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VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:00 p.m. <br />Prosecutor's Office (Hilo) and Kona Mayor's Office (Via Videoconferencing) <br />Present <br />Absent <br />Members <br />Don Bennett <br />Penny Fox <br />Edward Lee <br />Delbert Nishimoto <br />Norman Stahl <br />George Yamamoto <br />Kona Mayor's Office (Via Videoconferencing) <br />Members <br />Antonio Gaspar <br />Minoru Hanato <br />Richard Highley <br />Guests (Kona) <br />Tom Leone <br />Ex- Officio (Hilo) <br />Patricia Engelhard, Director, P &R <br />Joseph Flores (OVS) <br />Also Present (Hilo) <br />Nathalie Santos, Secretary <br />Herring Kalua, State Veterans Advisory Board - EH Representative <br />Herbert Lum, State Veterans Advisory Board - WH Representative <br />Keith Ribbentrop, State Veteran Liaison <br />Carolle Brulee- Wilson <br />Wendall Kekumu <br />George Mukai <br />Gilbert Sampaia <br />Robert Welter <br />John Young <br />Call to Order <br />Chairwoman Penny Fox called the meeting to order at 3:07 pm - (9) members present. <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC <br />Obituaries - Flag Photo for all Veterans <br />Mr. Leone asked Chairwoman Fox the status of request submitted to newspapers to insert <br />a flag on all Veterans obituaries. He had not heard anything and asked if she had. <br />Chairwoman Fox said she has not yet received a response, but will keep trying. She <br />waited for two hours and could not get a meeting with Mr. David Bock of the Hawaii <br />