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ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS 6:00 PM
[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road September 24, 2025 6:00 P.M. ]
AND WE'LL CALL THE RIGHTON MILITARY VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO ORDER.PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ON A NATION UNDER GOD AND INVISIBLE THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE OF THE BIBLE.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE TO COME HERE TODAY.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU GUYS SEND BUSINESS THAT WE, UH, TAKE PART OF.
PLEASE BLESS OUR CITY, UH, BLESS THOSE, UH, WHO ARE DEPLOYED RIGHT NOW.
UH, KEEP THEM, UH, IN, IN YOUR FAVOR.
KEEP THEIR FAMILY, UH, THEIR FRIENDS, UH, SAFE AND, AND COMFORT IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY.
AND THEN CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE, UH, PRESENT A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF MR. LASLEY MCDONALD AND MR. LINDSAY, PLEASE? SECOND MOTION.
I ALL EXCUSE I MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING THE MEETING.
AND CAN WE HAVE A SECOND? AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
CAN WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? GOOD TO GO.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER THAT'S GONNA BE JOINING US TO THE COMMISSION, UH, MR. WHITENING.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE GONNA DO YOUR SWEARING IN.
UH, AND THEN WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST GONNA HAVE YOU GIVE A BRIEF, UH, DESCRIPTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHO IT IS THAT YOU ARE, WHERE IT IS THAT YOU COME FROM, WHY YOU JOINED THE COMMISSION, UH, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU CURRENTLY DO.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE SWEARING IN RIGHT NOW, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AFTER.
ALL RIGHT? SO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE, OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, THE CHARTER, AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, THE CITY OF, OF, OF HE HIDES OHIO.
AND THAT I WILL FAITH AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, HONESTLY.
AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
I'M PROBABLY GONNA WOKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF YOU JUST GIVE US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOURSELF.
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM, WHY YOU JOINED THE MISSION AND, ALL RIGHT.
UH, SO MY NAME'S JAMES W I'M FROM ARKANSAS.
I JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 2009.
I STARTED OFF AS GROUND TRANSPORTATION, DID THAT FOR 15 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN STATIONED IN ALASKA.
UH, I WAS STATIONED IN BL MISSISSIPPI AT WRIGHT, OR I MEAN AT KEESLER FOR NINE YEARS.
SO ALASKA FOR 2009, 2012, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI FROM 2012 TO 2021.
UH, THEN I PCS TO MINOT FROM 2021 TO 2024, I RETRAINED INTO RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS.
IT USED TO BE, UM, CHAPLAIN ASSISTANT.
AND I'VE BEEN AT WRIGHT PAT SINCE 2024.
I HAVE, I'VE BEEN MARRIED SINCE 2010.
I'VE GOT TWO KIDS, AN 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND I,
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AN 8-YEAR-OLD SON WHOSE BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP ON THE 26TH.UM, AND I HONESTLY, I I, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
UH, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, ATTENDS OUR CHURCH AT CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER, AND, UH, HE'S, I BELIEVE HE'S THE COUNCILMAN FOR WARD ONE.
IT WAS, UM, BUT HE, HE PULLED ME ASIDE AND TALKED TO ME AT CHURCH ABOUT JOINING A SECURITY TEAM THERE.
AND, UH, THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR CONVERSATION ABOUT HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL.
AND THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM, HE, HE TOLD ME THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS AVAILABLE.
HE TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
HE TOLD ME THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD FIT FOR IT.
AND, UH, I READ A LOOK, READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT ONLINE, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD FIT.
UH, I WANT TO FIND A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
UM, IN THE AIR FORCE, THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AVENUES OF, TO SHOW LEADERSHIP.
YOU COULD JOIN LIKE THE, THE AIRMAN'S COUNCIL, THE THE FIVE SIX GROUP.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL WERE IN THE AIR FORCE OR A DIFFERENT BRANCH, BUT IT'S JUST DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD.
AND I'VE, I'VE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS AND IT DOESN'T QUITE FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GIVING BACK TO ANYTHING.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE JUST CHECKING A BOX.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THIS, ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, I FOUND A WAY TO ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN.
SO I APPLIED, AND HERE I'M, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYBODY LIKE TO SHARE OR THINK? WE GOT SOME AIR FORCE GUYS WHILE WE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
NAVY'S GONNA STAY OVER ON THIS SIDE.
YOU OKAY? WE'RE THE FLY ARMY BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME BRANCH.
