{"id":29296,"date":"2012-06-07T20:36:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T00:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=29296"},"modified":"2012-06-07T20:36:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T00:36:32","slug":"letters-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/letters-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coast Guard Flag and a big thanks from Habitat<\/strong><!--more--><br \/>\nThis letter is in response to the one sent in by Becky Kilpatrick.<br \/>\nI would like to tell you how sorry I am that a Coast Guard Flag does not fly with the other Military Flags.<br \/>\nUp until a couple years ago I was, and still am, the legal DBA (Doing Business As) holder of The Veterans Avenue of Flags at the Mt. Rest Cemetery.<br \/>\nThe Flags were illegally taken away from me by the American Legion. I am trying to get a lawyer so as to get them back. It is a long story as what happened. Mainly a power trip for them.<br \/>\nWhen I get them back I will for sure obtain a Coast Guard Flag to fly with the others.<br \/>\nThe problem is that they do not care what the Flags look like. They are torn, ripped, and even have holes in them. A lot of people have bought bases, poles, and in some cases even Flags that are not even put up. Where has all that money gone?<br \/>\nIf the people of Clinton County want to have The Veterans Avenue returned to its former glory I am ready to do so. I just need there help. They need to gather and demand that it happens. I will gladly discuss this with any one that wants to know what is going on.<br \/>\nI hope that I have answered your question, Becky.<br \/>\nSincerely<br \/>\nErick J. Richards<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>A big Habitat thank you!<\/strong><br \/>\nHabitat for Humanity of Clinton County extends a very big thanks to all who participated in the Blessing of the Bikers event on Saturday, May 19th at Motz County Park in St. Johns.<br \/>\nThe event was attended by 110 bikers and bike enthusiasts who were greeted with two live bands, a bike show and slow drag race, a commemorative T-shirt and door prizes from 21 local businesses. The event concluded with a sincere blessing from Chaplain Steve Hale of the Road Riders for Jesus and a charity ride to Capitol Harley-Davidson in Dimondale.<br \/>\nThe event would not have taken place without the expert help from Burt &#038; Dawn Parsons and their group from Road Riders for Jesus, as well as Nan Simons and her group from the Wild Hogettes. Bikers were treated to an outstanding t-shirt designed by Laurie Oakwood Bishop of St. Johns Locale Media Company and trophies for the bike show were custom designed by Hammer in Hand Custom Cycles of St. Johns.<br \/>\nMany thanks go to the following for their kind support and sponsorship:<br \/>\n\u00b7 Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers<br \/>\n\u00b7 Barber&#8217;s Floors and More<br \/>\n\u00b7 Capitol Harley-Davidson<br \/>\n\u00b7 Hammer in Hand Custom Cycles<br \/>\n\u00b7 Midstate Title Agency<br \/>\n\u00b7 Pauli Ford<br \/>\n\u00b7 Ryan&#8217;s Roadhouse<br \/>\n\u00b7 Sparrow Clinton Hospital<br \/>\n\u00b7 St. Johns Locale Media Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coast Guard Flag and a big thanks from Habitat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}