MONDAY - April 28, 2008

MINDEN REGIONALS

The weather was beautiful... and with a slight steady breeze! There was snow on the mountains and the view was awesome! Fritz Rubins was Chairman and David & Kathy Hipskind Chief Judge & Scorekeeper both days. Carson Valley Sertoma was the host and charity... and they are one hard working service club. So I simply relaxed and enjoyed the drive up. I get to the cookoff on Saturday morn and there are Claudine, Char & Suzanne from Sertoma who are some of the most efficient Wranglers you will ever meet. They have been there every year since I began working (instead of cooking) this cookoff and anticipate every need. Sigh of relief! Then Fritz tells me his scorekeepers are Kathy H (see Dave, it works both ways), Donnie & Terry Deal. How can there be stress with a crew like that. Fritz, congratulations together a great team for both days! The cookoff was moved to the side of the casino this year, just off the street. Great move and great weather... Sertoma sold out of food on day one and I didn't hear a report on day 2, but I'm guessing a public of 2500-3000 on day one. Day 2 they showed a little later, but it was crowded too. The cooks did well, the vendors did well, I'm guessing the casino did well and I know Sertoma did too! Now for the winners:

Carson Valley Inn #1 – Saturday

Salsa (15 Entries)

2nd Place (Unbroken Tie) - Barbara Herrin & John Jepson

1st Place - John Ammerman-NV

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Chili Verde (19 Entries)

5th Place (3rd in Points as 3-Way tie for 2nd) - Laurie Boisseranc

4th Place - Glennise Tyree

3rd Place - John Jepson

2nd Place - Barbara Herrin-TX

1st Place - Voni Medcraft-NV

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Red Chili (31 Entries)

4th Place - John Jepson (lost the tie for 3rd)

3rd Place - Kevin Foley

2nd Place - Adrian Fuhrman-CA

1st Place - Geneva Holman-NV

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Carson Valley Inn #1 - Sunday

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Salsa (11 Entries)

3rd Place - Joseph Hendrick

2nd Place - Lynn Pruett-CO

1st Place - Ray Bogart-NV

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Chili Verde (17 Entries)

3rd Place - John Medcraft

2nd Place - Barbara Herrin-TX

1st Place - Barbara Beaver- CA

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Red Chili (30 Entries)

4th Place - Skip Cooley (Lost 3-way tie for 2nd)

3rd Place - Herb Holman (who lost a bet & had to cook after Geneva won on Saturday)

2nd Place - John Jepson-CA

1st Place - Kevin Foley - TX

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It was a weekend for ties! I think there were four teams (2 or more cooks each) from Texas. The scorekeepers all now know how to spell Medcraft, Herrin & Jepson. Congratulations to all the winners and to Carson Valley Sertoma and a hearty Thank You to all the volunteers who not only worked hard, but did a great job.

Submitted by Donnie G.

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DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL

The drive to the southern part of NJ on Friday was not only typical NJ Friday traffic, but the day was in the low 80's and sunny. Then comes Saturday, the day of the Delaware Valley Regional Chili Cookoff, and the rain over night had cooled things off so much we were all scrambling for extra layers of clothes. Then the wind picked up and pretty much stayed around. We couldn't even look to the sun for warmth, because that was totally elusive all day. The best part was, the cooks came, all 83 of them, then the vendors came and then the spectators came and came and came. And they stayed, because there was some great talent on the main stage of the Gloucester Community College, the headliner being Sara Evans. The judges were many and professionally coached by Dave Lorenz. Steve Falkowski and Wes Carlson really took the setting up of the tables in hand with the help of several volunteers from the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce. The scorekeeping was done by Audrey Falkowski with the help of several local volunteers as well as Dottie Lorenz and our own Vickie, all the way up from Florida. With 2 tables for Salsa and Verde and 3 tables for Red, everyone in the judging tent worked very hard to get through the day successfully.

The winners were:

Salsa

3rd – Rick Sievering

2^nd – Mary Alice Kropp, NH

1^st – Rich Omerza, PA

Verde

3^rd - Christine Johnson, PA

2^nd – Jim Heywood, NY

1^st – Christian Parker

Red

5^th – Lew Wheeling, PA

4^th – Chip Welch, PA

3^rd – Christian Parker

2^nd – Rich Omerza, PA

1^st – Mike Usiak, IL Mike was last year's winner also.

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Submitted by Audrey F.

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