<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Who designed the city of Lake Charles’ logo?</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The emblem — a ship’s wheel whose sections represent sectors of the area’s economy — was designed by David W. Dilts, a native of New Jersey and a longtime printer for the</span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">American Press</span><span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Dilts submitted the design as an entry in a contest sponsored in 1965 by the Lake Charles Association of Commerce.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Commerce association and city officials launched the contest, which promised a $30 savings bond to the winner, in an effort to promote civic pride.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“We hope to obtain an emblem that would be representative of our city which could be used perhaps as an official city flag, on promotional material such as billboards, posters, letterheads, uniform insignia patches and many other ways to promote Lake Charles,” commerce association manager Adolph Janca said in an</span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">American Press</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">story published Aug. 28, 1965.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Dilts died in February 1997.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">Online:</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">www.cityoflakecharles.com.</span>

<span class="R~sep~AHeadBrief">Reader asks question about citizenship</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">If I was in Mexico or Spain or Germany illegally and I had a child, would my child become a citizen of Mexico or Spain or Germany?</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">According to the Library of Congress’ website, Mexico grants citizenship at birth to those “born in Mexican territory, regardless of the nationality of the parents”; “born abroad from a Mexican parent born in Mexico”; “born abroad from a Mexican parent by naturalization”; or “born aboard a Mexican vessel or aircraft.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Children born in Spain are considered citizens if they meet one of the following criteria, according to the Library of Congress:</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“At least one of the parents was also born in Spain, except the children of diplomats accredited before the Spanish Government.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“Both parents lack any nationality or if their country’s law does not assign any nationality to their children.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“The children’s filiation has not been determined. Minors in this category born in Spain are presumed Spanish if Spain is their first place of stay.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The LOC’s summary for Germany:</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyInfoBox">“In Germany birthright citizenship is an exception to the generally applicable rule of jus sanguinis, that is, acquisition of citizenship by descent from a German parent. Birthright citizenship applies to the children born in Germany to alien parents if one parent has been a lawful resident of Germany for at least eight years and also has a permanent residence permit.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyInfoBox">“In essence, birthright citizenship is only granted to the children of aliens who have a parent who qualifies for naturalization. Birthright citizenship, however, is granted conditionally to those who acquire another nationality at birth. They lose the German citizenship unless they opt to relinquish the other citizenship after reaching majority. To make this choice, the law grants the young dual citizen a period of five years from the time he reaches the age of eighteen until he is twenty three years old.”</span>

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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">Online:</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">www.loc.gov/law.</span>

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