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From
http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/01/17/loc_clermont_sponsors.html:
Clermont sponsors flag contest
By Lew Moores
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BATAVIA Clermont County would like to have an official county flag, and
officials are asking those who live in the county for help. The county is
sponsoring a contest to design a county flag, with entries being accepted
through April 15. Kathy Lehr, director of communications for the county, said
they were contacted by state Senate President Richard Finan, R-Evendale, last
year asking for a county flag to be flown in Columbus in honor of the state
bicentennial celebration in 2003. We do not currently have a Clermont County
flag, said Ms. Lehr. So the commissioners thought this would be a good
opportunity for our citizens to take part in the design of this. The county
would like to unveil the official flag at the Clermont County Fair in late July.
June Creager, executive director of the Clermont County Convention and Visitors
Bureau and one of the judges in the design contest, said she will be looking for
artistic merit and probably some historical elements in the design. I
personally would also look for ways the design could be used in different
mediums, said Ms. Creager, who pointed out as an example its use on a lapel
pin. She said the county could use an official flag. Her office gets two or
three calls a year from groups, such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, asking
whether there is such a flag.
Rick Crawford, a historian with the Clermont County Historical Society and also
a contest judge, said he would look for something historical to be represented
on the flag. What comes immediately to mind, he said, is a picture of Ulysses S.
Grant. The 18th president and Civil War general was born in Point Pleasant. It
means a kind of singular identity (to have an official flag), said Mr.
Crawford. It would distinguish us from other counties and also promote a pride
in the area.
Dov Gutterman, 16 December 2002