THURSDAY - April 24, 2008

MARIA AUSTIN

Dear Friends and Fam-Lee

Maria Austin, passed away 4-22-08.

Maria was loved by all, and she loved everyone. Her main goal in life was to make sure her Fam-Lee and Friends knew the Lord. She is in Heaven now and not suffering the pains of illness. She fought hard for 100 days and finally succumbed to her illnesses. She will be missed by me, the Fam-Lee and friends we have met through the years. I loved her very much. Please pray for me and my Family. Thank You for all the prayers, thoughts, calls and cards through the Past 100 days. They meant so much to my family and myself.

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Funeral Arrangements

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Mt. View Mortuary and Cemetery

570 E. Highland Ave.

San Bernardino, Ca. 92404

(909) 882-2943

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Tuesday 4-29-08

Viewing between 5pm and 8pm

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Wednesday

Funeral at 2pm

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Love you all

Mike

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WEDNESDAY - April 23, 2008

Smoke on the Water Chili Cookoff

Dear Chili Heads:
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We hope to see you at the 10th Annual Smoke on the Water Chili Cookoff in
Charleston this year. If you have already registered - thank you!
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This year's event will be on Saturday, June 21, at Haddad Riverfront Park on
Kanawha Boulevard in downtown Charleston. We are again a regional cook-off,
meaning the winners in red, green and salsa will qualify for the World
Championship Chili Cook-off.
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The Charleston House Holiday Inn will be our headquarters hotel for 2008 and
to get the special room rate you need to contact the hotel by no later than
May 20. Please call 304-344-4092 and refer to the Smoke on the Water chili
Cook-off when reserving your room and make your reservations as soon as
possible.
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This year, the prize money includes:

Red Chili: First Place $7,500; Second Place $1,500; Third Place $500
Green Chili: First place $1,200; Second Place $500
People's Choice: $150
Salsa: First Place $200; Second Place $100
Best Booth: $100
Hot Pepper Contest: $100
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If you have any other questions, please check our Web site at
www.smokeonthewater.org <http://www.smokeonthewater.org/> . You may also
e-mail our chairperson, Jennifer Piercy-Igo, at jenniferigo@suddenlink.net
or please call at 304-553-3125.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you June 21 !
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Jennifer Piercy-Igo
Smoke on the Water 2008
P.O. Box 11331
Charleston, WV 25339

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TUESDAY - April 22, 2008

MARIA AUSTIN

It is with extreme sadness that I report the passing of Maria Austin this evening. She was a Loving Wife , Mother, and Grand Mother to her special Fam-Lee. Please say a Prayer for Mike and his Fam-Lee. More information will be forthcoming in the days to follow.

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Silver State Regional

MAY 17, 2008

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The Silver State Regional is fast approaching (May 17, 2008) and we are in the planning stages for this annual event. Norm & Bobbie Gaul will be the Chief Judge and Chief Scorekeeper respectively for the cookoff. For planning purposes we would like to know if you are planning to participate, we will be doing salsa $15 entry, Chili Verde $25 entry and traditional red chili $35 entry. So if you are planning on cooking or judging please let us know so we can be prepared. People's choice chili will be prepared by the local merchants. The cookoff will be held at Petrack Park located on the corner of Highway 160 and Basin Road.

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There will be a BBQ at the park on Friday, May 16^th from 6-8 PM for all Cooks and Judges. Price is $5.00 per person with a no host bar.

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We don't have a host hotel this year but you can call the local hotels for rates, maybe if you mention the chili cookoff they will reduce them (no promises) the numbers for the hotels are:

Around the World Lodge * 775-537-1700

Best Western Pahrump Station * 866-713-9688

Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Casino * 866-751-6500

Saddle West Hotel & RV Park * 800-433-3987

Book early to be assured of a room.

Dry Camping & Electricity available at Petrack park

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Red Chili: 1^st $500 + trophy; 2^nd $300 + trophy; 3^rd $100 + trophy

Chili Verde: 1^st 50% payback + trophy

Salsa: 1^st 50% payback + trophy

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I will be on site on Friday May 16, 2008 around noon, if you wish to reserve a spot. On Saturday the 17^th, set up time will start around 6:30am. Cooks meeting for all contests will be at 9:00am. If you are flying in and need tables they will be available, but please let us know so we have enough for those that need them. You can register to cook through the ICS web site or let me know if you plan on attending.

