[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 26, 2022 6:00 P.M. ]
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DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE MINUTES AND AGREE WITH THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 28TH? YEP.
CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? IT'S ALL MOVED.
HAVE IT ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
UH, WE JUST WANT TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HONOR FLIGHT RAY VOLUNTOLD ME TO HELP PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES HAD THEIR BANQUET, BUT AS WE ALL KNEW, WE WEREN'T GONNA HAVE TO DO TOO MUCH BECAUSE RAY SHOWED UP AS WE WERE EXPECTING HIM TO.
SO IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL HONOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HONOR FLIGHT.
AND, UH, HE DID LET ME TALK ON THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT, SO THAT WAS FUN.
AND THAT BEING SAID, I WILL TURN OVER TO RICK.
THE HONOR, INTERFLOW WAS ONCE AGAIN, A, A PRETTY MUCH A SUCCESS WITH ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE THERE.
AND, UH, WE, WE HAD SOME ORGANIZATION PROBLEMS FROM PEOPLE THINKING THAT THEY WANTED, OR ANYWHERE THAT THEY WANTED TO IN THE AISLE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK AT THAT PROBLEM, GET SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
AND I WANT TO THANK MR. LESLIE FOR VOLUNTEERING TO BE A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE HONOR FLIGHT TEAM.
AND THE NEXT HONOR FLIGHT IS 29 APRIL 2 23.
UH, ALSO ON 10 18, WE, THE CITY COMMISSION DECIDED TO HAVE A QUARTERLY KIND OF UPDATE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING, ALL THOSE FUN THINGS.
UH, IN THE PAST, UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE JUST REALLY KIND OF HAD, UH, NANCY BURGE AND GLEN OTTO THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, COME IN PERSON AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
SO RAY AND I WENT TO GIVE THEM A UPDATE.
WE KIND OF JUST WENT OVER THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES TO SUPPORT OUR EVENTS, WORKING WITH
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WAYNE GERALD TC TO SUPPORT OUR EVENTS.UH, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND WE ALSO KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NOVEMBER DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH VETERAN'S DAY PLANNING.
AND THEN ALSO ABOUT THE PAVER PAVER UPDATE AND RECOGNIZING MISS MARY MCDERMOT, MARY MCDERMOT FROM OUTBACK, I MEAN, UH, LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE FOR PROVIDING THOSE BREAKFASTS.
SO WE JUST GAVE THEM A HISTORICAL, WE STARTED MEMORIAL DAY AND WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO NOW ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON OUR COMMISSION.
AND, UM, THEY SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH IT AND EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS, BUT THEY'LL LET US KNOW.
UM, REGARDING THAT, UH, RAY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I, I, I DO.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER THE UPDATE.
UH, UH, COMMISSIONER BANQUETS AND I DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK ON THE MINOR WALL, THE WALL OF HONOR AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT ANYMORE, PER SE, BUT WE PROBABLY DO HAVE SOME INFLUENCE.
SO, COMMISSIONER BANQUETS, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM I HAVE NOT.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, COLONEL SAID HE WOULD BRING IT BEFORE THE PRINCIPAL AND THEN THEY WOULD DISCUSS IT.
SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS THERE BEING NONE OLD BUSINESS, MR. MIKE? UM, WELL, BASICALLY LIKE, UH, UM, EXPLAINED LAST TIME, UM, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF SET TO ROLL AS FAR AS, UM, ROLLOUT WITH THE, UM, FOR THE, UM, EVENT, UM, ON VETERAN'S DAY.
UM, KIND OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, IS, UH, KIND OF TRYING TO PUT OUT A FLYER FOR YOU ALL TO HOLD OUT OR, UM, SOME TYPE OF PRINTOUT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PROMOTE THE EVENT OF, OF THE PAVERS AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND THEN IF ONE OF YOU COULD, UNFORTUNATELY, I APOLOGIZE, I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN THEN, OTHERWISE I WOULD SPEAK ON IT, BUT, UM, I'M SORRY.
EVERY TIME THAT YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO WATCH A SHIP.
HE'S GOING TO, HE'S GOING TO LOOK AT SOME SHIP.
