[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road July 26, 2023 6:00 P.M. ]
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IT IS 6:00 PM THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN OUR MEETING.
WE ASK THAT EVERYONE WILL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR INVOCATION.
I WOULD LIKE ALLEGIANCE TO, TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DEAR LORD, TODAY, IN OLD DAYS, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS WORTHY MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE IT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WERE CALLED UPON TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU BLESS THEM FOR THEIR UNSELFISH SERVICE AND FOR THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS, OUR SAFETY, AND OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE.
PLEASE, FATHER, BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY FOR THE HARDSHIPS THEY FACE, FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE, AND FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH AMERICA'S VICTORIES, OVER JOURNEY AND OPPRESSION.
WE THANK THEM, WE ARE PROUD OF THEM, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL WATCH OVER THEM, THESE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, HOLD OUR TROOPS IN YOUR LOVING'S HANDS.
PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTECT US.
BLESS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SELFLESS ACTS THEY PERFORM FOR US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN ALL THAT WE DO, AND BLESS ALL THE MILITARY AND VETERANS WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
THESE THINGS I HUMBLY ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
NOW WE WILL HAVE ROLL CALL MR. BANKIN.
MR. WINDOR, I'D ASK FOR A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF MR. BANQUETS, MR. HANCOCK AND MR. JOHNSON.
I, I MAKE A MOTION TO EQ NOVEMBER A SECOND.
YOU HEARD IT'S BEEN, UH, MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
UH, NOW WE'D LIKE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
DID EVERYBODY GET THE MINUTES? YES, SIR.
YOU WAS, YOU'RE YOU'RE ADDED IN OUR GROUP NOW.
SO, UM, IS EVERYBODY THAT'S IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED HAVE THE SAME RIGHT.
UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR YOU'RE WAITING? I, I HAVE NOTHING TO PRESENT.
I JUST HEARD ABOUT THE COMMISSION AND WE'LL HAVE TO COME BY AND SEE WHAT GOES ON.
BEING A VETERAN LIVING IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET MORE VETERANS TO SHOW UP, AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE A FORUM TO WHERE WE PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY AND ALSO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MAYBE MIAMI.
BUT, UM, JUST PUT OUT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, UM, I WORK FOR VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA AND WE HOUSE HOMELESS VETERANS, SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN HUBER HEIGHTS AND YOU MAY NOT SEE 'EM LAYING OUT ON THE STREETS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEEDS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND HUBER HEIGHTS FOR OUR VETERANS.
SO WE WANT TO RAISE THE AWARENESS THAT, THAT WE'RE IN THE FIGHT TO TRY TO BRING OUT INFORMATION FOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND ALSO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING HERE TODAY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU, SIR, DID YOU, UH, BY ANY CHANCE REPRESENT ANY PARTICULAR VETERANS ORGANIZATION OR YOURSELF? I AM A MEMBER OF A COUPLE, BUT
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I DO NOT REPRESENT THEM HERE TODAY.HEARING THE, WHICH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS? THE, THE D A V I'M A MEMBER OF AND TEAM R W B ARE TWO OF THE
I HAVEN'T ATTENDED A SINGLE EVENING
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED WHEN I WAS STILL ON ACTIVE DUTY ON NEBRASKA.
AND SINCE I MOVED DOWN HERE, I'VE ONLY BEEN TO A COUPLE EVENTS.
BUT THEY ARE HEAVY AND THEY DO HAVE A PRESENCE AND FIVE KS AND I MEAN, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ALL THAT STUFF, UM, TEAM REAR WHITE AND BLUE IS DEFINITELY THE PLACE FOR YOU.
AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE D A V.
UM, THERE'S A LOCATION IN KETTERING, YOU KNOW, THEY HELPED ME WITH MY DISABILITY.
HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET EITHER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ATTEND A FEW MEETINGS FROM WHAT I HEAR, THEY PLAY DOMINOES AND SPADES AND PIN KNUCKLE AND BIG WIS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND SOMETHING GOING ON AND YEAH.
AND, AND HAVE, HAVE THAT AWARENESS AND HAVE FOOD AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU FOR COMING.
DO YOU MIND SHARING YOUR NAME? UH, MY NAME'S JASON JUS.
