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P.O. Box 1171
Lancaster, California 93584 January - February - March, 2018
Volume 34, Number 1

Holidays on the Homestead Report INSIDE THIS ISSUE PAGE #S
2017
Holidays on the Homestead Reports 2017 1 - 3
BY MUSEUM CURATOR, PEGGY RONNING
Rose Edwards' Chili 3 - 4
and Interpreter I Jean Rhyne
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Friends of AVIM Directors 2017-2018
We had perfect weather for this year's
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Holidays on the Homestead event on December
2 nd with a temperature of about 70 degrees.
We were very lucky; as cold weather blew in
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the next day dropping the temperature down
to the 30s! A total of 108 visitors and event
In addition to the chili contestants, District
participants enjoyed chili, crafts, cowboy
coffee, and songs by the campfire. Admin Chief Patty Plumlee and PRMDIA
president Margaret Rhyne volunteered to make
Rose Edwards' chili. We would also like to
The attendance was up again this year, in part
thank the Lemon Leaf Cafe for donating their
due to a large group of West Covina High
delicious cornbread again this year.
School students. Teacher Lisa Pitt even
volunteered to bring her own chili, because
when the school attended the event a couple
years ago, they wiped out our chili supply!

The chili cook-off is a highlight of the event
every year. It celebrates Rose Edwards, wife of
museum founder H. A. Edwards, who served
chili and cornbread at Christmas. This year, a
couple of chili cook-off contestants dropped
out at the last minute, so Jean added West
Covina High School teacher Lisa Pitts' Nature's
Bounty vegan chili to the cook-off, and she
won first place!

Last year's winners Rosa and Alejandra
Sandoval came in second with Pichuris Chili
vegan chili, and third place went to Waunette
Cullers' Wild Chili. Ranger Kevin Overduin, a
recent academy graduate who joined the
Ranger Kevin Overduin judging the chili.
Mojave Sector in October, was this year's chili
judge.
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