BUT, UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, I, I PLAN TO HAVE EVERYTHING OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LINED UP FOR YOU ALL AS, AS I HAVE IN THE PAST AS FAR AS SUPPORT, UM, FROM, FROM MY STAFF IN THE CITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S PRETTY, I'M PRETTY WELL IN THE PAST.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, ONCE I GET THE TIMELINE TOGETHER WITH KEON, HIM AND I, WE'LL GO OVER SOME LAST MINUTE THINGS, BUT AS FAR AS THE PAPER PROJECT IN THAT, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF MY PLAN FOR YOU GUYS FOR SOME OF 'EM TO, UM, SPEAK ON THE RELEASE OF THAT.
IF, IF ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP THAT BALL AND, AND TALK ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF PROMOTE IT, UM, BASICALLY I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE, ARE, GO THERE AND GET IT, BE ONLINE.
IT'S BASICALLY SAME, SAME SIMILAR PROCESS THAT WE'RE USING WITH THE MILITARY BANNERS THAT YOU SEE ALONG VETERAN'S WAY OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND TAYLORVILLE ROAD.
UM, SO THE, THE PROCESS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR.
UM, BASICALLY THE PLAN IS TO START OFF WITH, UH, 50 BRICKS TO INITIATE THE PROGRAM AND THE PROCESS, SEE HOW THAT GOES, AND THEN MOVE AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVE ON THE PROGRAM AS IT MOVES FORWARD.
AFTER ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THAT? UM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOLID PLAN AND MOVING IN PLACE TO GET THIS, THIS GOING.
SO NEXT WE HAVE THE VETERAN'S DAY PLANNING.
I DIDN'T PRINT IT FOR EVERYBODY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT IS INCOMPLETE.
UM, I BASICALLY TOOK THE TEMPLATE FROM LAST MONTH AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD A TIME, UM, HAD NOT TIME CONSTRAINTS, BUT A ESTIMATED TIME FOR THE MAYOR AND A ESTIMATED TIME FOR THE GUEST SPEAKER.
I WAS GOING TO, UM, ASK JEFF IF HE KNEW HOW LONG THE GENERAL PLAN TO SPEAK SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR AGENDA.
SO THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, I ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR THE MAYOR AND FIVE MINUTES FOR THE GUEST SPEAKER.
OBVIOUSLY THAT TIME IT CAN BE MOVED AND REARRANGED, BUT, UM, WITHOUT ME KNOWING, TALKING TO JEFF, I'LL GET WITH HIM OFFLINE AND LET JEFF KNOW, OR REACH OUT TO JEFF TO SEE IF HE
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CAN FIND OUT HOW MUCH TIME THE GENERAL NEEDS FOR AS THE, AS THE GUEST SPEAKER.I KNOW YOU SAID PAT, FATHER SNIFFLE COULDN'T DO IT, BUT I WASN'T SURE FATHER HELL SAID HE WOULD DO IT.
AND WHAT'S HIS, UH, FIRST NAME? UH, ANDREW.
HE'S THE FATHER AS WELL? YEAH.
PETER FOR THE INVOCATION AND BEN ADDICTION.
UM, SO WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH, MR. JOHN BANQUEST, THE MC 1600, UH, WE COULD KICK OFF IN THE PAST.
I'M JUST GOING OFF OF THE PREVIOUS ONE.
WE HAD 1500 IS CASUAL PREP REHEARSAL.
IS THAT ACCURATE? I KNOW THE MIAMI ABOUT YOUNG MARINES USUALLY ARE THERE ROUGHLY AT 1500 OR SO.
UH, WELL WE HAD A YOUNG MARINE STAFF MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND THEN IT HAD, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF LAST MINUTE, YOU KNOW, HEY, THE KIDS ARE ON, AREN'T GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL UNTIL THREE, AND I DON'T KNOW.
SO I WOULD, YEAH, IT'S NOT ESTON STONE, IT'S JUST WHAT WAS ALREADY ON HERE.
SO WHEN EV, AS LONG AS THEY THERE BEFORE 1600, THE GENTLEMAN NODDING HIS HEAD AS COMMISSIONER BAITZ WHO ATTENDED THE SAME MEETING WITH ME.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANY DIMENSION TO THAT? I HAVE TALKED TO COLONEL, SO HE KNOWS THAT START TIME, HE'S GOOD TO GO.
