NEWS

It was a sad weekend in the chili world with the loss of two cooks known to many. After an improvement in his condition, Richard King passed on Friday evening and Jack Ware succumbed to Parkinson’s Disease on Saturday. Please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.

RESULTS and UPCOMINGS

“We had a great day at the 1st Rahr & Son’s CCO held in Fort Worth on Saturday. The weather was great (70 degrees on January 31st) and we had around 500 folks in attendance. We raised $1,000 for the Tarrant Area Food Bank. A big thanks to everyone involved in making this happen. And now, the winners:

CHILI (49 judged)
1. Mark Sanders – Ennis, TX (Q)
2. Blu Kriska – Ennis, TX
3. Beth Moon – Hurst, TX
4. Terry Booth – Euless, TX
5. Dale Reinecker – Bedford, TX
6. Ron Barnes – Euless, TX
7. Stephanie Brockman – Euless, TX
8. Debbie Longabaugh – Pilot Point, TX
9. Rich Fox – Wills Point, TX
10. Neta Rohr – Garland, TX

SHOW
1. American Legion Family Cooking Team – Karen Ducote – Bedford, TX
2. Alamo Chili – George Roof – Granbury, TX
3. Burning Heart Chili – Richard Armistead – Trophy Club, TX”
(Ron Barnes)

Thank you and congratulations to Jerry Hunt and George French for the Louisiana State Championship in Minden last Saturday. What a wonderful job they did making everyone feel comfortable and appreciated as 102 cooks competed in the CASI division. There was also a local competition and loads of public. (Alan)

POTPOURRI

Happy Birthday to Mary Kingston. Happy Anniversary to Perry and Barb Sigler.

“If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it.” - Emerson Pugh

News items and pictures for the CHN can be emailed to pepperdean@ctesc.net