SATURDAY - July 14, 2007

Illinois State Winners

SALSA 20 entries

3rd Bob Hall IL

2nd Nancy Goodman WI

1st Kelly Wessing IL

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CHILI VERDE 15 entries

3rd Bill Donovan OH

2nd Christine Toney MO

1st Maureen Barrett IL

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ICS RED CHILI 38 entries

5th Jill Haney IL

4th Christine Toney MO

3rd Tom Calvert IL

2nd Josh Nicol IL (1st time cook)

1st Jerry Simmons MO

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High Sierra Regional Winners

SALSA 15 entries

3rd Susie Decker CA

2nd Trecia Nienow CA

1st Carol Ruff NV

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CHILI VERDE 15 entries

3rd Adrian Fuhrman CA

2nd Harry C. Robinson CA

1st Vonnie Medcraft NV

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ICS RED CHILI 27 entries

4th John Ammerman NV

3rd Norm Gaul NV

2nd Susie Decker CA

1st Scott Ruff NV

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Studio Diner Cookoff

San Diego- Sat July 28th

Just a Reminder to all you great Cooks and Chiliheads
That San Diego is looking forward to having the I.C.S. Grow here
and San Diego's ONLY TV & Movie Lot will be hosting a District
Chili Cookoff with Over $2000.00 in CASH prizes!!

Movie sets, Great Raffles, Classic Cars, a few "surprise" celebrities
And lots of Great Chili!!

www.studiodiner.com/events has maps, menus & more!

Contact Jim Phillips at 619-247-8982
Or Claude Covington 909-322-4510 for more details.

Help get San Diego "Chili-ized

Jim Phillips
Manager, Studio Diner
4701 Ruffin Rd.
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858-715-6400
www.studiodiner.com

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New Chili Cookoff!!!!

Chili Heads!

There is a NEW Chili Cookoff this year!

The "Chili By The Sea" District Chili Cookoff will be September 16th 2007 in Groton,CT.

This will be a "Back to Back" event with the CT. State in New Haven,CT. which is the 15th!
That means when you come to CT the 3rd weekend of September, you'll have 5 chances to get to the WCCC in Omaha!

Prize money is as follows:

Traditional Red Chili 1st place is $750,2nd $500. Chili Verde 1st place is $350 and 2nd is $250. Salsa 1st place is $300 and 2nd is $200. World Class Cup (for those already qualified for the WCCC) 1st place is $250! Peoples Choice 1st place is $250!

Chief Judge is Dave Lorenz and Head Score keeper is Audrey Falkowski assisted by her husband (& 1997 WCCC Champ) Steve!

We'll have some cool amenities for this event such as POT WASHING offered by the Groton Lions. Your pots can be taken from the CT. State CCO or dropped off at the "Chili By The Sea" District Chili Cookoff site and tagged,washed, and sanitized and brought to the "Chili By The Sea" District Chili Cookoff for YOU!

We are also for arranging hotel accommodations and will forward them to you!

The "Chili By The Sea" web site with all info will be live later this week.

Please sign up at:

http://www.chilicookoff.com/event/Event_Display.asp?EventID=2141

We look forward to seeing you for a beautiful fall "Back to Back Chili Weekend" in CT!

Should you have ANY questions, please contact:

Kat and Michael Freedman

aka Mad Kat and Mad Mike THE Mads!!

madmikeskillerchili@cox.net

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FRIDAY - July 13, 2007

America's Best Food Show

Just wanted to let all of our ICS Cooks know that one of our own just won the America's Best Foods Contest in Anahiem today. They are Russell and Judy Barnes "Sancho Blanco Chili" they won $10,000.00 and Grand Prize. Their recipe was for Chicken Enchilada with napalas tortillas and Sancho Blanco Chili Verde. There will be more news about the win later. Their e-mail is Barnes, Judy
E-mail Address(es):
SanchoBlanco@dslextreme.com
Personal Information:
Address:
444 W Johnston Street
Colton, CA 92324

Phone: 909-825-7376

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Congrats are welcome.

