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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Visionaries,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Moscow Human Rights Commission has assisted
Mayor Comstock in the establishment and award of Moscow's first Community Unity
Award named in honor of Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh. The first ceremony
for this award will be Thursday evening at the 1912 Center.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would be a wonderful thing if many
of the writers and readers of V2020 could come to celebrate unity and take
pleasure in the variety of opinions we offer and the unique personages who offer
them! Join us! You'll be very welcome.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's a great time to come together, after a
campaign and with everyone looking to a positive future for
Moscow. Hope to see you!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda Pall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Moscow City Council</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The Moscow City Council and the Moscow
Human Rights Commission cordially invites you to participate in presentation of
the <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">FIRST BIENNIAL SHEIKH COMMUNITY UNITY
AWARD <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=5>Thursday,
November 10, 2005</FONT></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">1912
Center<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=5>MAYOR MARSHALL COMSTOCK WILL PRESENT THE FIRST BIENNIAL SHEIKH COMMUNITY
UNITY AWARD <BR> </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The
award is to honor the memory of two outstanding Moscow citizens, Ismat Ara
Sheikh and her husband, Abdul Mannan Sheikh, who demonstrated the meaning
of community unity in their personal lives and outreach to the Moscow community.
This was marked in particular with their open invitation to anyone for
community Thanksgiving meals they hosted for many years in Moscow.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh
Community Unity Award is a biennial civic award to highlight and honor
achievements of a Moscow citizen or group who have made outstanding commitments
to community unity, and who have a history of significant effort on behalf
of diversity and human rights in Moscow and the surrounding community.
Nominations were taken and the selected nominee will be announced at 1912 Center
festivities Thursday night.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">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 award recipient and the
Sheikhs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS">Refreshments will be
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