I just received this email and thought I should do a second blog to let everybody know about Richard King

A note from Dan Bauer
There is tragic news today. Our great, good friend, Richard King, died in the ICU at INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital last night.
After showing signs of progress for several days, Richard took a sudden and fatal turn for the worse as his vital functions shut down.
No arrangements have been made as yet, but we will try to let you know as soon as they are available. Richard was a principal founder and driving force behind the expansion of chili awareness and competition on the East Coast. He was much loved and we will miss him terribly.

Another week has come and gone. I hope all of you who are cooking this weekend have a great time and great weather.

The minutes of our January Board meeting are complete. I have sent them to the Great Peppers and the Regional Referees. We will also have them on CIS.

This year at TICC Casey Pilgreen's band will be our entertainment. They should provide a great time for all of us.

We are know receiving bids for the TICC T-Shirts for this coming year. The point of contact is Bill Pierson. There is an article in Feb Terlingua Trails that outline the process for the bid. If you know anybody interested in bidding, please have them contact Bill Pierson.

Bucky Seelig is going to try and add a column that have all of the Blog sites and Pod Web Pages for all of our Pods. If your Pod has a Web Page, please let Bucky know.

In Tim Collier's Ranch Report, he reported the need for a wall behind the Pavilion. It is needed to divert the rain runoff that is backing up along the back wall of the building and causing the metal sheeting to deteriorate. This was a proposed action that was approved by the board.

He also asked us to approve the purchase and installation of a 1,000gallon water tank with pump and spray nozzle at Krazy Flats for potential fire fighting ability in the future. This was also approved by the board.


Ralph Hay introduced a change in wording of the Old 320 Rules concerning the paragraph on Privileges of Members. The current wording mentions members and significant other. There was a request from 320 members to change significant other to guest. After a discussion, this was disapproved.


Renee Moore had prepared a CASI Policy Manual, covering the period from September 1982, till January 2008, after much research through previous records, minutes, etc., and would like it to be considered for adoption. This Policy Manual was adopted.

I hope all of you have a terrific Super Bowl weekend. I will leave out any prediction or who a support. If you have items or suggestions for this column, do not hesitate to send them to me.

Today will be a short note. I have a couple of CCOs that they have requested for me to advertise. I am still learning how to get these fliers into the Blog. Have patience with me as I learn. I finally got this next one to copy for me.

I am going to share some information from Tanya Jester:
Hola!

Hope everyone is surviving the snow! Here in Indy, we received 13” overnight.

Attached is the flyer/registration form for Kokomo. You will notice that a JR’s class has been added this year. It is free with an adult entry.
Also, it’s a little confusing if you want to cook more than one category (ie: CASI/Fire). We asked about the fees for this and were told that it would only be one registration fee of $22.
If you need electricity, you must contact Rhonda and let her know in advance. You can register online at http://www.memberservicecenter.org/irmweb/wc.dll/inkokcoc?id=inkokcoc&doc=events/event&kn=77
HOWEVER, if you register online for more than one category, you will be charged for each. My suggestion if you want to register online, only register for CASI and do the other(s) the day of.

Confused?? Yeah, well, join the club. It really shouldn’t be this difficult.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

FYI – Darin and I have decided to venture to Louisiana this weekend for the LA State Championship. We’ll let ya’ll know how we do – good or bad. This is a first for us.

Hope to see you in Kokomo!!

~Tonya
Tonya L. Jester
Chilicity/Chilipenny
Indiana Pepper Pod
6633 Cordova Court
Indianapolis, IN 46221
H: 317.856.3231
C: 317.319.4962
crazyladychili@sbcglobal.net

I must tell you that the Flyer is not attached, I am still trying to learn how to do that. Sorry about that.

A note form Blu Daniel:

New location for Tyler Elks Lodge cookoff on March 14. Their building is going to be torn down, so their cookoff has been moved to the building and grounds of the Union Hall across from the Old Kelly-Springfield Tire Plant (Now Goodyear) on Hwy 31 West. Approx. 4 miles from Loop 323. RV's welcome but no hook-ups.
Please note that the Tyler Elks Lodge cookoff is not a Pod sponsored cookoff, they set their own date and have for many years. All RCCP does is provide an official.
Thank you,
Blu Monday-Daniels

It has been noted that several of the regular CCOs that are held each year are not yet on the calendar. It would help if you would get them scheduled so that some of the smaller CCOs could set dates that would not conflict with your CCO.

