Citizens select city flag

Perkins now has a city flag. Results of the voting for a flag were announced today. The winning design received 166 votes of the 362 votes cast.

Main features of the flag are four major elements: the water tower, a Pistol Pete caricature, the original wooden bridge crossing the Cimarron River, and an Indian shield. These elements are inside of a double circle containing the words, "Perkins, Oklahoma" and "Queen City of the Cimarron.

The second highest number of votes, 143, was garnered by a design very similar to the winner. The most visible difference was the lines dividing the double circle in the center of the design into four quadrants. The other two designs received nearly identical number of votes, 26 and 27.

The winning design, created by Carina Malone, will be used in finalizing the City's flag. A commercial flag maker will use Malone's original drawing to refine the elements included in her drawing to produced a finished flag.

It is expected the first flags will be ready for dedication by Nov. 16 as a part of the ceremonies dedicating the Centennial Territorial Plaza. After that date, flags will be available for purchase by citizens and organizations.

This is part of the September 27, 2007 online edition of The Journal.

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