Thanks

Mike "Ughlee" Austin

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WESTMINSTER ELKS REGIONAL

6391 Industry Way, Westminster, CA

JULY 29, 2007

BACK TO BACK WITH CYPRESS DISTRICT, JULY 28TH

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Entry Fees:

Red Chili: $35.00

Chili Verde: $25.00

Salsa: $15.00

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Prizes:

Red: 1st. $500.00

2nd: 300.00

3rd: 200.00

4th: 100.00

5th: 50.00

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Chili Verde & Salsa: 100% Payback

Contact: Paula Wilson: 714-892-2346 or

Don Hammes: 714-839-8314

RATSHACK2@AOL.COM

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THURSDAY - July 12, 2007

Vermont State Chili Cookoff

After a 4 year absence, the Vermont State Chili Cookoff is back!! The cookoff is being held at the Fischer School on East Arlington Rd. in beautiful Arlington. The cookoff, on Sat. July 21^st, is part of a 2 day town carnival sponsored by the Arlington Fire Company No. 1. Arlington is located on Route 7A, about 15 miles north of Bennington.

The cookoff will feature red, green and salsa competitions, with the winners qualifying for the World Championships. There will also be Peoples Choice, Best Firehouse Chili and Best Booth. There will be music during the day and fireworks at night.

The Fire Company has worked hard on this carnival for years, and hopes that the chili cookoff adds a little spice to the event.

Call Steve Falkowski at 845-227-2425 for directions and more information.

Hope to see you there.

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New Email address

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poonchili@roadrunner.com

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Ken & Jan Brown

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CYPRESS DISTRICT

JULY 28TH, 2007

Just a reminder that Cypress will be held on July 28th, this is a cookoff that has been around for a very long time and it gets lots and lots of spectators. Would like to see our friends come out to support this cookoff once again. It is located at 5700 Orange Ave in Cypress, behind the Community Center. Norm and I will once again be Chief Judge and Scorekeeper. If you have any questions please contact Chris Sherrin at chris@sherringlassandmetal.com or us at chiliahr@sbcglobal.net If we can't answer your question we will get an answer.

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WESTMINSTER ELKS REGIONAL

6391 Industry Way, Westminster, CA

(FORMERLY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA ANA REGIONAL)

JULY 29, 2007

BACK TO BACK WITH CYPRESS DISTRICT, JULY 28TH

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Entry Fees:

Red Chili: $35.00

Chili Verde: $25.00

Salsa: $15.00

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Prizes:

Red: 1st. $500.00

2nd: 300.00

3rd: 200.00

4th: 100.00

5th: 50.00

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Chili Verde & Salsa: 100% Payback

Contact: Paula Wilson: 714-892-2346 or

Don Hammes: 714-839-8314

RATSHACK2@AOL.COM

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TUESDAY - July 10, 2007

ED COOLEY

ED COOLEY "COOLEY COOL" PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY MORNING AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A CELEBRATION OF ED'S LIFE WILL BE PLANNED FOR LATER THIS MONTH.

CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO HIS WIFE:

KAREN COOLEY

4861 W. 96th ST.

INGLEWOOD, CA 90301

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Fire on the Mountain Regional

The 16^th Annual Fire on the Mountain Regional Cookoff was held July 6^th and 7^th at Snowshoe West Virginia.

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As has become almost monotonously routine, the Snowshoe Mountain Resort folks did their usual superb job in putting on this very large cookoff. Even the weather deity cooperated, with three of the most gorgeous days imaginable.

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If you were there, you know. If you were not, imagine sunny blue skies with some puffy white clouds highlighting; unlimited visibility enhancing the spectacular panorama of the surrounding mountains; an invigorating morning chill, followed by a mid-day in the mid 70s, followed by wonderful evening chill…if it can get any better, I don't know how.

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Almost 80 cooks (16 new ICS cooks – see Carol smile) and a ton of spectators came to enjoy this special event at the top of the mountain. And enjoy they did; with continuous entertainment on stage, a myriad of things for the younger set to do – rock wall climbing, face painting, trampolines and bungee, chair lift rides, paddle boats on the lake at the bottom of the ride, to name but a few – all complementing the wonderful chili and salsa provided by the cooks.

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The afternoon of Friday the 6^th was dedicated to the Salsa and Chili Verde competition. This was followed by a great cook's party that evening in the Village center; the party adjoining a "Block Party" for everybody, but with controlled entrance to just the cooks/judges for the food and "beverages".

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On Saturday the 7^th (07 – 07 – 07), the Traditional Red Regional cookoff took place. In addition to all the previously mentioned which make Fire on the Mountain such a special cookoff, the cooks compete for the largest 1^st Prize of the circuit outside of the World Championship - $10,000.

