{"id":54346,"date":"2025-03-02T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T01:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54346"},"modified":"2025-03-02T20:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T01:51:40","slug":"thank-you-barbara-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/02\/thank-you-barbara-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you, Barbara Rogers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paratransit operator Barbara Rogers hung up the keys for the last time today after 41 years of moving the residents of Polk County. In <a><\/a>over four decades of service, she has transported generations of passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"8a7889\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480909038_1166601988809169_11904505839920673_n.webp?resize=1024%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54347 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8a7889; width:496px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480909038_1166601988809169_11904505839920673_n.webp?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480909038_1166601988809169_11904505839920673_n.webp?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480909038_1166601988809169_11904505839920673_n.webp?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480909038_1166601988809169_11904505839920673_n.webp?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480909038_1166601988809169_11904505839920673_n.webp?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The numbers are staggering. She has dedicated 4.1 decades, or 2,147 weeks, or 493 months or 15,034 days as a public servant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since she will no longer be in the bus, we made sure to honor her by putting her image and her accomplishment on the side of a bus. In addition, Lakeland Mayor William Mutz presented our transit hero with the Key to the City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"7d7690\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7d7690;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"54350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481103537_1166602058809162_6989780814070627194_n.webp?resize=1024%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54350 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481103537_1166602058809162_6989780814070627194_n.webp?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481103537_1166602058809162_6989780814070627194_n.webp?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481103537_1166602058809162_6989780814070627194_n.webp?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481103537_1166602058809162_6989780814070627194_n.webp?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481103537_1166602058809162_6989780814070627194_n.webp?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"6c5b6b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6c5b6b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"54349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481419615_1166602235475811_3576562837845283481_n.webp?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54349 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481419615_1166602235475811_3576562837845283481_n.webp?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481419615_1166602235475811_3576562837845283481_n.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481419615_1166602235475811_3576562837845283481_n.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481419615_1166602235475811_3576562837845283481_n.webp?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/481419615_1166602235475811_3576562837845283481_n.webp?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"948bab\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #948bab;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"54348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/482008119_1166602342142467_6608476576390833949_n.webp?resize=1024%2C732&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54348 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/482008119_1166602342142467_6608476576390833949_n.webp?resize=1024%2C732&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/482008119_1166602342142467_6608476576390833949_n.webp?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/482008119_1166602342142467_6608476576390833949_n.webp?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/482008119_1166602342142467_6608476576390833949_n.webp?resize=1536%2C1097&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/482008119_1166602342142467_6608476576390833949_n.webp?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From all of us, thank you Barbara!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paratransit operator Barbara Rogers hung up the keys for the last time today after 41 years of moving the residents of Polk County. 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