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BALTIC AMERICAN FREEDOM LEAGUE
ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET - 2005
Saturday, October 29
at the Latvian Community Center
Los Angles, CA
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Below are photos from this year's banquet.
(Please click on the photos to view them larger.) |
Just before the 2005 BAFL Awards Banquet, BAFL members and supporters met with State Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Defense, Edgars Rinkevics and Lt. Karlis Lidaks, Assistant Military Attache at Latvia's Embassy in Washington DC. Also invited were and present were Andrejs Vijumsons, Director of the Political and Planning Dept., Latvia's Ministry of Defense an Airis Rikveilis, head of the Ministry's Public Relations Department. Political and defense issues were discussed. |
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The Head Table |
Maryte Sepikas makes sure things are going
smooth at table #7 |
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Mr. and Mrs. Uldis Briedis with BAFL Board member Ted Liliensteins. Mr. & Mrs. Briedis flew in from Chicago to attend the banquet. |
BAFL Co-Presidents Vija A Turjanis and Alnis Briedis with Latvian State Secretary for the Ministry of Defense Edgars Rikevics. |
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BAFL Board members Hendrik Leesment and Aivars Jerumanis at the Awards Banquet.
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Long time BAFL Treasurer Heino Nurmberg is presented his NATO Commemorative Medal from State Secretary of Defense for the Republic of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics. |
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The Presidents Award was given to Maryte Sepikas "in Recognition of Your Hard Work, Dedication and Commitment to the Baltic American Freedom League." |
Lithuanian piano virtuoso, Rudolfas Budginas, held the audience spellbound as he played three selections: Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", Chopin 2 Etudes, and Gershwins "Rapsody in Blue". |
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Recipients of the NATO Commemorative Medal by the
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Latvia.
Left to right: Maryte Sepikas, Vija A. Turjanis, Avo Piirisild, Algis Raulinaitis (behind Avo),Dace Pavlovskis, Heino Nurmberg, Teodor Liliensteins, Ilmars Krasts, Hendrik Leesment, Ivars Miculs, Alnis Briedis, Nemyra Enck, Aivars Jerumanis |
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