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<div><span style="color: black;">Here's a 2-part event that may interest you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are welcome to attend either part or both.</span> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Saturday, March 28, 2015</span></b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Silver Stallion Restaurant</span></b> <span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Des Plaines</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, Illinois</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 63.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">5:30 p.m.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Chicago Audubon Society Biennial Environmental Awards Banquet </span></b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 63.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cost:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$33.00</span></b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -9pt 0pt 0in;"><span style="color: black;">Chicago Audubon Society has been honoring local champions of the environment since the 1970s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honorees are chosen for their notable contributions to conservation and birding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They include land managers, stewards, monitors, journalists, public servants and others who have helped to preserve and protect local wildlife, flora and open space. </span> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Please join us to honor these conservation leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Register online, see the full list of honorees and read more about the event at:</span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/content/awards-dinner-and-annual-meeting " target="_blank">http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/content/awards-dinner-and-annual-meeting </a>;</span></strong> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"></span></b> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 63.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">7:30 p.m.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A Birder's Trip to Cuba Program</span></b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 63.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cost:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>All are welcome<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline: double;"></span></span></b> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">In this multi-media presentation, CAS Board Member Roberta Asher will share her first-person experiences on a trip to Cuba two years ago, a country few American birders have had the opportunity to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Cuba</span> <span style="color: black;"> is one of the most important countries for neotropical migratory birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A total of 370 species have been recorded on the island, including 26 endemic species and 25 endemic subspecies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among them are the small but spectacularly colorful Cuban Tody, the elegant Cuban Trogan and the Bee Hummingbird, the world's tiniest hummingbird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, Cuba is an island full of 50s nostalgia, enchanting scenery, rich culture, friendly people and alluring music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Phone:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CAS office<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>773-539-6793</span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">More info:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/" target="_blank">www.chicagoaudubon.org</a></span> </div>
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