Ted Hayes / TVBElkton Downtown Revitalization Corporation member Rick Workman presents the first-place trophy to Gina Washington of Elkton, who claimed the top prize during EDRC’s fourth annual Chili Cookoff Saturday.Sizzling successChefs, crowds enjoy the chili, hot weather for annual cookoffBy Ted Hayes tedvb@comcast.netELKTON — Despite hot weather and a stiff wind that gusted much of the day, the fourth annual Elk-: ton Chili Cookoff, sponsored by the Elkton Downtown Revitalization Corporation was held last Saturday at the Elkton Area Community Center and turned into a very successful event.The locale had much to do with it. Hundreds of people moved through the crowded west parking lot, making their way between visitors’ cars and 40 cruise-in show cars toward the 35 vendors’ and chili-cookers’ booths that lined the rear parking ; lot and lawn.See COOKOFF, page 7Doris Morris of Greene County picks out a w inner from an assort ment of peppers she brought to flavor her chili.