This is Fathers Day weekend, as well as Trail Days in Ipswich. Tena's nephew Zach just became a new father of a little baby girl born on yet another June holiday Flag Day, June 14. Her proud parents, Zach and Tristan Beitzel, currently live in Rapid City. They welcomed Sayler Rae at 4:30 p.m. For those interested, she weighed 6 pounds 14.9 oz.

We remembered to put up the office flag on Flag Day, but not our flag at home.

The first observance of June 14th, Flag Day was organized in 1885 by a 19-year-old schoolteacher from Waubeka, Wis., Bernard J. Cigrand. He was passionate about the U.S. flag...