PRETTY SAME UNIFORMS EVERY TIME.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I APPRECIATE IT AND, UM, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE MEET THAT EXPECTATION OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ACTUALLY COMING OUT AND, AND SERVING.
WE GOT SOMETHING YOU THAT CAN MAYBE DO THE PRAYERS TOO.
HE SAID, AH, HEY, I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I'M ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS BECOMING A CHAPLAIN, SO I MEAN, THERE WE GO.
ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, ANNOUNCEMENTS, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYBODY WITH NEW INFORMATION? YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S NOT OFF TOPIC, NEW BUSINESS.
I, I, I'M ON THE, I GOT ON THE, UH, 2, 2 50 COMMITTEE FROM PARKS AND RECREATIONS.
I WAS AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY, SO I HAVE SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL NEW BUSINESS.
WE CAN SAY CAN SAVE IT FOR NEW BUSINESS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, OLD BUSINESS.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT, CAN YOU SPEAK, UH, ABOUT THE LANE HIGH SCHOOL GAME, HOW IT WENT? YEAH.
I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, THEY, I GOT, I SENT A PICTURE.
DID YOU GUYS SEE THE PICTURE? YEP.
SO THE, THE PICTURE, UH, IT, THEY LOVED THE TROPHY, UH, ALREADY, UH, TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S GAME, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT AGAIN.
I DON'T WANNA GET A DD, BUT IT, IT WENT OVER REALLY WELL.
I, I CAN TELL YOU THERE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
THE, THE KIDS ALL LOOKED LIKE THEY LOVED IT, YOU KNOW.
SO I'LL SAY THAT THE SHIRTS THAT THEY PASSED OUT THIS YEAR ARE REALLY LIKE THOSE.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET ONE, BUT I, I DID SEE 'EM.
UH, AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE, I MEAN, EVERY YEAR THEY DO, UH, MILITARY SHIRT FOR THE MILITARY OR FOR THE MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT.
UM, LAST YEAR THEY DID LIKE A WHITE SHIRT WITH THE WING LOGO AND LIKE, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
UH, THIS YEAR IT WAS LIKE A GREEN SHIRT WITH A CAMO OF THE, THE WING.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE YOU, YOU SAW HIM THERE.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE, WERE PRETTY, PRETTY COOL.
UM, AS FAR AS, SO THE TROPHY'S GONNA STAY WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR? YEAH, WELL, SITTING IN HIS, IN HIS OFFICE.
IN THE OFFICE OR WHEREVER THEY HAD DISPLAY TROPHIES.
AND ARE THEY PUTTING, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT ARE THEY PUTTING THE SCORES OF THE GAMES ON THE TROPHIES? YES.
THEY'LL HAVE, THERE'S A PLACE ON THERE THAT SAYS WINNER, YOU KNOW, SCORE WHO THEY PLAYED, AND THEN IF THEY LOSE THEY TROPHIES, IT DOESN'T, IT ONLY GETS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE TEAM.
TO THE TEAM, BUT THEY GIVE IT BACK, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA LEAVE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER ITEMS OR OLD BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON INTO VETERANS DAY, ITEM EIGHT A, UH, I HAVE TALKED WITH MR. WINDSOR.
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UH, WE DO HAVE THE VA UH, GUEST SPEAKER SET UP.I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING A ADDITIONAL GUEST SPEAKER, UM, TO ALSO TALK AT THE, UH, CEREMONY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS? THEY, THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA S SUPPLY SOMEONE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO.
SO, BUT THEY SAID IT'S A THAT, SO THEY ARE ACTIVELY YES.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IN FLUX RIGHT NOW SINCE THEY'VE BEEN GETTING NEW PEOPLE IN.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT LIKE A, I GUESS A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE THEY CHOOSE FROM.
AND I KNOW, UH, WHAT WAS IT LAST MEETING? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING A PLAQUE AND I CANNOT GET A MEETING.
SO, UH, I, I WOULD SAY AS LONG AS BY NEXT MEETING WE HAVE SOMETHING SET IN STONE WITH THEM, I, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD PUSH OUT TO.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING'S, OCTOBER, LET'S SEE THE 23RD.
THE 23RD, I MARKED ON MY CALENDAR THE 22ND.
IF, I MEAN, EVEN IF WE CAN GET BEFORE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S STILL, THAT'S WHAT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY FROM, UM, THAT I PUT IN THE REQUEST DECEMBER 2ND.