Enough for today. Please send me any thoughts about what you would like for me to address in this column. Thanks to all of you who have let me know that you are following this blog. I learn a little more each day.

Bill Pierson, Vice President/Tally Master report that to date he has received results form 152 CCOs compared to 150 in 2008. There have been 4500 chilis compared to 420 and we have raised $380,000 compared to $333,000 Last year. To date there are 74 qualified cooks. Last year at this time there were only 57 qualified. There are 40 show teams qualified compared to 34 in 2008. SO despite the economy, we the chili cooks are doing a great job "Promoting Chili while having a lot of fun and making money for our Charities."

Dorathy reported that since October she has sent out 239 packets for CCOs. This is 20 less than a year ago. Remember that you can complete a Chili Application on the Web site. It's fast and you save the price of a stamp.

Again this year at TICC, if you have a Military ID (active, retired, reserve, dependents) you will have a reduced gate fee.

This last TICC, 219 Old 320 owners cooked on site. After a discussion, it was decided that instead of giving $100 to 3 of the Old 320 members who cook on the 320 site, we would give 2 of Wendel Rankin's painted stoves.

It was determined that maybe we need a person to be the Krazy Flats Coordinator since the rest of us are busy promoting CASI. There is a lot of activity in the Krazy Flats area and it is a full time job. This position will be by application and selected at the June Board Meeting. The term will be for 1 year. We will revisit this position at our Winter Workshop and Board Meeting and determine if it helped make TICC run smoothly. Watch for that application if you are interested.

Jim Ezell (Sponsorship) reported that the economy has affected all of our sponsors and it appears that they will be able to give us less this year because they are struggling. If you know of a potential sponsor, please let Jim know. We had 23 sponsor's last year. We need their support. They provide not only products, but money which help fray the cost of TICC.

Those of you who are making reservations for the Great Pepper's Meeting, please remember to give the code (CAS). It would be wise to make your reservations early.

From Bruce Smith: We had a Great turn out for the 33rd Arkansas State Open Chili Championship. We had 64 cooks on Saturday and 28 Sunday. And yes those folks came down from Indiana and kicked our butt. Thanks for traveling that far to cook and have a good time with us. Its always fun to have folks from out of state to cook with us. Hope you had a good time and hope you come back next year! Next week its Louisiana's turn. I think a bunch of Arkies are going there to cook. Lookout, here we come!

Here are the full results from Saturday and Sunday's cookoffs. Arkansas State Cookoff:

1. Susie Shaw, Parsons, Tn. (Auto Q )
2. Preston Shaw, Parsons, Tn.
3. Glenda Johnston, Maumelle, Ar. ( Ark State Champion and Auto Q )
4. Debbie Cagle, Bigelow, Ar. ( Auto Q )
5. Darin Jester, Indianapolis, In
6. Stuart Frye, Little Rock, Ar. ( Auto Q )
7. Karen Bailey, Maumelle, Ar.
8. Brad Garland, Westfield, In
9. Cheryl Oswalt, Little Rock, Ar.
10. Dick Wagner, Little Rock, Ar.

Show

1. DILLIGAF Tim Covey, Little Rock, Ar. ( Auto Q )
2. Cowboy Bob Bob Cagle, Bigelow, Ar.
3. Thunderbird Mike Tarpley, Millington, Tn

Sunday Survivor Cookoff

1. Darin Jester, Indianapolis, In
2. Bob Cagle, Bigelow, Ar
3. Preston Shaw, Parsons, Tn.
4. Dick Wagner, Little Rock, Ar.
5. Debbie Cagle, Bigelow, Ar.
6. Eddie Wayne Sumrall, Little Rock, Ar
7. Linda Nickle, No. Little Rock, Ar
8. Preston Nickle, No. Little Rock, Ar
9. James Mosley, Little Rock, Ar
10. Brad Garland, Westfield, In

Show

1. Thunderbird Mike Tarpley, Millington, Tn.
2. Buffalo Nickle Linda Nickle, No. Little Rock, Ar.
3. Bayeaux Blast Steve Doss, Shreveport, La.

Thanks again for making this another successful year!!! ( Bruce Smith )

Well, this is enough for today. I have to go out and bare the cold. It is 27 degrees and for us that is cold. I know for many of you, it would feel like a heat wave. Have a great Chili Day.

Today I am sharing some of the decisions we made for TICC this year. We will again offer wine at the concession stand. It was received very favorable this year.

