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Gary J. Riedner, Moscow City Supervisor, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">206 E. 3<sup>rd</sup> St.</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>,
telephone: (208) 883-7006, Fax: (208) 883-7018, e-mail: <a
href="mailto:griedner@moscow.com">griedner@moscow.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoMessageHeader><span class=messageheaderlabel><b><font size=3
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font-weight:bold'>Date:</span></font></b></span><font size=3
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October 5, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Outstanding Nominees Sought for Biennial Sheikh Community Unity Award <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mayor Nancy Chaney is
asking for nominations for the Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community
Unity Award, a biennial award in honor of 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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Ismat Ara and Abdul
Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award is a biennial civic award given to
highlight and honor the achievements of a <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>
citizen or group who have made outstanding commitments to community unity and
who have a history of significant effort on behalf of diversity, inclusion and
human rights in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
and the surrounding community. The recipient(s) of the award will also have a
strong history of broad community service throughout <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place> and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The selection of the
recipient of this award will be made by Mayor Nancy Chaney from nominees
forwarded by the Moscow Human Rights Commission. Nominees are being solicited
from the ranks of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
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:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Anyone wishing to nominate
a person or group for this award should put their nomination in writing to
Moscow Human Rights Commission, c/o Moscow City Clerk, with a short (up to one
page) explanation of what prompts this nomination. Nominations must be received
at City Hall, delivered to the City Clerk in person or by mail, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box 9203</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:address>,
no later than 4 P.M. Friday, October 26, 2007. The nominees forwarded to the
Mayor for final consideration shall meet the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>significant contributions to
community unity and human understanding in and around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>significant efforts on behalf of
diversity, inclusion and human rights in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>outstanding commitment to
community, public service and the City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The award includes a
plaque and inclusion of the recipient’s name on a central plaque to be
housed in a prominent place in City Hall as well as a commemorative tree plaque
on city property to honor the award recipient and the Sheikhs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The recipient of the
Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award will be announced at
ceremonies in the 1912 Center on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>To get
more information about the lives of Ismat and Mannan Sheikh or reactions to the
creation of the award, the Sheikh children would be very willing to talk with
the press about this award:</span></font></b> Mahmood Sheikh, Boise, Idaho:
Work: (208) 364-4027; Cell: (208) 850-0550; Zahrah Khan, Littleton, Colorado:
Work: (303) 691-9339; Home: (303) 347-1473;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Amtul Siddiqui, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>: Work:
(604) 709-6617; Home: (604) 468-3827.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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