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Bobbie and I will have an after cookoff party for cooks and judges (May 17, 2008) at our house, maps will be available at the cookoff. Food and drinks will be provided. We are looking forward to seeing all that come to support the Silver State Regional.

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Norm

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MONDAY - April 21, 2008

BLOG NEWS

Sorry for the delay in updating the Blog, Nancy & I have been in Minnesota sharing in our 1^st Grand-Daughters Wedding. Great Fun and enjoyment. Beautiful Granddaughter and Beautiful Wedding.

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CHILE PEPPER MAGAZINE

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IF YOU RECEIVED YOUR CHILE PEPPER MAGAZINE IN A PLASTIC COVER WITH A RENEWAL NOTICE ENCLOSED, PLEASE DISREGARD THE NOTICE. IT'S ANOTHER ERROR IN A LONG LIST OF ERRORS ON THE PART OF THE MAGAZINE'S FULFILLMENT COMPANY. IF YOU'VE RECEIVED TELEPHONE SOLICITATION TO RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FROM CHILE PEPPER SALES REPS, PLEASE DISREGARD. IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR MAGAZINE AT ALL OR IF THERE ARE TWO ICS MEMBERS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD WHOSE SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ONLY ONE MAGAZINE RATHER THAN TWO, PLEASE CONTACT VICKIE IN THE ICS OFFICE EITHER BY EMAIL OR PHONE AND LET HER KNOW IMMEDIATELY HOW MANY ISSUES YOU'VE MISSED OR HAVE BEEN COMBINED. IF MEMBERS DON'T CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY UPON MISSING AN ISSUE, WE CAN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

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PLEASE NOTE - ICS MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEMSELVES OR AN EVENT THE SUBJECT OF THE ICS COVERAGE AT ANY TIME. SOME CHILE PEPPER MAGAZINE JOURNALISTS ARE FREELANCE WRITERS AND DON'T HAVE BENEFIT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ICS AND CHILE PEPPER MAGAZINE. COVERAGE OF ICS EVENTS OR MEMBERS MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE ICS OFFICE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A TOPIC/EVENT FOR INCLUSION IN CHILE PEPPER MAGAZINE, PLEASE CONTACT CAROL HANCOCK OR VICKIE MARNICK AT 949-496-2651 OR SUBMIT A WRITTEN ARTICLE VIA MAIL OR EMAIL TO THE ICS OFFICE. THANKS!

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Carol Hancock
Chief Executive Officer
International Chili Society

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Whittier CA District

The weather in Whittier was great this weekend. Cool in the morning, beautiful during the day and cooled off Saturday nite. The chairman, from the Whittier Historical Society was MIA (bad back and heavily medicated), so Chief Judge Don Hammes had several anxious moments with the replacements after arriving on site around 6am. By the time everything got started everything was running smoothly. Then the Health Department showed up in time for Salsa turn-in. Jim Maehl took over the salsa judges meeting so Don could handle the Health Department. Scorekeepers were Donnie, Edi Gumfudgin and Jim Maehl (as his normal scorekeeper, I feel every Chief Judge should be familiar with the complete scoring process and he agreed. This weekend was a perfect opportunity... and he did well). And the winners:

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People's Choice - Russell Barns

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Salsa (7 Entries)

3rd Place - Bob Plager

2nd Place - Judy Barns

1st Place - Chris Nicoll

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Chili Verde (7 Entries)

3rd Place - Allene Macklin

2nd Place - Bob Dyer

1st Place - Russ Barns

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Red Chili (20 Entries)

5th Place - Trudy Baker-Reed

4th Place - Ron Burt

3rd Place - Armando Sanchez

2nd Place - Red Brecke

1st Place - Bob Plager

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As is custom for those people staying at the Hammes Inn, anyone winning $ buys pizza for dinner. Plager did and we all enjoyed it. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the volunteers. Great weekend was had by all.

