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1 April 2011 Web Page Volume 24 Issue 4 Texas Open 2011 Arkansas Men and Womens State Champions LITTLE ROCK, AR - Steve Doss, Shreveport, LA (right), won the Arkansas Men's State Chili Cookoff held on March 5, Photo courtesy of Chili Con Carnies SAN ANTONIO, TX - Tom Dozier, Irving, TX, proudly claimed First Place Chili at the 2011 TEXAS OPEN CHILI CHAMPIONSHIP held at Traders Village in San Antonio. The 212 cooks that competed made it the largest Texas Open in its 34 years. The other four automatic qualifiers in order behind Tom Dozier were Kathy Boone, Photo courtesy of Jennifer Sherfield Kenny Morgenroth, Susan Burgess, and Clyde Rogers. First Place Showmanship went to Chili Con Carnies, Steve Edmondson, McDade, TX. More pictures on page 19. Photo courtesy of Eddy Bowman Photo courtesy of Eddy Bowman (left) Bo Prewitt, North Little Rock, AR, placed 2nd and claimed title as the AR Men's State Champion. Karen Bailey, Maumelle, AR, won the Arkansas Women's State Chili Cookoff and is the new AR Women's State Champion. CASI Hot Line 888-CASIHOT If you have a cookoff coming up in the month of June your cookoff information must be in the hands of the CASI Upcomings Director by April 15th to meet the cookoff advertising requirement. Chili Appreciation Society International Inc Caravel Ct Missouri City TX Non Profit Organization US Postage Paid Kerrville, Texas Permit No. 81

2 Page 2 Terlingua Trails April 2011 TERLINGUA TRAILS Editor & Publisher: Dana Plocheck Contributing Editors: Upcoming Cookoffs - Dorathy Williams Cookoff Results - Jenny Windsor Printer: Kerrville Daily Times - Kerrville, Texas CASI INSURANCE To get a certificate (proof of insurance) for your cookoff, please contact Erin N. Pinney Commercial Service Representative Consolidated Insurance Center, Inc Cronridge Drive, PO Box 0664 Owings Mills, MD Direct: Phone: Fax: epinney@cicinc.com ED's REFLECTIONS Information from CASI's Executive Director, Janice Miller CASI members, please check your personal information in the CASI Information System. Corrections and additions should be sent to Janice Miller at garjans@suddenlink.net COOKOFF RESULTS Please send all CCO results along with entry sheets and money to: Jenny Windsor TallyMaster 210 Kennedy Drive Severna Park, MD 21146

3 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 3 From the President Reflections from the ED As I thought about what to write this month, my thoughts turned to when I first entered the chili world. It wasn t so much to cook a pot of chili but to provide entertainment for the public who came to the cookoffs. My first love was showmanship. After receiving many critiques on my pot of chili, I finally began to place cooking. Showmanship still remains near and dear to my heart. As far as I know, showmanship rules & guidelines have changed very little over the past 28 years that I have been participating in cookoffs. However over the last few months, I have become aware of subtle changes that are occurring even though no changes have been made. Showmanship is a two-hour period unless unusual conditions are present. I received information that an automatic qualifier cookoff was recently held that did not follow the 2-hour rule. Evidently the show judges did their judging within the first hour or so of the cookoff, and some of the show teams were advised that this had taken place. As a result, those show teams broke down before the 2-hour period was over. The rule requires all show teams, the head show judge, and promoter to agree to the period reduction. Obviously, this didn t happen. In another instance, a flyer was distributed for an upcoming cookoff stating that show would be an hour and a half period. This does not correspond with the rules. Another problem is the lack of a show team meeting at the cookoff. While a meeting is not required, there are many cooks new to CASI and showmanship. We shouldn t just assume they are aware of all the showmanship rules. The rules do require that every showmanship judge be given an explanation of the criteria and scoring for showmanship. In the old days, the judges were advised to rove among the showmanship entries at various times in order to ensure fair judging. While a show team might have a large crowd in the first 30 minutes of judging, that same show team might have no crowd during the remainder of the time. Let s assure judging is fair and above board to all show teams. Another area of interest is use of sound systems during showmanship. The rules don t address amplification, however the Guidelines do. Showmanship teams may use battery-powered amplification with limited volume so as not to interfere with other contestants. Does this mean a generator may be used? A generator is not battery-powered amplification. This must be addressed. Some confusion exists relative to the show team captain. Is the captain required to be at the cookoff for the show team to compete and earn points? Confusion has existed in this regard, too. I think the time has come for Showmanship to again be taken seriously at cookoffs. In order for this to happen, the Great Peppers need to review the Rules and Guidelines and reach a consensus. Are Guidelines really necessary when everything can be covered in the Rules? Are the rules as written sufficient or do they go far enough? A chili cook wants to know their pot of chili was judged fairly. Likewise, a captain or show team member wants to know all show teams were judged equally. I urge CASI show team members to share your feelings with your Great Peppers, so proposed changes can be made to the Rules, if needed. I plan to speak with my Great Pepper in this regard, and who knows, you might see me back in showmanship next year. Spring is here finally! There are a lot of chili cookoffs planned for the next few months. Many of these cookoffs are new this year and we are excited to have requests for a CASI cookoff. When I get these new requests, I identify the Regional Referee for that area and send this information to both the Regional Referee and the requester. The Regional Referee will let me know that they have made contact and that they will assist this requestor. Cliff and I have just returned from Arkansas State Chili Championship. We had a wonderful time. It started with the cook s party on Friday night and ended Saturday afternoon. What a great time to make this trip. The trees are all in bloom! We want to thank all of the cooks for making us feel very welcomed! A BIG thanks to Bruce Smith and his group. They did an outstanding job. We had a very special guest, Willem Fijten from the Netherlands. He is the Product Developer for Research & Development for the Mars Food company at the Europe division. He had contacted me and wanted information about chili and our competitions. He was flying to Boston for a meeting and had several days of free time. He flew into Little Rock on Friday evening and joined us for the cook s party. He then judged chili on Saturday. It s time to think about the poster for TICC. The guidelines are posted on the blog and are in this month s Terlingua Trails. There are a lot of members who are artist. We look forward to having you enter this contest. Has your or address changed and is not correct in CIS? If you will send me your information, I will update your record. This is really important for the Great Peppers and the Regional Referees. From time to time I send information electronically to these members and I am getting back a message that the address in undeliverable. Do you need a CIS log in? If so, please send me a request. I know that this past month we have had problems with our Web Site. This was the result of an upgrade in software. It should be corrected. Thank you for your patience during this time. Happy Easter and Happy Warm Springtime Weather! Janice Until next time, Renee

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5 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 5 CASI MEMBERSHIP REPORT Please help me welcome all of our new, annual, life, and corporate members. Your dedication to supporting local charities shines every month when I am able to list all of the membership renewals, and new members who are joining CASI with the ambition of helping us achieve our goals of CHILI, CHARITY, AND FUN. Please help our new members feel like part of our chili family. When you renew your membership, please remember to include your CASI membership number on your renewal form, on your check or PayPal. It just helps me process your dues quicker. And as always, please don t hesitate to contact me with any of your membership questions. I can be reached by at membership@chili.org or by phone at home or cell. MEMBERSHIP ADDRESS: CASI, P.O. BOX , INDIANAPOLIS, IN Our New Annual CASI Members James Barbour Valley View, TX Steve Bearden Seguin, TX Malissa Bowman Birmingham, AL Jason Britt Birmingham, AL Jason Connolly Fayetteville, GA Michael Coppedge La Porte, TX Chris Dixon Tyler, TX Shannon Gaumont Keller, TX Pat Heslop Birmingham, AL William Pollock Livingston, TX Roy Posey Midland, TX Lori Roberts Houston, TX Michael Rogers Ennis, TX Kenneth (Sal) Saladiner Caldwell, TX Jen Schoppe College Station, TX Roger Schoppe College Station, TX Mike Skaggs Little Elm, TX John Sloan Gainesville, TX Alan Vogel Plano, TX Mike Vowell Sopchoppy, FL Barry Ward Coppell, TX Renewing Members Kurt Baumgartner Stoughton, WI Dick Blinzler Rio Rancho, NM Kathy Boone Odessa, TX Lisa Brown Rankin, TX Keith Burns Dallas, TX Kathryn Cavender Stafford, TX Jodie Celum Corpus Christi, TX Sam Celum Corpus Christi, TX Don Gill Houston, TX Jason Goains Meridian, TX Colleen Gott Round Mountain, TX Rick Hanson Las Cruces, NM Jim Holland Caster, LA Darlene Mantei Sanger, TX Phyllis Patton Odessa, TX Gowin Pryor Emory, TX Delores Sanders Arlington, TX Chuck Stock Orange Park, FL Maria Chudy Swicegood Maumelle, AR Jim Taylor Arlington, TX CASI welcomes these new and renewing members. It is also always good to see some of our past members return to active participation in our organization. Remember if you re moving, please let us know. Your Trails will not follow you without an address change. You can contact me by phone at ( ) or your information to membership@chili.org I urge everyone to take advantage of the CASI Information System (CIS). You can check on your personal information and points, access the CASI Organization Groups, CASI history, and get contact numbers and addresses for your fellow members of the CASI Family. Darin Jester Membership Director CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP REPORT PLEASE WELCOME AND THANK THESE CASI MEMBERS. They have invested in our Society as Annual Corporate Members. If you live in their area PLEASE stop by and thank them personally. RENEWING CORPORATE MEMBERS Purple Haze Jeep Club Gardendale, TX R & R Construction, Inc. Monahans, TX Texa-Chem Specialties of Midland, Inc. Midland, TX CORPORATE MEMBERS 9 Fingers Jeep Tours Odessa, TX Backyard Concepts LLC Aubrey, TX Ballenger & Associates DeLeon, TX Big Bend Resort & Adventures Terlingua, TX Big Bend River Tours, Inc. Terlingua, TX Carefree RV Resorts Scottsdale, AZ Cherokee Lakes, Inc. Alexander, AR Chisos Mining Co. Motel, Inc. Terlingua, TX City of Madison, Georgia Madison, GA Comanche Crossing Country Store Seguin, TX Conference of Olympus, Inc. McDade, TX Cottonwood General Store Terlingua, TX Cycletek Terlingua, TX Desert Sports Terlingua, TX Dr Steve & Ann Meyer Dallas, TX Forever Resorts, Chisos Mountains Lodge Big Bend Natl. Park, TX Giddy-Ups Austin, TX High Sierra Bar & Grill Terlingua, TX Hooligan s Bar Odessa, TX Indian Land Rotary Club Indian Land, SC International River Runners Austin, TX L Z Ranch Organic Beef Monahans, TX Ladybug Connection Marble Falls, TX Long Draw Pizza Terlingua, TX Lorina s Cantina Del Rio, TX Main Street West Memphis, Inc. West Memphis, AR Mitchell Resort & R V Park Perrin, TX Mockingbird Hill Terlingua, TX Papa s Ice House Spring, TX Passport America Long Beach, MS Portland Chamber of Commerce Portland, TX Purple Haze Jeep Club Gardendale, TX Quilts, Etc by Marguerite Terlingua, TX R & R Construction, Inc. Monahans, TX Red River Valley Fair Assn Inc Paris, TX Red River, New Mexico Red River, NM Renfro Foods, Inc. Fort Worth, TX Rio Bravo Security Terlingua, TX Rotary Clubs of Mooresville Mooresville, NC RU2 Systems, Inc. Mesa, AZ Saltwater Cowboy Cantina Terlingua, TX SISCORP Houston, TX Southwest Abstract & Title Co. Rankin, TX Southwest Canopy of Texas, Inc. Houston, TX Southwest Horn Toad Raisers Assn. Odessa, TX Star Ranch McDade, TX Study Butte Store Terlingua, TX Tennessee Filly Promotions Parsons, TN Terlingua Auto Service Terlingua, TX Texa-Chem Specialties of Midland Midland, TX The Texas Trading Post College Station, TX Thunderbird Machinery Odessa, TX WPI Firefighters Fund Ft. Worth, TX

6 Page 6 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Cook Off Winners Feb 5, Minden LA Louisiana State Championship, 61 CHILIS 1 John D. Oswalt, Marshall TX 2 Barry Poole, Lafayette LA 3 Delores Sanders, Arlington TX 4 Phil Greenlees, Houston TX 5 Bill Martin, Shreveport LA 6 Doris Greenlees, Houston TX 7 Lane Blair, Douglasville GA 8 Robin Simon, Shreveport LA 9 David (Dave) Trice, Hallsville TX 10 Frances Sullivan, Waxahachie TX 1 Messin W/ Sasquatch, Minden LA Michael Elshout 2 Fatty Blair s Chili Emporium, Douglasville GA Lane Blair 3 Dr. Dave s VooDoo Stew, Hallsville TX David (Dave) Trice Feb 11, Terlingua TX Friday Chili Cookoff, 21 CHILIS 1 Lisa Rider, Richardson TX 2 Lynn Hejtmancik, Buda TX 3 Barbara C. Taylor, Terlingua TX 4 Mike Rider, Richardson TX 5 David Red Bean Boone, Odessa TX 6 Don Clevenger, Odessa TX 7 Janita Hinds, Del Rio TX 8 Barbara Taylor, Cedar Park TX 9 Larry George, Livingston TX 10 Gene Everett, Odessa TX Feb 12, West TX Out West 4th Annual Chili Cook Off, 27 CHILIS 1 Jason Goains, Meridian TX 2 Mark Sanders, Ennis TX 3 Charles Breeden, Alvarado TX 4 Betty Sue Caffey, Rockdale TX 5 Dwaine Williams, Forreston TX 6 Bill Lester, Garland TX 7 Kenny Short, Burleson TX 8 John Caffey, Rockdale TX 9 Jason Clark, Arlington TX 10 Donna Conrad, Crawford TX 1 Texas Chili Chicks, Burleson TX Robin Short 2 Snake Farm Chili, Burleson TX Kenny Short 3 Tall Girl Frog, Rockdale TX Betty Sue Caffey Feb 12, Bryan TX Bryan Elks Lodge #859, 20 CHILIS 1 Vern Gilpin, Katy TX 2 Karin Barnes, Houston TX 3 Phil Barnes, Houston TX 4 Earl W. Who? Gorhum, Montgomery TX 5 Jerry Don JD Duggan, Bastrop TX 6 Vicki Esford, Trinity TX 7 Michael (Mike) Hejl, College Station TX 8 Doris Greenlees, Houston TX 9 Lisa R Duggan, Bastrop TX 10 Phil Greenlees, Houston TX 1 Dos Caballeros, Katy TX Vern Gilpin 2 Bar None, College Station TX Michael (Mike) Hejl 3 Aggie Mans, College Station TX Roger Schoppe Feb 12, Paradise TX 20th Annual McChili McHog-In, 23 CHILIS 1 Kelly Brignon, Ennis TX 2 Beth Moon, Hurst TX 3 Drucella Dru Stewart, Hurst TX 4 R. Bruce Stewart, Hurst TX 5 Tom Dozier, Irving TX 6 Ron Barnes, Euless TX 7 Robert E Bob Coats, Irving TX 8 Doris Coats, Irving TX 9 Mack Walker, Marshall TX 10 Stephanie Brockman, Euless TX 1 Chili Con Carnies, McDade TX Steve Edmonson 2 Fairy Dust Chili, Boerne TX Dianne Lewis 3 Trailblazer Cooking Team, Hurst TX Beth Moon Feb 12, Terlingua TX Roadrunner Cookoff, 25 CHILIS 1 Gary Brignon, Ennis TX 2 Doretta Dodie Simpson, Odessa TX 3 Cindy George, Livingston TX 4 David Red Bean Boone, Odessa TX 5 Scott Johnson, Englewood FL 6 Dorathy Williams, Terlingua TX 7 Gene Everett, Odessa TX 8 Don Clevenger, Odessa TX 9 Lynn Hejtmancik, Buda TX 10 Janita Hinds, Del Rio TX Feb 12, San Angelo TX St Valentines Day Massacre, 15 CHILIS 1 Barbara Herrin, Paint Rock TX 2 Louis Gonzales, Paint Rock TX 3 Lisa Brown, Rankin TX 4 Douglas Bucky Seelig, Fredericksburg TX 5 Laura L. Coad, San Angelo TX 6 Phyllis Patton, Odessa TX 7 Jeanie Struck, Odessa TX 8 Guy W Bates, Midland TX 9 Janice Miller, San Angelo TX 10 Clifford (Cliff) Miller, San Angelo TX 1 Colorado Connection, San Angelo TX Janice Miller 2 Chili Ole, Paint Rock TX Barbara Herrin 3 Granny Frannie, San Angelo TX Fran Miller Feb 12, Hernando MS Mississippi State Championship, 28 CHILIS 1 James Murry, Como MS 2 Donell Dickerson, Horn Lake MS 3 Kristina (Kristi) Knight, Lebanon TN 4 Stuart Frye, Little Rock AR 5 Linda Nickle, North Little Rock AR 6 Carol Knight, Lebanon TN 7 Lynne Murry, Como MS 8 Thomas Murry, Como MS 9 Bo Prewitt, North Little Rock AR 10 Dick Wagner, Little Rock AR 1 Blue Dragon, Southaven MS Donna Hillen 2 Schoolhouse Chili, Little Rock AR Stuart Frye 3 UNCLAIMED Feb 12, El Paso TX American Legion Post #36 CCO, 15 CHILIS 1 Mary Hernandez, El Paso TX 2 Carol Straughan, El Paso TX 3 Marcia Gamino, El Paso TX 4 Debra Rosberg, Chaparral NM 5 Marion Bud Barrick, Organ NM 6 Patricia Sherman, Anthony TX 7 Dave Brown, El Paso TX 8 Don Stoppiro, El Paso TX 9 Donna Von Gentz, El Paso TX 10 Bobby Elliott, El Paso TX 1 Chilifornia, El Paso TX Tom Cavazos 2 Exposure Chili, El Paso TX Don Stoppiro 3 Brickyard Chili, Anthony TX Patricia Sherman Feb 12, Edmond OK David Curtis Memorial Cookoff, 18 CHILIS 1 Ted Hoover, Dalhart TX 2 Sonja Spears, Shawnee OK 3 Joe Spears, Shawnee OK 4 Bettie Spears, Shawnee OK 5 John Moss, Glenpool OK 6 David M. Horn Sr., Oklahoma City OK 7 Catherine Seabolt, Bixby OK 8 Josh Seabolt, Collinsville OK 9 Milley Horn, Oklahoma City OK 10 Molly Buck, Norman OK 1 BJ s Cathouse Chili, Shawnee OK Bettie Spears 2 Wild Witch, Shawnee OK Sonja Spears 3 Chris Dog Lt Chili, Shawnee OK Chris Spears Feb 13, West TX Out West Bar & Grill Next Day, 28 CHILIS 1 Blue Kriska, Ennis TX 2 David Manske, Arlington TX 3 Donna Conrad, Crawford TX 4 Ron Baker, Ennis TX 5 Bill Lester, Garland TX 6 Glenda Vrba, Garland TX 7 Frances Sullivan, Waxahachie TX 8 Betty Sue Caffey, Rockdale TX 9 Randall Lee (Randy) Duke, Valley Mills TX 10 Angie Duke, Valley Mills TX 1 Tall Girl Frog, Rockdale TX Betty Sue Caffey 2 Hell s Fury, Dallas TX Shirley Sexton 3 Snake Farm Chili, Burleson TX Kenny Short Feb 13, Bryan TX Bryan Elks Lodge #859, 15 CHILIS 1 Maxine Reed, Houston TX 2 Vern Gilpin, Katy TX 3 Jen Schoppe, College Station TX 4 Pat Krenek, Houston TX 5 Earl W. Who? Gorhum, Montgomery TX 6 Scott Winter, League City TX 7 Joel Hetzer, Round Rock TX 8 Chuck Lane, College Station TX 9 Terri Vordenbawn, Pasadena TX 10 Roger Schoppe, College Station TX 1 Dos Caballeros, Katy TX Vern Gilpin 2 Aggie Mans, College Station TX Roger Schoppe 3 Lone Star Chili Chix, Houston TX Pat Krenek Feb 13, Paradise TX Another Day in Paradise, 15 CHILIS

