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 Ready害羞草研究所檚 C-block French Immersion Social Studies students, and the other from A-block Sciences Humaines 9 students. Both explain they害羞草研究所檝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 害羞草研究所渁bsolutely no words.害羞草研究所� Both classes argue the city害羞草研究所檚 current 害羞草研究所淪almon Arm 害羞草研究所� Small Cities, Big Ideas害羞草研究所� flag does not meet this bar.
害羞草研究所淲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 city害羞草研究所檚 initiatives, but the city deserves a great flag to go with it,害羞草研究所� reads the letter from the C-block students. 害羞草研究所淭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 Ready害羞草研究所檚 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 city害羞草研究所檚 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 Arm害羞草研究所檚, also makes her flag unique 害羞草研究所� when compared to other flags in the province.
害羞草研究所淚 don害羞草研究所檛 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,害羞草研究所� 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 害羞草研究所渞epresents the bright future and the big ideas of our small city,害羞草研究所� while the feather represents 害羞草研究所渋ndigenous peoples in our area and the trust and freedom our town represents.害羞草研究所�
The city害羞草研究所檚 current flag was adopted in 2021, following a community-led branding exercise that culminated in the 害羞草研究所淪mall City, Big Ideas害羞草研究所� slogan.
Council offered no comment on the submissions.
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