Reply #4: Mt. Shasta Spring Water Company-another local alternative article here

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http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2005-10-20/news.asp

No water for you
Bottled water service stops delivery to Chico customer for flying the wrong flags

Wendy Oshima says the three flags flying outside her small, tidy home in a south Chico community symbolize her support for people of Cuba, Palestine and Iraq.

Apparently the folks at Mt. Shasta Spring Water see the flags as proof that Oshima doesn't support American soldiers fighting overseas and for that does not deserve delivery of the company's product.

He said that Oshima, whose Japanese-American father was interned during World War II, is overwhelmed by the whole thing and that he is supporting her as best he can.

There is likely more behind the decision to stop service than just the three flags, Trausch said. A fourth flag, which was an elementary school art project created by Oshima's 9-year-old daughter featuring an 11-inch by 8-and-one-half inch plastic American flag with a peace sign and smiling faces, was hung on Oshima's front porch.