Saturday, January 12, 2008

SATURDAY - January 12, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM

By JR Knutson

On his 93rd Birthday

When getting dressed to look your best

You know your getting old

When you can find the button

But can't find the button hole.

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JR Knutson – 2006 IC Red World Champion

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British Columbia Championships

I just want to let you know that we sold the motel and our new e-mail address is : roshen@telus.net

Our chilicookoff will be on Sunday, May18/2008 in downtown Creston,B.C.

Our mailing address is: P.O.Box 111, V0B 1G0, Creston, B.C.,Canada

phone # : 250-428-3545

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Thanks and hopefully see you in May, Henry

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Delaware Valley Regional Chili Cookoff

April 26 , 2008

Beer means new home for Chili Cook-Off

Chili aficionados and food lovers alike will once again flock to Gloucester County in April for the Delaware Valley International Chili Society Cook-Off and Festival, but they'll see a bigger event at a much different venue.

The day-long event in its third year and one of the largest in the country will be held at Gloucester County College in Deptford Township. It had previously been held at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds in Harrison Township.

Event coordinator Rhone Carr, president of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce, said the change of venue was due to the fact that beer will be available.

"We wanted to have the opportunity to sell beer at the event, because beer and chili go together," Carr said. "The 4-H board of directors made a decision regarding it being a youth fairgrounds, so alcohol or beer was not appropriate."

Carr said it was "too bad we had to move," but the chamber will include the county 4-H organization as one of the five recipients of some of the profits.

"We will continue to support the (4-H)," Carr said.

In order to sell beer at the event, a one-day, non-profit vendor permit must be secured from the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Carr said he's already made an application for the permit through Deptford Township.

"I contacted the ABC office and they said the permit should be in our hands sometime (this) week," he said.

The application must also be submitted to the college president, according to GCC spokeswoman Gina Redrow.

As a general rule, GCC does not store or serve alcoholic beverages on campus. But "for special events, it is acceptable," Redrow said.

In fact, Redrow said, the school hosted the College Foundation's first Wine and Chocolate Tasting event this past October.

"We had a wonderful turnout for that," Redrow said.

Carr said that while beer will be available to those of appropriate age, it will be "in an area that's controlled."

"We do want to serve beer, but we want to make sure everyone knows this is a family festival," he said.

Along with the additional beverage options, the festival will include a country music concert this year, Carr said. The festival has partnered with 92.5 WXTU, Philadelphia's country station, to do so.

"We're happy to report that we're in the final stages of signing a contract with Sara Evans, who is one of the hottest female country stars today," Carr said. "And there are additional country stars we're negotiating with right now."

Set for April 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the festival will also have a petting zoo, pony rides, balloon bounces, a car show, a wing-eating contest, and a motorcycle show.

More than 24,000 people attended last year's festival, and Carr said he's hoping to see even more this year.

"We've got people coming from all over the country," Carr said.

"Our regional chili cook-off is one of the largest in the United States," he added. "It's big, probably 80 to 100 cooks. So it's a big event. We've got big plans for this year."

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

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VETERAN'S REGIONAL BULLHEAD CITY,AZ

CALLING ALL CHILI COOKS AND JUDGES

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THE VETERAN'S CHILI COOK-OFF IS SET FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEK-END, AN AMATEUR COOK-OFF SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AND ICS REGIONAL SET FOR SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17TH.

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CHAIRMAN JOE FELICE IS OFFERING GREAT PRIZE MONEY FOR BOTH DAYS. I INVITE YOU TO CHECK OUT WEBSITE www.veteranschilicookoff.com FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION THAT INCLUDES SPECIAL ROOM RATES AT NEVADA CLUB INN, BULLHEAD CITY,AZ

THE TIME SCHEDULE WILL BE 9:00AM(AZ TIME) COOKS MEETING EACH DAY.

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COOKS---PLEASE SIGN ASAP AS JOE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO ARRANGE THE VENUE

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JUDGES----PLEASE CONTACT ME IF INTERESTED IN JUDGING

THANKS

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STEVE WRIGHT, CHIEF JUDGE

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760-533-1464

chilisteve@msn.com

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Triple Regionals in Cripple Creek

The Triple Regionals in Cripple Creek is back for 2008! Over $6,000 in prize money up for grabs

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We are so excited to get these events back with new dates!

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Fri, Jun 20 - '9th Annual Hot Time Chili Cook' Off with Traditional Red Chili Competition. Competition to be held late afternoon/early evening with an evening festival.

