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I HAD LIKE TO CALL THE WORD THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 28, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
WE ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEASE UNCOVERED PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA TO, TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE, FATHER GOD, THANK YOU, ALLOW US TO ALL COME TOGETHER.
BEST HONOR VENTURES AND MILITARY MEMBERS ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY, FATHER GOD.
SO WE MAY HAVE THE FREEDOM COME TOGETHER ON THIS BOARD AS ONE ACCORD TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
MR. MCDONALD? PRESENT MR. UNDERWOOD? HERE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
I SECOND, UH, MADE A MOTION TO EXCUSE MR. ELDER, MR. JOHNSON, MR. LASLEY AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECOND.
NAYS HAVE THE SAME RIGHT? NAY PASSED.
DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ OVER THE MINUTES FROM LAST WEEK? I, MR. LASLEY LAST MONTH.
MS. VAN, YOU HAVE ANY CHANCE TO MEET OVER THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? OH, YES.
I WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE, I KNOW YOU DON'T ME TO DO, BUT, OKAY.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? NO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND PROPERLY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR CAN MR. AYE.
ALL THOSE ARE THE NAY HAVE THE SAME RIGHT MINUTES APPROVED.
SO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS?
I HAVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN I'LL LEAVE THIS ALONE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE STAND DOWN THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE VETERANS EVERY YEAR.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THE STAND DOWN IS? WE HAVE.
WELL, SO WE, EACH YEAR, UM, THE VA HAS WHAT'S CALLED A STAND DOWN AND IT'S, IT'S FOR VETERANS TO COME GET, UH, RESOURCE AND INFORMATION.
SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THERE FROM DIFFERENT, UH, RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT CAN HELP THE VETERANS, UH, THAT ARE VETERAN FRIENDLY.
THEY ALSO HAVE THINGS SUCH AS, UM, UM, THEY USED, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A DISHER TO SAY, BUT THEY WOULD DO LIKE, TEST YOUR BLOOD DRAW FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND THEY HAVE STUFF LIKE THAT THERE FOR YOU, SO AS WELL.
SO I KNOW WITH COVID HAPPENED, THEY GOT RID OF A LOT OF THAT STUFF.
SO I'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THAT PART OF IT AGAIN.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN YOU DO GO THERE, THERE'S A LINE, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO IN PERSON NOW INSTEAD OF DRIVING THROUGH A CAR, WHICH IS AWESOME 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT BETTER WHEN IT'S THAT WAY.
UM, EACH MEMBER THAT COMES WILL RECEIVE A GROCERY BAG FULL OF, UH, A BAG, I SHOULD SAY, FULL OF GROCERIES.
THEY'LL ALSO RECEIVE, UH, WINTER ITEMS. THEY'LL GET A HAT, GLOVES, UH, COAT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEY USED TO GIVE OUT SLEEPING BAGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL DO THAT OR NOT.
THEY'LL MILITARY ISSUE, SLEEPING BAGS AND BOOTS.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA GET A, UM, A MILITARY SURPLUS ITEMS. YOU'RE GONNA GET TOILETRIES, SHAVING CREAM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED FOR TOILETRIES.
YOU GET ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER AND THEN THEY ALSO FEED YOU WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL HAVE, UM, IN THE PAST THEY HAD LIKE SOMEBODY, A BARBECUE COMPANY COME WITH A BIG SMOKER AND SERVE EVERYBODY FOOD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AS FAR AS IT GOES THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EVENT FOR, FOR, FOR VETERANS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S IN NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY VETERAN, ANY VETERAN CAN COME.
IT CAN'T BE, IT DON'T HAVE TO BE JUST SOMEBODY THAT'S IN NEED AS A VETERAN OR HOMELESS OR, YOU KNOW, OR FOOD INSECURITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ANY VETERAN'S ALLOWED TO COME.
SO, UM, IF WE COULD PASS THE WORD ON AND I GOT ENOUGH, UM, I GOT FLYERS FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE HOME WITH THEM JUST IN CASE THEY WANNA KEEP ONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SHOW THE OTHER PEOPLE THERE.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT NEEDS A FLYER? YEAH.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY, LIKE RIGHT NOW MY DAUGHTER'S A DAYTON POLICE OFFICER AND I'M GONNA GIVE HER I SOME FLYERS FOR THIS HERE.
I GOT, I GOT, BUT, BUT SHE, SHE RUNS INTO HOMELESS VETERANS ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE SHE CAN LIKE, PASS 'EM OUT THE EVENING.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA GIVE, THEY GIVE AWAY BEFORE THEY GIVE AWAY BACKPACKS.
WHICH ALL YOUR STUFF IS THAT WAY.
THEY HAVE SOME WAY TO CARRY ALL
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THE THINGS IN AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AWESOME.OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET THERE EARLY, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, IT STARTS AT NINE 30 IS REGISTRATION FROM NINE 30 TO 10 30.
THEN THEY HAVE LIKE THE LITTLE OPENINGS WHERE THEY TALK TO EVERYBODY AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND THEN THEY START MOVING THROUGH THE LINE AND DOING THOSE THINGS.
SO DOES THE UBER HEIGHTS POLICE ENCOUNTER ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I AM NOT SURE.
THAT, I'M NOT SURE OF, BUT I MEAN, JUST PASS IT ON TO ANYBODY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO, UM, DOES ANYBODY, DOES THEY HAVE ONE DOWN HERE? THEY BOTH HAVE ONE.
