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This Week...
By Kevin Hanson
• The Sumner Sewage Treatment Plant will be
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closed for construction from June 15 through at least September. This includes the recycling center at the plant. Other recycling options are at 314 27th St N in Puyallup and the DM Disposal’s facility at 70th Ave East off Levy Rd. in Fife. Check for hours of operation prior to delivering your recyclables. The city of Bonney Lake also offers two glass-only recycling areas, one at Allan Yorke Park ballfield #4 and the Justice and Municipal Center.
Weather The forecast for Wednesday calls for some sun with highs in the 70s with a northeast wind. Lows drop to 50 at night with clouds. Thursday expects more sun with highs near with 70, which drop back to 52 at night. Friday and Saturday call for highs in the low to mid 70s, and Sunday calls for a high near 80.
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Happy Days
Bonney Lake and Sumner high school students celebrated graduation at the White River Amphitheater. The 2015 commencement ceremony for Bonney Lake High was June 9 and Sumner High students walked across the stage June 10. Sumner Photo by Dennis Box, Bonney Lake photo courtesy Sarah Gillispie
The history of Old Glory By Ray Still Reporter
It was a turning point in the war. George Washington had just crossed the Delaware River, capturing the town of Trenton from British-allied German forces and defending the town against a counterattack led by the Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis in the dawning days of 1777. It was that summer when the Continental Congress adopted the official stars and stripes of America, signing the official resolution on June 14 to accept the red, white and blue colors as the f lag of the new country.
But it would be another 172 years before President Harry Truman would officially declare June 14 as Flag Day in the U.S. on Aug. 3, 1949, and between the early years of the revolutionary war and the height of the second Red Scare, Old Glory went through many changes before becoming what we see today.
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Early years
Even before the Continental Congress officially accepted an early variation of the stars and stripes, revolutionary troops hoisted similar colors in battle. Known as the Congress Colors or the
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The Enumclaw School District’s coffers will swell by $68 million next month, the result of a bond sale authorized by district voters. Then, with cash in hand, the district can begin the three-year process that will eventually see the replacement of Black Diamond Elementary School and substantial renovation of Enumclaw High. District patrons, by a razor-thin margin, supported the district’s funding request during an April 28 election. Needing 60 percent approval, final figures from the King County Elections Department showed the ballot measure passing with 60.05 percent support. There were 6,516 voters participating in the process and 3,913 voted “yes.” Superintendent Mike Nelson said the district’s strategy is to sell the entire bond package at once to take advantage of favorable interest rates. Indications, Nelson said, are that rates may be climbing.
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Grand Union Flag, it had 13 red and white alternating stripes to represent the 13 colonies. Instead of stars in the corner on a blue field, though, the f lag wore the Union f lag of England, with the red cross of St. George of England and the white cross of St. Andrew of Scotland. The stars replaced the Union Flag when Congress adopted the official f lag in 1777. “The f lag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white,” the resolution read, “and that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation.” However, the resolution did not specify how the stars were to be arranged, so many f lags had different patterns of stars during those early years.
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