Stars and Stripes Flag Project

The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi and partner organization Boy Scout Troop 136 delivered American flags on Flag Day, Sunday, June 14. Shown at a subscriber home, from left, Kern County firefighter Armando Leon and his son Breck, Assistant Scoutmaster Del Baker-Medlock (back row) and his sons Jaden and Kody Baker-Medlock. The Kiwanis Club Stars and Stripes Flag Display Project teams deliver (and pick up) big American flags to the front yards of subscribers within the Tehachapi city limits on six patriotic holidays – Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and veterans Day. All are federal holidays except Flag Day. For information on the flag program, call Tina Cunningham, (661) 822-4515. For information on the Scout troop, call Scoutmaster Jerry Reece, (442) 247-4404.