We will have a new Head Judge. It will be Diane Fitzhenry. We want to thank her for volunteering for this job. We would love to have a second person step up and volunteer to assist Diane. This is a big job and we need to have a lot of hands helping to make the job go smoothly. We want to thank Jim Luhn for his many years of service as head judge. He did this job for a lot of years. THANKS JIM.

Referees for the Saturday CCO will be Bill Pierson for the Tally Group and Renee Moore for the judging area. Since we require a Referee to be identified for all of our CCOs, this year we are identifying the referees for the TICC.

Of course we always need judges for both Friday and Saturday. If you know someone who would like to have an invitation to judge on Saturday, please send their name to Renee Moore. She will also have a sign up sheet at TICC for those who have not already volunteered to judge.

This last year there were no volunteers to assist in Highway Clean UP. Please consider volunteering to do this job. THANK YOU Scotty Johnson for doing this job by yourself last year. He has volunteered to be head up this job for a another year. It will be done on Wednesday at 9:00. Please consider helping Scotty.

Do remember that "First come, first choice" when it comes to parking. Of course, we need to remember to only take up as much room as you need so that there is a parking place for those arriving each day. The areas fill up fast and we want to make sure that there is a place for every cook to park.

That's enough about TICC today. I will continue that tomorrow.

Please remember, if you have something you want to share with all of us, send your articles to Bucky Seelig so that he can publish it in the Terlingua Trails. He is always looking for new material for the paper.

We will again have a Pod Newsletter Contest for the chili year 2009. Ken Rodd is the Director in charge of this event. I will provide the information for entering when it gets closer to time. We have some great newsletters, so it should be a great contest.

I need to remind you to always be on the lookout for the old style Coleman stoves so that we continue to have a supply for painted stoves.

This is enough for today, more to come tomorrow.

As I promised, I will little by little report on the Board's meetings this weekend. We ratifed the Rules Committee. The members of the Rules Committee are Member at Large - Guy Smith; Greaet Pepper - Preston Shaw; Director - Bucky Seelig, and the Ed and Vice President which is myself and Bill Pierson.

We approved the National Open CCO. It will be held on August 9 at Buda, TX. Larry Burruss is the contact for this event.

We approve the use of the Ranch for the Mas O Menos 100 Bike Race which will be held on February 12 - 14. They have rented the Ranch for several years for this event. Renting the Ranch helps with the upkeep of the Ranch.

We approved the request to have a Massachusetts State Open. This is the first year for this event which will be heldin Middlefield, Massachusetts on August 15.

We acknowledge that two of our Directors are not going rerun for office at the Great Pepper's Meeting. Bucky Seelig and Ken Rodd have announced that they are leaving the board after this term. We are going to miss both of them. They have made a large contribution to CASI. We will miss their talents.

Bill Pierson has announced his intention to run again for the CASI Board of Directors.

John Goforth announced that at the present time CASI has 915 Annual Members, 494 Life Members, and 42 Corporate Members which is a total of 1451. This is down from last year which was 1493.

Congratulations to Barbara Herrin. We elected Barbara Herrin to be the Scholarship Program Administer for the next year.

Enough information for today. There will be more tomorrow.

Just returned from the Directors Workshop and Winter Board Meeting. I will begin to post information from this meeting tomorrow.

I did want to share with you the information from Ken Large. "Sad to report that my wife, Barbara Large passed away shortly before 11:00 pm last night.We are meeting with the Funeral Home this morning and will have more information later. Thank you for your prayers and e-mails, it has ment a lot to me." Barbara is in Pipkin Funeral Home, 2805 N. Big Spring, Midland, TX. Visitation will be from 6pm dto 8pm, Monday, Jan 26. Indterment will be in Ridgeway Cemetary, Sulpher Springs, TX Wed, Jan 28 at 200 pm. Please keep Ken and his family in your prayers.

I also had a note from Tonya Jester: "Four members of the Indiana Pepper Pod traveled to Arkansas this weekend to compete in the Arkansas State CCO and the day after Survivor CCO.

Here are the results for the 4…

Saturday 1/24 – Arkansas State
8th – Brad Garland (Q)
5th – Darin Jester
2nd – Preston Shaw
1st – Susie Shaw (AutoQ) (Susie cooked Preston’s recipe)

Sunday 1/25 – Survivor CCO
10th – Brad Garland
3rd – Preston Shaw
1st – Darin Jester (Q)
(note: Susie did not cook)

Congratulations to all 4! Way to kick razorback butt!!
3 more qualifiers for TICC!"