BUT I HAVE EXTRAS IF YOU NEED 'EM OKAY.
I, I JUST, I, I BROUGHT THESE TO OUR, OUR TABLE AND PEOPLE WERE PASSING 'EM OUT THE NIGHT OUT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT FOR ONE DAY.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE.
UH, SO SEPTEMBER 4TH AT 3:00 PM UH, SENATOR BROWN AND HIS TEAM WILL BE DOING A SIT DOWN FOR, UH, THE PAC DECK.
UH, SO IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN GOING TO THAT, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN PASS THE NAMES UP.
AND THAT'S YOU SAID, WHAT TIME IS THAT AGAIN? THAT'S GONNA BE AT 3:00 PM ON SEPTEMBER THE FOURTH.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN EATON.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S AT IN EATON BY CHANCE? SO I CAN, IF NOT, IT'S OKAY.
WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT AND PUT IT IN THERE.
SO IT IS, UH, LET'S SEE, 1322 NORTH BARON STREET.
AND CAN YOU SPELL THAT FOR ME, SIR? B-A-R-R-O-N STREET AND THEN IN EATON, OHIO.
AND AND THE SUBJECT MATTER IS THE PAC ACT? YES.
THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE PACT ACT IS.
WE GET SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH THE VA THAT'S TRYING TO GET INFORMATION THEY CAN GET IT FROM, BUT IT'S BEST FOR THEM TO GO TO THEIR DOCTOR AND HAVE THEIR DOCTOR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEIR DOCTOR IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA PUT INTO THEIR RECORDS FOR THEM IF THEY QUALIFY FOR IT.
SO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY THAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY IF THEY SHOULD GET RECEIVING THEIR BENEFITS OR NOT, SO OH, YEAH.
I, THEY HAVE THAT IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL, ONE OF THEM, SEVERAL MEETINGS, TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE ON THE PAC ACT SO FAR.
SO THEY'RE, I CAN SEE THE MOVE NOT TO EAT NOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES, SO DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
OLD BUSINESS WAS VETERAN'S DAY OR, UH, THE NIGHT, THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OLD BUSINESS? YES.
NOW I JUST WANT TO BE FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
MAYBE VOTE ON IT TONIGHT OR VOTE ON IT NEXT YEAR.
PUT IT IN THE LOG BOOK THAT YOU'RE COMPETING WITH.
BW THREES AND CHICKEN WINGS, FREE WINGS COMING TO YOUR TABLE.
SO YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME STUFF OUT ON YOUR TABLE.
YOU GOTTA, LIKE, HAVE SOME SWAG OKAY.
YOU KNOW, SO YOU, YOU CAN'T IF YOU GO THERE AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I, I DID, I, I TOOK IT, I TOOK IT BY MYSELF.
I HAD MY NAVY FLAG IN FRONT OF IT AND ALL THAT, AND ALL THE VETERAN STUFF LAID OUT ON THE TABLE.
BUT PROBABLY IF HUB HEIGHTS, SKIS STUFF, WE COULD, THE CITY OF BRYCE HAS ITEMS YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT OUT THERE JUST TO GIVE STUFF AWAY.
I STOLE FROM THE ARMY, I STOLE FROM THE AIR FORCE.
I GOT ALL THEIR BAGS AND STUFF.
NECESSARY ITEMS. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I, CHICKEN WEDNESDAY ASKED HIM, I DID
I GOT SOME OF THOSE WINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND BACK WE COULD HAND OUT MRS. MRS ARE REALLY GOOD.
AND I MEAN, I 30 SOMETHING YEARS.
I KNOW THEY'VE GOT SPICED TO THEM.
IT, IT'S NOT LIKE BACK IN THE DAY.
NOT SEA RASHES THAT NO LONGER SEA RASHES OR, AND WHO EY WELL, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON TABLE LOCATION? NO, I DON'T.
THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A POLICE EVENT, SO THEY'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW.
I JUST SEE, I, YOU KNOW, I CAN ALSO CORNER SOME STUFF MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST GET AS CLOSER TO THE FOOD
SO WE KNOW, WE KNOW NEXT TIME WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO SEE ABOUT, SO YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY, UH, PRIME SPOTS CLOSE TO THE FOOD.
WE NEED TO SIT THERE AND SAY THAT AS A GROUP VOTE, SAYING IT'S, IT'S OKAY TO HAVE FLAGS AND DISPLAYS AND SWAG THAT WE CAN, WE CAN ACQUIRE BY MEANS NECESSARY.
THINK THAT WOULD TAKE SOME I WOULD, I, I'M NOT GONNA DISAGREE KEVIN AT ALL, BUT I, I'D LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FREE PLANNING, RIGHT? YEAH.
LIKE, PUT THAT ON THE 120 DAY LIST.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UH, NOW THAT YOU SCOPED IT OUT
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FOR US, WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT BETTER.THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS WALKING AROUND.
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF VETERANS WALKING AROUND AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, JUST, AGAIN, I APPROPRIATED COINS.
I WAS COINED BACK BY SEVERAL PEOPLE.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE COINED ME WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS COIN WHEN I GAVE HIM HIS, HIS SERVICE COIN.
THAT WAS THE HUBER, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS HAS A VERY NICE, UH, COINED.
THE, UM, THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT, UM, I KNOW THAT MR.
LET ME KNOW THAT THE YOUNG MARINES ARE SIGNED UP FOR IT.
