Enter the CASC Chili Cooking Contest

POTEAU – Carl Albert State College will be serving up hundreds of bowls of the best chili in the area at this year’s Wal-Mart/CASC Chili Cooking Contest.

The college invites the community to enter their finest chili in the contest by downloading the online entry form at http://www.carlalbert.edu/banner/chili.docx.

The annual competition will take place on CASC’s Poteau campus on Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is the 14^th year of the contest, which will take place in the CASC Ballroom on the second floor of the Costner-Balentine Student Center.

There is no entry fee and numerous prizes will be awarded to individuals, businesses, banks, clubs and others who make the tastiest chili. Lots of door prizes will also be given away during the event, plus the silent auction will feature items no one will want to miss.

Tickets to the event are $7 and purchase all you can eat of the chili, hotdogs, drinks and desserts. Tickets are available from many CASC employees including Michelle White in room 804 of the F.L. Holton Business Center (918-647-1399).

The chili cooking contest is sponsored by Wal-Mart, which has again agreed to match up to $2,000 of proceeds from ticket sales. The contest is a fundraising effort by staff, faculty, students, and supporters of CASC to benefit the CASC Development Foundation, which provides scholarships to students and builds dormitories. This year’s funds will be used to pay dormitory debt.

         Since it began, the Chili Cooking Contest has raised more than $82,000, all of which has directly benefited the lives of CASC students.