RESULTS and UPCOMINGS

“I would like to give a big thank you to each and everyone who came to the 1st Annual Helotes Marketplace Chili Cook-off braving the weather. We started the weekend off with a cook’s party at Floore Country Store on Friday night with handmade tamales, smoked sausages, chips and queso with your favorite cold beverage. Saturday, the streets of Old Town Helotes were lined with chili cooks, vendors, blood mobile, fire truck, SPCA and a band to entertain us all day. With people’s choice chili and 1,000 hungry local folks wanting to taste some good chili we were able to raise over $2,000 for our charity. Mayor Schoolcraft was very impressed with our current International Chili Champion’s trophy he is going to add Susan Dean’s photo to the Helotes website. He was also impressed that we also had a past champion (Margaret Nadeau) competing on Saturday. Everyone was cooking their best chili in hopes of winning a tall windmill trophy. (The logo for Helotes is a windmill) I would like to thank Debbie LaLanne for all of her hard work with judging; her assistant Mary Ellen Gillen; table monitors Steve Nadeau and Alan Dean; with Susan Dean monitoring finals table. Thanks to Bob Steinle as our referee and Clyde Rogers and crew for tallying. A huge thank you for everyone that brought “throw down” chili….over 275 tasting kits were sold. I think next year will be bigger and better. The town folks are already making a list on how to improve for next year.

Chili 28 cooks
10. Margaret Nadeau, Boerne TX
9. Doyle Smith, San Antonio TX
8. Sharon Pinnell, Helotes TX
7. Melodie Smith, San Antonio TX
6. Steve Nadeau, Boerne, TX
5. Clyde Rogers, San Antonio TX
4. Susan Dean, Johnson City TX
3. Charmaine Rogers, San Antonio, TX
2. Mary Ellen Gillen, San Antonio, TX
1. Alan Dean, Johnson City TX

Show:
1. Clyde Rogers – Ace in a hole
2. Mary Ellen Gillen – The money girls

People’s Choice: Bruce Pinnell”
(Sharon Pinnell)

“Well folks it is History. We had a great cooks party Friday night with Brisket and all the sides you could want. Saturday morning it was biscuits and sausage grave, topped off with Bloody Mary's and Tequila shooters. Now here are the results.

Saturday-46 Cooks


1. Greg Wilson- Odessa, TX-Q
2. Kathy Boone-Odessa, TX
3. Connie Collier-Snyder, TX
4. Jennifer Sherfield-Seminole, TX
5. Lynn Hejtmancik-Buda, TX
6. Dick Rogers-La Luz, NM-Q
7. Kim Cox-Alamogordo, NM-Q
8. Janice Miller-San Angelo, TX
9. Janita Hinds-Del Rio, TX
10. Kathy Mulkey-Hobbs, NM-Q

Show

1. Starks Dark-Paul Mulkey-Hobbs, NM-Q
2. Kokopeli Chili Too-Sunny Fichtl-Sierra Vista, NM
3, American Dream-Kim Cox-Alamogordo, NM

BBQ-Chicken

1. Dave Boone-Odessa, TX
2. Max Davis-Alto, NM
3. Robert Broncy-Cloudcroft, NM
4. Joe Talamates-El Paso, TX
5. Zanna Broncy-Cloudcroft, NM

BBQ-Pork Spare Ribs

1. Dave Boone
2. Zanna Broncy
3. Robert Broncy
4. Max Davis

BBQ-Brisket

1. Robert Broncy
2. Dave Boone
3. Zanna Broncy
4. Max Davis

Sunday-39 Cooks

1. Kathy Mulkey
2. Connie Collier
3. Barbara Herrin-Paint Rock, TX
4. Cliff Miller-San Angelo, TX
5. Louis Gonzales-Paint Rock, TX
6. Rick Thomas-Alto, NM
7. Lynn Hejtmancik
8. Dave Boone
9. Tim Collier
10. Margarett Lopez-Pampa, TX

Show

1. Chili of Mass Consumption-Charlie Beaver-Ruidoso Downs, NM
2. American Dream-Kim Cox

We raised over $4000 for our Ruidoso Valley Noon Lions Charities.

GREAT JOB TO ALL-THANK YOU VERY MUCH!”
(Rick & Karen Thomas)


POTPOURRI

Happy Birthday to Barbara Benold, Peg Martin, Mikie McGarity, and Ennis Penland.

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” - Dorothy Parker

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