TUESDAY - Jun. 29, 2010

Benmarl Windery District Cookoff

Saturday the 26th was hot and a bit humid, but no one could dispute the views from the cookoff site at America's oldest vineyard, at Benmarl Winery. It sits up on a hill overlooking the beautiful Hudson River to the east. The cookoff was a benefit for FRAXA, a Research Foundation setting out to find a cure for Fragile X syndrome. The cooks came and surrounded the fountain, making the place very festive for the spectators who wanted chili and those who came to taste wine, but ended up voting for their favorite chili. This is a great spot for a chili cookoff, the wine is fantastic, the music is great, and the cooks had so much fun.

We are looking forward to next year, as they will be applying for Regional status with the 20 red cooks we had this year. We hope to secure the date early and already Victor has ideas for prizes and gifts for the cooks.

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The winners:

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Salsa

3rd – Mike Merola, CT

2nd – Mary Alice Kropp, NH

1st – Rose Scranton, NJ This was Rose's first time competing.

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Verde

3rd – Dave Schulman, CT

2nd – Kurt Leithner, NJ

1st – Mike Scranton, NJ

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Red

3rd – Cindy Lovell, NY

2nd – Dave Schulman, CT

1st – Judi Omerza, PA

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We hope to see many more of you at the cookoff next year!! Congrats to all the winners!!

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Pescadero Ca Cookoff

July 24

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We are looking forward to the 1st. Golden West Chili Shootout in rustic Pescadero Ca. Come to the coast and escape the heat of the day and step into the heat of competition. We want to do a verde and salsa competition as well as Red chili. Anyone interested in doing salsa or verde please contact me and let me know. We have some cooks that will travel (from out of state) but only if there is enough for a legal cookoff. So its important to let us know in advance if you will be attending. This could be the sleeper cookoff of the year. Great cooks, great judges and great fun. Chief Judge: Dave Hipskind, Head scorekeeper: 2004 World Champion and soon to be Grand Master chili cook Kathy Hipskind. Come and be a part of it! Please register at the NEW IMPROVED ICS WEBSITE! www.chilicookoff.com

Ron Boisseranc ratrodchili@hotmail.com

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Southwest Regional

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New Mexico State

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(Back to Backs)

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Come one, come all and enjoy the hospitality of the Route 66 Casino and Hotel in Rio Puerco, NM for the 2010 Southwest Regional and New Mexico State Chili Cookoffs! To be held August 7 and 8, this will be the 2nd year the event will take place at this casino, only 20 minutes from downtown Albuquerque on I-40.

Tents are set up like the World's, along with tables and chairs. There are no entry fees, provided you supply 2+ gallons of People's Choice chili. Also, along with the cookoff, there is a huge car show with over 250 classic cars and hot rods.

They are offering a special room rate of $66.00 for each night of the cookoff. Good prize money each day and 3 chances to qualify for the WCCC each day. Chief Judge is Bob Plager, ably assisted by Kathy Plager, Chief Scorekeeper. Hope to see you for a fun weekend in the Land of Enchantment! .

Paul Whitney

GolfNChili@aol.com

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NIBS WATERS

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Nibs Waters passed away at 12:38 am this morning, June 29th, 2010. One of his daughters, Mary Nicoll was by his side during his passing. His smile and gracious attitude towards everyone he knew, including all the chili cooks he met over the years, was his charm.

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The family is working on funeral arrangements, and final information should be available on the blog tomorrow. The funeral will not be this week.

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Cards can be sent to:

Susan Waters or Mary Nicoll

12132 Morrie Lane

Garden Grove, CA 92840

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Mary's email address is: Nicollaw@aol.com.

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Update on Jerry & Jean Simmons

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Thanks to so many chiliheads and other friends sending prayers, thoughts and cards (We've never seen so much correspondence), our two time green chili champ came home yesterday. We've been truly overwhelmed by all the love, laughs, and thoughtfulness and once again realize how great our friends are.

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We're both in therapy and will be for a while, but we'll both be at home.

We hope now, that Jill can take a big breath and get herself and her three young ones back to normal. She has worked, planned, taxied, visited, etc. and pulled us all through.

James and Jay have called daily to check up on old dad. We're blessed!

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Our E-Mail is chilibyjerry@att.net so keep the messages coming! We love

you all. Thanks again.

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Jean & Jerry

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(314) 839 0314

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