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Vandalia proclaims support for Veterans Parkway banner program, honors volunteer designer
Summary
The council issued a proclamation recognizing local veterans organizations for funding the Veterans Parkway banner program and presented a token of appreciation to volunteer designer Dave Arnold.
Vandalia — The Vandalia City Council issued a proclamation recognizing three local veterans service organizations and thanked a resident volunteer who helped design banners displayed along Veterans Parkway.
Councilman Pollock read a proclamation noting that the Veterans Parkway banner program began in 2023 and has been supported financially by American Legion Post 668, AMVETS Post 99 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9582. Pollock said all three organizations had “provided continued financial support to the Veterans Banner program over the past three years,” language drawn from the proclamation packet included in the meeting materials.
The council also publicly thanked Dave Arnold, a resident with a background in marketing and graphic design who Pollock said volunteered “hundreds of hours” producing, researching and improving photographs used on banners. Pollock credited Arnold and partnered organizations — the Chamber of Commerce, SpeedPro and city and township public works staff — for installing and maintaining the banners each spring and around veterans holidays.
Why it matters: the banner program provides visible, recurring recognition of local veterans and is a cooperative effort among veterans groups, the Chamber, private vendors and public works staff. The proclamation is ceremonial and does not create a new city program or funding stream.
What was said and recorded - The proclamation text in the packet honors “the brave men and women who have served” and recognizes the three veteran service organizations for their financial support since the programs inception in 2023. - Pollock publicly presented a small token of appreciation to Dave Arnold and described his work improving low-quality photographs for banner reproduction.
Limits of this record The action at the meeting was a ceremonial proclamation and public recognition; the transcript does not record any formal vote tied to budget authority, new funding or programmatic changes.
