From Lee Kroencke:

Overland Park, Kansas.

Outlaw Cigar becomes a CASI sponsor!

Outlaw Cigar Chili Cook-off

1. Roger Foltz, Mesquite, Texas

2. Cecilia Rivera, Lenexa, Kansas

3. Erma Smith, Fort Smith, Arkansas

4. Darin Jester, Indianapolis, Indiana - QUALIFIED !

5. Richard Hewlett, Wichita, Kansas

6. Jeff Gadt, Overland Park, Kansas

7. Shelley Kroencke, Lenexa, Kansas

8. Ethel Hewlett, Wichita, Kansas

9. Don Weber, Livingston, Texas

10. Julie Wiedner, Windsor, Missouri

Showmanship

1. Gone to the Dogs, Steve Stewart, Wichita, Kansas

2. Toad Choakin Chili, Colleen Lintner, Shawnee Mission, Kansas

3 GEO Chili, Jeff Gadt, Overland Park, Kansas

Congratulations to Roger Foltz, Mequite, Texas, 2011 Outlaw Cigar Chili Champion! And to everyone who came out and raised money for Operation Payback to support our troops overseas.

Thank you Kendall Culbertson and Jim Ezell for looking to the future and everything you do to support CASI.
Outlaw Cigar is the premier event because so many people involved believe in chili, charity, and fun. We had a blast-thanks again.

And to Ernest Perez Carillo, David Velasquez, Christy, and all our beloved judges-you rock. Wendell Rankin thanks for the beautiful stove.

Darin and Tonia Jester, what a surprise, and congratulations Darin on qualifying for TICC! Don and Suzy Weber, and Guy and Erma Smith- we love you. Way too many more to list here.

Don't forget Richard and Ethel Hewlett's Sunflower Pod Chili Cook Off this Saturday, August 6th, at Cheney Lake near Wichita, Kansas.

From Happy Hinman:

I hope all of you are remembering the ACES Pod cookoff is this weekend. I wish to invite everyone and hope you will be able to attend. We have a full weekend planned as you can see by the attache flyer. Hope to see all of you there. 

From Rick Thomas: