And, once again if you are already qualified, come on out and judge.

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Alberta Regional and Western Canadian Regional

Calling All Chili Cooks - we know you're out there!!

Come on up to Calgary for these back to back cookoffs. We need to know if you are planning to come so we can finalize our judges, etc. Verde is from 9:00 till noon, turn in salsa at 11:00 and red at 2:00. Cooks party at the Bilozir's on Friday night. For more information or to sign up contact us at bzchili@hotmail.com

Joy and Randy Bilozir

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THURSDAY - June 22, 2006

WYOMING STATE, JULY 22 , 2006

The third Wyoming State Championship chaired by Clayton Kilgore is just a few weeks away. The organizers are experienced ICS chili cooks who know how to manage a state championship.

Each year this cook off improves on the last and this year's event in Torrington will again be special. All three divisions will be offered and the event is held right on Main Street. Torrington is just couple hour drive from Denver and north of Cheyenne and I-80.

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For more information:

Clayton Kilgore
222 Hillcrest Drive
Torrington, WY 82240
307-532-5640
clayton@kandkcommunications.com

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2007 Dates for Mexican National Championships

There are cookoffs and then there are those that are really special; the Mexican National Championship is one very special cookoff. Some say it offers, next to the World's, the best trophies with the winners name engraved on the back of the 4' solid silver Corona Cup! It's easy to get to: Just fly into Guadalajara and take a $25 cab ride over to beautiful Lake Chapala for this three day event. It all begins with the cooks'/VIP cocktail party and calcutta on Feb, 8, 2007 with the Verde championship on the 9th followed by Jalisco State and on Sunday, the big Mexican National. Every cook needs to compete in this event to round out their chili cookoff experiences. Many cooks extend their trip and take the few hour bus ride over to Puerto Vallarta and vacation a week or so.

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TUESDAY - June 20, 2006

Expecting a Baby - Sarah & Paul Whitney

. Although many of you already know, Paul and Sarah Whitney would like to formally announce that they are expecting their first child on December 30. And in 21 years from then, we'll have a new ICS cook!

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Route 66 Regional - Paul Whitney

The first leg of the Northern Arizona Back to Backs started on Friday night, June 16th at the Salsa Brava restaurant on Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Almost all the cooks who were in town early in the evening came on down to the cooks dinner party and enjoyed the food of one of the event sponsors and each others company. Then on Saturday morning, everyone got down to cases. After all the cooks got set up and we could take a final count, we found we had 23 reds, 17 verdes and 16 salsas ready to go for the 23rd Annual Route 66 Regional Chili Cook-off. They represented nine states, a new record for us, in alphabetical order, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas! We had a perfect day, temps in the low 80's and sailed through the health dept. and fire marshal inspections. A great crowd came out, Miss Arizona came up from Tucson to judge, along with our usual Flagstaff judges and the intrepid crew from Lake Havasu City. After everyone caught a glimpse of the great raffle prizes we had donated by various Flagstaff businesses and artist Roberta Rogers, those in attendance who won were Kay Rook, the large Chili Cabinet, Linda Wilkison won the Chili glassware and snack set and Karen Ray won the chili soap. The other prizes were won by those who bought tickets earlier in the season at other cookoffs. Directions to day two of the Northern Arizona Back to Backs were passed out to all the cooks headed to Payson for the 35 Annual Arizona State Championship Chili Cook-off. When all the chili was passed out to the crowd and the judging results came in, it was a banner day for one family from Colorado. Steve Tomasek just edged Lynn Kost-Virant of Nebraska in a tie-breaker for the Salsa crown and ran away with the Verde to get his 2006 hat trick. Wife Bonnie won a very tight battle to claim the Red Chili, edging out first time cook Mary Rigby of Colorado by a point and getting her hat trick in the process. Third place in Salsa was Jinny Kost of Arizona. 2nd in Verde was Skip Cooley of Nevada and third was Bonnie Ford of California. In red chili, 3rd went to Kay Rook of Colorado, 4th to Skip Cooley and 5th to Don Hammes of California. Thank you from all of us here in Flagstaff to all you cooks who came for the cook-off. Your travelling here for the event means a lot to us. Hope you all had a safe trip home and we look forward to having you here next year for the Northern Arizona Back to Backs, The Route 66 Regional and the Arizona State Championship!

