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<br />Town Celebrations Committee
<br />Minutes of Meeting
<br />November 16, 2016
<br />Cotton Room, Cary Hall
<br />Members Present
<br />Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Kim Coburn, Dick Crogan, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen
<br />Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski.
<br />Members not present
<br />Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Linda Levitt, Sondra Lucente, Rich
<br />McDonough, Henry Murphy, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales
<br />Business
<br />The Chair declared that a quorum was present.
<br />The minutes of November 2, 2016 were approved with minor corrections.
<br />The next meeting is Wednesday, November 30, 2016 in the Parker Room, Town Office Building.
<br />Lorain will ask Sam Zales to attend a November or December meeting to discuss volunteer needs
<br />and preliminary plans for Martin Luther King Day.
<br />The group decided to cancel the meeting scheduled for December 14, 2016.
<br />Dates to remember:
<br />Holiday party Wednesday, December 7, 6:30 p.m. at Linda Dixon’s
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<br />Martin Luther King Day Monday, January 16, 2017
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<br />Patriots Day Monday, April 17, 2017
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<br />Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2017
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<br />Veterans Day Saturday, November 11, 2017
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<br />Feedback/Discussion on Veterans’ Day Program
<br />Regarding some initial concern whether a shortened parade would negatively effect the overall
<br />Veterans Day program, two positive outcomes put these concerns to rest: 1) the number of citizens
<br />attracted by the parade who followed it all the way into Cary Hall, thus contributing to the large
<br />audience; and 2) the inspiring effect on the youth, primarily Scouts, who turned out in large
<br />numbers and enjoyed the experience.
<br />The indoor ceremony attracted the largest audience in recent history. This was attributed to: 1) the
<br />50th commemoration of the Vietnam War theme; 2) the extensive publicity and news coverage;
<br />and 3) the personal outreach efforts to individual veterans.
<br />The slideshow added a great deal to the program. In future years, this can be shown before the
<br />program begins.
<br />It was disappointing that LexMedia didn’t show up.
<br />Next year, we can add more ushers to speed up the seating.
<br />We’ll keep the program to within sixty minutes.
<br />We’ll work to have the program ready several days earlier so we can print it at the Town printing
<br />facility vs. Wales Copy.
<br />Lorain thanked everyone for their great teamwork, with special thanks to Linda, Sandy and Kim.
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