Illinois Masonic Calendar

MAY 2008

13 Board Meeting - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison
14 Annual Meeting - Valley of Danville/AASRNMJ/Danville 7:00 PM
  1st Northern and 2nd Northern Districts Visit - Evergreen Lodge No. 170/AFAM/Freeport
15 16th Northern District Visit - Occidental Lodge No. 40/AFAM/Ottawa
16 Southeastern Scottish Rite Club Meeting - Valley of Danville/***
125th Anniversary Dinner - Palace Lodge No. 765/AFAM/Lansing
  Special Olympics/Chicago
17 Annual Meeting - Blackhawk York Rite College No. 88/YSRCNA/Freeport
  Board of Grand Examiners Spring Exam - Macon Lodge No. 8/AFAM/Decatur
  Building Rededication - Clinton Lodge No. 19/AFAM/Petersburg
  Musical OV - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/***
  Planning Session - Grand Commandery/KT/Senators Inn/Savoy 
  Annual Meeting - Illinois York Rite College No. 15/SYRCNA/
18 Candlelight Bowl - South West Side Shrine Club/Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Thunder Bowl/Mokena  Contact Michael J Troy 708.218.1446 or Michael E Wick 708.846.8655
  Meeting - Southeastern Capitular Standard Club/RAM/  2:30 pm
19-21 Grand Lodge of Indiana
19 All Commandery Orders - Apollo Commandery No. 1/KT/Wheaton    Contact Norman F Jay 630.665.9322
  Charity Golf Tournament - Country Shrine Club/Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Medinah Country Club Questions contact Jim Grosskopf ciecie@earthlink.net
20 ILCHIP - Love Park 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
  Table Council - West Suburban Council No. 103/CM/Magic Wok/23 W Harris Ave/La Grange Contact Alan Hubble 630.993.0525 or alan_hubble@worldnet.att.net by May 18 for reservations.
21 ILCHIP - Love Park 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
22 Parade Unit Meeting - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison
  Annual Meetings - Gourgas Chapter of Rose Croix, Oriental Consistory and the Scottish Rite Cathedral Association/Valley of Chicago/AASRNMJ/Addison Dinner 5:30 pm  Reservations required by May 19, 2008 800.774.3467 or reservations@valleyofchicago.org Annual Meetings 7:00 pm
23 ILCHIP - Hull 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
24 Planning Session - Grand Council of Cryptic Masons/CM/Grand View Lodge No. 1112/Peoria Heights
25 Past Monarchs Breakfast - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/Flapjacks/Niles  10:00 am
26 Memorial Say Parade - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Wauconda Line Up 9:00 am Step Off 10:00 am
27 Stated Meeting - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/ Nancy's Pizza/Niles All you can eat pizza  6:30 pm Meeting 8:00 pm
  Stated Meeting - Walnut Lodge No. 722/AFAM/Walnut
28 Morris Shrine Club OV - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Morris 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm
29-31 Grand Lodge of Michigan
29 Shrine Club Directors Meeting - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison
  Meeting - Little Egypt Council No. 400/AMD/
30 Northwest Shrine Club OV - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Irish American Heritage Center/ 4632 N Knox/Chicago Reservation by 05/10/08
  Mark Master and Past Master Degrees - Logan Chapter No. 196?RAM/Oak Lawn Contact John Thomas Riedas, Sr 708.687.6644 or john-olyr@comcast.com 7:00 pm
  Meeting - Wabash Valley Council No. 454/AMD/
31 Balance of York Rite Degrees and Orders - Oak Lawn York Rite Bodies/Oak Lawn  Registration 8:00 am Work 9:00 am Contact John Thomas Riedas, Sr 708.687.6644 or john-olyr@comcast.com
  Planning Session - Grand Royal Arch Chapter/RAM/Occidental Lodge No. 40/Ottawa
  Meeting - Shamrock Council No. 43/KM/

JUNE 2008

1 Officer Breakfast - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/Old Country Buffet/Niles 9:00 am Meeting 9:30 am
  Hospital Day - Shriners Hospital for Children/AAONMS/Chicago  11:00 am Tours, 11:00 am Lunch, 1:00 pm Program, 2:00 pm The World's Shortest Parade  Information 773.385.5846
  Installation of Officers - Valley of Chicago/AASRNMJ/Addison Fellowship 5:00 pm Dinner 5:30 pm  Installation 6:30 pm Dinner Reservations Required 800.774.3467 or reservations@valleyofchicago.org
  ILCHIP - Chicago 10:00 am to 1:30 pm
  ILCHIP - Belvidere 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
4-8 Supreme Council /MOVPER/Little Rock, AR
  Grand Council - Job's Daughters/Springfield
5-8 Grand Imperial Council /RCC/San Diego/CA
6 ILCHIP - Rockford 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm
7 District Picnic - 11th Northern District/AFAM/Rolling Oaks Camp Ground  11:00 am
  ILCHIP - Lombard 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
  ILCHIP - Rockford 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm
8 Flag Day Run - Motor Corps/Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison to Maple Park  Breakfast 8:00 am Bikes out 10:00 am - 11:30 am  Bikes in 4:00 pm  Pre Register by 05/16/08 and get a free gift For Information www.flagdayrun.com $15 per rider $25 for 2 Ups
  ILCHIP - Rockford 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm
9 Stated Meeting - Illinois Pyramid No. 1/AEOS/Hi-View Restaurant/Villa Park 7 pm
  ILCHIP - Cherry Valley 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
10 Stated Meeting - Blue Mound Lodge No. 682/AFAM/Blue Mound
  ILCHIP - Cherry Valley 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
11 Golf Outing - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/***
12 Daughters of Mokanna - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/***
13 Pote's Golf Outing - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Carriage Greens Country Club/Darien  FLYER
14 Rededication - Caledonia Lodge No. 47/AFAM/Olive Branch
15 Daughters of Mokanna French Toast - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/***
    Meeting - Yeomen of York/Mt Vernon
16

