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Please explain the rules that schools must follow regarding
flying the flag when school is in session. I know of a high school
that flys it when they see fit.
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“Please explain the rules that schools must follow regarding flying the flag when school is in session. I know of a high school that flys it when they see fit.”
Dear Patriot,
The Red Phone has looked into it. Federal law stipulates many aspects of flag etiquette. The section of law dealing with American Flag etiquette is generally referred to as the Flag Code. Following are some of the most common rules:
n The flag should be lighted at all times, either by sunlight or by an appropriate light source.
n The flag should be flown in fair weather, unless the flag is designed for inclement weather use.
n 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.
n 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.
n The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
n 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.
For more information and help with flag retirement, visit the local Gilroy scouting Web page, www.troop792.gilroyscouting.org/Flag_Retirement.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a left-turn signal
“Just saw the new light over at Church and 10th (streets). It’s about time, if you ask me.”
Dear Dedicated Turn Signaler,
It has indeed been a long time coming for that left turn signal. It was all the way back in June 2006 when 5-year-old Brayan Trejo was hit and killed by a silver Dodge Ram pickup while riding his scooter unattended on the south side of 10th Street where it crosses Church Street.
The family immediately clamored for a dedicated turn signal and, nearly three years later, they had their wish granted. The delay resulted from the city needing to draw up designs and do traffic studies. At the time, the intersection only ranked 13th out of the city’s 50 most dangerous intersections.
As for the price: “All of the construction costs are not in,” City Engineer Don Dey said. “The total construction costs that we have budgeted and planned for is approximately $548,000 – that is tracking well …”
Anyone driving by the intersection will see workers hammering away at the sidewalk, so there’s a few more tweaks – and costs – before we can call the project finished.
“There’s always little odds and ends that come up when we try to finish up a project and of course the contractors have not submitted all their invoices,” Dey said.
The city also paid out a $130,000 wrongful death settlement to the Trejo family.
