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Veterans Advisory Committee <br />Page 8 <br />October 17, 2013 <br /> <br /> <br />Grass will be cut way down and for about one month it will look really brown, but that is <br />what happens first and then it will come back. They did a sample test and only a few <br />days later grass started to come back green. Someone from one of the golf courses <br />volunteered to fix the sprinkler heads. Water pressure is also a problem because there is <br />a 2" line coming into the cemetery and a 2 1/2" line that we run the water out of. In <br />addition, the irrigation plans aren't even close to what is there right now. <br /> <br /> <br />Veterans Cemetery I – East Hawai`i - Memorial Board In Pavilion <br />Deputy Director Fitzgerald went to the cemetery with Parks Supervisor Jason Mattos who <br />has put in a work order for carpenters to redo the board. The carpenters have a lot on <br />their plate right now, but they will get to it. <br /> <br /> <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> <br />Reforestation Project <br />(Members reviewed and approved the Reforestation Report dated October 15, 2013 <br />submitted by Dr. Richard Stevens). <br /> <br />Chairman Carlson reported that the trees along the road have been coming and going <br />because of the water system. Changes to that system have been made so hopefully they <br />can keep the trees alive. <br /> <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />PRESENTATIONS <br /> <br />MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART (MOPH) <br />Request to Place a Monument in Veterans Cemetery II – East Hawai`i <br />Presentation by Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D., Major, U.S. Army (Ret.) Commander <br />Dale Wilson shared that he is the State of Hawai`i Sr. Vice Commander of Military Order <br />of the Purple Heart as well as the Commander for the Big Island Chapter 731. He is also <br />Treasurer for DAV Chapter 9 and a member of VFW 3830. He said the (MOPH) would <br />like to place a very beautiful monument in Veterans Cemetery II and when that is <br />complete they would like to put the same one at Veterans Cemetery III. There are <br />already two in the state, one at Kaneohe across of the Administrative Building and the <br />other on Maui - located in the Columbarium. The Monument is made out of India Red <br />Granite, it stands approximately 5 feet tall and is absolutely beautiful. It has the likeness <br />of the purple heart medal on it and it says that its "Dedicated to the recipients of the <br />nations’ oldest military decoration "The Purple Heart". It is dedicated to those veterans <br />and in effect it’s for all veterans because they have all served. There is room for their <br />own wording as well as what is already written on the monument. Underneath is a small <br />concrete pad which is the only thing they have to come up with on our end. It comes <br />ready to position. He shared that they don't want this to cost the county anything. Once <br /> <br />