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Editor: Why not fly the American flag? A pair of recent Letters to the Editor argued against flying the American flag in the remodeled Flinty's Park. There are a number of good reasons why the Chamber of Commerce is including America's emblem. American cartoonist Al Capp, on request, designed Josiah Flintabbatey Flontatin, with his fee donated to charity. Wasn't it the Americans who discovered the minerals, financed the mines and smelter, and set up Flin Flon? The benevolent Whitney family who owned HBMS provided more good things for the workers, their families and the town than we have seen since. How about the Bombers, Phantom Lake Golf Club and resort, hockey, curling, and a lot more for adults and kids. Never see a Canadian flag in the U.S.? Go to any place frequented by Canadian snowbirds and you will see lots of them. In Florida, where over 100,000 Canadians winter in any given year, hundreds of mobile home parks, condos, and motels fly both the U. S. and Canadian flags. Americana Cove, the largest and best mobile home park in the St. Petersburg area, with about 30 per cent Canadians in winter, proudly flies both flags, side by side at their main gate, and in their large meeting hall. The Americans are very patriotic and nationalistic, but they treat their northern neighbours very well indeed. One could also mention the great numbers of tourists from the U.S. who come here to hunt and fish and add to the local economy. Fly the American flag at Flinty's Park, Chamber of Commerce! ? Roger Cathcart
