NEWS

“This Saturday (12/13/08) at the Blanco’s Cook-off for the Texas Open we will have a special guest at the cook-off - Stephanie, with Tequila Rose, will be coming to our cook-off. She is looking forward to coming to Houston and being a part of our Tequila Rose toasts with the Ladies. Please join me this Saturday, 12/13/08, at 10:00 a.m. at my campsite for some Tequila Rose so we can toast all the ladies for good luck, read a poem or two and take a quick picture. Who knows, we may get it on their website.


As you all know, Tequila Rose is now a sponsor of CASI so let’s all gather and show Stephanie that we have just as much fun at the smaller cook-offs as we do in Terlingua so please pass the word along to all the ladies as you see them this weekend.


If anyone has an extra bottle of Tequila Rose to bring it would be appreciated.” (Dana Plocheck)

RESULTS and UPCOMINGS

“The THC Pod Cookoff in Waring this past weekend was a huge success. We had 61 CASI cooks, 14 bean entries, and 12 green chili entries. The soup-off and decorating contest were enjoyed by everyone, too. We could not have asked for more perfect weather, and it was wonderful to see some new faces here for the first time. A big thank you to all the pod members who helped out with registration, selling raffle tickets, monitoring, beer running, tallying, etc. A special thank you to Jeannette Cardenas, our head judge. Also, congratulations to Marty Villanueva, who sold over $800 worth of raffle tickets! One more thank you to our new Great Pepper, Debbie LaLanne who stepped in and did a great job running the cookoff. The following are the results:

Beans: 1 – Carolyn Seelig
2 – Sue Caffey
3 – John Caffey

Green Chili: 1 – Carolyn Seelig
2 – Bucky Seelig
3 – Tim Collier

CASI Chili: 1 – Susan Dean
2 – John Caffey
3 - Carrie Kinnison
4 – Clyde Rogers
5 – Doyle Smith
6 – Mary Ellen Gillen
7 – Cathy Auten
8 – Julie Darley
9 – James Bauer
10 – Melodie Smith

Show: 1 – Jessie Waguespack
2 – Melodie Smith
3 – Janet Cielencki

Soup-off: 1 – John & Sue Caffey
2 – James Bauer
3 – Kim Hiley

Decorating: 1 – Steve & Margaret Nadeau
2 – Jessie Waguespack & Jeannette Cardenas
3 – James Bauer & Barbara Schueler”
(Shirley Stateczny)























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“Save the dates! Feb 6-8, 2009, The NOW Pod will once again host the Annual Gingerbread House and Cotton Patch CCO in Waxahachie. We will have stew and cornbread on Friday night, a barn dance Saturday and most important of all - Wendell Rankin originals will be handed out to 1st Place CASI chili all three days. We will also auction off a stove as well as two liquor goody baskets!! This is a 3 day cookoff at the Ellis Co. Expo Center. Plenty of RV parking, no hook ups. Hope to see everyone there!” (Kelly Brignon)

POTPOURRI

Happy Birthday to Jean Barkley and Catherine " Mama" Schmitt.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.” - Judith Martin

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