SATURDAY - July 5, 2008

Midnite Sun Alaskan Regional
July 4, 2008
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Wayne Ronsman sure puts on a TERRIFIC event. Huge 4th of July parade, military field trials, singing groups, antiques cars, crafts, the works! Should do back to backs; could; might even happen. Great prize money to all winners and a ton of fun in Anchorage. 21 chili and salsa entries with $1000 going to first in Red.
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Winners

Booth and Show: 1st Mary Helms
2nd Bill Johnson
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Peopls's Choice: Mary Helms AK
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Salsa: 3rd Bill Johnson AK
2nd Judy Burke AK
1st Joe Barrett ID
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Red Chili: 3rd Vickie Wolfe AK
2nd Joe Barrett ID ( 1 point off 1st)
1st Wayne Kriger AK
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Respectfully submitted: Doug Wilkey - Chief Judge
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Old Miner's Days Regional

BIG BEAR LAKE, CA
JULY 19, 2008
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I KNOW THIS IS LAST MINUTE, BUT HERE GOES!!!
Big Bear Lake, CA - In the San Bernardino Mnts.
Relief from the HEAT!!!! Yeah!!!
Mark your calendars, sorry for the late notice!

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WE NEED COOKS!!!!!
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All three catagories: Red, Green, Salsa
All World Qualifiers!
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Old Miners Cookoff
Chairman: Mark Gaines, Tom Benson
Chief Judge: Mark Sweeney
Head Scorekeeper: Val Gereghty/Doni Gordon
MC: Mike Austin
(Yep: We are all back for another one! Does that tell you cooks and judges anything!!!!)
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Set up: 9AM Cooks meeting 10AM

Red $35 + membership
Green $20 + membership
Salsa $10 + membership
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Prizes:

Red: 1st-$500 Green: 1st -150 Salsa- $50
2nd-$300 2nd-100
3rd- $100 3rd- 50
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Please contact Mark Sweeney, Doni Gordon, Mark Gaines or myself or just go to the web site and sign up! Again, sorry for how late this is but we do hope to see everyone in the beautiful mountains of Big Bear! I would also like to extend an invitation to anyone who would like to judge to come on up! Would love to see you! And please don't forget the Calcutta on Friday.
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Val Gereghty

928-486-4099

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FRIDAY - July 4, 2008

33^rd Annual Missouri Chili Cook-Off & Salsa Competition

The National Kidney Foundation is heating things up this fall with the 33^rd Annual Missouri Chili Cook-Off & Salsa Competition-

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,2008

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Saint Louis, Missouri. Every fall just as the Midwestern air begins to turn cool and crisp things start heating up at the Missouri State Chili Cook-Off and Salsa Competition. This year's event is scheduled for Saturday, September 27, 2008 and the winner will qualify just in time to move on to the ICS World's Championship Chili Cook-Off in Omaha, Nebraska. With live music, enthusiastic showmanship competitions, sponsor booths, food vendors, kid's entertainment and large crowds, "it's like a mini "world" event", says long-time participant, Chris Toney.

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The Cook-Off has become a local tradition for thousands of chili, salsa and music lovers, and has generated an estimated one million dollars for National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri and Metro East!

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Over 50 professional and amateur chefs will compete side-by-side for cash prizes in the following categories: Red Chili, Green Chili (chili verde), and Salsa, as well as People's Choice Chili, Vegetarian Chili and Salsa. Prizes will also be awarded for showmanship and fundraising.

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The winning red chili chef will win $600 and the opportunity to compete in the International Chili Society's World Championship Chili Cook-Off, where the Grand Prize winner receives a check for $25,000.00!

This year's event, scheduled for September 27^th from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. will feature three of the areas hottest bands: Johnny Rock-Itt, Whiskey Creek and the Shrinking Violets. "It's about great music and great food, all for a great cause," says Cook-Off Chairman, Michael Goldstein.

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Some of the best chili and salsa recipes in the region will be on hand for the tasting, but there will also be plenty of tasty treats for those who can't take the heat. Participants and spectators can enjoy a wide array of festival favorites, including grilled chicken breasts, burgers, brats and portabella mushroom sandwiches, as well as fruit smoothies, frozen lemonade and kettle corn.

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This family friendly event offers something for everyone. Kids will enjoy the inflatable obstacle course, games, crafts and costumed characters in our Kids Corner. Parents, check out our Bin Spin raffle, where everyone's a winner. For those who prefer "people watching," pull up a chair and relax in our beverage garden near the Main Stage!

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Proceeds from the Cook-Off support National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri and Metro East programs, including: free kidney health screenings, patient assistance, public, patient and professional education and medical research funding.

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Admission to the Missouri Chili Cook-Off is $5.00 per person. Samples are just 50 cents. Kids under 12 are admitted free. For information, call (314) 961-2828, or email laura.deutschmann@kidney.org.

