The Jobserve Community Stadium, in United Way, opened as a mass vaccination centre today. People in the top four priority groups, including those aged 70 and above and the clinically extremely vulnerable are being given the jab first. Health and care workers are also being vaccinated at the centre.
Jabbed - Kenneth Randall
(Pictures: Steve Brading) Kenneth Randall, a 74-year-old Army veteran from Colchester, said he was pleased to have been given his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. “I wasn’t anxious about it,” he said. “I used to be in the Army and have had lots of different jabs over the years.
In-Town Gallery 21 Fun Salute Exhibit Is On Display Through January Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Solar Eclipse by Jennie Kirkpatrick
Chrometric by Miki Boni
In-Town Gallery has a new show, ‘21 Fun Salute!, which will be on display through Jan. 31. Featuring the artwork of Gay Arthur, Miki Boni, Bill Johnson, Jennie Kirkpatrick, Doug McCoy and Lori Ryan, the salute to 2021 offers bright colors, optimism and a much needed sense of fun .
Review for 21 Fun Salute:
The ‘21 Fun Salute show is presented to chase away the winter blues. To mention just three works, we have Miki Boni’s Chrometric, a stunning evocation of joy and freedom, built as the title suggests, around bold and brilliant colors. Jennie Kirkpatrick’s watercolor, Solar Eclipse, is angular, complex and equally colorful. Tech Tree is characteristic of much of Doug McCoy’s artwork, combining pen drawing, color, and filled with hundreds of small human figures and lots of fun. Doug’s sense of humor is