UH, FIRST SERGEANT, I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY WELCOME JASON BY NAME.
HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? J J U K E SS.
I'M SORRY, BUT WE APPRECIATE A, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SORRY FOR YOURSELF.
IT MAKES MY YOUNGEST SON'S, SON'S AN INFANT, OR MY OLDEST SON IS AN INFANTRY MAN, DIED AT FORT CASOS, FORMER FORT HOOD.
FIRMLY KNOWN AS, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON COMMANDERS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS WASHINGTON BULL
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UM, SPREAD THE WORD.
LIKE I SAID, UM, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THIS BE A FORUM.
SO WE DO WANT TO HAVE THIS BE WHERE WE CAN PUT OUT INFORMATION.
UM, I ATTENDED THE FARMER'S MARKET THIS PAST WEEKEND AND, UH, PARKS AND REC DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF OUR BANNER CARDS, SO I'M LIKE, UGH, GOD DARE YOU SITTING OUT IN FRONT.
I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT I WAS LIKE, HEY, IF Y'ALL NEED SOME, WE'LL MAKE SURE.
SO WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE A PAVER PROGRAM AT TOM CLOUD PARK TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE PURCHASE A BRICK OF A, WELL, ACTUALLY, HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE MEMORIAL PARK YET? UH, NOT SINCE, SINCE FINISHED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SELL BRICKS WHERE YOU COULD PUT, UM, A FORMER VETERAN AND EVERYTHING.
I REMEMBER THAT INITIATIVE WHERE WE WERE GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND MM-HMM.
KNOW PRIOR TO BUILDING EVERYTHING AS PART TO THE FIRST SERGEANT'S ASSOCIATION ON BASE.
WELL, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING IN ATTENDANCE WITH US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, OLD BUSINESS, I ONLY PUT THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, THE, UM, COMING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT THE QUALIFICATIONS, THE LANGUAGE, ET CETERA, FOR RECOGNIZING AN INDIVIDUAL IN HUBER HEIGHTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, RECOGNIZING AN ORGANIZATION IN HUBER HEIGHTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR ANY OTHER COUNTY FOR THAT MATTER.
SO ON OUR NEXT MEETING THAT WE'LL BE, UM, ON THE AGENDA ALONG WITH THE VETERANS DAY EVENT.
SO I KNOW, UM, WE WANT TO KIND OF GET, GET OUT IN FRONT OF OUR VETERANS DAY EVENT AT TOM CLOUD PARK.
AND, UM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS IDENTIFY OUR SPEAKER AND OUR, OUR, OUR PASTOR FOR THE INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION.
BUT, UH, I HAVE THE SPEAKER ALREADY OKAY.
ON THURSDAY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL TALKING TO HIM.
HE, HE SAYS HE, HE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN BEFORE THIS EVENT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, HE SAID IT WAS DOWN AT THOMASTOWN PARK AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
AND SO, SO I TALKED TO HIM BECAUSE I, I, IT'S ACTUALLY RAY'S FAULT BECAUSE OH, HE HAD, HE GOT HIM FOR THE, UH, VIETNAM VETERANS MOR MORTAL DAY EVENT.
AND THIS, THIS KID'S NAME'S, WELL, YOUNG MAN, HIS NAME WAS GARY WASHINGTON.
IS THAT THE ONE THAT DID OUR LAST YEAR? YEAH, I THINK HE DID TWO OR THREE YEARS.
HE THAT ABSOLUTELY, HE'S A E SIX STAFF SERGEANT.
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17 YEAR OLD.UH OH, NO, HE DIDN'T, I THINK YOU SEVEN S SORRY.
17 YEAR OLD VETERAN OF THE AIR FORCE.
AND HE DID A LOT OF AIRCRAFT, MADE HIS SUPERVISION LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, HE'S, HE'S JUST A SUBURBAN SPEAKER.
IS THAT THE ONE WE HAD? I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
IS THAT THE ONE WE HAD LAST YEAR? YEP.
BUT WE WANT TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, FRESH BLOOD, IF YOU WILL.
WELL, ALL THAT WOULD, NOW WITHSTANDING, I KNOW THAT HE'S READY AND WILLING TO GO, SHOULD YOU MM-HMM.
