Week in Review: D113A Avoids Financial Oversight, Lemont Commemorates 9/11 Anniversary

Sunday, Sept. 11

Aubrey and Amber Molitor were born at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital just after 10 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001.

Lemont Patch and hundreds of other Patch sites captured the faces, keepsakes, memorials, ceremonies, flags, fund-raisers, deployments and the still-raw emotions that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.

Monday, Sept. 12

Officials have yet to decide whether Lemont’s fabled golf club will host the event in the future.

The Lemont Christian Ministerial Association hosted a memorial Sunday at the Lemont Township Community Center.

Members of Troop 49 began installing American flags at dawn Sunday in honor of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Sen. Christine Radogno and Rep. Jim Durkin announced Tuesday that ISBE officials will be gathering more information before proceeding with any formal action.

Lemont High School's budget for the 2011-2012 school year was adopted during a school board meeting Monday night.

Inaugural 'Walk the Course' benefit will be held Tuesday at Cog Hill in Lemont.

The department participated in the statewide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" and "Click It or Ticket" campaigns, which began last month.

Wednesday, Sept. 14

The Lemont resident has worked for the Sox since 1967 and became the head groundskeeper in 1983.

The Lemont fifth-graders volunteered their time last month at Central School, where they cleaned up a community playground.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said he agrees that ComEd and Ameren need to modernize the state's electric grid, but said the utility companies can accomplish this without special legislation.

Thursday, Sept. 15

Patch chatted with longtime groundskeeper Roger Bossard after he was honored with his own bobblehead during Tuesday's game.

Kevin Ulmet recently became a new pastor at the First Church of the Nazarene in Nashville.

Lemont's top girls golfer is the first pick for the recurring weekly series focusing on athletes from many sports.

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Information supplied by the Lemont Police Department for arrests made Sept. 5-11. It does not indicate a conviction.

Friday, Sept. 16

The schools' PTO hosted hundreds of students and families Thursday for a night of games, food and prizes.

The current Lemont Township GOP committeeman was elected during a special meeting Thursday night.

Patch troubadour Kevin Trudo looks back on the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks, and urges us to remember.

Saturday, Sept. 17

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