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Show ctober 12, 2000 STORY AND PHOTO BY LISA MANN Hilltop Times intern The Airman and Family Support Center came in a winner in more than one way during the Air Force Association's 12th annual Chili Cook-Off Sept. 16 at the Hill Aerospace Museum. The funds raised from the event will go to benefit AFSC programs. According to organizer Jim Aadland of the Northern Utah chapter of AFA, the event raised a little more than $2,000. Chief Master Sgt. Marty Klukas, 388th Fighter Wing command chief, and his wife Peggy were two of the judges. When Mr. Aadland approached them about judging, Chief Klukas said he was honored. "I thought it would be fantastic, a great opportunity to support the folks who are giving us their best," he said. Judging covered four different categories: Best Chili-Military; Best Chili - Non-Military; Presentation and People's Choice. The judges chose the winners in all but the People's Choice category - the lucky chili-eating public held that honor. "R eal chili doesn't have beans. They don't need fillers in that!} — Tech. Sgt Michael Quoma Mrs. Klukas said as judges, they were hoping they wouldn't get the spicy chili first. "That positively crushes the taste buds," she said. Predictions about the winning chili flew. The 372nd Recruiting Group was not only promoting their chili but the Air Force as well. Hats, pens, highlighters and other recruiting paraphernalia appeared on heads and in hands throughout the day as well as on the table. Tech. Sgt. Jason Beaudoin and his wife, Vicki, both predicted a win for the re- cruiters' chili. Tech. Sgt. Michael Quoma, 75th Medical Group, touted a Texas chili with all meat. "Real chili doesn't have beans," Sergeant Quoma said. "They don't need fillers in that." Dan Sheets, a cadelte major in Utah Stale University's Arnold Air Society, John K Cannon Squadron, produced his version named Aggie Verde. "It was supposed to be blue," Mr. Sheets said, "But it didn't stay blue very long." Ed Brtsley, director of the AFSC, voiced the most prophetic statement of the day. "No frills, no fancy costumes, just the best chili in town," Mr. Brislcy said. The AFSC had won the People's Choice award nine times out of the last 11 years. "Today it'll be 10 out of 12," Mr. Brisley crowed. The real winner of the chili cookoff is the families of deployed military members because the proceeds all go to Hill's HeartsApart program. CHILI COOK-OFF WINNERS Three categories decided by judges Best Military Chili 1st - Airman & Family Support Center 2nd - 372nd Recruiting Group 3rd - 75th Medical Group (PHA clinic) Best Non-Military Chili Tsf^Clearfield High School Junior ROTC 2nd - Northrup Grumman Corporation ; 3rd-Utah State University ROTC . M^ * -X'.'' Best Presentation .' f -.!••» at. 1st - Northrup Grumman Corporation 2nd - Clearfield High School junior ROTC .• ••-&';• f'f .f ; Voted by the general public M : , ^v People's Choice ^'*- .^ 1st - Airman and Family Support Center ^2nd - Clearfield High School Junior ROTC 3rd - Northrup Grumman Members of the 372nd Recruiting Group tend to their prize-winning chill at the Air Force Association's 12th annual Chill Cook-Off at the Hill Aerospace Museum Sept. 16. Tech. Sgt. Jason Beaudoin and wife, Vicki and Tech. Sgt. Mario Cardoza, along with Tech. Sgt. Carol Granger and M aster Sgt. Mark Granger (not pictured), simmered into a second-place finish In the military chili category. Aerospace Museum hosts food drive STORY AND PHOTO BY USA at the Hill Aerospace Museum's annual Open Aircraft Day. C is for cargo plane. B is for bomber. F Volunteers and veterans shared their is for fighter. Little tidbits like these for knowledge and experience with visitors the uninitiated were dished out Sept. 16 for the cost of a can of food - all of which went to benefit Your Community Connection of Ogden/Northern Utah. According to museum receptionists Karma Unander, Uintah, and MarleneThurell, Washington Terrace, Open Aircraft Day is the museum's biggest visiting day of the year. "We have three visitor logs going," Mrs. Unander said. Along with their donation, patrons received a peek into America's aeronautical past, visiting the planes and the men who flew in them. One of those planes was the C-124. Several of the men who flew this particular plane together during Korea were guides. Ed Hoerman, a retired aircraft commander who is now a museum volunteer, said the C-124 can hold a greyhound bus or three helicopters. He said he flew a C124 carrying an F-104 with the engine removed from Arizona to Washington, D.C., for President Eisenhower's inauguration. Jim Thurell, Washington Terrace, a former loadmaster on the C-124, told visitors Your Community Connection of Ogden/Northern the plane could hold 70,000 pounds, or up Utah volunteer Thomas Walls loads food donatedto 240 fully-equipped troops. during Open Aircraft Day at the Hill Aerospace Volunteers and visitors alike shared an Museum Sept. 16. Young and old alike donated unforgettable experience. Reed Johnson, non-perishable food items In exchange for badg- along with his friends Evan Holley, Tyler es to enter the aircraft at the museum. Anderson and Casey Caduff, all 12-yearHilltop Times intern Dillon, Jace and Jaxon Flint from Syracuse pose for a photo In front of the C-7 Caribou during Open Aircraft Day at Hill Aerospace Museum. olds from Salt Lake City, summed up the entire event while standing under the massive tail of the C-7 Caribou, "This is the coolest thing." |