I want to thank all of you who took the time to attend our meetings and those who took the time to visit with us Friday and Saturday Night. You help make CASI work. Thanks to the Irving Elks Lodge. They did a fantastic job of taking care of us.

I will begin tomorrow providing the information from the Workshop and the Winter Board Meeting. Mark your calendars for June 27 in Little Rock. That is where we will have our Summer Meeting. More information to come at a later date.

Here is the early information about the Great Pepper's Meeting in Midland.

2009 GREAT PEPPERS MEETING
September 10th, 11th, 12th
Midland, Texas
Hosted By Black Gold Chili Pod of The Permian Basin

Please complete this form and return no later than August 17, 2009. A $15 late fee will be applied to each
Registration received after August 18, 2009 – NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Please Print Please Check One

POD NAME: _______________________________________ DATE: ________________ ___ Great Pepper
Delegate
YOUR NAME: _____________________________________________________________ ___ Regional Referee

ADDRESS/P. O. BOX: ______________________________ TELEPHONE: _____________ ___ Director

CITY: __________________________ STATE: ______ ZIP: _______________________ ___ Guest

EMAIL: __________________________________________________________________

ATTENDING SPOUSE/GUEST NAME: ___________________________________________

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: MIDLAND HILTON - 117 WEST WALL STREET
1-432-683-6131 OR 1-800-HILTONS
GROUP CODE: CAS
GROUP RATE: $105.00 plus tax per night
There is a $5.00 per day parking fee if you have a vehicle. If you will need this service, please check here. ________ Yes

Smoking Rooms as well as Pet Friendly Rooms are available. Make your request when registering.

Should you have any problems contact: Aileen Manuel 1-432-683-0471 or aileen.manuel@mtp-hosp.com
Or
Patsy Childress 1-432-425-4473 or patsy@t3wireless.com

HOSPITALITY:
Your Registration Includes: Thursday, Friday and Saturday admission to the Hospitality Suites
Friday evening Steak/Chicken dinner and Summer Mummer Olio performance and Saturday lunch.


REGISTRATION: Registration is $35 Each Individual Attending The Meeting
CASI Directors, Great Peppers, Regional Referees and their spouse are exempt from
GPM Registration Fees
______ Registering to Attend
________ X $35.00 Per Person $ __________

AMOUNT ENCLOSED $___________

Checks Made Payable to:
Black Gold Chili Pod
Shirley Bates
2911 W. Michigan
Midland, TX 79703

CONTACTS:

PATSY CHILDRESS DAVE BOONE SHIRLEY BATES
1-432-425-4473 1-432-367-8423 1-432-697-1955
patsy@t3wireless.com thunderbird@apex2000.net bates85817@aol.com

At the Workshop on Saturday we will be discussing several items for this years TICC. This includes everything from our asssignments, to wristbands and the poster contest. We will also discuss our newly formed committees, who the members are and what jobs they will perform to assist in promoting and supporting CASI and the entire organization. If you would like for me to send you the items we will discuss, please email me and I will send them to you.

On Sunday, we will have our Winter Board meeting. We will ratify the minutes of the Board meeting on Friday at the Great Pepper's Meeting and the minutes from the election of the Board Officers. There will be the usual reports. We will select a Scholarship Administrator as will as select a place and a date for our Summer Board Meeting.

All of the meetings (Workshop and Board) will start at 8:00.

Here is a note from Donna Langford about a Del Rio CCO:

“Battle on the Border”
CASI Chili Cook-off
Saturday, March 14, 2009 - Scholarship Cook-off To benefit the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau

Held at Broke Mill RV Park – 6069 Hwy 90 W – 830-422-2961 – Del Rio, Texas

The chili cook-off will be held in conjunction with the Bassmaster Elite Tournament held on Lake Amistad March 12-15, 2009. The televised fishing tournament will be shown on ESPN the following Saturday, March 22, 2009. ESPN camera crews will be filming throughout the cook-off and pictures will be shown on the jumbotrom during the awards presentation on the ESPN stage at prior to the angler’s weigh-in at 4:00 p.m.

Rules and Regulations
Entry Fee $20.00

1) There will be a cook’s supper beginning at 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2009. Meat will be provided and cooks are asked to bring a side dish.

2) All chili cooks must be in place by 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning and a cook’s meeting at 9:00 a.m.

3) Turn in will be on the porch of the Store at 1:00 p.m.