7 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 7 TALLYMASTER'S REPORT Qualified As Of March 7, 2011 YEAR-TO-DATE COOKOFF STATISTICS *********** CURRENT YEAR *********** REQ COOKOFFS CHILIS MONEY STATE PTS HELD JUDGED RAISED ARKANSAS , ARKANSAS , ARIZONA , CALIFORNIA , COLORADO , FLORIDA , GEORGIA , GUANAJUATO , IOWA , ILLINOIS , INDIANA , KANSAS , LOUISIANA , MARYLAND , MISSOURI , MISSISSIPPI , MEXICO , NORTH CAROLINA , NEW MEXICO , OKLAHOMA , TENNESSEE , TEXAS , , VIRGINIA GRAND TOTAL 208 6, , *** No Delinquent Cookoffs *** COOKS 95 Vern Gilpin, Katy TX 96 Lisa R. Duggan, Bastrop TX 97 Beth Moon, Hurst TX 98 Drucella Dru Stewart, Hurst TX 99 Ron Barnes, Euless TX 100 Bill Lester, Garland TX 101 David J MadJack Garner, Mesa AZ 102 John D. Oswalt, Marshall TX 103 Barry Poole, Lafayette LA 104 Bill Martin, Shreveport LA 105 Robin Simon, Shreveport LA 106 James Murry, Como MS 107 Donell Dickerson, Horn Lake MS 108 Pat Langley, Garland TX 109 Ron Baker, Ennis TX SHOW TEAMS 49 Texas Chili Chicks, Burleson TX Robin Short 50 Spicy All Over, Livingston TX Susan Suzy Weber 51 Hell s Fury, Dallas TX Shirley Sexton 52 Messin W/ Sasquatch, Minden LA Michael Elshout 53 Blue Dragon, Southaven MS Donna Hillen 54 Wonder Woman, Garland TX Jennifer Devenport 55 Dream Catcher, Irving TX T.J. Friedel 56 Colorado Connection, San Angelo TX Janice Miller 57 Jacked Up Chili, Boerne TX Robyn Lewis

8 Page 8 Terlingua Trails April Robert E Bob Coats, Irving TX 2 Beth Moon, Hurst TX 3 Doris Coats, Irving TX 4 Tina Barnes, Euless TX 5 Stephanie Brockman, Euless TX 6 David I Sexton Jr, Dallas TX 7 T. J. Friedel, Irving TX 8 Kelly Brignon, Ennis TX 9 Dee Palmer, Mansfield TX 10 Drucella Dru Stewart, Hurst TX 1 Hot To Trot, North Richland Hills TX Sherree Duncan 2 Dream Catcher, Irving TX T. J. Friedel 3 Uownt-Too Chili, Mansfield TX Dee Palmer Feb 13, San Angelo TX Day 2 St Valentine s Day Massacre, 16 CHILIS 1 Laura L. Coad, San Angelo TX 2 Louis Gonzales, Paint Rock TX 3 Barbara Herrin, Paint Rock TX 4 Robert Walker, San Angelo TX 5 Fran Miller, San Angelo TX 6 Douglas Bucky Seelig, Fredericksburg TX 7 Clifford (Cliff) Miller, San Angelo TX 8 Sue Yates, San Angelo TX 9 Janice Miller, San Angelo TX 10 Karen Sedlak, Paint Rock TX 1 Colorado Connection, San Angelo TX Janice Miller 2 2 Hot 4 U chili, Rankin TX Lisa Brown 3 Chili Ole, Paint Rock TX Barbara Herrin Feb 19, Apache Junction AZ 13th Superstition Mountain CCO, 29 CHILIS 1 David J MadJack Garner, Mesa AZ 2 John C. Johnson, Sierra Vista AZ 3 Stephen Sigler, Apache Junction AZ 4 Carson Smith, Tucson AZ 5 Ken Holmes, Cave Creek AZ 6 Jay Scott McCleery, Peoria AZ 7 Dick Smith, New River AZ 8 Dick Seehusen, Alpine AZ 9 Craig Hardy, Gilbert AZ 10 Tom Melton, Scottsdale AZ 1 Spicy All Over, Livingston TX Susan Suzy Weber 2 UNCLAIMED 3 UNCLAIMED Feb 19, Comstock TX 6th Annual Richard Hinds Memorial, 38 CHILIS 1 Karen Bains, Rankin TX 2 Kathi Hudson, Odessa TX 3 Lisa Brown, Rankin TX 4 Janita Hinds, Del Rio TX 5 Douglas Bucky Seelig, Fredericksburg TX 6 Guy W Bates, Midland TX 7 Larry Doc Kinnison, Marble Falls TX 8 Jennifer Sherfield, Seminole TX 9 Fran Miller, San Angelo TX 10 Laura L. Coad, San Angelo TX 1 Coyote Ugly, Brownwood TX Willie Raven 2 Goat Gap Gazette, Waxahachie TX Wayne Turner 3 Chilisaurus, Camp Wood TX Mick Joplin Feb 19, Caldwell TX 1st Bernard Rychlik Memorial CCO, 42 CHILIS 1 Ronald Rerich, Weimar TX 2 Sherrie Davis, South Houston TX 3 Ralph Hay, Pasadena TX 4 Robyn Lewis, Boerne TX 5 Phil Barnes, Houston TX 6 Mavis Nelson, Crawford TX 7 Steve Edmonson, McDade TX 8 Elaine Lopez, San Antonio TX 9 Raymond Pilchiek, Bluffton TX 10 Nancy Draper, Katy TX 1 Jacked Up Chili, Boerne TX Robyn Lewis 2 High Heel Red, Spring TX Darla Oakman 3 Texan Lounge Cookers, Caldwell TX Nancy Hodges Feb 19, Mesquite TX The Texan Trail-Blazing Chili CO, 36 CHILIS 1 Bill Lester, Garland TX 2 Jennifer Devenport, Garland TX 3 Morris Moss, Garland TX 4 Glenda Vrba, Garland TX 5 Bonnie Loxterman, Rowlett TX 6 Judy Russell, Shreveport LA 7 Samuel Roberts, Arlington TX 8 Jena Whitehead, Dallas TX 9 Dee Palmer, Mansfield TX 10 Blue Kriska, Ennis TX 1 Native Texas Chili, Kaufman TX James Gowins 2 Wonder Woman, Garland TX Jennifer Devenport 3 Hell s Fury, Dallas TX Shirley Sexton Feb 19, Jacksboro TX Jacksboro Fire Dept Benefit CCO, 42 CHILIS 1 Terry Graves, Wichita Falls TX 2 Weldon Daniels, Wichita Falls TX 3 Tim Collier, Snyder TX 4 Mike Bryan, Wichita Falls TX 5 Clint Wooster, Wichita Falls TX 6 Candace Beam, Wichita Falls TX 7 Cynthia Kay Lefler, Bardwell TX 8 Lynn Miller, Wichita Falls TX 9 Lisa Miller, Wichita Falls TX 10 Drucella Dru Stewart, Hurst TX 1 Smiling Jack, Wichita Falls TX Jack Shephard 2 BS Brew, Wichita Falls TX Barry Thompson 3 Black Bottom Chili, Wichta Falls TX Jon Reese Sr Feb 20, Comstock TX 6th Annual Comstock School, 31 CHILIS 1 Jennifer Sherfield, Seminole TX 2 Doretta Dodie Simpson, Odessa TX 3 David Red Bean Boone, Odessa TX 4 Kathy Lindley, Austin TX 5 Debbie Eiland Turner, Waxahachie TX 6 Barbara C. Taylor, Terlingua TX 7 Guy W Bates, Midland TX 8 Kathy Boone, Odessa TX 9 Janita Hinds, Del Rio TX 10 Laura L. Coad, San Angelo TX 1 Doc s Backbone Chili, Marble Falls TX Larry Doc Kinnison 2 Chilisaurus, Camp Wood TX Mick Joplin 3 UNCLAIMED Feb 20, Caldwell TX Day 2 Bernard Rychlik Memorial CO, 20 CHILIS 1 Raymond Pilchiek, Bluffton TX 2 Elaine Lopez, San Antonio TX 3 Jen Schoppe, College Station TX 4 Renee F Moore, Bastrop TX 5 James Benefield, League City TX 6 Tommy Garza, San Antonio TX 7 Ronald Rerich, Weimar TX 8 Scott Winter, League City TX 9 Melanie Clark, Bastrop TX 10 Mavis Nelson, Crawford TX 1 Chili Con Carnies, McDade TX Steve Edmonson 2 Tall Girl Frog, Rockdale TX Betty Sue Caffey 3 Me-Ma Chili, Crawford TX Mavis Nelson Feb 20, Jacksboro TX BSOT Pod Cookoff, 25 CHILIS 1 Jon Reese Sr, Wichta Falls TX 2 Kyle Adams, Iowa Park TX 3 Christopher Reese, Wichita Falls TX 4 David Lefler, Bardwell TX 5 Weldon Daniels, Wichita Falls TX 6 Lisa Miller, Wichita Falls TX 7 Terry Graves, Wichita Falls TX 8 Jason Clark, Arlington TX 9 Candace Beam, Wichita Falls TX 10 Michelle Adams, Iowa Park TX Feb 26, Garland TX 8th Annual Colder Than Hell, 30 CHILIS 1 Pat Langley, Garland TX 2 Ray Medlin, Rowlett TX 3 Glenda Vrba, Garland TX 4 Ron Baker, Ennis TX

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10 Page 10 Terlingua Trails April Delora Goin, Valley View TX 6 Bonnie Loxterman, Rowlett TX 7 T.J. Cannon, Corinth TX 8 Morris Moss, Garland TX 9 Toni Bowman, Rowlett TX 10 Nancy Hewlett, Murphy TX 1 Big Dog Chili, Grapevine TX John Johnson 2 Wonder Woman, Garland TX Jennifer Devenport 3 Bringin MaMa, Rowlett TX Bonnie Loxterman Feb 26, Kokomo IN Red Hot & Wild Kokomo Chili Cookoff, 26 CHILIS 1 Jim Weller, Rockton IL 2 Mike Usiak, Chicago IL 3 Charles Bill Thomas, Naperville IL 4 John Gastaldello, Downers Grove IL 5 Tonya Jester, Indianapolis IN 6 Jeff Netser, Seymour IN 7 Rick Thomas Jr, Indianapolis IN 8 Georgia Weller, Rockton IL 9 Julie Netser, Seymour IN 10 Ryan Minick, Kokomo IN 1 Bayou Chili, Russiaville IN Misty Bartley 2 Been There Done That, Gaveston IN Ken Munoz 3 Fire Island Chili, Burlington IN Shawn Knapp Famous for our fresh spices and personal service! Feb 27, Garland TX 8TH Annual Colder Than Hell day, 26 CHILIS 1 Ron Baker, Ennis TX 2 Ray Medlin, Rowlett TX 3 Nancy Hewlett, Murphy TX 4 Bonnie Loxterman, Rowlett TX 5 Toni Bowman, Rowlett TX 6 Dwaine Williams, Forreston TX 7 Glenda Vrba, Garland TX 8 Morris Moss, Garland TX 9 Samuel Roberts, Arlington TX 10 Rex W. Jones, Dallas TX 1 Big Dog Chili, Grapevine TX John Johnson 2 Wonder Woman, Garland TX Jennifer Devenport 3 Dream Catcher, Irving TX T. J. Friedel Chili, Charity & Fun! "Proud spice provider to all of the top 10 winners at TICC 2010!" Mild Bill s Spices, etc Congratulations to customer Tom Dozier, the 2010 CASI Chili Champion. We are proud of you! mildbills@satx.rr.com The only thing mild about us is our name. Photo courtesy of Jon Reese JACKSBORO, TX - The Black Sheep of Texas POD raised over $5,000 at the WINTERS ALMOST OVER CHILI COOKOFF Saturday and Sunday, February 19-20, 2011, in Jacksboro, Texas. Pictured (from left) are Jon Reese, Incoming BSOT Great Pepper, and Bruce Stewart, Outgoing BSOT Great Pepper, presenting a check to the members of the Jacksboro Texas Fire Department.

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13 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 13 CONDOLENCES Please keep these families and friends in your thoughts and prayers. Tony Oliveira, February 24, 2011, Cordova, TN Lisa McCoy, March 9, 2011, Cedar Rapids, IA Donations, Contributions, and Memorials Memorial donations were made to the CASI Scholarship Fund by: David and Bertha Hall in memory of Neville Delgado and Betty White John and Sue Caffey in memory of John Collins aka Judge Roy Bean, Neville Delgado, Norman McClaren, Johnny Osborn, Janice Park, Harold Schrader and Frances Slominski Jim and Mary Ann Ezell in memory of Tony Oliveira Janice and Cliff Miller in memory of Garnier Albus and Norman McClaren State of Texas Pod for Neville Delgado, Richard Wayne Hawthorne, Johnny Osborn, Janice Park, Harold Schrader, Frances Slominski and Betty White Donations were made to the CASI Scholarship Fund by the following ladies in lieu of giveaways for this year s Texas Ladies State: Debbie Ashman Karen Bains Diana Baker Jean Barkley Karin Barnes Shirley Bates Traci Bond Janie Burruss Sue Caffey Annell Causey Doris Coats Connie Collier Patti Cook Susan Dean Teri Fass Cindy George Doris Greenlees Bert Hall Dee Hay Barbara Herrin Norma Homesley Joyce Jowers Carrie Kinnison Debbie LaLanne Janice Miller Beth Moon Dana Plocheck Remember Loved Ones Mary Ann Richardson Yolie Rodd Neta Rohr Ruby Ross Sharon Roy Connie Schrade Betsy Schulze Carolyn Seelig Jennifer Sherfield Shirley Stateczny Francis Sullivan Janice Windrow Tammy Wooster Contributions to the CASI National Scholarship Fund in memory of a loved one or to honor a birthday, wedding, anniversary or special occasion are always appreciated. Please feel free to utilize this form when submitting a donation. Donations should be mailed to: Barbara Herrin, Scholarship Program Administrator, 7291 FM 380, Paint Rock, TX A contribution is enclosed in the amount of $. Poster Contest Guidelines When designing the piece of art, please keep in mind that the poster is a vital element to the success of the event. The artwork that is chosen will not only become the official poster of the Terlingua International Chili Championship, but it will also possibly add to the development of the retail merchandise. The artist should design an initial draft of poster artwork. If selected, the artist will work with CASI staff in making changes and developing the final piece. Artwork must incorporate the following elements: Name of Event: Terlingua International Chili Championship Annual Designation: 45 th Annual Date of Event: November 5, 2011 Artist should keep in mind that the finished poster must also include the Sponsor Logos and pictures of the previous year s winners. Artist should design artwork with the use of bold colors. Actual size of the finished poster must be 18" X 24" and artwork must be camera ready. If selected, artist agrees to relinquish ownership of artwork. If selected, artwork becomes the sole property of the Chili Appreciation Society International, Inc. If selected, artist agrees to sign and number fifty (50) prints within 30 days of request. Poster submissions must be mailed to the Executive Director by no later than June 1, This contribution is in memory of or in honor of: Please send acknowledgement to: (Name) (Street Address) (City, State, Zip) Indicate acknowledgement is from: (Name) (Street Address) (City, State, Zip)

