From Debbie Turner:
It is with great sadness that I report the death of an old chili friend and the 1981 Terlingua Champion, Bill "Ice Tea" Douglas of Austin, TX. His former cooking partner, Bob (Ranger Bob) Ritchey sent a link to a video and article reporting on this death. http://weareaustin.com/content/fulltext/?cid=38661.
Bill was the tour bus driver for Miley Cyrus when he had a heart attack while driving a production crew to their next concert stop. The bus overturned on a Virginia highway early Friday morning. Only one person aboard was treated for minor injuries. Miley Cyrus was not on the bus at the time.
From Donna Conrad:
ATTENTION Cookers,
Need to make a Correction on time turn in on Friday Dec. 18th for the Santa Paws Cook Off. It will be a 9:00 PM turn in time Not 8:00 PM as the Trails has it. Please make a note of this.
Thank you and Hope Everyone Has A Happy Thanksgiving
From Donna Conrad:
Make Plans For Sat. Nov. 28th to come to H-E-B Waco # 5/ Turn In Time 2:00 PM / Entry &18.00 / Chili Grind Only
Plenty of Parking and room for EZ-UP'S. Call 254-855-4733 if you need tube meat.
Call 254-751-0239 and ask for Donna or Jennifer for information about the cook off.
Please NO DRINKING ALCOHOL ON PREMISE
Thank You
Donna Conrad
From Dave Hewlett:
Larry Wampler of the Thousand Trails Tawakoni POD is having a CCO for the new years eve weekend.
The site is just north of Terrell at Able Springs VFD community center. They have a 3 bay garage for fire trucks that is available for indoor cooking. A large meeting room and a very large kitchen. We had a CCO there in July and it is very nice. They have power on a pole available for use for $5/day and a large rocked area for campers. They have a dump site also. The community manager is a very nice person and he wants to have a good large CCO. Here is the web advertisement. Note it is on CASI probation for advertisement being late.
January 1, 2010
Held at 30000 FM 429 N, 12 miles north of Terrell. Party Thursday night at Able Springs Fire Station
Friday Black Eye Peas turn-in 1 PM, entry $5 top 3. CASI chili entry $20 turn-in 2 PM. Benefits ASVFD. Make checks payable to ASVFD. RSVP for full hookups a $5 per day. CHILI GRIND ONLY.
See cookoff next day. ContactBuddy Mann 972-533-5536 or email or Larrybuddy.mann@nexbank.com
903-450-5541, roadwrkcb@aol.com.
January 2, 2010
Held at 30000 FM 429 N, 12 miles North of Terrell. Entry fee $20 turn-in 1 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY.
See cookoff previous day. Contact Buddy Mann 972-533-5536 or email buddy.mann@nexbank.com or Larry 903-450-5541, roadwrkcb@aol.com.
From Doris Coats:
A good time was had by all who attended the 13th Annual Texas Holiday Chilibration in Rowlett, TX on Saturday. The parade was wonderful. It is exciting to see the number of people that come out to support their city.
A special thank you goes out to those that make the cook-off a success through their work in the judging area.
And the winners were:
Chili
1st Babs Johnson , Irving, TX
2nd Bob Coats, Irving, TX
3rd Tina Barnes, Euless, TX
4th Stephanie Brockman, Euless, TX
5th Susan Spencer, Irving, TX
6th Cliff Dugan, Denison, TX
7th Ron Barnes, Euless, TX
8th Toni Bowman, Rowlett, TX
9th Bob Pulliam, Burleson, TX
10th Beth Moon, Hurst, TX
Showmanship
1st Red Carpet Chili, Joey Allette, Allen, TX
2nd Bull Rush Chili, Ginny Williams, Irving, TX
3rd Bringin’ MaMa, Bonnie Loxterman, Rowlett, TX
Beans
1st Paul Seastrunk, Garland, TX
2nd Stephanie Brockman, Euless, TX
3rd Tina Barnes, Euless, TX
From Renee Moore:
Our Winter CASI Board of Director's Meeting will be on January 16-17 in Irving. We will have a workshop on Saturday followed by a Board meeting on Sunday.
I received the following from Donna Conrad. I checked it out and also sent a card to our troops.
XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL
If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.
How amazing it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one! It's free and it only takes a second.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.
This takes about 0 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and then pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's.
Thanks for taking to time to support our military!