HE GOT THEM ALREADY LOCKED IN.
THEY ALSO, THEY ALSO WANNA KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO? OKAY.
AS FAR AS WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR, SAME THEY DID LAST YEAR.
HE, HE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T THINK'S ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THEY USUALLY DO.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, UH, STANDARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA MAKE IT A DOG AND PONY SHOW WITH THE SCHOOL INDICATED THAT THE BAND MEMBERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING US, BUT I DID, I DID REACH OUT TO THEM TO CONFIRM OVER MY EDISON EMAIL ADDRESS AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER BACK TO A COLLEGE.
SO THAT I DIDN'T GO THROUGH IN MY OTHER ADDRESS
SO I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A THING.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING SOMEONE SEEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AGAIN.
WHAT DO WE, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? NOT LARRY.
YEAH, NO, LARRY'S TALKING ABOUT THEM COMING, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT INCLUDING HIS WIFE.
SO, SO, SO, SO IS IT, IS IT A PACKAGE DEAL THEN WE GET THEN WE CAN GET HER, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR 'EM, BUT I THINK IT IS.
AND IT'S A CLEAR PATH FORWARD.
AS LONG AS IT'S A PACKAGE DEAL, I'LL TAKE IT.
WHAT IS HE TO BE DOING? WHAT STATUS HE'S BRINGING? HE'S BRINGING HIS, HE'S BRINGING HIS R STATE.
WELL, THEY DID THE FLAG FOLD THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT DURING VETERAN'S DAY, BUT I WOULD THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I, I THOUGHT IT WAS NICE.
I, A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVED IT WHAT HE DID THERE THAT TIME.
SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, BUT THAT'S, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE BORED.
I, I AGREE THAT THE MORE I, THE MORE DISTRACTION YOU HAVE SHOWING THINGS, THE VETERANS AND THE PEOPLE APPRECIATE ALL THAT SIDE STUFF.
WELL, IT, AS, AS, AS MILITARY MEMBERS, WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, REST OUR THING, OUR PUMPING CIRCUMSTANCES, KIND OF THE, THE MILITARY WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRADITION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF HONOR TRADITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT SYMBOLIZE WHAT BEING A VETERANS ALL ABOUT.
SO, UM, I DO KNOW, I DO KNOW THAT THEY DO OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE FLAG VOTING CEREMONY.
SO MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY CAN, UH, POSSIBLY DO.
SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT REPEATING THE, THE SAME THING OVER.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY BROUGHT UP DURING MEMORIAL DAY.
SO EITHER WAY THEY'RE GONNA NEED LEAD TIME AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO.
SO, SO LARRY'S THE ONE THAT'S IN CONTACT WITH THEM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEND HIM SOMETHING TO ASK THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING BESIDES FOR FLAG FOLDING THE DATE.
THEY CAN MAKE ME GIVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY FEEL AS THOUGH SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO.
SOMETHING THAT IS MORE TAILORED TOWARDS LIKE, VETERANS VETERANS DAY.
LIKE MEMORIAL DAY WOULD'VE BEEN NICE FOR 21 GUN SALUTE.
BUT NOW I DUNNO IF THAT'S GOOD FOR VETERANS DAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT AIN'T KNOW I'M UP FOR ANYTHING.
WELL, THAT LEADS RIGHT INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.
SO, UH, SPECIFIC TO VETERAN'S DAY, LARRY TOLD ME ON THE PHONE TO THIS EVENING THAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE WREATH RELAYING CEREMONY STILL.
THAT, UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE, THAT WAS, THAT WAS TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO THIS MEETING.
THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, RATHER KEEP THE MAY WE, WE DECIDED TO TABLE IT UNTIL OUR, THIS MEETING TODAY.
IT'S IN OUR, UM, IN OUR LAST MONTH.
THEY SAID RIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HERE, IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON RATHER TO KEEP THE WREATH AND IT WAS TABLED UNTIL, UNTIL UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
SO TODAY, I THINK, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I MEAN, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DID.
WE DID IT ON VETERAN, WE DID IT ON MEMORIAL DAY.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR MEMORIAL DAY, BUT I, I DON'T LIKE IT ON VETERAN'S DAY PERSONALLY.
HAVE YOU BEEN TO ARLINGTON? NO.
THEY DO IT ON VETERAN? YES, THEY DO.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, I THINK TO ME
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IT'S, IT'S JUST A CEREMONIAL, CEREMONIAL THING.THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY THERE BEFORE THAT, BEFORE WE EVEN GET THERE FOR OUR SCHEDULED EVENT.
THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL.
THERE WAS A, THERE'S A NON ORGANIZATION THAT KIND OF SHOWS UP SOMETIMES AND, AND DOES SOMETHING REALLY, THEY LAY AATH BY THEMSELVES.
SO IT, THERE'S, I MEAN, AND THOSE ARE SOMETHING LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM SOMEBODY'S REMEMBRANCE OF SOMETHING, BUT SURE.
I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE BOARD ON SIDE OR THE COMMISSION.
UH, MEAN WE, WE'VE DONE IT, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I JUST, IT'S HARD TO GO AWAY FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
BUT I, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE GUYS, WE ARE, WE ARE COMMISSION.
SO THE YOUNG MARINES WERE THE ONES THAT LAID IT, RIGHT? YES.
SO, I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THIS.
IT JUST KIND OF MAKES IT, THEY'VE DONE IT.
