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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes August 28, 2018 Page 10 Marcia Brinkley stated she has a few. The Women Veterans conference that was supposed to happen this past weekend was postponed so if anyone would like to sign up to either be a vendor or presenter or Veteran can contact Maricar at the Hilo Veterans Center. The Veterans Day Parade will be on the day before Veterans Day on the 10tH You can register now on the website hivetparade.org, registration is free, and donations are welcome. The parade Marshall will be Lt Hughes and the Community Marshall will be Hope Services. Deb hasn't announced the Corporate Marshall yet. Anyone that wants to be in the parade please encourage them to sign up. The one thing we need help with and would like to get help from the County on, there are about 20 veterans from the veterans home that want to attend and they've run into issues with wheel chair transportation and we're hoping the Council on Aging can help with that. The last thing is on the World War I Centennial, the World War I Centennial Organization would encourage communities to ring bells at 11:00 am local time she wants to communicate that to both sides, if there are no bells nearby, there are recorded bells, they would like the bells to peeled 21 times and the State of Hawaii would like to sign on to that, there's a proclamation in front of the Governor for that. Chair Doolittle asks if there are any other announcements. Minoru Hanato announces that November 11th, Veterans Day program will be at WHVC at 11:00 am. There is always a van running up the road to pick up families and guests that want to come out. Every year they rotate between American Legion and DAV and VFW. Whoever hosts the function, they plan the program and all organization assist with manpower. Anyone who wants to attend is welcomed. Refreshments are provided following the ceremony. Antonio Gaspar added American Legion will be in charge on November 11 for the Veterans Day ceremony. They are requesting that Parks & Recreation provide a portable toilet because the restroom facilities at the cemetery is too far from the committal shelter. They need at least two, one ADA and one regular. Deputy Director Messina explained that we will bring it up to the Director. Brittany Iyo interrupted requesting a letter or email detailing information regarding the ceremony. P&R was never notified of any ceremonies in the past. If we receive something in writing the Director can make a decision and we can respond. Minoru Hanato added that P&R has always been notified about ceremonies at the cemetery, but it has always been verbal notification. Brittany Iyo asked that everything be put in writing so we have a paper trail of what was done, for future reference.