AND THE WAY, UM, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, SO, UH, THE MC WILL WELCOME THE AUDIENCE.
TELL 'EM THIS AGENDA, INTRODUCE ME.
AND THEN I WAS THINKING I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO STAND SINCE WAYNE J OTC IS GOING TO PRESENT THE COLORS, AND THEN HAVE MR. WINDSOR WHO HAS JOINED US, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON HIS PHONE.
HAS HE GOT TASK ALREADY HAD YOU ON HERE? HAS HE GOT TAPS ON HIS PHONE? JUST IN CASE THE BUGLER DROPS? RIGHT.
DON'T, DON'T, DON'T GET AHEAD OF ME, RAY.
OH, I'M, PLEASE DON'T GET AHEAD OF ME.
UM, SO THE PASTOR MC WILL INTRODUCE THE PASTOR AFTER NATIONAL ANTHEM AND WAYNE PRESENTS THE COLORS.
AND THEN HE WILL OFFER THE INVOCATION.
THEN MC WILL INTRODUCE THE MAYOR, AND THEN HE WILL MAKE HIS COMMENTS.
AND THEN THE MAYOR WILL INTRODUCE, OR SHOULD THE MC INTRODUCE THE BRIGADIER GENERAL? UM, MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO IT.
I'LL DO IT AND GIVE LIKE A LITTLE BIO.
I'LL, I'LL ASK JEFF FOR THAT WHEN I GREAT.
CAUSE I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR, YEAH, HE WILL PUT MC INTRODUCES AND WITH BIO.
AND THEN I'LL GET WHERE JEFF ON THE, THE TIME.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SPEECH TIME.
THEN, UH, THE MAYOR, THE MC WILL ANNOUNCE THAT THE MAYOR AND THE GENERAL WILL LAY A WREATH IN FRONT OF THE ETERNAL FLAME.
OBVIOUSLY MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES WILL BRING THE WREATH LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO.
AND, UM, UH, THEY'LL PLACE THE REEF, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THE REEF TO PLACE IN FRONT OF THE ETERNAL FLAME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S ON HERE TWICE, BUT I CAN FIX THAT.
UH, WITH THE FLAGS ALREADY IN POSITION, THERE WON'T, THERE'S NO GUN SALUTE.
YOU GOT NO ACCESS TO THE RIFLE.
AND THEN, SO ONCE, ONCE THEY PLACE THE WREATH AGAIN, MR. WINDSOR, YOU'VE BEEN TASKED TO PLAY TAPS ON YOUR PHONE.
TELL LIKE CAN'T, OH, WELL, NO, WE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, RIGHT?
SO WE'LL HAVE YOU PLAY TAPS ON YOUR PHONE CONNECTED LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, AND THEN I WILL PRESENT THE SPEAKER AND THE PASTOR WITH A MEMORIAL COIN.
I NEED TO SEE HOW MANY, I HAVE TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE I HAVE ONE FOR A MILITARY MEMBER AND ONE FOR, DID THE FATHER ANDREW SERVE IN THE MILITARY? DO YOU KNOW? NO, HE DID NOT.
SO I HAVE ONE FOR THE CIVILIAN HONOREE, BUT, BUT WHAT, HE SHOULD STILL GET A COIN.
NO, HE WILL WON'T GET THE MILITARY ONE.
OH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT, WE GOT LEVELS TO THIS BABY.
SO, UM, WE'LL PRESENT THEM WITH THE COINS.
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BACKGROUND ON THAT, AND THEN MC WILL INTRODUCE THE PASTOR, UH, FATHER HA FOR THE BENEDICTION CEREMONY CONCLUDES THE WAY I HAVE IT NOW.UH, MIKE BROUGHT UP DISCUSSING ABOUT THE MEMORIAL PAVERS.
IS IT, IS MY, IS IT MY, IS IT YOUR, UM, IS IT YOUR INTENTION THAT WE MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DURING THE PROGRAM, OR WE JUST HAVE THE FLYERS TO GENERATE THE BUS? OR BOTH? I WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE.
WELL, I'M SAYING WHAT WAS YOUR INTENT? MY INTENT WAS HAVING TO, YOU KIND OF ANNOUNCE, BROUGHT UP IN THE THING YEAH.