THEY'VE DONE IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME OUT THERE FOR SOMETHING, THEY DON'T WANNA JUST SEE ONE THING.
THEY WANNA SEE, YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE A, DD PEOPLE AND HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE, HERE AND THERE.
JUST HAVE MORE STUFF GOING ON THERE.
AND SOMETIMES EVEN AS I, JUST TO ADD TO YOUR POINT, AS SOMETIMES YOU, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS, EVEN AS VETERANS, WE MAY FORGET, WE MAY KNOW THIS, WE MAY FORGET THAT WE DID THIS AT ONE TIME FOR THIS CEREMONIAL THING OR NOT.
IF THAT MAKES ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I, I CAN TELL THE YOUNG MARINES, YOU KNOW, IF IF THEY, IF THEY CAN, CAN, CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
SO, SO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW IS I NEED S SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION.
NOW WE SAID IT A BUNCH OF STUFF.
MAKE A MOTION FOR EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT
MAKE A MOTION FOR EITHER SOMEBODY CAN, SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, TO NOT HAVE THE WREATH.
OR SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A WREATH CEREMONY.
I MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A WREATH LAND CEREMONY.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY BROUGHT UP A MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY BROUGHT UP AND BEEN SECONDED BY MR. ISMAN.
UM, THAT WE HAVE A WREATH LAND CEREMONY FOR OUR 2024 VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, PLEASE.
ALL THOSE IN, UH, NAYS HAD THE SAME, RIGHT? UNDECIDED.
AND YOU KNOW, JUST A THING TO BRING UP TOO, LIKE THE YOUNG MARINES AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.
WE DO, WE BRING IN THESE PEOPLE OUT TO SEE THIS EVENT.
I KNOW WE'RE PEOPLE, PEOPLE SEE THE SAME THING OVER, BUT THEY'RE GETTING THE EXPERIENCE.
SOME OF THESE KIDS TO EXPERIENCE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY MOVE ON TO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND NEW PEOPLE COME IN.
SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S KEEP ON MOVING.
UM, WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE I'VE CONTACTED, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NURSE WHAT'S GOING ON TO DO THEIR PART.
REMEMBER GENTLEMAN CAME TO DO THEIR PART FURTHER.
WE'RE LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 90 DAYS.
UM, SO NOW THE NEXT THING, UH, WE NEED TO CONTACT, UH, WE NEED TO CONTACT THE LIAISON FOR ORDERING OF PLAQUES AND CERTIFICATES FOR APPRECIATION.
SO THE CERTIFICATES NEED TO BE ORDERED.
UM, MIKE, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO EXACTLY I WOULD TALK TO ABOUT THAT? WOULD THAT GO THROUGH TONY OR WOULD IT GO THROUGH? UM, YOU GO THROUGH ME AND I'LL, I'LL GET THE INFORMATION.
CAN YOU FIND OUT FOR ME PLEASE, SIR? YES, SIR.
GO THROUGH ME AND I'LL GET THE PROPER INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE.
DO YOU NEED ME TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL FOR THAT? TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL FOR THIS? THAT'D BE BETTER.
UH, LARRY'S WORKING ON THE THING, BUT THE UH, RIGHT STATE WE GOT THAT.
WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
UM, DID WE DECIDE THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE, UM, DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND THERE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT REALLY, WOULD THAT BE A FIRST TO HAVE THE BAND? YEAH.
I MEAN, I, THEY CAN'T, I MEAN, THEY COULD PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THEY, AND OR, UM, THEY COULD DO THE MARINE, ALL THE DIFFERENT AN THE SONGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERY BRANCH KIND OF DO A LITTLE PREAMBLE OF ALL THEIR SONGS, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT AS PEOPLE ARRIVE, THAT'S, OH, YOU MEAN IS THAT PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING STUFF LIKE THAT.
LIKE THE MILITARY ENSEMBLE, YOU PLAY ALL THIS STUFF IN ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, WHATEVER.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, DO THEY KNOW THOSE THINGS? NOW THEY, I'M SURE THEY COULD LEARN WITHIN A, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
DO THEY KNOW THOSE THINGS? IS IT SOMETHING WE GONNA BE PUTTING
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TOGETHER IF WE JUST PUT FLY? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE WANT THEM TO A LOT.THEY HAVE A LOT THEY GOTTA LEARN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AS IT IS.
SO I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T TAKE BAND, BUT, UH, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO LEARN ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S A SHORT, THAT'S A SHORT, UM, TURNAROUND.
BUT AT LEAST THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WOULD BE A THING.
THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S MORE, I THINK FOR FUTURE, I THINK FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
I THINK, UH, HAVING THAT, LIKE HE'S SAYING AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE PLAYING THAT WHOLE AND GIVING THEM TIME TO LEARN.
YOU HATE TO PUT SOMEBODY IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION WHERE THEY FEEL OBLIGATED THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IT.
AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE PRACTICE THAT THEY NEED TO, TO DO THE, CAN I JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION? SURE.
UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT ANY UN UNDUE PRESSURE ON THEM, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN THEY YES.
SAY THEY HAVE TO, THIS IS THEIR, THIS IS THEIR TIME TO SHINE.