I WOULD OPEN IT UP TO THE PANEL, UM, TO THE COMMISSION, UM, IF WE WANT, YOU KNOW, HAVE HIM AS A PLAN B AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIND A PLAN A OR GO WITH PLAN B.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
CAN WE, CAN WE KEEP HIM, MAYBE JUST HAVE HIM DO THE SHORTER COMMENTS AND THEN ALSO BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL SPEAKER THAT MAYBE IS LIKE A KEY SPEAKER, FREE SPEAKER.
AND, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY ENGAGED HIM AND ASKED HIM TO DO THIS.
SO I, I WOULDN'T WANT TO RESEND OKAY.
SO DO Y'ALL, UM, WE HAD TO TABLE THAT THE NEXT TIME.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON GARY AND I COULD SUBMIT THAT FOR THE SO KEYNOTE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
AND THEN YOU SAID PRE KEYNOTE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, MY DECISION.
SO, UH, RAY, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING IN AUGUST? YEAH.
PUT A MOTION IN BY SECOND IN WANT SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
OTTO IS IN FAVOR OF TABLING IT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
SECOND MOTION WOULDN'T BE VETERAN TODAY.
UM, AND I CAN LIKE ME TO NOT REMEMBER HIS NAME.
UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING TO THE POINT THAT THERE'S NOT MANY LEFT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OR THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF OUR FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR STORY? WELL, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, BEING INVESTED ARE IN OUR CHAPTER NINE SEVEN THAT MEET HERE IN ER HEIGHTS.
MOST OF 'EM DON'T LIVE IN ER HEIGHTS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF 'EM AT THE
LIKE GO TO THE
BUT DO THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN HUBERT HEIGHTS THOUGH? YEAH.
NO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE, BUT NOT A NEED.
COLONEL BARLOW DOESN'T LIVE IN HUBERT HEIGHTS AND SHE'S BEEN OUR GUEST SPEAKER BEFORE.
WE LOOKED AT HER AS A COMMUNITY LEADER.
SHE JUST GOT ANOTHER AWARD AND SOMETHING THAT SHE JUST KEEPS GETTING SHE'S NEVER ACHIEVE.
SHE WAS MY BOSS AND MY PROFESSOR.
SO SHE, IF I CAN BACKSPACE A MINUTE.
I HAD SAID THAT I WOULD CONTACT SOMEBODY.
AND I MET WITH HIM TUESDAY MORNING AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT.
FORTHWITH TO SEE IF HE'S BE WELD RAY GERARD.
THAT'S AIR, AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ONLY FOR MARINES OR NAVY.
UM, WE DIDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK FOR NEW BUSINESS, UM, ON THE AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR NEW BUSINESS? OF COURSE YOU DO.
MR. RAY, JUST JUSTIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE, UH, VIETNAM MALL WAS POSTED DOWN IN CENTERVILLE AT 7,500 YANKEE ROAD.
AND, UH, IT'S BEING OPEN TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK FOR, FOR THE ACTUAL CEREMONY.
THE YOUNG MARINES ARE DOING THE COLOR GUARD TO OPEN IT UP, BUT, UH, IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO, THAT WOULD BE NICE PLACE TO GO.
WHAT TIME AT THE ACTUAL CEREMONY STARTS AT 10, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU TRY TO ARRIVE AT 10, YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER GET A PARKING PLACE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE AT? IT'S GONNA BE UP OR IT'S QUIET.
IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S TWO AND A HALF DAYS.
NOT BY A PRETTY TWO AND A HALF DAY.
AND THEN ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IS, UH, I ATTENDED AN HONOR FLIGHT, IT WAS CALLED A RECRUITMENT MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT AT, IN THE V F W POST UP OR AMERICAN LEGION POST UP IN NEW CARLISLE.
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THEY'RE, THEY'RE APPARENTLY LOOKING FOR MORE APPLICATION FROM VETERANS TO GO ON HONOR FLIGHT.SO I'VE DONE A FEW THINGS, LIKE SENT SOME INFORMATION TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SO FORTH.
BUT THE, THE IDEA IS TO SPREAD THE WORD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SAY, HEY, VETERANS, DID YOU WANT TO GO IN ON A FLIGHT? AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, THE NEXT ANSWER IS, WELL, HOW DO I DO THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEIR STUMBLING POINT WAS.
