Special to the Leader & Times
Pastor Chuck Scroggs with Central Christian Church is ready to receive U.S. flags ready for replacement.
Scroggs received more than 150 flags last year that were “decommissioned,” and the ones with good-looking banners were repurposed into shadowboxes to honor living veterans.
Scroggs’ project is called “Let Me Fly Again” after an idea that came to him several years ago after a couple observations. Veterans never receive their flag, it is always given to surviving family members. Also, as he has been helping folks properly dispose of their tattered flags for many years, he came across several flags that had minimal damage, which he cleaned and ironed and put together for a shadowbox for veterans.
If you have an old flag, you can drop it off at Central Christian Church at 500 N. Lincoln Ave., or call Scroggs at (620) 391-7289 for pick-up.