I MEAN, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO TELL 'EM LIKE, HEY, IF WE CAN'T HAVE A DEFINITE, 'CAUSE THAT INFORMATION HAS TO BE PUT OUT.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE A DEFINITE, I WOULD SAY BY THAT NEXT MEETING, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS PUT UP.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ORDER THE PLAQUE FROM? THEY GET FROM WAYNE SPORTING GOODS? IS THAT WHERE THEY GET ALL THE PLAQUE FROM TO, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY COME FROM, BUT IF YOU, IF WE COULD PUT AT LEAST AN ORDER IN FROM PLAQUE, THE, THE OWNER GUY, HE WOULD WORK WITH US AND HE COULD PROBABLY PUT THE NAME ON IT A HALF AN HOUR MOST LONG WE HAVE PLAQUE PAID FOR.
WELL, AND ACTUALLY IT'S PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE ONLY MEETING THAT WE HAVE.
SO I WOULD SAY BY NEXT MEETING, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT AS SOON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, OTHERWISE IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING PRESENTED AFTER THE FACT.
OR WE JUST GO WITH THE GUEST SPEAKER THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
I MEAN, I, I OBVIOUSLY WANT THEM TO BE PART OF IT, BUT YEAH.
THEY SHOWN AN INTEREST TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE OR, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, UH, VETERANS DAY EVENT.
AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE PAST.
I WOULD PAID TO TURN THEM DOWN.
I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THE, UH, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS MEDIA RELEASE THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
SO REALLY IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE, THE MEETING ON THE 22ND, THAT'S WITHIN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
A HALF A HALF WEEKS, WHICH IS, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET IT OUT SOONER.
AND IF WE CAN GET THE PARTICULARS NAILED DOWN, THEN SPEAKER AND ANY OTHER DIG, UH, IF WE COULD DO THAT, THEN WE COULD PUBLISH THAT MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT.
BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE PUT OUT TO HIM FOR, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY THE LAST TWO MONTHS AT LEAST.
AND STILL WE HAVEN'T HAD A ANYTHING BACK FROM, SO I, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY TWO WEEKS.
IF WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING IN, IN TWO WEEKS, THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO PUSH WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CONTACT IS THAT YOU HAVE THERE, BUT I WOULD JUST TELL THEM, HEY, WE'RE READY TO PUSH OUT OUR IMMEDIATE INFORMATION AND THEN EITHER THEY'RE WITH IT OR THEY'RE NOT.
SO I'LL PRESENT THAT TO THEM, SEE IF I CAN GET AN ANSWER.
IF I NEED TO SEND AN EMAIL, JUST LET KNOW.
UM, I, I WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT WE GOTTA PUSH THE INFORMATION OUT AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT INFORMATION AND THEN TURN AROUND AND ADD TO, SO.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST SIR, GIMME IN THE LOOP IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING, PLEASE.
I'LL YOU, THE PARK AND RECREATION DID GET IT ON THEIR, IT'S GOING OUT ON THEIR MALLARD TOO, SO WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ADVANCEMENT.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE UH, FLYOVER? I DID, I KNEW THAT WAS GONNA COOK.
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SO WE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.UH, SO THE LAST WORD THAT I DID GET, UH, FROM MR. WIND IS THAT WE DID GET THE FAA APPROVAL.
SO THAT IS A CHECK IN THE BOX FOR THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, TIED UP.
UM, LOOSE ENDS NEED TO BE TIED UP TO MAKE SURE IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFICIENT, BUT WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A POSITIVE THING.
THOSE WHO'RE DOING THAT, THAT I'M NOT SURE.
IS THAT A PROJECT GROUP? SO I GAVE THEM THE LAKE FOR THE F 16 UNIT.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, FLEW OVER THE HIGH 10 HIGH SCHOOLS IN TOLE.
WE'RE CAN'T SAY THAT WE NEED SOMETHING SLOW.
IT'S GONNA, THEY FLY SLOW TOO.
YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD HURT
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN DO THAT.
BUT YEAH, I GAVE IT TO, UH, OUR CHAIRMAN GOT AN EMAIL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT AAT BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AIRCRAFT, IT'S, BUT THEY'RE HERE A LOT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
WELL, YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE THAT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
UM, WHAT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE.
IT'S JUST WHATEVER THEY CAN PROVIDE AT THE TIME.
WELL, THEY HAVE A DIRECT, YOU CAN GO.
