{"id":4218,"date":"2021-11-23T20:53:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4218"},"modified":"2021-11-23T21:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:15:54","slug":"congratulations-to-the-2021-ala-recognition-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/aktualitates\/congratulations-to-the-2021-ala-recognition-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the 2021 ALA Recognition Award recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We congratulate the 2021 ALA Recognition Award recipients, who were nominated by their local Latvian communities for their service and accomplishments:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bitte, M\u0101ra\u00a0<\/strong>(Detroit, MI)<br \/>\n<strong>Briede-Bils\u0113na, Anita<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>\u010cik\u0101gas Latvie\u0161u b\u0113rnud\u0101rzs un pirmsskola &#8220;Stari\u0146\u0161&#8221;<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>Dauk\u0161s, M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161<\/strong> (Cleveland, OH)<br \/>\n<strong>Doherty, Ingr\u012bda<\/strong> (Seattle, WA)<br \/>\n<strong>Ejupe, L\u012bga<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>Ejups, Imants<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>Foltzer, Kar\u012bna\u00a0<\/strong>(Cleveland, OH)<br \/>\n<strong>Gonzalez, Dr. L\u012bga<\/strong> (Grand Rapids, MI)<br \/>\n<strong>Gotlaufa Orozko, Sandra\u00a0<\/strong>(San Diego, CA)<br \/>\n<strong>Kursietis, Andris<\/strong> (Milwaukee, WI)<br \/>\n<strong>K\u016bl\u012bte, Zinta\u00a0<\/strong>(Portland, OR)<br \/>\n<strong>Kusi\u0146a, Daina<\/strong> (Seattle, WA)<br \/>\n<strong>Legzdi\u0146\u0161, J\u0101nis\u00a0<\/strong>(San Diego, CA)<br \/>\n<strong>Liepi\u0146a, Ariana<\/strong> (St. Petersburg, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>L\u016bsis, Karmene<\/strong> (St. Petersburg, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>Norberga, Aija<\/strong> (St. Petersburg, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>Pl\u016bme, M\u0101r\u012bte<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>P\u016bli\u0146\u0161, Juris<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>P\u016bli\u0146\u0161, Uldis<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>Putenis, M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161\u00a0<\/strong>(New York, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Reins, D\u0101vis\u00a0<\/strong>(Los Angeles, CA)<br \/>\n<strong>Rituma, Aleksandra\u00a0<\/strong>(St. Petersburg, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>Rupnere, M\u0101ra\u00a0<\/strong>(New York, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Smilti\u0146a, Ir\u0113na\u00a0<\/strong>(Portland, OR)<br \/>\n<strong>Smilti\u0146\u0161, Ilm\u0101rs<\/strong> (Portland, OR)<br \/>\n<strong>\u0160midchena, Ilze<\/strong> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<strong>Ub\u0101ns, Juris\u00a0<\/strong>(Portland, ME)<br \/>\n<strong>Vilemsons, Aivars\u00a0<\/strong>(St. Petersburg, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>Vilmanis, Ilm\u0101rs\u00a0<\/strong>(St. Petersburg, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>Vizule, Anda\u00a0<\/strong>(Ga\u0157ezers, MI)<br \/>\n<strong>Vizulis, K\u0101rlis\u00a0<\/strong>(Ga\u0157ezers, MI)<br \/>\n<strong>Z\u0101l\u012bte, Linda\u00a0<\/strong>(New York, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Zilaote, Zanda\u00a0<\/strong>(Cleveland, OH)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3050,"template":"","category":[31],"class_list":["post-4218","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ala-in-action"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congratulations to the 2021 ALA Recognition Award recipients - American Latvian Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/aktualitates\/congratulations-to-the-2021-ala-recognition-award-recipients\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congratulations to the 2021 ALA Recognition Award recipients - American Latvian Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We congratulate the 2021 ALA Recognition Award recipients, who were nominated by their local Latvian communities for their service and accomplishments: Bitte, M\u0101ra\u00a0(Detroit, MI) Briede-Bils\u0113na, Anita (Chicago, IL) \u010cik\u0101gas Latvie\u0161u b\u0113rnud\u0101rzs un pirmsskola &#8220;Stari\u0146\u0161&#8221; 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