14 Page 14 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Cooking With CASI Apr 2, Midland TX CASI. 2nd Annual Leadership Midland Cook-Off & Car Show presented by Henry Resources will be held on grounds of The American Legion Post #19 in Midland, TX (501 Veteran s Airpark Lane). There will be a Cooks dinner Friday night on the grounds. The Chili will be CASI sanctioned (Chili Grind Only) and the cook-off includes Chicken, Pork Spareribs, and Brisket. Judging times: Chicken 12:00pm, Pork Spareribs 1:00pm, Chili 2:00pm and Brisket 3:00pm. Entry fees are Chili $18, Chicken, Pork Spareribs & Brisket each $25. Each team will receive 4 shirts. Make checks payable to Leadership Midland. Silent auction food and sweepstakes tickets to win some great items! For more information or contact Stephanie Martin stephaniec@midlandtxchamber.com or Proceeds will benefit Habitat For Humanity, Safe Place, Palmer Drug Abuse Program, Midland Community Theatre, The Boys & The American Legion Woods W. Lynch Post # Veteran s Airpark Lane (Off N. Big Spring between Loop 250 & Wadley) Midland, TX Apr 2, Comfort TX CASI. Comfort VFD Chili Cookoff. Held in Comfort Park. Entry fee $20, turn-in 2:00PM. Benefits Comfort VFD. RV parking no hookups. Checks payable to Comfort VFD. Contact Steven Bohnert Apr 2, El Paso TX CASI. Pioneers for Christ Chili CCO Hondo Pass, parking lot of Bethel Church of God. Take Gateway North U.S. 54, Patriot Freeway, Exit Hondo Pass (pass Dyer St) CASI Sanctioned. Charity: Bethel Church of God. Cooks meeting 10:00 If you have a cookoff coming up in the month of June your cookoff information must be to me by April 15th to meet the cookoff advertising requirement. Please complete and mail the Upcoming Cookoff Information Sheet found in the back of the Trails to CASI Upcomings, P.O. Box 39, Terlingua, Texas I can also be contacted at or Fax Dorathy Williams Upcomings Director a.m. Turn in 2:00 p.m. Entry fee $ Checks payable to Pod of the Pass. Contact info: Thomas Cavazos , cavazos.thomas@yahoo.com Carol Straughan caroleptx@aol.com Apr 2, Canton TX CASI. Buffalo Girls Hotel 12th Annual CASI chili cookoff & Salsa contest on The Old Mill Marketplace, during 1st Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas, Saturday April 2nd. Set up between 7am & 9 am, CASI Chili turn in 1:00 pm, Salsa turn in 12:00, Table top set up, chili grind meat, $25.00 Chili entry fee, $10.00 Salsa entry fee. Trophies for chili, Salsa, and Showmanship. Over 50 cooks last year, so bring the entire family out for a full day of fun, chili tastin, and great shopping. All info and entry form to print and mail on website. Contact Susan The Buffalo Girls Hotel b u f l o h o t e a o l. c o m Apr 2, Lane City TX CASI. Tough Country Outdoor Conference CO CANCELLED. Apr 2, Weesatche TX CASI. 11th Annual Chili & BBQ CCO. Held at Hwy 884 East, Weesatche Community Center across from Historic Weesatchwe Dance Hall. Chili entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. 10 AM Bloody Mary Morning Jackpot, entry fee $5, winner take all. 11 AM. Jackpot Beans $15 entry. Open (anything chicken) entry $15 turn in Noon. 1 PM Pork Spare Ribs 1st place cash prize, $25 entry. 3 PM Brisket 1st place cash prize, $25 entry fee. Benefits Weesatche VFD. Contact Healani Bethke , the Corner Cafe. Plenty of RV parking 1st come 1st serve hookup on electric $10 per night. Raffle, live auction. Apr 2, Electra TX CASI. Pumpjack Festival & CCO. Held in downtown Electra. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Beans $5, turn-in Noon. Salsa $5, turn-in 11:30 AM. Desserts $5, turn-in 12:30 PM. $50 add money to desserts. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Kyle Adams or Carolyn Adams , Apr 2, Goodrich TX CASI. Holiday Lake Estates VFD located outside city of Goodrich in the subdivision of Holiday Lake Estates. Entry fee $18 turnin 2 PM. Benefits HLE VFD. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Jeffrey Grubbs, jeffrey.grubbs@belden.com Apr 2, Tempe AZ CASI. Hooked on Chili. Tempe Market Place - The District, right below Cadillac Ranch. Turn-in 2 PM. Entry fee TBD. Benefits Phoenix Texas Exes Scholarship. Contact Steven Gragg steven.gragg@alumni.utexas.net Apr 9, Crane TX CASI. Crane Youth Baseball League Kids Cookoff entry fee $5.00 with Noon turn-in; Adults entry fee $20.00 with 2:00 PM turn-in. Held at the Sixth Street Park behind the pool. Limited RV hook- ups. Contact Jim Crain or Robin Crain Chili Grind Only. Benefits Crane Youth Baseball League. There will be a cooks breakfast Saturday morning. Apr 9, Jacksonville TX CASI. Livin Large at the Lake Chili CCO. Formerly Rubber Ducky Chili CCO. Held at Jacksonville Lake 2703 Byrd Road. Entry fee $20 turn-in 1 PM. Make checks paid to Crisis Center. Limited RV spots call Held in conjunction with Livin Large Bike, Car Show and Festival. 1st thru 10th place chili awards. 1st thru 3rd Showmanship awards. Peoples Choice award. Contact Linda Clark linda_clark75766@yahoo.com See Sunday cookoff. Apr 9, Converse TX CASI. 50th Jubilee Cookoff. FM FM 78 North to School St follow School St, it becomes Willow Dr, to Mesquite St turn into park west. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Benefits Converse Parks & Recreation. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Happy Hinman , happypeppr@aol.com. Make checks payable to City of Converse. Apr 9, Baytown TX CASI. Bayshore Fine Rides 2nd Annual Chili Cookoff with their 23rd Annual Fines Rides Car Show at Bicentennial Park, Baytown, Texas. Chili entry $20 turn in 2:00. Friday night Cruise-in at the Park with live music. RV parking available no hook-ups. More details to follow or for more information go to or call Teena at Apr 9, Muskogee OK CASI. 27th Annual Chili & BBQ CO. Held at Civic Center Market Square 5th & Boston. CASI Chili Turn in Time 11:30 am. Cooks Meeting 9:00 am. Entry Fee $25.00 Pre- Registration is REQUIRED by Friday April 08. On-Site Fee $ More Cook Off information and BBQ Times available on website or contact Jason Jones or Carl Kelly at Send entry fee to Muskogee Exchange Club - Chili Cook Off Attention: Jason Jones P. O. Box 2488 Muskogee, OK Benefits Casa Kids Space Muskogee Education Foundation Exchange Club Shoe & Coat Fund. Apr 9, Wichita Falls TX CASI. Relay for Life-Team Greg s Plumbing Held at Jim Ezell s Home, 3987 Hwy 79 South. Benefits ACS Relay For Life. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Make checks payable to the American Cancer Society. Jackpot Beans $5 turn-in Noon. Cooks party Friday night, meal will be served. Contact Sherry Muhlbauer , Greg sbmuhlbauer@sbcglobal.net. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Apr 9, Beaver OK CASI. 17th Annual Cowchip Chili Cookoff. Held at Beaver County Fairgrounds 1015 Douglas Avenue. Entry fee CASI $20, Open competition $25, cook in both for $40. Turn-in Noon. Benefits the Beaver County

15 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 15 Chapter of Oklahoma Emergency Medical Technicians Assn. Each cook will be assigned a 10' X 10' area, tables available on first come first served basis. Make checks payable to Beaver OEMTA. Contact Bill Greenfield Box 954, Beaver OK 73932, , Apr 9, Mitchell NE CASI. 12th Annual Pepe s Pod Winter CANCELLED. Apr 9, Cave Creek AZ CASI. Frontier Town Cookoff. Held in downtown Cave Creek. Benefits CASA Pod. Entry fee $15 or $10 with People s Choice chili. Turn-in 2 PM. Also Arizona State Green Chili Championship. Contact Roland Regeon r2chili@aol.com Apr 10, Jacksonville TX CASI. Sunday Livin Large on the Lake CCO. Formerly Rubber Ducky Chili CCO. Held at Jacksonville Lake 2703 Byrd Road. Entry fee $20 turn-in Noon. Make checks paid to St Judes. Limited RV spots call Held in conjunction with Livin Large Bike, Car Show and Festival. 1st thru 10th place chili awards. 1st thru 3rd Showmanship awards. Peoples Choice award. Contact Jennifer Smith Apr 10, Wichita Falls TX CASI. Outskirts Chili Cookoff. Held at Outskirts, 5029 Jacksboro Hwy. Turn In 1:00 pm, entry Fee $ Chili Grind Only. Benefits Teen Emergency Shelter. Dance, Dinner (one free ticket per registration), Door Prizes, 50/50, Raffles, Silent and Live Auctions. Contact Kevin Wooster , Tammie Wooster , tammiew421@aol.com or Sheila Choate , Apr 16, Mountainburg AR CASI. Miss Piggy 2nd Annual Mountain Top Chili Cook Off. Held North of Mt. Burg, located off Highway 71. Benefitting Elks Piggy Bank Fund. Ground Meat Only, Fee $20, Turn- in 1 pm. Dry Camping. Party after cookoff. More info to follow. Contact Guy Smith or , argsmith@prodigy.net. Apr 16, Venice FL CASI. Suncoast BBQ Bash & Chili CCO. Held at Venice Airport Festival Grounds. Visit suncoastbbqbash.com for directions and additional information. Entry fee $25 turnin 2 PM. Benefits Suncoast Foundation for handicapped children. Open and showmanship categories. Contact Kelly Olliver kellyolliver@verizon.net Apr 16, Hamilton TX CASI. The Fly in Chili cookoff will be hosting its second annual cco with a Friday night famous chicken barbq for the cooks and welcome for all. This year will have the same great hospitality and fun of the first year plus great prizes and welcome packs for all early entries with two days of cooking. Emily Bess foundation is a local aid support group for low income families. Hamilton fair park is a beautiful site with RV hookups and an all weather Pavilion for cooking rain or shine. Lots of Oaks for shade and camping sites. Entry fee $25 turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Ted Cathey tedcathey@hotmail.com. Apr 16, Stokesdale NC CASI. 7th Annual Camp Carefree CCO. Held at 275 Carefree Lane, Hwy 220 North of Greensboro NC. Entry fee $20 CASI, $30 for both freestyle & Juniors. Turn-in 1 PM. Make check payable Piedmont Pepper Pod. Out of town cooks may reserve cabins free of charge. Contact Kenny Jones , , Steve Dixon , Meat cooks choice. Benefits Camp Carefree for ill and disabled kids. Apr 16, Seguin TX CASI. Texas Ladies State Championship. The 41st Texas Ladies State Championship will be held at Max Starke Park East. Entry fee is $30.00, payable to Texas Ladies State, c/o Steve Ashman, P.O. Box 1632, Bastrop, Texas Proceeds benefit local charities. Turn in at 1pm. Entry deadline for goodie bag gift is April 1, For more details see Contact Steve Ashman spashman@hotmail.com Apr 16, Gladewater TX CASI. East Texas Gusher Days Budweiser Chili Cook Off located at 100 block of E Commerce Ave under the big oak tree. Chili Grind only Entry fee $20.00, Chili turn in 2:00 PM, Benefits Scholarships for Local High School Seniors and other local charities. People s Choice Chili Tasting starts at noon. Side pot for Beans, entry fee $5.00 turn in time is Noon. Chili Cooks Hospitality Dinner Friday Night 6:30 PM April 15th. Prizes for Chili and Showmanship Chili cook off is one of the main events of the 26th Annual East Texas Heritage Festival that runs from Friday Evening April 15, 2011 through Sunday, April 17th, Chili Cook Off information call or call Linda at is linda@gusherdays.com See for more information on the entire festival. Entertainment Friday and Saturday night with Dirty Neck Jessie s Beer & Wine Saloon open Friday from 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM and all day on Saturday, Arts & Crafts, Health Fair, Commercial Vendors and much more. Apr 16, Fabens TX CASI. Annual Fabens Food Bank Cookoff. CANCELLED date changed to May 14th Apr 16, Memphis TN CASI. POR Pod Cookoff at Steamtic-3684 Cherry Road. Turn in 2 PM. $20.00 entry fee. Bring something for raffle. Because this is the Cookoff that is going to send our Great Pepper to the Great Peppers Meeting. Bring a friend to judge. If need more information contact Lynne Murry lynne_murry@yhoo.com or phone Apr 16, Terrell TX CASI. E.T. s Annual Cookoff. CANCELLED. Date changed to April 30th. Apr 16, Prairie Village KS CASI. Old Mission Spring Fling CCO Located at 5201 W. 75th Street (South side of 75th between Nall & Roe Blvd). CASI fee $20.00 with a 1 pm turn-in. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Salsa $5.00, turn in at 1:30 and home style chili $10.00, turn in at 2 pm. Benefits the Old Mission Masonic Lodge #153 charities. Make checks payable to Masonic Lodge #153. CASI rules apply. Contact: Larry Velasquez larry.velasquez@forbo.com phone Apr 16, Henrietta TX CASI. Turkey Fest-Turkey Tailgate Cookoff Held at Clay County Rodeo Grounds From 82 turn North on Bridge St, go 3/4 miles to Rodeo Grounds. Entry fee $20. CHILI GRIND ONLY. CASI and Turkey Chili, TURKEY GRIND ONLY, divisions. Indoor Cooking available. Live music throughout day. Bring throw down chili for public. RV parking no hookups. Contact Byron Baber , Kevin Wooster , bbaber@wf.net. Benefits Clay County Chamber of Commerce. Apr 16, Amarillo TX CASI. Elks Lodge Back to Back Spring Chili Cook-Off # Clyde St. Benefits Elks Charities. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Elks Division. Contact Pam Matheson work , cell Apr 16, El Paso TX CASI. Transmountain Optimist CCO The cookoff will be held in the Optimist Club parking lot, 5500 T.M. Optimist Road, just off Railroad Dive at the South end of Nations Park. The Club House can be difficult to see but it is located just south of the Nations Park adjacent to the BMX Bike track. Entry fee $ Turn- in 2:00 pm. Benefits the Optimist Club charities. Make checks payable to Pod of the Pass. Contact Carol Straughan caroleptx@aol.com Apr 17, Hamilton TX CASI. Round two of the Fly in Chili Cookoff will be a short and sweet event for all cooks wanting to stay and get more points before heading home. Breakfast will be served to all cooks entered for the day, same great hospitality as ever. Hamilton Fair Park is a wonderful site with an enclosed pavilion and lots of shade and camping sites. An all-weather facility. Entry fee $25 turn in 2 PM. Contact Ted Cathey ted_cathey@yahoo.com. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Apr 17, Seguin TX CASI. Classic CASI Memorial Pod Cook Off Starcke Park East-Seguin. Chili Grind Only Entry fee $20, Turn in 1:00 PM. Charity, Christian Free Clinic. Make checks payable to Classic CASI Pod P O Box 351 Seguin, TX Contacts for information Annell Causey or Sabrina Klietz Apr 17, Terrell TX CASI. E.T s Day After Annual Cookoff. CANCELLED, date changed to May 1st Apr 17, Amarillo TX CASI. Elks Lodge Back to Back Spring Chili Cook-Off #2, 932 Clyde St. Benefits Elks Charities. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Pam Matheson work , cell Apr 23, Kerrville TX CASI. Here s to the Heroes Easter Festival and Chili Cookoff, 3840 Rock Lake Park, 3840 Riverside Drive. For the American Legion Post 208 family of charities. Entry fee $20 turn in 2 PM. BBQ $25 each category. Chicken 11 AM, Salsa Noon, Beans Noon, Ribs 1 PM, Brisket 3 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. 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16 Page 16 Terlingua Trails April ) Estes Park Winter Festival 2) Christi Batie and Nan Givens 3) Judge, Jack Nicholson look-alike 4) Alison and Mike Spetalieri and family ESTES PARK, CO - ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS! On January 15th and 16th, the 2011 Estes Park Winter Festival was held in Bond Park in beautiful Estes Park (at the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain Park). This year we had a bigger (and heated) tent and it was still not large enough to hold the multitude of people who came to the chili/wine/beer event on both days. What could be better? Tasting various chilies and sampling beer and wine from Colorado establishments! Just to give you an idea of how many were there on Sunday for the CASI red, Green Chili and open competitions, we had 19 CASI Red, six green and ten open chilies with many of the cooks bring extra chili to serve the masses of spectators. In all, we had over 100 gallons of chili to give out and it was all gone in several hours. The organizers are already planning for next year s event which is scheduled for Martin Luther King s weekend! Think about joining us next year for this special event! John Montgomery Colorado Chili Pod

