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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">Thanks, Vinod and Kamala. So good to hear from you. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">We are hoping for the best regarding the upcoming election. According to polls, the vote will be close. We have already voted, and in many places, there have been record early voting turnouts--not sure what that portends.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">We also continue to focus on environmental concerns and are working with a group in our senior community to address these issues locally, nationally and internationally.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">We hope you are both doing well.</span></span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">Ellie and Carleton :)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div>
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On Friday, October 18, 2024 at 10:23:39 PM EDT, Vinod Parekh via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp2376094cyiv5719736286"><div><div dir="ltr">We are touched Ellie.We are with you.The 'movement' is in our prayers.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Vinod and Kamala</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp2376094cyiv5719736286gmail_quote"><div id="ydp2376094cyiv5719736286yqt11670" class="ydp2376094cyiv5719736286yqt4097732760"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp2376094cyiv5719736286gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 2:17 AM Ellie Stock via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp2376094cyiv5719736286gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-size:16px;"></div>
<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Indigenous Peoples Day Greetings from Oberlin, OH where we now live.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Below are: </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">-a link to Oberlin's Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples Day; and<br clear="none"></font><table style="font-size:13.3333px;clear:both;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;width:590px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="font-family:Arial;"><br clear="none"><font size="2">-a link to a short video re the Wampanoag 400 year history: "We Are Still Here."<br clear="none"></font><br clear="none">Oberlin celebrated with an Indigenous Peoples Day event Saturday in the community center: dancing, artisan tables, info tables for Indigenous groups in the area, children's activities, food, etc.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Today was a vigil on Tappan Square, in the middle of town, where folks of all ages gathered to listen to the Proclamation, and be present to the history, culture, gifts, and challenges of, and the learnings from the Indigenous Peoples of this nation and globally.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">At our senior community, the celebration also has included a presentation on colonization, a special bulletin board and library display focused on Indigenous Peoples, individual displays outside apartments and cottages, a newsletter blog, and a Three Sisters Stew Dinner tonight--all coordinated by the newly formed Indigenous Peoples Interest Group.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">As a poster that we brought to the vigil says . . .<br clear="none"><font color="#9d1811"><br clear="none"></font><b><i><font color="#9d1811">DEFEND THE SACRED!<br clear="none"></font><br clear="none">May we learn from All Our Relatives--animal, vegetable, and mineral . . . before it is too late . . .<br clear="none"></i></b>Ellie :)<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">elliestock@aol.com</a> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><font size="3"><b>City Council Regular Meeting</b></font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="font-size:x-small;"><table style="clear:both;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:588px;"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1" width="15%"><col span="1" width="35%"><col span="1" width="15%"><col span="1" width="35%"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;">Meeting Date:</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;">10/07/2024</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" style="font-size:medium;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;">From:</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;">Belinda Anderson, City Clerk</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;">Department:</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;">City Clerk</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="font-size:x-small;"><hr noshade="" width="100%" size="2" color="#000000"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;">SUBJECT:</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;padding-bottom:0.5em;">Proclamation - Indigenous Peoples' Day</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="font-size:x-small;"><table style="clear:both;width:588px;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;text-align:center;">Attachments</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;"><a shape="rect" href="https://destinyhosted.com/agenda_publish.cfm?id=62375&mt=ALL&vl=true&get_month=10&get_year=2024&dsp=agm&seq=5194&rev=0&ag=2169&ln=29838&nseq=5195&nrev=0&pseq=5188&prev=0&vl=true#" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);text-decoration-line:underline;" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Proclamation - Indigenous Peoples Day</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div>
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