Thursday, October 22, 2009

Did y’all see the Today Show this morning? There was a Golden Retriever that’s learned to read and respond to written commands. Let’s suggest CASI begin a Terlingua Doggie Book Club.


















NEWS


“Mild Bill's Customer Appreciation Margarita Party - Friday, November 6, 2009 - 2:30 - 4:00pm at Rancho CASI de los Chisos - Terlingua, Texas - at Mild Bills RV facing the stage on the back row of RVs. See you there!” Tamara Dees

RESULTS and UPCOMINGS

“1st Annual Frankston Square Fair CCO
October 17, 2009 15 Chilis

Chili:
1st – Vicki Sanders
2nd – Danny Strunc
3rd – Kelly Brignon
4th – Tim Wasik
5th – Gil Hewlett
6th – Larry Haskovec
7th – Debbie Wasik
8th – Lou Hewlett
9th – Ron Baker
10th – Bear Reynolds

Show:
1st – Mad Hatters
2nd – Deb’s Detoured Route 66 Chili Fix
3rd – Bear’s Chili

Cleburne Elks Lodge Sunday CCO
October 18, 2009 25 Chilis

Chili:
1st – Delores Sanders
2nd – Dale Reinecker
3rd – Kelly Killingbeck
4th – Kay Lefler
5th – Budda Manske
6th – Drucilla Stewart
7th – Ken Short
8th – Kelly Brignon
9th – Susie Herrin
10th – Frances Sullivan

Show:
1st – Bull Rush
2nd – Stinkfoot
3rd – Dusty’s Hillbilly Chili

Thanks to everyone who pitched in and helped at both cook offs. It is greatly appreciated!!” Kelly Brignon

“October 17, 3009
CJ Merchant Benefit Cookoff
West Tawakoni,Texas

17 cooks
1st David Hewlett
2nd Larry Wampler
3rd Nancy Hewlett
4th Pat Langley
5th Spud Griffin
6th Rex Jones
7th Ray Medlin
8th Shonnery Crook (1st point ever)
9th Shaun Raney
10th Morris Moss

1st Show Crooks Chile Chili, Shonnery Crook
2nd CJ’s Closet (Firehouse Chili), Cheryl Wells
3rd Road Warrior Road Kill, Larry Wampler

October 18, 2009
Thousand Trails Tawakoni Pod Cookoff
West Tawakoni, Texas

15 cooks

1st Bill Lester
2nd Spud Griffin
3rd Pat Langley
4th David Hewlett
5th Greg Wells (new cook)
6th Glenda Vrba
7th Nancy Hewlett
8th Morris Moss
9th Ray Medlin
10th Larry Wampler

1st Show Tasmanian Devil, David Hewlett
2nd Firehouse Chili, Cheryl Wells
3rd Road Warrior Road Kill, Larry Wampler”
(Dave Hewlett)

COOKOFF STORIES

Today’s story from California might be a little scary for those cooks who are traveling by plane to Terlingua, or anywhere else for that matter. Nevertheless, it’s best to be prepared.

Susan and I have never had a problem taking our stoves on planes when going to cookoffs. Still, we’re aware of some stories that have circulated and Jim Stoddard’s efforts to help us all. Jim has a help page of documents at:
http://alienpilot3.googlepages.com/home . Playing it safe, we left our painted stoves home on our trip last weekend. Instead, we took a pair of brand new stoves we had won at a cookoff two years ago.

As we went to check in for our Southwest flight home in San Diego, the agent demanded to know what was in our bags. He then said I would have to take the stoves out to show him. He said we couldn’t take them on and I resisted. I had printed off all of the approval documents from Jim’s website and attached them to the stoves. I pointed this out.

His reaction was to call over a supervisor who dismissed us until I pitched a minor fit. He did stop and read all of the pages and still conditionally refused to allow them on board. He did call his boss at airport operations. The official word in Sacramento was ‘no stoves unless they are brand new, unused, and sealed in the manufacturer’s box.’ There was nothing further to do but leave the stoves for those agents. I hope they enjoy them.

You are invited to send your cookoff stories to share with our readers to
pepperdean@ctesc.net

POTPOURRI

Happy Birthday to Larry Hechler and Bob Wisdom.

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” - David M. Ogilvy

News items and pictures for the CHN can be emailed to
pepperdean@ctesc.net

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