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 Suzie asked for volunteers to help with preliminary preparation at 3 pm Monday, October 29, St. Brigid’s hall. Table arranging at the hall will be done late Friday night after the scheduled event has finished with the facility.  Uniformed Minuteman color guard will carry the town and American flags.  Sondra Lucente and Ryan Lennon are still working on door prizes. We have three donations so far.  Linda thinks that Rotary Club member Don Martini’s suggestion to assign a table host to facilitate conversation at each of the tables is a great idea. The subject will be revisited at next week’s meeting when Rotary Club members David Sears and Don Martini are at the meeting. Veterans’ Day 2012 Update  The committee received three contest essays. All entries were from middle school students. Members discussed possible reasons for the lack of interest in participation.  Leo McGonagle served as an escort to a WWII veteran on the recent Honor Flight to Washington DC. He will be invited to speak briefly at Cary Hall about his experience.  Suzie recapped parade information -- Start at 10 am, Monday, November 12; 11 am ceremony indoors at Cary Hall. The parade route is new this year. In case of rain, the ceremony will still be held at 11 am, Cary Hall, but the parade will be cancelled. Patriots’ Day 2013 Update  Eight more applications have come in, including another mummers’ group.  We should know by Halloween if the prominent group can participate.  The First Michigan Fife & Drum Corps and Quahogs Fife & Drum will be invited to participate in the afternoon parade.  Chief marshal discussion will be held over. Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm Respectfully submitted by Sandy Podgorski