17 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page LA State Championship & 20th Annual St. Jude Cookoff After dodging a threatening ice and sleet cold front that interfered with travel from Texas and Arkansas throughout the week, leading up to the LA State Championship and 20th Annual St. Jude CCO, February 5th broke cool, blue, and crisply sunny and we were in business! Folks traveled up Thursday from Texas and down from Arkansas and from Georgia, 550 miles away, as somehow Lane and Lynette Blair joined the electric and happening festivities! Of 71 preregistered chili cooks 61 survived to join us for yet another stunning cookoff. As a critical crowd appeal segment of our world-shattering St. Jude Auction we entertained over 1,200 folks! Our $1,500 Platinum Title Sponsor, Aaron s Sales and Lease, joined our two (2) Gold Sponsors, the Louisiana Beef Industry Council and Minden Medical Center and our Silver $250 Sponsor, Snap-On Tools, along with a host of others to spur another record donation of $5,010 to the 4-day St. Jude Auction occurring inside our Minden, LA Civic Center. Tasting cup sales never stopped! Take-out chili sales were brisk. They both added income to the amount we raised for charity! We appreciate our Goody bag sponsors and the first sixty (60) registrants were the envy of all with their great bags. Numerous CASI cooks bid upon raffles and auction sales and several left happy winners in that regards as well! Minden, LA (Population 13,062) refused to relinquish its revered position as the #1 fundraiser community PER CAPITA in the W-O-R-L-D for St. Jude Children s Research Hospital once again, despite the economy and sluggish times setting a sizzling n-e-w record of $946,685 this weekend and shattering last year s 2010 record of $881K! Folks tuned in via the Internet from around the globe to participate. Filming of the CCO activities and feverish Show competition further fueled the contribution frenzy! While small in comparison to the overall record, the LA State Championship and St. Jude CCO has grown in reputation and prestige and continues to draw record crowds and provide wonderful local color and diversity to the 4-day Auction festivities. Of our 71 Registrants, a record 43 were from Louisiana and ten (10) Local cooks were among that contingent. Minden surely lives up to its reputation as the Friendliest City in the South with its grace and charm and gratitude for all our chili cooks and 62 Guest judges! With the first 60 cooks receiving awesome, practical and trademark Goody Bags and with the Top Ten (10) CASI Cooks receiving red and black embroidered Director s Chairs along with their Louisiana condiments, we continue to build upon that reputation of organization and class that characterize this State Championship CCO. Plans are already underway for next year to put on another truly FIRST CLASS event for the kind cooks/families and friends who make the journey to Minden, LA each year to support us. It was a pleasure to welcome, again, our CASI President, Renee Moore who has traded her AL residency for a TX one for the 3rd year in a row. And we again congratulate CASI 1st Place winner, John Oswalt, who not only took the top prize but was also voted #1 by the paparazzi in the People s Choice competition and who was our Silver Snap-On Tool Sponsor. All this after bets were taken the night before, as he was the last one to cap the Crown bottle as to whether he would even participate! And now we all have to consider a n-e-w night before pre-cook routine! To our regulars-thank YOU! To our 1st Timers-THANK YOU! To those held up by weather- SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! We would always be remiss if we did not acknowledge Jerry Hunt, Co-Chair, who coordinates the intricacies of putting on and pulling off a first-rate cookoff and who coordinates our Turn-in/Judging/Table monitoring/tallying with such professionalism, experience, finesse and expertise. Of course, we could not come close to doing this without the wonderful assistance of our Table Monitors such as David Manske, Bruce and Dru Stewart and other Texas regulars who do this, run the computer and offer support where needed. Finally, without our Minden volunteers Maria, Melissa, Terri, Mary, Tiffany, Kim, Joe, Jim and Jenny, our Civic Center staff of Tonkon, Johnny, Eddie et al and our 1st Methodist Church crew who cook several hundred bowls of chili for eating in or taking out Saturday noon this would just be a wish! Thanks for a record-setting weekend on February 5, 2011 next year we go for ONE MILLION bucks! George E. French III CASI Top Ten in ascending order from left to right (standing): John Oswalt-1st Place Winner, Automatic Qualifier for Terlingua, Barry Poole-2nd, Delores Sanders-3rd, Phil Greenlees-4th, Bill Martin- 5th, (sitting) Doris Greenlees-6th, Lane Blair-7th, Robin Simon-8th, David Trice-9th and Frances Sullivan-10th. The Top Three Louisiana State Cooks, also automatically qualifying for Terlingua are Barry Pool-1st, Bill Martin-2nd, and Robin Simon-3rd. Top 3 Show Teams (from left) David Trice, Dr. Dave s Voodoo Stew-3rd; Lane and Lynette Blair, Fatty Blair s Chili Emporium- 2nd; and Michael Elshout, Messin w/sasquatch-1st Place Winner, Automatic Qualifier in Show for Terlingua. Photos courtesy of Darrell Winget and Renee Moore

18 Page 18 Terlingua Trails April TYLER, TX - March 5, 2011 was the 30TH EVER ROSE CITY CHILI POD COOKOFF held at Gander Mountain. 1) Top Ten Chili Winners, Top Three Showman winners and People's Choice. Robin Simons, Shreveport, LA, was the big winner of the day; 2) Final Judges; 3) Junior cooks (from left), Audrey Hartley (3rd) Bailey Hartley, 1st Place and Jessica Ulman (2nd); 4) Three generations of the Hay family placed in Top Ten, (from left) Ralph Hay, Pasadena, TX, daughter, Dana Plocheck, Missouri City, TX and granddaughter, Tatum Foster, Tyler, TX. Tatum is a CASI Scholarship recipient and this was her first CASI chili point. 4 Photos courtesy of Dana Plocheck Photo courtsey of Connie Collier SWEETWATER, TX - Top Three chilis out of 80 cooks at the SWEETWATER ROUNDUP (from left) Lisa Brown, Rankin, TX-2nd place, Lisa Clevenger, Odessa, TX-1st place, and Barbara Herrin, Paint Rock, TX-3rd place. PASADENA, TX - What a wonderful day; the weather was perfect, a little windy, but great for cooking chili at the 33rd ANNUAL PASA- DENA POD COOKOFF. Fifty-one cooks along with friends and family filled the parking lot. There were also 20 beans turned in. Winning top honors and another Silver Bullet was Dee Hay. Pictured with Dee (on right) is Teena Miller, Great Pepper of Pasadena Pod.

19 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 19 More of Texas Open 2011 Arkansas State Championship Cliff and I were not sure what kind of weather that we would face when we chose to attend the Arkansas State Championship. The drive was absolutely beautiful! The trees are in bloom and these blooms are all different colors. The grass is getting green. The scenery was picture perfect. On Friday night, we attended the cook s party. This was held at the VFW. The food and drinks were good. We had cooks there from Oklahoma. A good time was had by all. Bruce Smith and the Central Arkansas Chili Pod provided us we a warm welcome and good food! Saturday Morning we arrived at the parking lot of Pulaski Technical School, South. The wind was blowing hard and it was cold. There were cooks from 5 states (Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana). Everybody got busy and organized their cooking area. At the stated hour, Bruce Smith called all the cooks together for a cook s meeting. As he was spewing his hot air (there was a lot of it), the wind stopped and the sun began to warm the area. It became a beautiful day. At the same time we were cooking chili, the Arkansas Muscle Car and Street Rods arrive and displayed their cars. There was a large public attendance and they also were interested in what we were cooking. There was no shortage of judges. In attendance was a guest from the Netherlands. His name is Willem Fijten and he is a Product Developer for Research and Development for the Mars Food Company in Europe. He is a food chemist and was interested in chili and our competition. It was super to have him in attendance and share some of his food knowledge. He also gave us some suggestions concerning cooking chili. We are glad to have him join our chili family. Congratulations to all the winners especially Jerry Hunt who was the winner, but the State Champion was Guy Smith who placed second. Janice Miller Chili, Charity and Fun! Photos courtesy of Connie Collier, Roger Foltz and Dana Plocheck

20 Page 20 Terlingua Trails April 2011 hookups. Vendors, games and rides. Local music artists live. Washer pitching tourney. Easter Egg hunt for the kids 1 PM. Peoples choice tasting 2-4 PM. Cooks may begin set up Friday at noon. Cooks party Friday night. Contact Tricia Byrom tlbyrom@live.com. Apr 23, Marshall TX CASI. Marshall Elks Lodge Annual CCO. Held at 411 E Austin St. Benefits the Marshall Elks Charities. Turn in 1 PM. Entry fee $20, CHILI GRIND ONLY. 50/50 Bean Cookoff as well. Contact John Oswalt Make checks payable to Marshall BPOE. Apr 23, The Colony TX CASI. 3rd Annual Cookoff. Held at Lions Club Park. Entry fee $18 turn-in 1 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Benefits Sons of the American Legion. Contact Ray Reynolds duct3828@aol.com Apr 30, Houston TX CASI. 40th Annual Houston Pod Cookoff. aka Hal John & Judy Wimberly Memorial, Traders Village, 7979 N. Eldridge Road, Houston, TX. Benefits Santa Maria Hostel for Female Veterans. Friday Nights Cooks Party - Hors d oeuvres and music. Saturday, Kick-Start breakfast for cooks and team members 8-10 a.m. Jackpot Salsa, turn-in 11 a.m., entry $10. Jackpot Beans, turn-in 12 noon, entry $10. CASI chili (GRIND only), turn-in 2 p.m., entry $20. Showmanship at 2:30 p.m. 8th Annual Ron Charlton Junior Chili Championship, GRIND, Only, turn-in 1 p.m, entry $10. All events under the Grey Expo Building so come rain or shine. Acres of arts & craft vendors. Saturday night Pot Luck Dinner, and party to DJ Nigel Taco Delgado music. RV parking - no hookups. SPECIAL EVENT - Houston Pod Great Peppers Chili Challenge. While you re here, stay for the Day After CCO on Sunday. For more info, contact Joe Braden, or joe@fadedlovechili.com Apr 30, Tempe AZ CASI. Hooked on Chili. CANCELLED, date changed to April 2nd. Apr 30, Paradise Valley AZ CASI. 50th Anniversary Paradise Valley CO CANCELLED. Apr 30, Stephenville TX CASI. Larry Joe Taylors 23rd Annual Texas Music Festival and Chili Cookoff at Melody Mountain Ranch, Stephenville, TX. Benefits Cross Timbers Emergency Response Team. Primitive camping $22/ night. Entry fee included with festival pass: Advance TX per person $58-4 Day Pass (Wed-Sat); $43-3 Day Pass (Thur- Sat); $33-2 Day Pass (Fri & Sat only); $20-1 Day Pass (Sat only). Credit cards accepted for advance tickets only. Advance Ticket request must be received by April 10, payable to Larry Joe Taylor, 4217 CR 423, Stephenville, TX Phone credit card orders accepted thru April 15. Call Order at or ljt@eastland.net. Gate prices slightly higher. Apr 30, Corsicana TX CASI. Derrick Days Chili & BBQ CCO. Old Stewart Motor Co. lot at 500 N. Beaton. Derrick Days has been Navarro County s premier festival event since A chili and barbeque cookoff is a central element of this multi-day festival in Corsicana s historic downtown district. In 2010, more than 80 teams participated. Entry fee $15 turn-in 2 PM. In addition to the CASI sanctioned chili competition, cookers may also enter the unsanctioned bean and brisket competition for trophies and bragging rights. Overnight (dry) camping is available for an additional fee. Contact Steve Dieterichs Visit For more information. info@derrickdays.com. Apr 30, Myrtle Beach SC CASI. Southeastern Chili Championship. Entry Fee: $20 Turn-in 2:00 PM. Benefiting the Myrtle Beach FAME Festival and its charities FAME is a totally not for profit entity. It has no paid staff or promoters. Everyone involved is a volunteer. ALL money after expenses go to our community and its charities. Headquarters at 509 North Broadway Street in historic downtown Myrtle Beach. Chili cook- off will be in conjunction with the second annual FAME Street Festival (Food, Art, Music, Entertainment). Go to web site for information on the festival. Special rates will be offered at downtown hotels and at the KOA Campground for CASI members. There will be a special welcome party for all cooks and CASI members on Friday night. Cook spaces may be limited, first come, first served. Bring your own tents or rent ours for $100. Tables will be provided. More details will follow. Broadway Cafe & Gourmet FAME Festival 509 North Broadway Street Myrtle Beach, SC Contact Terry Jones Festival Chair tbonesbbq@aol.com

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22 Page 22 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Apr 30, Sierra Vista AZ CASI. Arizona Men s State Open Championship. Located behind Pauls Pub, 1805 Paseo San Luis. Charity is Just Kids, Inc. Turnin Time 1 p.m. Entry fee $20. Make checks payable to High Desert Pod. Dry camping, cook where you camp. Cooks party the evening of the 29th of April, hot dogs and hamburgers provided by High Desert Pod, bring potluck side dishes. Additionally, 3rd Annual Spam-mania. Entry fee $5, turn-in 3 p.m. Also, Salsa competition! Bring your heat, entry fee $5, turn-in, 10 a.m. And last but not least, RIBS competition!!!! Entry fee $5, turnin time 11 a.m. Info: Greg Monger, Automatic qualifier for TICC. Apr 30, Sierra Vista AZ CASI. Arizona State Women s Open Championship. Located behind Pauls Pub, 1805 Paseo San Luis. Charity is Sierra Vista Kiwanis. Turn-in Time 2 p.m. Entry fee $20. Make checks payable to High Desert Pod. Dry camping, cook where you camp. Cooks party the evening of the 29th of April, hot dogs and hamburgers provided by High Desert Pod, bring potluck side dishes. Additionally, 3rd Annual Spam-mania. Entry fee $5, turn-in 3 p.m. Also, Salsa competition! Bring your heat, entry fee $5, turn-in, 10 a.m. And last but not least, RIBS competition!!!! Entry fee $5, turn-in time 11 a.m. Info: Greg Monger, Automatic qualifier for TICC. Apr 30, Terrell TX CASI. E.T. s Annual Cookoff FM 429 (8 miles N of Hwy 80) to help the Ables Springs VFD. Bean $5 turn in 1pm. Chili $20 turn in 2pm. Raffle prizes and the now famous chicken drop also. Breakfast for the cooks at 9am. Come see what the past CCO for this VFD has helped to build. Call Eric or pops63@hughes.net for info. Day after CO on Sun same place Apr 30, San Angelo TX CASI. Suez Spring Roundup Suez Shrine Spring Roundup CCO. Day 1 of a 2 day CCO. It benefits Suez Shrine Charities. It will be held at the Suez Shrine Center at 1915 Loop 306 Access Road. Take College Hills Exit on 306. There will be a Jackpot Beans Competition. The Entry Fee will be $5.00 and the turn in time will be 1:00 PM. Chili turn in will be at 2:00 PM. Entry fee is $ Make checks payable to Concho Valley Chili Pod. This is a 2 day CCO. See Sunday s information. There will be a Cake Auction, and 50/50 Raffle. The Shrine will have a dance on Friday night. On Saturday night, there will be a 42 Tournament. Contact Sherry Maus at or Boomer Kingston at It wil1 be CHILI GRIND ONLY. Apr 30, Marion IA CASI. Iowa Chili Pod Cookoff. Held at Cocktails & Company 1625 Blairsferry Rd. Benifits Iowa Chili Pod Charities. Turn In Time 2:00 PM. Salsa 1:00 PM. Entry fee CASI chili $20, Jackpot Salsa $5 Checks Payable to Iowa Chili Pod Contact Gary Christensen 3216 Iris Ave NW Cedar Rapids, IA 52405, Apr 30, Midland TX CASI. Permian Basin Cookoff. Held at the Hog Pit,7400 S CR 116,between Hwy 80 & Desert Thunder Raceway off I Categories are Brisket, Fajitas, Pork Ribs, Chili,Chicken Open Meat and Dessert. $25 per entry or $100/5 entries. Open categories are free with other entry. Benefits Mission Messiah and Rainbow Rooms Midland and Odessa. Contact Jan Singleton jsingleton@mtienergy.com. Chris , Jef Apr 30, Fayetteville AR CASI. 16th Occasional Cookoff. Washington County Fairgrounds at junction of I-540 and Hwy 112 Cookoff Charity: _The Keith the Biker Cancer Fund. Entry Fee: $20 Make Advanced Checks Payable To: Chili Hawg Pod. Turn-In Time for Judging: 1:00 PM. Contact: Joe Giles 207 Watson, Fayetteville, AR jdgiles1950@aol.com Contact Phone Number(s) May 1, Houston TX CASI. Day After Houston Pod Cookoff. Traders Village, 7979 N. Eldridge Road, Houston, TX. Benefits Purple Songs Can Fly, Hal John & Judy Wimberly Memorial Scholarship In Journalism at UT. Breakfast Casserole-off, turn-in 9 a.m., entry - whole dish - breakfast for all after judging. CASI Chili (GRIND only), turn-in 12 noon. Showmanship 12:30. Contact Joe Braden, or joe@fadedlovechili.com May 1, Terrell TX CASI. E.T. s Day After Annual Cookoff FM 429 (8 miles off Hwy 80) to help the Ables Springs VFD auxilary. Chili $18 turn in 12pm. The now famous chicken drop will be in full swing. Breakfast for the cooks at 9am. Come see what the past CCO for this VFD has helped to build. Call Eric or for info pops63@hughes.net See previous day for more info.

