All, As of 9/30, we reached the 250 lb. minimum order. (We now have thirty-eight 38 10-lbs boxes pre-paid, 10 more boxes than in 1998.) Check out below to make sure what I have down for you IS what you ordered. Thanks, Art Pierce <pierces@cruzio.com> 714 Almond Drive Watsonville, CA 95076-3608 1-(831)-724-7204 ~~~ LAST CALL: For anyone else that wants to get in on this low-priced group purchase before it shuts down until the autumn of 2000: 1) The orders are in 10-lb. box increments. 2) Pre-paid orders only. 3) $30 for each 10-lb. box. 4) The cut-off date for last arrival of checks made out to me is Friday, October 8, 1999. 5) Please specify savinas &/or franciscas! 6) Checks received after October 8th will be returned to you in the next postal mail. ~~~ I just spoke to Mary Garcia of GNS Spices. The special picking for our savinas & franciscas will be on Tuesday, October 12, 1999 (for maximum freshness), with Guzman Bros. Transportation picking up the boxes in their refrigerated truck in Oxnard on Wednesday, October 13, 1999, at the cooler/warehouse at Driscoll Farmers' Coop, 3939 East Hueneme Road, Oxnard, CA 93033 Tel: 805.488.0333. Angel Lopez, Plant Manager . Southern California buyers, this will be a one-time event in 1999, unless in the future you are able to get together your own group purchase and convince Frank (and Mary) Garcia to agree to it So far Dan Hirschi of Van Nuys & Rob Lusk, of Burbank MUST arrange with Angel Lopez to pick up their combined 4 boxes of franciscas and 3 boxes of red savinas between 7AM & 5PM on Wednesday, Oct 13th. Again, Frank & Mary will separate out those 7 boxes this one time, only, and any others for Southern California that are pre-paid by Friday, Oct. 8th, 1999. But not in the future. Also, please call/email me to confirm your pickup time in Oxnard. The remainder of the order will be wrapped and on a pallet for shipping north. I don't know exactly when in the evening or night of Wed., Oct. 13th that Guzman will be getting the chiles up here to put in the GB's cooler. Individuals can pickup in Northern California at the Grey Bears' cooler at 2710 Chanticleer Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1812; Tel: 831.495.1055 Talk to the Director, Lynda Francis. Lynda will be there 9AM=>3PM, M=>W; 11AM=>3PM, Th & F Map at: http://www.mapblast.com/mapblast/blast.hm?CMD=GEO&xx=1&AD2=2710+Chanticleer&AD3=Santa+Cruz%2C+CA+95065&IC=%3A%3A8&IC%3A= Please also call me in every case to set your time for pickup:. I can be there pretty much anytime on Sa or Su that's convenient for the most people. Again: pre-arrange with me for each and any pickup you'll be doing. ~~~ The following 13 people have sent checks and since we reached the 250 lb. minimum order, I'll deposit all of the following checks today. I'm BCC; -ing you 13 to not garble up the header in the CH newsletter. Thanks to all of us together for making this work. [Everybody make sure this matches what you want, especially Daniel Laybourn & Constance Allen.] Form below is: Email address of orderer What you ordered Date on check Check number Jim Black <jjb@mediacity.com> 1 box red savinas 9/13 Check # 2415 Daniel Laybourn <grafxweb@pacbell.net> 1 box red savinas????? 9/13 Check # 372 Bill Oakes <bill_oakes@novell.com> Bill Oakes <bill_oakes@ibm.net> 1 box red savinas 9/14 Check # 3329 Constance Allen <callen@sirius.com> 1 box red savinas????? 9/14 Check # 1039 Dan Hirschi <hirschi@primenet.com> Dan Hirschi <dan.hirschi@csun.edu> 1 box each red savinas and franciscas 9/14 Check # 3635 Jack & Debi Curry dba The Prince of Wales Pub <debicurry@worldnet.att.net> 7 boxes red savinas 9/14 Check # 10230 Alice and William Lamb <blamb@best.com> 1 box red savinas 9/19 Check # 3329 Rob & Joni Rayment <rrayment@ix.netcom.com> 2 boxes red savinas 9/21 Check # 8531 Douglas Law <dlaw@hooked.net> Douglas Law <dlaw@wenet.net> 1 box red savinas 9/21 Check # 8524 David Leon <david.leon@vta.org> 1 box each red savinas and franciscas 9/22 Check # 1706 Chipotle Coyote aka Mark Holm <coyote@calweb.com> Mark Holm 1 box red savinas 9/22 Check # 19397405 Rob Lusk <rlusk12@earthlink.net> 3 boxes red savinas 2 boxes franciscas 9/23 Check # 1022 Scott Ashkenaz <Scott.Ashkenaz@kla-tencor.com> 10 boxes red savinas 3 boxes franciscas 9/29 Check # 1001