GARRETT â After taking 2020 off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Garrettâs Heritage Days Festival returns this weekend.
Events will take place in the downtown area or in Eastside Park on East Houston Street, across from Garrett High School.
A parade opens festivities at 6 p.m. Saturday. Night to Remember will provide live music from 7:30-10:30 p.m. on the outdoor stage in Eastside Park.
Several events are on the schedule for Sunday.
The Garrett Rotary Club will serve a pancake breakfast from 7-11 a.m. The 14th annual cruise-in car show, sponsored by Rollin Heritage, runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Car show awards will be announced at 2 p.m.
Colleges are leaning heavily on campus custodians. "You may not have seen us before the pandemic, but I guarantee you ll see us now," says Tanya Hughes, a campus building services head in Florida.
Cleaning A College In A Pandemic: Without Us This Campus Shuts Down
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There s a lot that is different this spring on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. It s quieter, since coronavirus safety protocols restrict large gatherings, and the dorm common areas are often empty. But there s one thing that hasn t changed: On most weekdays, you can find Lavonda Little at Reid Hall, a four-story residential building, working as a custodian, a job she s held for the last 16 years. It s my everyday performance, she says, pushing her large yellow cart filled with supplies down the first floor hallway. She starts her cleaning routine in a common room on the first floor, doing the dishes in the communal kitchen. Then she gets to wiping: the tables, the door handles, the blinds, the piano; everything that s touchable, she says.
Cleaning A College In A Pandemic: Without Us This Campus Shuts Down
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Lavonda Little has been a custodial worker at the University of Florida for more than 16 years.
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There s a lot that is different this spring on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. It s quieter, since coronavirus safety protocols restrict large gatherings, and the dorm common areas are often empty. But there s one thing that hasn t changed: On most weekdays, you can find Lavonda Little at Reid Hall, a four-story residential building, working as a custodian, a job she s held for the last 16 years.
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