Published: June 27, 2008 10:55 pm            

Letters to the Editor 6/29/08

Honoring Old Glory

To the Editor: Let our flag fly high and correct.

Last Saturday morning I watched a man at a used car dealer put up his flags. I was absolutely appalled. The man let the American flags just drag the ground. And then to top it off, the U.S. flag is the same height as the Mexican flags that he put out. I approached the man and he told me that he did not do that and not to worry about it. Well, I do worry about it; I am a true-blooded American, born and raised here as well as I served in the U.S. Army, and I am very proud of it. I feel that if you are going to fly the American flag then do it with all the respect that it deserves. That great flag means a lot to me and I for one want to see it flown correctly. There is a lot of information out there as to how and when to fly the flag. It deserves respect and if you can’t give it that respect then do not fly it. I will be more than glad to send him the information if he wants me to.

It is time that we as Americans need to stand up for our country, the great USA, the flag and what it stands for. This is the greatest country on God’s earth, and we should be proud of that. I fly my flag every day and I am proud to do so.

Proud to be an American,

Linda L. Williams



To the Editor:

Flag etiquette

Standards of respect

The flag code, which formalizes and unifies the traditional ways in which we give respect to the flag, also contains specific instructions on how the flag is not to be used. They are:

The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal.

The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speaker’s desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.

The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard.

The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman, and members of patriotic organizations.

The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.

The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything!

When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.

The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.

When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.

Jim Basham

Words of Thanks

To the Editor: The Powell Volunteer Fire Department wants to thank the following people for their help in making our fish fry a great success: Food Rite, Brookshire’s, H-E-B, Olé Foods, Bill’s Fried Chicken, Church’s Chicken, Cotton Patch, Bush’s Chicken, The Other Place, Lance, Wal-Mart, Long John Silver’s, Wing Stop, Lamichuacaha Foods, Collin Street Bakery, Italian Village, Chicken Express, Bancroft Pecan, Howard Freeman, and a very special thank you to Sonny Bancroft and his helpers for furnishing and frying the fish, the ladies who helped serve and the young people who help set up and clean up.

Valorie Bearden



To the Editor: Thank you Kevin Steely for all the work you have done in Oakwood Cemetery. My son Jimmy Ware’s grave is just beautiful because of your work.

Thank you,

Bobbie (Ware) Bonner



P&Z response

To the Editor:

Re: E.J. Adair

Well, hoop-de-da and la-dee-da to you. I have called Channel 4 News and LULAC, but not in reference to rage, gender, religion, etc. It is to the fact that the City board of adjustments allowed Subway to build and put up their sign by the street. My building was built in 1960 and my fence and poles were already in place. All I’ve done is clean, clean, clean, clean, and paint, paint, paint. The board of adjustments want me to cut one pole closest to the street and that pole is in line with the Donut Palace and Taco Shop.

Nick Gonzales

        

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