SO, UM, I WOULD ASK FOR A COMMISSION MEMBER TO MAYBE PURSUE THE BAND PERSON AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AND SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, IF WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PATRIOTIC SONG THEY MAY HAVE OR MAY NOT HAVE IN THEIR REPERTOIRE CURRENTLY, THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM FOR THEM TO BE MORE OF AN EVENT THAT THEY COULD DEAL WITH.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M JUST THINKING, I'VE BEEN TO ENOUGH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES NEAR VETERAN DAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
THEY, THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE GOT, THEY, THEY'VE DONE STUFF LIKE, LIKE THAT LEADING UP TO THE EVENT.
LIKE THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY PLAY UP TO THE EVENT.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GO, I'LL TAKE THAT ON AND, AND DOES THAT SOUND NICE TO EVERYBODY OR? YEAH.
I'LL JUST SAY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, IT'S YAY OR NAY.
WE'LL JUST SAY THAT WE AGREE WITH THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS DO WE HAVE SPACE FOR MAYBE WITHOUT CLUTTERING THEY CAN BE OFF TO THE SIDE.
COULD THEY, I MEAN, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE LOUD.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T WANT BLOWING TOWARDS THE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, IN, IN, IN IN THE WALKWAY.
YOU KNOW, COMING OVER THIS WAY OR, OR TO THE RIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OR THE OTHER.
I DON'T BECAUSE I, BECAUSE WHEREVER THEY'RE GONNA PLAY AT, IF THEY DO END UP PLAYING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, LET'S JUST SAY, AND SHE HAS A SENIOR, THE NATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT HER TO OVER THEM TO OVERPOWER HER.
WHAT SHE'S, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WELL, YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO BE IN OUT OF YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
A LITTLE BIT
JUST LIKE LEADING UP LIKE GOOD, GOOD.
YOU'RE LIKE, LIKE YOU WITH THE BAND, YOU COME AND WALKING IN MAN.
I GOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY, THEY NOT, NOT TRYING TO PUT THE NATIONAL MAN.
WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE ABOVE AND IF THEY, THEY, IT DEPENDS ON THE SINGER TOO.
IF THE ENTIRE BAND, IF SHE GOES, WOW, THAT'S A LOT TO OVERCOME.
WELL I'M SURE THEY KNOW HOW TO YEAH, TOTALLY DOWN, TONE DOWN.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA ASK? THEY'RE NOT, I THINK YOU GOT A LOT OF LOGISTICS WORKING THERE AND IN A SHORT, IN A REALLY SHORT TIMEFRAME.
BECAUSE THAT WAS 120 DAY THING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN THING WE'RE NEVER DOWN TABLE FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT I STILL THINK LOOKING INTO IT AND MAYBE ONE SONG LEADING IN AND THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
JUST THE CONSTANT PREAMBLE OF ALL THE LITTLE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR WHEN I GO TO THE ARMY NAVY GAME, IT'S THE SAME SONG, JUST A PREAMBLE GOING OVER AND OVER FOR AN HOUR.
YOU EVER BEEN TO THE ARMY? NAVY.
NAVY? AND THEY PROBABLY PRACTICE THAT FOR IT'S AMAZING.
THE AIR, AS LONG AS THE AIR FORCE, AS LONG AS THE AIR FORCE TAKES THE COMMANDER TROPHY.
UM, I HANG OUT WITH YOU 11 AND WE WORKED ON, THE NEXT THING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON IS, UM, UM, OUR GUEST SPEAKERS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START THE PROCESS ALREADY REQUIRING GUEST SPEAKERS, THE INVOCATION OF BENEDICTION.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY, SO WE DID GET, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE VA YES.
SHE SHE DID AGREE TO COME OUT.
SHE CAME TO MY, SHE CAME TO MY THING AND SAT THERE AND TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.
YEAH, SHE DID PITTSBURGH AS WELL.
SO SHE'S WHAT FROM PITTSBURGH AS WELL.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT SHE SHE'S A VERY NICE LADY TOO.
SHE'S, SHE, SHE CAME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, BUT JUST LAST MONTH.
I MEAN, WE STARTED A MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SHE WAS THERE 10 TO OH 6, 8 30.
SHE, SHE GOT THE BUS AND DROVE THE VETERANS TO THE PLACE TO GO.
THE THING THEY NEEDED TO GO SEE THE LITTLE MORAL THING.
THEY HAD TO GET THE VETERANS THERE.
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THEY SHORT ON PEOPLE.SHE HOPPED IN THE VEHICLE, LIKE, COME ON, LOAD 'EM UP.
SHE'S ALL ABOUT THE VETERANS, MAN.
THE ONLY BAD THING IS PITTSBURGH.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, THE THREE HOSPITAL.
THAT LADY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
HOW ABOUT LIKE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, SOMEBODY IN THE PAVER, MAYBE A DE NEWLY A DECEASED MEMBER GETTING A PAVER, HAVING A STORYBOARD FOR HIM.
IS THAT A REALITY? WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THE PAVERS YET.
THAT'S COMING UP HERE IN A SECOND.
OH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS MORE OF A MARKETING PART.
SO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND EVERYBODY HAS, EVERYBODY HAS WHAT, WHAT DID HE SAY? OKAY, SO I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAID.
SO WE, WE STARTED FINDING, WE GOT, WE GOT SOMEBODY TO SPEAK NOW, NOW WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT FINDING SOMEBODY FOR THE INVOCATION, THE BENEDICTION.
WHO, WHO WAS TOLD YOU I GOT DR.
I MEAN, I, I CAN REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA FOLLOW, BUT WHERE'S SOMEBODY ALREADY DOING IT? NO, I DON'T EVEN HAVE IT ON.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE IT ON MY, WHICH CALL.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S ON METRO'S ON MY, WHICH CALL? LET ME, HERE WE GO, CARTER.
