Alameda Daily Noose Awarded Coveted Award

Dear Mr. Grumbel and the Alameda Daily Noose:

On behalf of the McDonalds Corporation, we would like to congratulate you on being the winner of the coveted "McDonalds® Website of the Month™" award for July!

As an avid reader of your noosepaper for nearly all my life, I know that you have been proud of your status of being a soon-to-be-award- winning noosepaper. It was your editorial words praising McDonalds in your July 16 edition that prompted me to submit the ADN to corporate headquarters for consideration of this award. The board agreed unanimously that you are deserving of this highest honor.

You will soon be receiving a package with your trophy which we hope you will display in your nooseroom. In addition, your award package will include a gift certificate for a Big Mac®, redeemable at either our Towne Centre or Webster Street locations. Also, you may use our WebBadge™ to proudly display this honor to all your readership for the months to come. And, to top it off, we are featuring your name "in lights" on our signage for the rest of the month. We have enclosed a photograph which you may publish if you wish.

Again, Congratulations!

Roland Singh
Regional Manager
McDonalds Corporation