Our next meeting will be held this Friday, August 15th, 7:30pm, at Paddy O’splaines Irish Pub at 2434 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL - (773) 866-1825‎ (On Montrose, 1 block west of Western). Ravenswood Lodge is hosting a send off party for one of the Brother’s who is deploying to Afghanistan. $30 all you can drink top shelf with the food provided by the lodge. We will have our meeting off to the side at the same event.

We are changing our future meeting times to the first Saturday of every month at 7pm. This brings us to one stated meeting per month and leaves our Sundays free for rides or personal business. From now on the meeting location will alternate between Bridgeview and the northwest side of Chicago.

The regional gathering is fast approaching. Get the info on the page linked to on your left.

Our September meeting will be on September 6th.  We are heading out to Elkhart, Indiana in order to link up with the Widows Sons Elkhart and particpate in the town’s annual parade. On Sunday, September 7th, we will link up with the Dark Side chapter and head over to the Fugarwe Tribe Pig Roast. Our Brothers from Elkhart will join us.

Check it out:

Night on the Town “Chicago Style” - West Suburban Shrine Club/Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison  For only US$45.00 per person, you and your lady can enjoy a three-hour sightseeing party cruise on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan with the West Suburban Shrine Club. Dinner features a hot buffet, with two drinks included in the price. Please get your ticket orders in quickly; we must sell two hundred tickets in order to secure the booking, and we can have a maximum of four hundred tickets. The deadline is 1 June. For more information, email WSSC President, Noble Dan Smith, or ring him at 815-693-9362. Make your cheques payable to West Suburban Shrine Club and post them in the mails to Dan Smith at 9341 Witham Ln, Woodridge IL 60517-7643.

http://auroramasonicbodies.org/Illinois%20Masonic%20Calendar.htm

·      Medinah Motor Corps Flag Day Run.

Meet 8am at:
Granny’s Restaurant
190 N Swift Rd, Addison, IL
(once you get off at Army Trail Rd, make a left on Swift instead of a right and it’s close on your right hand side. Shrine is a left at Swift and close on your right).

After breakfast proceed to Shrine. Bikes out 10am – 11:30am. In by 4pm.
$15 per rider, $25 two up.

More info here:
http://medinah.org/08pdfs/flag_day_run_6-8-2008_f-b.pdf

Saturday, June 14th, 12pm at Bro. Gary’s house. Every year Gary throws a party for the community. This is a kid friendly event, govern yourselves accordingly.

Title: Meeting
Location: Tattoo Parlor
Start Time: 0930
Date: 2008-05-04

Get there between 0930-1000.

We will be going on a ride with our Brothers in the Grand Chapter, so it should be good!

We’ll be leaving the Tattoo Parlor at 11:00 AM and heading to Uncle Richies at Archer & State in Lockport. We’ll be leaving Uncle Richies & heading to Verona at 11:30. 

The Grand Chapter will be presenting Swede with an honorary membership.