THE HOISTED PINT
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
NOVEMBER 2010
TBA
July 2010 Copyright 2003 Vol. 33 No. 33
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LEPRECHAUNS IN BOULDER?
By David O'Shea-Dawkins
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COLORADO EMERALD SOCIETY
P. O. Box 40211, Denver, Colo. 80204
David O'Shea-Dawkins (Ret.) Denver PD
President
Steve O'Neill, (Ret.)Dept. of Defense
Vice-President
Daniel Farley, (Ret.) Denver Fire Dept.
2nd Vice-President
Tin Turley, (Ret.) Juvenile Probation
Treasurer
Patti Kennedy Riedel, JeffCo DA
Secretary
Trustees:
Chris Molloy, Denver Sheriffs
Kryss Bryant, Sheridan Police
Brian Rohleder, Denver Fire Department
Associate Delegate:
Michael Cleary, (Ret.)
Newsletter Editor: David O'Shea-Dawkins
Printer: JeffCo Schools, Rick Rowe
2008 Annual Dues
Charter $40
Charter Retired $30
Charter Closed
Active $30
Active Retired $20
Associate $30
Auxiliary $30
Auxiliary Retired $20
Life Membership-10 Times the Amount of Your Dues, plus $100 Dollars.
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VINCENT "PAT" KENNEDY
1918-2009
Past-Presidents
George Kennedy,(Ret.) Denver Police Department (2000-2004)
Brian Reilly, (Ret.)(2004-2008)
U.S. Park Police
CES Founders
George Kennedy
Danny Neary Veith, Denver Police Dept.
Pipe Major:
Steve Johnston, West Metro "Fire
CANOPY CONTROL
By Dave O'Shea-Dawkins
The afternoon summer winds raced off the mountains and huffed and puffed and threatened to blow our canopy to another location. The able bodied men of the Colorado Emerald Society held their ground, and the canopy, until the winds swept over them and swirled toward the east boasting of their power with mighty thunder here and a lightening bolt there.
So, it has now become a tradition at the Colorado Irish Festival that in the afternoon the wind will blow and rain will fall and the men & women will rally to the defense of the CES canopy. Posting themselves on all four corners and in the center , CES members waged a tug-of-war with the wind, "the almighty wind."
Then the calm returns and the beer pavilions, whose profits increase wxponentially during the windy time, release their patrons to a calmer and sunnier festival
We had a successful, yet slower, fest and we thank the many members who stopped by the CES booth to exchange blarney. We thank and appreciate our members who volunteered to staff the CES booth and who volunteered for the Colorado United Irish Socities, CUIS.
SLAINTE!
Recently Boulder police responded to a report of a leprechaun bedeviling motorists and making gestures with his hands. In Tennessee, on St. Patrick's Day, a leprechaun robbed a bank. This same leprechaun may have disguised himself as Santa Claus and held up a bank three day before Christmas.
Last year at the Colorado Irish Festival a leprechaun threw himself against a light standard, turned into wood and lay there without moving or talking. Jack Harris rescued him and put him under a canopy.
Sure now, America had no leprechauns until the Irish arrived during the starvation years, 1845-1850. Life was so difficult in Ireland there were no rainbows and the leprechauns lost their pots of gold. There were no shoes for them to cobble because they had all been boiled for stirabout (soup). Lacking the necessities to create mischief, these tiny people had no problem as stowaways on famine ships because they could not be seen, unless they wanted to be seen.
Arriving in America they quickly adapted to the geography of the land. The early forests wre almost perfect for their homes, except they had no turf to burn. It was then that they discovered coal and soon began heating their hovels. In fact, a leprechaun was carrying a lump of coal when he came across a hunter in upstate New York. Not able to disappear because the hunter was Irish and knew not to look away or the little one would disappear, the leprechaun promised to share his secret of caol if the hunter would leave him unharmed. The hunter agreed and today much of our energy needs are supplied by coal and we can thanks the Irish American leprechaun and hunter for their discovery.
