2017 Logan County Fair

2017 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR

LINCOLN DAILY NEWS

July 30 - August 6, 2017 Page 239

o matter if you like your chili hot and spicy,

sweet and spicy, mild, full of meat, or full

of beans, the annual Logan County Fair Cook-off

has almost every kind of chili imaginable. With

competitors from all around the county who use a

variety of recipes and give fairgoers the chance to

sample each chili, the cook-off is the place to be on

a Saturday.

This year’s cook-off was bittersweet for returning

teams due to the recent passing of Doug DeMay.

DeMay was in charge of the event for many years

and brought a lot of fun to it year after year.

With the renaming to “The Doug DeMay Memorial

Chili Cook-off,” Dave Eyrse had a place setting

with a bowl of chili set in DeMay’s memory

(0226). Others said they missed DeMay’s presence

and there was a perpetual sense of expecting him to

walk in.

Taking over this year was Doug Ritterbush, who

has entered the cook-off every year and won at

least once. With Ritterbush at the helm, the cook-

off went very smoothly.

This year there were fifteen teams, the largest

number of participants ever. The usual bantering

and ribbing occurred between friendly rivals,

many of whom make the cook-off part of their fair

tradition.

After the ten judges tasted the various chilis,

making what must have been a tough decision,

Ritterbush read the results. This year’s winners

received plaques and the top team will have its

name on a plaque that for future posterity will be

placed in the fair office.

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Any way you like it,

Logan County Fair Chili Cook-off serves it up

By Angela Reiners

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