MONDAY - May 17, 2010

Southside Chili Shuffle Regional

May 16, 2010

Taylorville, IL.

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"Aldo" Klinghammer (Chairman) Of the Southside Shuffle Chili cookoff put together another fun cookoff and I might add some very tough competition with some past 5 World Champions in attendance.

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This Regional Cookoff is held the day after the Lincoln Prairie Trail Regional in Pana, IL..........Makes for really easy and fun Back to Back Regionals.

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The cookoff is held is a very nice grassy and some shaded area behind "Aldo's"

Bar. However, shade was not needed today.

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We started out the early morning with a somewhat heavy rain. As the contestant were arriving, the heavy rain turn into a spring shower.

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After everyone got their canopy's up, all hunkered down, and set up, the rain started to let up. By the time everyone started cooking the rain had stopped and held off the rest of the day until the cookoff was over and all had left. On the plus side we had no wind!

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Several hundreds of dollars was raised for the Senior Citizens Center of Christian County.

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SALSA 11 contestants

(9 judges)

3rd = Mary Thomas (Clinton, IL.)

2nd = Dearl Thomas ( " " )

1st = Tom Calvert (Taylorville, IL.)

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VERDE 7 contestants

( 8 judges)

4th HM = Kelly Wessing (Farmersville, IL.)

3rd = Joni Deere (Pana, IL.)

2nd = Les Eastep (Rochester, IL.)

1st = Larry Eastep (Springfield, IL.)

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RED 19 contestants

(18 judges)

4th HM Jess Curtin (Stonington, IL.)

3rd = George McMinn (Decatur, IL)

2nd = Jim Weller (Rockton, IL.)

1st = Tom Calvert (Taylorville, IL.)

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We had some very excited and happy winners, especially Tom who completed his "Hat Trick".

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"Aldo was very pleased with the turn out for the event and has already scheduled next years Cookoff for May 22, 2011. (mark your calendars)

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Special thanks to Jeff and Julie Netser for all their work.

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Congratulations to all the contestants..........They are all winners.

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