WE, WE WILL GET A HOLD OF HIM, SO MAKE SURE HE, AND WE'LL GET A STATUS REPORT ON HIS, ON HIS DOING.
WE GOT SPEAKERS, GOT THE COLOR GUARD.
WE ALREADY GOT THAT TOGETHER AND LARRY'S GONNA GET THIS DISCUSS.
UM, IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY, I WANNA MOVE ON TO THE PAPER UPDATE.
UM, ONE MORE THING, UM, ABOUT THE VETERANS STATE.
UM, THERE, THERE WILL BE A MAILER GOING OUT IN EACH OF, UM, CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF FEW, SOMETIMES EMAILS GET LOST IN EMAILS.
BUT, UM, THERE'LL BE A A, A FLYER GOING OUT IN EACH, UM, HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WATER BILL.
SO, AND FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER IS WHEN
AND BASICALLY IT'S JUST, IT'S A FLYER THAT SAYS, HEY, HERE WE ARE.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS VETERAN'S DAY.
GOT ANY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION HERE? IT IS.
THAT PART OF THE PAVER UPDATE, NO PAPER UPDATE.
UM, BASICALLY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING EVERYBODY'S, UM, WORDING AND VERBIAGE CORRECT ON EACH PAVER.
SO, UM, THIS, I WAS HOPING TO GET THEM OUT LAST WEEK.
IT KIND OF, UM, TOM'S WIFE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN, IN SOME OF THE VERBIAGE IN GETTING THINGS CONSISTENT, UM, WITH EACH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MAKE IT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY CONSISTENT WITH MILITARY PROCESS OKAY.
OF WHAT EACH SHOULD SAY OR SHOULDN'T SAY, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW, WHAT WE WOULDN'T ALLOW.
AND I, I DIDN'T HEARD SOME IMPACT INPUT BACK FROM EACH OF YOU, SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UM, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT'S GOING OUT AND THEN EACH PERSON WILL BE SENT A PROOF OF FROM THE COMPANY WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING THEM.
AND THEN FROM THERE THEY'LL BE PROCESSED AND, UM, I'LL CONTACT THE COMPANY TO GET IT PUT IN AND GET IT MOVING BEFORE VETERANS STATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTING THAT MAN THAT A LOT.
AND PLEASE THANK YOUR WIFE FOR US FOR ALSO BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO MILITARY, VERY MILITARY WISE MAN.
I PRETEND THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I, I'LL PRETEND THAT.
CROSSING T'S AND DOTTING I'S THAT KIND OF THING.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? WELL, WE GOTTA GO BACK TO THE PAVERS AGAIN.
OKAY, SO THE, THE PAVERS, THE, WITHIN THE PAVERS, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF SOMEBODY WHO PURCHASED A PAVER WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SPEECH SENT ABOUT THAT PERSON'S MILITARY SERVICE AT THE CEREMONY.
LIKE A COUPLE, MAYBE THERE'S A COMBAT VET THAT BOUGHT A PAVER AND THEY GOT A STORY THEIR FAMILY WANTED TO BRING OUT ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT AS WE, BUT SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT EACH INDIVIDUAL.
WELL, I, YEAH, I'M JUST, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE TIMES AS HAVING A, A STORYBOARD FOR A PAVER TO HELP GET THE PAVER.
LIKE IT'S KIND OF A MARKETING THING TOO.
WE'RE WE'RE OUT THERE SHOWING AND SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT A SPECIFIC, AND I'M USING A COMBAT VET SAYING THIS GUY DID THIS.
HE WENT AND JUMPED OVER FOUR TANKS AND WHATEVER.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING A JOCKO STORY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I I WOULD THINK THAT A WEBSITE WOULD BE BETTER FOR THAT.
BUT A BUT A PICTURE OF THE PERSON WITH NEXT, WITH YOUR PAPER, A LITTLE
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STORY.YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLOCATED SO MANY MAX WORDS TO IT.
BUT WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU THAT AT THE CEREMONY, THAT'S YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE A LOT FURTHER TO PUT TOGETHER LOGISTICALLY RIGHT NOW TOO.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT HEARING MY, WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU, I'M SAYING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO BOUGHT A PAVER THAT'S BEING MOUNTED AND GIVING A STORY ABOUT THAT VETERAN'S LIFE, WHAT HE DID.
NOT, NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THE PAVER.
AND THAT WOULD BE, THEN PEOPLE WOULD HEAR THAT AND THEY GO, WOW, THIS IS COOL.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST BE, THERE'S STUPID PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THEY HEAR ABOUT PAVERS.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT DOING.
I KNOW WE ARE NOT GONNA DO THAT FOR THIS, THIS, THIS UPCOMING.
THAT'S, THAT'S I WOULD SAY A, AFTER WE GET THE IN, I, I CAN GET THE COMMISSION A LIST OF THE CURRENT PAVERS WHO ARE GOING IN AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO SOMEONE IN THE COMMISSION HERE TO CONTACT SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO MAYBE TELL A STORY LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEN, AND THEN MAYBE GET SOME MEDIA COVERAGE ON IT WITH THROUGH MASON.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH.
DOES THAT MAKE WELL, WELL ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY FOR US TO HAVE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE, AND I KNOW THAT, BUT THAT THEY, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT IT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK TO 'EM ABOUT.
