LaVerne Bryant has an idea for the rusty flagpole at Tlingit Park: Paint it and rig it with a flag.

“We do all our Fourth of July stuff down here. It sure would be nice to have a flag over the proceedings,” said Bryant, the Haines Borough’s parks laborer.

Bryant last week reclaimed a sidewalk at the park where years of weeds had carpeted the concrete. When she gets signed off for using a chainsaw,…