23 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 23 May 1, San Angelo TX CASI. Suez Shrine Hospital CCO Suez Shrine HospitalCCO. Day 2 of a 2 day CCO. It benefits the Shrine Hospital. It will be held at the Suez Shrine Center at 1915 Loop 306 Access Road. Take the College Hills Exit on Loop 306. Chili turn in will be at 1:00 pm. Entry fee $ Payable to Concho Valley Chili Pod. This is a 2 day CCO. See Saturday s information. On Saturday night, there will be a 42 Tournament. For more information contact Sherry Maus at or Boomer Kingston at It wil1 be CHILI GRIND ONLY May 7, San Angelo TX CASI. 15th Annual Cookin For Hospice Held at Blaines Pub 10 W Harris. Large cooks area. RV s welcome. Chili $20.00 Pinto Beans $ /50 Drawing Cake/Pie Auction. Benefits HOSPICE OF SAN ANGELO. FMI: Sammie Plant sanangeloplant@suddenlink.net approximately 2 miles on the right off the road up the hill. CASI Sanctioned Benefiting Post 598 Charities. Cook s Meeting 10:00 am, turn in 2:00 pm. Entry fee $20.00 payable to the Pod of the Pass. Plenty of parking, dry camping available. Contact info. Carol Straughan cell caroleptx@aol.com May 7, Greensboro NC CASI. NC State CASI Chili Championship Jim Crawford Memorial Chili Cookoff. Top 3 Automatically qualify for Terlingua. More information at CASI, Freestyle, Show, Restaurant and junior. Held at The Piedmont Farmers Market off I-40 at Sandy Ridge Rd. Greensboro, NC Entry Fee $20.00 for 1st chili, turn in 12 Noon. Make checks payable to Piedmont Pepper Pod. Benefits Epilspsy Medication Fund. Contact Jean@ncchili.com or adrienneg@gmail.com May 7, Southhaven MS CASI. Garden of Grace Annual Chili CCO. Held at the Gardens of Grace Church, 2220 Cresthill Drive. Exit 291 on I-55, go 1.2 miles west to Hwy 51, turn left and go.4 miles to MS Valley Blvd turn right and go.6 miles, turn right and go 100 feet. Entry fee $20 turn-in 1 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Make checks payable to Gardens of Grace. Contact Ralph Shields r_shields@hughes.net May 7, Marble Falls TX CASI. 40th Annual Howdy-Roo Regional CCO and 17th Annual BBQ State Championship. Lonestar BBQ Society Rules Held in Johnson Park 230 South Avenue J. BBQ entry fee for one or all categories $85 with 75% payback top 5 places. Chicken turn in 12 noon. Rib turn in 1:30 p.m. Brisket turn in 3 p.m. Lonestar BBQ Society jackpot beans entry fee $10 turn in 11 a.m. Contact Johnny Campbell / 5-cbbq@netv.com. CASI chili entry fee $25 turn in 2 p.m./14th Annual Business chili entry fee $18 turn in 2 p.m. Contact drk@tstar.net or cak@erfw.net. Arts, Crafts, Food Vendors contact Melba fredw19@ctesc.net Friday golf contact Doc. Friday evening cooks party. Saturday evening potluck-fun & games. Stay for next day Highland Lakes Pod CCO/ BACKBONE CREEK May 7, Horizon City TX CASI. American Legion Post Horizon Blvd. North on Horizon Blvd. May 7, Binghampton NY CASI. New York State Open Championship Held at Binghampton University. Entry fee $25 in advance, $30 if registered after April 30 or day of event. Automatic qualifier for TICC. Complete details are available at Register online as well. Wings, Salsa, and Open competition. Open winners walk away with $500. Contact Bob Griffin 914 Cheryl Dr, Endicott NY info@nyschili.com May 7, Rowlett TX CASI. 1st Annual 1st Christian Church CCO, located at 7301 Miller Rd, Rowlett, Texas, Live music, Bounce house and other carnival events. Antique Cars show. Plenty of space at the church for cooks parking. BBQ lunch will Be available for purchase. Jack Pot Beans $5.00 turn in 12:00 Noon, payback 1st 50%, 2nd 30% and 3rd 20% place. CASI CHILI (CHILI GRIND ONLY) entry fee $20.00 Turn in 1:00 PM. Contact Chris Huggins or chuggins09@gmail.com. Make checks payable to 1st Christian Church Youth, Rowlett. May 7, Irving TX CASI. Relay For Life Cookoff. Irving Elks Lodge, 2015 North Britain Road, Irving, TX Charity: American Cancer Society Entry Fee: $20.00 CASI Chili, $5.00 Beans. Turn In Tim Beans turn in 12:00 PM and CASI Chili turns in 2:00 PM. For More Info contact: Joshua Seabolt, , chiliforcancer@yahoo.com or Tina Barnes, Meat Options: Chili Grind or Ground Meat. This cook-off is a fundraiser for Joshua and Courtney Seabolt s Chili For Cancer team that will be participating in the Relay For Life event in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on June 4th, The team is completely made up of chili cooks that are doing their part to fight cancer! We hope that you ll come out and join us. May 7, Lewisville TX CASI. 6th Annual Red Hilliard Memorial VFW post 9168, 997 E. Hwy (bus.) 121 Lewisville, TX Entry fee $18 turn-in 1 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Jackpot beans $5.00 Jr chili free. Goody bags for first 25 entries. Auction, raffle and door prizes Limited RV parking Contact Shelly Green Benefits Veterans Relief Fund. Make checks payable to VFW Post May 7, Rocky Point MX CASI. J J s Cantina Cookoff. Cholla Bay (Rocky Point) Mexico. Benefits La Montanta...a special needs School. Ocean, beach, beer, sun, tequila and bikinis and a party Friday and Saturday night. 2 PM turn in. Contact madjack@prodigy.net, or or (Mex ). May 7, Amarillo TX CASI. Khiva Shrine Cookoff. Turn in time 2 pm, Chili grind only, at Khiva Shrine Center, 5th and Pierce. Benefits Shriners hospitals. Contact Scott Campbell May 8, Marble Falls TX CASI. Highland Lakes Pod CCO BACKBONE CREEK. Johnson Park 230 South Avenue J. Chili turn in 1 p.m. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Entry fee $20. See previous day HOWDY-ROO Regional Championship. Info Larry or Carrie Kinnison or drk@star.net, Cak@erfw.net. Make checks payable to Highland Lakes Pod. May 14, Cleburne TX CASI. Cleburne Elks Lodge CCO. Hwy 67 & FM Lodge phone Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM, CASI and Elks Division. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Benefits Elks charities. Jackpot Beans $5 turn- in Noon. RV hookups $10 per night first come first served, electric and water only, dump station on site. Live band Saturday night. Pot luck Friday night furnished by Lodge members. Contact Jerry Brown , cell bamry@sbcglobal.net. May 14, Crane TX CASI. Black Gold Pod Cookoff. Held at Crane County Park on 6th St. Limited hook-ups.

24 Page 24 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Benefit is annual pod CCO. Entry fee is $18.00, Turn-in 2:00 P. M. Also Kids CCO same day, entry fee $5.00, and turnin at 12:00 noon. Make checks payable to Black Gold Chili Pod. Raffle Items, 50/50 drawing, fish-fry Friday night, and 42 domino tournament Sat. night. Contact Dave Boone, at 432/ or at May 14, Combine TX CASI. 1st Annual Chamber of Commerce CCO and Antique Car Show. Held at the corner of FM 1389 and Davis Rd. Fish Fry and Crawfish Boil, 50/50 Raffle, Live Music 10:00 AM. Benefits Combine Area Chamber of Commerce. Local CCO $20.00 Turn in 12:00 Noon. 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Peoples Choice chili with one Trophy, ballots and cups for $2.00 sold by Combine Chamber of Commerce. Cooks please bring throw down chili for peoples choice chili event. JackPot Beans $5.00 turn in 12:00 Noon, 100% payback 1st 50%, 2nd 30% and 3rd 20% of pot. CASI CHILI (CHILI GRIND ONLY) $20.00 Turn in 1:00 PM. Combine TX, is located 30 Minutes SE of Dallas off of HYW 175 East, Contact Ed Richer 214/ or edshaus@aol.com. There is space for RV s but no hookups. May 14, Amarillo TX CASI. Homers Backyard Ball World Championship Calf Fry and BBQ Cookoff. Held at I-40 East and Whitaker Rd next to Splash Water Park. Benefits Make-A- Wish for Kids Wishes. Entry fee $25 turnin 2 PM. Cooks party Friday night, live bands Saturday. Packets will be distributed at the entry gate when you arrive. Gates open 8 AM May 13. Contact Juleigh Wall Matt Sandoval juleighwall@yahoo.com, mattsand1969@gmail.com. Register by May 6th, Make-A- Wish 411 S Filmore, Amarillo TX CHILI GRIND ONLY. May 14, Lindale TX CASI. East Texas Best Chili cook off. Held at the Lindale Masonic Lodge, 200 Margaret St. Depending on the weather, you can cook inside or outside. Chili grind only. Entry fee $20, turn in 1PM. 50/50 Beans, turn in at noon. Goody bags for the first 30 cooks. Proceeds benefit the LISD Back Pack program. Registration starts at 8 AM with free coffee and donuts. Call Keith Hammons for information or directions or khamm1@att.net May 14, St. Charles IL CASI. Three-I Regional Open Championship Held at Zylstra Harley-Davidson, 131 S Randall Road (corner of Randall Rd and IL Rte 64), St. Charles IL. Benefits Northern Illinois Food Pantry. Entry fee $25. Site opens at 8:00 am and Cooks Meeting at 10:00 am, Turn- in 2:00 pm. Make checks payable to Chillini Pod, mail to Bill Pierson, 411 Illinois Ave, Batavia IL For information call Bill, Bill Pierson at chillinipod@comcast.net. Automatic Qualifier For TICC 2011 for top three cooks and first place Show. May 14, Victoria TX CASI. 3rd Annual Spring Fling. Held at 3023 Camp Colet Road. Benefits VASA Pod charities. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Jackpot Dessert $10 turn-in 10 AM, Jackpot Salsa $10 turn-in 11 AM, Jackpot Beans $10 turn-in Noon, Junior Chili $10 turn-in 1 PM, Jackpot Hot Wings $10 turn-in 3 PM. Contact Dianna Hoy, diannahoy@aol.com. See for directions. Linda McDonald Plenty of RV parking no hookups. May 14, Fabens TX CASI. Annual Fabens Food Bank Cookoff. Located at the Fabens Air Port approximately 1 mile south of the Fabens Exit on the right. CASI Sanctioned, benefiting the Fabens area Food Bank. Cook s meeting 10:00 am, turn in 2:00 pm. Entry fee $20.00 payable to the Pod of the Pass. Lots of activities are planned along with vendors, food and music. Also plenty of room for dry camping. Contact info Carol Straughan cell , caroleptx@aol.com May 14, DeLeon TX CASI. Cowboy Capital Pod Chili Cookoff. Chili $20 chili grind only turn in 2pm, Beans $ pay out, turn in 12 noon. 1st of 3 weekend buckle series, buckles to be awarded at Super C Labor Day at the Lake Music Festival and Chili Cook Off, Dublin, TX. Chili cook off located at new festival grounds on Hwy 6, DeLeon Limited hook ups available through the City of DeLeon For more info on chili cook off and/or buckle series contact Jamie Ballenger May 14, Pearland TX CASI. 1st Annual Cookoff for Missing Children. Held at Scooters on Hwy 35, 1134 N Main St. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Benefits Laura Recovery Center. Contact Joe Braden joe@fadedlovechili.com. May 14, Overland Park KS CASI. Kansas State Open Championship Held at VFW Post #846, located at 8804 Grant, Overland Park, KS. Take 87th Street east off I-35 for 1 mile to Grant, turn right, the VFW is 600' on the right. Winner receives a beautiful Wendell Rankin stove, and automatically qualifies for the Terlingua International Chili Cook- Off. CASI rules apply. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Entry fee is $20.00 for CASI, $20.00 for HOME STYLE, or $30.00 for both. Turn in times are 1:00 pm for CASI, and 2:00 pm for HOMESTYLE. Benefits local VFW charities. Tent and RV parking is available, with limited hook-ups. Cooks party Saturday night with prizes. This is a 2 day cook-off, see May 15th for the Gladiator Pod Cook-Off. Contact Lee Kroencke gladitorchili@yahoo.com, or Larry Velasquez larryvelasquez@forbo.com. May 14, Conway AR CASI. CAP-CASI Pod Cookoff and POD Elections. Held at Eagles Park on Lake Conway. Entry fee $20, turn in 1:00 pm. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Make checks payable to CAP- CASI. Pod election after cookoff results. Camping available and motorhome hookups and dump. Onsite showers. Contact Lee Bailey #3 Ozark Cove Maumelle, Ar or call lessterb@sbcglobal.net. Call Lee Bailey for directions. May 15, Crane TX CASI. Day After Pod Cookoff. Held at Crane County Park on 6th St., Benefits Crane 4-H Club. Entry fee $20.00, Chili Grind Only, Turnin 12:00 Noon. Contact Trish Barker, at 432/ May 15, St. Charles IL CASI. Nineteenth Chillini Pod CCO Held at St Charles VFW Post 5036, 119 N Third Street. Everyone please join the members of the Chillini Pod, help us celebrate our 19th year of this Chicagoland area event. This CASI sanctioned cookoff will be held for benefit of Lazarus House, local homeless shelter. Set-up begins at 8 AM, cook s meeting at 9AM chili turn- in at 1:00 PM. Entry Fee is $20. Make your checks payable to Chillini Pod. Mail Entry to Bill Pierson, 411 Illinois Ave, Batavia IL For information contact John Gastaldello, 5125 Grand Ave, Downers Grove IL 60515, j.gastaldello@comcast.net. phone: May 15, DeLeon TX CASI. DeLeon Rodeo Association CCO. Chili $20 chili grind only, turn in 2pm. 1st of 3 weekend buckle series, buckles to be awarded at Super C Labor Day at the Lake Music Festival and chili cook off, Dublin, TX. chili cook off held in conjunction with KEQX 89.7 Sponsor Appreciation Day. Live Bands, BBQ, Silent auction, much more. All benefiting the DeLeon Rodeo Association. Chili cook off located at new festival grounds on Hwy 6, DeLeon. Limited hook ups available through the City of DeLeon For more info. on this chili cook off and/or buckle series contact Jamie Ballenger May 15, St Thomas VI CASI. Virgin POD Cookoff. Held at Magen s Bay Shed #4. Benefits Family Resource Center. Entry fee $25 turn-in 2 PM. Info Georgeann P McNicholas P.O. Box 1164 St Thomas VI , fortunaranch@yahoo.com. Make checks payable to Texas Society of the Virgin Islands. May 15, Overland Park KS CASI. Gladiator Chili Pod Cook-Off Held at VFW Post #846, located at 8804 Grant, Overland Park, KS. Take 87th Street east off I-35 for 1 mile to Grant, turn right, the VFW is 600' on the right. Winner receives a beautiful Wendell Rankin stove. CASI rules apply. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Entry fee is $20.00 for CASI, $20.00 for HOME STYLE, Beans $5.00. Turn in times are 12:00 pm for CASI, and 1:00 pm for HOMESTYLE, and 1:30 pm for beans. Benefits Gladiator Chili Pod. Tent and RV parking is available, with limited hookups. This is the second day of a two day Cook- Off with cooks party Saturday night with prizes. See May 14th for Kansas State Open Championship Contact Lee Kroencke gladitorchili@yahoo.com, or Larry Velasquez larryvelasquez@forbo.com. May 21, Tyler TX CASI. Armed Forces Day Chili Cookoff. Sponsored by the 5th Annual American Legion post 12, 5503 American Legion Rd. VETERNS COOK FREE. CASI Chili $20.00 turn in 1:00 PM. 50/50 Beans $5.00 turn in 12:00. Peoples Choice ballots turn in 2:00 PM. Bring extra Chili for tasting. Goodie Bags for the first 25 entrants. Cooks eat free Friday Night before Pool Tournament. Limited RV parking, no hook ups. RSVP appreciated. Contact Gil Hewlett, or Mike Croson, Post May 21, Salado TX CASI. 1st Annual Old Salado Springs Chili Cookoff on the Creek in the heart of Salado, 200 Royal St off Main St. Beans $10. 50/50 turn in noon Chili-$20.00 turn in 2 pm. Chili grind only. More details to be coming in the next month. Lots of rv parking no hoop-ups. 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26 Page 26 Terlingua Trails April 2011 special needs. 1st bike out 10 AM, last bike back by 3 PM. Toys needed, unwrapped, like board games,balls jump ropes, pool toys. If you can t bring a toy a $10 donation accepted. Contact Donnie Willmann or Jan Bartlett RV hookups available. May 21, Quinlan TX CASI. 1st Annual Tawakoni South VFD. CCO held at FM 429 North, 6 miles SE of Quinlan, TX & 17 miles NE of Terrell, TX CASI Rules. Chili Grind Only. RV Parking, but no hook-ups. Benefits: Tawakoni South VFD Turn-in Chili 1 PM, $20. entry. Beans 12:00 Noon $5.00, Next Day Cook-off Same Place Checks Payable to Tawakoni South Fire Dept. Contact Larry Wampler (903) roadwrkcb@aol.com or Vince Pryor (903) or achief902@gmail.com May 21, Cleburne TX CASI. 2nd Annual Kowbell Chili Cookoff. Held at Johnson County Sheriffs Posse Arena, 2046 S Hwy 171. Benefits Texas Special Olympics Athletes. Turn-in 1 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Local chili cookoff turnin 11 AM. Mike Burke chili.mike@yahoo.com. May 22, Salado TX CASI. 1st Annual Old Salado Springs Chili cook-off, 200 Royal Street. Chili $20.00 turn in 1 pm. Chili grind only. See cookoff day before for more information. May 22, Irving TX CASI. Day After Top of Texas CCO Held at the Irving Elks Lodge at 2015 N. Britian Road. Chili grind only, $18, noon turn-in. Contact Tina Barnes or Babs Johnson for more information blondiechili@tx.rr.com, Bajohnson55@verizon.net See cookoff same location previous day. come in after noon on friday. Sat night pop luck. Information on chili Mavis Nelson nelson8@hughes.net Gary Irving May 21, Irving TX CASI. 32nd Annual TOT Pod Kickoff CCO Held at Irving Elks Lodge, 2015 N. Britian Rd. Major goody bag item for first 75 registered. Jackpot Beans $5, turn in 12 PM. Junior Chili free entry, turn in 12 PM. CASI Chili $20, turn in 2 PM. Overnight camping, limited hookups available for small fee. Friday night cooks party. Cash breakfast, lunch & bar Saturday. Pot luck dinner Saturday night. See Sunday cookoff same location Make checks payable to Top Of Texas. Contact Babs Johnson bajohnson55@verizon.net May 21, Jourdanton TX CASI. Marvin Pasifka Memorial Chili CCO. Chili, BBQ and Beans. Chili Grind only. Entry fee $20, turn-in 2pm. The charity is the Jourdanton VFD. Details to follow. For information please contact Happy Hinman or happypeppr@aol.com May 21, Anthony NM CASI. Tom & Michele s Backyard CCO Come and enjoy the Sun & Sangria at Tom & Michele s 2nd Annual chili cookoff. This is a NMCS POD Cookoff. From I- 10, take Hwy 404 West to Hwy 478. Turn Left and continue on Hwy 478 South to Whispering Dove. Turn right on Whispering Dove and follow paved road to cookoff. Entry fee is $20.00 payable to the New Mexico Chili Society. Turn-in is at 4:00pm. Dry camping is available both Friday and Saturday. Pot luck cooks party Saturday night following awards. Host providing meat. Contact Tom Chaney at or t.chaney@yahoo.com for more information. May 21, Sweetwater TX CASI. 2nd Annual CASI Chili Cookoff 3rd Annual Toys 4 Tots Bike Run. Held at Elks Lodge #1257, exit off IH-20. Band all day, 50/50 raffle, raffle and auction. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2:30 PM. In memory of Bo Bodine. Poker run registration begins at 9 AM. Pays best hand, 2nd best hand and worst hand. Benefits the Texas Elks childrens summer camp for children 7 to 15 yrs with May 22, Quinlan TX CASI. Sunday Tawakoni South VFD CCO FM 429 North.Chili turn-in Noon. $20. entry fee. Benefits: Tawakoni South, Jr. Firefighters. Chili grind only. Contract: Larry Wampler (903) or Vince Pryor (903) May 28, San Angelo TX CASI. Chili Legends Memorial Day CCO. Held in Water Valley Park. Entry fee $18 turn-in 2 PM. Jackpot Beans $5, turn-in 1 PM. Contact Sherry Maus CHILI GRIND ONLY. May 28, Broken Arrow OK CASI. 2 Day Chili Cookoff Event. Held at Crawford s Hacienda, E 111 St, Broken Arrow OK. Turn In 2:00 pm Entry