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Randy Adams - Carol Hancock

Randy Adams underwent five way by-pass surgery a week ago last Sunday, June 11th. I spoke with Debbie earlier today and she told me that he is home and recovering very well. The Santa Ana cookoff has been graciously taken over by Mike and Kathy Stewart.

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Randy and Debbie have moved from Huntington Beach, so if you want to send cards to Randy, the new home address is as follows:

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15777 Lindero St, Victorville, CA 92395

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Millville,NJ district cookoff - Michael Freedman

Chili Heads,

I spoke to Rhone Carr,the GM for the Holiday INN Select in Swedesboro,NJ and the organizer for our great Delaware Valley Regional Chili Cookoff, and he wanted me to let all the chili cooks know that for the next five days ONLY ,if cooks call his hotel for lodging for the Millville District on July 8th they will receive the low low rate of $79.00 per night!! The Holiday Inn is only about 30 to 40 minutes from the fantastic Millville District Cookoff! Please call (856) 467-3322 to make your reservations today! Operators are standing by!!

We're looking forward to seeing EVERYONE at the GREAT Millville District cookoff July 8th!!

Mad Kat and Mad Mike

Michael Freedman

860-749-4786 (H)

860-324-3287 (C)

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MONDAY - June 19, 2006

Arizona State Cookoff - Sunday, June 18, 2006

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Father’s Day proved to be a great day for a cookoff.

It was bright and sunny with temps in the low 90s.

The setting was the Mazatzal Casino in Payson, AZ.

which is in the heart of the picturesque Mogollon Rim

area of Arizona. Contest chairman, James McDermott

and the rest of his crew from the Mazatzal Casino, did

a wonderful job of hosting the cookoff and seeing to

all the needs of the cooks and judges as well as providing

a fun afternoon for spectators. The Mazatzal Casino donated all of

the entry fees plus the entire proceeds from People’s Choice

tasting kit sales to Time Out, a shelter for battered women.

Chief Judge and Head Scorekeeper, Dick and Nancy Swenberger,

kept events running smoothly, with the help of all the judges

on the roster as well as those who volunteered as wranglers.

Cooks from 7 states, some from as far away as Massachusetts,

competed. Former World’s Champions as well as a First Timer

and the whole gamut of cooks in-between contributed to the

wonderful array of entries.

A great time was had by all. And the winners were:

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Salsa - 14 entries

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3^rd – Teresa McDermott (AZ)

2^nd - Greg Virant (NE)

1^st - Lynn Kost-Virant (NE) (won tie Breaker)

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Chili Verde - 16 entries

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3^rd – Kevin Foley (TX)

2^nd – Leroy Watson (AZ)

1^st - Bonnie Ford (CA) (won tie Breaker)

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Traditional Red - 20 entries

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3^rd - Eddie LaCross (AZ)

2^nd – Al Henry (CO)

1^st - Kevin Foley (TX)

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Shirley Judson's Service - Dave & Kathy Hipskind
A group of Shirley's extended family from the ICS attended her service yesterday. Just as she did in life, she continues to inspire ALL those she touched in her life. The love and pride of her family was evident by the outpouring of hundreds of people in attendance. Our hearts and prayers go out to them in this difficult time. It is hard to face now, but her memories will bring great comfort to them as they go on with their lives. FAMILY was all important to her. She would do anything for them. And, this included her extended ICS family. She loved her chilihead family as if they were her own.

It was a very lovely service. It was very sad, but very uplifting at the same time. She has such a wonderful family. She touched so many lives. Her son gave a fantastic eulogy. We laughed, we cried. Her grandsons spoke eloquently of their relationships with their grandmother. They spoke of her love of cooking chili and always taught them that the secert to a good chili was to stir it in the direction of their heart. Denise's stepson (maybe 8-10 years old) spoke of his new grandmother and how much he loved her. Although he had only known her 2 1/2 years, when he heard about her cancer coming back, he said, "It was the saddest day of my life." When she passed away he couldn't believe how sad he was. There was not a dry eye in the house. The church was overflowing with beautiful flowers, pictures and mementos. At the wake, they ran a video with snapshots of her life and her family with Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" and Judy G arland singing "Over the Rainbow." It was very emotional. The Elks did a great job of hosting and the food and drink were to Shirley's liking. She would have approved.
What a Classy Lady.