BROUGHT UP DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL AGREE, RECOGNIZE, I MEAN, HOPING TO GET A FLYER TOGETHER THAT SAYS EACH PERSON COULD SAY THE WEBSITE, THEY GO, HOW TO FIND IT AT UW OR COME CITY HALL WITH THAT INFORMATION.
SO, AND THEN SOMEBODY DISCUSSED, HEY, WE HAVE THIS, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, GIVING SOMEBODY A PIECE OF PAPER TO CARRY HOME FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I WANNA PLAY IN THAT TOO, BUT VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THAT'S WHY I SAID FIRST TO JUST THE FLYER OR BOTH, MEANING WE HAVE THE FLYERS ON HAND TO SATURATE THE CROWD AND THEN WE MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I CAN DO THAT UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO, UM, DO THAT HEARING.
I GUESS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
MIKE IS GOING TO GIVE ME THE SCRIPT.
AND THEN I'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE SHOULD I DO IT IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I MAKE MY OPENING REMARK, JUST SAY A LITTLE OPENING REMARKS AND THEN BRING UP THE PAVERS THAT WAY IF PEOPLE TRY TO LEAD, OR SHOULD I WAIT TIL? WHAT ARE Y'ALL THOUGHTS ON THAT? UH, WHO'S GOING FIRST? OKAY.
WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S GOING FIRST? ARE YOU, ARE YOU, YOU'RE AT THE, YOU'RE ALREADY AT THE PODIUM AT THE BEGINNING, CORRECT? I'M AT THE PODIUM.
WHO'S GET END THE PODIUM AFTER THE PASTOR OFFERS THE BENEDICTION? IT'S OVER WITH.
I'LL, I'LL, I MEAN, I COULD SAY, HEY, THANKS FOR COMING.
I'M LIKE, NO, GET, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANNA DO IT JUST BEFORE THE BENEDICTION BECAUSE OKAY.
AS YOU INTRODUCE THE BENEDICTION, YOU, YOU KIND OF MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE SACREDNESS OF VETERANS DAY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THAT FOR POSTERITY FOR MANY OF OUR VETERANS, HERE'S A PROGRAM THAT WE OFFERED AND THEN OFFER THE, OFFER THE PRIEST TO DO THE BENEDICTION.
ANYBODY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
WHAT TIME IS TAPS GOING RIGHT WHEN? JUST AFTER THEY LAY THE RE, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND THEN I WAS GOING TO GO UP AND GIVE THEM COINS.
SO I CAN GIVE THEM THE COINS AND THEN I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
ARE WE GONNA DO ANY RAISING AND LOWERING FL? I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S, I THOUGHT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ALL.
I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY NO ANYWAY.
I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF WITH THE PRESENTATION, IF ALL OF YOU AGREE OR JUST PERMISSION TO THE COMMISSION IS THE FIRST 50 BRICKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE PART OF THAT SCRIPT THAT I'M GONNA GET A PIECE ON WILL BE THE BRICKS BE $125.
THE FIRST 50, THE PROGRAM AND TIMEFRAME MAY CHANGE PURCHASE PRICE.
SO WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU'RE SEEING, BUT WHAT SCRIPT I GIVE THE FIRST 50? CAUSE I KINDA WANNA MAKE THAT LIKE, GET ON IT.
WELL, YOU CAN, SUBJECT CAN CHANGE BUY NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? MM-HMM.
SO IF WE'RE ON AGREEANCE UPON THAT, CAUSE I THINK ULTIMATELY WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE LOGISTICS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM INSTALLED AND EVERYTHING, THE, THE TRUE WORTH WITH THEM IS 150.
BUT WITH INFLATION AND PRICES GOING UP YEAH.
THE NEXT GO AROUND THEY MAY BE 1 75 MAY NOT BE, DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING.
WE'D LIKE TO, I MEAN, WE ALL WANT THIS TO GO OFF LIKE HOTCAKES, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LIKE, GET THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT POUNDED IN THERE, LIKE ONE OR $25, UNLESS FIRST 50 MIGHT CHANGE, WHY NOT? RIGHT? RIGHT.
TELL FOR A LIMITED TIME FOR YOU.
THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE WILL GET IT FOR $125.
YOU KNOW WHAT MEAN MIGHT BUILD THAT MIGHT BUILD A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF VETERANS THERE TOO.