27 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 27 Fee $20.00 From Tulsa, take Hwy 51 East thru Broken Arrow, continue on at Coweta/ 81st St. exit at the 4th stop light. Oneta Road turn right, South, go to second stop sign 111th St turn right, West, go 1/2 mile. House is on the left, South. Benefits Green County Chili & BBQ Too Pod. Contact Lorinda or Everett Crawford See cookoff next day. May 28, Durant OK CASI. 28th Annual Southwest Open Chili Championship has been moved to a bigger and better location. The Choctaw Casino in Durant, Okla. will host this year s event. The cookoff location will be at the Choctaw/Koa RV Park on the grounds of the Choctaw Casino. The Casino is located just across the Texas Oklahoma border, North of the Dallas/Ft Worth area on US Hwy 75. Entry fee: $25, Turn-in 2 PM, Chili Grind Only. Top 3 chilis and 1st Place Show are automatic qualifiers for TICC. Travel money for top winners in chili and show. Last year top 5 chilis were qualified. Friday nite 42 Tournament. Contact Kevin Wooster Terry Graves Tammie Wooster Tammiew421@aol.com. Send entry to: Tammie Wooster, 2 Vera Court, Wichita Falls, Tx , Special room rates for the following hotels: Please ask for chili cookoff rates: Microtel Hotel & Suites Single-$50- Double-$65-Suite $75 Hampton Inn & Suites Rate: $60 Holiday Inn Express & Suites Rate: $60 Choctaw/Koa RV Park Full Hookup rate: $25. This is a large and popular Casino, call early for reservations. More information to follow. May 28, Langley BC CASI. B.C. Provincial Chili Championship at the Canadian Festival of Chili and BBQ to be held at the Gateway Casino in Langley, B. C. on May 28. CASI sanctioned and CASI rules. Turn in at 2:00 PM. Entry fee is $25. Charity is the Firefighters Burn Fund. For info contact Fred Roycroft at or froycroft@gmail.com Automatic Qualifier for TICC. May 28, Willow Springs IL CASI. Willow Springs CCO 1 Village Circle, Willow Springs, IL Tables available, DJ present. Pet Parade. Craft Show. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Make checks payable to Village of Willow Springs. Contact Maureen Barrett maureen.barrett@cbexchange.com. Benefits Willow Springs Food Pantry. May 29, San Angelo TX CASI. Day 2 Chili Legends Memorial Day CO Held in Water Valley Park. Entry fee $18 turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Sherry Maus Jackpot Beans $5, turn in 1 PM. May 29, Broken Arrow OK CASI. 2 Day Chili Cookoff Event. Held at Crawford s Hacienda, E 111 St, Broken Arrow OK. Turn In 1:00 pm. Entry Fee $20.00 From Tulsa, take Hwy 51 East thru Broken Arrow, continue on at Coweta/81st St. exit at the 4th stop light. Oneta Road turn right, South, go to second stop sign 111th St turn right, West, go 1/ 2 mile. House is on the left, South. Benefits Great Pepper s Meeting Fund for Green County Chili & BBQ Too Pod. Contact Lorinda or Everett rawford See cookoff on day before. May 29, Durant OK CASI. North of the Brazos Pod Cookoff. Held at the Choctaw Casino/Koa RV Park. Entry fee: $20, turn-in 1:00 PM Chili Grind Only. Kevin Wooster Tammie Wooster, tammiew421@aol.com More information to follow. May 29, San Antonio TX CASI. Return of the Chili Queens. Held at El Mercado Market in downtown San Antonio. Chili Grind Only. Entry fee $20 with turn-in at 2pm. Santa Rosa Children s Hospital will benefit from this wonderful cook-off. If you ve never been then you should definitely make it a point to come out and join us. For information please contact Kim Hiley or kdhiley@yahoo.com. May 29, Tombstone AZ CASI. Wyatt Earp Days/Paul Breur Memorial Chili Cookoff. Located on Allen Street in front of OK Corral. Charity is Tombstone Lions. Turn in time 1 p.m. Entry fee $15. Checks payable to High Desert Pod (HDP). Contact Greg Monger May 30, Grand Prairie TX CASI. Lone Star Derby Chili Cook Off Held at Lone Star Park, 1000 Lone Star Parkway. Entry fee is $20. Turn in at 2 p.m. Load-in and registration between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. near the West Entrance of the Grandstand. RV parking available in lot near Gate 5, but not at cooking site. No hook-ups. Enjoy an afternoon of live Thoroughbred racing with the Lone Star Derby, live music and a Chili Cook-off Competition. Each team will receive 10 more admission passes for family & friends at registration. All proceeds benefit LOPE Texas and Remember Me Rescue, two non- profit organizations that assist retired and injured racehorses find new homes after their careers. Bring plenty of extra chili for taste cups, we have large crowds! Chili Winners will receive a Winner s Circle photo with the wining horse, jockey and owner of the CASI sponsored race of the day. For more information on the event or referral for local RV Park with hook-ups contact Kim Bordano at or kim.bordano@lonestarpark.com Jun 4, Crane TX CASI. Raiders Youth Football CCO Held at the Crane County Park on Sixth Street behind the swimming pool. Limited hookups. Kids cookoff entry $5 with noon turn-in. Adult entry $18 with 2 PM turn-in Contact Robin Crain OR Jim Crain CHILI GRIND ONLY. Jun 4, Corsicana TX CASI. Dawg Daze of Summer Sooner CCO Held at Gander Mountain, 3301 Corsicana Crossings Blvd. From I-45, take exit #229 (Hwy 287) go East on 287 and take first right at Corsicana Crossings Blvd. This is a 2-day cookoff this year with plenty of paved parking for day-cooks and RVs (no hookups). Entry fee $20.00 turn-in 2 pm CHILI GRIND ONLY; Junior division, ages 8-17 entry fee $10.00 turn-in 2 pm CHILI GRIND ONLY; 50/50 Beans entry fee $10.00 turn-in Noon. Agility and trick demonstrations during the day. Great raffle items. Benefits the Humane Society of Navarro County - Spay/Neuter Program. See cookoff next day. For more information contact Kay Lefler ; or klefler@gaf.com or dlkl9046@gmail.com. Jun 4, Forest Hill TX CASI. 1st Annual TTRC CO and Barrel Race Held at 5139 Glenn Ct. Entry fee $20 turnin 2 PM. Beans entry $5, turn-in 12 PM paying top 3 places. TTRC chili entry fee $15 with turn-in at 1 PM. There will also be a silent auction and a 50/50 pot. Breakfast and lunch will be available for purchase. Plenty of parking space, RV space available but with no hookups. Contact Bobby or by at bonk142001@yahoo.com. Jun 4, Stafford TX CASI. 31st Annual Space City Pod CCO. Held at Elks Lodge 151, W Airport. Benefits Laura Recovery and Elks. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. $10 Beans turn-in Noon. $5 Wienie-off turn-in 2:30 to 4:30. Chili grind only. RV parking with limited hookups. Steak night at Elk s Lodge is Friday so come and enjoy some steak and mingle with fellow chili cooks. Music by Nigel all day Saturday and into the night. Swimming pool will be available for the weekend. Elk s Lodge has dominoes, shuffleboard and pool; if interested in organizing a tournament of 42, shuffleboard or pool contact Susan Armand. Beans on Saturday. Wienie-Off Information: Bring your own wienies and decorations, boxes will be given to participants for display. Prizes for Funniest, Sexiest, Cutest and Scariest wienies. For a complete list of rules contact Susan Armand. Auction on Saturday. Contact Information: Susan Armand, susanandken@prodigy.net, 3103 Freshmeadows Drive, Houston, Tx Jun 4, Blackwell TX CASI. Blue Agave Chili Cookoff. Held at 302 College St. at the Blackwell Roping Arena. Benefits the Blackwell Riding Club. Entry fee Chili $20 turn-in 2 PM. Entry fee Pinto Beans $5, Jalapeno Popper $5, Bloody Mary Pour-off $5, Margarita Pour-off $5, Brisket $20. Turn-in TBD. Contact Tommy White , jlem@camalott.com. Live band that night featuring The Duquaines from Austin. Jun 4, Floris IA CASI. Floris Chili Cookoff. Floris flag day and parade event Held on Main street. Entry fee $ Turn-in 1:00 P.M. Contact Virgil Johnson. Phone Cell Roylene1@gmail.com. Benefits Floris Fire Department Jun 4, Denton TX CASI. Industrial Bash Cookoff. 5 K Run and Music Festival. Held at 113 Industrial. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Benefits Our Daily Bread, food bank. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Alan Pierce alan@roosters_roadhouse.com Make checks payable to Our Daily Bread. Jun 5, Corsicana TX CASI. Day After Dawg Daze CCO Held at Gander Mountain, 3301 Corsicana Crossings Blvd. From I-45, take exit #229 (Hwy 287) go East on 287 and take first right at Corsicana Crossings Blvd. This is a 2-day cookoff this year with plenty of paved parking for day-cooks and RVs (no hookups). Entry fee $18.00 turn-in 1 pm CHILI GRIND ONLY. Benefits the Corsicana Animal Shelter Building Fund. See cookoff previous day. For more information contact Kay Lefler ; or klefler@gaf.com or dlkl9046@gmail.com.

28 Page 28 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Jun 5, Stafford TX CASI. Day 2 of Space City Pod CCO. Held at Elks Lodge 151, W Airport. Entry fee $15 turn-in Noon. Chili grind only. Omelettoff turn-in 9 AM. Omelet-Off Info Any type of omelet you want to make. If you want to judge omelets there is a $10 fee per judge. 1st Class treatment for omelet judges includes champagne, favors and delicious omelets. Contact Info: Susan Armand, susanandken@prodigy.net, 3103 Freshmeadows Drive, Houston, Tx Jun 5, Denton TX CASI. Denton Elks ENF Mini Foxy Lady Denton Elks Lodge 228 E Oak St, Denton, Tx Breakfast served for donations. RV parking across the street, no hookups. Cookoff on Industrial St. Denton prior day. Entry fee $18 turnin 1 PM. Make checks payable to Denton Elks. Contact Delora Goin clapshack@gmail.com. Jun 10, Amarillo TX CASI. There s No Excuse For Child Abuse Cookoff Friday night at Western Cowpunchers. Chili turn in at 8:30 pm, Entry Fee $ BBQ cook-off Saturday, I.B.C.A. Sanctioned, $2000. prize money. Benefits Evyn Vaughn Foundation. Helping to raise awareness and victims of child abuse in the Texas Panhandle Area. 3 Live Bands-Saturday, Good Food, games for the kids, door prizes, raffle items, good clean family fun. For information Contact: Carmen Nichols, Event Coordinator at , cln2007fund@yahoo.com Jun 11, Cheyenne WY CASI. Peppers On The Plaza CCO. Held a Cheyenne Depot Museum 121 West 15th St. Benefits Cheyenne Depot Museum. Entry fee for one category $20, 2 categories $30, 3 categories $40. Salsa turn-in 11:30 AM, Green Chili 1 PM, Red Chili 2:30 PM. Contact James Bowers phone , , james@cheyennedepotmuseum.org. Address P.O.Box 2160, Cheyenne WY Jun 11, Ft Mc Kavett TX CASI. Ft Mc Kavett VFD Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. For the Ft McKavett VFD. Sammie Plant aaaneloplant1@msn.com More on this cookoff later. Jun 11, Jonestown TX CASI. SOT Pod CCO Held in Jones Brothers Park off Hwy Friday nights cooks party, Saturday Pod breakfast. Entry fee $20, turn-in 2 PM. Junior chili $5, turn-in 1 PM. Jackpot Salsa - entry $5, turn- in Noon. Jackpot Beans - $5, turn-in Noon. Jackpot Bloodly Mary s 10:00 am. Silent auction, raffle & more. RV parking no hookups, available after noon on Friday. Lake access and boat ramp. Potluck dinner Saturday night. Breakfast each day. Benefits local charities. Cut or grind. For info Steve Ashman , spashman@hotmail.com. See cook off next day. Jun 11, Joplin MO CASI. Boomtown Days Chili Challenge Boomtown Days Festival located in Landrith Park within the City of Joplin. Turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Benefits Community Support Services. Contact Jon Tupper , contact@culvercreek.com. Jun 11, Gardner KS CASI. Festival on the Trails CCO Located at 218 E Shawnee St (go west on Hwy 56 to downtown Gardner then north on N. Sycamore then left on E. Shawnee St. CASI $20.00, turn in noon. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Home style chili $15.00, turn $30.00 for both events. Benefits the Festival on the Trails. Checks payable to same. See web site festivalonthetrails.com/index.php CASI RULES APPLY. Contact: Shirley Bruce VanArsdale at or Larry Velasquez at or at larry.velasquez@forbo.com Jun 11, Parkers Crossroads TN CASI. Battleground Chili Cookoff. CANCELLED. Jun 11, Show Low AZ CASI. 4th Annual Summit Healthcare Volunteers Cookoff. Held at Summit Healthcare Regional Hospital, 2200 Show Low Lake Road. Proceeds support various hospital projects. CASI entry, $15.00, turn-in 1:00 pm. Peoples Choice Chili and Salsa. Camping and motels nearby. Contact: Dick Seehusen, Alpine Chili Society, or , seealpine@yahoo.com. Jun 11, El Paso TX CASI. El Paso Flag Day CCO The cookoff is held at the Flag Memorial Park located at the corner of Gateway North and Diana very near Cohen Stadium. Look for the flag and flag pole. Entry fee = $ Turn-in time = 2:00 pm. Make checks payable to Pod of The Pass. Benefits the El Paso Chapter National Flag. Contact Carol Straughan at or caroleptx@aol.com. Jun 11, Schertz TX CASI. Cajun Fest Gumbo and Chili Cook-Off Main Pavilion, Schertz City Park on FM Food and drink, live music, raffles, door prizes, auction. Info Carol Cornelison ccornelison53@hotmail.com Make checks payable to American Legion Post 592. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Jun 11, West Tawakoni TX CASI. VFW Post 2559 Cookoff. At Hwy 276 across from Dollar General Store, 8 miles East of Quinlan. Entry fee $18 turnin 1 PM. Beans $5 turn-in Noon, 50/50 Jackpot. Contact Jackie Gross , There will be breakfast for the cooks. Jun 12, Cheyenne WY CASI. Peppers On The Plaza CCO. Held a Cheyenne Depot Museum 121 West 15th St. Benefits Cheyenne Lyons Club. Entry fee for one category $20, 2 categories $30, 3 categories $40. Salsa turn-in 11:30 AM, Green Chili 1 PM, Red Chili 2:30 PM. Contact James Bowers phone , james@cheyennedepotmuseum.org. P.O.Box 2160, Cheyenne WY Jun 12, Jonestown TX CASI. Day After SOT Pod CCO Held in Jones Brothers Park off Hwy Entry fee $20, turn-in 1 PM. Benefits local charities. CHILI GRIND ONLY. For info contact Steve Ashman, , spashman@hotmail.com. Jun 17, Fort Smith, AR CASI. Miss Laura Friday Night Social Belch Pod Cookoff, at Columbus Acres, Columbus Acres Road (Hwy 71 So. & Brooken Hill). Benefitting Belch Pod. Entry fee $20, Turn-in 7 pm. GROUND MEAT ONLY. Jackpot Bean Cookoff same day, turn-in 6 pm entry fee $5. Limited RV parking, no hook- up.contact Dara Doss, or ddoss@tecjobs.com Jun 18, Conroe TX CASI. Seven Coves Marina Chili Cookoff. CANCELLED. Jun 18, Bastrop TX CASI. 10th Annual Fred Mertink Memorial River Runner Cookoff. Located 2003 Loop 150, across from Golf Course. GRIND only. Turn in 2:00. Plenty of room for Day Trippers to cook on outside patio. Indoor bathrooms. River Runners feed you breakfast both Sat and Sunday. Cooks feed Saturday night. Great Dessert Wheel, Silent Auction. Sunday Cook off, see next

