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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting September 11, 2019 Lexington Community Center Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Linda Dixon, Karen Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering, Members Not Present Glen Bassett, Kim Coburn, Wei Ding, Mary Hutton, Paul Jenkins, Gresh Lattimore, Sondra Lucente, Wayne Miller, Rita Pandey, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Guests: Gina Rada, Jill Hai Business: • The chair reported that a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm. • Minutes from the meeting of June 5, 2019 were approved. • Lorain asked the committee to observe a minute of silence to mark the anniversary of 9/11/01. • Lorain reminded the committee about the remembrance program for Mary Gillespie that will be held at the Depot from 10:30 to 12 on Saturday, 9/21. • Geetha Padaki reported that she is attending the Community Coalition meetings for the IAAL and will be happy to also talk about the TCC at the meetings. She requested copies of the TCC recruiting brochure to take to the meetings. Veteran's Day Programs: • Sandy Podgorski reported on preparations for the Veterans Day Breakfast, which will be held on Saturday, November 2: • Kielty Hall has been reserved • Neillio's has been notified • Still to be done: Emails and notices need to be sent to the veterans we have addresses for • Gina Rada will handle the tickets for the breakfast. She will have the tickets at the Community Center and will drop some off at Michelson's Shoes. Gina is also putting a notice about the breakfast in the next Senior Newsletter. • Geetha reported that the IAAL would like to contribute to the Veterans Breakfast in some way, perhaps with a donation or with volunteers to help with the breakfast. Linda Dixon suggested that the IAAL could pay for the coffee served before the breakfast and Geetha agreed to take that suggestion back to the organization. • Sue Stering reported that the program in the High School to have students write essays about veterans has been started by the teaching staff. Sue hopes to get the High School Art Department also involved in the program. • Linda Dixon reported that Pat and Edith Flynn have been invited to participate in the Veterans Day Program held on Veterans Day in Cary Hall. • Gina Johnson has made some artwork of Pat Flynn's military career that will be presented to him at the Program. • Edith Flynn will give the keynote speech at the Program, which is still being developed.