For the first time in 21 years, Gainesville residents will be asked this holiday weekend to be invader raiders in their own backyards and neighborhoods instead of nature parks.
The annual Great Invader Raider Rally, typically held on a Saturday in January, will be held Friday through Monday in a socially distanced format because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department has organized many volunteers every year since 2000 to remove invasive plants from local parks and natural areas.
The event’s organizers said the focus this year is on reducing the amount of plants that jump from the community into nature parks.
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On Dec. 18, after the 6 p.m. Wreaths Across America program at Freedom Plaza in Tehachapi, veterans and shop owners in Tehachapi presented Police Chief Kent Kroeger and the Tehachapi Police Department with memorial posters of Tehachapiâs World War II veterans, who the department honored with a reception and tour of the new police station.
Capt. Ed Sullivan of the National WWII Memorial Committee and Laura Coley of Wittâs printing made the veterans posters for the Tehachapi Police Department in memory of the respect and courtesy the department has shown to the âgreatest generationâ of Tehachapi veterans.
Maryann Paciullo, who sponsors Coffee with Tehachapi Peace Officers at McDonald s throughout the year, presented the memorial poster honoring Staff Sgt. John and Jane Grenek. John was Tehachapiâs last survivor of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. The Greneks were friends with Maryannâs father, a WWII veteran, and all frequent senior citizens guests at McD