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In the early days of COVID-19, Racheal Steppe, a nurse at Baptist Medical Center South, signed up to administer coronavirus tests in downtown Jacksonville. It was a scary time, full of unknowns, and she wanted to help.
She and a colleague had been talking about responding to the virus. They decided that for nurses it would be comparable to the efforts of first responders who rush to a fire or a crime scene. This is our turn, Steppe said. This is our time to serve.
And serve she did, along with nurses across the country and world. And now it s National Nurses Week, an annual occasion to mark the work of nurses of all kinds. It began Thursday and lasts through Wednesday, the birthday of Florence Nightingale.
Easter weekend has already set a pandemic-era air travel record in the U.S.
Published: April 3, 2021 10:33 PM EDT
Updated: April 3, 2021 10:36 PM EDT
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On Friday, U.S. air travel set a pandemic-era record with TSA screening more than 1.5 million people at airports.
Many people packed their bags and headed back to Southwest Florida International Airport, some for the first time since the pandemic began.
Evan Mounts came from Ohio. “We were actually here when Ohio started shutting down so a lot of fear and anxiety we weren’t sure if we should travel home at that time. We haven’t been anywhere since then,” said Mounts.
Arlington Heights pond cleanup should help solve odor problems, officials say
Open space in front of a detention pond next to Happiness Park in Arlington Heights will serve as a stormwater overflow area as part of a village infrastructure upgrade project. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
An open field fronting Cambridge Street in Arlington Heights will be used for stormwater overflow as part of a village infrastructure upgrade project. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 3/3/2021 9:24 AM
This story has been updated to note Happiness Park s correct location east of Route 53.
Plans to clean up and expand a detention pond on the north side of Arlington Heights should solve odor problems and help mitigate flooding in the area, village officials said.