DISTRICT 14 - BOOZE NEWS

 

April 2005

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District 14 met on 10 April 2005 in Waterloo with the Waterloo Group hosting. There were 14 GSR’s and guests in attendance. The May meeting will be hosted by the Here and Now Across the River Group in Caseyville at the St Stephens Church Rectory located at 902 South Main St. The June and July meetings will be hosted by the O’Fallon Trailer Group. The August meeting will be tentatively hosted by the Recovery-In-Brooklyn Group. The time for all GSR Meetings remains the same at 1 pm. See you there…..

 

NOTES FROM THE MEETING:

 

The 2005 Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner and dance were exceptionally well attended. Well over 300 people were fed.

 

The Saturday Midnight Meeting at the O’Fallon Trailer Group has changed its meeting time to 10 pm. This change will be made in the Where & When --- paper copy and on-line.

 

There is a new meeting at the 623 Club. It is on Tuesday night at 8 pm. It is a Young People’s meeting to be held upstairs.

 

There is a relatively new meeting at 130 North 31st St in Belleville. It is called the Primary Purpose Group. It is a closed, discussion and a NO SMOKING meeting. It is held every Wednesday, at 9 am. The first Wednesday of each month is special as there is a breakfast at 8 am. Very simply and very good!!!

 

The meetings at the St Clair County Jail are going very well. According to Sue, the average attendance is about 15 ladies per meeting. A bunch of old Grapevines was turned over to Sue and she thanks you all. If you might be interested in this area of service work, call Sue S. (398-3648).

 

Website Committee (Rich M. – 398-2334 and Gene E. - 277-9730): Another updated Where & When has been loaded onto the site; 5 changes were made. The task of scanning hardcopies into the system with OCR software has begun. A source for more, older copies of the BN has been located and these will be procured in the near future. Rich M. has the first batch of scanned BN’s to load onto the site.

 

Treatment (Udell G. – 332-2414): The 2nd and 3rd Sundays at Gateway are open for a group to sponsor.

 

Grapevine (Gene E. – 277-9730): The Grapevine website has changed significantly since it first started. You can order 50 back issues of the Grapevine for $26 (postage included). There are some really great CD’s and Tapes – reasonably priced. Visit the site at: www.aagrapevine.org

 

CPC (Tracy H. – 588-3820): Tracy is brand new. Trying to get a handle on this job. She has talked with the previous CPC (Chester) and will talk with a couple of previous CPC people.

 

Answering Svc (Ethereal T. – 233-7104): After further research, it was discovered that 35 calls were made. Ethereal will check to ensure we were given the correct report. Also, Ethereal will contact the Answering Svc Chairman to see about cooperation on the A.S. More in the next BN.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

The 29th Annual Springtime in the Ozarks will be held from 14-17 April 2005 at the Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs Arkansas. Call (479) 986-9848 or (479) 927-0515 for more info.

 

The 43rd Annual BNAA Roundup will be held 15-17 April 2005 in Bloomington IL. Registration is $35 which includes the banquet. Reservations at the hotel are (309) 662-2020. Cost per night is $95. For more info, call Frank H. (309) 826-3656.

 

The 2nd Annual Serenity Hike will be held on 17 April 2005. Meet at the Try Club, 655 Berkshire Blvd, East Alton IL at 1 pm. Then, ride or drive to Pere Marquette State Park for assembly at the Visitor Center. Dogs are welcome also. Hike up Goat Cliff Trail, have a mini-meeting, eat a snack, enjoy the view and then hike back down. If more info is needed, give Rich or Jenny a call at (618) 258-1567.

 

The 4th Annual Spring Carlyle Lake Campout will be held at Boulder Campground from 29 April to 1 May 2005. The campsites are $14 per night, with full hookups, 1-camper & 3-tents per site (share a site & save $). There will be a meal provided Friday nite, plus there will be a speaker meeting on Saturday nite and a spiritual meeting Sunday morning. Call Chuck & Liz (632-6939) or Dave & Tina (667-4519) for more info…….

 

The 8th Annual Little Egypt Roundup will be held 6-8 May 2005 at the Horizon Inn and Conference Center (soon to be Best Western University Plaza) in Carbondale Illinois; located at 800 East Main. Call (618) 529-1100 for reservations. For more info, call Denny M. (618) 643-2200 or Mike Mc. (618) 993-4086.

 

The Southern Illinois Area 21 Assembly will be held 5 June 2005 at the Eastland Suites Conference Center, 1907 North Cunningham Avenue, Urbana Illinois. Registration begins at 7:30 am and the assembly begins at 9:00 am. Registration costs $5.00. Buffet lunch will be $11.50. If you want to stay at the hotel, call (1-217-367-8331) for reservations. Cost is $79.95 and you must mention Southern Illinois Area Assembly to get the special room rate. For more info, call Emily S. at (269) 352-2275.

 

The 4th Annual AA Bali Roundup will be held 3-5 June 2005 at the Royal Seminyak Hotel in Bali Indonesia. For more info, visit the website: http://aa-bali.org

 

The 32nd Illinois State Conference will be held 2-4 Sep 2005 in Chicago IL at the Palmer House Hilton. For reservations, call 1-800-HILTONS. The room rate is $112. For more info, call Stephanie M. at (773) 561-9963 or Celeste (773) 871-2377.

