7S5 Pilot Memorial Event Planning Meeting
The meeting was called to order by Tom Richey at
7:00 PM. Present were: Andy Andersen,
Dave Martin, Pete Weber, Lynn McDonald, Ron Hanna, Margaret Wilson, Deborah
Plymate, Lois Martin, Robert English, Tom Richey, John Wilson, and Al &
Margaret Cleveland.
MINUTES:
Pete had one typo to correct: the title for Don Milligan should read USN
FRA. Tom asked for a vote to approve
the minutes as corrected, and all approved.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Andy said that he had prepared a story for the Statesman Journal, and all they
need is pictures. The Powers’ hangar is
also ready. The FBO (Independence
Flyers) will be handing out balsa wood airplanes and flags to the small
children again like before. Dennis
Krummel has said he could not participate in the fly-by after all and he
suggested that Denny Jackson take the responsibility.
WHO
DOES WHAT WHEN: The signs and barricades will be moved
starting around 7:30 AM. There will be
a dedication downtown at around the same time so the AMVETS will not be able to
help set out the “no smoking” signs: the EAA and OPA crew will post them while
setting up the barricades. After some
discussion, some of these items could be moved into place on Sunday afternoon
or early evening. The ODA said the
grass patch will be mowed the week before the event. At 10 AM, the briefing will occur on the porch at the restaurant
for those who have volunteered to fly.
Steve Springer will be bringing the PA equipment so there will be no
rental expense for that this year.
Coast Guard helicopter is on schedule to appear (weather permitting) at
around 10:15. The F-15 will probably
fly over before the program actually starts, and the helicopter should be on
the ground well before that happens.
The proclamation from the County has been received, which will be used
in the publicity campaigns. The busses
are on target to begin serving transportation needs starting at 10:15. Pete said he knew someone with a P-34 who
wanted to put his aircraft on display, and the north end of the ramp seemed to
be the best place at this stage.
Automotive parking will be directed to the Marquis Spa parking lot and
the shuttle will be taking them in the rest of the way. The Police Chief for the City will be
providing volunteers to help assist with traffic along Hoffmann Road (their pay
will be a free lunch). The CAP Cadets
will be assisting with parking airplanes, and Deborah Plymate will be
coordinating with Steve Udder regarding the automotive parking. Traffic cones will be procured from the City
- Al said that the tall traffic "candles" were not going to be
available this year, but the City can make up for that lack. Chairs will be no problem; there are over
100 available between the EAA and OPA. "Taps" will be sounded by
Dannielle Ritacco, and the National Anthem sung by Suzanne Bladow. The memorial flags and vases will be
prepared in time, with the So and Sos will be providing the vases. The chairs for the recipients should have
their chairs labelled. Keith Moes and
his wife, as well as John Esch, are fresh military retirees and can still fit
into their uniforms, so they may be called on to volunteer to help with some of
the parts of the ceremony dealing with the Flag. Some posters had been made up for the event already, and were
passed around by Lois Martin. John Wilson said that if a PDF file of the poster
and program is sent to the ODA, the file will be placed on the web site for two
weeks of free publicity. Our speaker is on schedule to attend, though there was
some concern about how long his speech would be. The Alan Upright pilot memorial bench will be dedicated just
before the flags are distributed. Four
separate groups will be presenting the flags as the names are read, in order to
keep the swarm of people up near the podium to a minimum. Better ideas will be considered as the event
approaches.
FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER: There will be a convention of the
Flying Farmers in Newport just before this event, and some acknowledgement of
their assistance for this event would be nice to offer them during their
convention.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM. Respectfully submitted by Robert English,
ISAS secretary.
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