Leprechauns are masters of disguise and live for generations, probably because they are always male and do not reproduce. They favor poitin, but it has been falsely reported that they are responsible for the many stills that dotted the landscape of America. This is blarney! The poitin was manufactured by Irish Americans. They were often the victims of leprechaun shennanigans and poitin theft soon after they drank too much of their own supply. In the morning of the night before, the leprechaun was oftne used as an excuse; "Well, I met this leprechaun at the still and yada, yada, yada..."
2010 CES BY-LAW CHANGES
The major changes (as shown in red) to the Colorado Emerald Society by-laws follow:
- Addition of Life Membership
- Change of wording in Active Membership
- Change of wording in Associate Membership
- Change of Voting for Associate & Auxiliary
- Addition of death benefit for Line of Duty death
- Addition of Merchandise and Pipe Band BY-Laws
Article III, Section1
"There shall be five (5) classes of membership:
1. Life
2. Active
3. Associate
4. Honorary
5. Auxiliary
Article III
Section 2
a. Life Membership shall be open to any member in
good standing in the Society at the time of
applying for Live Membership.
Section 3
a. Active membership shall be open to all active &
retired paid sworn law enforcement personnel,
paid /career firefighters and paid paramedics
of Gaelic descent...
b. All members shall be eligible to vote on matters
pertaining to the Society, except for Brehon
Council election. Associate and Auxiliary
members shall be eligible to vote for their respec-
tive representatives to the Brehon Council.
Section 4 Associate Membership...
Section 5. Honorary Membership...
c. Honorary members are entitled to
attend meetings and social activities
of the Society.
Section 6. Auxiliary Members
a. Auxiliary membership shall consist of
non-Gaelic paid law enforcement
personnel, non-Gaelic paid/career
firefighters and non-Gaelic paid
paramedics who possess the Irish
spirit. Auxiliary membership is also
extended to all Armed Forces/Coast
Guard and Veterans possessing the
Irish Spirit.
Article VI
Section 2. All meetings shall follow the most recent
edition of Roberts Rules of Order.
Article X
Section 2: The permanent committees shall be:
d. Activities/Social Committee
e. Elections Committee
f. Membership Committee
g. By-Lays Committee
h. Pipe Band Committee
i. Merchandise Committee
Article XI Dues
Section 1 Life Members
The dues of Life Members, as defined in
Article III, Section 1, shall be:
- Ten times (10) the amount of their dues at the
of applying, plus one hundred dollars($100).
Section 2. Active Members
- $30 (Thirty dollars) to join at any time of the year...
- $20 (Twenty dollars) to join at any time of
the year... if member is retired.
- Charter Membership is closed.
Section 3. Associate Members
- $30 (Thirty dollars) upon joining at any time of the year & $30 per annum.
Section 4. Auxiliary Members
The dues for Auxiliary members...
- $30 (Thirty dollars upon joining at any time of the year and $30 per annum...
$20 (Twenty dollars) any time of the year
and $20 ...retired.
Article XII Amendments
These by-laws may be altered, amended,
repealed or added to by an affirmative vote
of not less than twenty (20) members of the
Society.
Article XVI Benefits
Section 1. Death Benefits
The Colorado Emerald Society will provide a $1,000
death benefit to an Active member killed in the line of duty.
Death Benefit will be dispersed as soon as possible by the Colorado Emerald Society Brehon Council upon notification of such line of duty death.
Section 2. Scholarship Fund
The Colorado Emerald Society will provide scholarship monies in an amount to be determine yearly by the "Scholarship Committee." The annual fundraiser will fund such monies.
Ni neart go cur le cheile
2010 CES BY-LAW CHANGES
(Continued)
Article XVII- MERCHANDISE
a. Purchase, set pricing for, and delivers merchandise for Society member and public consumption, in accordance with the approval of the Brehon Council.
b. Maintain detailed purchase/sale records, receipts
c. Assist Brehon Council with pertinent merchandise information to supply to members via newsletters and to update the CES website.
d. Attend /Assist with the Merchandise Booths at various social functions as required.
e. Report activity and financial status to the Brehon Council.