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We will start mid afternoon to allow folks to drive/fly in that AM. We MAY ADD VERDE is there's strong interest in doing so. Those cooks would start a little earlier than red. Plans now are for a 6 PM judging of Red. If you'd like to participate in Verde, advise Helen or Eldon via email or phone 719-689-2491. A street dance and live music will be help with the cookoff on Friday.

Sat, Jun 21 - 'Chili Ole Cook Off' and

Sun, June 22 - '27th Mile High Bill Miller Memorial Chili Cook Off' will be the same schedule as before with salsa, chili verde and traditional red competitions.

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1st Place Prize money is the same at $1000 each day for Red, $750 for Green and $200 for Salsa.

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We are still working on many details and will send out soon as finalized.

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Eldon and Helen Likkel

Cripple Creek Chamber of Commerce

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crcrmotel@ccvnet.net

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

TUESDAY - January 8, 2008

Laughlin Regional Chili Cookoff

Rain was predicted, and the prediction came true, though not to the extent that had been anticipated. Actually, after last year's extreme winds, the mantra of the day was "Boy, we'd rather have this weather than the wind!"

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As usual, on Friday we set up our tables in the hotel lobby to sign up the cooks in advance. We were very pleased to see many of the usual folks, and some new participants, rolling in from California, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado, Texas, Utah and Connecticut. Most impressive was the contingent from Alaska, a family of four, competing in their third chili cookoff!

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Judges, too, came from afar to contribute to the success of the day. Special thanks to all who helped. Each of you makes a special and unique contribution to the success of every chili cookoff that you attend.

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Raffles were held all day on behalf of "Relay for Life". An excellent DJ played varied music to suit all tastes. Claude Covington as emcee conducted the drawings and announcements. Special thanks go to Sonny Allen and Nita Montgomery for providing some separate special raffle prizes for the Scorekeepers and other supporters in the judging area. The recognition was very much appreciated by all.

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Just about turn-in time for the red chili, the skies opened up. The rain that had been threatening all day came on in earnest! During the red chili judging we listened to it on the roof of the judging tent. Cooks picked up and cleaned up and lowered their canopies, as most were planning to compete again on Sunday. Still the comments from the cooks were positive---"Much better than wind!" Because of the rain, the announcements were held in the judging tent, and the winners were:

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Salsa (15 entries):

4th, Dave Schulman (CT) tied with Paul Whitney (AZ)

3rd, Russell Barnes (CA)

2nd, Steven Pike (CA)

1st, Bob Poston (CA)

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Chili Verde (26 entries):

5th, Dennis Robinson (ID)

4th, Sonny Allen (NV-Northern)

3rd, Ray Bogart (NV-Southern)

2nd, Jim Beaty (CA)

1st, Bob Hall, (IL) This is Bob's fifth time in a row to win Chili Verde on this weekend!!!!!!!

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Traditional Red Chili (63 entries):

5th, Ron Judson (CA)

4th, Larry Fishel (CA)

3rd, Mike Ford (CA)

2nd, Donna Foley (TX)

1st, Nancy Swenberger (AZ) A Very Happy Lady - Way to go Nancy!

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I would like to thank those who helped with Scorekeeping:

Sharon Ayers, Nicole Caimi, Marilou Corrao, Val Gereghty, Donnie Gordon, Edi Gumfudgin, Allene Macklin and Leah Wieland.

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Message from Desert Dawn

Hey Chiliheads
Thank you so much for braving the weather report & showing up at Laughlin Reg. & Nevada State.
I't always so very hard on our heart when we lose a Good friend & Chilihead. We all will miss you Barbara & George. Heaven sent the tears down on us Sat. & opened up the skies on Sunday.
Again THANK YOU all for supporting the Laughlin cook off. See you next year.
Much Love
Dawn
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Ormley !!!!! NEXT YEAR IT'S MY TURN TO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nevada State

Sunday Jan 6 - Laughlin NV

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After last year's wind and this year's weather report, we were expecting a small crowd and were pleasantly surprised! The Golden Nugget has new owners/management, but Patty O managed another great cookoff on their behalf. Sonny Allen Chair's and Chief Judges beautifully assisted by Nita Montgomery... Dawn & Gary Nehf relieve some of the pressure as they Chair and Chief the day before and are there to coordinate with Patty and the rest of the Nugget staff.