We will truly miss her.

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Sangamon County Fair Regional - Bob Hall
SANGAMON COUNTY FAIR REGIONAL
NEW BERLIN, IL.
JUNE 17, 2006

The Sangamon County Fair grounds was a buzz this weekend with all the fair events including "Trace Adkins" on Friday evening and "Joe Nichols" on Sat. evening with record crowds, not to mention the chili cookoff on Sat.
Gene Bergschneider (president) and his Fair board members do an excellent job of hosting this Regional event. They make it very easy to participate in this cookoff.
Cooks can pull right up to their spot at the pavilion and with table and chairs provide, they can set up and tear down very easily.
Temperature were in the upper 80's but with the nice breeze going through the open air pavilion that the contestants were cooking under, it was a very pleasant day. Although a small squall blew through about the time for announcements, everyone stayed dry under the pavilion. This cleared in about 10 minutes and all was back to normal as we began the awards.
With the able assistance of "Head Scorekeeper," Clarence Smith, everything went very smoothly.
Wranglers Scott Barrett and Jean Simmons kept the Judges and Judging area in complete order.............Thanks to All!

SALSA 15 contestants
3rd = Kelly Wessing - 9 pts. (Farmersville, IL)
2nd = Sherry Sutton - 9 pts. (Indianapolis, IN) won tie break
1st = Les Eastep - 11 pts. (Rochester, IL)

VERDE 8 contestants
3rd = Joni Deere - 12 pts. (Pana, IL)
2nd = Kelly Wessing - 13 pts. (Farmersville, IL)
1st = Jim Deere - 17 pts. (Pana, IL)

CHILI 29 contestants
4th = David Malzahn - 5 pts. (Downers Grove, IL) tie
4th = Linda Curtin - 5 pts. (Taylorville, IL) tie
3rd = Maureen Barrett - 6 pts. (Willow Springs, IL)
2nd = Mike Goodman - 8 pts. (Pewaukee, WI)
1st = Mark Hurt - 10 pts. (Tolono, IL)

With Les Eastep's salsa win, he has now completed his "Hat Trick."
This is Mark Hurt's second time to qualify for the WCCC. Mark says he doesn't just cook to win. He cooks because he enjoys it and most importantly because of all the friends he has made over the years......Mark has been cooking in the ICS for 26 years. Talk about perseverance! He was very, very happy.
Congratulations to all the contestants, they are all winners!
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N.Dak State Chili Cook-Off - Marilee Frankenberger
Here are the results of the ND State. This is blowing your way by a West wind that blew over 40 miles and hour straight winds. We had sand, gravel and cottonwood tree cotten blowing in our chili , but being the die hard chili cooks we are we battened down the hatches and stuck it out.

With the help of a lot of hot air and numerous sensuous body motions Mary Ann Smith won 1st. place in Shoot N Holler.

SALSA
3rd- Larry Weltikol NV
2nd.- Darlene Kruger ND
1st, -Leslie Getzlott ND

VERDE
3rd. -Larry Weltikol NV
2nd.- Mary Dixon ND
1st. -Mary Ann Smith

RED
3rd- Carly Hendrick ND
2nd.- Bob Wetzel MT
1st.- Laura Napp ND

Submitted by Marilee Frankenberger because Mary Ann says " She don't Blog"!!
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Correction to SONNY ALLEN email address
Sorry about the mix up, I must have had chili on my mind. The new email IS nitachuck@aol.com

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Snowmass Double District Results - Lynn Kost Virant
Snowmass Friday
Red
1st Mike Rook
2nd Greg Virant
3rd Eunice Dortch (sp)
HM Paul Whitney & Denny Dortch (sp)
Green
1st Erika Knutson
2nd Chuck Burdick
3rd Clayton Kilgore
Salsa
1st Mike Rook
2nd David H______
3rd Robert Marson

Snowmass Saturday
Salsa
1st Kay Rook
Green
1st Paul Cordove
2nd George Lott
3rd Clayton Kilgore
Red
1st Lynn Kost Virant
2nd Kay Rook
3rd Paul Cordova
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