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Town Celebrations Committee <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> October 21, 2020 <br /> Virtual Meeting <br /> Members Present <br /> June Baer, Chair; Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Steve Cole, Linda Dixon, Mary Hutton, Cerise <br /> Jalelian, Gresh Lattimore, Sondra Lucente, Lorain Marquis, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Geetha <br /> Padaki, Rita Pandey, Sandy Podgorski, Ashley Rooney, Sue Stering <br /> Members Not Present <br /> Wei Ding, Karen Gaughan, Wayne Miller, Sam Zales <br /> Business: <br /> • June convened the meeting at 7:06 pm and read the Town notice regarding the conduct of <br /> public virtual meetings. <br /> • The committee approved the minutes of October 14, 2020 as amended. <br /> • June announced that Glen Bassett will join the full committee. <br /> Honoring Veterans Banner: <br /> • Sondra's granddaughter is working on updating the design. Glen Bassett will send Sondra <br /> a picture of the Space Force uniform. <br /> • Doug Lucente is managing the process of getting the banner printed and hung. <br /> • The banner will be hung from November 9 through 13.a <br /> Gift Cards for Veterans: <br /> • Gift cards and cover letter have been delivered to the Select Board office for mailing. <br /> • 123 cards were sent. They have already been activated. The leftover cards will be used <br /> as door prizes at next year's Veterans Breakfast. <br /> Veterans Day Video: <br /> • The Select Board has approved having and videotaping a ceremony on the Green for <br /> Veterans Day. Ceremony will be performed by the Minutemen (see next bullet). <br /> • Steve Cole is organizing the Minutemen to perform a volley, ring the USS Lexington <br /> bell, posting the colors, and raising the flag, all to be videotaped by Lex Media and <br /> included in the Veterans Day video. The Minutemen will be taped on October 28 <br /> between 2 and 3 pm on the Green. <br /> • Steve noted that he needs to contact the DPW for assistance with the flag on Oct. 28. <br /> • Bill Mix suggested that Steve add a rain date to the request for permission to use the <br /> Green on Oct. 28. <br /> • Steve reported that he is working with Lex Media on the Dan Fenn memorial piece to be <br /> included in the video. It will include photos from the family. <br /> • Mary reported that she is working with George Gamota to get the WWII plaque added to <br /> the video. <br /> • Mary and June will select photos from previous Veterans Day activities to be included in <br /> the video. <br /> • Sue Stering noted that she has received 14 essays from High School students. The <br /> working group will review them and choose the top 5 essays. The top 2 will be read by <br /> the students on the video. <br /> • Lex Media plans to air the video at 11 am on November 11. <br />