WEDNESDAY - June 4, 2008

Springtacular Regional Chili Cookoff

It was a beautiful day in Clinton for the Springtacular Chili Cookoff. I would like to thank all my chili cooks for coming, and for their continued support of this cookoff. Also, a big thank you to Vicki for helping me get through this and for all the help she always gives to me.

Salsa Winners:

3rd Place: Julie Netser (Seymour, Indiana)

2nd Place: Dearl Thomas (Clinton, Illinois)

1st Place: Bobby Hall (Taylorville, Illinois) (Hat Trick Complete)

Verde Winners:

3rd Place: Mike Goodman (Pewaukee, Wisconsin)

2nd Place: Larry Eastep (Springfield, Illinois)

1st Place: Jim Deere (Pana, Illinois)

Red Chili Winners:

3rd Place: Josh Tucker (Clinton, Illinois) first time cook

2nd Place: Paul Wessing (Farmersville, Illinois)

1st Place: Aldo Klinghammer (Taylorville, Illinois)

Again, thanks to all of you for coming and to everyone for the help they gave to me.

Cathy Schmedeke

spicegirl6@verizon.net

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River City Regional Chili Cookoff at

Old Town Elk Grove SpringFest a HUGE Success

As an antique dealer, I always know that something old becomes new again. This holds true for the River City Regional Chili Cookoff. After a number of years in Folsom, CA, the attendance and interest in the River City Regional Chili Cookoff had started to fall. As a merchant in Old Town Elk Grove, I was approached with the idea of adding a Chili Cookoff to our charming Old Town SpringFest. With a tremendous amount of hard work, dedication and vision, Elk Grove had one of the most successful events in our community. The police estimated the crowd to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 18,000-20,000 people. That's a nice neighborhood. Last year, in Folsom, the crowd estimate was 3,000. There were plenty of activities to keep the large crowd entertained and happy. Our Main Stage featured big name local bands, a taste tempting food court and beer garden. Our Kids area had tons of free bounce houses, pony rides, a petting zoo, live entertainment on the kids stage and plenty of fun and healthy treats for the kids. There were 4 other secondary stages, with different theme on each stage. We had a few minor first year hic ups, but all in all a good time was had by all.

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With a new venue, energetic new blood implementing a well thought out plan and an enthusiastic community, we helped raise a lot of much needed funds for the CureBreast Cancer Foundation.

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Our ICS family came out in force to support this new venue. Kathy & I thank you for that support. ICS members always put on a great show and are much appreciated by the organizers as well as the community. Thanks for a GRREAT JOB!!!

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Now for the winners:

Best Booth

3^rd place Irving Panigada

2^nd place Gerry Lind

1^st Place Rick Decker

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People's Choice

3^rd place Geno Cassella

2^nd place Bob Mikelson

1^st place Ron & Gary Peck

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HomeStyle – 11 contestants - test pilot went very well – a few kinks to work out.

This category generated 16 new ICS members – these 11 HomeStyle members plus 5 additional new members trying ICS red)

3^rd place J. Stirling 15 points

2^nd place Gary Peck 18 points

1^st place Adam Lewis 22 points

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Salsa - 15 Contestants

3^RD PLACE Mike O'Donnel 6 points (new member)

2^nd place John Jepson 8 points

1^st place Eileen Beaty 14 points

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Chili Verde – 17 Contestants

3^rd place Harry C Robinson 12 points

2^nd place Adrian Furhman 15 points

1^st place John Medcraft 17 points

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Red Chili – 33 Contestants

5^th place tie Ron Judson 8 points

4^th place tie Adrian Furhman 8 points

3^rd place tie Gerry Lind 9 points

2^nd place tie Ron Boisseranc 9 points

1^st place John Jepson 12 points

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The Foundation is already planning for an even bigger and better event for 2009.

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Regards,

Dave & Kathy Hipskind

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