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[email protected] ‘Optimism is the foundation of courage.’ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 Alumni Sept. 11 remembered at somber vigil reach out to fellow graduates ASSOCIATION FORMED BY CHENOA PIERCE VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Matt Sanderson photos THOMPSON — Nearly 100 years Deborah Barta, exalted ruler of Danielson Elks Lodge No. 1706, spoke before a ago, Harriet Tourtellotte worked to somber crowd last Wednesday evening, Sept. 11, in Davis Park during a candle- establish a public high school in light vigil in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks. Thompson that would allow anyone who wanted to learn after complet- VENT HELD AT AVIS ARK ing grammar school to be able to do E D P so. BY MATT SANDERSON last Wednesday evening at Davis Her goal, according to Joe Lindley, VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Park, where more than 50 people Alumni Association Committee and DANIELSON — Candles were arrived and lit candles in remem- Board of Education member and waving in the cooling late summer brance of one of the most tragic 1974 Tourtellotte Memorial High night to the rhythm of Ray days in recent American history. School (TMHS) graduate, was for Charles’ version of “America the The service was organized by the free education for all students, no Beautiful.” It was an eerie feeling Danielson Elks Lodge No. 1706. matter what gender or class they of patriotism mixed with grief and Carol DeAngelis-Moulton, of were. longing for lost loved ones. Wauregan, showed up with family “She’s probably one of the origi- Seven years after the Sept.