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THESE FLYERS AND THEY MIGHT THINK, I GOTTA GET ONE OF THESE RIGHT NOW.I THINK THAT'LL BETTER PAY US A TIMELINE.
AND THAT'LL BETTER GIVE US A TIMELINE TO SAY, OKAY, WE GOT 50 SOLD.
WE'D HAVE TO, THEN WE'LL KNOW AS SOON AS WE GET 50 SOLD, WE CAN DECIDE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM INSTALLED AT THIS TIME AND WE'RE GONNA START THE NEXT 50 50 PROCESS OR HUNDRED PROCESS.
SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, YOU COME OUT THERE AND THREE PEOPLE BUY.
SO YOU GONNA BRING UP THE TOYS FOR, I'M GONNA LET YOU, I'LL LET YOU DO IT WHEN I, I'LL TELL YOU.
WELL, BASED ON CINDY'S, CINDY REQUESTED YOU.
UM, AGAIN, WITH, UH, WE DID TELL THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMISSION REGARDING THE RUG, LIKE, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.
UM, SO I HAD PUT A PLACEHOLDER HERE FOR JEFF TO KIND OF COME UP WITH WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING AS FAR AS TRYING TO PLAN FOR THAT EVENT.
BUT SINCE, UH, HE WAS IN A, I HAVE A HALF UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, I SPOKE WITH THE, UM, HE RES BY MCA.
UM, THEY HAVE, OR HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AT TIMES A ANNUAL HALF MARATHON.
UM, SO I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM IN, IN THE POSSIBILITY OF, UM, THE COMMISSION TEAMING UP WITH THEM AS A CO-SPONSORSHIP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT EVENT TO MAKE THIS KIND OF SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THAT EVENT.
SO, UM, I KNOW JEFF, I, I TALKED TO CHRIS, UM, LYMAN WITH THE Y M C A THIS WEEK, AND, UM, HE, HE, HE EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, HE'D BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, TEAMING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION HERE AND MOVING FORWARD WITH, SO AWESOME.
I THINK THEY'RE ALL IN DISCUSSION WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST, UM, MORE TO BE TOLD LATER.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT NEW YORK UPDATE.
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT BEFORE I READ MEMORIAL DAY.
YEAH, I WAS ACTRESS TALKING, BUT YOU WERE GOING NEW YORK YOURSELF.
WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A UPDATE AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, BUT, UM, SO SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW.
I WAS TRYING TO GET IT OUT OF RAY, BUT IT WAS A STRUGGLE.
AND MIKE, ABOUT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
SO MIKE HAS SET UP A HUBER HEIGHTS H H O H.ORG THAT WE COULD JUST BLAST FOR THAT.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING BACK WITH US TO LET US KNOW IF IT WORKS.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NOW.
I LEFT, UH, UNITED WAY AT GREATER DAYTON AREA.
UM, AND I STARTED WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA AT THE VA CAMPUS.
I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE DAYTON VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER.
UH, WE BASICALLY HOUSE ROUGHLY ABOUT 20 VETERANS, UM, THAT ARE HOMELESS.
AND WE HELP THEM WITH HOUSING, WE HELP THEM WITH EMPLOYMENT, WE HELP THEM WITH ANY SUBSTANCE USE ABUSE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE TO GO DRIVE TO THE VA EVERY DAY, WHICH I WAS WORKING FOR HOME FOR LIKE TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I SEE YOU ON, I SEE YOU ON CAMPUS SOMETIMES.
MATTER OF FACT, I I SENT SOMEBODY OVER TO YOU HERE, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO I'VE BEEN SENDING THEM FROM SEVEN SOUTH WHERE I WORK AT THE, THE MAIN HOSPITAL UP THERE.
SO I'LL BE, I'LL BE SENDING MORE DEAR, I'LL BE SENDING YOU MORE YOUR WAY.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, WITH ANY PROGRAM, SOME PEOPLE ARE REPEATS, RIGHT.
THEY WENT OUT THERE AND A LITTLE TOUGHER THAN WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, BUT THERE'S NO SHAME.
THEY CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY QUALIFY AND EVERYTHING.
