SATURDAY - July 22, 2006

Wyoming State July 22, 2006

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Results:

SALSA:

3^rd Nick Knutson CO

2^nd Kerri Kilgore WY

1^st Mick Joplin TX

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CHILI VERDE:

3^rd Steve Tomasek IV CO

2^nd Lynn Prutt CO

1^st Mick Joplin TX

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ICS RED:

3^rd Hank Wedemeyer CO

2^nd Nick Knutson CO

1^st Al Henry CO (This completes Al’s Hat Trick)

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THURSDAY - July 20, 2006

Windy City Regional - Mike Usiak

Attention all Chili-heads!

There are only sixteen days until the 12th annual Windy City Regional in Chicago. The Event is part of the “Retro on Roscoe” street festival, and has been rated as one of the top 20 street festivals in the country. Last years event was featured on the Food Network’s Rachel Ray’s Tasty Treats visit to Chicago. There are 5 music stages, a classic car show, kids programs, vendors, and much more.
The regional will have competition in RED Chili, CHILE VERDE, & SALSA, and Wes Carlson (2004 Chile Verde World Champion) will be our Head Judge.
Once again we will be sponsored by Chicago Cutlery who always provides wonderful items for our goodie bags. For information on turn in times, prizes, etc. please go to our website www.windycitychilicookoff.net .
Don’t forget to click on our sponsors links including the Retro on Roscoe link for info on the festival. Space is limited so register soon to reserve a spot.
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Mike Usiak
usiak@sbcglobal.net
773-871-5623
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WEDNESDAY - July 19, 2006

Correction in the points for Nevada Capital Regional - Bob Grayson

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Sorry folks--I made a mistake in reporting the results of the Nevada Capital Regional. Of course, first place got more points than third.

Shiela got 19,

Richard 18, and

Fred 17.

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Cypress District, July 22, 2006

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Well, it looks like all our chilihead friends have come through for us once again. I just heard from Chris Sherrin, Chairman of the Cypress Chili Cookoff, and he says that it looks like we will be doing all three contests this year. It is still not too late to sign up for the cookoff, we will also take walk-ins. So come on out and join us, and thanks to all those that have signed up so far.

Norm & Bobbie Gaul

chiliahr@veawb.coop

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Bonanza, OR Cook-Off District - July 29, 2006

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Looks like another good time at the Bonanza Cook-Off. For those of you that will be coming in on Friday we have some things set up for your enjoyment. At about 4 PM we will have a country tour with stops at the local winery and the Rock Bottom Ranch. After that we have a great Cooks BBQ which should be ready to go about 7 PM. It is furnished by the Chairperson and her family but you are welcome to bring whatever you would like. All we ask is you bring your own cooler of drinks. Saturday is the cook off and sure hoping to get a great response. Still have $2000 in prize money for the day and in a nice grass spot this time off of the hot asphalt. Looking forward to seeing you all there!! If you have any questions or need any assistance email me at g7yree@cs.com or call 541-892-8363. Glennise Tyree

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MONDAY - July 17, 2006

High Sierra Regional Results, Carson City, NV

Beautiful day, a little warm but tempered with an afternoon breeze. The lawn around Glen Eagles Restaurant had a real festive atmosphere with over 40 cooking booths, 25 crafters, and concessions. Live music all day and the cutest, ugliest, most resemble the owner, and best trick dog contest drew many people and was a big hit. We even made the front page of the local paper with a picture of the Carson City mayor and his dog. Someone remarked that they had to put in a caption to identify which was the mayor and which was the bulldog. We had cooks from Texas, Oregon, Idaho, California and Nevada.

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The results:

Best Booth: Rick and Susie Decker, Veni Verde Vici Chili

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Salsa: 3rd Chuck Byrne

2nd Dennis Robinson

1st John Ammerman (the chef at Glen Eagles)

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Chili Verde: 3rd Jason Beaver (13 cooks)

2nd John Jepson

1st Isabella Robinson

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Red: 3rd Richard Drum (27 cooks)

2nd Jason Beaver

1st Steve Atkinson

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We're back at it Sunday for the Nevada Capital Regional

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Nevada Capitol Regional Results, Carson City, NV

Another warm day but cooking on grass and under big trees helped. We raised about $10,000 for the soon to be opened Cancer Care Center at the Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. This will be a state-of-the-art treatment facility with family cottages for the patient and family to stay during treatment. Volunteers from the hospital sold tasting kits and raffle tickets, the staff of Glen Eagles donated their time and tips both days, local merchants and most of the purveyors to Glen Eagles provided raffle prizes, food and drink so that all proceeds went directly to the Cancer Care Center. With cancer awareness the theme both days, it was touching that our champion of Sunday's cookoff is the ICS cook most aware of this devastating disease, having lost both her husband and son to it.