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To say that the competition (in all three events) was intense, would be a gross understatement. Over half of the Salsa and Verde cooks were former World qualifiers (to include a former Verde World Champion – Jeff Nester); over a third of the Traditional Red cooks were also former World qualifiers.

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Now for the results:

Friday

Salsa - 22 cooks

3^rd Place Jerry Workman

2^nd Place Larry Lentz

1^st Place Christian Parker (will represent Fire on the Mountain at the WCCC)

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Chili Verde - 22 cooks

3^rd Place Christian Parker

2^nd Place Gail Donovan

1^st Place Dave Cobb (will represent Fire on the Mountain at the WCCC)

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Saturday

Best Booth Headhunter Chili

Showmanship Pirates of the Chili Bean

.Traditional Red - 69 cooks

Actually, there were 71 registered. However, one team decided early (around stove lighting time) that they were having such a good time, that they did not want the concentrating on their turn-in chili to interfere with their partying; a second cook (former World qualifier, who had cooked Friday) withdrew because of a physical ailment.

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Finals Table – 17 cooks

Kevin Simmons, Christian Parker, Dick Steinert, Jim Parker, Carrie Lentz, Laurin Staley, Larry Lentz, Gail Donovan, Madeline Galford, Jessie Forbes, Howard Kahle, Sandra Moyers, Ed Garner, Jeremy Sheets, Jack Ware, Kim Eckley, Ghon Eckley

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Red Rookie of the Year Howard Khale

("Whitey Blakemore Memorial Award)

Red Best of W Virginia Ed Garner

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Places

4^th Place Kevin Simmons

3^rd Place Ed Garner

2^nd Place Larry Lentz

1^st Place Carrie Lentz* (will represent Fire on the Mountain at the WCCC)

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*Carrie is the first three time winner of Fire on the Mountain.

If you expand that to the "Lentz Chili Dynasty", the number of wins is (I believe) something like seven…even to the most casual observer, it is obvious that they are doing something right

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In summary, a superb event thanks to terrific job by everybody involved: Chairperson and organizers, volunteers and, as always, the cooks without whom there would not be a cookoff

Sergei Kowalchik

Head Chili – Chief Judge

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MONDAY - July 9, 2007

2nd Annual Midnite Sun Alaskan Regional

July 7,2007

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I'm guessing there are 20 or so active ICS Chiliheads in Alaska today and unless they are putting on the cookoff or called away by emergencies they cook; and the cook well! Again this year congratulations to Wayne Ronsman and Associates for a terrific cookoff, with U.S. Army canine field trials, rock wall climbing, antique auto show, fantastic teen vocal exhibitions, arts, crafts, beer garden, beauty pageant winners,super sponsors, and dedicated judges. So come next year lower forty eight. The weather's beautiful and the people are real. You too Canada. Just mush yourself through Whitehorse and you're there!!

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Results: People's Choice 1st Judy Burke (AK) 2006 WCCC Finalist

Best Booth and Show 1st William Johnson (AK)

Traditional Red Chili: 1st Dianna Kriger (AK)

2nd John Kriger (AK)

3rd Bill Johnson (AK)

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Doug Wilkey Chief Judge

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VICKIE at ICS Needs our Help

I got a call from a Richard Wolf in San Diego who is looking for some help in trying to find the correct procedure for drying and rehydrating chili pods and maybe find a source to purchase them from. Do you think anyone might have some help for him? His email address is roiz@batteredshrimp.com . Thanks!!!

Address your answers to:

Richard Wolf - roiz@batteredshrimp.com

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SUNDAY - July 8, 2007

COOK'S CORNER REGIONAL COOKOFF

By Bobby Gaul

Well, Cook's Corner Regional will remain a regional for next year. The Chairperson Rhonda and the owner of the bar were very happy with the turnout and are looking forward to next year which we hope will be bigger and better. I am also told that the dirt area is supposed to be grass next year. (rumor only)

The day turned out to be pretty warm, I think in the 90's, but everyone managed to stay as cool as possible. Beats the 115 degrees that Pahrump had on Wednesday.

I really want to thank the Plager's and the Swenberger's for traveling so far to help out in the judging area, we really appreciated having them there. It was also great to see Karen Cooley again. I hope we get to see more of her at other cookoffs. And of course a thank you should go to Carol & Dave Hancock for coming so far to help in the judging area, LOL This was probably the second of two cookoffs that are close to home for those two. And of course the Gumfudgins were there with their smiling faces. We are always happy to see them. Well I like to keep these things short so on the important part.

