Rincon Spring Fair opens to big crowds over the weekend
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Updated: 7:30 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021
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Updated: 7:30 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021
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SEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. THE AIRLINE APOLOGIZED FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. ALL NEW TONIGHT -- A POPULAR RINCON ATTRACTION IS UNDERWAY -- AND WELCOMING CROWDS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. OUR DAVE WILLIAMS HAS THE STORY. A CROWD OF PEOPLE TAKING PART IN A GIANT EASTER EGG HUNT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT FREEDOM PARK. SOME OF THE ADULTS... WEARING MASKS. IT'S PART OF THE RETURN OF THE RINCON SPRING FAIR... WITH COVID PROTOCOLS. (CAITLIN GLENN- RECREATION COORDINATOR, RINCON RECREATION DEPT.) "IT'S A GOOD TURNOUT, THERE'S BEEN SO FAR, SATURDAY THERE WAS AROUND 5000 PEOPLE, YESTERDAY CLOSE TO 3000, SO FAR IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY WELL." AND ALL OF THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR AMUSEMENT PARK OPERATORS LIKE AMUSEMENTS OF AMERICA WHO IS STAGING ITS FIRST FAIR SINCE COVID SHUT THEM DOWN IN MARCH OF 20-20. (ROB VIVONA- OWNER, AMUSEMENTS OF AMERICA) "IT MEANS EVERYTHING, IT GIVES US LIFE AGAIN. TO BE SHUTDOWN FOR OVER A YEAR HAS BEEN HORRIBLE FOR OUR INDUSTRY, NOT JUST OUR COMPANY. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 80 YEARS AND WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN EVER." (DAVE STANDUP) AND FOR THOSE COMING HERE TO FREEDOM PARK FOR THE RINCON SPRING FAIR, THEY'LL FIND PLENTY OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE SUCH AS HAND SANITIZING STATIONS AND OTHER MEASURES. (VIVONA) "OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ALL WEARING MASKS, WE HAVE SNEEZE GUARDS IN THE FOOD CONCESSIONS. SO WE'RE SET UP FOR SAFETY AND PEOPLE ARE SO READY TO GET OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE IN BUSINESS AND MAKE THE PEOPLE IN TOWN HAPPY." AND IF YOU GO, YOU'LL NOTICE SIGNS ASKING PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS, AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. IN RINCON... DAVE WILLIAMS WJCL 22