4) Trophies for 1st through 10th chili; Show from 1:30 -2:30 p.m. 1St place show will be awarded a 50’ houseboat trip for 2 nights/3days; 2nd place show will receive a day trip on a patio pontoon; 3rd place will receive a day trip on a deck cruiser. The prizes are courtesy of Lake Amistad Resort and Marina with a value of $2,600.00.

5) Trophies; trophy for further distance traveled; 1st place People’s Choice bring or cook extra chili; taster’s cup will sell for $5.00. Cook’s must provide their meats and supplies. All entries must be prepared and cooked outside on site. All cooks are to prepare and cook in as sanitary manner as possible. Cooking conditions are subject to inspection by the event staff at any given time.

6) CHILI GRIND ONLY/ NO BEANS

7) The head cook will be responsible for the conduct of his/her team and guests. Excessive use of alcoholic beverages and offensive language will be ground for disqualifications and removal. The event is geared toward families. We are here to have a good time but be respectful of the public.

This will be my last posting this week. We will leave early tomorrow (Friday) for the Irving Elks Lodge.

I do not have a lot to report today. As I get news from each of you, I will post it. I want to again remind you that if you know someone who plans to apply for the CASI Scholarship, that application must be mailed to Alan Dean by Jan 31.



I also have had some reports of CCOs advertising their Show Times for less than 2 hrs. According to the Rule Book IV, C, "Judging shall be held for 2 hrs during the cookoff, ending at least 30 min prior to turn-in time for chili or beginning at least 30 minutes after turn-in. If you continue to read, you will come to paragraph 2 Adverse Conditions, it states "Under unusual conditions (severe weather such as rain, snow, extreme heat/cold, etc or because of lack of public attendance), cookoffs with 12 or fewer show team may shorten the showmanship period with the approval of the CASI cookoff official or head show judge..." I understand that most of the time we do not have enough public for 2 hrs. But, please make that decision on the day of the CCO and do not advertise less than a 2 hour show time.



NOTE: The February 21 cookoff in Paint Rock, AL, has been canceled.



Please send me any information that you want posted. My email is garjans@suddenlink.net.

I have had great response to this blog. I will try to make this a means of communication with all of our chili cooks.

I would like to share a note from Ken Large:
My good friends,
Although Barbara has been gradualy loosing her strength, she ate a good meal on Friday night and commented on how much she enjoyed it, she awoke Saturday morning and had suddenly lost her ability to communicate. We called an ambulance and took her to the ER in Odessa. Her doctor wanted to put her on a venilator for two days aa he suspected she may have an infection in the lungs and thought he might be able to treat it so that she might have a few more days. He said that if he couldn't he would send her home and he would call on Home Hospice to assure that she would he comfortable in her last days.
We are now anxiously awaiting his decision on Monday. I will keep you posted.
I ask that each of you keep Ken and Barbara in your prayers

A note from Renee Moore:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, two members of our group will not be able to attend the Daytona 500 on February 13-15 and need to sell their tickets. If you know of anyone who might be interested in attending, please have them contact me immediately.

The Saturday and Sunday tickets are in the Allison Terrace, Section J, Row 60, Seats 9 & 10. The price per ticket is $241.00.

The Friday truck race tickets are in Segrave Tower, Section D, Row 45, Seats 1-2. The price per ticket is $66.00.

We will be staying at Speedweeks Campground at the rate of $45 per night with no minimum nights required if you need a place to camp. We currently have two reservations at the campground, but I will release one next week if I don’t hear from any one.

Those who will be attending our Board of Directors Workshop on Sat in Irving, there will be many topics discussed to include planning for our next TICC. We will also talk about the CASI committees that are in place and are starting to function so that we can better serve our CASI members. There will also be a discussion on the completion of the Memorial Plaza. If any of you have concerns that you would like to express, please feel free to send them to me at garjans@suddenlink.net.

Monday January 20, 2009

I have finally been able to set up my blog so that I can communicate with each of you often. I do not intend to do it daily during the first little bit until I find out that it is a helpful tool to each of you. Please feel free to comment on things that you would like to see this blog do to help you with your CCOs and for the Promotion of CASI. Please send your comments to me by email or any other communication system that is easiest for you.

A reminder that this weekend (Jan 24 and 25) the Board of Directors will be meeting at the Irving Elks Lodge. Saturday will be the workshop and Sunday will be the Board Meeting. Each day will start at 8:00 AM. You are welcome to attend.

I would remind all of you that to apply for the CASI Scholarship is 31 Jan. They are to be sent to Alan Dean. You will find a copy of the application on the Web page in the Resource Center.