Our April meeting was held on the 15th at the Joliet VFW hall. We would like to make the April

meeting our “traveling meeting.” We hope to hold the meeting at various locations throughout

the Chicagoland area. We would like to thank the members who traveled via the motor coach

organization is interested in hosting the meeting please contact Patrick Moriarty at 

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Over forty children and their parents attended the sports night. Chefs Toolis and Cody fed our

guest and everyone enjoyed their favorite beverage. Every child who attended received a gift and a

chance for our bicycle raffle. Our congratulations go out to the winners of the bicycles. We would

like to thank everyone who attended and the board members who helped with the event. We would

The rib fest will be held on Monday, June 9th at the FOP Hall located at 1412 W. Washington

Blvd. The meeting will begin a 7PM and admission is $10.00 per person. BE PREPARED TO

SHOW YOUR 2008 MEMBERSHIP CARD. Parking is available in the credit union lot across

from the hall. We would like to thank the Chicago Patrolman’s Credit Union in advance for their

courtesy. Entertainment will be provided by the Larkin Brothers. We may also have a performance

by the Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society, Chicago Police Dept. We will have a “split the

pot” raffle and will also be raffling off a portable DVD player.

The golf outing will be held on Monday, July 7th at Carriage Greens Country Club (http://www.carriagegreens.com).

The cost for this year’s outing is $125.00 per golfer or $500.00 per foursome. If you or someone you know

would like to sponsor a hole at the outing, or would like to make a donation for the outing, call

Patrick Moriarty at 847-772-0709. You can contact Patrick Moriarty if you need further information.

We have secured a permit for the picnic which will be held on Saturday July 26th at the

DesPlaines/Park Ridge Indian Boundary Woods Dam #4, 12 noon. It is located east of 294 between

Touhy and Devon Avenues, at Dee Rd.  We will be serving your favorite grilled delights, cold Miller

Beer and soda for the wee folk. We will also have adult and children games. Music will be provided

by Dan “DJ” Mulligan and the commissary will be available for your shopping pleasure. We will

have a “split the pot” raffle which will include cash, beer and other prizes. The reason for the

change in location this year is due to renovations at Lions Woods. The cost is $10.00 per person or

$20.00 per car.

We are honored to announce our 2008 “Irishman of the Year” and “Police Officers of the

Year.” This year’s recipient of “Irishman of the Year” award will be William “Bill” Gainer of

Gainer Consulting. “Police Officers of the Year” awards will go to P.O. John Fitzgerald, Chicago

Police Department, P.O. Rick Trafton, Joliet Police Department and P.O. John Shortall , Chicago

Police Department. The annual Dinner Dance will be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at the

Holiday Inn Mart Plaza located at 350 N Orleans. Cocktails will be served at 7PM and dinner

at 8PM. Entertainment will include our very own Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society,

Chicago Police Dept, traditional Irish Dancers and music for your dancing pleasure. We will

have ticket and ad book information available on the website. Feel free to make copies of the

information and give them to anyone who might be interested in attending or advertising in the

ad book. Any member who places an ad in the ad book that is received by August 1st will receive

a gold page for the regular page price. Also our special raffle will be drawn and the lucky winners

will be announced at this event.

We have tickets for our “Special Raffle” that will be drawn at the dinner dance on Friday,

September 26th. We will only sell 400 tickets and will be giving away a total of $20,000 in

prizes. The price of the raffle ticket is $100.00. To secure your ticket send a check payable to

the Emerald Society of IL, to P.O. Box 557819, Chicago 60655 as soon as possible and note

“special raffle” in the memo section. You can also contact any board member for tickets. We will

mail your ticket after we receive your donation. With the limited amount of tickets being sold,

be sure to send your money in as soon as possible. We will also have tickets available on a first

come, first serve basis at all of our events and meetings. If anyone is interested in selling tickets,

we will be awarding cash prizes to the person who sells the most tickets. You can contact Patrick

Moriarty at or Debbie O’Connor–Dimaggio at .

com.

The Emerald Society is in the process of obtaining e-mail address’s for our members. It is

our goal to reduce the number of newsletters sent by U.S. Mail. This will not only reduce the

cost of postage but also the number of newsletters printed. Please send your e-mail address

to  and put e-mail in the subject. Remember, it will be YOUR

RESPONSIBILITY to keep us up-to-date on your e-mail address. You can always get the latest

newsletter on our web-site at emeraldsocietyofillinois.org. We also hope to get our website

updated.

We would like to remind all of our members that when they are wearing Emerald Society

apparel that they are representing the Emerald Society of Illinois. Members are not allowed to

reproduce or design ANY apparel without the expressed written consent of the Emerald Society

of Illinois.

The Vietnam Memorial Wall will be coming to Merrionette Park, 119th Street & South Kedzie

Ave. The opening ceremony will be at noon on 13 Jun 08. The regulations of the Traveling Wall

are that Law Enforcement Officers must be on scene as security when the Wall is erected. The

Wall should be erected as of 1800 hrs on 12 Jun and will be up until 0600 on Monday 16 Jun.

Volunteers are needed to act as security for the Wall during these hours in six hour shifts. (1800

– 2400 – 0000 – 0600, etc).

If you are interested in volunteering a shift, please contact Tom Cody via his mobile number

(708) 214-6394 for an assignment. This will be a plain clothes detail. Just wear something to

indicate that you are the Police.

The Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society will have an orientation night on Thursday, 19 Jun

08 at the Timothy J. O’Connor Training Academy, 1300 West Jackson Blvd. For those interested

in joining the Band, stop by to observe what we do, ask questions and find out what we are all

about. Kindly be there at 1830 hrs.         BAND FLYER        

We would like to send our condolences to Bob Lanning and Tim Burns who both lost their

mothers recently. Our condolences also go out to Thomas Toolis on the death of his wife, Jamele

F. Toolis. Tom’s brother is Past President Rick Toolis.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to them and their families.

Congratulations to Mike Patton of the Chicago Police Department who retired as Deputy

Chief of Area 3 after 35 years of service. Mike was commander of Midway and O’Hare Airports,

Commander of the Deployment Operations Center, Captain at the 15th Dist. Lieutenant at

the 13th Dist, Sgt in Area 5 Detective Division and patrolman in the Intelligence Section and

numerous districts. Mike has also been detailed to the FBI, DEA and Secret Service Task Force.

Congratulations on your many years of dedicated service.

free wifi. Free food for the after work crowd. Visit the Nook for $2.00 domestic bottled beer.

And for our friends in the heart of the city, visit Dugan’s on Halsted, our longtime supporter

and friend Jack Moran.