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Town Celebrations Committee Meeting Minutes August 19, 2020 Virtual Meeting Members Present June Baer, Chair; Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Steve Cole, Wei Ding, Linda Dixon, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Lorain Marquis, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Geetha Padaki, Rita Pandey, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering Members Not Present Kim Coburn, Karen Gaughan, Gresh Lattimore, Sondra Lucente, Wayne Miller, Ashley Rooney, Sam Zales Business: • June convened the meeting at 7:08 pm and read the Town notice regarding the conduct of public virtual meetings. • The committee once again thanked Lorain Marquis for her leadership during the past 5 years. • The committee approved the minutes of 5/27/2020. • June noted that she will update the TCC member list and send it out to the committee. • Suzanne reported that storage space in the Community Center Carriage House has been assigned to the TCC and items, including the Patriots Day sponsor banners, have been moved into the space. Any committee members who still have items to be stored should contact Suzanne about moving them. Salute to Veterans Breakfast 2020: • The committee voted to cancel the traditional breakfast since the pandemic makes holding one this year impossible. June will inform the Select Board about our decision. She will also reach out to the Rotary Club to let them know. • The committee discussed various options for recognizing our veterans this year, including reaching out to the local Dunkin Donuts stores to ask about contributing gift cards. • The committee voted to investigate the possibility of sending letters and gift cards to the veterans. June asked committee members to let her know if they are interested in participating in this investigation. Veterans Day Parade and Program 2020: • Due to the pandemic, the committee agreed that any Veterans Day programming will probably have to be virtual this year. • Mary Hutton asked the committee members to email her with their ideas for virtual programming. She will follow up and schedule a virtual meeting with interested committee members. • Linda Dixon noted that it would be nice to include a tribute to Dan Fenn in the Veterans Day programming. Steve Cole volunteered to coordinate with the Fenn family about this. Mary suggested that any tribute video should be a maximum of 5 minutes in length. • The committee discussed other options for Veterans Day including having a volley fired by the Minute Men on the Green, ringing the USS Lexington bell on the Green, having veterans congregate on the Green (socially distanced) and having the Girl Scouts hand them carnations.