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People's Choice was won by Charlie Blosfield

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SALSA: 9 contestants

3rd Pl. Tony Angotti

2nd Pl. Mike Austin

1st Pl. Sachiko Bredke

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CHILI VERDE: 12 contestants

3rd Pl. Mary Nicoll

2nd Pl. Charlie Blosfield

1st Pl. Nibs Waters

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RED CHILI: 23 contestants

Tied for 4th: Mike Stewart & Dennis Macklin

3rd Pl. Ken King

2nd Pl. Bill Ray

1st Pl. Eileen Beaty

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Millville District Chili Cookoff

By Dave Lorenz

What a great day it was in the town of Millville New Jersey on Saturday, 07-07-07. A chili cookoff, festival, canoe races, and boat cruises. Sunny, in the upper 80's with a light breeze. A great job was done by Allison Corson, chairwomen of the event, from the Millville Glasstown Arts District. With 25 entries in traditional red, this event will be a regional in 2008! Thanks to all the cooks who attended this event and made it a success. Millville was an old glass manufacturing town until about 10 years ago, many of the companies that were located in Millville began operations in the early 1800's. There is a lot of history in this old town located on the scenic Maurice River. Below are the results for the chili cookoff.

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Salsa (20 entries)

1^st – Jim Heywood - New York

2^nd – Mike Freedman - Connecticut

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Verde (10 entries)

1^st – Jim Heywood - New York (Jim now has the hat trick!!!)

2^nd – Dave Schulman - Connecticut

3^rd – Dan Bauer - Virginia

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Red (25 entries, a regional in '08!!)

1^st – Dave Schulman - Connecticut

2^nd – Rhone Carr - New Jersey

3^rd – Lew Wheeling - Pennsylvania

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20^th Annual OLD MINER'S DAYS Chili Cookoff

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An ICS Sanctioned Regional Competition that Attracts Chili Cookers from 4 Western States. Winners will advance to the World Championship Cook-off with winners from other Regional Cook-offs across the USA, Canada and Mexico.

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On Saturday, July 21st prepare your taste buds to be aroused, amazed, and maybe even burned to smithereens with mouth watering and explosively original chili.

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With about 40 chili cookers competing this year - each in their own booth with some outrageous titles such as "Hemorrhoid Heaven Chili" and "Double Flush Chili" - expect to laugh, cry, and have a down right good time at this year's Chili Cook-off which will be held in the Village at the Bartlett Parking Lot from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

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The competition will officially begin at noon with the sounding of a fire siren. All preparation and cooking for this event has to happen on site and they are only given three hours of actual cooking time with the end signaled by another siren at 3:00pm. At 4:00pm will be the awards ceremony.

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Also mixed into the day will be other entertaining competitions such as :

the Shoot 'n Holler

Mr. Hot Sauce and

Miss Chili Pepper

the Wiskerino

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The cost of admission is $5.00 per person, and tasting kits are a couple of bucks apiece. Fifty-plus vendors will also be showing their wares, including bounce houses, climbing walls, and two western bands from 10:00 AM and continuing until 6:00 PM.

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Hearses, hussies, and huge toilets make up this eclectic scene as chili cookers get down and dirty to compete for the coveted 1st place title and $500.00 red chili prize, and a 1st place green chili prize of $150.00.

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For more information, call event organizer Tom Benson at (909) 878-4042 or visit http://www.oldminers.org/ for contestant information and vendor forms.

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District Cookoff – Anderson, CA

International Chili Cook-off:

When: October 20, 2007

Where: Wal-Mart Superstore

5000 Rhonda Road

Anderson, CA 96007

South end of the Wal-Mart Superstore

It will be a District International Chili Society contest, with People's Choice Chili also.

We will be looking for vendors, cars and motocycles to have a show and shine, entertainment, breakfast and lunch available.

Come visit all the sights in beautiful Northern Ca.: Shasta Dam, Mt. Shasta, Shasta Lake and Whiskeytown Lake, the Sundial Bridge and many more sights to visit while participating in the Chile contest:)

Contact:

Margaret at work 530-225-5255,

cell 530-949-0365

mblackford@helpshasta.org and/or mypathways@frontiernet.net

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