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Minutes Town Celebrations Committee September 21, 2016 Cotton Room, Cary Hall Members present Linda Dixon, acting chair, Bob Tracey, Henry Murphy, Wayne Miller, Rich McDonough, Sandy Podgorski, Dick Crogan, Julie Miller, Karen Gaughan, Suzanne Caton, Geetha Padaki, Paul Jenkins, Carol Flynn, June Baer Members not present Sondra Lucente, Bill Mix, Dave Taylor, Sam Zales, Cerise Jalelian, Lorain Marquis (chair), Linda Levitt, Gina Rada (Veterans liaison), Glen Bassett, Kim Coburn Guests Mingjin Fan, Alex Yin Business The Chair declared that a quorum was present. Approval of the minutes of September 14, 2016 was deferred to the next meeting. Linda introduced June Baer again to committee members who were not present the first time June attended a TCC meeting. Linda introduced Alex Yin, a seventh grader attending the meeting as a school assignment, and his mother, Mingjin Fan. Veterans Day Parade and Program, November 11 Linda Dixon reviewed the reasons for proposed changes to the parade and program, for the benefit of committee members who were not present at the last meeting. A meeting was held on Tuesday, September 20, to discuss the proposed changes with Lexington Veterans Day stakeholders. Linda D. reported that all of the stakeholders present approved of the proposed changes. The Lexington Police Honor Guard still need to be contacted about participating in the parade. Linda reported that a keynote speaker for the program has not yet been identified and asked for suggestions from the committee. Sandy Podgorski suggested Ken Donnelly, Massachusetts senator for th the 4 Middlesex district. If he is unavailable we could ask him to recommend someone else. Linda reported that Gina Rada will be responsible to organizing the Vietnam War segment of the indoor program. Ideas for that segment were solicited from the committee. Several Vietnam War veterans have been identified. Dick Crogan volunteered to be a speaker for the Vietnam War segment, if no other speakers are identified. Rich McDonough noted that since Dick is also a Purple Heart recipient, he could also be a speaker for the Purple Heart segment of the program. Dick noted that some towns nearby have a designated free parking space for Purple Heart recipients, identified by their special license plates. Dick suggested that if Lexington decides to do the same, it could be announced at the Veterans Day program.