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Show Volume I , Issue X Page 5 The Ogden Valley News July 1999 The American Flag It is the custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and stationary flagstaffs in the open, but it may be displayed at night on special occasions for patriotic effect. Weather permitting, it should be displayed every day, especially on national and state holidays and historic occasions; daily on or near administration buildings of every public institution; in or near every polling place on election days; during school days in or near every schoolhouse. Hoist briskly; lower ceremoniously. Flags flown from fixed staffs are placed at half-staff to indicate mourning. When flown at half-staff, the Flag should be hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position; but before lowering the Flag for the day, it is raised again to the peak. By half-staff or half-mast is meant lowering the Flag to onehalf the distance between top and bottom of the staff. On Memorial Day, the Flag is displayed at half-staff from sunrise until noon and at full-staff from noon until sunset. Cautions in Displaying the Flag 1. Do not display or store the Flag in such manner that it will be soiled or damaged. When no longer in condition for use, the Flag should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning. Soiled flags may be washed or dry cleaned. 2. Do not let the Flag touch anything beneath it, such as ground, floor, water. 3. Do not display the Flag on a float in a parade except from a staff. 4. Do not drape the Flag over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle, railroad train, or boat. 5. Do not use the Flag as a portion of a costume or athletic uniform. Do not embroider it on cushions, handkerchiefs, or put on paper napkins, boxes, or the like. 6. Do not use the Flag as receptacle for receiving, holding, or delivering anything. 7. Do not put any lettering, insignia, or design upon the Flag. 8. Never carry the flag flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free. 9. Do not use Flag for covering ceilings. 10. Never dip the Flag to any person or thing; regimental colors, state flags, and organizations or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor. 11. Do not use the Flag in any form of advertising or fasten an advertising sign to a pole from which the Flag is flown. 12. Do not display with union down save as a signal of dire distress. Saluting the Flag During the ceremony of hoisting the Flag, or when the Flag is passing in parade or review, all present face the Flag, stand at attention, and salute. Those in uniform render the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove the head-dress with the right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Men without hats should salute in the same manner. Aliens should stand at attention. Women should salute by placing the right hand over the heart. The salute to the Flag in the moving column should be rendered at the moment the Flag passes. When “The Star-Spangled Banner”– adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem–is played and no flag is displayed, all present should stand and face toward the music. Those in uniform salute at the first note of the anthem, retaining this position until the last note. All others stand at attention, men removing their headdress. When the Flag is displayed, all face the Flag and salute. Picture of the Month Liberty Artist is Awarded Honors Tami Jeppson Creamer of Liberty was awarded with two prestigious Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints annual Church Music Submission Awards. For 1999, Mrs. Creamer was honored with an Award of Merit in the Instrumental and Other Works category for her flute and piano arrangement of the L.D.S. hymn, The Day Dawn Is Breaking. Mrs. Creamer was honored with an additional Special Recognition Award in the Relief Society category for her work, No More a Stranger. Photograph taken by John J. Wilson - Harvest Moon Balloon Fest The Ogden Valley News would like to print a winning “Picture of the Month” in each month’s newspaper edition. At the end of the following year, we would like to print a Valley calendar using the winning pictures. The calendar will be made available for sale. So get your cameras ready and start shooting! Or, if you already have a favorite photo, send it in. Your pictures may be black & white or color, and should depict a Valley theme. The pictures may also be historical photos of the Valley. Send your picture to: THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS PO BOX 130 EDEN UTAH 84310 Be sure to include your name, address, telephone number, and the name of the person – if known – who took the picture. Also, we would like to know something about the picture, possibly the approximate date, and the who, what and when about it. Please note, collected pictures will become the property of The Ogden Valley News, so be sure to keep a copy for yourself! |