Great Contest Location

when you say regionals at Parowan are you meaning region
9? I'm
assuming so and the SSA had mentioned the region 9
might be there
again next year.

Bob


I'm tempted to say region 11 (east), remembering Kilo
Sierra's April fool joke from the first Parowan regionals,
when he declared it to be region 2 (west) and published
a new entry list showing all the region 9 guys on the
bottom!
Yes it will be region 9 (north),
JJ

JJ,
Thanks for the info. The KS April Fools in 2004 was a memorable
classic!
All kidding aside, I don't see any reason why Parowan couldn't be used
for more than one regional contest a year if the desire to do so is
strong enough. I would suspect the AP managers and the town of Parowan
would welcome the idea. Do the rules allow a regional to be held
outside of its physical boundaries?
21

I'm tempted to say region 11 (east), remembering Kilo
Sierra's April fool joke from the first Parowan regionals,
when he declared it to be region 2 (west) and published
a new entry list showing all the region 9 guys on the
bottom!
Yes it will be region 9 (north),
JJ

Yes, they do. Some TuSC members (the ones with rASAing stripes) talked
about hosting Region 12 at El Tiro next year.

That, too, is a great place to have a contest!

El Tuno Gringo

ET Gringo

Why is ASA hosting a regional contest they don't belong to, in a
region outside of the region they are trying to host?

But thats ok i guess, less work for me. No engraved beer mug trophy
for you.

GS:

Why is ASA hosting a regional contest they don't belong to, in a
region outside of the region they are trying to host?

They're not

Some of us were talking about doing it -- if no one in Region 12 did.
(Note that Region 9 had two contests this year, Region 12 el zippo.)

2NO

Do the rules allow a regional to be held
outside of its physical boundaries?

It has been done, region 12 held several regionals
at Bishop, CA which is located in region 11 territory
so there's president. One thing I don't understand
is the Phoenix guys don't support Parowan and I don't
understand why? If I had to decide between Hobbs and
Parowan, I know which one I'd choose.
JJ

JJ, what on earth makes you feel that the Phoenix guys don't support
Parowan?? You could not be more mistaken on that one!

Of course, getting my crew to come back is a whole nuther story ...

2NO

On Aug 1, 3:59 pm, Rick Culbertson wrote:
JJ,
Thanks for the info. The KS April Fools in 2004 was a memorable
classic!
All kidding aside, I don't see any reason why Parowan couldn't be used
for more than one regional contest a year if the desire to do so is
strong enough. I would suspect the AP managers and the town of Parowan
would welcome the idea. Do the rules allow a regional to be held
outside of its physical boundaries?
21


Rick,

Here is the one we wrote, but didn't release this year on April 1st.

April 1, 2007

Region 2 Far West Contest Parowan Utah

The Prophet Karl along with Brother Spratt of the Later Day Soaring
(LDS) Church have had a revelation that there should be held a soaring
contest in Parowan Utah in 2007. The LDS Church founded in Palmyra NY
by Joseph Smith in the 1820's not far from Elmira NY, one of the
holiest sites to the current members. Brother Smith moved the church
several times before settling in Far West, Missouri where he believed
the Garden of Eden had been. After early percussion for believing
that man could become a god and therefore fly the church was forced
move to Illinois where the first Prophet was martyred and Brigham
Young became the second Prophet of the LDS Church. It was revealed to
Brother Young that the soaring was so bad in the Midwest and East that
the LDS Church should move west again in search of a true Zion where
the weather was better for soaring. In 1847 Brigham Young on coming to
Utah exclaimed, "This is the place". His power of prophecy has been
reviled as true as the future state of Utah and surrounding areas that
he called Desserett are home to some of the best soaring in the world.

This brings us to the current revelation. It appear after numerous
discussions with the directors, commercial operators, clubs and pilots
in Region 9 that it was decided that it was best if the Region 2
congregation preemptively apply to hold a contest in Utah before any
of those pesky natives might get to thinking they might want to run
one in their own region. Prophet Karl proclaimed that only those of
us from east of the big river are the true Later Day Soarers, those
from the west side of the county are just gentiles and heathens and
would not know how to run a contest. Look at all the trouble they had
last year in Arizona when they tried to work with the Air Force.

