District 2 Public Health to provide vaccine to emergency workers
Just days after the first seven healthcare workers at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville received the COVID-19 vaccine, District 2 Public Health began vaccinating emergency medical personnel.
District 2 Public Health received nearly 1,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine and is holding a clinic for emergency personnel at Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center today and tomorrow beginning at 8 a.m. Appointments are required for the clinic.
Additional doses of the vaccine are expected at both NGMC and the public health department, but further details are unknown.
Local businesses offer last-minute gift ideas
With less than a week before Christmas, local tourism and hospitality officials are urging people to stay close to home for last-minute shopping.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office provided over 100 bicycles to local families in need Friday during their annual Christmas Bicycle program.
According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, 112 bicycles were provided to those in need at no cost. Bikes were provided to 37 individual families and to the Edmondson-Telford Child Advocacy Center, Hall-Dawson CASA Program and Hall County Victim Services.
Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch, members of the agency’s command staff and deputies distributed the bikes Friday morning at Sheriff’s Office headquarters on GA 369/Browns Bridge Road. Santa was also at the event, helping greeting families and helping them load their new bikes into vehicles.
The greatest thing ever - Sheriff s Office gives away 112 bicycles for Christmas Santa Claus lifts a bicycle up to Lt. Greg Cochran during the Hall County Sheriff s Office s Christmas bicycle program. - photo by Nick Watson
Lt. Greg Cochran, famed for his 555-pound tire-flipping feats, had a much easier day ahead of him Friday, Dec. 18, with dozens of two-wheelers and a helping hand from Santa Claus.
Cochran and several Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputies helped distribute 112 bicycles to children as part of its annual Christmas bicycle program.
“I remember when I got my first bicycle and that was just the greatest thing ever, being able to get out and ride and see the neighborhood,” Sheriff Gerald Couch said. “… It’s a big deal to get a bicycle, and so I’m so glad that we’re able to provide that each and every year for these kids who otherwise may not get anything.”