The Beacon
A red-and-white design by Port Clinton High School student Ben Lucas, 18, took top honors in Port Clinton City Council’s Community Flag Design Competition.
The most poignant comment from survey respondents was that Lucas’s design “follows the five rules of good flag design more than the others . . . (with) no lettering, and use of only a few colors.”
“The defining feature of Port Clinton has always been the lake,” said Lucas, who also studies philosophy at Bowling Greens Fireland. “The city would be completely unrecognizable if it were in Central Ohio, instead of on Lake Erie.
“The waves and the anchor reflect this, the waves referencing the city’s economy, culture, and identity. The anchor reflects our identity as a port city, and the importance of fishing and boating to the culture. What’s important with a flag is being able to represent the city with as simple a design as possible, a reason why I stuck to only a few design elements.”