MONDAY - Sept. 14, 2009

ALL OHIO Regional Results

Greetings all,

Was a beautiful day here is Cincinnati with the temperatures in the low 80's and sunny skies, and what a great return cook off for the Queen City. We had 28 cooks present with 24 cooking red, 13 Verde, and 14 salsas. In addition to all of the pre registered cooks, Gumby and Gail Donovan joined us to cook, and what a wonderful pleasure it was for me as Chair to have them here to help support my efforts to bring back this fantastic chili cook off this year. I would really like to thanks all of the cooks for taking the time to be here to help me pull off my first attempt at coordinating a cook off, and what a great was to do so thanks to all those who were here. We also witnessed two additional hat tricks with Faye Mulligan taking both the Verde and salsa, and Don Van Lehn taking the red. Congrats to them and to all for their great recipes.

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So, here are the final results that everyone is waiting to see:

Red Chili

1st Place - Don Van Lehn

2nd Place - Kit Hoff

3rd Place - Butch Sutton

4th Place - Sherrie Sutton

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Chili Verde

1st Place - Faye Mulligan

2nd Place - Gail Donovan

3rd Place - Gary Schmeh

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Salsa

1st Place - Faye Mulligan

2nd Place - Bill Donovan

3rd Place - Jessica Ahlgrim

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Best Booth & Showmanship

Bill Donovan

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People's Choice

Paul Alloway

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Longest Traveled

Richard Chauvin

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Thanks again for all of you that attended, and we will look forward to seeing you return in 2010!

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Respectfully submitted.

George Phelps

2009 ALL OHIO Regional Chair

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Town of Superior Regional

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With temperatures in the 80's the day before, this chili day turned out to be a little chilly (temps in the high 50's and low 60's), and a little rainy, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the Chili and Salsa cooks, and neither did it chase away too much of the crowd, estimated at over 3000 people. This was the 9th Annual Town of Superior Chili Fest, which is a big "town event" for Superior. Close to $3000 was raised for the Boulder County Incident Management Team, which is an interagency resource called upon to manage complex, multi-day emergencies such as wildfires, tornadoes, floods, blizzards and significant hazardous material accidents.

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This cookoff brought many new members into the ICS family, and couldn't have been put on without the support of it's many sponsors, and the countless volunteers that help out each year. A big thank you, goes out to Kristi and Dan Audette, Martin Toth, Jennifer Dunn, Milisa Miller, Juanita Dominguez, along with other Town of Superior staff, and Heather Cracraft with the Chamber of Commerce, who coordinated and kept this event running smoothly. Kathy Plager, my Chief Scorekeeper, along with her helpers, Kay and Mike Rook, Al Henry and Kelly Ritter, kept everything running smoothly in the judging tent.

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Now for the results:

Salsa

HM - 5th Place - Joe Cowan

HM - 4th Place - Thomas Nelson

3rd Place - Edward Huffman

2nd Place - Erika Knutson

1st Place - Xandra Ess

Chili Verde

HM - 5th Place - Mike Dallas

HM - 4th Place - Greg Tan

3rd Place - Katherine Dierking

2nd Place - Andy Gatschet

1st Place - Erika Knutson

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Red Chili

3-Way Tie for 4th (not broken)

Kim Chapman, Stephanie Mehta, Mike Gatschet

3rd Place - Katherine Dierking

2nd Place - Erika Knutson

1st Place - Mary J. Parker (completes her Hat Trick)

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Bob Plager

Chief Judge

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WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN REGIONAL RESULTS

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In typical fashion, Lee Wood chaired an excellent event. The weather was beautiful and the venue was beautiful.

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Because of a scheduling glitch, Red chili was the only ICS event judged.

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However, aside from best booth, showmanship, people's choice and best rookie cook, Lee also runs a youth division cook-off to try to interest young cooks to get the chili-cooking bug.

