WEDNESDAY - March 26, 2008

2nd Annual New England Regional

Chili Cooks!

As we are a little more than a month away we wanted to remind you about The 2nd Annual New England Regional Chili Cookoff May 3,2008 in Somers,CT.

As you plan your road trips we hope that you consider the NERCC as it is a very cook friendly chili cookoff!

If you plan to fly, try http://www.skybus.com/ Sky Bus offers very reasonable flights from specific area's. (Thanks for the heads up Chuck H.) If you do fly we can help you with tables,stoves and a cover.

We are also offering all cooks breakfast,lunch and even a before dinner snack of BBQ smoked ribs! Then you add a Cooks Goodie bag filled with useful items, a great cooks welcome part May 2, and some of the most knowledgeable judges ever (all of last years returning judges & more judges from the food industry), great blues music.....and you'll have a killer time!

If you need hotel info, please go to WWW.CHILICT.COM and look at our sponsors and you'll see 2 hotels offering special NERCC rates.

Should you have any questions or need anything, you can reach me at madmike@chilict.com

We hope to see you May 3,2008!
Kathy and Mad Mike Freedman

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Back to Back Ohio Cook-off's

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It is time for the 13 th annual Buckeye Regional and 11 th annual Ohio state chili cook-off's to be held in downtown Port Clinton, Ohio on saturday and sunday April 26 & 27.With two chances to cook at the world and 2,600 in prize money make your plan's now.The Holiday inn express is the host hotel with cook-off rate of 59.00 plus tax ( must mention chili cook-off ) and the number is 419-732-7322. Once again we will have dinner at Nagoya restaurant on Friday at 7:30. Please let me know if you are coming to dinner so that we will have enough tables.Saturday night we will have the best cook's party in the country at the holiday inn express party room hosted by me and my wife Diane and our staff from Big Boppers restaurant. Any question's you can e-mail at bigboppers@cros.net or call me at 419-734-4458.

Hope to see you soon

Ken Kostal

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Email Address Change

Please not that my e-mail has changed to chilliexperience@comcast.net or you can use l.eastep@Comcast.net if you wish

Larry Eastep
3920 Surry Place
Springfield IL 62711

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TUESDAY - March 25, 2008

ICS Sanctioned Sin City District

Pahrump, NV

For all you adventurous cooks, here is a chili cookoff at the World Famous Chicken Ranch Brothel in Pahrump, NV on May 3^rd, 2008. Red chili and salsa will be the two contests being offered. Entry fee for red chili is $35 + 1 gallon peoples choice chili, salsa entry fee is $15. Cooks meeting will be at 8:30am with red chili starting at 10am, red chili judging at 2pm. Peoples choice chili to be served at 1pm.

Norm & Bobbie Gaul will be the Head Judge and Head Scorekeeper.

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1^st Place red chili: $300, 2^nd Place: $200, 3^rd Place: $100 (+ trophy for all places)

1^st Place Salsa: $100 + trophy, 2^nd Place: $50, 3^rd Place: $25

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Contestants with RV's will be allowed to park (dry camping only) at the Chicken Ranch after 5pm on Friday evening (May 2, 2008) and cooks are invited to attend the Friday night cocktail party at the Chicken Ranch, outside by the pool.

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Whittier Ca. District Cook-off

April 19th.

This event is held at a great location, last year public attendance was ok. The Chairperson & I would like to advance this cook-off to a Regional. To do this as you all know we need 20 cooks (last year we had 13).

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I know some of you cooks do not like to cook Districts (remember two wins will get you in the world). I would like to mention that we have lost a number of Regional's lately in Southern California. So please help us to make this a Regional. We need another April Regional !!!!

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Thanks in Advance for your support

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Don Hammes

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SUNDAY - March 23, 2008

DESERT RAT REGIONAL

Once again Phil Morosky did an excellent job for the California City American Legion Post 476. He works on this all year... He and Pat make bibs for the cooks and volunteers in addition to everything else they do. And did everyone notice that the prize money was the same for Red & Green ($500, $300, $100).

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The first motor home arrived on Wednesday. The weather was beautiful all three days I was there. And everyone associated with the Legion welcomed us as old friends and family. Competition began Friday with the beef stew which also served as dinner for many (and they were all good!). Saturday began with free breakfast provided by the Legion's Kitchen Crew for the cooks and volunteers. Once again Phil assembled an awesome team of volunteers: Capt Jim Maehl, Chief Judge - Scorekeepers: Donnie Gordon, Pat Morosky, MaryEllen Weber and Edi Gumfudgin - Emcee, Claude Covington (who not only did a great job, but came to fill in for Mike Austin who is still spending most of his time at the hospital with Maria) - Wranglers: Willma Maehl and Dirty Ole Phil Himself in Charge. After the cookoff the Legion always has a dinner. This year it was a Cornish Game Hen with salad, rice, beans and cake for $8. Lots of food and good eatin'. And the winners are:

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Beef Stew: (6 Entries)

3rd Place - Norm Gaul

2nd Place - Karl "Smitty" Smith

1st Place - Ryan Wendelsmith

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Braggin Rights Salsa (6 Entries)

3rd Place - Leonora Simpson

2nd Place - Lenn Deevers

1st Place - Ryan Wendelsmith

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ICS Salsa (10 Entries)

3rd Place - Jim Beaty

2nd Place - Mary Nicoll

1st Place - Adrian Fuhrman

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Chili Verde (19 Entries)

3rd Place - John Jepson

2nd Place - Sachiko Brecke

1st Place - Maud Swick

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Traditional Red Chili (32 Entries)

5th Place - Jodi Wiseman

4th Place - Adrian Fuhrman

3rd Place - John Jepson

2nd Place - Jim Beaver

1st Place - Gene Beller

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Congratulations to all the winners, the Morosky's, the Legion... and Thank You to all the volunteers for a job well done. A good time was had by all!

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Whittier Chili Cook-Off

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2nd Annual

Saturday April 19th 10-4

7333 Greenleaf Avenue (between Mar Vista and Penn Sts. Across from the Radisson.

Cooking from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Set-up 7:00 am

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Red Chili

$300

$200

$100

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Chili Verde

$200

$125

$ 75

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Salsa $100

Peoples Choice $100.00

For more information call: rosalie at

(562)698-1718

Whittier Museum

http://www.whittiermuseum.org/

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Don Hammes Chief Judge

Mary Ellen Chief Score Keeper

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Harry Edger

hi all my name is paul edgar (son of harry and kathy edgar) im here to let everyone know that my father passed away 3/18/2008 due to illness steming from conjestive lung and heart failure.i died with his whole family there at his bedside and was my hero and was honored to have him as my dad...there was no arrangements done for a funeral as the way he wanted it.. his ashes will be spread over lake tahoe as the way he wanted it.

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