| The Dip Olympics
The title of the best bowl went to Scott Biram's peach and habanera dip."I just made a dip so I didn't feel like a dip for showing up here without anything," said Biram. "I didn't expect anyone to like it."Honorable mention went to a Halloween themed seven layer dip, the "Spider's Nest" dip, constructed by Carla Barnes."You definitely have to practice to win," said Barnes. "This is the fifth time I've made this dip in the past couple of months. I wanted it to be perfect."The infamous label of worst bowl went to John Pugh for a dish that consisted of pink whipped cream in a box with a hole cut in top. Animal crackers were provided for dipping."It's a great honor to get this two years in a row. Last year I just made instant mashed potatoes with no milk and lost, or won depending on how you look at it," Pugh said.
Iowa Business Briefs: National Pork Board to seek a new CEO
Steve Murphy, chief executive officer of the National Pork Board since 2001, has resigned, the board announced Friday.
Lynn Harrison, a pork producer from Elk Mound, Wis., who is president of the 15-member National Pork Board, said the board "reluctantly" accepted Murphy's resignation.
Murphy will keep the job until the board finds a successor, which could take up to a year, Harrison said. Murphy said in a telephone interview that he resigned because the past six years have "taken an awful lot of energy out of me." .
Spectacle and Flash 'Hats!' director says show balances substance ...
We don't just share it in our careers, but in our bodies and all of that stuff," Coulter says. "You have to embrace it and have a good time with it or it's going to be a drag." "It's just so refreshing, because in my life it's either lounge gigs or look-alike shows," says Corrie Sachs, who spent much of her Las Vegas career as a Reba McEntire impersonator. "To actually be in a play here in Las Vegas is a miracle. I'm thrilled to be able to do something different." The cast ranges in age from 49 to 71 and lives out the lesson taught to Maryanne, the show's protagonist, who is on the verge of 50 and not thrilled about the passage. "You can still do everything you do. It's not left up to the younger people to do it," Coulter says. "Of course, I'm not saying we're not sore.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN: Obama rocks Vegas faithful Candidate charms ...
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama shakes hands with members of the Culinary union after a rally at the union's headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Friday. The union endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate on Wednesday.
Photo by K.M. Cannon.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks to supporters at Del Sol High School on Friday.
Photo by K.M. Cannon.
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