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Volume 66 Number 5 • February 4, 2021
Health district shares details on vaccination priority groups Healthcare personnel, frontline workers among those eligible for vaccine Contributed report
tices had come so far that he was awarded the 2020 James River Grand Basin Clean Water Farm Award from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. So how did he do it?
Based on limited supply of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Chickahominy Health District is vaccinating Priority Group 1a and has begun to vaccinate some of Priority Group 1b including People Age 75+ and People Age 65+ with an underlying medical condition. Below are the priority groups that the Chickahominy Health District is currently vaccinating in partnership with our local and regional partners. To learn about the COVID19 priority groups (Phase 1a, Phase 1b, and Phase 1c) please visit https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/covid-19-vaccine/. Priority Group 1a: Healthcare Personnel and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities Priority Group 1b: Frontline Essential Workers (Police/Fire/Hazmat, Corrections and Homeless shelter workers, and childcare/ PreK-12 teachers/staff), People Age 75+, and People Age 65+ with an underlying medical condition At this time those who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine under Phase 1a and Phase 1b can complete the Chickahominy Health District’s COVID-19 online vaccine survey tool, which can be found here: https:// forms.gle/fS8wcHMeBej1gMpA8. If you
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Photo by Liza Dameron
Catching some (chilly) air Rhett Grimes used Sunday’s snowfall — the first of the season — to get in a sledding session. For more photos of residents enjoying the winter weather, see page 13.
Local farmer honored for commitment to water quality By Roslyn Ryan Editor
When Goochland resident Ronnie Nuckols took over the management of his family’s Overhome farm in 2010, having just retired from his excavation business, he knew there
was plenty that he didn’t know. But he also suspected there were a number of significant steps he could take to improve the operation, which he and his brothers had inherited from their father in 2008. It was a steep learning curve, but just over 10 years later Nuckols’ farming prac-