29 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 29 day. Contact Crystal Dear C Come spend weekend, eat, play, and cook with us. GRIND ONLY BOTH DAYS. Jun 18, Canton GA CASI. Annual Goin to the Dogs Cookoff. Brown Park - Elizabeth Street in Historic Downtown Canton, Georgia Benefits Green Pets America. Car Showoff ; Corvettes, Classics, Rods. Entertainment. Farmers Market. Mister & Mrs. Chill Pooper canine costume contest. Entry fee $10. CCO Entry fee $20. One price cooks both CASI and open. CASI turn in 12:00; CHILI GRIND ONLY. Open turn in at 1:00. Judges are all Canton elected Officials so you know it will be honest and fair!! Please see our web site for all details, directions and lodging. Please register and indicate if you will be attending the Burgers on the Deck Friday night cook s dinner. Otherwise you may go hungry! Please visit our sponsor s website for more detail on this worthy charity. See you there. Steve cantoncco@gmail.com Jun 18, El Paso TX CASI. Annual Pod of the Pass Cookoff. 894 South Horizon Blvd. Livery Stable Saloon and Roping Arena CASI Sanctioned. Benefiting Pod of the Pass Charities. Cook s meeting 10:00 a.m. Turn in 2:00 p.m. Entry fee $20.00 payable to Pod of the Pass. Dry camping available on site. Contact info: Carol Straughan caroleptx@aol.com Jun 18, Lone Oak TX CASI. Bull Creek Cookoff Held in the Town Square. Entry fee $20, turn-in 1 PM. Jack Pot Beans $5, turn-in Noon. Benefits Community Seeds. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Dorothy Miller , or Dave Hewlett at davehewlett@msn.com Jun 18, Alsip IL CASI. Alsip Fun Fest Chili Cookoff. CASI Chili, Salsa and Show. Held in conjunction with the park district s Fun Fest at the Alsip Aquatic Park at S Kostner, Alsip IL Benefits American Cancer Society. Entry fee $18. Salsa turn-in at 1PM, CASI chili turn-in at 2:00 PM. Make checks payable to Alsip Park District. Contact Leslie Guerrera, Leslie-fit@alsipparks.org, ext 215. Jun 18, Fort Smith AR CASI. 28th Annual Judge Issac C Parkers Memorial Chili Cookoff/ Mid-South Regional Cookoff, & Arkansas State Open Barbecue Championship held at Columbus Acres, Columbus Acres Road (hwy 71 So. & Brooken Hill) Fort Smith. Benefitting Boy s Shelter of Fort Smith. Entry fee $20, Turn-in 12 noon. Regional qualifiers. AR State Open BBQ cookoff same day. Entry fee $20 each category. Turn-in every 30 minutes starting at 12:30 pm in following order- Open, Ribs, Pork, Beef. 2nd Annual Open Wings cookoff turn-in at 2:30pm, entry fee $20. Make checks payable to Boy s Shelter. Limited RV parking. No hookup. Info: Dara Doss or ddoss@tecjobs.net. Jun 18, Durham NC CASI. Bull City Chili Challenge Held in Durham Central Park in downtown Durham, NC. at Foster and Hunt Street. Proceeds benefit the Durham Central Park. CASI chili, open chili, jr. chili, restaurant chili and salsa (restaurant & individual) will be judged. Salsa turn-in at 11:00 a.m., chili turn-in at noon. We re expecting a good crowd again, so please bring throw- down! Entry fee is $20 for CASI chili, $10 for freestyle and salsa. Juniors and restaurants are free. Checks payable to the Piedmont Pepper Pod. Cook s party on Friday Adrienne s house for anyone who is in town***all vehicles need to be moved from the cooking area by 8:00 a.m.*** Please call or e- mail for more information and to let us know you re coming: adrienneg@gmail.com, call or web at Jun 18, Winchester IN CASI. COURTHOUSE CHILI CHALLENGE Come and be Judged. Held on the Winchester, Indiana Courthouse Square and benefiting AngelWorx. Registration and set- up begins at 8:00am. Mandatory Cooks Meeting at 9:00am. Entry Fee $20, CASI Chili Turn-in at 12:00 Noon. Festival begins at 10:00AM and Public tasting begins at 12:00 Noon. Other categories include Home-style chili, Jr s chili and Ribs. Various activities throughout the day include Live entertainment on the Bandstand on the Square, Classic Car Show, Rebels with a Cause Motorcycle Fun Run and Bike Show, Arts on the Square, Wine, Cheese & Chocolate Tasting, Kidz Zone, Food Vendors and Beverage Pavilion. Please make extra throw-down as large public attendance is expected. RV parking available (no hookups). Make Checks Payable to and mail to: East Central Indiana June Festival, P.O. Box 244, Winchester, IN For more information contact Jill Keener at courthousechilichallenge@comcast.net or Darin Jester , flashoverchili@sbcglobal.net. Registration accepted on-site day of event. Jun 18, Ft Worth TX CASI. 35th Cowtown Cookoff. Benefits WPIFF (Williams-Pyro Firefighter s Fund Ft. Worth TX). At Cabela s, Exit 65 on I- 35W north of NE loop 820 and south of Texas Motor Speedway. Cabela s will again have Father s Day/Kids Day games,activities, displays, discount coupons and lots more to do and see this year. Cowtown will have raffles for lots of great items. Friday arrivals welcomed. Plenty of RV parking NO HOOK UPS. Friday Night Beans and Salsa Contest, CASH Prizes! Sat. CASI rules grind only. Trophies for top 10 chilis, top 10 juniors, and top 3 show. 1st place CASI chili wins airfare/hotel to cook at the St. Thomas Virgin Island CCO in August. 5th Annual North Texas Junior Chili Championship. 1st place juniors Prize to ne announced 2nd through 10 other great prizes. Adult entry $20, turn in 1 pm, juniors entry (ages 8-17) $8, turn in 12 noon. CASI RULES as well. Goody bags to first 100 adult cooks registered. Early registration to David Sexton, 5615 Goodwin Ave Dallas Tx Must be received by May 31st. More info Contact David at cowtowngp@tx.rr.com See June 19th for day after cook off. Jun 18, Chugwater WY CASI. 26th Annual Chugwater Chili Wyoming State Championship. Held in downtown Chugwater Town Park, corner of 2nd & Bowie. For the Chugwater Fire & Ambulance, Chugwater Historical Group, Community Center, Chugwater Economic Development. Entry fee $20 turn-in 1 PM. All day live entertainment, art show, games, fun for the whole family. Contact , townofchugwater@yahoo.com. This is an automatic qualifier for TICC. Jun 18, Seguin TX CASI. Alamo Area Pod Cookoff. To be held at Comanche Crossing Country Store 2080 FM 477 at the corner of FM 477 and FM 466. Chili Grind only. Turn in 2pm $20 entry fee. Plenty of rv parking no hookups. Charity CASI Scholarship Fund. Contact Connie Schrade Jun 19, Bastrop TX CASI. 10th River Runner Sunday Cook Off Loop 150, Across from Golf Course. American Legion Hall. Grind Only. Turn in 1:00. $ River Runners will feed you breakfast. Plenty of room for cooking outside patio. Indoor bathrooms, indoor judging. Make checks payable to ALA 533. Come spend weekend with us. Cooks party Sat. night, karaoke Saturday, raffle drawing Sat. night. Contact Crystal Dear Jun 19, Trenton MO CASI. Five Points Cookoff. Held in downtown area close to Elks Lodge, 1012 Tinsman. Entry fee TBD, turn-in Noon. Benefits Childrens Advocacy Center and Trenton Downtown Improvement Assn Contact Debbie Carman 713 Main St. Trenton MO 64683, tdia@trentonmo.com. Friday night meet the cooks event at the Elks Lodge. For a fee dinner will be served at 6 PM. A dance will be held at 8 PM, cooks entry fee covers this cost. Jun 19, Ft Worth TX CASI. Day After Cowtown Cookoff at Cablela s. CASI rules. Grind only. Entry fee $20, turn in 12 noon. No Beans. Benefits Cowtown charities. Info contact David Sexton at cowtowngp@tx.rr.com Jun 25, Grand Lake CO CASI. 28th Annual State of Colorado Chili Championship. Cook at 9,000 feet in a beautiful grass park surrounded by the majestic Rocky Mountains in scenic Grand Lake, Colorado. $25 for either CASI red or the State of Colorado green... cooking both red and green is $40, which is $25 for either red or green and $15 for the second chili category. Red chili turn-in time is 2 PM. Benefits various Grand Lake Fire Department charities. All cooks who register and pay by June 3, 2011 will receive a special chili cookoff memento. Checks payable to the Colorado Chili Pod and can be sent to 1670 Broadway, Suite 3000, Denver, Colorado For information, please contact John Montgomery at Jun 25, Garland TX CASI. Garland Elks Lodge #1984 Garland Elks lodge #1984 CCO Held at 3825 Duck Creek Drive. Cross street is Centerville and Duck Creek Jr. Division Chili $5 with turn-in at Noon. Pinto Beans Competition $5, Noon turnin. Payback 1st place beans. CASI Chili entry $20 with 1 PM turn in. Stoves for chili place 1,2,3. Lots of Motor home trailer parking with hook ups (water & electric) 1st come 1st served. $10 fee for campers. Silent Auction and Raffles. Make check payable to Garland Elks Lodge #1984, for their charities. Contact Betty Kelly, or blkelley_tx@yahoo.com Benefits Garland Elks many charities. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Stoves for chili 1,2,3 place. Dave

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31 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 31 Hewlett Jun 25, Carthage MO CASI. Blind, Blues & BBQ. Cook off will be located in the City of Carthage Municipal Park at the County Fair Ground Area. Entry fee $25, turn-in Noon. Make checks payable to Joplin Association for the Blind. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Jon Tupper Jun 25, Tulsa OK CASI. Saturday Chili Cookoff at American Legion Post #1 8th and Peoria. More information to follow. Contact Information Mike Deutser Jun 25, Ottumwa IA CASI. Ottumwa Pro Balloon Chili Cookoff. Held in Ottumwa Park by the shelter house. Entry fee $20.00 Turn-in 12:00 noon. Contact Virgil Johnson. Phone Cell Roylene1@gmail.com. Benefits Hospice. Iowa Pod Meeting and Cooks Party to follow cookoff. Jun 25, Waco TX CASI. Triple Crown Chili Cook Off will be the Hog Creek Ice House Located Off Hwys 185 & 6. Entry Fee $18.00 Trun in time 2pm. CHILI GRIND ONLY!! There will also be a BBQ Cook off going on as well.entry Fee $75.00 for one or all meats 1/2 Chicken Pork Spare Ribs Bribs 80% payback plus added money. Beans Entry Fee $10 80% payback DRY PINTO BEANS Lone Star BBQ Rules. Wing Cook Off Friday night Entry Fee $ % payback wings are provided. For more information on the BBQ cook off contact Donna Conrad@Dangergail@aol.com or (254) For more information on the CASI chili Cook Off contact Dianne Stimson Winksintexas@aol.com or Live entertainment. The Icehouse has GREAT FOOD!!!! And other events going on! PLENTY OF RV PARKING SORRY NO HOOKS UPS! So Come on out for a lot of fun! Jun 25, Pelham AL CASI. State of Alabama POD Cookoff. Oak Mountain State Park, 200 Terrace Dr. Plenty of room for cooking, picnicking and fun at Lakeside Pavilion at beautiful Oak Mountain State Park. Park entrance is 15 miles South of Downtown Birmingham at exit 246 off I-65. Park has 85 RV improved sites available; call ALA- PARK for information and reservations. Entry fee, $20. Turn in time, 2 p.m. Charity, SOAP Charities. Additional details to follow, for more information contact Bill Heslop, bill.heslop@protective.com Jun 26, Garland TX CASI. DAM POD CCO. Cook under the patio or down under the trees. See cook off on the day before - then come and stay for both. Noon turn in! CHILI GRIND ONLY. Come on Sat for the Elks CCO and stay and support the DAM POD. Come and see us and get those points. Entry fee $20. Held at Garland Elks Lodge,3825 Duck Creek Drive davehewlett@msn.com. Cross street Centerville rd and duck creek. Make checks payable to the DAM POD. Jun 26, Waco TX CASI. HOT Kart Club Help Erase Autism This is a rescheduled Cook off. The HOT Kart Club Help Erase Autism Chili Cook Off was to have been held in November but had to be postponed it is now being held June 26 the Hog Creek Icehouse located off of HWYs 185 & 6 in Waco,TX. Entry Fee $ Turn in time 1:00p. CHILI GRIND ONLY!!!!! PLENTY OF RV PARKING SORRY NO HOOK UPS!!!! See previous day cook off. For more information contact Dianne Stimson@Winksintexas@aol.com or Jul 2, Telephone TX CASI. Annual Red River Vally Pod Cookoff Cookoff at West Pecan Farm on the banks of the Red River north of Bonham TX. Four Wheeling, Fishing, Tubing. Fireworks on the Beach, additional fireworks welcomed. Lots of camping and Rv sites with Limited RV electrical hookups. Cooks party Friday night and Saturday night, breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning. Polo Shirts for first 50 registered. Cookoff next day Also. Follow Signs. Contact Harvey West Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. Jul 2, Sierra Blanca TX CASI. Annual Sierra Blanca CCO The CCO is held at the Sierra Blanca Community Park. Friday night is Movie on the Wall night, open to everyone, free of charge. Saturday night there is ususally a Community Dance in the park. Beans, Salsa, and Guacamole competition $5 for each catagory. RV dry camping is available free at the park. RV parks located in central Sierra Blanca. CASI entry fee $ Turn-in 4:00 p.m. Make checks payable to The Pod of the Pass. Contact Carol Straughan Jul 2, Georgetown TX CASI. 5th Annual H-E-B Cookoff. Located off of S-IH 35 & West University Avenue in Georgetown, Texas on the right VERY EASY to find! Entry Fee $ Turn in time 2pm. CHILI GRIND ONLY! THIS H-E-B ALONE HAS DONE A LOT FOR CASI SO LET S GIVE THEM A LITTLE BACK AND HAVE A GREAT TURN OUT!!! This is a one day only cook off SORRY NO RV PARKING! Plenty of room for EZ-Up s! And PLEASE NO OPEN CONTAINERS DUE TO THE TABC LAW! More information please contact Donna Conrad@Dangergail@aol.com or Jul 2, Denton TX CASI. Help Mike Cookoff. Location N. Carroll Blvd. Charity-Mike is 57 yrs. old, been diagnosed with lung cancer, stage 4, with no insurance and cannot work again, is currently taking Chemo and this cook off will go to an account to help pay medical bills. Entry Fee $ Chili turn in- 1:00 pm. Contact Vicki Vicki at cowgirlattitudechili@hotmail.com Delora Goin deloragoin@hotmail.com. Chili Grind Only. Jul 2, Kingsland TX CASI. Aquaboom 2nd Annual Chili Cookoff. Held at 3451 Rose Hill Dr. Entry fee $25 turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Make checks payable to Burnet Chamber of Commerce. Info Ron Woodson , Jul 3, Telephone TX CASI. Day After Red River Valley Pod Cookoff at West Pecan Farm on the banks of the Red River north of Bonham TX. Four Wheeling, Fishing, Tubing. Fireworks on the Beach, additional fireworks welcomed. Lots of camping and Rv sites with Limited RV electrical hookups. See 7/2 for details. No cookoff on the 4th but welcome to stay and play. Entry fee $20 turn- in Noon. Harvey West harvey@westplumbing.net. Jul 4, Sierra Vista AZ CASI. 21st Welcome Home Desert Storm Chili Cookoff. Held on Veterans Memorial Park on Fry Blvd. $15 entry fee turn-in 12:30 PM. Make checks payable to High Desert Pod. Benefits San Pedro Kiwanis Club. Dry camping, cook where you park. Cooks dinner Friday evening meat provided. Contact Sunny Fichtl sunnyf@cox.net Jul 9, Batavia IL CASI. Batavia Viking Lodge Chili Cookoff Held at the Batavia Viking Lodge at 104 Van Nortwick Ave (NE corner of Van Nortwick and Houston St) in Batavia. Cookoff will benefit the Independent Order of Vikings Burn Camp and the Batavia Inter-faith Food Pantry. Turn-in time is 2:00 pm, entry fee $20.00, Make check payable to Batavia Vikings, mail to Ralph Beck, PO Box 205, Batavia IL Information, Bill Pierson at or chillinipod@comcast.net. Take a liking to a Viking. Jul 9, Burleson TX CASI. 2nd Annual Cooter Brown s CCO Held at 473 East Renfro, Burleson, Tx Take 35 W south from Ft Worth, exit Renfro (exit # 36) turn left on Renfro, go back under I 35. Go east on Renfro apx mile and you will see Cooter Browns on left. On site RV parking (No Hookups). Benefits Puppy Mill Rescue. Free painted Coleman Stove to first place Chili winner. $18.00 entry fee, $5.00 beans. Turn in times: beans 12 noon, chili 2PM. Ground meat only. DJ and Karaoke music Fri nite and all day Sat. Drink specials to all cooks and their support team. Contact Rodney , r_worley@att.net, Cooter Browns Jul 9, Schertz TX CASI. Summer Heat Cookoff. Held at VFW Post 8315, 1000 FM Rd 78. Benefits Voice of Democracy Scholarships. Entry fee $20 turn- in 2 PM. Make checks payable to VFW Ladies Auxiliary #8315. Info C W or Peggy Reese Jul 9, McDade TX CASI. 10th Annual Star Ranch Chili CO. Held at Star Ranch, 166 Eely Rd. McDade is 35 miles East of Austin on Hwy 290. Turn off 290 beside the white church onto Waco St. Go across RR tracks and turn left onto Brown Rd. Go approx. 2 miles turn left on Eely Rd. Follow signs to Star Ranch. Entry fee $18.00 Turn in 3:00 PM. Charity TBA. Cooks meal Friday night at 7:30. Come out and support this CASI Corporate Sponsor. RV hookups and rental cabins available. Nature trails, tennis, volleyball and petanque courts, 2 swimming pools, hot tub and rec room. Parade in McDade same day.(no open fires, charcoal grills allowed in designated area only). Star Ranch is a naturist club, (clothing optional for chili cooks). Day Pass Ground Fees are waived for Cooks. For RV hookups and reservations call Star Ranch office toll free or info@starranch.net.