Article XVIII- PIPE BAND
a. The Pipes & Drums Band exists to support Firefighting and Law Enforcement communities, activities within those communities and their parent organization, the Colorado Emerald Society. The Pipes & Drums Band will continue with these efforts being the primary focus of the band.
b. The Colorado Emerald Society is hereby recognized as the Pipe Band's parent organization even though they will continue to both exist under independent leadership. The organizations shall be joined with a commonality of reporting as follows:
1. The Pipes & Drums Band appointed treasurer shall provide a quarterly accounting of all monies received or spent to the Brehon Council.
2. The Pipe Major or officers will appoint a delegate to attend Society and Brehon Council meetings for scheduling purposes of both Society and Pipe Band needs.
3. The Pipes & Drums Band delegate will be allowed
to make formal request of the Society in an amount determined by the Society.
a. Such monies will be used to cover in or out of state functions or other activities occasionally arising.
b. Such monies shall be pre-approved whenever possible.
c. Reimbursements will be submitted for Brehon Council review and may or may not be approved.
THANKS DENVER ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE COMMITTEE FOR A GRAND 2009 PARADE
THE SUMMER OF THE CES
By Dave O'Shea-Dawkins
We are not finished with the CES summer social agenda. We will be returning to the site of the CES formation meeting, Nallen's Irish Pub, on Friday, July 23, 2010 for a Hoisted Pint Hour. Please join us at 5:00 pm for happy hour priced drinks and appetizers. Nallen's address is 1429 Market St., Denver 80202.
The CES Member Appreciation Picnic dedicated to the memory of USMC Lance Corporal Andrew Riedel, will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Tanglewood Park at noon. Tanglewood Park offers a great playground for the kids to play in, a covered patio and clean restrooms adjacent to the patio.
The picnic is also our opportunity to recognize the sons & daughters, grandsons & grandaughters of CES members who have applied to our annual scholarship programs. Each applicant chosen will receive a monetary award to help defray the cost of their education. Regis Donovan will chair the CES Scholarship Committee.
Vacations were a rarity when I was a young lad. When my family did go, we went to Central City which seemed a world away to me. There we would look at the Face on the Ballroom Floor and enter shops that sold everything from rocks to sheriff 's tin badges. When we were done looking we were treated to lunch in an old bar that smelled of stale beer and sizzling greasy hamburgers. I loved it!
Now, I have an opportunity to return to the area and you can join me. The CES General Membership meeting will be held at Faraday's Fine Dining Restaurant at the Isle of Capri on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 1:00 pm. The Isle has blocked out Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21 for special rates for CES members. Just contact Debbie Kirkpatrick at 303. 998.7890 for Colorado Emerald Society reservations, Seee'ya in the rock shop.
FALLEN FIRE FIGHTERS MEMORIAL
The 2010 IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 1:00 pm. The mission of the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial, located in the shadow of Pike's Peak, is "to honor the sacrifice made by the IAFF members who serve as professional fire fighters and emergency medical personnel who have given their lives in the line of duty."
The Colorado Emerald Society Pipes & Drums Band have the honor of performing at the Memorial. Retired Denver fireman Dan Farley will join the memorial with the DFD antique fire truck.
Please go to www.iaff.org for a complete list of events.
CES members on canopy control.
LEPRECHAUNS IN BOULDER?
(Continued from adjacent column)
So, don't be surprised when you do read about leprechaun sightings. They are woven into the fabric of America. Yes, there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but your chances of finding it are like your chances of winning the Colorado lottery- nil!
CES member Jack Harris rescued a leprechaun at last years fest and at this years fest his cooler was filled with ice cold Budweiser.
CES member Kevin Kelly mimics wooden leprechaun. Several month later Kevin fell and injured his back.
The CES Pipes & Drums Band will perform at the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter's Memorial in Colorado Springs on Sept. 11, 2010