UM, SO I'LL, UH, BE PROVIDING Y'ALL WITH MY VOA, UM, EMAIL ADDRESS SO Y'ALL CAN EMAIL ME.
DID YOU GET A BUSINESS CARD YET? I DON'T HAVE ONE YET.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PHOTO ID, YOU KNOW, PICTURE ID WITH VOA ON IT, BUT
BUT I STARTED YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE SOON.
I STARTED ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
ARE YOU CONSIDERED VOLUNTEERS AMERICA, IS THAT CONSIDERED PART OF THE
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VA OR GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION? UH, NO.VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA'S A NON-PROFIT.
BUT WE HAVE A SPACE ON THE VA CAMPUS MM-HMM.
THEY, THEY, THEY GET A SHUTTLE TO THEIR VA APPOINTMENTS AND THEY TAKE 'EM SOMETIMES TO APPOINTMENTS AND, UM, LOOK FOR HOUSING AND STUFF.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY COOL PROGRAM.
AFTER THE MEETING IS OVER, I GOT ONE THING I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
FORGET ABOUT THE NEW YORK PART.
AND THEN
I THINK I'VE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THEM BEFORE.
UH, TONY IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT NOVEMBER 12TH, THE DAY AFTER VETERAN'S DAY, THE DAYTON VA MEDICAL CENTER WILL BE HAVING A PARADE ON THEIR CAMPUS STARTING AT 10:00 AM UH, I PROBABLY WILL BE PARTICIPATING, BUT WITH THE VOA HAT ON.
SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, I ALSO HAVE THIS IN EMAIL THAT I CAN EMAIL TO YOU GUYS.
AND THEN THERE'S A QR CODE WHERE YOU CAN SCAN TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT.
THEY'LL ALSO HAVE LIKE IN A BUILDING WHERE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE RESOURCES WILL BE, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO LIKE BE IN THE PARADE.
SO LIKE, LET'S SAY IF THE MIAMI VALLEY YOUNG MARINES ONE OR TO MARCH IN THE PARADE, THEY WILL HAVE THAT ABILITY.
WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE THERE.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING PERSON HEALTH PROBLEMS BECAUSE YEAH, THE VETERANS, THE 11TH, 12TH, AND THE 13TH, THEY WANT THE YOUNG MARINES EVERY DAY.
IF, UH, THERE'S COME SOME BALKING FROM THE PARENTS.
YEAH, I WAS, I WAS JUST USING THEM AS A EXAMPLE, NOT, YEAH, WELL WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.
I TALKED TO NATALIE, YOU KNOW, NATALIE, I GUESS SHE'S THE ONE WHO I'M NOT SURE.
WELL ANYWAY, SHE WAS VERY HAPPY HERE.
I MAY HAVE TO RENA UHOH, THAT'S NOT GOOD, BUT JUST NOT JUST MINE BY YOUNG MARINES.
IT CAN BE VIETNAM, VETERANS AMERICA, AMERICAN LEGIONS.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, CAN PARTICIPATE.
THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE DOUBLE WHAMMY.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2022 FROM NINE TO 3:00 PM WILL HAVE THEIR REGULAR COAT GIVEAWAY.
THEY ALSO GIVE YOU, UH, GLOVES AND A HAT.
THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVING AWAY A $200 FOOD CARD TO ALDIS.
YOU NEED TO BRING VETERAN ID OR DD TWO 14 PROOF THAT YOU LIVE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND PROOF FOR YOUR INCOME.
SO MOST OF US HERE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
YOU SAY'S NOVEMBER CAN'T MAKE TOO MUCH.
I HAVE ALL THESE ON EMAIL IF Y'ALL WANT ME TO EMAIL IT TO, WELL, I'LL EMAIL IT TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS TOYS FOR TOTS.
SO CINDY DAVIDSON HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND RAY REGARDING TOYS FOR TOTS WITH THE MARINES.
UM, THEY LOST THEIR BUILDING WHERE THEY USED TO GIVE OUT THE TOYS, BUT THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE, BUT THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS.
SO IF YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IN YOUR NETWORKS, ANY VETERANS OR ANYBODY FOR THAT MATTER, BUT ANY VETERANS THAT WANNA VOLUNTEER TO GIVE OUT TOYS TO THE CHILDREN, RAY HAS THE DETAILS ON THAT.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RICK.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THAT AS A COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOB IS TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO SIT IN A CHAIR.