BUT I MEAN, ONCE THEY GIVE IT TO US, YES.
THEY GAVE US THEIR, THE PERSON'S DD TWO 14 AND THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
WELL, I DON'T, ALL I WOULD'VE GIVING IS THE, THE, THEIR EMAIL INFORMATION OF IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED, I, I COULD SEND THE EMAIL OUT THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
WOULD YOU BE ARRESTED? YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN THIS X, Y, Z.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY PAPERS DID WE HAVE GOING HERE? LAST COUNT WAS LIKE 20, 22 THIS TIME.
MIKE, THAT'S A LOT TO, TO ADD ON TO THE, IT'S A LOT OF WORK, MAN.
YOU GOT ENOUGH WORK AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO MAN PRESS, IT HAD TO BE A PRO.
IT HAD TO BE A PROCESS WHERE WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY THE WHOLE VERBIAGE THING, I'M BEEN TRYING TO PRESS LIKE WANTING, GETTING, GETTING CONSISTENCY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO NOW TO KEVIN'S POINT TO KIND OF START MARKETING IT, MAYBE SOMEWHAT BIGGER, I THINK WEBSITE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I THINK PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE WOULD BE A, A GREAT SPOT.
THE WEBSITE'S BEEN THERE, IT'S BEEN DONE THAT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE BELITTLED TOM AT ALL, BUT LIKE, SO, YOU KNOW, 80, 80, YOU KNOW, THIS GUY'S NOT, SO WE, WE'VE TRIED, I'M, WE'RE IN WATER BILLS, NOW EVERYBODY GETS A WATER BILL.
HOW MUCH CAN I NOT INFORM YOU? YES.
IF IT'S ONE IN YOUR WATER BOTTLE.
IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA TAKE THIS AND GO, THAT'S A YOU PROBLEM.
AND NOT ONLY THIS, IT'S NOT AN OUR PROBLEM THAT WE'VE NOT INFORMED THESE PEOPLE.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WHEN YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS INTO OUR VETERANS DAY EVENTS AND DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE PAVER THING IS A THING AND THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT THERE NEXT TO IT.
WELL, AGAIN, AS WE GET MORE OF THEM, THEY'RE GONNA DOUBLE IN CAPACITY.
SO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, MAYBE DURING THE EVENT, RIGHT, AS AS IS IS DURING THE EVENT, SAY IF, IF SOMEBODY WILL SPEAK IT, SAY, YOU KNOW.
LIKE, I, I JUST, DR I WAS DRIVING, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND I'M LISTENING TO SOMEBODY READ A PARAGRAPH FROM DAN CRENSHAW'S BOOK FROM THE THREE SECONDS BEFORE HE STEPPED ON THE IED.
AND HOW THEY ORIENTED THAT TO HOW HE FIRST SAW DAYLIGHT IN WHAT WAS PROBABLY 37 SECONDS WAS POWERFUL.
THAT LIKE, THAT THAT, THAT'S, I I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS DOWN THE LINE MEAN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IF WE DECIDED ONE OF THEM PEOPLE THERE, THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO TELL A STORY THAT WE CAN USE IT TO PROMOTE THE, THE PAPER PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN, SO LET'S GO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.
THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN START WORKING ON.
WE CAN PUT THAT IF YOU WANT TO, WE CAN PUT THAT ON 120 DAY SPOT FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT EVENT THAT WE HAVE TIME TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE.
YOU ALL WE GOTTA DO IS FIND ONE OR TWO GOOD STORIES IN THERE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL START TAKING LIFE OF ITS OWN.
I BOUGHT BOOKS BECAUSE OF IT, SO I GOT YOU.
AND IT ADDS A DIFFERENT FIGHTS TO WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING.
SO, AND I, I THINK FOR BOTH EVENTS THAT WE FOCUS ON
WELL, THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE'S A STORYLINE IN EVERY BRICK.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I, BUT IT'S THE CHALLENGE OF SOMEONE TO FIND THAT STORYLINE IN EVERY PAPER
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YES.THAT'S CHALLENGE FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO, TO TAKE THAT CHALLENGE UPON.
WELL, OH, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST LIKE DOING VETERAN VOICES, LIKE WHEN I DO VETERAN VOICES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND GETTING PEOPLE'S STORIES AND TRANSLATING THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF AND SENDING IT OFF TO THE CONGRESS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SENDING THAT STUFF THAT, THAT'S, IT'S POWERFUL.
IT, IT IS VERY POWERFUL TO MEET PEOPLE STORY.
EVEN READING THOSE TWO OFF, UH, THAT I READ OFF DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY.
I THINK EVERYONE HAS A, HAS A POWERFUL STORY.
AND TO MIKE'S POINT, EVERY BRICK HAS BEEN THE STORY.
WELL, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE FOCUS UPON, YOU KNOW, AT A FUTURE EVENT.
OR, OR, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE MARCUS JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THINGS UP.
MAYBE WE, WE PICK FIVE PAVER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NAMES.
WE DESCRIBE THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMISSION, YOU DECIDE, OKAY, WE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US DO SOME RESEARCH TO SAY THIS GUY, THIS OR THAT.
AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO LET THEIR STORY BE TOLD, THEN YOU TELL THOSE STORIES.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH, YEAH.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF VETERANS, AND HERE'S I'M GONNA SAY YOU THIS TOO.
THE CITY DONATED OR DECIDED TO DONATE A BRICK TO EACH COMMISSIONER.
