From Jim Ezell:
I would like to announce a new sponsor. Casa Fiesta Mexican Foods, a division of Bruce Foods has joined CASI as a new sponsor. They will be the sponsor for the Bean cookoff at Terlingua in 2010. We welcome them aboard. Look for more information from them in the upcoming weeks!
From Donna Conrad:
Hope Everyone Had a Merry Christmas!
I will be in Kingsland next week end for the CCO. If anyone needs any H-E-B meat please give me a call NO LATER THE MONDAY 12/28/09. I will be happy to bring it to you.
Also as most of you know Dianne & I will be hosting the 2010 Great Peppers Meeting in Salado TX.. We will be selling Raffle tickets after the 1st of the year to win $1000.00 or a hand made quilt. Please contact me or Dianne if you would like to purchase some tickets. The cost is $5.00 for one or 5 for $20.00.
Donna's email dangergail@aol.com cell # 254-855-4733
Dianne's email winksintexas@aol.com cell # 254-855-2767
From Cynthia Gill:
The link below has all kinds of San Miguel information, like hotels and restaurants and how to travel to San Miguel for the International Chili Cookoff on January 30. Thought it might be helpful to those who are considering the trip.
Hope you are continuing to enjoy the holidays. See you south of the border!
http://sanmiguelinformation.blogspot.com/
From Vickie Childress:
One last reminder: I just want to remind anyone interested in coming to the Tri-State Open Chili Championship.
The deadline for a chance to get in to the drawing for a free room is your registration must be post marked December 28th.
Thank you all and hope you have a safe & Happy New Year
Note: Some people were having a problem seeing the You tube presentation of Margaret Nadeau. If you will click on the below address, it will take you to this presentation. To get to Margaret's video, try this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZU5CqVGjs
From Darin Jester:
One last reminder. For those of you who are looking for something to do, Come ring in the New Year with you chili family and friends. The Hoosier Great Pepper's New Years Eve CCO, is looking for cooks, judges, and family and friends to ring in the New Year with. We are up to 36 cooks from 8 different states so far. If ya wanna come out and have a safe evening, RSVP to Tonya - crazyladychili@sbcglobal.net or me - flashoverchili@sbcglobal.net. Country Inn and Suites - 821-1100 has extended the block of rooms till 12/24. See the flyer for info here on the Indiana Pepper Pod FB page. Be safe, and have a joyfull hoidays.
Notes: Here's hoping that everybody had a wonderful Christmas Weekend. Please mark your calendars for the weekend of January 16 and 17. This will be the date of the CASI Winter Board Meeting. It will be held at the Irving Elks in Irving, TX. Saturday, January 16, will be the Workshop. Everybody is invited to be a part of this session. If you have information or ideas you would like for the board to address, this is your chance to introduce them.
On Sunday, January 17, we will have the Official Winter Board Meeting. Everybody is invited to attend this session. It will be our formal session. It will be finished by noon.
If you have information that you would like to share with the board or have topics that you would like to have addressed at either the Board Meeting or the Workshop, please send them to me as soon as possible. I will be publishing a Tentative Agenda late next week for these meetings.
One more reminder: Please send your CCO results to our new TallyMaster Jenny Windsor. Her address is
Jenny Windsor
210 Kennedy Drive
Severne Park, MD 21146