Results

Best Booth: Gerry Lind, Bean Busters Chili

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Salsa: 3rd Chuck Byrne

2nd Fred Summers

1st Dennis Robinson

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Verde: 3rd Jim Watson

2ndTrecia Nienow

1st Jason Beaver

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Red: 3rd Fred Summers 19 points (24 cooks)

2nd Richard Drum 18 points

1st Shiela Beller 17 points
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Millville NJ SummerFest 2006

The results of our recent District Chili Cook Off in Millville, NJ.

It took place on July 8^th.

Winners in the Red Chili Contest were:

1^st Place – Kathy Freedman (Enfield, CT) with 18 points $1,000

2^nd Place – Michael Freedman (Enfield, CT) with 17 points! $500

3^rd Place – Richie Omerza (Wilkes-Barre, PA) with 9 points $250

Winners in Salsa:

1^st Place – Judy Omerza (Wilkes-Barre, PA) $250

2^nd Place – Jim Heywood (CT) $125

3^rd Place – Jason Buniak (West Berlin, NJ) $50

Winners in People’s Choice:

1^st Place: Bob Corson and Michele Curio ($500)

2^nd Place: Neil Blakeman ($250)

3^rd Place: Bob Dudzieck ($100)

Thank you!

Allison Corson

Asst. Coordinator, Millville Arts District

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Fire on the Mountain Results

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The Fire on the Mountain Regional Cookoff, Snowshoe West Virginia, was yet another great success by the folks of Snowshoe Resort. Held on Friday July 7^th and Saturday July 8^th, the event at the top of the mountain – 4848 ft. – even had Mother Nature cooperate with “Chamber of Commerce” weather on both days; sunny and 70’s during the day, chili at night (no pun intended…well, maybe a small pun).

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Festivities kicked off with Salsa and Verde on Friday (afternoon – civilized cookoff); a great outdoor Cooks Party that evening in a tent on the slopes; Traditional Red on Saturday (late morning stove lighting – again civilized). The new person in charge, Jason Scotchie, picked up seamlessly from where Joe Stevens left off; he also had the good sense to invite Joe back to the cookoff (from Charleston where he and Angie moved) to help…and help he most certainly did.

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Now for the results:

Salsa (16 cooks)

3^rd Lauren Staley

2^nd Janie Bauer

1^st Larry Lentz ($500)

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Verde (26 cooks)

Unfortunately, I don’t have the 10 cooks on the Finals Table. I can tell you that it was one of the toughest tables I have had the privilege of judging; every chili reminiscent of the Finals Table at the WCCC!

3^rd Lauren Staley

2^nd Larry Lentz

1^st Gail Donovan ($500)

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Traditional Red (64 cooks)

Finals Table (15)

Janie Bauer, Matt Bush, Larry Summey, Ghon Eckley, Mel Fletcher, Tonya Simmons, Hershall Mullins, Bill Donovan, Diane Lentz, Kris King, Brian Warmuth, Sam Schola, Jim Parker, Carrie Lentz, David Malory

4^th Bill Donovan

3^rd Brian Warmuth

2^nd Larry Summey

1^st Diane Lentz ($10,000) + Hat Trick!

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Congratulations to the organizers, the cooks and the winners! Lord willing…looking forward to next year.

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Sergei Kowalchik

Head Chili

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SUNDAY - July 16, 2006

Old Miner's Regional, Big Bear, CA

With all the rumors of road closings and evacuations we wondered how much it would effect the cookoff... Some, but not too much. There was more smoke from the fires in Vegas than in Big Bear. We were all glad to Gene & Red Wheat as they had already been evacuated earlier. The other excitement of the weekend was Val Gereghty & Ryan Sweeney made a run to the store and Val's 2 week old vehicle got T-Boned. Both are alright (although they are probably so sore today that neither would agree to that statement. The guy that hit them was on alcohol & Vicodin... he left the hospital in cuffs. With timing a little tight and the chief scorekeeper either with the police or at the hospital Barry & Sylvia Steinberg and Armando & Trisha Sanchez pitched in to cover any and every gap as they appeared. Mark Sweeney did his usual great job as Chief Judge and Mike Austin as Emcee was as always wonderful (Maria was with him this trip and looks beautiful). Scorekeepers were Donnie Gordon, Melody Sweeney & Sylvia Steinberg. I have to say that with the fire concerns, Val's accident and tight timing the cookoff ran like a well oiled machine. It was a delightful team to work with and I want to thank you all for the opportunity.

Local awards (Perpetual Merchant & Best Local Cook) were swept by Cheryl Hall of the Carpet Barn who also had 4 points in Chili and took Best 1st Time Cook.

Sam's Pirate Chili (another local) took Booth and People's Choice.