I GAVE THEM THE DIRECT TO THEM.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT SHOWS THEIR POWER AND EVERYTHING AND THEIR COMMUNITY MINDED.
SO I DUNNO HOW THAT'S GONNA TURN OUT.
BUT THAT WENT STRAIGHT TO THEM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CENTRAL PLACE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHERE I LEFT IT.
CAN I GO BACK TO THE AGENDA? WHO'S LIKE THE, THE SPEAKER? WHO'S DOING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? WHO'S GONNA LEAVE IT OFF? WHO'S LEAVING IT OFF? SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR VETERANS DAY? YES.
MC UM, WHO'S THE MC? WELL, WE PUT IT OUT THERE FOR WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE THE MC.
THERE'S SOMEBODY VOLUNTEERS FOR A PARTY.
SO WHAT WAS SAID WAS, IS THAT IF, IF THERE WAS NO VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MC, UH, THEN MYSELF OR MR. WINDOR WOULD DO THE MC.
UM, BUT IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER YES.
THAT'S WHAT DOWN ABOUT, I JUST STARTED THINKING LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU, THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO.
WE'VE GOTTA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE, WE GOTTA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UH, ARMY, THE AND THE NAVY.
THE MARINES TWO 50 BIRTHDAY LIKE THIS FOR THIS YEAR BEING THE 2025, THEIR BIRTHDAY NEEDS ALL SUMMERS 250 YEARS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE THE THING.
JUST KIND OF HOW BEFORE IT GOES BY.
I MEAN, WE WOULD BE PAST THE NAVY'S BIRTHDAY.
YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING DON'T CARE.
UH, YEAH, IT, IT, I JUST MENTION, I JUST REMEMBER NOW I GOT COINED, I GOT COINED FOR THE 250TH ONE AND I JUST REMEMBERED IT LAST NIGHT.
WE, WE JUST GOT, IT'S ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOW SAY IT IN 2025.
THIS IS, I BELIEVE YOU WE'LL MOVE ON TO A NEW YEAR NEXT YEAR.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MENTION.
UM, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO, SO FOR VETERANS DAY, A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO WRAP UP, UH, IS WAYNE'S, IF WAYNE'S GONNA BE IN ATTENDANCE, UH, MYSELF, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, WE WANTED TO TRY TO GET SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN WRIGHT STATE, UM, IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY THERE? THERE'S OTHER THAN WRIGHT STATE THOUGH.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THERE.
THERE IS, UH, TWO, UM, COLLEGES THAT HAVE THE HONOR GUARD, UH, SET UP.
SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM LOCAL, UH, AND SEE IF THEY IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL OBVIOUSLY, BUT IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANYONE AT THE, BECAUSE THE BASE HAS THEIR OWN COLOR GUARD, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO MAYBE YOU COULD REACH OUT TO THE BASE TO SEE IF THEY WANNA PROVIDE.
HAS ANYBODY EVER WORKED WITH THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN ION? THEY, THEY ATTENDED THE, UH, PARK AND RECREATION MEETING AND THEY WANT TO, TO BE MORE INVOLVED.
I, I WOULD HAVE THE CONTACT WITH SHE, SARAH SOURCE TO PASS IT OFF TO ME.
AND THEY WANT TO BE NOT INVOLVED WITH I'M, I THINK I CAN SELL 'EM A PAVER TOO.
WHAT, WHAT DO THEY OFFER? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY KNEW IT.
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I GOT ANOTHER TRIVIA QUESTION FOR YOU AFTER THAT.AND IT, WHAT WERE THEY CALLED? YOU? THE SONS.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTACT? NO, SARAH HASN'T.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA SEND TO ME, BUT WE JUST MET YESTERDAY, SO I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO JUMP OUT THAT FAST.
YEAH, I MEAN IF THEY, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
WE COULD THE ORGANIZATION, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, UH, ABOUT THEN WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE.
UM, DID WE DISCUSS THE BUG? DID WE DISCUSS THAT? NO.
I DUNNO IF WE DECIDED WE WANTED HIM OR NOT.
I MEAN, IT'S GOOD FOR TAS, BUT WHAT WOULD HE PLAY? BUT THAT WAS JUST LIKE A MEMORIAL DAY THING.
I CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT, BUT I DON'T DUNNO.
WHAT? NO, I WAS JUST, I WAS CURIOUS.
UH, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IT WAS OR NOT.
