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1N ,,ti-' WHEREAS, the Vietnamese Community of Oregon (VNCO) is an organization whose • r`i ,
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NOW,THEREFORE I, Yi Kang Hu, Mayor of the City of Tigard, do hereby proclaim : ::
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y:i„. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of •4; ,)
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