We don't need local support we can bring our brethren from region 2
out by handcart to run the whole thing. Just because the Region 9 was
going to hold a contest in New Mexico or some other spot this year is
their problem. The old saying is true "You snooze you loose". If the
locals get in the way too much we can take them out to Mountain Meadow
for a little one-way field trip.

The Prophet will bring his venerable Schweizer 2-32 to the contest so
that he can take several of his wives up at a time to fly with him.
He has been known to land at Colorado City and pick up one or two
(three if they are small enough) new ones while flying in Utah. With
Warren Jeff's locked away in jail in Saint George, there is a
potential opening to become the Prophet of the FLDS Church as well.

Well written Tim, best laugh Ive' had this week!

At 02:18 02 August 2007, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Aug 1, 3:59 pm, Rick Culbertson wrote:
JJ,
Thanks for the info. The KS April Fools in 2004 was
a memorable
classic!
All kidding aside, I don't see any reason why Parowan
couldn't be used
for more than one regional contest a year if the desire
to do so is
strong enough. I would suspect the AP managers and
the town of Parowan
would welcome the idea. Do the rules allow a regional
to be held
outside of its physical boundaries?
21


Rick,

Here is the one we wrote, but didn't release this year
on April 1st.

April 1, 2007

Region 2 Far West Contest Parowan Utah

The Prophet Karl along with Brother Spratt of the Later
Day Soaring
(LDS) Church have had a revelation that there should
be held a soaring
contest in Parowan Utah in 2007. The LDS Church founded
in Palmyra NY
by Joseph Smith in the 1820's not far from Elmira NY,
one of the
holiest sites to the current members. Brother Smith
moved the church
several times before settling in Far West, Missouri
where he believed
the Garden of Eden had been. After early percussion
for believing
that man could become a god and therefore fly the church
was forced
move to Illinois where the first Prophet was martyred
and Brigham
Young became the second Prophet of the LDS Church.
It was revealed to
Brother Young that the soaring was so bad in the Midwest
and East that
the LDS Church should move west again in search of
a true Zion where
the weather was better for soaring. In 1847 Brigham
Young on coming to
Utah exclaimed, 'This is the place'. His power of
prophecy has been
reviled as true as the future state of Utah and surrounding
areas that
he called Desserett are home to some of the best soaring
in the world.

This brings us to the current revelation. It appear
after numerous
discussions with the directors, commercial operators,
clubs and pilots
in Region 9 that it was decided that it was best if
the Region 2
congregation preemptively apply to hold a contest in
Utah before any
of those pesky natives might get to thinking they might
want to run
one in their own region. Prophet Karl proclaimed that
only those of
us from east of the big river are the true Later Day
Soarers, those
from the west side of the county are just gentiles
and heathens and
would not know how to run a contest. Look at all the
trouble they had
last year in Arizona when they tried to work with the
Air Force.

We don't need local support we can bring our brethren
from region 2
out by handcart to run the whole thing. Just because
the Region 9 was
going to hold a contest in New Mexico or some other
spot this year is
their problem. The old saying is true 'You snooze
you loose'. If the
locals get in the way too much we can take them out
to Mountain Meadow
for a little one-way field trip.

The Prophet will bring his venerable Schweizer 2-32
to the contest so
that he can take several of his wives up at a time
to fly with him.
He has been known to land at Colorado City and pick
up one or two
(three if they are small enough) new ones while flying
in Utah. With
Warren Jeff's locked away in jail in Saint George,
there is a
potential opening to become the Prophet of the FLDS
Church as well.

At 02:00 02 August 2007, Tuno wrote:
JJ, what on earth makes you feel that the Phoenix guys
don't support

Just my impression, I guess. How many Phoenix guys
were there this year?

One thing for sure, the place is wildly popular due
to fantastic soaring and because its 1 days drive (long
days drive) from some 10 western states. Wish it was
easier to get into, though. I was 68th on a list fighting
over 50 entry slots. Micki called me just before it
started. Not many folks can drop everything and head
for Utah on a phone call. Don't know what could be
done about what I would call 'casual interest', sure
some will drop out, but 18? Guess the deposit could
be increased or made non-refundable (or both)
JJ