AND THE AN THE ANSWER WAS SIMPLY GO TO HONOR FLIGHT DATE.ORG, WHICH JUST GLAZE THE WHOLE THING.
BUT IF, IF YOU HAPPEN TO, TO HAVE ANY, ANY VETERANS THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN GOING ON HONOR FLIGHT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
AND NEXT HONOR FLIGHT ISN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
AND, UH, I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHY THE RECRUITMENT WAS GOING ON, BUT I THINK THAT FOR SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS, LIKE FOR 2024, THEY HAVE A LOT OF HOLES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FILL, AND THEY NEVER KNOW UNTIL 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT EXACTLY WHO'S GOING.
BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE KEY CRITERIA FOR A PERSON GOING ON A FLIGHT IS THEY MIGHT NOT BE ALIVE FOR THE NEXT ONE.
THEY, THEY GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT QUESTION.
WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO, UH, WELL, AGAIN, IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING IN WORLD WAR II OR KOREAN WAR OR VIETNAM OR DURING THE COLD WAR AND, AND LIKE THAT.
AND IT, IF YOU, IF YOU GO TO THAT WEBSITE, WHERE'S GOT THE LITTLE THAT SAYS APPLICATIONS MM-HMM.
THE APP, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I DID HONOR FLIGHT, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
OH, YOU DID? UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE.
UM, THE GUY THAT PUTS IT ON, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT AL BAILEY.
HE, UH, I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S REALLY INTEGRATED INTO THIS THING.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
AND YOU CAN TELL, UH, IT RUNS LIKE A SEWING MACHINE.
UH, I'M A VETERAN, BUT I ACTUALLY TOOK MY FATHER-IN-LAW AND MY, UH, MY WIFE'S UNCLE, UH, TO THIS THING.
AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT, BUT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET, BUT IT IS A CHARTERED FLIGHT.
SO YOU'RE FLYING DIRECTLY IN, UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAD AN ESCORT WHEN WE GOT THERE.
WE HAD PEOPLE CLAPPING AT THE AIRPORTS COMING HOME.
IT'S, WE DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL 11 30, 12 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
THE GATE AIRPORT, THAT DAYTON AIRPORT WAS PACKED.
AND THEY'RE GIVING THESE VETERANS, I MEAN, IT'S, I GOT CHILL BUMPS JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT'S, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE THE TEARS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT NOW BECAUSE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL HONORED, UH, AL BAILEY WITH A PROCLAMATION STANDING RIGHT HERE.
AND THEY TOLD HIS HIS ENTIRE STORY, AND HE DID MORE THAN A LOT MORE THAN ON A FLIGHT.
HE DID A, A LOT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
THE THING IS, HE VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME.
HE, HE DOESN'T GET PAID FOR IT.
AND TO HEAR THE HOURS THAT HE PUTS IN, I, I KNOW HE DOES, BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL, CLOSE KNIT TEAM THAT HAS COME TOGETHER AND THEY, THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY'VE PUT DOWN, IT'S, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO GET THIS EVENT ROLLING AND TO HAVE IT RUN WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE.
WE HAD, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT, UH, WE HAD THREE, I THINK WORLD WAR II, THAT WAS IT.
UM, WE HAD A FEW KOREAN WAR, A TON OF VIETNAM.
SO, AND THAT PRETTY MUCH MADE UP OUR 122 PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE PLANE.
SO JUST THE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION ALONE, I'M, I'M, WOW, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, I THOUGHT OF ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT ON SATURDAY.
THE SATURDAY, THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
HUH? THE 31ST IS MONDAY, NOT THIS SATURDAY.
IS THAT, THAT'S, UH, NOT THE SATURDAY'S, THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY.
BUT THE LADY THAT SETS UP THE LONGHORN FREE BREAKFAST YES.
AND IF YOU WISH TO BRING YOUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR BRING 'EM BOTH, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A ONLY ONCE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL FREE BREAKFAST.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING YOU WANTED, YOU KNOW, SAUSAGE, EGGS AND, UH, BACON AND PANCAKES.
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AND UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GONNA BE IN DETROIT THAT SATURDAY.I THINK THEY, UH, IS IT OKAY, I'M SORRY.
ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I'M PART OF, I'M BASED IS A VETERAN THAT HE ADVERTISES THERE AS WELL.
SOME GUY, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO IT WAS, CAME UP WITH.
KROGER, STARTED TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, YOU EVER GO TO, ON SATURDAYS YOU SHOULD GO THIS, THIS AWESOME AND THIS AND THAT.
LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE ON MILLER LANE.
IT'LL BE THE, UH, LANE FIFTH, THE 5TH OF AUGUST.
HENRY FIFTH ONE, THE HONOR FLIGHT SITE IS DOWN.
AND I, I HAD HIM TEST IT TOO, JUST IN CASE IT WAS ME, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA POST SOMETHING TO OUR FACEBOOK AND DIRECT PEOPLE TO IT.
UM, SO HIM, IT'S PROBABLY, PROBABLY UNANTICIPATED AND NOT THAT IS TECHNOLOGY
MR. MR. YOU KNOW, MR. UNDERWOOD GRAY IS THE MC
USUALLY EVERY YEAR WHEN THEY COME BACK, WELL, TWICE A YEAR, WHEN THEY COME BACK TO DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, YOU GET TO HEAR RAY'S LOVELY VOICE, CORRALLING THE PEOPLE, MOVE BACK, LEAVE SPACE, ET CETERA.
UH, HE TRIES TO MAKE ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, GO.
I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE, UM, BUT NOT THE LAST ONE.
BUT, UM, IT IS A, IT IS AN EYEOPENING EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST ASKING, UM, WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS WERE, BECAUSE WE KNOW LIKE THOSE VETS OR DYING OFF UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE LIKE OPENING IT UP TO ANY THEATER.
YOU KNOW, ANYONE THAT'S BEEN ANY THEATER, GOLF, WAR.
GULF WAR, YOU KNOW, LEBANON, BEIRUT, WHATEVER.
THEY HAD THE, THEY HAD THE PLANE PACT WITH THE, ESPECIALLY THE, UH, UH, VIETNAM VETS MM-HMM.
DOES THAT MEAN, DO WE HAVE A NINE 11? WE DON'T HAVE A GULF WAR MEMORIAL IN DC YET, DO WE? NOT SURE I NOT, I'VE BEEN TO THE CEMETERY, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
DON'T THEY TAKE THAT, THAT, TO SEE THEIR MEMORIAL? YEAH.
I MEAN, WE WENT TO, YOU'RE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT RUNS LIKE A SEWING MACHINE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THEY DO.
NO, I'M GONNA SAY I DON'T THINK I WAS THERE TWO YEARS AGO AND I CAN'T, THE MOST RECENT CAN'T, I WASN'T AFFILIATED WITH ANYTHING.
I KNOW THE AIR FORCE MEMORIAL IS NEWER AND IT'S THERE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NEWEST ONE THAT I'VE SEEN ONE MORE GET ALL THE SERVICES HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I JUST, IF I REMEMBER, I HONORLY, PART OF THE GOAL IS TO TAKE THE VETERAN OF THAT SPECIFIC EVENT TO THE MEMORIAL THAT REPRESENTS THEIR EVENT, BECAUSE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO DO IT.
THAT'S, WELL, THEY, THEY ALL GO, WELL, THAT REQUIRES TWO ANSWERS ACTUALLY.
THEY ALL GO TO ALL THE MEMORIALS, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE, THEY CALL FLAGS OF OUR HEROES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF, IF YOUR LOVED ONE, SAY WAS AN ARMY PERSON IN WORLD WAR II, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL'S GOT ALL THE STATES.
UH, THEY WILL, IF YOU'LL HAND HIM A PICTURE, THEY'LL PUT HIS PICTURE ON A STAND WITH A NICE STAND WITH A BRIEF AND, UH, ON A FLIGHT AND PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT MEMORIAL AND TAKE THE PICTURE AND GIVE YOU THAT PICTURE BACK.
AND SO HE, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR LOVED ONE WOULD'VE ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL AT THE END OF THE NIGHT POSITIVELY, RIGHT? YEAH.
