Petunia Festival begins bright and early

July 02, 2021 at 9:27 am CDT

Boston Glessner, 18, summer worker for the Dixon street department uses a glove brush to clear cobwebs off the railing along the Peoria Avenue walkway on the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Friday morning, July 2, 2021, in Dixon. (Troy Taylor)

DIXON — The Dixon High School boosters’ annual pancake breakfast was underway on Friday morning, one of the many activities surrounding the 57th Petunia Festival. The festival is back after a year’s hiatus because of the 2020 lockdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Grady, principal at Dixon High School flips pancakes during the pancake breakfast supporting the school's athletics boosters on Friday, July 2, 2021. (Troy Taylor)

Along Peoria Avenue, young people employed in Public Works were giving the railings along the two pedestrian bridges a quick sweep, removing cobwebs and the like.