 

The 2005 Southern Illinois Area 21 Assembly will be hosted by District 12 and held 11 Sep 2005 at Lanterman Park in Bridgeport IL. Registration is $4 and Lunch will be $5. Twenty (20) rooms have been blocked in Olney IL at the Holiday Inn at $47.95 per night. For reservations, call 1-618-395-2121. For more info, call Kenny A. (618) 843-2646 or Tasha F. (618) 395-0139.

 

The East Central Regional Forum will be held on 4-6 Nov 2005 at Michigan Technological University, Memorial Union Bldg, in Houghton Michigan. For more info, call Torv at (906) 884-6338.

 

The 2005 Spiritual Homecoming will be held on 25-27 November 2005 at the Millennium Hotel in St Louis Missouri. This is a National event Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of AA Coming of Age. You can register on-line at: www.stl2005.org or call Phil K. at (314) 843-8560. The cost of registration is $45 plus the Saturday night banquet is $30. If you would like to stay at the hotel during the event, call (314) 241-9500 or 1-866-866-8086 for reservations. The cost per night is $99 plus tax (1-4 people per room).

 

The 2005 Southern Illinois Area 21 Assembly will be held on 4 Dec 2005 at the Frontier Steakhouse in Sparta IL. Registration is $3 and the Buffet will be $10. Twenty (20) rooms have been blocked at the Best Western Sparta Motel at $56 per night. For reservations, call (618) 443-4526. For more info, call Robert E. (618) 806-0797 or Dale W. (618) 758-3226.

 

BIRTHDAYS: (Birthdays will only be entered if they occur before or on the date of the GSR Meeting; otherwise, they will be entered in the next Booze News)

 

623 Group: Charlie Q., JDG – 14 yrs, Marcellis – 13 yrs, Gary G. – 11 yrs, Deirdre G., Alison – 9 yrs, Michelle – 8 yrs, Lisa S., Mike P. – 6 yrs, Bob S. – 5 yrs, Lisa H., Kathy – 30 days.

Cahokia Serenity Group: Doug T. – 16 yrs.

Collinsville Honesty Group: Jerry P. – 23 yrs, Jim H. – 3 yrs, Lisa B. – 1 yr.

Collinsville Lounge Group: Rich C. – 17 yrs, Jack R. – 2 yrs.

Dr. Bobs Group: Jim V. – 32 yrs, Frank B. – 29 yrs, Mary E. – 13 yrs.

East St Louis 12x12 Group: Jerry – 24 yrs, Papa Joe M. – 23 yrs, Geraldine B. – 14 yrs, Edgar – 13 yrs, Cassandra B. – 5 yrs, Julius B., George F. – 3 yrs, Byron R. – 2 yrs, Kenny G. – 1 yr, Gene – 9 mos, Buck, Rhonda – 4 mos, Tisha – 30 days.

Kings House Group: Craig W. – 13 yrs.

Mascoutah Group: Nedra C. – 23 yrs.

O’Fallon Trailer Group: Don P. – 19 yrs, Larry McC., Joe P. – 18 yrs, Jack M. – 17 yrs, Michael M., Charlie S. – 15 yrs, Karen C. – 12 yrs, Greg J., Wayne S. – 9 yrs, Deanna D. – 8 yrs, Dale J., Tony J., Joetta D., Cliff C., Thad C. – 7 yrs, Stacy N. – 5 yrs, Sergio H., Colin M., Allan C., Troy C., Shane P. – 4 yrs, Sharon F., Jill N., Christine B., Dominic R., Kayla B. – 3 yrs, Chris R., Melissa G., Dona, Angie K. – 2 yrs, Suzy H. – 1 yr, Karen T., Montey, Tony C., Lynn W. – 6 mos, Cathy, Robbie – 30 days.

Recovery-In-Brooklyn: Bill T. – 13 yrs, Udell G. – 10 yrs.

Sparta 212 Group: Jack H. – 22 yrs, Allie M. – 19 yrs, Debbie N. – 7 yrs, Connie – 3 yrs.

St Henry’s Book Club Group: Ed H. – 19 yrs.

Waterloo Group: Jim P. – 16 yrs, Tom – 1 yr.

Note: The Waterloo Group celebrated its 30 year anniversary in early April 2005.

 

Rule 62 Corner:

 

Rule 62, Part 240: The Card System by Sherman P. Belleville IL

 

30 days with no drink is a delight,

Accomplish this and you get a card that is white.

 

6 months of meetings and getting a sponsor and a cleaner liver,

You’ll receive this card the color of silver.

 

At one year your doing those things and on AA your sold,

You will receive this card the color of gold.

 

Each year after and with it you stick,

You’ll get a star inside attached by a lick.

 

This concludes of all that I have to say,

Are there cards and stars due today?

 

Rule 62, Part 241: From Live and Learn:  I've learned that when making a decision, no is more easily changed to yes than yes is changed to no. Courtesy of Don M. Olive Branch IL

 

Rule 62, Part 242: The grass is always greener on the other side, because the other fellow takes care of his yard. Courtesy of Mike Duffy Belleville IL

 

Rule 62, Part 243: I still take people's inventories. I just don't announce them at the group level. Courtesy of Don M. Olive Branch IL

 

Rule 62, Part 244: Forgiveness is giving up the hope of a better past. Courtesy of Don M. Olive Branch IL

Rule 62, Part 245: Not working the Steps will make my past my future. Courtesy of Don M. Olive Branch IL

 

Rule 62, Part 246: The importance of a sponsor cannot be stressed enough; a sponsor is like a guide through a minefield at night in the fog. It pays to follow the STEPS (no pun intended, just a fact). Courtesy of Gene E. Belleville IL

 

Editor: Gene E. – 277-9730