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We have required Andy, Jeep & Dad (Harry M Robinson) to be in charge of the weather as they were all part of the original cookoff and are in a position to do something about it. When it started spitting rain on Saturday, we figured George had arrived and was peeved that he couldn't cook, so it would take them a little while to calm him down. They must have succeeded as the weather held for us on Sunday and the folks who left generally had obligations to meet elsewhere. In addition to our "Weather Committee" for Scorekeepers we had Donnie Gordon - Chief, assisted by Leah Wieland, Karen Ray, Sharon Ayers, Nicole Caimi, Marilou Corrao, Val Gereghty, Edi Gumfudgin, and Nita Montgomery. Sonny promoted Fred Wieland to Official Chief Wrangler of Nevada State, which is good as I threatened to come get them if they ever got snowed in again. I forgot to get a list of wranglers from Fred, but I remember seeing Bill Corrao and Willma Maehl working very hard and my apologies to everyone else Fred abused, no guarantee, but I'll try not to do that again. Claude Covington, MC and Jim Maehl, Photography did their usual excellent jobs. Before I get to the awards I want to say how wonderful it was to see Tony & Lois Dalbis and Doc & Willma Cottingham (they say they will back more often). OK! now the important stuff... the winners.

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The Stainless Steel Chili Pot (donated by Sonny & Nita) went to Kevin Foley

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The Scooter Races went to Ormley Gumfudgin (again & he's already in training for next year)

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Salsa (11 Entries)

3rd Place - Dave Schulman

2nd Place - Karen Angotti

1st Place - Steve Pike

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Chili Verde (21 Entries)

3rd Place - Dennis Robinson

2nd Place - Dick Swenberger

1st Place - Lynn Robinson

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ICS Chili (56 Entries)

5th Place - John Medcraft (Defending Champion)

4th Place - Kevin Foley

3rd Place - Tony Inglese

2nd Place - Harry C Robinson (Lost the Tie)

1st Place - Eileen Beaty

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Congratulations to all the winners. Thanks to all the volunteers and cooks. Great weekend had by all.

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Monday, January 07, 2008

MONDAY - January 7, 2008

GEORGE SWICK

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Longtime ICS member and our 2001 World's Champion, George Swick, passed away Friday morning, January 4th. George suffered complications from pneumonia. Wife Maud, our 1999 World's Champion, and their family were at his side.

Services will be held this coming:

Friday at 10:00am,

Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary and Cemetery,

2739 Panama Lane,

Bakersfield, CA 93313.

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Condolences can be sent to:

Maud Swick,

1201 McKee Road,

Bakersfield, CA 93307

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Carol Hancock
Chief Executive Officer
International Chili Society

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Bill "Gumby" Donovan

Dear Fellow Chiliheads,
One of Bill's favorite sayings....
"Life is like a box of chocolates.... you never know what you are going to get..."
What a shock...
Just the other day the news was good and now as of yesterday we have some bad.
Although Bill's bone marrow biopsy came back clean after the inital blast of chemo unfortunately the more sensitive chromosone test did not. It was a shock even to his doctors and the medical staff. It seems as though the cancer has a tighter grip on Bill than we thought. Another bone marrow biopsy was done this morning. We won't know for sure until late next week what the outcome for future treatments will be. Looks like our stay here in the hospital will be extended for at least 30 more days. More heavy doses of chemo and hopefully another chance for Bill to survive. Yesterday was worse than the day we were diagnosed. Our spirits are quite low.

Please, please pray for us.
Gail & Bill "Gumby" Donovan

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Elaine Lloyd

I want to let everyone know that I am doing a bit better than around Christmas time. The MedTronic device that was implanted on 12-31-07 is like a 24 hour epidural and pumps in pain medication at 3 hour intervals. While it has lessened my pain quite a bit, I still don't feel anywhere near 100%. Each day is taken one at a time...and my family is very supportive and helpful.
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Please accept my thanks and appreciation for all your good thoughts and prayers on my behalf. I know, the fact that I am still on this earth, is attributed to your strong faith and prayers. I cannot answer or keep up with emails like I did in the past so please understand when you send me multiple emails everyday. My mind is not that clear and I forget things quite often but I do appreciate phone calls from good friends every once in awhile.
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My daughter, Lisa, has set up her own Web page AND included a Blog that has updates on my health. Please access it every once in awhile to see how I am doing if you don't want to bother me by phone or a visit.

http://web.mac.com/lisa.andria/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html
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Please know that I love and appreciate all my friends and want to apologize for not being so able to keep up with all of you. This experience in my life is very frustrating, along with being very sad. But, I am so happy to have so many special people in my life. Thanks for that...

Love, Elaine Lloyd

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