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<br />Minutes <br />TownCelebrationsCommittee <br />October21,2015 <br />Cafe,201BedfordStreet <br />Memberspresent <br />LorainMarquisandRichMcDonough,CoChairs;DianaBishop,SuzanneCaton,KimCoburn,LindaDixon, <br />CarolFlynn,KarenGaughan,CeriseJalelian,JulieMiller,WayneMiller,BillMix,HenryMurphy,Sandy <br />Podgorski,BobTracey <br />Membersnotpresent <br />PaulJenkins,MelanieLin,LindaLevitt,SondraLucente,GeethaPadaki,DaveTaylor,SamZales. <br />Business <br />Declaringthataquorumwaspresent,LorainintroducednewmemberDianaBishop,recentlyretired <br />fromacareerasaconsultantinhealthcareanalytics. <br />GinaRada,VeteransServicesDirectorforLexington/Bedford,andGlenBassett,retiredMarineand <br />prospectivecommitteemember,attendedasguests. <br />TheminutesofOctober7,2015wereapprovedwithminorcorrections. <br />DiscussionofExpandedProgramforWreathLayingatMemorials <br />SandyandLindahavepreparedascripttodescribethememorialtreesandplaquesontheBattleGreen <br />honoring8LexingtonianswhoperishedinWorldWarI.Tohelplocatethesememorials,thecommittee <br />willplaceaflagateachtree.AfterthewreathlayingceremonyattheObelisk,theNarratorwillread <br />thescriptabouttheWWImemorials.Therewillbenowreathlaying,buttherewillbethestandard <br />volleyandTapsandEcho.GinawillobtaintheflagsandcoordinatetheirplacementwithSandy. <br />TheKoreanandVietnamwarswillnowbecommemoratedintwoseparateceremonies,eventhough <br />theyarememorializedonthesamestone.EachceremonywillconsistofadescriptionbytheNarrator;a <br />wreathlaying;avolleybytheMinutemen;andTapsandEcho. <br />5«º«¸§´¹ȟBreakfast,Saturday,October31,2015,KeiltyHall <br />DickCroganwillhandlethearrangementsforanappropriatePOW/MIAsetup. <br />3¯©±«º¹§²«¹Ȏ GinaRadareportedsalesof106ticketsasfollows:CommunityCenter,50;BedfordCOA, <br />20;,¯©®«²¹µ´ȟ¹ȍ20,LexingtonMinutemen,16.Committeemembersandinvitedguestswilltotal <br />another30.Afeaturestoryaboutthebreakfastinºµ³µ¸¸µ½ȟ¹edition(October22)oftheMinuteman <br />shouldhelptosellafewmore.Lorainmustgive-«¯²²¯µȟ¹aheadcountbyTuesday,October27. <br />DickCroganwillbringaboomboxfortheplayingofservicesongs. <br />GinawillsendCeriseallnamesgatheredsofarfromticketpurchasesandCerisewillupdatethe <br />databaseshepreparedfromlast¿«§¸ȟ¹attendance. <br />#µµ¸¶¸¯À«¹:Sandyreportedthattherearenow25doorprizesinhand. <br />3§¨²«ª«©µ¸§º¯µ´¹:BobTraceyhasmetwithWagonWheelandtheyhaveagreedtosupply,onaloan <br />basis,pumpkinthemedcenterpiecesforthetables.Therewillbenochargeaslongaswereturnthe <br />materialspromptlyafterthebreakfast. <br />3§¨²«¹«º»¶:JuliewillfindoutwhetherthetableswillbealreadysetuponFridayOctober30whenwe <br />arriveforsetup,andwhetherwecanleavethetablesinplaceattheconclusionofthebreakfast. <br /> <br />