WE ARE ADDING A CORNBREAD COMPETITION TO THE ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF.  THERE WILL BE A TROPHY FOR THE BEST CORNBREAD AS WELL AS THE THREE TOP CHILI RECIPES.  IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN YOUR GROUP THAT HAS A “SECRET” RECIPE FOR CORNBREAD ASK THEM TO ENTER!

FEB. 11, 2011 AT ST. LUKE’S.  SEE PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT OR EVENTS CALENDAR FOR FULL DETAILS.  (ENTRANTS ONLY NEED TO BRING A CROCKPOT OF CHILI SO WE CAN KEEP THE FOOD WARM. WE WILL PROVIDE, CHEESE, CRACKERS, ETC.  SEE YOU THERE.  IF YOU ARE ENTERING CORNBREAD WE WILL HAVE A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR YOU.)

JUDGES WILL BE:  LARRY J, TRAVIS S, JEFF H, AND JANIS R

The new printed directories are now in stock.  If you need a large number of Newcomer Packs please call ahead so we can get them ready until we “catch up”.  (Nightwatch volunteers might want to pick up their copy of this directory since there were so many changes).

DIA Chili Cook Off 2012

Join us for the chili cook-off on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at St.Luke’s Episcopal Church, 5923 Royal Lane, Dallas, TX 75230.  Get your best recipe and best cook and see if your group can take home this year’s 1st Place trophy!!  The winner will have their group’s name inscribed on the permanent plaque in the Central Office, along with previous winners:  Georgetown, Town North, Legacy, Little Elm and Lewisville.  The top three entries will receive trophies and ribbons.  We will also raffle off gifts during the party.  Winning cooks (masked of course) get their photos on the front page of the DIAlog.

5PM:  Chili Check-in

5:30pm:  Judging

6pm:  Dinner

7pm: Winners/Awards Announced

7:30pm:  AA Speaker, Danny B from Spring, TX.

All you can eat and all the fun you can handle for a $5 donation.  Children (supervised) are welcome. For more information call the office at 214-887-6699.

For jail systems that will accept them, we now offer- free of charge- to members of jail teams, card stock chips from desire chips, monthly chips (1, 2, 3, 6, 9) to yearly chips.  They are labor intensive so we need requests in advance.  We do not keep them on hand since they take a lot of ink and time.  We are more than happy to make them for you if you will give us a few days to make them.  It also helps to know how many and of course, what denomination you need.

(If any committee needs help with special items we will try to help.  Just let us know what you need.  The paper jail chips came out of an inquiry from a jail committee. We didn’t have any at the time but were able to make some and have them available within a couple of weeks)

The Dallas Intergroup Reps voted for four new Board members at last night’s meeting.  Thanks to all the groups that participated.  The new Board Members are as follows:

PAT MC FROM THE KESSLER PARK GROUP

JOE P FROM THE TOWN NORTH GROUP

DAVE C FROM THE CHICAGO GROUP

MELISSA G FROM THE FRISCO GROUP

The Board Members fulfilling their second year are:

Larry J from the Big Book Group

Peggy W from the Cornerstone Group

Brandy B-T from the Lakewood Group

Mike L from the Rowlett Group

Christy S from the Frisco Group

Thanks to everyone willing to run for the Board.