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Kentucky couple celebrate 73rd anniversary with COVID-19 vaccine
    2021-01-22  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A NORTHERN Kentucky couple celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary Tuesday with COVID-19 vaccines.

Noel Gene and Virginia Record, 93 and 91, drove in the morning into the University of Cincinnati’s Gardner Neuroscience Institute parking garage in Corryville, where UC Health is holding its community vaccination clinic.

The couple from Cold Spring, Kentucky, the U.S. were the first members of the public to be vaccinated by UC Health under Ohio’s Phase 1B, according to a UC Health press release. Starting Monday, community members 80 and older are now eligible to receive the vaccine.

Gene Record said in a telephone interview the couple’s doctor reached out to them Sunday to see if they would be interested in getting the vaccine first. It just so happened that the appointment fell on their anniversary.

“That was our anniversary present,” Virginia said.

The couple had been planning on getting the vaccine to resume their lives.

The Records started square dancing in 1963 after Virginia signed them up for classes. Gene works as a square dance caller and has called dances in 17 countries around the world. Since the pandemic started in March, he and Virginia have not been able to get together with other dancers.

“We want to get back to normal as soon as possible,” Gene said.

Sitting in the passenger seat of the Records’ car in the garage, Virginia answered screening questions about potential allergies and immunodeficiencies, according to footage released by UC Health. A UC Health employee handed her a sticker to verify she had received the vaccine and a reminder card for when she returns for her second dose.

After getting their vaccines, the Records plan on spending their 73rd anniversary at home, except for one important trip out, Gene said. They met on a group date in December 1945 after Gene got home from serving in the Navy during World War II. They didn’t have a lot of money, and Gene was heading out the next day, so the four guys and three girls headed out to Madison Avenue in Covington.

“White Castles were a nickel then,” he said. “So, we got a bag of White Castle and took the girls out for a big time.”

In memory of that first date, the Records plan on going to a White Castle drive-through, then head home for some wine and Netflix.

“We’ve just had a wonderful life,” Gene said. “We’ve had a lot of fun, and we’ve enjoyed it.”

(SD-Agencies)

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