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Grounds crew gets down and dirty
Members manicure lawns all day across Gainesville
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A group of three Gainesville employees mow grass at Alta Vista Cemetery. The landscape services crew maintains the cemetery and Lee Gilmer Airport grounds.
Imagine having 300 acres of grass to cut. Add 14 miles of edging around sidewalks, fertilizing, aerating and weed eating to the list and it describes the job of a landscape services worker for the city of Gainesville. “We’ve got 3.4 miles of roads in Alta Vista, seven miles of sidewalks, and 15,000 headstones to maintain,” supervisor Tommy Casper said.
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‘Something that needed to be done’: Markers to line Green Street for Memorial Day
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Rock Creek Vietnam Veteran Johnny Hulsey attends the Rotary Club of Hall County's weekly meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Gainesville Civic Center along with other veterans for the donation of $17,000 toward the club's Salute to Veterans service project. - photo by Scott Rogers
Losing three of his high school friends along with others he served with in the Ninth Infantry Division during his tour in Vietnam from 1966-1967 is something that still haunts Johnny Hulsey.
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