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From
http://www.burkburnett.org/government/council/minutes/01/min012901special.htm
"The Board of Commissioners of the City of Burkburnett, Texas met in a special
called meeting on Monday, January 29, 2001...... ...... Item 2. Mike Slye, City
Manager introduced Nita Lax to the Commissioners. He stated Mrs. Lax has been
working on a city flag and is here to present it tonight.
Mrs. Lax presented a drawing of the flag she designed. The background color is
black, lettering in white for 1907 (year Burkburnett was founded) and gold
lettering for the city name.
After much discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Mike Tugman, seconded
by Commissioner Matt Patterson to have the flag made professionally with Mrs.
Lax overseeing the exact details and colors. Motion carried unanimously.
The Commissioners thanked Mrs. Lax for the time she spent creating the flag."
From http://www.burkburnett.org/government/council/minutes/01/min041601commish.htm
"The Board of Commissioners of the City of Burkburnett, Texas met in a regular
called meeting on Monday, April 16, 2001... .... Item 19. Mike Slye, City
Manager presented the new city flag to the Commissioners. He stated that Nita
Lax had designed the flag and had done an excellent job"
Dov Gutterman, 8 December 2002
At http://www.dublintexas.com/information/park2_small.jpg there was a photo
of three flags. The photo is quite dark, but by adding some brightness it
reveals a green flag with white device (shamrock?) offset to the hoist.
Here is a brighter clip from the photo.
Dov Gutterman, 14 December 2002
Lakeway's flag is the logo or seal and inscription on white, as seen on a
photo of the flag at
http://www.lakeway.org/_borders/lakeway_cover1.jpg.
Dov Gutterman, 8 December 2002
The city flag is the city logo (a large red stylized L and small blue Texas
map) and can be seen at
http://www.ci.lancaster.tx.us/images/topbanner.gif.
Dov Gutterman, 9 December 2002
From
http://www.texnews.com/texas97/flag101697.html, Thursday, October 16, 1997:
City Council refuses to adopt city's historic first seal as city flag
Officials in this Hill Country city thought it would be a good idea to honor the
town's history with a flag. But just what exactly should go on the flag has
become an issue between members of the town's German and Hispanic communities.
Because of the dilemma, the city was unable to adopt its historic first seal as
the official city flag on Monday. "It really was a Catch-22," Mayor Jan Kennady
said, adding that she received 34 phone calls on the issue before Monday's
meeting.
The New Braunfels Historic Landmark Commission came up with the idea to adopt a
city flag after visitors from Europe asked if the city had a flag to sell as a
souvenir, a common practice in Germany. The commission unanimously adopted a
design based on the seal used on the emigrant contracts issued to the first
German settlers in 1844 and 1845. The seal included a lone star, which stands
for the Republic of Texas, and a bundle of arrows, symbolizing the presence of
Indians on the settled land and the phrase "Verein zum Schutz Deutscher
Einwandrer in Texas." The phrase translates to "Society for the Protection of
German Immigrants in Texas."
Hispanics lived in the area before the Germans arrived, said resident Cristina
Aguilar Friar. She said Hispanics helped town founder Prince Carl of Solms
gather the immigrants at the Texas coast and bring them to New Braunfels.
Despite the opposition to the design from Aguilar Friar and others, the
commission presented its original design to the City Council. "The Historic
Landmark Commission was appalled and amazed over the furor over the proposed
city flag," chairman Carol Belton told the City Council.
The issue died when no council member made a motion on the issue.
located by Dov Gutterman, 23 December 2002
According to
http://www.ci.plainview.tx.us/weblink/ImageDisplay.asp?id=5928&page=10&dbid=0&hsearch=41&/730205
min.jpgg the city flag was adopted on 5 Febuary 1973.
Dov Gutterman, 9 December 2002
The Sugar Land flag can be seen behind a councilor at
http://www.ci.sugar-land.tx.us/picture.asp?templateid=2&pageid=652&new= - it
includes a large blue seal with a gold outlined star, and the letters of the
state name between the points of the star. The town name is inscribed around the
star in a ring. In the center of the star is a crown.
Dov Gutterman, 9 December 2002
Waco's flag seems to be a white emblem on red, as seen on the photo at
http://www.waco-texas.com/leadership/images/Council-06a.jpg.
Dov Gutterman, 9 December 2002
