Re: [CH] 2002 Bowers PA Chile Pepper Festival Photos
Steve Winnard (s_winnard@hotmail.com)
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:07:18 +1200
Loved the photos - you Merkins get to have all the fun! I figured out who
Sweet Dougie Barnhart is, but I'd love to put faces to names of some of the
others on this list...any chance of doing that for me, and the others on the
list that are interested (put yer hands up!).
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Porter" <Jeff.Porter@mindspring.com>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 3:33 AM
Subject: [CH] 2002 Bowers PA Chile Pepper Festival Photos
> I've posted the best of my pictures from the 2002 Bowers PA Chile Pepper
> Festival held on September 7, 2002. Take a look at Doug Barnhart
defending
> his Jalepeno Eating contest crown and fellow CH's Risa, =Mark, Chip Welsh,
> Doug Barnhart and others.
>
> Follow the link to view the photos on the Ofoto.com website. You'll have
to
> register to view them, but don't worry, you can opt out of any newsletter
> and 3rd party offers. This is good photo sharing site that is run by Kodak
> that I've been using for a while now. If you like any of the photos and
want
> my original digital version contact me offlist.
>
> http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=8876564102.30546658503&n=1353111566
>
> At the end of the album are some photos of a great woman who has a home
> business making chilehead clothing. She lives right in Bowers, PA (home of
> the festival) area and makes the best custom CH clothing I've seen. There
is
> a sad story here and I will post the details seperately when I have all
the
> info, but the bottom line is that the festival organizers have been
> strong-arming her to cease and desist her use of the 'Bowers' name or
> chilehead logo on any of her products. They nearly forced her out of
> business this year as she had already purchased alot of hats that would
bear
> her superior rendition of the local festival icon - fact is that the local
> organizers have been selling the same boring 'official' festival hat for
> years now and at least this woman provides some variety. I will provide
> details on a campaign to stop the tactics of the festival organizers and
let
> this woman continue to make and sell her great CH clothing products in the
> near future.
>
> -JP-
>