photo by: August Rudisell/Special to the Journal-World

Vehicles line up at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, where residents were receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, on Friday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Lawrence, Kan.

Douglas County hosted a Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Friday, where 960 residents were scheduled to arrive between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Dan Partridge, director of Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said Friday afternoon that the clinic was busy that morning, but that some kinks were worked out quickly to make every station work efficiently. Partridge said the check-in station was causing some delays, but that once volunteers found out they only needed to scan participants’ QR codes, things went smoother. Cars drove from the check-in zone into the arena, where there were 10 drive-thru vaccination stations and one walk-up station. Finally, cars proceeded into the pavilion, which served as the observation zone.

Partridge said everyone was instructed only to give vaccinations to people with appointments.

“We started the day saying we have to have discipline around that because if we give this vaccine to those who don’t have an appointment, we’re taking it from someone who does, because we don’t have this huge cache that we can pull from,” Partridge said.

Diane Horning, who received her first dose of vaccine on Friday afternoon, said the process was “incredibly easy.” Horning, 67, said she was excited to receive the vaccine and that the process took “no time at all.”

Anyone interested in volunteering to help at the next COVID-19 clinic at the Douglas County Fairgrounds may contact the United Way of Douglas County at 785-843-6626.

photo by: August Rudisell/Special to the Journal-World

Vehicles line up at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, where residents were receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, on Friday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Lawrence, Kan.

photo by: Lauren Fox

A traffic manager directs a car from the arena to the pavilion at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Jan. 29. COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the arena, and people were observed in the pavilion following their vaccinations.

photo by: Lauren Fox

A car pulls into the arena at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Jan. 29 for a Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

photo by: Lauren Fox

There were 10 drive-thru vaccine stations and one walk-up vaccine station inside the arena at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Jan. 29, 2021.

photo by: Lauren Fox

People checked in outside the arena on Jan. 29, where volunteers scanned citizens’ QR codes to ensure they had an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

photo by: Lauren Fox

Diane Horning waited in the observation area following her COVID-19 vaccine at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Jan. 29. Horning, 67, said the process was “incredibly easy” and that she was excited to have received the vaccine.

photo by: Lauren Fox

Cars wait in the observation area inside the pavilion at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Jan. 29.