Most of the trophies were made by Lee's daughter, Samantha, who, along with Lee, runs Pottery Paint n' Things. They were chili peppers, hand made by Sam, fired by Lee and painted by his wife, Kim. They were awesome trophies......chili peppers for the ICS division and really neat toilet seats for People's Choice!

Anyway, here's the breakdown...

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Best Booth: Don Ouellette

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Showmanship: Jack Cowell

Rookie Cook: Heather Magner

People's Choice: Rich LaFrance - who has his hat trick and did people's choice all day long, just to help out Lee

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Youth: Kaitlyn Hennessy....she was cute....just a little bit bigger than her stove!

ICS RED:

5th: Don Ouellette

4th: Judy Omerza

3rd: Mary Alice Kropp

2nd: Dave Schulman (Dave's 4th or 5th second place in as many weeks)

1st: Mike Freedman.....for his hat-trick. Good job, Mike.

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Congrats to all.

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Thanks to Audrey and Steve Falkowski for the unblemished score-keeping, as usual.

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Joe Harvey

chief judge

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PURE PLATINUM KEARNEY MESA CHILI COOKOFF

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4000 KEARNEY MESA ROAD

SAN DIEGO,CA. 92123

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THIS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

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ENTRY FEE IS $40.00 + 1 GALLON OF PEOPLE'S CHOICE CHILI

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THIS IS AN ADULT COOKOFF- ALL ATTENDEES MUST BE 21 OR OLDER

THE CHARITY IS THE INJURED MARINE SEMPER Fi FUND

IF YOU WANT TO JUDGE OR COOK YOU NEED TO CALL ME

SO THAT I CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO THE JUDGE OR COOK LIST AT THE

GATE!!!

KATHY STEWART WILL BE OUR HEAD SCOREKEEPER

MY PHONE # 909-322-4510

CLAUDE COVINGTON

CHIEF JUDGE

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Missouri State

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Don't be left out! Spaces are rapidly filling up and our cooks meeting is TODAY, September 14^th, 2009 at 6 PM at the National Kidney Foundation Office in St.

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Louis. Call 314.961.2828 or 314.277.9551 for directions. We hope to see you there. Food provided by Chipotle Mexican Restaurant.

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September 26^th is quickly approaching but it's still not too late to register for Red, Verde or Salsa. Don't miss your opportunity to qualify for the World

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Championship. Great Chili, Great food and 12 different Beers to taste at our new Beer Sampling/Tasting Area!!!!

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Hope to see you at both events.

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Michael Goldstein

Chairman

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BEATTY DAYS REGIONAL CHILI COOKOFF,

OCTOBER 31,2009

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If you are in the process of setting up your cooking schedule for next season don't forget the:

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Red Chili Entry fee is $35.00 + 1 gal People's Choice Cooking time 12 PM to 3 PM

Chili Verde Entry Fee is $30.00 + 1 gal People's Choice Cooking time 10 AM to 1 PM

Salsa Entry Fee is $15.00 Turn in time 11:30 AM

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Red Prize Money is:

1st Place $400.00

2nd Place 300.00

3rd Place 200.00

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Chili Verde Prize Money is:

1st Place $300.00

2nd Place 200.00

3rd Place 100.00

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Salsa Prize money is 50/50 payback

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Booth and Showmanship Awards, Best New ICS Cook Award

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10% of your entry fee will be donated to the Beatty Schools Band. Cookoff is held at Cottonwood Park, Corner of

3rd St, and Amargosa St. There will be a Dutch Oven Cookoff on Sunday. There will also be many events during the weekend such as Car Show, Bike Show and Games, Poker Run, Old West Shoot Outs, Parade, Wagon Rides, Bed Races, Vendors and much more.

For more information contact Ann Marchand at 775-553-2113 or the Chamber of Commerce at 775-553-2424

Motels may be found at the Beatty web site.

email address for Beatty Days Info

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www.beattynevada.org

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and then click on Accommodations for motel info and phone numbers.

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Thanks

Norm

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