IT IS OUR JOB TO REACH OUT TO ANY VETERANS THAT WE KNOW, OR ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE COME IN CONTACT WITH SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIATE VETERAN BEHAVIOR IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO LETTING 'EM BE AWARE OF ALL THESE THINGS IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY OR YOU GOT SOME CONTACTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, I KNOW MR. BANQUETS, HE'S IN CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY.
WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT TOYS FOR TOUCH.
UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW THE GET AIR WHERE THEY JUMP UP AND DOWN ON TRAMPOLINES RIGHT ACROSS FROM ST.
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THAT BUILDING HAS AN, HAS AN ANCILLARY WAREHOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.THE WAREHOUSE IS 60 10, AND IF YOU GO THERE NOW, YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
IT'S GOT TOYS FOR TODD'S MARINE CORPS, EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT, AND THAT IS THE WAREHOUSE.
SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
WHO'S THE HENRY 60 10 CHAMBERS BOARD? THE OAK, THE OLD KROGER'S, RIGHT? THAT'S THE OAK KROGERS, YEAH.
IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH,
AND, UH, SO, UH, WHAT ARE THE DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? UH, FIRST OF ALL, FIRST DUTY IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE ON FRIDAY, THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER, FROM 1800 TO 1900, THERE'S A FACEBOOK LIVE TV PRESENTATION EVENT.
SO YOU COULD JUST GO STAND THERE IN SUPPORT OF TOYS FOR TODD.
SO THAT WOULD BE A NICE THING TO DO.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE TIME FOR ME PLEASE? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA PASS IT OUT, RIGHT? I'M NOVEMBER 4TH.
OH, YOU YOU'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, OKAY.
I'M NOT GONNA DO IT TONIGHT, BUT YOU'LL GET IN A DAY OR TWO.
AND, UH, OKAY THEN THE FIRST EVENT IS SORTING.
NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED IN TOYS FOR TOS BEFORE, THAT'S A FUN DEAL HERE, HERE COMES A TRUCK WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF TOYS ON IT.
SO THEY BANK A BIG DUMP AND YOU GOTTA SAY, OH, THIS IS FOR A GIRL BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT.
THIS IS FOR A BOY BETWEEN 12 AND 14.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU GOTTA SORT 'EM IN ALL DIFFERENT PILE.
WELL, WHY DO YOU DO THAT? BECAUSE THE NEXT THREE EVENTS UNDER 10TH, 14TH, AND 17TH IS DISTRIBUTION.
NOW BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE THAT HAS EXISTED YEARS AGO IN TOYS FOR TOTS, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
A FAMILY, WE USED TO JUST TAKE THE TOYS AND JUST HAND THEM OUT, WALK IN THE DOOR, HERE'S SOME TOYS, OKAY.
AND THAT FAMILY WOULD THEN GO TO ENGLEWOOD AND THEN GO TO BROOKVILLE, AND THEN GO TO NORTH DAYTON AND THEN GO TO CENTERVILLE AND SAY, HEY, CAN I HAVE SOME TOYS? WELL, IT TURNS OUT THEY WERE TAKING THESE TOYS AND SELL THEM AFTER THE FACT.
BUT THE REAL THING ABOUT THAT, THEY TOOK THE TOYS AWAY FROM THE PILES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO GIVE TO ACTUALLY NEEDY CHILDREN.
SO THE PROCESS NOW IS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO SIGN UP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN A TYPICAL GOVERNMENT FASHION, YOU GOTTA CORROBORATE YOUR FAMILY NEED AND SO FORTH.
AND THERE'S EVEN A DUPLICATE CHECKER, SO YOU DON'T GO TO A SECOND PLACE.
SO DISTRIBUTION REQUIRES, UH, THE FAMILIES TO COME TO 60 10 CHAMBERSBURG.
AND THEY COME IN THE FRONT DOOR, THEY GO TO A COMPUTER, HI, I'M JOHN SMITH, AND I GOT THESE THREE KIDS AND THEY'RE SIX AND 12 AND 13.