By Donnie Gordon

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March into Spring Regional

The March into Spring Regional Chili Cookoff in Mt. Airy Maryland welcomed the spring in hot fashion. The Mt. Airy Main Street Association did a fantastic job of getting the word out to the public and the cooks were busy all day giving out samples of chili. There was a Beer Garden and a group handing out vegan chili as well as Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops selling items and helping out everywhere they could. Best of all, the weather held out after a fierce storm the night before. Many thanks to Barbara Corbalis the chairperson and to Ellie for letting us use her Flower shop.

The winners:

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Salsa

Tied for 5^th

Judy Omerza and Rick Sievering

4^th – Jim Parker

3^rd – Guy Reinbold

2^nd – Rich Omerza (lost tie for 1^st)

1^st – Bruce Baker

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Chili Verde

5^th – Rich Sievering

4^th – Rich Omerza

3^rd – Monica Parker

2^nd – Ghon Eckley (Won tie for 2^nd)

1^st – Guy Reinbold

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Red Chili

5^th – Eric Eckley (Rookie)

4^th – Judy Omerza

3^rd – Rich Omerza

2^nd – Les Walter

1^st – Dick Deitos

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Congratulations to all the winners.

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LOMPOC Ca. District

Lompoc in April can produce any kind of weather. This year we got cold and windy Saturday, but it didn't stop the 10 Red and Verde cooks or the 8 Salsa contestants. Nor did it stop the people of Lompoc from coming out to support the Spring Festival at Ryan's Park. I do think a great time was had by all.
Here are the winners:
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Salsa
Hon. Mention: Rick Decker and Paul Whitney
1st Place: Jim Beaty
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Verde
Hon. Mention: Jim Beaty
2nd Place: Rick Decker
1st Place: Irene Menchaca
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Red
Hon Mention: Dave Thomas and Paul Whitney
3rd Place: Susie Decker
2nd Place: Paul La Roche
1st Place: Sunny Allen
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Thanks to Joel and Bev Erickson for being the Chief Judge and Scorekeeper. Also, thanks to those who cooked Verde and judged Red and those who cooked Red and judged Verde. We don't get many judges, so it was very much appreciated.
Hope to see more of you cooks next year!
MaryEllen

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New Hampshire State

Chili Friends,

The Heroes of Lawrence Chili Cookoff and Music Festival web site is LIVE!

For more information, the web site for The Heroes of Lawrence Chili Cookoff and Music Festival is http://www.lawrencechilicookoff.org/
Get ready for a back to back chili weekend in the beautiful North East!

The New Hampshire State is June 7,2008 http://www.chilicookoff.com/event/Event_Display.asp?EventID=2192 and The Heroes of Lawrence Chili Cookoff and Music Festival is June 8th http://www.chilicookoff.com/event/Event_Display.asp?EventID=2234

Thanks

Mad Mike

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IDAHO STATE

The location of the Idaho State cookoff has been changed to Mountain Home, ID but the date will still be July 26, 2008. More information will follow soon.

Barbara and Charlie Ward

Chief Judge and Head Scorekeeper

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Lincoln Prairie Trail Regional

You are all invited……..

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Saturday May 17, 2008

Lincoln Prairie Trail Regional

Pana, Illinois

Red, Verde, Salsa

Entries sent to:

Jim & Joni Deere, P.O. Box 13, Pana, Illinois 62557-0013

Contacts: 217 562-3109 (w) 217 562-3194 (h) fax 217 562-3823

Email: panail@consolidated.net (w)

Web: http://www.panaillinois.com/

http://www.panaindustrial.com/

http://www.chilicookoff.com/

Set Up – 8:30 a.m.

Verde Start – 10:30 a.m. Turn in – 1:30 p.m.

Salsa Turn in – Noon

Red Chili Start – Noon Turn in – 3:00 p.m.

Awards – Approx. 4:30 p.m.

Salsa – 1^st Place $100

Verde – 1^st Place $100

Red – 1^st Place $500 2^nd Place $200 3rdPlace $100

Benefit - Days an 8 block Street Fair, free family event, fun, food, free entertainment, carnival, Arts, Crafts, Demonstrations, Kids Events, 3 on 3 Basketball, and much more.

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Breakfast will be served at the Masonic Temple ½ Block South of the cookoff Site

6:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sausage Gravy Biscuits

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Lions Club Pork Chop Dinner at Noon

Jim & Joni Deere – Cookoff Chairs

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