From Larry Velasquez:

LITTLE BALKANS CCO

PITTSBURG, KS 
20 CASI COOKS

10^TH Annie Morris; Pittsburg, KS
9^th    Laura Reed; Pittsburg, KS
8^th    Kenny Seabolt; Bixby, OK
7^th    Deborah Sandoval; Independence, KS
6^th    John Moss; Glenpool, OK
5^th    Kathy Seabolt; Bixby, OK
4^th    Eric Roseblad; Pittsburg, KS
3^rd   Joshua Seabolt; Collinsville, OK
2^nd   Bob McCauley; Pittsburg, KS
1^st    Jon Tupper; Joplin, MO (Q)

SHOWMANSHIP

3^RD  Rusty Shovel Chili; Jon Tupper
2^nd   Heat Master Chili; L C Chatman
1^st    Ol Muley; Eric Roseblad

JUNIOR CASI

4^TH  Taylor McCauley; Pittsburg, KS
3^rd   Emeral McCauley; Pittsburg, KS
2^nd   Tanner McCauley; Pittsburg, KS
1^st    Jasper McCauley; Pittsburg, KS

From Donna Conrad:
ATTN: Chili Cooks

For those of you that will be coming to the Great Peppers Meeting this week and week end, Dianne and I will be collecting Hygiene items for those in the Bastrop areas.
We will start collecting Thursday to Saturday afternoon.
We will be leaving on Sunday morning to deliver all items to the Bastrop area.
 
If you have any questions please give Dianne or myself a call.

Please keep all these folks in your thoughts and Prayers.
Donna's cell 254-855-4733 Dianne's cell 254-855-2767.

From Rick Sievering:

CASI 2011
Maryland State Chili Championship

A chance to get those last points for TICC, or practice and fine tune your recipe for Terlingua International Chili Cookoff.

Our charity this year will be Passionately Pink for the Cure® part of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity. We will be selling tasting kits and other swag for the charity along with accepting donations to the charity.

The Passionately Pink for the Cure® theme gives us a lot of opportunities for outstanding showmanship and tent decoration possibilities .. Use your Imagination .... and remember that the top 3 Maryland cooks qualify for the 2011 Terlingua International Chili Cookoff.

SCHEDULE

Tentative Schedule
8:00 -- 10:00am - Set up
10:30 -- Cooks Meeting

Noon -- Tasting Kits go on sale
1:00 - 2:00 pm -- Showmanship judging
3:00 pm -- Turn In
4:00 pm -- Announcements

CASI Rules will be followed; Meat is cooks choice
$25 Registration Fee

• Certificates worthy of framing
• Prize Table for 1st - 10th
• Road Runner Gas Card
• Peoples Choice Certificates
• Limited Edition TaTa swag & Tatoos

Mason Dixon Pod meeting to elect officers for the new year will take place before, during or after the Cook Off

It is WEDNESDAY and here are the CCOs that will be happening this weekend.

Sep 10, 2011-001 - Edgerton, WI CASI. Chilimania Annual Chili Cookoff and Music Festival. Held at the intersection of Henry and Canal Streets, one block off the intersection of Hwys 59 and 51 in downtown Edgerton. Benefits scholarships, various community improvement projects. Entry fee $20. Turn-in time 1:30 p.m. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Make checks payable to Chilimania Inc. Contact Vicki Brown vicki.s.brown@gmail.com or 608-884-4307.

Sep 10, 2011-002 - Sweetwater ,TX CASI. 6th Annual Ranch Rodeo Cookoff. Held at Newman Park. Lonestar BBQ Society and CASI sanctioned. Entry fee chili $15. 1/2 Chicken, no sauce, Pork Spare Ribs, no sauce. Brisket, no sauce. All meats $65 or $25 each. Electric hookups $10 a day. Cooks meeting 9 AM. Meat inspection. For more info contact Robert Fortin 325-514- 3705.

Sep 10, 2011-003 - Vernon, TX CASI. Vintage Vernon CCO. Held in conjunction with the Vintage Vernon Ghost Tour and Folk Festival at Wilbarger County Courthouse Square, corner of Main Street (US Hwy 283) and Wilbarger Street (US Hwy 287 Business). Benefits Vintage Vernon Foundation. Entry fee $18, turn in 2 p.m. Make checks payable to Vintage Vernon Foundation, P.O. Box 2098, Vernon, TX 76385. No RV parking on site, but RV parks and motels are available nearby. See www.vintagevernon.org or contact Carolyn Grimes at chili@vintagevernon.org or 512- 426-3559  for more information.

Sep 10, 2011-004 - Millington, TN CASI. International Goat Days Festival BBQ and Chili Cookoff, 4351 Babe Howard Blvd. Entry fee $25, turn- in 11:30 AM. Benefits Millington Community and Court Svc. Make check payable to MCCS. Contact Denise Sigler 901-494-6141.

Sep 10, 2011-005 - Lees Summit, MO CASI. Williams Chili Showdown at Chilifest in downtown Lee's Summit, MO at 220 SE Green St. Lee's Summit Sunrise Rotary is once again putting the event on for Polio Plus, a project of the Rotary Foundation. Turn-in times are 11:00 CASI, 12:00 Vegetarian, Salsa and Wings, 1:00 Homestyle. Cooks in Homestyle and Vegetarian who enter as "Cooks for a Cause," the winner of which will have $1,000 donated to the charity of their choice by Williams Foods. Contact Steve King, king.steve@ymail.com,   Scott Devouton email scott@devouton.com.  

NOTE: 

It is 50 degrees this morning again.  I think we can get use to this.  We have had 2 days without the temperature going up to 100+ degrees.  What a change.  The lows the last 2 days have broken the record.  But so did the 95 days of 100 degrees!

 Cliff and I are leaving for Kerrville and the Great Pepper's Meeting this morning.  Will blog from there tomorrow and Friday.  I will have limited email, but will be on my cell.