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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting September 25, 2019 Lexington Community Center Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Karen Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Rita Pandey, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering, Members Not Present Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Wei Ding, Linda Dixon, Cerise Jalelian, Gresh Lattimore, Wayne Miller, Geetha Padaki, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Guests: Gina Rada Business: • The chair reported that a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm. • Minutes from the meeting of September 11, 2019 were approved. • Our Select Board representative, Jill Hai, is very active and supportive of our committee. We will be seeking her guidance on several topics of concern including storage, and our responsibilities and control over outside events. i.e. WWII and MLK days. • Lorain asked if anyone need new/replacement name tags, shirts or jackets. If you do, please let Lorain know so that she can place orders. Veteran's Day Programs • Sandy Podgorski stated the Veterans' Day Breakfast event is in excellent shape. • Publicity is going out. Colonial Times had a nice article about the breakfast in the current September/October 2019 issue. We are waiting on the Lexington Minute Man Newspaper to publish a similar article which has been submitted to them. • Flyers about the breakfast are being distributed. • There will be 2 sandwich boards placed outside of St. Brigid's Church 2 weeks before the Veterans' Breakfast event. Karen Gaughan will speak with Wales Copy Center about the posters for the sandwich boards. • Lorain Marquis and Linda Dixon will get a speaker for the breakfast. • The slide show is ready to go. We had 4 new slides added to the presentation. Dave Tabeling will again be taking pictures for us at the breakfast. • Gina Rada confirmed that she will be bringing the flags. She also confirmed the tickets are ready for distribution. She will have tickets available at her office and at Michelson's Shoes. • We are confirming that Monsignor Garrity will give the invocation and closing prayers at the breakfast.