Salsa (15 entries)

3rd Place - Dick Swenberger AZ

2nd Place - Mike Montalone CA

1st Place - Steve Pike CA

Verde (15 entries)

3rd Place - Joe Swiderski CA

2nd Place - Bob Wiseman NV

1st Place - Jodi Wiseman NV

Red Chili (26 entries)

Tied for 4th - Don Hammes & Nibs Waters

3rd Place - Udo Winkler CA

2nd Place - Jodi Wiseman NV

1st Place - Nancy Swenberger AZ

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Alberta Championship and Western Canadian Regional

Just a reminder that there is one week to go before the Alberta Provincial Championship and Western Canadian Regional - and these are both qualifiers for the Worlds in Omaha. We have heard from some of you but if any more are planning to come, please drop us a line (bzchili@hotmail.com) so we can plan for food and most important of all judges. Cook's party at the Bilozir's - 507 37th Street SW - 240-0109 - starts at 6:30 pm.

Joy and Randy Bilozir

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Idaho State Chili Cookoff, July 29 , 2006, Kellogg, Idaho.

Dear chili cooks,

In two (2) weeks the Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg Idaho will be hosting the Idaho State Chili Cookoff. Charlie and Barbara Ward will be the Chief Judge and Scorekeeper. The cookoff will begin with setup and registration at 7:00 and cooking Verde will start at 10:00. Red cooks can light their fires at Noon. Salsa turn in at 11:00.

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The directions to the resort are from interstate 90, take exit 49 and follow the signs to the Morning Star Lodge where the cookoff will be held at the base of the Gondola. The Lodge is offering cooks a 10% off discount when they mention the cookoff.

Please feel free to visit the web site www.silvermt.com for any additional info.

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Additionally I can assure you that the judging will strictly follow ICS rules and regulations. We need contestant information so please enter on the ICS website www.chilicookoff.com .

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Thank you, see you there, Marilee Barrett

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HOTFORD CHILI FESTIVAL

We are deeply disappointed to announce that the first annual ‘HOTFORD’ Chili Cook-off Festival will NOT be happening in Hartford, Connecticut on August 26, 2006 due to funding. Please stay in touch with Mad Mike about future chili happenings in Hartford, CT. He can be reached at madmike@peoplepc.com.

Thanks to everyone who has helped us along this short path – we hope to see you all in 2007!

Sincerely

“Hotford” Working Committee of 4!

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Kristin Beth Ferris

The Ferris Group, LLC

Event, Sponsorship, Promotions & Marketing Specialists

1245 Farmington Avenue

#102

West Hartford, CT 06107

ph/fax - 860.677.6864

http://www.theferrisgroupct.com/

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Carson City Cookoffs

Last year we had the Waterfall fire that threatened Carson City. Many homes were lost on the west side of town, and even our cookoff venue was threatened. Fortunately, the fire was contained just a few days before our cookoffs.

I see on the news that the Southern California wildfires could affect Big Bear's cookoff this weekend. Our thoughts are with you since "we been there, done that." While we hope that the Big Bear cookoff is not affected by the fires, if there is a problem, you are invited to cook at the High Sierra Regional and Nevada Capital Regional Cookoffs this weekend--Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16--in Carson City. We have space available under the trees and on the lawn at Glen Eagles Restaurant.

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Illinois Chili Cooks

ILLINOIS CHILI COOKS UPDATE

Just an update to let all of you know the progress of the Illinois chili cooks so far this year.

We have a total of 21 Illinois cooks that will be competing in the World's Championship in Omaha this Oct.

These competitors will be competing in Red, Verde, Salsa, and "Last Chance" competitions.

That is pretty amazing considering that we are just barely over half of the cooking season. There is still more Illinois cooks yet to qualify and many of you will.

What GREAT support Illinois will have at the WCCC.

Of these 21 competitors (so far), 9 will be doing Red, 9 will be doing Verde, 10 will be doing Salsa, and 2 will be in the "Last Chance."

Three of these contestants are "Hat Trick" winners.....Scott Barrett, Les Eastep, & Bob Hall.

Following is a list of our Illinois Winners;

SALSA

1) Tom Calvert

2) Linda Curtin

3) Bob Hall

4) Ben Curtin

5) Jose Torres

6) Wes Carlson

7) Scott Barrett

8) Mary Thomas

9) Les Eastep

10) Gloria Stevens

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VERDE

1) Bob Hall

2) Lloyd Weir

3) Scott Barrett

4) Wes Carlson

5) Maureen Barrett

6) Les Eastep

7) Jim Deere

8) Tom Calvert

9) Paul Wessing

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RED

1) Les Eastep

2) "Aldo" Klinghammer

3) Scott Barrett

4) Dave Schmitt

5) Cathy Schmedeke

6) Larry Eastep

7) Mark Hurt

8) Bob Hall

9) Joni Deere

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"Last Chance"

Robin Davis

Paul Wessing

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As our Friend and Mentor (Joe Defrates) said........."Watch Your Pot"

Good Luck too all!

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