CENTRALIA — The City of Centralia has announced that City Flags are back in stock and available for purchase in the City Clerk or City Manager’s Offices at City Hall.

The flags are 3-feet by 5-feet with two heavy-duty grommets. They’re available for $20.

The design for the City of Centralia flag was adopted as the official city flag in 1924 following a community-wide design competition.

The flag was first flown for the Armistice Day celebration that year.

The design was unearthed again in 1977, and again in 2006 when the Sphinx design was updated within the flag original pattern.

According to a 1924 newspaper article, Wendell Bauer was the First Prize winner for the flag design competition. In all, 22 designs were submitted.

The winning flag has a broad red stripe through the center representing the railroads.

A gold star above and below the stripe signify the mining and agricultural industries, respectively, while a triangle pyramid with a Sphinx head design in symbolic of Egypt.

The stars and the sphinx are gold, the pyramid is a blue field, the stripe red and the background of the flag white.