By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
Six teams of Prairie Village residents fanned out over their entire community on Wednesday, June 26 to install nearly 400 American flags in honor of the celebration of Independence Day. It’s the second year for their patriotic display; last year they put out 144 flags, but according to Curt McCulley, “We were so pleased with how it looked and the community response that we are putting even more out this year.”
Beth McCulley, pictured above, wielded a battery operated drill to make the holes in the ground for Susan Schilt to place the flags in their assigned section. The drill was a much better approach than last year’s hammer and rod, Beth had determined. Originally the project had been planned for Friday the 28th, but at coffee on the 26th concern was expressed that rain was forecast for Friday. Could they move the project to Thursday? No, too many of the busy residents already had plans for that day, so the plan was put into motion the very afternoon of the coffee klatch.
Barbara Dosemagen invited city residents to “Come and enjoy viewing flags on our streets. It started with our neighbor Lee Murray donating flags and soon others were donating . We work as a community of loving, caring for others and our country. Many are involved with donating time to Whitewater’s library, food pantry and feeding University students with a church.”
Prairie Village by Fairhaven is a community for people age 55+, and it was reported that several who were on the teams placing flags were over 80, including one who is 98.
