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The City has 120 new flags, most already up for July 4

The installed display is getting big amens from veterans' advocates such as Joe Hare. Equally delightful is the chance to see Terry Moore at work installing them using his oil barrel bucket lift, at times in almost pitch darkness
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By Ed Waggener

Several saw the start of the installation of the new flags on Sunday night; the flags caught the eyes of many more on the way to work Monday morning.

They marvelled at the clever engineering of the lift truck Terry Moore of Allen Moore and Sons Electrical Contractors, used to place the holders, new wooden staffs, and new flags on the utility poles.

Rhonda Loy, Deputy City Clerk and Events Planner for Columbia, KY, said that her department ordered 120 new flags and wooden staffs this year. The old flags were beginning to show a bit of wear, and it was a good time to add a few to the display.



The city paid for these flags, she said, but Mayor Harris said that he's already received word from local merchants that they would like to pay for more if the city needs them.

The work was ongoing today. Flags with metal staffs were yet to be installed when the information for this story was gathered at around 2pmCT.Rhonda Loy said that the flags displays, besides the square, are on these stretches of main Columbia Streets:
  • Burkesville ST to Lancaster Street. Last year, the display ended at Hudson ST

  • Campbellsville ST to Fairground ST, but Terry Moore is hoping to be able to extend the display to the Russell Creek Bridge.

  • Greensburg ST to Dillon ST.

  • Jamestown ST to Kentucky State Police Post 15 at the Louie B. Nunn Parkway.
Mayor Harris said there is still a discussion of how long to leave the flags up, whether to leave them all summer until after Labor Day, or to take them down after July 4 and re-install before Labor Day. They do get wear, he said, and they are not inexpensive. Still he said, "I knew people would like seeing them, but the response we've seen so far is really great."

Anyone who would like to go on record with an offer of help to increase the number of displays may contact Rhonda Loy at City Hall, 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY, Phone (270) 384-2501.


This story was posted on 2011-06-22 20:59:57
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Ready for July 4, 2011: We fly the flags, and more of them



2011-06-22 - 100 block Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
Sunday night, Terry Moore of Allen Moore & Sons, Electrical Service began installing new flags and new staffs in Columbia. Monday morning, it was the talk of the town, and the work isn't done yet. Rhonda Loy, Deputy City Clerk and Events Planner, said that 120 new flags were ordered to replace flags which were beginning to show some wear.

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We fly the flag: Public Square flags up today



2011-06-23 - Jamestown ST entrance, Public Square - Photo by Ed Waggener.
This morning, Thursday, June 23, 2011 the flags installed for July 4th were flying around the public square. This one, at the entrance to the Square at Jamestown Street, flies from this vantage point with the always fascinating ironwork and shadows of the fire escape on the Jeffries Building.

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