UH, SO WAYNE, UH, MR. LESLIE'S REACHING OUT TO WAYNE, I'LL REACH BACK OUT TO, UM, ETTE, OR NOT RAY, PAT, UH, WRIGHT STATE.
AND THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE BASE TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AS FAR AS PROVIDING COLOR GUARD.
AND SO WAYNE, AND THEN WE STILL NEEDED CHAPLAIN.
I THINK I FIGURED THAT ONE OUT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THAT WILL PUT US, SO JUST ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS UNTIL, UH, VETERANS DAY.
SO HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MEETING WE HAVE KIND OF EVERYTHING TIED UP.
UM, AND WE KNOW WHO OUR MCS GONNA BE, WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE INCIDENT.
SO IT'LL BE ONE OF US TO END UP DOING IT.
IS THE SCRIPT ALREADY WRITTEN UP AND STUFF, OR JUST YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE READING OFF THE SCRIPT.
SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS WE HAVE A BLANKET SCRIPT, UH, AND IT'LL JUST BE A PLUG AND PLAY.
SO OF THE THINGS THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE IS THE BIO OF THE GUEST SPEAKER.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS LIKE THAT WE MIGHT ADD TO THE SCRIPT, LIKE THE MENTION OF, YOU KNOW, THE BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MILITARY.
UH, AND THEN I'M SURE WE WILL PUT IT IN THE, IN THE SCRIPT, UM, ABOUT THE FLYOVER, IF THAT COMES TO FRUITION.
AND THAT IS A THING THAT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE ADD, UM, TO THE SCRIPT JUST SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO MENTION BEFORE OR AFTER IT HAPPENS.
I, I LIKE THE SURPRISE ASPECT.
WHAT DO WE DO FIRST? DO WE TALK OR WHEN'S IT START SPAN? BANNER.
SO IT IS, IT IS AT THE BEGINNING.
IT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF THE CEREMONY.
SO NORMALLY THE WAY THAT IT RUNS IS WE HAVE THE, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE OPENING REMARKS, WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, INVOCATION AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE, UM, STORAGE BANNER.
UH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO TIME IT RIGHT AFTER.
I DUNNO HOW GOOD, HOW MUCH, THAT'S TIME.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE IN, EITHER, WE HAVE TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM OR WE HAVE TO BE SET TO A DEAD SCHEDULE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO IF YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
I, I HAD A PODCAST AND I HAD SOME PILOTS ON THERE.
DEPEND ON WHAT VERSION YOU HAVE.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY GO IN THERE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
THEY'LL HAVE, OR WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY COMMUNICATE THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
I'M SURE MR. WINDSOR HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL IRON THAT OUT.
THAT WOULD BE, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE SITTING THERE NOT JUST FLYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LOW.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AFTER MURDERERS.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE CRUISING IN.
SO, 'CAUSE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE BAD.
YOU BREAK WINDOWS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, IT'S GONNA SLOW.
SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE POINT, LIKE, IF IT ISN'T GOING TO BE LOW, LOUD
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ART, IS PEOPLE GOING TO, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT.EVEN IF, ARE THEY GONNA BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PLANE FLYING OVER.
JUST LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE FOUR FOR S**T.
PROBABLY YOU HAVE FOUR AIRPLANES TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T DO ALL THAT.
IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN LOW AND SLOW.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA, IT'S A SHOW OF FORCE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE, IT'LL BE COOL.
A C 17 IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S JUST A CAR.
OTHERWISE I GAME MY DAUGHTER FINALLY A DRONE OVER
UH, SO THAT WRAPS UP VETERANS DAY.
UH, ITEM EIGHT A, OR I'M SORRY, ITEM NINE.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? YEAH, THERE'S, UM, WELL ONE THING, JUST, JUST, IT'S KIND OF HUMOROUS.
THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT STRONGLY BELIEVED IN 1976, SOMEBODY BURIED A TIME CAPSULE IN ER HEIGHTS AND WAS ASKING IF ANYBODY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND MAYBE THE WHEREABOUTS OF WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
SO THEY'RE ASKING THAT KNOW THAT THAT'S FROM PARKS AND RECREATION BEFORE I WAS BORN.
OTHERWISE I GOT, WAS ON THE AMERICA TWO 50 COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY AND EVERY MONTH OF EVERY MONTH, NEXT YEAR STARTED JANUARY, THERE'S GONNA BE EVENTS, UH, CELEBRATING OUR BIR AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY, 250TH BIRTHDAY.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE ON THERE FOR, UM, UH, LET'S SEE, SEPTEMBER FOOTBALL GAME.
