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Minutes Town Celebrations Committee August 14, 2013 Parker Room, Town Hall Members present Suzie Barry, Chair; Bob Tracey, co -Vice Chair; Linda Dixon, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Sandy Podgorski, Charlie Price. Members not present Dick Crogan, Co -Vice Chair; Mary Gillespie, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Barbara Manfredi, Bill Mix,Henry Murphy, Dave Taylor. Business • The chair declared that a quorum was present. • The committee approved the minutes of May 8, 2013 and July 10, 2013 with minor corrections. • The next meetings are scheduled for September 4 and 18, 2013, location TBD • The Committee received a thank -you note from former member Jo -Anne Granger • The 300 Committee is producing a commemorative book that will include a page on the Patriots Day /Memorial Day Parades. Veterans Day 2013 Veteran's Breakfast • Joint effort with Bedford: This event will now become the Lexington /Bedford Veteran's Breakfast after consultation with the respective Town Managers. Issues such as dual funding, annual site selection, solicitation and marketing policies, ticket sales venues, and the possible involvement of the VA hospital are still to be worked out. • Door prizes: The committee reviewed a chart listing candidates for solicitation of door prizes and offered additional suggestions. Veteran's Day Parade and Ceremony • Grand Marshal: after discussion, the group condensed the list of current candidates to a shorter list of names. Promotional Article: At the next meeting, we will select likely interview candidates from last year's breakfast attendance list. Linda will contact these individuals with the goal of interviewing several and writing a feature article for submission to the Lexington Minuteman. Speaker: Col Robert McLaughlin has been contacted. He would be pleased to be a speaker on Veteran's Day or sometime in the future; however, he is currently deployed in the western U.S. and would need the committee to pay his transportation costs. The committee consensus was not to invite Col McLaughlin at this time. Linda suggested one or more possible speakers from the ROTC leadership cadre at MIT and agreed to make contact and report back at the next meeting.