32 Page 32 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Cookoff info contact Bubba Reinke Jul 10, Schertz TX CASI. Summer Heat Cookoff. Held at VFW Post 8315, 1000 FM Rd 78. Benefits Youth Activities Entry fee $15 turn-in Noon. Make checks payable to VFW Ladies Auxiliary #8315. Info C W or Peggy Reese Jul 15, Jasper GA CASI. Peachtree State CASI Pod Cookoff. Lee Newton Park, 500 Stegall Drive off Church Street (Busines SR-53) and Mary Street and one mile east from SR-515/I-575 Intersection. Entry fee $18 Open Chili, 8 PM turn-in. Contact Harford Field Jul 16, Jasper GA CASI. Georgia State CASI Championship Lee Newton Park, 500 Stegall Drive off of Church Street/Business SR- 53, one mile east of SR-515/I-535. Entry fee $23 turnin Noon. Make checks payable to the Brooks promotions. Automatic qualifier for TICC. Contact Harford Trey Field Benefits Habitat for Humanity-Pickens Co. Jul 16, Gering NE CASI. 25th Annual Nebraska State Open Championship. Held in Oregon Trail Park, 1125 J St. Entry fee s - $20 for CASI red chili, $7.50 for junior red chili (ages 7-17, CASI red rules, grind only, adult supervision required) $7.50 for dry beans, $7.50 for beef and $7.50 for green. Public tasting at 3 PM. Friday night cooks supper / party 6:30 pm at the Oregon Trail Building 1125 J St, Carnival and Concert. Make checks payable to Pepe s Pod c/o Kyle Haberman th Ave Scottsbluff NE Information Contact: Kyle Haberman Home: Cell: , e- mail; khab@charter.net, Bill Schaepfer ill@gvpman.com. Automatic qualifier for TICC. Jul 16, Fredericksburg TX CASI. Fredericksburg Cookoff. Held at the Gillespie Co Fairgrounds on Hwy 16 S. In conjunction with the Reunion Weekend. Chili Grind Only. Entry fee $25 and will include admission to the horse races and dance on Saturday night. No glass bottles allowed on premises. More details to follow. Information contact Kim Hiley or kdhiley@yahoo.com Jul 16, Pinetop AZ CASI. Chili Cookoff of the Pines Regional Open Championship. This is an Automatic Qualifier for TICC Held at Charlie Clark s Steakhouse 1701 E White Mt. Blvd, Pinetop,AZ Entry fee $25 turn-in 2 PM. Make checks payable to CASA. Benefits The Love Kitchen. Contact Travis Tonzi E Emerald Dr, Fountain Hills AZ cell , tatonzi@cox.net. See Chilicookoffinthepines@shutterfly.com for preregistration. Jul 17, St Helens OR CASI. Oregons Best State Championship CCO Automatic qualifier for TICC, held at Columbia County Fairgrounds, Saulser Rd. Entry fee $10 plus 2 gallons of peoples choice chili. Turn-in 2 PM. CHILI GRIND ONLY. Contact Steven Price sgprice@qmail.com. Make checks to Columbus County Fair & Rodeo. Jul 17, Fredericksburg TX CASI. Sunday Fredericksburg Cookoff. Gillespie Co Fairgrounds on Hwy 16 S. Chili Grind only. Entry fee $20 and will include admission to the horse races. No glass bottles allowed on premises. More details to follow. Information contact Kim Hiley or kdhiley@yahoo.com. Jul 23, Austin TX CASI. Lone Star Weekend. Limited to 75 cooks. Held at Austin Lone Star Carefree RV Resort, 7009 S IH-35, Entry fee $93, turn-in 1 PM. Make checks payable to Lone Star Weekend. Contact Yolie Rodd casihotrodd@aol.com. Jul 23, Cloudcroft NM CASI. Cloudcroft CCO Located at the Ski Cloudcroft Lodge, three miles north of Cloudcroft. Entry fee $20 turn- in 2 PM. Make checks payable to New Mexico Chili Society. Contact Tom Chaney t.chaney@yahoo.com. Dry camping is available and plentiful. Ample lodging is available in the town of Cloudcroft. Table monitors will be needed. Bring your umbrella and rain gear as it normally rains during this weekend Jul 24, Cloudcroft NM CASI. The Day After, Cloudcroft CCO This is a NMCS Pod CCO. Ample dry camping is available. Plentiful lodging is available in the town of Cloudcroft. Bring your umbrella and rain gear as it normally rains on this weekend. Table monitors will be needed. Chili Grind Only. Located at the Ski Cloudcroft about 3 miles north of Cloudcroft. Entry fee $20 turn- in Noon. Make checks payable to New Mexico Chili Society. Contact Tom Chaney Jul 30, Batavia IL CASI. The Nineteenth Illinois State Open Championship Chili Cookoff. Held at Batavia Riverwalk and Peg Bond Center, Island Avenue and Houston Street. Benefits Batavia Teen Center. Make checks payable to Windmill City Chili Cookoff. Entry fee CASI Chili $25. Site opens 7:00 am, Cooks Meeting at 9:00 am, chili turn-in 1:00 PM. Green Chili $10, turn- in 2:00 PM. Contact Bill or Cheryl Pierson 411 Illinois Avenue, Batavia IL Phone , WCCCO@comcast.net Automatic qualifier for TICC top three cooks and first place show. Jul 30, Weatherford TX CASI. 2nd Annual Parker County 4H CCO Held at the Parker County 4-H Youth Center at 2752 Tin Top Road About 1 mile south of I-20 at exit 408 in Weatherford. CASI chili $20 turn-in 1:00 p.m., CHILI GRIND or GROUND MEAT ONLY. Jackpot beans $5 turn-in at noon Juniors $5 turn-in at 1:00 p.m. Plenty of RV parking - no hookups. Taster s cups will be sold please bring throw-down for sampling. Youth activities raffle and vendors scheduled. Benefits the Parker County 4-H Youth Center and 4-H Scholarship Fund. For more details contact Tina Stevens at tinarn1@aledobb.com Jul 30, Tahoka TX CASI. 7th No Adult Supervision BBQ/Chili LSBS sanctioned BBQ cookoff. $75 one or all meats - Chicken, Ribs, & Brisket. Pinto Beans - $10 entry. Chili entry $20. Live music Fri & Sat nites. Limited full RV Hookups $30 for Fri/Sat nite. Reservation will be required. Addtl nites $15 each. Contact Mike Braddock at Limited water & electricity avail for $15 Fri/Sat nite. Stay for Sunday Chili as well. Go to for more information and entry forms. Benefits Lynn County 4H. Held at End of the Trails RV Park. Jul 31, Batavia IL CASI. 20th Windmill City Chili Cookoff Held at Batavia Riverwalk and Peg Bond Center, Island Avenue and Houston Street. Benefits Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry. Make checks payable to Windmill City Chili Cookoff. Entry fee $20, Site opens 8:00 am, Cooks Meeting at 9:00 am, Chili turnin 1:00 pm. Information Bill or Cheryl Pierson, 411 Illinois Ave. Batavia IL WCCCO@comcast.net. Jul 31, Tahoka TX CASI. Day After 7th NAS Chili Cookoff Day After Chili Cookoff. Entry is $20. Turn in time will be 12:30. Please see previous day or for more information. Benefits Tahoka 3-D Band Boosters. Held at the End of the Trails RV Park. kelly@noadultsupervision.com Aug 6, Zuehl TX CASI. Aces Pod 12th Annual Chili Cookoff. Held at Bexar Hall. Bean Cookoff $10 entry fee 12 pm turn in. Jalapeno Cookoff Open rules $5 entry fee 1 pm turn in. Local Chili Cookoff grind only $15 entry fee 2 pm turn in. CASI Chili grind only $20 entry fee 2 pm turn in. Showmanship for Chili begins at 11 am. Big Raffle, drawing after announcements Saturday night Pot Luck, Pod will furnish the meat. Benefits St Hedwig VFD. Contact Happy Hinman See Cookoff next day. Chili entry for both days if paid at registration Saturday is $35. Aug 7, Zuehl TX CASI. Sunday Aces Pod Cookoff. Held at Bexar Hall. Entry fee $20. If paid at registration on Saturday fee will be $35 for both days. Turn-in 1 PM. Chili grind only. Benefits Bexar Bowling and Social Hall Building Fund. Info Happy Hinman Aug 13, San Angelo TX CASI. Albertson on the Strip Details to follow. Sammie Plant. Aug 20, Red River NM CASI. Hot Chili Days... Cool Chili Nights Four Corners Regional CASI Chili Cook off. This year s event is being hosted by the New Mexico Chili Society. This 3- day music, BBQ and Chili event will once again be held in Brandenburg Park (adjacent to the Red River Conference Center) in quaint downtown Red River. The weekend is comprised of the Larry Joe Taylor music festival, the Lone Star BBQ competition, the 4- Corners Regional CASI Red Chili cook off, the State of New Mexico Green Chili Championship, the Open Salsa competition and the Open Chili competition. The fees are as follows: $20 for the first chili or salsa category and $10 for every additional chili/salsa category. All cooks that signup and pay by August 5, 2011 will receive a $5 discount on their first chili/ salsa category meaning the first category fee is $15 for those that signup early. Benefits various organizations including the Red River Charter School. Make checks payable to the New Mexico

33 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page 33 Chili Society at PO Box 502, Anthony, New Mexico Please contact Tom Chaney / NMCS at or Red River Conference Center / Rebecca Aug 20, Waco TX CASI. Make a Muscle, Make a Difference CO held at Cameron Park East Located off of Martin Luther King Blvd. Is also on the Brazo s river. They are planning entertainment (TBA). Cooks are welcome to come in on Friday night Plenty of RV PARKING & RV HOOK UP S (more information to follow at a later date). Entry Fee $18.00, Turn in time 2pm. CHILI GRIND ONLY!! For more information contact either Cherise Hawkins with the Muscular Dystrophy (254) or Dianne (254) or Winksintexas@aol.com Looking forward to seeing everyone there and to having a great turn out let s get those points for Terlingua! Aug 20, Alpine AZ CASI. 16th Annual Alpine Chili POD CCO. Alpine Rodeo Grounds, dry camping. Cooks potluck Friday, around 5:00, meat provided. Charity: Alpine School and Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept. People s Choice, BBQ, Spam, Jackpot Beans. CASI entry - $18.00, Turn-in 1:00 p.m. Contact: Dick Seehusen, Alpine Chili Society, or , seealpine@yahoo.com. Aug 20, Cedar Rapids IA CASI. 28th Annual Iowa State Championship Chili Cook Off. Automatic Qualifier for TICC. Held at: Chrome Horse Slophouse and Saloon rd St SE. Benefits: Tanager Place. Turn In Times: CASI Chili 2:00 JR Chili: 2:30. Salsa: 1:00. Entry fee CASI Chili $25, JR Chili $5, Salsa $5 Make checks payable to: Tanager Place. Contact Gary Christensen 3216 Iris Ave NW Cedar Rapids, IA Cell Notice!! Junior Chili is chili grind only! Salsa should be homemade, canned or fresh Mail Judging packet to: Gary Christensen 3216 Iris Ave NW Cedar Rapids, IA Sep 3, San Angelo TX CASI. Fall Festival At Albertson s More Details To Follow. Sammie Plant. Sep 3, Kemah TX CASI. Elks Charity Chili Cookoff Held at Elks Lodge 2322, 623 Hanson Rd. Entry fee $20 turnin 2 PM. Benefits Elks Charity. Contact Al or Sherry Austin CHILI GRIND ONLY. Jackpot beans and Salsa also.

34 Page 34 Terlingua Trails April 2011 Sep 3, San Angelo TX CASI. Shrine Fall Festival Suez Shrine Fall Festival CCO. Day 1 of a 3 day CCO. It benefits Suez Shrine Charities. It will be held at the Suez Shrine Center at 1915 Loop 306 Access Road. Take the College Hills Exit on Loop 306. There will be a Jackpot Beans Competition. The Entry Fee will be $5.00 and the turn in time will be 1:00 PM. Chili turn in will be at 2:00 pm. Entry fee $ Payable to Concho Valley Chili Pod. This is a 3 day CCO. See Sunday s and Monday s information. There will be a 50/50 Raffle. on Saturday night, there will be a 42 Tournament. Limited Hookups. For more Information contact Sherry Maus at or Boomer Kingston at It wil1 be CHILI GRIND ONLY Sep 4, Kemah TX CASI. Sunday Elks Cookoff. Held at Elks Lodge 2322, 623 Hanson Road. Entry fee $20 turn- in Noon. Benefits PMI CLG. Contact Al or Sherry Austin See cookoff previous day Sep 4, San Angelo TX CASI. Jerry s Kids MDA Day 2 of a 3 day CCO. It benefits Jerry s Kids MDA. It will be held at the Suez Shrine Center at 1915 Loop 306 Access Road. Take the College Hills Exit on Loop 306. Chili turn in will be at 2:00 pm. Entry fee $ Payable to Concho Valley Chili Pod. This is a 3 day CCO. See Saturday s and Monday s information. There will be a Cake Auction. On Saturday night, there will be a 42 Tournament. There are limited hookups. More information available at a later date. Contact Sherry Maus at or Boomer Kingston at It wil1 be CHILI GRIND ONLY. Sep 5, San Angelo TX CASI. Shrine Hospital CCO Shrine Hospital CCO. Day 3 of a 3 day CCO. It benefits the Shrine Hospital.It will be held at the Suez Shrine Center at 1915 Loop 306 Access Road. Take the College Hills Exit on Loop 306. Chili turn in will be at 12:00 pm. Entry fee $ Payable to Concho Valley Chili Pod. This is a 3 day CCO. See Saturday s and Sunday s information. There will be a 50/50 Raffle. On Saturday night, there will be a 42 Tournament. There are limited hookups. Plenty of Parking available. More information will be available at a later date. Contact Sherry Maus at or Boomer Kingston at It wil1 be CHILI GRIND ONLY. Sep 10, 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 Sep 17, El Paso TX CASI. Franklin Mountains Annual CCO This CCO will be held at the RV parking area located within the park. Held at Tom May s Unit of Franklin Mountain Park located just off Transmountain Rd on the West side of Franklin Mountains. From 1-10 take the Transmountain Rd exit, travel 3 miles and the entrance gate will be on your left. From Hwy 54 in El Paso, take the Transmountain Rd exit and travel about 7 miles, over the summit, and the entrance will be on your right. Once in the park, check the signs. Turn- in 1 p.m. Entry fee $ Make checks payable to Pod of the Pass. Bud Barrick teamorgan@q.com. Sep 17, Palos Park IL CASI. Palos Park Cookoff. Held at 8901 W 123rd St, on Village Green behind Recreation Center. Make checks payable to Village of Palos Park. Entry fee $18 turn-in 12:15 PM. Contact Nichole Marxman , nmarxman@palospark.org. Sep 17, Gonzales TX CASI. 5th Annual First Shot Cookoff Held at J B Wells Park, Hwy 183S and Hwy 87, south of Guadalupe River. Entry fee $20 turn-in 2 PM. IBCA Cookoff Brisket, Chicken Ribs, Jackpot Beans. Tractor Pull Showmanship Hookups available from city. See cookoff following day. Contact Sissy Mills, , sissym@jdcoins.com. Or Shirley Breitschopf CHILI GRIND ONLY. Friday night Jackpot Salsa and Margarita off. For more Upcoming Cook-offs, visit Advertising Rate Schedule-Effective 01/01/2003 Full Page 10" X 11" - $ /2 Page 5" X 11" - $ /2 page 10" X 5 1/2" - $ /4 Page 5" X 5 1/2" - $ /8 Page 5" X 3" - $60.00 Bottom Banner 10 X 3 - $90.00 Business Card - $40.00 Classifieds - $40-2 inch - 3 Months All Prices Are For Camera Ready Ads (.jpg) Multiple Month Ads: 3 to 5 month running ad, 15% discount per month 6 to 11 month running ad, 20% discount per month 12 months or more, 25% discount per month Send ads to Dana Plocheck danap903@comcast.net Fax Free Quarter Page Ad to CASI Pods, State, Regional and International Opens As a CASI Pod you are required to put on a pod cookoff once a year. To help you advertise your pod cookoff we allow each pod to place one quarter page ad in the Terlingua Trails, each year, free of charge. This ad should run the month before your cookoff occurs. Should you decide that you need an ad larger than a quarter page we will simply bill you for the difference in price. This ad should not be confused with the article advertising your cookoff in the "Cooking with CASI Calendar" section in the Terlingua Trails. That article will start to run as soon as you request your cookoff packet and will run until your cookoff occurs. Send ads to: Dana Plocheck danap903@comcast.net Fax Jim Ezell - Sponsorship Chairman 3987 Hwy 79 South Wichita Falls, TX Cell: (214) JEzell8642@aol.com Non Board Contributing Members Barbara Herrin CASI Scholarship Program Administrator 7291 FM 380 Paint Rock, TX Home: (325) herrinbarbara@aol.com Ralph Hay - Old 320 Alcalde 2505 Easy Street Pasadena, Texas Home: (713) rhay16@comcast.net Jim Stateczney - Computer Services 4 Green Cedar Road Boerne, Texas Work: (830) Jim@hillcountrysoftware.com

35 April 2011 Terlingua Trails Page /2011 CASI Board of Directors Renee Moore - President 214 El Camino River Road Bastrop TX Cell: (251) rmoore2142@att.net Ed Blair - Vice President P O Box 307 Bellaire TX Home: (713) Cell: (832) Ol_Jock_Chili@swbell.net Roger Foltz - Secretary 5024 Milam Dallas TX Cell: (214) rbfoltz@aol.com David Sexton - Treasurer P O Box Dallas TX Cell: (817) sextond@tx.rr.com Janice Miller - Executive Director 3014 Oak Mountain Trail San Angelo TX Home: (325) Cell: (325) garjans@suddenlink.net John Goforth - Ranch Manager Rancho CASI de los Chisos P O Box 841 Comfort TX Cell: (830) j-goforth@hotmail.com Darin Jester - Membership P O Box Indianapolis IN Home: (317) Cell: (317) membership@chili.org Dana Plocheck - Terlingua Trails Editor 4110 Caravel Ct Missouri City TX Home: (281) Work: (281) Cell: (713) danap903@comcast.net Robert Schrade - Krazy Flats Manager 2231 Silver Mt. San Antonio TX Cell: (210) casiwappo@aol.com Dorathy Williams - Upcomings P O Box 39 Terlingua TX Upcomings: Phone or Fax CASI-HOT Home: (432) dorathy@hughes.net Jenny Windsor - Tally Master 210 Kennedy Drive Severna Park MD Cell: (443) Fax: (410) jennwindsor@gmail.com CASI - Chili Appreciation Society International - Membership Application (New Member) - (Renewal Member) - (Corporate Member) - Circle One Mail form and membership fee to CASI - P O Box , Indianapolis IN Individual Membership: North American Annual Dues are $15.00 (US, US Protectorates, Canada and Mexico), International Annual Dues are $15.00 and receive e-copy of Terlingua Trails. Lifetime Dues are $ (Not available to our International Members) Annual Corporate Memberships are $ Please Print Clearly Name: Your CASI No. (For Corporate Memberships - Owner Name) (Renewals Only) Corporate/Business Name: (Corporate Membership Only - List as you wish on your Plaque) Chili Team Name: Occupation: Street Address or PO Box: City, State, Zip+4: Upcoming Cookoff Information Sheet FILL OUT AND MAIL TO: CASI Upcomings - PO Box 39 - Terlingua, Texas Please list the following Upcoming Cookoff in the Terlingua Trails. Phone or Fax Date and City: Cookoff Name: Street Address/Location: CASI Sanctioned: Turn-in Time: Charity: Entry Fee: Checks Payable to: Information Contact: Contact Address: Contact Phone Number: Preregistration Deadline (If Applicable): Telephone No:)( ) Special Meat: Mail Judging Packet to: Need Rule Book: (Yes) or (No) Chili Grind Only: (Yes) or (No) Send Boxes of Terlingua Trails - Each box contains 25 copies of the Terlingua Trails Send me CASI Judging Cup Tickets (no charge): Yes No, approximate number of tickets:

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