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08-21-2007
Lt. Governor Quinn recognizes Blue Planet Run athletes
CHICAGO - August 22, 2007. Lt. Governor Pat Quinn joined with the 20 international citizen athletes of the 2007 Blue Planet Run, who have been running nonstop since June 1 in an unprecedented effort to raise money to deliver safe drinking water to some of the 1.1 billion people who live without it.
08-10-2007Lt. Governor Pat Quinn salutes more than 100 of Illinois� top high school graduates with Valedictorian Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
08-10-2007Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd Annual Illinois Sustainable University Symposium, which will bring together 200 environmental leaders from across the state of Illinois.
08-03-2007On Friday August 3, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn presented a hand-sketched portrait of Army PFC Jacob Lowell to the fallen soldier�s parents, Raymond and Bernadine Lowell of New Lenox, at the unveiling of the Morton College exhibit of Portrait of a Soldier.
07-27-2007Lt. Governor Pat Quinn joined nearly 70 Chicago Park District summer campers at Lakeshore Park in Chicago to celebrate crossing the million-mile mark in the Walk Across Illinois Program, an online fitness initiative that has enrolled nearly 10,000 participants.
07-25-2007El Vice gobernador Pat Quinn de Illinois anuncio en una nueva petici�n que esta disponible en l�nea en el Internet sobre la oposici�n en contra de los planes de la compa��a de gasolina y aceite BP para contaminar el Lago Michigan con cientos de toneladas de amonio cada a�o.
07-24-2007Denouncing Indiana's plan to reverse 35 years of progress toward cleaner water in the Great Lakes, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn announced a new on-line petition drive opposing BP oil company's plans to pollute Lake Michigan with hundreds of tons of ammonia each year.
07-22-2007The City of Libertyville, an Illinois Main Street community, has been honored by inclusion in MONEY Magazine�s renowned list of the Best Places to Live in America, highlighting the positive impact that a historic, thriving downtown can have on a community�s quality of life.