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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The Chicago Audubon Society is honoring ten individuals/groups (see below) for their work and service in nature and bird conservation at our bi-annual CAS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS BANQUET on the evening of Saturday, April 14th.</SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
<DIV><BR>The always exciting and entertaining evening is open to everyone interested in birds and birding, conservation and protection of the environment.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Featured speaker at this year’s Awards Banquet will be Douglas Stotz, distinquished Ornithologist at Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Doug's topic is "Changes in our Avifauna Over Time", discussing how bird species have fluctuated in abundance and distribution over the years in northeast Illinois. Doug will also cover some of the reasons for this fluctuation, and some of the hazards bird populations have faced over the years, now and in the future.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Remember, you don’t have to be a CAS member to attend this fun event! All interested in nature are welcome to the casual dinner to be held at the Silver Stallion Restaurant, 1275 Lee/Mannheim Road in Des Plaines, Illinois (just south of Algonquin Road). </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To sign up for the banquet (or for more info), contact me via email at <A href="mailto:casresearch@comcast.net" target=_blank>casresearch@comcast.net</A> or phone at 847-390-7437.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> Dinner details can be found at <A href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2007/vol21_1/environmentalAwards.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2007/vol21_1/environmentalAwards.shtml</A> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The ten award recipients (and categories for which they are honored) for 2007 are as follows:</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>1)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT – EDUCATOR </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">John Banaszak</B>, Save the Prairie Society</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>2)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT - POLITICAL SERVICE </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Larry Suffredin, </B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cook</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> Commissioner (13<SUP>th</SUP> District), [<st1:place w:st="on">Forest</st1:place> Preserves Board]</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>3)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT - SINGLE ACT (INDIVIDUAL) AVOCATION</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Lee Ramsey</B> - BCN E-Bird</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>4)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT - SINGLE ACT (INDIVIDUAL) VOCATION</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Eric Secker</B> – ‘Habitat Project’ Bird Population Trends</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>5)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT - SINGLE ACT (GROUP)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Willowbrook</B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wildlife</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></B></st1:place>, DuPage County Forest Preserve District</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>6)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT – AVOCATION</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Jerry Garden</B> – <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> Audubon Society</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>7)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PROTECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT – VOCATION</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">David Willard</B>, Field <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Natural History</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Collections Manager-Bird Division</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>8)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SERVICE TO <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CHICAGO</st1:place></st1:City> AREA BIRDERS</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Urs Geise</B>r - DuPage Bird Club</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>9)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FIRST FRIEND OF <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CHICAGO</st1:place></st1:City> AUDUBON</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Thrivent Financial for Lutherans</B> (helping with Skokie Lagoons restoration)</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>10)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CAS GOOD BUSINESS NEIGHBOR</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3>Eagle Optics<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">*For detailed information on each award recipient go to <A href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2007/vol21_2/cas_award_winners.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2007/vol21_2/cas_award_winners.shtml</A> or </SPAN><A href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/" target=_blank>www.chicagoaudubon.org</A> and click on the link to the article about the Award Recipients</P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Banquet Details: ($30)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Reception & Cash Bar: 5:30pm to 6:30pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Dinner: 6:30pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Presentation of Awards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Program: Douglas Stotz - "Changes in our Avifauna Across Time"</SPAN></P>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Alan B. Anderson <BR>casresearch@comcast.net <BR>Des Plaines, Cook Co.</DIV></body></html>