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🌱 Patch AM: Oak Lawn Children's Museum's Traveling 9-11 WTC Beams Head To NY For 25th Anniversary
Also check out Dinner and Dancing on the Oak Lawn Patch calendar
Good morning Oak Lawn! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Oak Lawn's 9-11 beams hit the road for anniversary tributes
Also on today's calendar: Dinner and Dancing and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as hot, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 80, low: 65.
- Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Oak Lawn Children's Museum's Traveling 9-11 WTC Beams Head To NY For 25th Anniversary (patch.com) — Oak Lawn's Children's Museum is sending its traveling World Trade Center steel beam exhibit from the village's 9-11 memorial to Rochester, New York, for stair-climb tributes marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks. Longtime Oak Lawn resident and museum board member Bill Egan is again driving the beams, which originated from the Oak Lawn-Patriot Metra Station memorial and can be booked by other communities through the museum. 
📸 Around Oak Lawn
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Lawn
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★ Featured events ★
- Dinner and Dancing →
Jenny's Steak and Banquets, 11041 Menard Ave, Chicago Ridge
7:00 pm - Germazing Parking Lot Pop-Up →
St. Germaine School, 9735 S Kolin Ave, Oak Lawn
9:00 am - Fall Family Fest →
Harold L. Richards High School, 10601 S Central Ave, Oak Lawn
3:00 pm
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Wake up to donuts on your doorstep from Do-Rite! Order by 10pm Saturday. →
6:00 am - US Naval Sea Cadet Open House →
7400 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago
9:00 am - Rummage Sale & Free Bounce House For Kids! →
Alive Church, 8844 S Austin Ave, Oak Lawn
9:00 am - Saturday Afternoon Games at OLPL →
Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
12:00 pm - Library on the Go: Cane's Sign-up Event for National Library Card Sign-up Month With OLPL →
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, 11006 S Cicero Ave, Oak Lawn
12:00 pm - Not in Attendance: Labor Day
Ridgeland SD 122 Oak Lawn, IL 60453 - Labor Day UNLIMITED Attractions Wristband at Haunted Trails (Burbank) →
Haunted Trails Family Entertainment Center (Burbank), 7759 S Harlem Ave, Burbank
12:00 pm - September Chamber Member Luncheon →
Hilton Chicago/Oak Lawn, 9333 S Cicero Ave, Oak Lawn
9:00 am - Who's Got Game: Cozy Caps (R) at OLPL →
Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
10:00 am
Saturday September 5
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
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Ok Oak Lawn! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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