SUNDAY - Ausust 5, 2007

23^rd Massachusetts State Chili Cookoff by Audrey Falkowski

The day was bright, warm, not as humid as last week, and full of fun. Bruce Cloutier and the Winchendon Kiwanis did another great job on the 23^rd Massachusetts State Chili Cookoff. Though not as crowded as in the past, the spectators still loved tasting the many chili's and enjoyed the great band playing all day. There were lots of games for the kids, as well as a Shoot and Holler, using shots of lemonade. Even though Bruce had knee surgery on Thursday, he could still be seen limping around the area, lending a hand wherever he could. The cookoff gives the cooks great gifts, and the People's Choice prize is always a beautiful piece of furniture from a local business. This year the prize was a beautiful dining room table, with 2 18" leaves. Many thanks to Bruce, Jessica and Jim, all from the Kiwanis, who worked tirelessly to make sure all the cooks and spectators had a wonderful time.

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People's Choice and winner of the beautiful table:

Lee Wood, MA (Thanks goodness he had a truck to take it home)

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Salsa

3^rd – Lee Wood, MA

2^nd – Joe Harvey, MA (lost the tiebreaker)

1^st – Steve Parker, MA This is Steve's first win!!!

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Chili Verde

5^th – Mario Saccoccio, CT

4^th – Lee Wood, MA

3^rd - Rich Omerza, PA

2^nd – Judy Omerza, PA

1^st – Mary Alice Kropp, NH

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Red Chili

3-way tie for 4^th

6^th – Fred Hodgman, MA

5^th – Scott Navaroli, MA

4^th – Dave Schulman, CT

2 way tie for 2^nd

3^rd – Gerry Buma, MA

2^nd – Rich Omerza, PA

1^st – Mary Alice Kropp, NH

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This was Mary Alice's first Red win and now she completes her Hat Trick!

Congratulations to all the winners!!!!

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Colleen Wallace - by Sue Schools

Chili Queen: Colleen Wallace of Dallas, TX lost her many year battle with cancer last week. Colleen started with CASI in the 1960's and then competed in every
ICS event held in Texas until her health failed her, and she was an
ambassador of good will, traveling far and wide to promote chili. I
remember Colleen arriving in Scottsdale, Arizona to represent the State of
Texas at the ICS World Championship. Colleen had turned in her chili in
Terlingua and drove straight to Scottsdale with her leg in a cast. A woman
of great heart and spirit and everyone applauded her 1995 CASI Terlingua
Championship. We were lucky to have known her ...
Sue Schools - Sugar Shack Chili.

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Top of West Virginia Chili Cookoff

Don't miss out on the newest Chili Cookoff at the Top of West Virginia. Make plans to cook on Saturday, August 25 at the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia. This year it's a District Cookoff but sure to be a regional next year. The Top of West Virginia Chili Challenge will be awarding $2500 in cash to the winners in Red, Verde and Salsa and of course the Verde and Salsa winners will be going to the World Championships. The Red winner will take home $1000. The cookoff will be held indoors in the resorts event arena and cooks will be provided an eight-foot table to cook on during the competition. Cooks can easily stay at the resort, with special rates for participating cooks.

For more information call 800-80-40-HOT.

There will be a cook's welcome party on Friday night and the cookoff is set for Saturday. The proceeds of the event will go to various local charities. See you at the Top of West Virginia Chili Cookoff, Saturday, August 25, don't miss out.

Joe Stevens

Director, Communications & Development

The Media Center

Phone: 304.720.5466

Cell: 304.382.1133

Email: jstevens@themediacenter222.com

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