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letters to the editor/community bulletin board
july20
2017
Readers Lend Their Voices...
To the Editor,
Yesterday was Flag Day, and I
was dressed in red, white and blue, as I
drove downtown to run several errands.
I was quite surprised, and also
highly “miffed,” as I drove down the
main street in town and did NOT see both
sides of the street sporting the U. S. flag
-- in fact, I saw only one flag in the entire
business district. Usually, the national
colors are proudly waving all day in the
downtown core area of our town, on
every Federal holiday, but I was told by
a friend that they had not flown the flags
last year, on Flag Day, either. I hadn’t
been out driving around as much that
year because I was still recuperating from
an injury, so this was the first I knew of it.
What has happened to the
patriotism of this town, where we turn
out to “parade” for every single holiday
that’s ever been made up? Even though
there’s no parade for Flag Day, the City
should still be flying “Old Glory”!
G. K. Worman
Vernonia
Vernonia Weather
June 2017
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Weather data is collected at the
U.S. Weather station at the
Vernonia Water Plant
Dog Park
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