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2^nd Chili, Blues, 'N Brews District

Event: 2nd Annual Waynesboro Chili, Blues 'N Brews

Featured Live Blues Bands: Deep Blue Jones and South 29

Location:

Constitution Park Pavilion

Downtown Main Street

Waynesboro, VA 22980

Date:

Saturday September 6, 2008

Time:

Noon-5:30

ICS cook-off begins 10:00am

PC cook-off begins 9:30am

Gates open Noon

What:

ICS sanctioned Red Chili cook-off (winner advances to Last Chance)

Peoples Choice Cook-off cash prizes for both

Prizes:

ICS cook-off - 1st place-$1000, 2nd place $750, 3rd place-$500

PC cook-off - 1st place $250, 2nd place $150, 3rd $100

Best Smokin' Booth – TBA

Entry Fees:

ICS MBR $30

Non MBR $72 (includes 1 year ICS membership)

People's Choice: Min. 2 gallons

Contact:

Rick Moyer, Events Coordinator

Waynesboro Downtown Development, Inc.

301 W. Main St.

Waynesboro, VA 22980

540.942.6705

wddi@ci.waynesboro.va.us

www.waynesborodowntown.org

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PLEASE NOTE: Chefs need to arrive Friday night (September 5) to set up their tents, utensils and space between 3-8pm. Overnight security will be in place to guard the area. Please contact me if you need to arrange for set-up on Saturday morning. No electric heating devices will be allowed for cooking at this event, only wood, gas, or charcoal in proper receptacles will be allowed for a heat source.

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WEDNESDAY - July 2, 2008

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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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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HAT TRICKS

We now have 20 Chili Cooks with the HAT TRICK.

Will YOU be next ?

All you have to do is win ICS Red (State or Regional), Chili Verde and Salsa in the same Chili Year.

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TUESDAY - July 1, 2008

Southwest Regional and New Mexico State

Well, the Southwest Regional and New Mexico State Championship Chili Cookoffs are in the books. What a great weekend. Bianca Mitchell and her staff at the Sky City Casino in Acoma, NM do a great job with these cookoffs. Super prize money, beautiful, authentic Acoma pottery for the prizes, you couldn't ask for much better. This year the weather was, for the most part, more cooperative and not as hot. But about 6 pm on Saturday, we got hit with a massive dust storm. Those of us still out in the cooking area enjoying each others company, some "Italian ginger ale" and some good cigars were able to get most of the tents down before major damage occurred, although one local woman lost her tent and George Lott of Colorado has to replace a part or two. The storm did clear out the humidity, and Sunday was extra pleasant, dry with a slight intermittent breeze. Winners on Saturday at the revived Southwest Regional were:

Salsa - 8 cooks

3rd Place - Harold Timber-NM

2nd Place - Millie Chavez-NM

1st Place - Ryan Salvador-NM

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Chili Verde - 7 cooks

3rd Place - Al Henry-CO

2nd Place - Barbara Herrin-TX

1st Place - George Lott-CO

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Red Chili - 20 Cooks

3rd Place - Jim Rasey-CA

2nd Place - Mike Rook-CO(His 5th 2^nd place in 14 days)

1st Place - George Lott-CO

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Sunday, we started everyone an hour earlier and lost a bunch of the local cooks, only to have more locals replace them. Pete Caimi carried out a threat from Saturday and showed up in a nice white panama hat and shorts, showing off legs even whiter! Pete and Nicole came over from Nevada again to help this year and let me tell you, no one works harder in the judging area than these two. I could not Chief judge these events without their help. Bob and Kathy Plager came down from Colorado after chief judging the Triple in Cripple last weekend and were instrumental in how smooth the judging area went. My hat is off to these 4 individuals. We had to scramble a bit to get our salsa and verde numbers where they needed to be and worked with our times so people could run to a store on the next reservation to get meat and supplies, but we got to 7 for both of those categories. The winners of the New Mexico State were

Salsa - 7 cooks

3rd Place - Harold Timber-NM

2nd Place - Barry Steinberg-CA

1st Place - Barbara Herrin-TX

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Chili Verde - 7 cooks

3rd Place - Al Henry-CO

2nd Place - Arleta Bond-CO

1st Place - Barbara Herrin-TX

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Red Chili - 12 Cooks

3rd Place - Louis Gonzales-TX

2nd Place - Edwina Mora-NM

1st Place - Bill Ray-CA (His first weekend cooking in NM)

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Old Miner's Days Regional

BIG BEAR LAKE, CA
JULY 19, 2008
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I KNOW THIS IS LAST MINUTE, BUT HERE GOES!!!
Big Bear Lake, CA - In the San Bernardino Mnts.
Relief from the HEAT!!!! Yeah!!!
Mark your calendars, sorry for the late notice!
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All three catagories: Red, Green, Salsa
All World Qualifiers!
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Old Miners Cookoff
Chairman: Mark Gaines, Tom Benson
Chief Judge: Mark Sweeney
Head Scorekeeper: Val Gereghty/Doni Gordon
MC: Mike Austin
(Yep: We are all back for another one! Does that tell you cooks and judges anything!!!!)
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Set up: 9AM Cooks meeting 10AM

Red $35 + membership
Green $20 + membership
Salsa $10 + membership
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Prizes:

Red: 1st-$500 Green: 1st -150 Salsa- $50
2nd-$300 2nd-100
3rd- $100 3rd- 50
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Please contact Mark Sweeney, Doni Gordon, Mark Gaines or myself or just go to the web site and sign up! Again, sorry for how late this is but we do hope to see everyone in the beautiful mountains of Big Bear! I would also like to extend an invitation to anyone who would like to judge to come on up! Would love to see you! And please don't forget the Calcutta on Friday.
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Val Gereghty

928-486-4099

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