American Legion Post to host flag burning ceremony for unserviceable flags

DALTON, Ga. — Americanism has always been and will continue to be one of the major programs of the American Legion. The observance of proper respect for the flag of our country is and always has been very important. A flag burning ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, which is Flag Day, at Dalton’s American Legion Post 112 on Glenwood Avenue. The approved method of disposing of unserviceable flags has long been that they be destroyed by burning. The purpose of the American Legion in adopting this ceremony is to encourage proper respect for the flag of the United States and to provide for disposal of unserviceable flags in a dignified manner. The public is invited to attend this special ceremony and bring their flags that are worn, faded or torn. Flags can also be dropped off in front of the American Legion in the flag box or brought in and given to someone. The office is open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. All Boy Scout groups and the American Legion’s Honor Guards have been invited to participate. For more information, contact the American Legion at (706) 226-5120.

 

Hot, humid afternoon storms expected

VALDOSTA, Ga. — It’s hot and humid with possible afternoon thunderstorms. Welcome to South Georgia as summer approaches. “(High temperatures) are going to be staying in the low 90s most of the week,” said Ricardo Humphries, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Tallahassee, Fla., office. The weather service’s forecast for Valdosta for the upcoming week shows daytime highs around 92 almost uniformly through Thursday with chances for thunderstorms ranging from 10-30 percent. Humphries said most storm activity would be in the afternoon. Daytime highs for the city are running about six degrees above normal, he said. The cause of the heat is a “stubborn high-pressure system that’s stalled in Florida,” said Frank Strait, senior meteorologist for the private forecasting firm AccuWeather. “There’s a cold front to the north that’s trying to make its way south, but it’s not making it.” The leading edge of the front is giving South Georgia its classic pattern of late-afternoon “pop-up” thunderstorms, Strait said. Along with the heat, the humidity is on the rise, he said. “In talking about humidity, meteorologists always talk about dewpoint,” the atmospheric temperature at which dewdrops form, Strait said. “A dewpoint above 65 becomes ‘thick,’ while a dewpoint above 70 is ‘pretty uncomfortable,'” he said. Valdosta’s dewpoint Sunday was 68, and Strait said it may hover around there for a while. Neither meteorologist saw much of a chance of severe weather during the week. Humphries said southwest Georgia was at “marginal risk” Tuesday, while Strait said isolated storms could always bring gusty winds.