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Interested Media<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Gary J.
Riedner, City Supervisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">206 E. 3rd 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><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Telephone: (208) 883-7006; Fax: (208) 883-7018<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:griedner@ci.moscow.id.us">griedner@ci.moscow.id.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Mayor, City Council, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">All</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Users<o:p></o:p></p>
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City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
Press Release<o:p></o:p></p>
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November 20, 2009<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Ismat
Ara & Abdul Manna Sheikh Award Winner Announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></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'>Moscow,
Idaho –</span></font></b>Mayor <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Nancy Chaney</st1:PersonName>
presented the biennial Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award
to Chief of Police <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Weaver</st1:PersonName> on
November 18, 2009. In commemoration and honor of the Unity Award the
recipient, Chief Weaver’s name will be placed on a central plaque located
in City Hall as well as a commemorative plaque in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The letter of nomination for Chief Weaver described him as “an unsung
hero, unassuming, calm and yet strong and steady service to the community and
his style of leadership contribute greatly to the unity and livability of our
community.” The letter also states “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place> would be a far less happy and less
safe place without the outstanding leadership of <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan
Weaver</st1:PersonName>.”<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'>Chief Weaver is the staff
liaison to the Moscow Human Rights Commission, a representative of the Latah
County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Protocols Task Force and a regular
attendee of other human rights activities. With more than 2,700 hours of
POST training, Chief Weaver is also a guest instructor at the University of Idaho,
a past board member of the Chamber of Commerce, an active member of the Idaho
Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of
Police and serves on the Advisory Council for the National Institute of
Justice, Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center.<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'>This civic award is
presented biennially to honor the memory of two outstanding <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
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>. The Ismat
Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award is 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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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