Iola Elks, Scouts team up for Flag Day activities

The Iola Elks Lodge will host Iola Scouts for a flag retirement ceremony and other activities Sunday for Flag Day.
by Tim Stauffer, Register managing editor
Published: June 9, 2026
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The Iola Elks Lodge will host Iola Scouts for a flag retirement ceremony and other activities Sunday for Flag Day.

“Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”

Such was the text in the Flag Act passed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The Revolutionary War was raging with no end in sight. To boost morale and show support for a young America fighting for its very right to exist, our country’s first flag was inscribed in history.

This Sunday at 4 p.m., Iola Elks and the Scouts’ Pack 55 and Troop 55 of Iola will commemorate such monumental events of long ago. The Flag Day proceedings are open to the public and will take place at the Elks Lodge, 202 S. Jefferson.

Tim Stauffer, Register managing editor

Tim Stauffer came to The Iola Register in 2018, becoming the fifth generation of his family to work at the small-town newspaper. Tim graduated with honors from the University of Kansas in 2007 and subsequently served for one year as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Seattle, providing GED instruction at Youthcare’s Orion Center. He then served 2.5 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador. After his time as a Peace Corps volunteer, Tim received his MA in English Education from New York University, graduating with distinction. He then taught high school English for 5.5 years at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas. While teaching, he completed the Hollyhock Fellowship Program through the Stanford Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. Tim and his wife Violeta have two children.

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