SUNDAY - October 28, 2007

Mississippi State Championship

ICS Chili Cookoff

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The Mississippi State Cookoff was held Sat. Oct. 27 at Eastside Park in Richland, MS.

This cookoff is a family affair event in their beautiful park next to the School complex.

Linda Goff and Becky Breland (CO-Chairpersons), do a wonderful job of putting all this together.

The cookoff is tied in with the Richland fall festival in the park. There is not only championship chili, but, there is also crafts, food, and entertainment.

The event starts off on Friday evening with a live concert in the ballfield. Saturday features, not only the chili cookoff as well as other entertainment and ending with the Lawn Tractor Races. This is a blast and a lot of laughs for everyone.

After cold and rain earlier in the week we ended up with beautiful blue skies and 72 degrees for the festival.

Couldn't ask for better weather.......Linda claims that she was responsible for asking for that!

Linda and Becky's charity of choices was the Richland Historical Society and several hundred dollars were raised for that Society as a few thousand people came out to have fun and support the event eat free chili samples.

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SALSA 13 contestants

3rd = Raymond Settoon 10 pts. (Gonzales, LA.)

2nd = Mark Curry 11 pts. (Ocean Springs, MS.)

1st = Jim Stoddard 13 pts. (Coppell, TX.)

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CHILI 17 contestants

4th = Bob Stoztful 9 pts. (Florence, MS.)

3rd = Mark Curry 10 pts. (Ocean Springs, MS)

2nd = Raymond Settoon 11 pts. (Gonzales, LA.)

1st = Karl Broussard 13 pts. (Mobile, AL.)

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Not sure who was more surprised......Jim or Karl, but they both were all smiles when receiving their award and checks.

Karl is a first time ICS chili cook. Karl and his wife Sharee along with their three sons are a family cooking team.

This was very refreshing to see a family like this out doing chili and having such a GREAT time.

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Congratulations to all the contestants..........They are all winners

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