11th Annual Golf Outing - Grand Lodge/AFAM/Gibson City   Shotgun start 11:30 am

Benefiting Student Assistance Program Changed from 6-20-08

18-21 DeMolay International & Congress Session - Anaheim/CA
18 Southeastern Scottish Rite Club Meeting/AASRNMJ/***
  Golf Outing - Glenview Shrine Club/Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/***
20

11th Annual Golf Outing - Grand Lodge/AFAM/Gibson City   Shotgun start 11:30 am

Benefiting Student Assistance Program Changed to 6-16-08

21 DDGM Meeting - Grand Lodge/AFAM/Sullivan
  Combined Motorized OV - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison $35.00 per person 4:00 - 10:00 pm Contact Denis Lake 847.421.1492 or dennis.lake@comcast.net
21-22 Tour de Farms - Valley of Chicago/AASRNMJ/***
22 Parade - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Geneva
22 Past Monarchs Breakfast - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/Flapjacks/Niles  10:00 am
  Church Service - Grand Commandery of Illinois/KT/Delevan Presbyterian Church/Delevan
24 Saint John the Baptist Day
  Stated Meeting - El Jaala Grotto/MOVPER/Silver Stallion/Des Plaines  Dinner 6:30 pm  Meeting 8:00 pm
  Board of Directors - Grand Lodge of Illinois/AFAM/Springfield
28 Walk-A-Thon - First Division/Grand Commandery of Illinois/KT/Oak Lawn Masonic Temple/9420 S 52nd Ave/Oak Lawn Contact Jose Villarreal, Jr 708.863.3663 Villareal2729@sbcglobal.net
  ILCHIP - Downers Grove 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
28-29 Council of Deliberation/AASRNMJ/Peoria
29-3 Imperial Session/AAONMS/St Louis/MO
29 ILCHIP - Downers Grove 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
JULY 2008  
4-6 Grand Assembly - Illinois Order of Rainbow for Girls/Springfield
General Assembly – York Rite Sovereign College/VA  
5 ILCHIP - Lisle 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
11 Donnybrook and Roast of Cousin Elmer W Gielow - St Bridget Council No. 23/KM/The Great Escape Banquet/Restaurant/9540 Irving Park Rd, Schiller Park  Cash Bar 6:00 pm  Dinner 7:00 pm 
11-13 DeMolay Conclave - Eureka
12 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.
13 Pilgrimage - Illinois Knights Templar Home/Paxton
  RibFest - Medinah Shriners/AAONMS/Addison Flyer 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
14 Stated Meeting - Illinois Pyramid No. 1/AEOS/*** 7 pm
18 Southeastern Scottish Rite Club Meeting - Valley of Danville/AASRNMJ/***
  Hawaiian Luau and Pig Roast - Valley of Chicago/AASRNMJ/Addison 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm $20.00 per person Reservations 800.774.3467 or reservations@valleyofchicago.org  
19 100 Year Rededication - Carlock Lodge No. 904/AFAM/Carlock
 

Medinah Shriners' annual driving excitement with the Richard Petty Driving Experience, at Chicagoland Speedway, located at 500 Speedway Boulevard in Joliet. Let them put you in the driver’s seat or come out and enjoy being a spectator. Choose from three exciting, custom racing packages :

Package #1, Medinah Cup VIP Spectator: Includes a buffet lunch and full access to the pit road viewing area for the entire day’s programme, for US$50.00.

Package #2, Medinah Cup Qualifier, includes everything listed in package #1, plus a three-lap Ride-Along in an authentic Nextel Cup style race car! Hold on to your fez; you’ll be reaching speeds up to 165 mph, for a mere US$125.00.

Package #3, Medinah Cup Pole Position: Includes the buffet lunch and pit access, plus eight laps BEHIND THE WHEEL of an authentic Nextel Cup style race car. After classroom & on-track instruction, you’ll be ready to take control – just you and 600 horsepower on Chicagoland Speedway’s lightning fast 1.5 mile tri-oval! Only US$390.00 for an experience you’ll be bragging about to your friends and family for the rest of your life.

The deadline is 1 April, so please fill out the registration form and mail it back quickly to Bonnie’s attention at the Medinah office, 550 N Shriners Dr, Addison IL  60101-1444. Free parking for all packages. Custom, high-quality photo plaques are available for purchase immediately after your experience. Open to Medinah Shriners, ladies and friends.

20 Scottish Rite Day at the Races - Valley of Chicago/AASRNMJ/Arlington Park Race Course 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm $35.00 per person Participation limited to the first 100 reservations.  Reservations 800.774.3467 or reservations@valleyofchicago.org