Hundreds flocked to Covington this weekend, and it was exactly the turnout Newton County Tourism President Jenny McDonald expected, but it was a little much for Newton County-Covington Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Staffins. “I was floored,” Staffins said during his chamber presentation to the Covington city council Monday night. “We had 600 people here (for The Vampire Diaries finale); 150 lined up at the Lions Club for pancakes the next morning.