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size=3>MAYOR ANNOUNCES BIENNIAL SHEIKH COMMUNITY UNITY
AWARD <BR> <BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OUTSTANDING NOMINEES SOUGHT FOR AWARD;
<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PRESENTATION TO BE NOVEMBER 10
<BR>> <BR>> Mayor Marshall Comstock announced the establishment of
the Ismat <BR>> Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award, a
biennial award in <BR>> honor of the memory of two outstanding Moscow
citizens, Ismat Ara Sheikh <BR>> and her husband, Abdul Mannan Sheikh,
who demonstrated the meaning of <BR>> community unity in their personal lives
and outreach to the Moscow <BR>> community. This was marked in
particular with their open invitation to anyone for <BR>> community
Thanksgiving meals they hosted for many years in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
/><st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>. The <BR>> Ismat Ara and
Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award is a biennial <BR>> civic award to
highlight and honor the achievements of a
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> <BR>> citizen or group who
have made outstanding commitments to community <BR>> unity and who have
a history of significant effort on behalf of diversity, <BR>> inclusion and
human rights in <st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> and the
surrounding community. The recipient(s) of the award will also have a
strong history of broad community service throughout
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> and beyond. <BR>>
<BR>> > The selection of the first recipient of this award will be
made by Mayor Marshall Comstock from nominees forwarded by the Moscow Human
Rights Commission. Nominees are being solicited from the ranks of
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> citizens and screened by the
Human Rights Commission. The intention is to reserve this award for
extraordinary contributions to diversity, inclusion, community and service to
all of <st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>. <BR>> <BR>
Anyone wishing to nominate a person or group for this award should put their
nomination in writing to Moscow Human Rights Commission, c/o<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Moscow City Clerk, with a short (up to
one page) explanation of what<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>prompts this nomination. Nominations must be received at City Hall,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>delivered to the City Clerk in person or
by mail, <st1:address><st1:Street>PO Box 9203</st1:Street>,
<st1:City>Moscow</st1:City></st1:address>,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>not later than <st1:time Hour="16" Minute="0">4 P.M.</st1:time> <st1:date
Month="10" Day="27" Year="2005">Thursday, October 27, 2005</st1:date>. The
nominees <BR>> forwarded to the Mayor for final consideration shall meet
the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>following criteria: <BR>>
<BR> * significant contributions to community unity and human
understanding in and around <st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* significant efforts on behalf of
diversity, inclusion and human rights in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Moscow</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
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<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* outstanding commitment to
community, public service and City of </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Moscow</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
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<BR>> <BR> The award includes a plaque and inclusion of the recipient's
name on a central plaque to be housed in a prominent place in the
City as well as the planting of a commemorative tree on city
property to honor the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>award
recipient and the Sheikhs. <BR>> <BR>> The first recipient of the
Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award will be announced
at ceremonies in the 1912 Center Thursday,November 10, 2005.
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