SO HERE COMES A LITTLE TAG, AND THEN THE DISTRIBUTORS GOTTA TAKE THE TAG BACK AND SAY, OKAY, MR. BAITZ, GO PICK OUT TOYS FOR THE SIX YEAR OLD, THE 12 YEAR OLD, AND 13 YEAR OLD.
SO YOU GOTTA COME UP AND FILL THE TAG AND SO FORTH, AND THEN REPORT THAT YOU DID THAT PARTICULAR TAG.
SO IT'S, IT IS PRETTY COMPLICATED.
AND, UH, BUT THE TOYS SOMETIMES ARE UNBELIEVABLY NICE.
I MEAN, LIKE DRONES, BICYCLES, I MEAN, ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT'S GIVEN IN LIGHT.
BUT REALLY SOME REALLY NICE TOYS ARE GIVEN OUT.
NOW AS A, UH, SEQUEL TO THAT, IF THERE ARE TOYS LEFT OVER, AND THERE ALWAYS ARE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, PERMISSION FOR THE MARINE CORPS AND I CORROBORATED IT TODAY TO, UH, GIVE THE EXCESS TO CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER SO THAT, BECAUSE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, YOU, IF A YOUNG PERSON'S LAYING THERE, YOU KNOW, IN PAIN AND STUFF, THEY USUALLY COME UP WITH A TOY OR TWO TO KEEP THEIR MIND, KEEP THEIR MIND OCCUPIED.
AND, UH, THERE IS ONE OTHER THING GOING ON, WHICH IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, AND IT'S CALLED HOUSE OF LIGHTS, AND MAY, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN DOWN STONE HURST IN FRONT OF 77 41, WHERE THEY HAVE THE HOUSE OF LIGHTS IN THE PLACE.
THAT'S HIS HOUSE DOES IT EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER.
AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SANTA CLAUS, MRS. CLAUS, FROSTY THE GRINCH, AND TWO MARINES BESIDES SOME OF US THERE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GREET THE CROWD, THEY BRING PRESENTS AND THEY GET HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES, AND THEY, THE KIDS GET TO SIT ON SANTA'S LAP PICTURES TAKEN EVERY NOW AND THEN.
SOME NOW AND THEN SOME OF THE KIDS TRY TO TAKE THE TOYS OUT OF THE BOX, BUT THEY, THEY DON'T GET AWAY WITH IT.
DO THEY STILL DO TOYS FOR TODD? I KNOW THEY USED TO TAKE DONATIONS FOR TOYS FOR TOSS AT THAT HOUSE.
THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BIG BOXES.
THEY TAKE ACTUAL TOYS AND THEY TAKE MONETARY DONATIONS.
HE'S BEEN DOING IT EVERY YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS BRANDON DODGE, BUT HE'S A TRUE PATRIOT
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AND, UH, A REAL SUPPORTER OF TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM.WHAT'S THE ADDRESS AGAIN? THE ADDRESS? OH, 74 11 STONE HURST.
I'M SURE YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHERE WALMART IS, RIGHT? YEAH, ACROSS WALMART.
IF YOU GO STRAIGHT ACROSS, RATHER THAN TURN OUR BRANDT, THAT STONERS.
YOU CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY FROM THAT CORNER WHERE YEAH, IT'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE RIGHT THERE.
LIGHTS YOUR LIGHT UP AND, AND, UH, ALL KINDS OF MUSIC IS PLAYING IN TUNE WITH THE LIGHTS.
YOU'VE SEEN 'EM ON THE ROOF AND ALL OVER THE PLACE SEEING US WAVING AT YOU FROM THE WINDOW.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BEFORE WE ADJOURN, THIS IS HUGHES LAST HARRAH WITH US.
AND SOMETIME IN JANUARY YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO COME BACK SO WE CAN GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU'RE STILL HERE AND RECOGNIZE YOU FOR SERVING ON THE COMMISSION, I THINK SINCE INCEPTION.
SO FOR NOW, WE'LL JUST ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MR. HUGH AND HIS SERVICE.
AND WE WILL FORMALLY RECOGNIZE YOU IN JANUARY OF 23.
IF YOU'RE IN THIS AREA, LET US KNOW.
CAUSE YOU MIGHT BE IN FLORIDA.
WITH THAT, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
CARRIE, IT IS SIX 32ND, LET'S COOKING WITH GREASE TODAY.