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, UH, KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE BANQUET, UH, WHERE THEY, THEY PUT ON A, YOU KNOW, FOOD, SOME FOOD THEY GO OVER SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, HONOR A FEW PEOPLE, BUT THE ONE BIG THING WAS THE WORLD WAR II.
THATS, THERE WAS ONLY THREE AND THEY GOT HONORED.
UH, AND A JUST A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE I THINK FOR THEM.
DID YOU GO AS AN ESCORT OR AS A DRIVER ESCORT? I, I ACTUALLY WENT AS AN ESCORT.
I PROBABLY COULD'VE WENT, BUT MINE WAS AN ESCORT.
ACTUALLY LARRY JOHNSON AND I BOTH WENT FROM OUR COMPANY.
S R C SS R C ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT.
SO DID YOU BUY ANY, THAT WAS THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA ASK.
WELL, I'M GONNA ASK YOU SOMETHING.
AFTER THE MEETING, THERE WAS A LITTLE, THIS KIND OF A LITTLE WAR STORY ABOUT BEING AN S ESCORT.
SO, UH, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON MY MIND.
BUT FOR INSTANCE, THE WHEELCHAIRS THAT, THE WHEELCHAIRS THAT THEY HAVE MM-HMM.
DO WE DO ANYTHING TO FUNDRAISING OF ANY SORT OR, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I DID, I DID NOT WRAP
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SOMETHING BRICKWE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MIKE ACTUALLY CHECK THE MODALITIES OF THAT I BEFORE A BRICK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WORKING STATIONS OUTSIDE THE CITY THAT POTENTIALLY COULD TAKE THAT ON.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE LOOK INTO TEAMING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL, UM, V F ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TEAM UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE WITH THEM TO, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES OR OTHER WORD V FW, AMERICAN FW AMERICAN.
I DIDN'T, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR.
I KNOW IT'S VERY ENLIGHTENING.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND THEN, I'M SORRY, REAL QUICK.
THE PAPER SITUATION, I KNOW IT'S BEEN, IT'S KIND OF, IN MY OPINION, IT'S DRAGGING, UM, TO KIND OF PUT SOME SPIRIT IN THAT I'M GOING TO CHECK ON WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION HERE, I'M GOING TO KIND OF, UM, TAKE THE APPLICANTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, GET A KIND OF CURRENT PRICING OF WHAT WOULD BE TO PUT THOSE IN SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY I SEE WHAT'S THERE.
I WON'T GIVEN YOU ANY FOR, BUT I, BUT YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO GET 'EM IN.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE A CUTOFF DATE OF, YOU KNOW, I GOT, I GOT, LET'S SAY WE HAVE, I THINK I HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 APPLICANTS RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST WANT TO GO GET THOSE IN SO PEOPLE CAN MAYBE START SEEING THEM.
AND IT LEADS TO MORE CURIOSITY AND, AND HOPEFULLY PURCHASE FUTURE WEBSITE UP.
THE BEST MARKETING IS AN EVIDENCE SAMPLE.
SO, UM, I KNOW I MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, VETERAN'S DAY AND ALL THAT STUFF FOR, UM, OLD BUSINESS.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO, UM, IN OUR NEXT MEETING, DO A UPDATE ON THE PAVERS AND THEN ELECTION OF THE CHAIR.
SO MR. UNDERWOOD, YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT I WAS THE CHAIR LAST, WELL, WAS IT ONE, I THINK ONE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD JEFFREY, WE MOVED TO COLORADO, SO WE LOST OUR CHAIR.
SO THEN I VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE CHAIR UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT TO BE THE INTERIM CHAIR UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT THE WAY AHEAD.
SO IN OUR AUGUST MEETING, WE ALSO NEED TO ELECT THE CHAIR.
UM, I HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD AND ABOUT TO BE FOUR YEAR OLD THAT I'M NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR, UNFORTUNATELY, AND FORTUNATELY, UM, SO I'LL STILL BE A COMMISSION MEMBER, BUT NOT THAT IT'S A LOT TO DO THIS, BUT I NEED TO KIND OF HELP MY WIFE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UM, BE THE GRANDPARENT PARENT THAT I NEED TO BE.
SO, UM, AND A GRANDPARENT PARENT, SO I'M JUST SAY, I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY YOU MAY BE A NOMINEE, BUT IT'S NOT UP TO ME.