UH, THEY'RE SOME NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE PRESENCE.
UH, THEN WE WILL, WE'RE GONNA GET ADVERTISEMENT.
THEY'RE GONNA SPONSOR THE, UH, FOOTBALL GAME TOO THIS YEAR WITH T-SHIRTS AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS IT CALLED AGAIN? IT'S, UM, AMERICA TWO 50.
IT'S, IT'S THROUGH PRODUCT AND RECREATION.
AND WE'LL, SO WE'LL GET A LOT OF, UH, THROUGH PUTTING OUT A MAGNET IN JANUARY AND A FLYER WITH ALL THESE EVENTS ON IT FOR ALL THE HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS.
AND WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET SOME, UH, TO PASS OUT AMONGST OURSELVES.
AND THEN WE'LL BE MAILED TO YOUR HOME IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO WE GOT, WE GOT, WE GOT THREE ACTIVE EVENTS.
AND THEN THERE'S AN EVENT IN DECEMBER, 2026.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING INTERACTIVE.
DURING THE, UH, FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, AN EVENT, THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A INTERACTIVE THING WITH THE VETERANS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ACCESS TO A RECRUITING VENUE THAT HAS, UH, A TRUCK YOU CAN GO IN AND KIDS CAN PLAY WITH AND INTERACT WITH MILITARY ITEMS. THEY DON'T JUST WANT A STAGNANT TABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH FLYERS ON THEY WANT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO TALK TO THE RECRUITING OFFICES ABOUT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GET BROUGHT IN.
BECAUSE I, I DON'T THINK THEY HOUSE IT WITH THE RECRUITING STATION, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE TO, THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE.
PET DOES THEIR EVENT OVER AT THE, UM, WRIGHT STATE'S AUDITORIUM OR WHATEVER, THAT'S THE NUTTER CENTER.
THE NUTTER CENTER, WHEN THEY DO THEIR EVENT OVER THERE, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY BRING IN A LOT OF MILITARY THINGS, LIKE INTERACTIVE THINGS AS FAR AS LIKE, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, LIKE THE, THE THING WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AND INTERACT AND, AND DO ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROBABLY A REQUEST.
UM, THAT REQUEST WOULD COME FROM, I MEAN, IF IT HAD TO COME FROM US, I GUESS WE COULD DO IT.
BUT YEAH, I DO, WE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE SINCE IT'S DECEMBER OF 2026.
SO MAYBE WE'LL, UH, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER A LITTLE MORE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
BUT IT IS, IT'S IN A, IT'S EXCITING.
THERE'S A GOOD BUDGET FOR THIS TOO.
SO WE CAN LOOK TO SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN OUR 20, 20, 26 EVENTS.
THEY WILL HELP US MARKET AND DO ANYTHING WE NEED TO.
SO LEVEL OF MORE MONEY TO SPEND, THEY MUST HAVE, THEY'VE GOT A GRANT FOR THIS.
SO ARE THEY ASKING US TO COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND HELP THEM OR ARE THEY, THEY'RE UH, THEY ASKED IF, WELL THE FIRST, THEY SAID, DO YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED? I SAID, YES, WE DO.
SO WE'VE GOT NOVEMBER IN MAY, UH, EVENTS, AND THEN WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN DECEMBER AND WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN SEPTEMBER.
THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL GAME IS A FOCUS.
AND TROPHY IS THAT, SO WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE A PARTICIPANT.
SO INDIRECTLY WE'RE WE'RE INVOLVED.
JUST BY THE THINGS THAT WE YEAH.
WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND ALREADY DONE.
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ABOUT THE MOTION? WHAT'S THAT? NO, I WAS JUST, I PERSON SMOKING MOTION WAS LOOKING FOR MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION WITH.UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE COMING TO AN END.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY SHOWING UP.
UH, WE WILL KIND OF WRAP EVERYTHING UP WHEN MR. WINS AND EVERYONE GETS BACK.
UH, SO WE KIND OF, UH, DOT, DOT OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S FOR STATEMENT.
UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BEST EVENTS YET.
SO ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL SEND A PDF OF THE MEETING THAT'S FROM YESTERDAY.
SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOOK THROUGH THEM.
THERE'S, UH, IT'S THREE PAGES OF CONTACT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS SIX THIRTY ONE AND WE DO CALL THE MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION ADJOURN.