CHATHAM, Va. â After a nearly two-year hiatus, the VA-Carolina Classic Chevy Club finally brought its signature cruise-in back to downtown Chatham Saturday evening, attracting a massive crowd from all over the region.
More than 1,800 people in 635 classic automobiles arrived in Chatham on Saturday from as far as NoVa, South Carolina and Florida. We are really excited about this, said Wayne Roach, owner of Wayne s Cabinet Shop in Pittsylvania County. Roach has been a member of the VA-Carolina Classic Chevy Club since 1999. He is the proud owner of a white 1967 Chevy Chevelle. Everybody is excited. We got an impressive crowd today, Roach said. They come from everywhere. They come from Florida, from up northâthe boys get together and come on down. We got people that come from Richmond, too. From Lexington, Lynchburg, Greensboro, Winston-Salem. We have such a wonderful time doing it.
CHATHAM, Va. â Chatham-area car enthusiasts might soon have a convenient new opportunity to get vaccinated.
At the May meeting of Chatham Town Council Monday night, the council and Scott Spillmann, director of the Pittsylvania-Danville Health District, initiated conversation around bringing a mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit to at least one of this summer s Classic Chevy Club cruise-ins on Chatham s Main Street.
The first cruise-in since 2019 was scheduled for April 24, but the event was rained out. The season s premier event is now slated for May 22, and will continue every fourth Saturday for the duration of the summer. We would have a vaccination van off of Main Street, Spillmann said. If someone wishes to get the vaccine during the cruise-in, they could.
The CDC and FDA announced Friday evening that Johnson & Johnsonâs Jassen COVID-19 (J&J) vaccine could be administered again, following a thorough safety review.
The departments recommended a pause on the vaccineâs use on April 13 after six cases of ârare and severeâ blood clots were reported in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine.
According to the CDC, teams at the FDA and CDC examined data to assess the risk of âthrombosis involving the cerebral venous sinuses,â which are large blood vessels in the brain, as well as other sites in the body such as the abdomen and legs. They also looked at thrombocytopenia, or low blood platelet counts.Â
DANVILLE, Va. â Getting her community vaccinated is a personal mission for Rebecca Campbell, who lost her mother Elaine from COVID-19 at the end of July 2020.
Rebecca, along with her father Danville City Councilman Larry Campbell, spoke of their personal testimony at the council meeting on April 20, when she approached the podium to speak during the public comment period about a vaccination clinic held at Bibleway Cathedral on Saturday, where her father serves as co-assistant pastor.
âI hope our people in the community donât take this lightly,â Campbell said in response to the announcement of the clinic. âItâs a very serious concern. I lost my wife. I almost died myself, and itâs not a pleasant experience. The least we can do if you can is protect yourself, protect your family, protect others.â