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10-01-2007On Sunday, September 30, 2007, in an American tradition that stretches back over nine decades, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn will present Gold Star Banners to 29 Illinois mothers whose sons and daughters died over the past year while serving their country in the Global War on Terror.
09-27-2007This Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn will honor three Heartsaver Heroes � quick-thinking individuals who used an automated external defibrillator to save the life of Mike Culhane, of Hainesville, a kidney transplant recipient who suffered a heart attack in the Grayslake Central High School gym just last Sunday.
09-27-2007On Wednesday September 26, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will offer an official farewell as the Illinois Delegation of Team USA departs for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, China.
09-26-2007This Friday, September 21, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, granddaughter of civil rights crusader Cesar L. Chavez, will join with local and state officials to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chavez-led United Farm Workers (UFW) Grape Boycott.
09-25-2007This Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will join with local and state officials to announce Berwyn�s Associate Level status in the Illinois Main Street program.
09-25-2007This Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and Alderman Frank Olivo (13th) will salute the United Business Association of Midway for its efforts to make the area surrounding Midway Airport a vibrant neighborhood community.
09-14-2007This Friday, September 14, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will roll up his sleeves to help Lincoln Park Zoo create a soybean roof above its McCormick Bird House. Quinn will climb to the Bird House roof � far above the neighboring warthogs but just clearing the nearby giraffes � to apply a soybean-based coating that will help transform the old roof into an environmentally friendly green roof that will complement the zoo�s one-of-a-kind wildlife experience.
09-06-2007This Thursday, September 6, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will join Manuel Rodriguez, Consul General of Mexico, to announce the 2007 Mexican Independence Day Chicago Skyline Tribute in celebration of Mexican Independence Day.