BUT, UM, WHEN WE COME BACK IN AUGUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW, UM, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING IN AUGUST, ALONG WITH, UM, VETERAN'S DAY.
UM, THE PLANNING FOR THAT, MY DO WHAT I STILL OWE IS THE MEMO TO MIAMI VALLEY, YOUNG MARINES AND WAYNE, YOUR O T C TO PARTICIPATE, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE KIND OF KNOW HOW MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINE MARINES ALWAYS SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT.
UM, WAYNE, GERALD, T C, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE INTEGRATE THEM INTO IT AS WELL.
SO I'LL BE DOING THOSE MEMORANDUMS AND TO THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON OUR VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE GREATER VISIT? I JUST WANNA SHARE, UM, COLONEL MORROW EXTENSIVE THANKS FOR THE INVITATION.
I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF TENT SOMEPLACE THAT CAUGHT AGAIN.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR HAVE ON WATER FOR, FOR SNEAKERS OR CAN LEAST SOMETHING HIMSELF.
BUT HE, HE GEN HE THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE NICER, UM, MEMORIALS HE'S BEEN TO AND, UH, WAS DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE.
ONES DE WE'LL PROBABLY SHOW UP WHETHER WE INVITE 'EM OR NOT.
UM, AND THEN, HA HAS ANYBODY APPROACHED THE, THE CONCEPT, THE A3 ORDER? MIKE SENT AN EMAIL OUT, HAVEN'T NOT HAD ANY FEEDBACK, SPLIT THAT.
SO WE NEED TO ADD THAT TO WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A VOTE OR IT'S JUST A REQUEST TO THE CITY.
I, I, I THINK, WELL, WE PUT THE BUDGET OUT TO MM-HMM.
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BUT THE ISSUE, WELL, MIKE, IN THE EMAIL MIKE SENT OUT, DANA, THE EMAIL MIKE SENT OUT, HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
DO WE HAVE WANT TO HAVE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE? OR DO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE ONE? AND NOBODY REALLY RESPONDED.
WELL, I DID NOT SEE THAT EMAIL.
I WOULD SAY WE'D BE OKAY WITH ONE.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY, BUT THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY KNOWS THEIR S**T, WHAT THEY MEAN.
UM, NOW THAT SAID, IF WE PUBLISH IT SOMEPLACE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND A DIFFERENT RECOGNITION.
WELL, WE HAD IT IN OUR, IN OUR, WE KNEW, RIGHT? YES.
ONE WAS FOR BATTERING, ONE WAS FOR TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO IF THERE WAS, IF PART OF PRESENTING THE COINS IN A PUBLIC FORM WERE TO INCLUDE THAT CONVERSATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE RED BANDS ZOS BLANK, BLANK BLANK, BLANK, BLANK.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE PRESENTING YOU WITH THIS ONE.
IS THIS, UM, THERE WAS ONE FOR SENIOR LEADER.
VETERAN AND ONE'S FOR SUPPORTABLE VETERAN.
SO LEADER, VETERAN, EVERYBODY.
I THINK ONE WOULD BE FINE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL CONTACT SOME, THE COMPANY WHO DESIGNED THEM RED, WHITE OR I BASICALLY COME WITH A CENTRALIZED COIN.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
OR IF THEY COULD TAKE, 'CAUSE IT IS THE SAME COIN.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, FROM A GRAPHIC POINT, WE NEED AN ARMY GREEN.
AIR FORCE BLUE LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER.
THE GREEN, YOU DON'T SEE IT WHEN YOU DROP IT ON THE GROUND.
WE SEEN THE UNIFORMS THAT THE AIR FORCE, LET ME DROP IT.
WE SEEN THE UNIFORMS THAT THE AIR FORCE PROPOSED.
THEY WERE LIKE ALL BLUE, LIKE THE CLOUDS.
UM, SO NO, WE, YOU REMEMBER THAT
BUT ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NAVY YEARS.
NO, THE NAVY, THE AIR FORCE, LIKE WHEN WE'RE IN THE SKY, WE'LL BLEND IN WITH THE BLUE.
EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA BE IN THE SKY.
WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT? BUT I DIGRESSED.
SO IF NO ONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE, WE WILL ADJOURN.