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County names Little Elm student winner of Denton County Juneteenth flag contest
Summary
Denton County Commissioners Court recognized Novia Henning of Little Elm as the winner of the county's annual Juneteenth flag design contest and adopted a proclamation honoring her design.
Denton County Commissioners Court on Tuesday adopted a proclamation recognizing Novia Henning of Little Elm as the winner of the county's fourth annual Juneteenth flag design contest. The court read the proclamation and posed for photographs with the flag representatives in attendance.
County organizers described the contest as a countywide public-school competition intended to produce a unique local Juneteenth emblem for display at county events. According to remarks at the meeting, past winners have come from Lewisville, Sanger and Denton.
The proclamation notes the historical context of Juneteenth (June 19, 1865, and subsequent designations by the Texas legislature and the U.S. Congress) and says Henning's design will be known as the "Juneteenth Henning flag" and displayed at events across Denton County. The design was described at the meeting as featuring a rising Phoenix and the theme "from Juneteenth, we rise."
The court adopted the proclamation on a motion by the chair and a second by Commissioner Edmondson; the motion carried. The action is honorary; no county program funding was discussed in the meeting regarding the flag or contest.
