2004-08-19 Veteran Advisory Committee Minutes

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Veterans Advisory Committee Page 3 August 19, 2004 September 25th: Install approximately It /2 acres of sod (seashore paspalum) which is currently being maintained by employees at Kukio. It will be cut on Friday and installed on Saturday by approximately 25 employees from various golf courses. Goal: To have landscaping project completed by September 25th on t/2 acre on north side of Veterans Cemetery III. Request to Use County Backhoe P &R Director Patricia Engelhard will confirm availability of backhoe with Kona Parks staff and get back to Richard Highley or Les Chess. Temporary Shelter Mr. Highley reported that person who talked about doing this project is currently away so matter has to be postponed for awhile. INTRODUCTION OVS Director Retired Colonel Ed Cruickshank was introduced by Delbert Nishimoto. Colonel Cruickshank announced that in honor of members of the 29th Separate Infantry Brigade who are getting ready to depart for Iraq on October 3,d, there is a tentative plan to march the entire brigade preceded by the original 442nd members into the stadium during halftime of the October 2nd Tulsa game. Major Mitsuyoshi has been activated as part of the 29th SIB, Jonathan Ito is handling project. Veterans Cemetery III — West Hawaii Graveliners Colonel Cruickshank announced that OVS received $100,000 for graveliners and are waiting for specs to be sent to Bill Jayne at VA. Construction of graveliners should begin before November. Shelter Believes they will get the $300,000 for Shelter. Completion of Cemetery Working to have 1.2 million get to top of list to finish West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Military Order of the Purple Heart — Monument at Veterans Center in Kaneohe Dale Wilson thanked Colonel Cruickshank for his help with installation of the monument in Kaneohe. He also informed members that the service foundation of the MOPH has donated large granite memorials to all purple heart recipients and are being installed around the country.