WELL, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT, HOW SHOULD BE HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE DONATED.
SO THAT NO, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S A VETERAN.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF, OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT OR NOT TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET PICTURES THAT DON'T WANT NOBODY TO DO.
THEY DON'T, IT'S EXACT TOO PAINFUL TO BRING.
I'VE, I'VE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE BEFORE AND THEY'VE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE, NO, THANK YOU.
WHEN WE, WHEN I WAS PART OF THE PROJECT WE WAS DOING BEFORE, WE WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WERE HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND HE WAS OLDER AND HE WAS LIKE, HE WAS LIKE, HE SAID, NO, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I SO WAS SO EXCITED TO TALK TO HIM AND GIVE HIS STORY AND TELL HIS STORY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HE WAS LIKE, NO, I'M GOOD.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, I RESPECT HIS WISHES, SO I GET IT.
BUT, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, WE THESE PEOPLE WANT THEIR STORIES TOLD OR NOT, OR, OR YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SENSITIVE SUBJECT EITHER WAY.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
JUST TO, JUST TO ADD TO YOUR IDEA, KEVIN'S TALKING ABOUT, UH, YEAH, VETERANS, I MEAN, I COULD, I COULD THINK OF AT LEAST FIVE GUYS THAT WERE BEING ON VETS AND THEY WOULD TELL A STORY LIKE THAT.
THAT THEY WOULD'VE NO PROBLEM TALKING, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING LIKE TWO OR THREE MINUTES WHAT THEY DID AND WHY THEY DID IT AND, AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, AND ONCE SOMEBODY SEES THOSE FIVE GUYS, I'M SURE THEY GOT 10 MORE.
SO THIS THING COULD REALLY START AND IT COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE KIND OF CONCENTRATE MAYBE ON FOR NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS VETERANS DAY.
I THINK THAT'D BE AWESOME FOR NEXT VETERANS DAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN GET THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, GET THE STORY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE CHANGE THAT UP.
GOING ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF MARKETING FOR PAVERS.
ANYBODY GET US IN THE ROWS FOR FREE CONCERT TICKETS AND WE STAND ON FRONT HANDS OR HAND PAVER TICKETS OUT, UH, AS PEOPLE GO IN
I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF AN IDEA IF YOU WANT, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE ON, BUT I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE KIND OF BUSY WHAT WE DOING RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I MEAN, IT'S, THAT'S PERPETUAL.
THAT'S EVERY LIKE, SOMETHING I WOULD GO TO LOOK, I DON'T THINK I HEARD TALKING THE, I MEAN THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A HUBER HEIGHTS CENTRAL EVENT.
LOT OF THE PATRONS COULDN'T BE FOCUSED UPON YES.
BEING AVAILABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
AND YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT TOO.
LIKE THERE'S A, THAT'S A REGIONAL, THAT'S A REGIONAL VENUE.
OH NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT ONE OF US STANDING OUT THERE HANDING OUT THE CARDS.
YOU OKAY? THERE'S PEOPLE THERE COMING FROM CLEVELAND.
YOU'RE LIKE, AND I LOVE THE PAPER CONCEPT.
BUT, UH, DOING THE ONE EVENT WHERE YOU WERE IN THE TRUCK AND I WAS HANDING OUT THOSE, UH, THOSE LITTLE FLYERS AND LITTLE KIDS THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING FOR, AND WHEN THEY SAW IT, THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S LIKE GETTING SOCKS.
THEY'RE LIKE CANDY, YOU JUST GIMME SOCKS FOR CHRISTMAS.
DID YOU GIVE ME SOCKS FOR CHRISTMAS?
I MEAN, HE COULDN'T EVEN GIVE EM TAKE YOU DRENCH AND SWEAT.
WELL YOU'RE, I, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THEN.
I, I JUST, I GIVE THEM OUT DISCREETLY.
I WOULDN'T GIVE 'EM LITTLE KIDS.
I GAVE THEM TO PEOPLE I SAW WITH VETERAN HATS.
STICK 'EM IN YOUR SHIRT POCKET.
CHANGE IT WHILE YOU TALKING TO HIM.
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YOU HAND OUT LIKE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR AND SAY, COULD YOU HAND THIS OUT TO THE ADULT? NOT TO THE KIDS.I INITIALLY STARTED HANDING TO EVERYBODY, SO I'M LIKE, CRAP.
ANYWAY, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT A LITTLE BIT THERE.
UM, GOING INTO, WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS GENTLEMEN, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON OBVIOUS SHOULD TALKED ABOUT ANY OLD BUSINESS, BUT JUST A QUICK WORD ON THE WELL OF HONOR FOR WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DID RECEIVE THE, THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING UP AND MOVING FORWARD WITH YOU.
I HEARD THAT THEY WERE VERY PLEASED.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I WAS, I WAS, I WAS THRILLED FOR IT, FOR IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE A LOT OF US, SOME OF US SITTING HERE IS GONNA BE ON THAT WALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN RAY WAS WORKING ON BEFORE I GOT HERE.
SO YEAH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THAT IT'S BEEN IN THE PROCESS.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEM GO FROM YES.
NOW THEY CAN BREAK GROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO GET, GET IT STARTED.
WE HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, ANYBODY FROM THE CROWD.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ALL RIGHT.
IT'S NOW 1842 HOURS ON THE 28TH OF AUGUST OR WEDNESDAY, THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERAN COMMISSION WILL BE ADJOURNED.