{"id":72528,"date":"2019-08-04T16:52:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T20:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=72528"},"modified":"2019-08-05T04:31:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T08:31:41","slug":"our-town-with-grant-nickalls-why-we-dont-need-a-straight-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-with-grant-nickalls-why-we-dont-need-a-straight-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls: Why we don&#8217;t need a straight flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each week, Huntsville\u2019s own Grant Nickalls entertains us, inspires us, make us laugh and sometimes makes us cry, but always he reminds us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.<\/p>\n<p>This week in Our Town, Grant&#8217;s response to the question, &#8216;where&#8217;s the straight flag?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SpfbZT1tviA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Missed some of the Our Town with Grant Nickalls series? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/category\/ourtown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to check out past videos<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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