Another generation of Salmon Arm students have wrapped their heads around the principles of flag design to offer alternatives for the City of Salmon Arm.
A couple of packages from students of JL Jackson Secondary teacher Ryon Ready were in the correspondence section of Feb. 12 city council agenda. Both include signed group letters, one from Ready91裸聊视频檚 C-block French Immersion Social Studies students, and the other from A-block Sciences Humaines 9 students. Both explain they91裸聊视频檝e been studying the principles of good flag design provided by the North American Vexillogical Association. These principles require that a flag be simple, unique or connected, use 2-3 colours, meaningful symbols and 91裸聊视频渁bsolutely no words.91裸聊视频� Both classes argue the city91裸聊视频檚 current 91裸聊视频淪almon Arm 91裸聊视频� Small Cities, Big Ideas91裸聊视频� flag does not meet this bar.
91裸聊视频淲e think that Salmon Arm is a great place to live and learn, and we think that the branding on the current flag is great for the city91裸聊视频檚 initiatives, but the city deserves a great flag to go with it,91裸聊视频� reads the letter from the C-block students. 91裸聊视频淭he colours of Ida Blue and Salmon Arm Orange on the flag (in addition to Lakeshore Blue) represent great things in our community, but knowing those meanings is hard without doing some digging, and not obvious from the current flag.
The students argue a new flag could incorporate important, local symbols while including representation of local indigenous peoples and the environment.
As Ready91裸聊视频檚 students have done in the past, both of his current classes of young vexillologists offered their own designs. Several of the designs from A-block incorporate salmon and/or interpretations of Mount Ida. One makes use of Ida blue to illustrate a silhouette of mountains, and Salmon Arm orange for the sun over top. The artists/designers note: The use of the mountains and the sun perfectly sums up the Shuswap. The mountains provide adventure year round, and the sun our hot Shuswap summers.
For their flag, one C-block student made use of Ida blue and Lakeshore blue to create a lake scene with the city91裸聊视频檚 iconic wharf on the left and and three mountains in the background, representing Ida, Bastion and the Fly Hills. The artist/designer explained how the addition of the wharf, a unique attraction of Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚, also makes her flag unique 91裸聊视频� when compared to other flags in the province.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 care if you choose my flag but I suggest that you get multiple flag choices and present them to the people of Salmon Arm so that it can be voted on and we will not have to change the flag again anytime soon,91裸聊视频� commented the artist.
Another C-block offering incorporates Salmon Arm orange and Ida blue, with a white sun and feather. The artist explained the sun 91裸聊视频渞epresents the bright future and the big ideas of our small city,91裸聊视频� while the feather represents 91裸聊视频渋ndigenous peoples in our area and the trust and freedom our town represents.91裸聊视频�
The city91裸聊视频檚 current flag was adopted in 2021, following a community-led branding exercise that culminated in the 91裸聊视频淪mall City, Big Ideas91裸聊视频� slogan.
Council offered no comment on the submissions.
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