SUNDAY - July 20, 2008

High Sierra Regional results

Beautiful warm day in Carson City without all the smoke from the California fires. 21 red cooks, 10 green and 8 salsas. The winners:

Salsa—

3rd Lynn Robinson CA

2nd Anita Kerr NV

1st John Jepson CA

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Verde—

3rd John Jepson CA

2nd Adrian Fuhrman CA

1st Ron Boisseranc CA

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Red—

3rd Dennis Robinson ID

2nd Gerry Lind CA

1st Adrian Fuhrman CA

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We all do it again Sunday in the Northern Nevada Regional

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"PARTY IN THE PARK"

28TH ANNUAL

LITCHFIELD, IL.

JULY 19, 2008

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This was the 28th year for Litchfield to host their annual "Party in the Park" summer event in downtown Litchfield on the grounds of the Carnegie Library. This is a beautiful setting at the 1904 Carnegie building and grounds, built by funding from Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

The Litchfield Chamber of Commerce members along with Executive Director, Nikki Bishop do an excellent job of putting this event on each year. This is a two day event with rides, food, crafts, stage, entertainment, farmers market, as well as the Chili Cookoff.

Steve Bryant, Chairman, has taken over running this cookoff now in its 26th year and started by Mr. Chili Man Chilli himself, Joe Defrates, 2 time World Champion.

Steve works very hard to make this annual event very fun and relaxing for the chili contestants, judges and the public participation.

Hats off to all the Litchfield Chamber members for their efforts for all these years.

As usual it was a typical July day in Illinois........ 90 degrees and 75% humidity. The only thing comforting about the weather was the light breeze blowing through the park all day.

Still this did not dampen the spirits of the chili contestants. Everyone had a good time. Everyone, includes some very high profile chili cooks, including four World Champions.

For a small District cookoff this was very tough competition.

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SALSA 8 contestants

9 judges

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4th (HM) = Jim Weller 8 pts (Rockton, IL.)

3rd = Paul Wessing 8 pts (Farmersville, IL.) won tie break

2nd = Jim Deere 10 pts (Pana, IL.)

1st = Jim Schmedeke 11 pts (Clinton, IL.)

CHILI 15 contestants

14 judges

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3rd = Dearl Thomas 9 pts (Clinton, IL.)

2nd = Tom Calvert 10 pts (Taylorville, IL.)

1st = Jean Simmons 10 pts (Florissant, MO.) won tie break

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As you can tell the competition was very close and challenging. The judges all remarked that is was very hard to determine their winners as they were all very good!

With Jim's Salsa win he is now qualified for the WCCC.

Also, Jean was a very happy person as this is her 2nd District win this year which also qualifies her for the WCCC.........It pays to cook your Districts!

Congratulations to all the contestants, they are all winners!

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Old Miners Regional (Big Bear)

It was a beautiful weekend in Big Bear! The Old Miners began the chili weekend with the Calcutta on Friday nite… Collecting over almost $1200 in the auction of chili cooks to win. This money was split 25% going to local cooks and 75% going to ICS competitors with 1/3 going to winning cook, buyer and Old Miners Association. As the full staff gathers Saturday morning we find, Mark Gaines working everywhere for Old Miners, Mark Sweeney as Chief Judge, Scorekeepers: Donnie Gordon, Val Gereghty, Melody Sweeney & Karen Ray, Wranglers: Bob Dyer, Sachiko Brecke, Armando Sanchez, Kelly Sweeney and her friend Amanda and of course, Mike Austin returned as Emcee. There were more events than you usually see (even a Whiskerino) and amazingly everything ran smoothly. Great Job and thanks to all!

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Best Booth: Van Sorrels

Perpetual Merchant's Trophy: Susie Collins, ERA Realty

Best Local Cook: Van Sorrels

1^st Time Cook: John Whitaker

Salsa (14 Contestants):

3^rd Place: Red Brecke

2^nd Place: Mark Yarter

1^st Place: Irene Menchaca – It's a Hat Trick

Verde (14 Contestants)

3^rd Place: Bob Wiseman

2^nd Place: Mark Haught

3^rd Place: Jim Beaty – Another Hat Trick

Red Chili (36 Contestants)

5^th Place: Bob Wiseman

4^th Place: Dennis Macklin

3^rd Place: Ken Brown

2^nd Place: Mike Ford

1^st Place: Dave Thomas

Local Calcutta: Buyer & Cook were both Van Sorrels

ICS Calcutta: Buyer & Cook were Mike Ford

See, it does pay to buy yourself at an auction!

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Congratulations to all the winners and Old Miners for a job well done.

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IDAHO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI COOKOFF
SATURDAY JULY 26, 2008
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Come join in the fun in Downtown Mountain Home

(a stone's throw from Boise!)

at the 26th Annual Idaho State Cookoff.

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Carl Miller Park is a GREAT place with lots and lots of HUGE shade trees.
Meet the wonderful hometown and Mountain Home Air Force Base folks at this event.

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All three Events will be ICS WORLD Qualifiers. (we need 7 entries in each category)
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SCHEDULE
Set Up Time
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Cooks' Meeting
9:00 a.m. ALL Categories
Chili Verde Preparation
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Red Chili Preparation
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
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Cooking and Serving Times for PEOPLES CHOICE CHILI
Start Cooking
8:00 a.m.
Serving
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Cooking Times
Chili Verde
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Red Chili
12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
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Turn in Times
Salsa 12:00 noon
Chili Verde 1:30 p.m.
Red Chili 3:00 p.m.

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Awards at approximately 4:30 p.m.
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FOR INFORMATION
Call Charlie Ward at 208-587-4924
travelinwards@q.com

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